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Rachel Maddow Speech 5-17-12 .
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW MAY 17, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM

We will be playing audio from a speech by Rachel Maddow, talking about her
new book ?DRIFT: The Unmooring of American Military Power?. She is the host
of *The Rachel Maddow Show *a political, news and commentary program on
MSNBC. This event was produced by our sister station KPFA in Berkly, CA.
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Richard Kirsch, Madeleine Kunin & Rick Halperin 5-3-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW MAY 3, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM

Our first guest Richard Kirsch is author of the new book *Fighting for Our
Health: The Epic Battle to Make Health Care a Right in the United States*.
Kirsch is a Fellow at the Nelson Rockefeller Institute of Government. From
2008 to 2010 he was National Campaign Manager for Health Care for America
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James W. Douglass, Andrea Gardner & Rhoda Mueller and Corey Saylor & Matt Simpson 4-26-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW APRIL 26, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM

Our first guest James W. Douglass is author of the new book "Gandhi and the
Unspeakable: His Final Experiment with Truth." Douglass is a scholar and
peace activist and is the author of many books, including JFK and the
Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters.
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Linda McQuaig, Kathleen Barry, Gislaine Williams & Dave Atwood 5-19-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW APRIL 19, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest Linda McQuaig is co-author of "Billionaires' Ball: Gluttony
and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality." Some of her other books are "The
Trouble with Billionaires ", " It's the Crude, Dude: Greed, Gas, War and
the American Way", and "All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and the New
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Sonali Kolhatkar, Roy Zimmerman, Ana Yenez-Correa & Bob Libal 4-12-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW APRIL 12, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest is Sonali Kolhatkar, host and producer of the program
"Uprising." It can be heard on KPFT Wednesdays at 6pm. Sonali will be
speaking at a benefit for KPFT Friday night at St. Paul's Methodist Church.
She will be talking about social justice, citizen journalism, and budding
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Chris Hedges & Amy Goodman 4-5-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW APRIL 5, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Up first we have Chris Hedges, his latest article is "Someone You Love:
Coming to a Gulag Near You". He writes a regular column for Truthdig.com.
Hedges was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times for nearly two
decades. He is the author of many books, including War Is A Force That
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Gary Dorrien, Melaney Linton & Bill Ayers 3-29-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW MARCH 22, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest Gary Dorrien is author of the new book "The Obama
Question". He is a Professor Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary,
a Professor of Religion at Columbia University and is the author of 14
books. This book offers a critique of Obama's presidency and a case that
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Dave Atwood, Frank Knaack & Michael Moore 3-22-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW MARCH 22, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Up first we have Dave Atwood former president of the Houston Peace &
Justice Center and Founder of The Texas Coalition To Stop The Death
Penalty. He is joined by Frank Knaack with the ACLU Of Texas,They will talk
about the CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION First Annual Conference, in Houston on
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Brian Miller & Holly Barker 3-15-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW MARCH 15, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Up first we have Brian Miller co-author of the new book "The Self-Made
Myth: And the Truth About How Government Helps Individuals and Businesses
Succeed." He is the executive director of United for a Fair Economy. We?re
often told that wealthy and successful people are heroic visionaries who
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Greg Palast, Jim Hightower & Howard Zinn 3-8-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW MARCH 8, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest is Greg Palast his latest article is "BP Settlement Sells
Out Victims Deal: buries evidence of oil company willful negligence."
His new book is "Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power
Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores." Paslst's other books are "The Best
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John Nichols, Don Sanders, Sandy Jones & Monica Villareal 3-1-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW MARCH 1, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest is John Nichols author of the new book "Uprising: How
Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street."
He is Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine, he maintains the
blog, "The Beat," at TheNation.com and is associate editor of The Capital
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Mary Dudziak & Michelle Alexander 2-23-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW FEBRUARY 16, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest Mary Dudziak is author of the new book "War Time: An Idea,
Its History, Its Consequences ." She is a Professor of Law, History and
Political Science at the University of Southern California Law School. Her
books include Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African
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Elizabeth Holtzman, Dr. Claudia Fegan, Michael Lighty & Cathy Courtney 2-16-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW FEBRUARY 16, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest is Elizabeth Holtzman co author with Cynthia L. Cooper of
the new book "Cheating Justice: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of
Law, Plotted to Avoid Prosecution, and What We Can Do about It." As a
member of Congress and part of the committee that investigated and held
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Greg Palast 2-9-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW FEBRUARY 9, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
On tonight show well will be playing the speech Greg Palast did for kpft
and we will be offering dvd's of it and copy's of Greg's latest book as a
thank you gifts for supporting kpft. On Dec. 8th Palast spoke at a benefit
for KPFT. He focuses on his new book "Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of
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Robert Jensen & Gabor Maté 2-2-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW FEBRUARY 2, 2011 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University
of Texas at Austin and board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource
Center in Austin. He is the author of "*All My Bones Shake", "The Heart of
Whiteness", "Citizens of the Empire" and more. His latest article for The
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Marjorie Cohn, David Cobb & Dr. Vandana Shiva 1-19-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW JANUARY 19, 2011 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest is Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School
of Law and past President of the National Lawyers Guild, she is the deputy
secretary general for external communications of the International
Association of Democratic Lawyers. Her latest book is The United States and
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Tom Engelhardt & Nomi Prins 1-12-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW JANUARY 12, 2011 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
First we have a interview with Tom Engelhardt author of the new book The
United States of Fear. In this book he takes a look at how fear is being
used to control us and much more. Engelhardt created and runs
TomDispatch.com, a project of The Nation Institute, where he is a fellow.
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Gar Alperovitz, Frances Moore Lappé and Robert Reich 1-5-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW JANUARY 5, 2012 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Our first guest Gar Alperovitz is the author of the new book " America
Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty and Our Democracy".
Gar is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the
University of Maryland and co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative, is a
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Noam Chomsky, Catherine Hill, Holly Kearl & Lucinda Marshall 12-29-11
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW DECEMBER 29, 2011 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
Up first we will play Noam Chomsky's address to Occupy Boston protesters.
His latest book is *A New Generation Draws the Line.* Chomsky is a Professor
Emeritus at MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some of his
other books are *Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs*, *The
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Robert Parry & Naomi Klein 12-22-12
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW DECEMBER 22, 2011 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
We will start with a interview with Robert Parry Founder and Editor of
Consortium News. One of his latest articles is " Is Iraq War End a New
Day?". We will talk about Iraq, Iran, Pvt. Bradly Manning, and much more.
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At 8::00 pm we will play a talk by author and activist Naomi Klein she was
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Greg Palast Speech & Robert Frank 12-15-11
PROGRESSIVE FORUM RADIO SHOW DECEMBER 15, 2011 AT 7PM ON KPFT 90.1 FM
First we have a interview with Robert Frank, author of The Darwin Economy:
Liberty, Competitio?n, and the Common Good.He asks the question who was the
greater economist--Adam Smith or Charles Darwin? Frank is an economics
professor at Cornell Univ. and a regular "Economic View" columnist for the *New
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