Tell Somebody

The April 3, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody featured Richard Tripp, cabdriver and founder of Care of Poor People, Inc., and Evie Craig, Executive Director of homeless services provider Restart with two different views about how to feed and clothe the homeless. Also on the show, former Kansas City television reporter Russ Ptacek made his debut on a CBS affiliate in Washington D.C. with Kansas City nuclear weapons plant connections to the story of the resignation of GSA Administrator Martha Johnson after an Inspector General Report on extravagant (nearly a million bucks) spending for a Las Vegas conference, news of Col. Ann Wright and Kathy Kelly's imminent return to Kansas City for a 'Trifecta Resista,' and SCOTUS audio from arguments on a case where Justice Scalia opines that tapping Vice President Cheney on the shoulder is okay if you want to praise him, but is criminal assault if you criticize him. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "sa

The March 27, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody features Brandy Doyle, Policy Director for the Prometheus Radio Project speaking about the historic opportunity for new community radio stations in the wake of the signing into law of the Local Community Radio Act in January, 2011 and an FCC ruling issued on March 19, 2012 about implementation of the law. After that we heard Making Contact's Andrew Stelzer in excerpts from a panel discussion at the National Conference on Media Reform in Boston in April, 2011, and part of Michael Moore's speech at the Left Forum in New York on March 17, 2012. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us

On the March 20, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody, we heard from Kansas Citian Burt Madison, inventor, commercial artist, part-time security guard and former B-24 ball turret gunner in World War II.   Jimmy Stewart was his co-pilot on one flight, Walter Matthau packed his parachute, and Chuck Yeager flew fighter support on some of his missions, and Madison is still going strong at 88. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us

The March 13, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody started out with cab driver Richard Tripp talking about the www.coppinc.com Spring Break for the Homeless event coming up in Kansas City on April 7th.  Tripp is the founder and director of COPP Inc, and every Spring and Fall has been putting on events where a couple of thousand people come for free food, free clothing and free entertainment. Next, we heard from Byllye Avery, founder of Black Women's Health Imperative, one of the groups in a coalition called HERvotes.  The 101st International Women's Day was March 8th, and March is Women's History Month, but you'd never know it from the current political climate and the attacks on women's rights and threats to the health and economy of all. The show ends with an account of how revolution broke out on International Women's Day in 1917 in St. Petersburg.  What has come to be called the February Revolution was sparked by women, and this last segment of the show is part of an eyewitiness account by Russian Army machine g

The March 6, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody featured former CIA analyst and presidential daily briefer Ray McGovern responding to Donald Rumsfeld's remarks at the Truman Library and Museum in Independence, MO on February 24, 2012.  The broadcast edition of the show had to be edited for length, but this podcast edition includes the entire interview with McGovern. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us

The February 28, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody featured Donald Rumsfeld's appearance at the Truman Library in Independence, MO and a hearing at the Kansas City MO City Council Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development committee debating two ballot initiatives: "Calling an election on June 5, 2012, for the purpose of submitting an ordinance proposed by initiative to require the City to prepare a plan, updated annually, for the use of property used for the manufacture of components for nuclear weapons when that use ceases; directing the City Clerk to provide notice of the election; and recognizing an emergency." and "Calling an election on June 5, 2012, for the purpose of submitting an ordinance proposed by initiative to require the City to remove itself from financial involvement in the production of nuclear weapons components; directing the City Clerk to provide notice of the election; and recognizing an emergency." Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-cl

The February 21, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody features Mitzi McFatrich, executive director of Kansas Advocates for Better Care, talking about KS Governor Brownback's Executive Reorganization Order No. 41 which will dramatically change what is now the Department On Aging as Kansas is also about to move to a privatized medicaid system. We also hear part of the questions fielded by retired diplomat and Army Colonel and answers given, including one about a war criminal coming to Independence. And the United States drops a staggering 27 places from 20th to 47th in the lates Reporters Without Borders world free press rankings. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsom

The February 14, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody featured John Nichols talking about his new book on the Wisconsin Uprising.  John Nichols' Uprising traces the roots of the Occupy phenomenon to Wisconsin. One year ago, more than 100,000 public employees, teachers, students, and their allies descended on the capital in Madison, Wisconsin after Governor Scott Walker announced on February 11, 2011his plan to eliminate the right of public sector employees to unionize. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

On the February 7, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody, we got Professor Robert McChesney on the phone to help out with the KKFI Winter Pledge Drive.  Along the way he talked about how the US has slipped badly in freedom of the press rankings compared to other countries, threats to the internet, and how corporate dreams of  lifting even more  media cross-ownership restrictions refuse to die. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us   

On the January 31, 2011 edition of Tell Somebody, I started out the show with a call by Public Citizen to break up Bank of America.  I spoke with Public Citizens Congress Watch Director David Arkush about their petition to the Federal Reserve and the Financial Stability Oversight Committee. In the second half of the show, Timothy Karr, Director of Strategy with Free Press talks about Citizens Inundated, the report he wrote about how citizens are being inundated with political ads in the wake of Citizens United v FEC. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

KKFI’s Mike Murphy was the guest host for the January 17, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody. On the show Mike talked to Laura Jung of SOA Watch about a recent court case involving school of the Americas, played audio from a Kansas City event marking the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and talked to Bev Harris of Black Box Voting. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

On November 27, 2011, I gave a talk on independent media and the journalism crisis at the All Souls Sunday Forum at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Kansas City, Missouri.  "The UU Forum, Kansas City’s longest ongoing conversation, has offered a platform for the discussion of significant issues since 1943. Guest speakers typically focus on issues of political, social justice, moral, educational and artistic significance..." This talk borrowed heavily from The Death and Life of American Journalism by Robert McChesney and John Nichols, but also includes a lot of my own observations after six years of producing and hosting Tell Somebody on 90.1 FM KKFI Community radio in Kansas City. Where does the internet fit in as cause or solution of the journalism crisis?  How do the "Occupy" phenomenon and the Move to Amend the Constitution to overturn Citizens United v FEC relate to the journalism crisis? What should the future role of community radio be? Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename belo

The January 10, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody features www.movetoamend.org spokesman David Cobb talking about the Occupy the Courts actions to be held across the country on January 20 and January 21, including the occupation of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C., the scene of the crime. This show also inlucdes audio from the oral arguments in the Citizens United v FEC case. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us

Occupy KC held what they billed as a New Orleans-style jazz funeral march in Kansas City, and the January 3, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody has some of the highlights.  Also, KKFI's Mike Murphy stopped for a visit to Occupy Columbus, Ohio, and finally a look back at the first weeks of Occupy KC. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

The December 27, 2011 edition of Tell Somebody, the last show of the year, took a look back to the start of the year on the show.  Segments include two former workers at the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City, where 85% of the parts for nuclear weapons or made or procured, journalist/film maker Sue Wilson on right wing radio in the wake of the Gabi Giffords shooting, Jeremey Alderson on the national broadcast/telecast of The 2011 Homelessness Marathon originating in Kansas City on KKFI, and why the move to amend the US Constitution to overturn Citizens United and media reform/journalism crisis are the two fundamental issues that every activist needs to be mindful of if they hope to be effective on any other issue. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comm

L to R: Kevin Zeese, Lt. Dan Choi, Ray McGovern, Col. Ann Wright On the December 20, 2011 edition of Tell Somebody - attorney, Occupy Washington D.C. organizer and Bradley Manning Support Network spokesman Kevin Zeese spoke about the pre-trial hearing of Bradley Manning, and 27 year veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern spoke about the National Defense Authorization Act and the indefinite detention of US civilians.  Will the 2012 NDAA lead to the use of the military to put down Occupy protestors? Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

The December 13, 2011 edition of Tell Somebody features investigative journalist Greg Palast talking about his new book, Vultures' Picnic - In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores.  After that, we'll here part of a speech given in Kansas City on  December 11 by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

Former FBI agent Coleen Rowley was one of three whistleblowers chosen as persons of the year by TIME magazine in 2002. On the December 6, 2008 edition of Tell Somebody, my June, 2008 interview with Coleen Rowley at the National Conference on Media Reform in Minneapolis was re-aired. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

On the Novemeber 29, 2011 edition of Tell Somebody we re-broadcast a show from May, 2011 that was never podcast.  The show featured Kansas City NBC Action News investigative reporter Russ Ptacek discussing his work on the Bannister Federal Complex and the workers there who were sickened by exposure to toxic substances. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us 

The November 22, 2011, edition of Tell Somebody has an interview with Christine Shearer, author of Kivalina, A Climate Change Story, news of Obama's FCC Chair Julius Genachowski's plans to trash media cross-ownership rules, and part of a Bradley Manning Support network press conference about his upcoming pre-trial court date. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us