The Luv Bus

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We also spoke with David Swanson about the events taking place on May 1st. Remember, May first commerorates the Hay Market Massacre - the begining of labor day. It also is 5 years since Bush announced "Mission Accomplished" and 3 years since the release to the public of the Downing Street Memos.

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My program today is a broadcast of an interview focused on Earth's human population and its effect on food and resource allocation and distribution, energy, economy, etc and the effective ways which this issue can be addressed. President and Founder of the Population Media Center, William Ryerson, discussed the effective ways his organization combines the Social Learning theory of leading contemporary psychologist Dr. Albert Bandura, along with the serial melodrama developed by Miguel Sabido, to create positive role models to educate cultures all around the world as a modality for teaching about family planning, gender equity, and related issues.

David Paxson, founder and president of World Population Balance, joined me as well to discuss the population issues and his organizations approach towards changing the way people think and the choices they make regarding reproduction, energy consumption, and their impact on the environment.

Charles Frommer, local virtuoso sax player shoed up at the studio and improvised to the interview during the last half hour of the program.

Pete Cratty and Lara Hope of NCM joined me once again in the WVKR Lunch Room to play an acoustic set of tunes from their latest CD "Escape from Myopia". Of course we heard from the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr for a trip around the universe, the War Criminal of the Week Award, Magical Word of the day, and all that nonsense. We tried out a new segment "Whatever, man" which I don't think went over too well, and we had a presidential campaign update minuette for bass and alto vocals accompanied by the 6-string acoustic guitar.

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It was a great honor and pleasure to have the acclaimed blues/soul singer songwriter virtuoso guitar player Murali Coryell on Radio Active Lunch this day. I am also pleased that Murali's new album - The Same Damn Thing - debuted on WVKR. The new CD was actually being mastered as he performed cuts from the CD. Murali is cutting edge in terms of his musicianship, his soulful resonant vocals, and his tasteful guitar playing - a chopsmaster who plays all the right notes and a damn fine human being.

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I was joined by Media Educator and Producer Tim Sutton with the Children's Media Project to discuss the mission of, and new and ongoing projects that this Poughkeepsie based organization offers: CMP is an arts and education organization focusing on media and technology with the mission to create a teaching/learning environment where artists, educators, community activists and especially children and youth can learn to interact with the media arts both as creators and critical viewers.

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...and of course, this day's "I've been to" segment saw me taking a mental walk through the streets of Amsterdam into one of my favourite coffee shops "De Tweede Kamer" to check out the fine selection of legal substances.

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This day I aired an interview with International Law Expert Professor Francis Boyle - as Part 2 in a series - on his book Breaking All the Rules - Palestine, Iraq, Iran and the Case for Impeachment". The book, recently published by Clarity Press, is the text of a speech he gave at the Bertrand Russell Peace Lecture series at Macmaster university in Canada in January of 2007. Published in January of 2008 the book contains a series of updates and apendices aimed at educating people in some funadmanetal principles of international law and steps towards effective civil resistance.

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Also featured this week was the second installment of the "I've Been to" Series. This week I went to the liquor store.

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This day I aired an interview (as Part 1 in the series) I conducted with International Law expert Professor Francis Boyle. This interview was conducted last June and the nature of it is about the Bush Administration, War Crimes, the origins of the NeoConservative Movement, and international law. Part 2 of the series will be aired next week.

This day also began two new features on this program. In addition to the War Criminal of the Week Award and the magical word of the day, you will hear the first installment of the "I've been to" series - based on MLK's famous "I've been to the Mountaintop" speech. Today I went to the supermarket. You will also hear the first installment of "The Joys of" (everything considered social taboo). Today we discussed the joys of smoking

Listen to Interview with Prof Francis Boyle >> Part 1 >>    Part 2 >>

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Next week I will be airing Part 2 in the series based on Prof Boyles Book "Breaking All the Rules"

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