Citizen Radio

(2013/05/21) Jamie: language pioneer, Chicago Board of Ed considers closing 54 schools, teen charged with felony for lesbian relationship

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #768: Jamie is a language pioneer, the Chicago Board of Education considers closing 54 schools despite overwhelming evidence the closures won't fix the city's deficit, a Florida teen is expelled and charged with a felony for being in a lesbian relationship, labor deal emerges in aftermath of Bangladesh tragedy, day 100 passes of the Gitmo hunger strike, Abercrombie & Fitch's fat-shaming CEO.

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(2013/05/20) Women in secularism, fast food workers unite, Chicago school closings, Koch brothers dump toxic byproduct on Detroit

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #767: Allison and Jamie discuss women in secularism, fast food workers unite, Chicago school closings protests, Judge says lesbian's partner must leave house due to her "lifestyle," Koch brothers dump toxic byproduct on Detroit, regulators back down on derivatives rule, the AP scoop that ran to DOJ probe only ran after CIA sign off, head of Fort Campbell harassment program arrested in domestic dispute.

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(2013/05/17) Birthday madness, The Best Tweet Ever, Media Matters defends DOJ targeting reporters

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #766: Birthday madness, followed by discussion of The Best Tweet Ever, CNN's ridiculous Guantanamo coverage, New York Times' ridiculous Gaza coverage, and then Media Matter defending the DOJ's targeting of reporters.

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(2013/05/16) Jamie's annual birthday depression spiral, fast food strike hits fifth city, how austerity kills

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #765: Jamie's annual birthday depression spiral, Citizen Radio's most powerful Maniacs (featuring Toom Cleen!), followed by a discussion of the spreading fast food strikes, the continuing Guantanamo hunger strikes, a New York activist facing jail time because of his silence, how austerity kills (and doesn't work), Florida speeding up its executions, and Bangladesh's government saying it will allow its workers to unionize.

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(2013/05/15) Free Cooper Union, NOLA shooting, DOJ seizes journalists' phone records

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #764: Allison and Jamie discuss the Free Cooper Union movement, Buena Vista high school in Michigan closing six weeks early because the district ran out of money, the recent NOLA shooting and the establishment media's collective yawn, DOJ seizing journalists' phone records, IRS targeting political groups, ex-Guatamala dictator Montt being convicted of genocide, a worker-owned factory opening in Chicago, and two LGBT stories: one very sad and one victory.

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(2013/05/14) Tales of Mother's Day, Glenn Greenwald destroys Bill Maher, Reddit as cultural id

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #763: Allison and Jamie return with tales of Mother's Day celebrations. Plus, they discuss Glenn Greenwald totally destroying Bill Maher, Reddit as cultural id and read some Maniac Mail.

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(2013/05/10) CNN: sexist and ridiculous, crossover heaven, the terrible things in your food

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #762: Allison and Jamie discuss CNN being sexist and ridiculous, crossover heaven, Joe Francis going to jail, fast food worker solidarity, the need for more women in tech, a heartwarming story of a principal firing armed guards and hiring art teachers, and the terrible things in your food.

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(2013/05/09) Cleveland kidnapping and normalizing dehumanization of women, 800 dead in Bangladesh building collapse

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #761: Allison and Jamie briefly interview President Obama, discuss the Cleveland kidnapping and normalizing the dehumanization of women, why female purity is bullshit, 800 dead in Bangladesh building collapse and the importance of unions and worker solidarty, and why libraries are so important.

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(2013/05/08) When is a terrorist not a terrorist? (When he's a white dude), u can haz class war

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #760: Allison and Jamie talk about how terrorism is still terrorism even if it involves a white dude, the death penalty still sucks, class war and the widening divide in our two-tier society, the ongoing Gitmo hunger strike, the secret Bradley Manning pre-trial, crime dropping along with Stop and Frisk stops, Apple dodging enough in taxes to entirely cover the sequester, and the world's first 3D-printed gun.

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(2013/05/07) Time to yell about idiots, fracking, and solitary confinement

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 07 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #759: Allison and Jamie talk about a fracking pipeline being built in NYC, sexist idiots, solitary confinement, the fucked up nature of US prisons (on and off the grid), and the US's two-tier society.

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(2013/05/06) Citizen Radio's political erotica, rape jokes are still bad, some kickass Maniac mail

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #758: Allison and Jamie discuss why rape jokes are still bad, read CR political erotica, Israel bombing Syria, and read some kickass Maniac mail.

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(2013/05/03) Inappropriate nostalgia, Ray Kelly says blacks “understopped” by police, Obama admin to appeal Plan B ruling

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #757: Allison and Jamie engage in some inappropriate nostalgia and talk about America's fucked up priorities in which brave, good people go to jail and are punished while the architects of war and financial destruction are rewarded. Also, the Obama administration plans to appeal a judge's Plan B ruling, the NYPD's Ray Kelly says blacks are "understopped" by police, and a Tennessee commissioner refuses to apologize for an anti-Muslim picture he shared on Facebook.

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(2013/05/02) May Day recap: worker solidarity, and of course, running from the cops

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 02 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #756: Allison and Jamie recap May Day, including tons of worker solidarity, and of course, running from the cops.

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(2013/05/01) Happy May Day! First American arrested under "Ag Gag" law, Bloomberg accuses NYT of racism

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #755: Happy May Day! Jamie is very excited about his birthday month, the first American is arrested under "Ag Gag" law, budget cuts hinder IRS from busting offshore tax havens, NYPD officers accuse their brethren of being lazy, Mayor Bloomberg is ridiculous, hospitals deport immigrants to cut costs, IDF says they'll stop using white phosphorous, and the most cathartic thing you'll watch all day.

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(2013/04/30) May Day protest plans, NBA's Jason Collins comes out, BP's dispersants aftermath

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #754: Allison and Jamie discuss upcoming May Day protest plans, NBA's Jason Collins coming out, BP's chemical dispersants aftermath, the Guantanamo hunger strikes, the only time Congress cares about budget cuts, "conversion therapy" being a big ol' Fail, The Worst Person In The World, and one of the many ways society punishes domestic abuse victims.

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(2013/04/26) Solidarity in union (and non-union) collective actions, Farea al-Muslimi's amazing testimony

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #753: Allison and Jamie discuss all the ways the FBI, media, and police misinformed the public recently, Farea al-Muslimi's amazing drones testimony, the importance of solidarity in union (and non-union) collective actions, the growth of minimum wage jobs, and a Bangladesh garment factory collapsing.

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(2013/04/25) Jeremy Scahill on his new book "Dirty Wars" and the hidden truth behind America's covert wars

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #752: Author and investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill (@jeremyscahill) joins the show for the full hour to discuss his new book and film "Dirty Wars" (dirtywars.org) about the hidden truth behind America's covert wars.

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(2013/04/24) Steubenville coach gets contract extension, Tim DeChristopher is a free man, Boston bombing suspect cites US wars as motivation

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #751: Allison and Jamie discuss the Steubenville football coach getting his contract extended, Tim DeChristopher is a free man, the Boston bombing suspect cites U.S. wars as motivation, and Gov. Perry is still a big ol' hypocrite.

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(2013/04/23) Talkin' 'bout Islam and the definition of "terrorism"

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #750: Allison and Jamie talk about Islam and read some comments from listeners about the definition of terrorism. Also, the global elites finally backtrack on austerity, Tim DeChristopher is released from jail, and the Boston Marathon bomber is charged.

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(2013/04/22) We slept through the Boston bombings and still brought you better coverage than CNN

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #749: Allison and Jamie discuss how they slept through the Boston bombings and still brought you better coverage than CNN. Plus, the media's obsession with the Boston story while under-reporting other recent acts of terrorism, death, and destruction. Also, how the tough talkers are also the first people willing to throw away their civil liberties.

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(2013/04/19) NY Post is still racist, gun control compromise dies predictable death, U.S. still tortures

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #748: Allison and Jamie discuss how the NY Post is still racist and should be sued, the gun control compromise dies a predictable death, background checks for...social services, the U.S. still tortures, and Texas blows up.

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(2013/04/18) Comic and author Jen Kirkman on being child-free, CNN's still terrible, Venezuela post-election protests

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #747: Comic and author (I Can Barely Take Care Of Myself) Jen Kirkman (@JenKirkman) joins the show to discuss being child-free and harassment culture. Then, Allison and Jamie discuss CNN's huge reporting blunder covering the Boston Marathon bombings, and Venezuela's post-election protests.

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(2013/04/17) Boston Marathon bombings, fear doesn't excuse racism, deadly bombings across Iraq

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #746: Allison and Jamie discuss the Boston Marathon bombings and why fear doesn't excuse racism, the U.S. killing 30 at an Afghan wedding, deadly bombings across Iraq, CISPA, the California Ag Gag bill, a terrible story of discrimination involving a Missouri gay couple, and the NYPD killing dogs.

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(2013/04/16) Congress undermines USPS, letter from Guantanamo, "Connect the dots!"

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #745: Allison and Jamie discuss how Congress is undermining the U.S. Postal Service, the New York Times publishing a powerful letter from a Guantanamo prisoner that indicts President Obama on his role in keeping Gitmo open, poverty in America, the NYPD still being awful, two-tier justice in the U.S., and some early reports on the Boston explosions.

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(2013/04/15) Countdown to Jamie destroying Citizen Radio, Rehtaeh Parsons' death and who failed her

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #744: Countdown to Jamie destroying Citizen Radio, Rehtaeh Parsons' death and who failed her, the CIA's secret drone deal with Pakistan, Plan B, Kermit Gosnell, Mayor Bloomberg's paternalistic, condescending bullshit, and how not to be a creep around women.

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(2013/04/12) Journalist Will Potter on 'Ag Gag' laws, President Obama OKs cuts to Social Security

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #743: Journalist Will Potter (@will_potter) joins the show to discuss 'Ag Gag' laws and animal activists being labeled domestic terrorists. Next, Allison and Jamie discuss President Obama OKing cuts to Social Security.

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(2013/04/11) Margaret Thatcher is dead, mad tales from Denver

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #742: Allison and Jamie discuss Margaret Thatcher being dead, Boston essentially re-segregating its schools, Jamie's mad tales from Denver, and Newark students walking out to protest budget cuts.

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(2013/04/05) The lives and times of Twitter trolls, McJobs strike back, Islamophobia and the New Atheists

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #741: Allison and Jamie discuss a boxer tracking down a Twitter troll, fast food workers striking in NYC (#fastfoodfwd), and Islamophobia and the New Atheists.

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(2013/04/04) MRAs ongoing stupidity, Rutgers fires coach over abuse and slurs, DHS tracked OWS

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #740: Allison and Jamie discuss the ongoing stupidity of Men's Rights Activists (MRAs), Rutgers firing coach Mike Rice for abusing his players and shouting slurs at them, the Department of Homeland Security tracking the "peaceful activist demonstrations" of Occupy Wall Street, and the badassery of retired NASA scientist James Hansen.

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(2013/04/03) BOO homophobes, YAY lifesaving drugs for poor people

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #739: Jamie and Allison talk about how homophobes (including David Brooks) suck, and lifesaving drugs for poor people are awesome. Plus, updates on the Stop and Frisk trial in NYC, the public school cheating scandal in Atlanta, and how the media was MIA during a prison protest in New Mexico.

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(2013/04/02) Doughnut-eating squirrel, UK's harsh budget cuts, Kevin Ware and the NCAA

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #738: Allison shares a tale of a doughnut-eating squirrel, discusses the UK government's harsh budget cuts, and then Allison and Jamie talk about Kevin Ware and why you should hate the NCAA (and all of sport's one-percenters) and laugh at Michelle Malkin and the KKK.

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(2013/04/01) Olympus Has Fallen, Citizen Radio hates April Fool's Day, NYC paid sick days victory

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #737: Allison and Jamie review the very xenophobic film Olympus Has Fallen, discuss their hatred of April Fool's Day, Libertarians' very limited definition of freedom, NYC's paid sick days victory, the Guantanamo hunger strike, and another SCOTUS decision that received very little media attention.

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(2013/03/29) Thousands protest in Chicago against school closings, Listener Mail, Jamie fights children

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #736: Thousands protest in Chicago against school closings, updates on the NATO 3 and the New York City Stop and Frisk court hearings, and Jamie and Allison answer your Listener Mail.

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(2013/03/28) DOMA, mass school closings in Chicago, worldwide effects of austerity, roastmaster Tim Pawlenty

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #735: Allison and Jamie discuss DOMA, badass Edith “Edie” Windsor and her amazing love story with her wife Thea Spyer, how to be a better ally to our transgender friends, the Chicago Public Schools closing 54 schools, the privatization of education, self-immolations in Bulgaria, a people's uprising in Cyprus, and the worldwide effects of austerity.

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(2013/03/27) SCOTUS hears arguments on Proposition 8, North Dakota Gov approves 6-week abortion ban

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #734: Allison and Jamie discuss the magic that is Sigur Ros, SCOTUS hearing arguments on Prop 8 and the dramatic civil rights gains achieved by the LGBT community, North Dakota's governor approving a 6-week abortion ban, the UN declaring restricting access to abortion is a form of torture, the NYPD bringing an LRAD-X to a Kimani Gray protest and the ongoing Stop and Frisk legal challenge, and terrible "feminist" pitches traffic-hungry editors love.

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(2013/03/26) Declining empire watch: health care lottery, military-style drones in NYC, rape culture

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #733: Allison and Jamie discuss the declining empire, including a health care lottery in Tennessee, military-style drones in NYC, and rape culture.

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(2013/03/25) Recording proves Stop and Frisk is racial profiling, transgender teacher commits suicide following media harassment

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #732: Allison and Jamie discuss LGBT rights and the future of the gay rights movement, a recording has surfaced proving Stop and Frisk is racial profiling, and a transgender teacher has committed suicide following a media harassment campaign led by Little John.

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(2013/03/23) SPECIAL: America's Domestic Black Sites: The Tragic History of Solitary Confinement

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

The full field piece from Marc Kilstein (@MarcKilstein): "America's Domestic Black Sites: The Tragic History of Solitary Confinement."

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(2013/03/22) State Dept hid contractor's ties to KXL company, Part 3 of America's Domestic Black Sites

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #731: Allison and Jamie discuss Mother Jones' exclusive on the State Department hiding a contractor's ties to a Keystone XL company, another case of rape culture in America — this time in Connecticut, and play Marc Kilstein's (@MarcKilstein) third act in "America's Domestic Black Sites: The Tragic History of Solitary Confinement."

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(2013/03/21) Iraq: pundits mea culpa everywhere, Syria, Part 2 of America's Domestic Black Sites

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #730: Allison and Jamie discuss how Ezra Klein doesn't think the Iraq invasion was "managed" very well, the legacy of the U.S.'s invasion and occupation of Iraq, discuss the horrific situation in Syria and why media consumers should be cautious about the drumbeat for bombings and future wars. Also, Part 2 of America's Domestic Black Sites with Marc Kilstein (@MarcKilstein).

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(2013/03/20) Wall Street isn't done screwing you, Part 1 of America's Domestic Black Sites

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #729: Allison and Jamie recommend a couple articles that you should definitely read this week: Sarah Jaffe on the Chained CPI nonsense and Washington's commitment to austerity and Alexis Goldstein on the London Whale Fail and how Wall Street isn't done screwing you yet. Then, Marc Kilstein (@MarcKilstein) brings you part 1 of his report on America's domestic black sites: the tragic history of solitary confinement.

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(2013/03/19) Citizen Radio: Brought to you by Steve Buscemi and a very complicated memory of Richard Engel

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #728: Allison and Jamie discuss how Steve Buscemi is a huge fan of Citizen Radio (probably), Senator Portman changing his stance on gay marriage, the ten-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and how the same old white dudes who were wrong about the invasion are still making the media rounds, and a story involving Jamie, nudity, a little dance, a hot tub, Iraq, and Richard Engel.

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(2013/03/18) On the Steubenville guilty verdict and rape culture

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #727: Allison and Jamie spend the hour on the Steubenville guilty verdict and rape culture. Also, drone medals and the Koch brothers maybe buying the L.A. Times.

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(2013/03/15) Doughnuts, Kimani Gray, media wonders where all the anger comes from, police brutality

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #726: Allison and Jamie talk about vegan doughnuts, the new pope, Kimani Gray, who was shot three times in the back and a witness claims was unarmed (and how the mainstream media wonders where all the anger comes from), the insider vs. outsider protest controversy, police brutality, the NYPD performing its five millionth Stop and Frisk, rape culture, and why hearing Bradley Manning's voice matters.

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(2013/03/14) Politics in MMA, "education reform" needs to address food insecurity and PTSD

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #725: Allison and Jamie discuss politics in MMA, including Sugar Rashad Evans' pro-gay marriage statement, the first openly gay fighter, Liz Carmouche, and first openly transgender fighter Fallon Fox, and how any "education reform" debate needs to address food insecurity, race, class, and PTSD.

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(2013/03/13) Police kill Brooklyn teenager, media's obsession over next pope, Steubenville rape trial begins

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #724: Police kill a Brooklyn teenager, the media's obsession over the next pope, Steubenville rape trial begins, James O'Keefe is still a joke, the New York Times' Bill Keller is wrong on Bradley Manning's motives, Louisiana teaches children hippies are dirty, unemployed cowards, and a man was held in solitary confinement (and forgotten about) for two years.

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(2013/03/12) On pet heaven, global austerity protests, #KXLFuneral, and badass Zerlina Maxwell

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #723: Allison and Jamie discuss the concept of pet heaven, global austerity protests, Keystone XL pipeline protests, and badass feminist Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell).

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(2013/03/11) Police state, institutionalized racism, how even nice people can be racist

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Episode #722: Allison and Jamie discuss the many different examples of the expanding police state in the United States (and why that's not hyperbolic language), institutionalized racism, and how even nice people can be racist.

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(2013/03/08) Rand Paul, confirmation of John Brennan, VAWA, Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #721: Allison and Jamie talk Rand Paul, drones, Libertarians, VAWA, the confirmation of John Brennan, and their trip to the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.

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(2013/03/07) We're back! Hugo Chavez, Bradley Manning, student debt, drones, Blackwater and the austerity end game

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #720: Citizen Radio is back and talking the death of Hugo Chavez, student debt and how to fight back, Bradley Manning, drones, the war on whistleblowers, the sequester, and Blackwater.

Please read and share Allison's Nation article on student debt and Strike Debt!

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(2013/03/01) Best-Of Citizen Radio: Bad Religion and Noam Chomsky

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #719: Best-of interviews from 2010ish featuring Bad Religion's Greg Graffin (@DoctorGraffin) and Noam Chomsky. This may or may not be the episode in which Jamie asks Noam Chomsky for love advice.

Citizen Radio will be back with new episodes next week!

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(2013/02/28) Best-Of Citizen Radio Atheist Edition: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Rebecca Watson, PZ Myers

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #718: Best-of interviews from 2011ish featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Rebecca Watson, and PZ Myers. Topics: atheism, atheism, ATHEISM!

Citizen Radio will be back with new episodes next week!

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(2013/02/27) Mystery at Guantanamo, Best-Of Citizen Radio with Amy Goodman

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #717: Independent journalist John Knefel (@johnknefel) brings more tales from Guantanamo, including a very weird mystery, and a best-of Citizen Radio with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman.

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(2013/02/26) Oscars recap (Sexism! Propaganda!), Jeremy Hammond faces life in prison for alleged hack

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #716: Allison and Jamie discuss the plethora of sexism, racism, homophobia, and propaganda at the Oscars, hacker Jeremy Hammond facing life in prison, our two-tier "justice" system, and BP getting a massive fine reduction and possible tax deduction.

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(2013/02/25) Signs you might be a MRA, Blackwater execs' slap on the wrist for weapons violations, more tales of hecklers

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #715: Signs you might be a MRA, two former Blackwater execs get probation, fine, Jamie brings more tales of hecklers, U.S. sends hundreds of troops to northern Africa to set up a drone base, and Penny tries to sabotage the show.

Check out Allison's article at Alternet about President Obama and Valerie Jarrett's roles in the "urban renewel" scheme.

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(2013/02/22) Tales of UK hecklers, MSNBC hires David Axelrod, introducing micro-drones

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #714: Jamie brings tales of UK hecklers, rape culture, Allison discusses MSNBC hiring David Axelrod and the network's descent into a propaganda channel, and introduces micro-drones.

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(2013/02/21) 100+ bus assistants fired post-strike, Georgia man with IQ of 70 granted stay of execution, trust us: we've studied abroad

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #713: Over 100 bus assistants fired post-strike in NYC, a Georgia man with an IQ of 70 is granted a stay of execution, Jamie brings tales of the jiu-jitsu, and Allison explains why you should all trust her: she's studied abroad.

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(2013/02/20) Military propaganda, tomato-hunting cats, US Special Forces practice interrogation techniques on immigrants

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #712: Jamie and Allison discuss military propaganda at home and abroad, specifically this highly disturbing photo of a Palestinian child in crosshairs posted by an Israeli soldier, how the cats are acting out while Jamie is away, and how U.S. Special Forces will practice interrogation techniques on immigrants, and how Wayne LaPierre, head of the NRA, is using the same ol' race-baiting techniques to drum up gun sales.

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(2013/02/19) Allison and Robot Jamie talk sex workers, populism, and Elizabeth Warren

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #711: Allison and Robot Jamie (AKA Jamie on Skype) talk about the red light district, sex workers, populism, Elizabeth Warren, and crazy Steven Seagal.

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(2013/02/18) The episode where Jamie is in two different countries, Forward On Climate rally, why the poor fight the poor

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #710: Jamie reports from London and Amsterdam and gives an update on his mission to become best friends with Sinead O'Connor, Allison congratulates Maniacs for meeting up at the Forward on Climate rally, and a brief explainer about why the poor fight the poor.

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(2013/02/14) Chris Dorner believed dead, SOTU review, Valentine's Day Maniac story!

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #709: Ex-LAPD officer Chris Dorner is believed dead, Allison and Jamie discuss the media's willingness to pull away from the burning cabin and the alleged police chatter about burning down the cabin, review President Obama's State of the Union speech, yell at MSNBC for hiring Robert Gibbs, and tell the magical tale of the Valentine's Day Maniacs.

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(2013/02/13) Tell a feminist thank you, LAPD hunts anyone who resembles (and doesn't resemble) Chris Dorner, Fracking Hell

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #708: Allison and Jamie discuss the #TellAFeministThankYou hashtag on Twitter, the Violence Against Women Act passing the Senate with no help from Republican men, the LAPD continues to hunt anyone who resembles (and doesn't resemble), another black ex-LAPD officer talks about racism within the force, Chris Dorner, fracking hell, and the MSM still epically fails at covering protests.

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(2013/02/12) Corporate tax-dodgers, MRA has a sad, ex-cop Christopher Dorner now a target for drones

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #707: Allison and Jamie discuss corporate tax-dodgers, the poop...er...pope retiring, William Shatner being the man, this MRA who has a sad because of teh feminists, and how ex-cop Christopher Dorner is now a target for drones.

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(2013/02/11) "Partisan Stockholm Syndrome," the kill list, and why consent is sexy

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #706: Allison and Jamie discuss the blowback Jeremy Scahill received from the Up With Chris audience over the weekend when he talked about drone strikes and the kill list, public confusion about drone strikes, the Chris Dorner manhunt, the rise of the conspiracy class, and why consent is sexy.

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(2013/02/08) When Twitter battles work, Happy Friday! (some of you may be under martial law), Jamie performs Atlas Shrugged

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #705: Two of crazy Fred Phelps' granddaughters have left the Westboro Baptist Church (the God Hates Fags people), Jamie gives advice to older people looking to become vegan, Arkansas town's martial law plans, FoxConn workers are organizing in China, and an Idaho State Senator has introduced a bill requiring students to read Atlas Shrugged.

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(2013/02/07) Hundreds protest NDAA in NYC, CIA operating drone base in Saudi Arabia, how not to be creepy talking to women

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #704: Hundreds protest the National Defense Authorization Act in NYC, the CIA is operating a drone base in Saudi Arabia, the post office cuts mail delivery on Saturdays (even though they're really not broke), women are often victims of gun violence but the media doesn't really focus on that, how not to be creepy talking to women, a patent troll tries to sue podcasts, claiming he invented podcasting technology.

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(2013/02/06) Bye-bye Due Process: from global drone assassinations to indefinite legal limbo

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #703: Allison and Jamie discuss the DOJ's legal explanation for tossing away due process, and how that effort affects protesters domestically, as well, badass Malala Yousufzai, and how some lawmakers are quietly working behind the scenes to legalize marijuana. Finally, many sheriffs have stated they'll refuse to enforce any federal gun regulations. What's the right balance between state and federal powers?

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(2013/02/05) Abortion, Beyoncé, and cats

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #703: Allison and Jamie discuss another heralding trip to the vet, Queen Beyonce's Super Bowl performance, sexist commercials, brave women sharing their abortion stories, the tragic death of Hadiya Pendleton and the need for stronger gun regulations.

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(2013/02/04) Citizen Radio's Kitten Bowl, the Super Bowl and neoliberal deluge, how professional sports affect us all

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #702: Allison and Jamie bring you the Kitten Bowl, talk about how the Super Bowl is part of a neoliberal deluge, chat about MMA and how professional sports affect us all, the U.S. building drone bases in North Africa, and Ed Koch dies (and some journalists forget his shady past).

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(2013/02/01) How to spot pseudoscience, this week in homophobia, it's only class war when poor people fight back

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #701: Allison and Jamie discuss how to spot pseudoscience, discuss this week in homophobia, and how it's only considered class war when poor people fight back. Also, Michael Bloomberg is a sexist turd and always has been.

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(2013/01/31) Happy 700th episode! We love you, Maniacs

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #700: Happy 700th episode! Allison shares the tragic tale of Desmond Abigail Kilstein, and CR reads a couple of their favorite recent Maniac letters.

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(2013/01/30) Mississippi's only abortion clinic may lose license, Christie vetoes minimum wage increase, all about revenge porn

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #699: No, Anonymous doesn't have warheads, update on the NYC school bus strike, Susie Cagle breaks down why you're not a terrible person for eating quinoa, a new questionable study from CUNY on Occupy, Chris Christie vetoes a minimum wage increase, mom loses four children to gun violence, revenge porn, and the health Department intends to revoke license from Mississippi's only abortion clinic.

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(2013/01/29) Time to yell at Michael Bloomberg and Catholics

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #698: Allison Jamie yell at Michael Bloomberg for his wildly sexist comments, Catholics for their pro-life hypocrisy, and a commenter for suggesting students from Philadelphia's rapidly closing public schools "just move." Plus, the war on ag whistleblowers and creepy revenge porn websites.

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(2013/01/28) More on that fake feminism thing, Anonymous to U.S. gov't: 'there will be change, or there will be chaos'

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #697: Allison and Jamie talk some more about the fake feminism thing, Anonymous tells the U.S. government: "there will be change, or there will be chaos" in response to Aaron Swartz's death, Israel finally admits to giving birth control to Ethiopian women, and read this Glenn Greenwald article about how the White House shielded Wall Street from prosecutions in order to make your blood boil.

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(2013/01/25) The thrilling world of fake feminism, tears spliced with amusing anecdotes

WeAreCitizenRadio.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Episode #696: Allison and Jamie discuss the thrilling world of fake feminism, plus lots of tears spliced with amusing anecdotes.

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