Citywide Radio's
2010 Broadcast Schedule for
Progressive Radio
4:30-5:00 pm Fridays
in which Progressive Magazine editor Matt Rothschild
interviewed leading activists, scholars, and artists
who are helping make the world a better place

The
Progressive Radio
Show
Broadcast
Date
Program
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F1/1/10 Ray Krone of Witness to Innocence 12/28/09
T1/5/10 Malalai Joya, a leading feminist in Afghanistan and a member of the parliament there 3/8/06
W1/6/10 Lucas Benitez, co-founder and co-director of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers 3/29/06
Th1/7/10 Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and Jerome Armstrong, authors of "Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics" 5/4/06
F1/8/10 Sami Rasouli, director of the Muslim Peacemakers Team in Iraq 1/4/10
T1/12/10 Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, a member of the Palestinian parliament and founder of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society 4/19/06
W1/13/10 Gregory Wilpert, author of "Coup Against Chavez in Venezuela" 4/11/06
Th1/14/10 Camille Paglia, author of "Sexual Personae" and of "Break, Blow, Burn" 4/12/06
F1/15/10 Nona Willis Aronowitz, author of "girldrive" 1/11/10
T1/19/10 Louise Knight, author of "Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy" 5/10/06
W1/20/10 Elizabeth DiNovella, culture editor of The Progressive, who discusses the World Social Forum 2/17/06
Th1/21/10 Steven Salaita, the author of "Anti-Arab Racism in the USA: Where It Comes From and What It Means" 6/27/06
F1/22/10 John Nichols and Robert McChesney discuss their new book, "The Death and Life of American Journalism" 1/18/10
T1/26/10 Abbie Pickett, who served with the Army National Guard in Iraq 8/1/06
W1/27/10 Jennifer Loewenstein, expert on the Middle East and research fellow at Oxford's Refugee Studies Center 8/9/06
Th1/28/10 Historian, playwright and activist Howard Zinn (repeated from 9/17/09) 10/9/06
F1/29/10 Patrick Coy, co-author of "Contesting Patriotism: Culture, Power, and Strategy in the Peace" 1/25/10
T2/2/10 George Packer, author of "The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq" 3/8/06
W2/3/10 David Giffey, editor of "Long Shadows: Veterans' Paths to Peace" 2006
Th2/4/10 Gary Ashbeck, a member of Jonah House, the faith-based community started by Phil Berrigan and Liz McAllister in Baltimore 2006
F2/5/10 Prof. Gay Seidman, author of "Beyond the Boycott" 2/1/10
T2/9/10 Ralph Brauer, author of "The Strange Death of Liberal America." 2007
W2/10/10 Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng, who is immortalized in the semi-fictional book by Dave Eggers, "What Is the What?" 2007
Th2/11/10 Stephen Lewis, former UN Secretary-General's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa and formerly Canada's ambassador to the UN 2007
F2/12/10 Singer songwriter Sean Michael Dargan 2/8/10
T2/16/10 Marion Nestle, author of "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" 2007
W2/17/10 Prof. Mary Layoun, a member of the UW Middle East Studies Program 1/3/07
Th2/18/10 Danny Postel, author of "Reading Legitimation Crisis in Tehran: Iran and the Future of Liberalism" 2007
F2/19/10 Maria Cancian, co-editor of "Changing Poverty, Changing Policies" 2/15/10
T2/23/10 Ned Blackhawk, author of "Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West" 2007
W2/24/10 Rahul Mahajan, author of "Full Spectrum Dominance" and "The New Crusade: America's War on Terrorism" 2007
Th2/25/10 Mark Anthony Rolo, member of the Bad River Band of Ojibewe, and former head of the Native American Journalists Association 8/4/06
F2/26/10 Kevin Alexander Gray, author of "Waiting for Lightning to Strike: The Fundamentals of Black Politics" 2/22/10
T3/2/10 Ken Butigan, peace activist with the group Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service in Chicago 2006
W3/3/10 Krista Jacob, the editor of "Abortion Under Attack" 2007
Th3/4/10 Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o, author of "Wizard of the Crow" 10/16/06
F3/5/10 Rev. Jim Sessions, president of the Working America Education Fund 3/1/10
T3/9/10 Feminist scholar Cynthia Enloe 2006
W3/10/10 Poet Mónica de la Torre discusses her book "Talk Shows" 2007
Th3/11/10 Rigoberto González, the author of "Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa" 2007
F3/12/10 Folksinger Stuart Stotts, author of "We Shall Overcome: A Song that Changed the World." 3/8/10
T3/16/10 Juan Melendez, an innocent man who spent 17 years on death row 8/28/06
W3/17/10 Sharon Hutchinson, a leading expert on Darfur 2006
Th3/18/10 Myra Marx Ferree, co-editor of "Global Feminism" 2007
F3/19/10 Dr. Evan Kanter, past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility 3/15/10
T3/23/10 Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony Shadid of The Washington Post, author of "Night Draws Near" 2006
W3/24/10 Roscoe Orman, who for the past 32 years has played Gordon on Sesame Street 2006
Th3/25/10 Nobel Prize-winner in economics Joseph Stiglitz, author of "Making Globalization Work" 11/1/06
F3/26/10 John Ross, journalist living in Mexico and author of "El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City" 3/22/10
T3/30/10 Stephen Lerner, director of the SEIU's Justice for Janitors campaign 2006
W3/31/10 Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out for" 7/7/06
F4/2/10 Environmental activist Vandana Shiva 3/29/10
F4/9/10 Randy Swisher, senior adviser of the American Wind Energy Association 4/5/10
F4/16/10 Garrett Fitzgerald and Max Specktor of the Republican National Committee 8 4/12/10
F4/23/10 Environmental activist and writer Bill McKibben, author of "Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet" 4/19/10
F4/30/10 Margaret Atwood, author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and most recently, "The Year of the Flood" 4/26/10
F5/7/10 Bill Meadows, president of the Wilderness Society 5/3/10
F5/14/10 Spoken word artist and educator Marc Bamuthi Joseph 5/10/10
F5/21/10 Dorceta Taylor, author of "The Environment and the People in American Cities" 5/17/10
F5/28/10 Peace activist Cindy Sheehan 5/24/10
F6/4/10 Suzanne Gordon, author of "When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough" 5/31/10
F6/11/10 Amy Dean, author of "A New, New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement" 6/7/10
F6/18/10 Novelist Joe Meno, the author of "The Great Perhaps" 6/14/10
F6/25/10 Si Kahn and Donna Red Wing, the outgoing and incoming leaders of Grassroots Leadership 6/21/10
F7/2/10 Leftwing foreign policy critic Tariq Ali, one of the screenwriters for Oliver Stone's new documentary South of the Border 6/28/10
F7/9/10 Bill Press, host of "The Bill Press Show," and author of "Toxic Talk" 7/5/10
F7/16/10 Dr. Dan Murphy, who runs the largest clinic in East Timor 7/12/10
F7/23/10 Susan Douglas, author of "Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message that Feminism's Work Is Done" 7/19/10
F7/30/10 Michael Klare, author of "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet" 7/26/10
F8/6/10 Dave Zirin, author of "Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love" 8/2/10
F8/13/10 This week's guest is Jonathan Alter of Newsweek, the author of "The Promise: President Obama, Year One" 8/9/10
F8/20/10 Brian Tokar, author of "Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and Social Change" 8/16/10
F8/27/10 Leila Pine and Craig McComb, human rights activists on immigration in Arizona 8/23/10
F9/3/10 Michelle Hoover, the author of "The Awakening" 8/30/10
F9/10/10 Ellen Stanley - "Mother Banjo" 9/6/10
F9/17/10 Prof. David McNally, author of "Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance" 9/13/10
F9/24/10, 10/1/10 Erik Olin Wright, author of "Envisioning Real Utopias" 9/20/10
F10/8/10 Ann Jones, author of "War Is Not Over When It's Over" 9/27/10
F10/15/10 Chip Berlet of Political Research Associates talks about the tea parties 10/11/10
F10/22/10 Stuart Biegel, author of "The Right to Be Out" 10/18/10
F10/29/10, 11/5/10 Jordan Flaherty, author of "Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six" 10/25/10
F11/12/10 Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com 11/8/10
F11/19/10 Neil Maher, author of "Nature's New Deal" 11/15/10
F11/26/10 Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program 11/22/10
F12/3/10 Ann Wright, who quit the State Department over the Iraq War 11/29/10
F12/10/10 Joshua Clover, author of "1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About" 12/6/10
F12/17/10 Gwynne Dyer, author of "Climate Wars" 12/13/10
F12/24/10 David Masciotra, author of "Working on a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen" 12/20/10
F12/31/10 Andrei Codrescu, NPR commentator and author of "The Poetry Lesson" 12/27/10

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