Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008

Dec. 31: McCollumNewYear's

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NEW YEAR'S EVE: CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW: Report from our Capitol Representatives We take this year-end opportunity to review the policies and politics of 2008 and their impact on Twin Cities residents – and the changes and expectations we can look for in 2009. Our newly re-elected core-city US representatives join us for a comprehensive conversation. GUESTS: • CONFIRMED: CONGRESSWOMAN BETTY McCOLLUM, (D-MN) 4th District • INVITED: CONGRESSMAN KEITH ELLISON, (D-MN) 5th District • Fellow journalists ARON KAHN and JIM LEINFELDER

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Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008

DEC 24: ENCORE: CONVERSATION WITH MEL DUNCAN

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ENCORE: A CONVERSATION WITH MEL DUNCAN We reprise our October conversation with MEL DUNCAN, whose commitment to and effective organizing around progressive politics and public policy, peace, justice and nonviolence date back 30 years. Mel Duncan was founding director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce, a consortium of some 93 member organizations around the world – recently stepped back from that role but not the organization nor its mission after almost ten years of global collaboration with local people in several countries, most recently Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Guatemala. ANDY DRISCOLL's October interview with Duncan and its message of peace, meditation and advocacy is repeated this Christmas Eve Day and Day 4 of Hanukkah. Happy Holidays to all.

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Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008

TTT DEC 17: Utility Bills Redux

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Why are hundreds of households going without heat or light right now when Minnesota's Cold Weather Rule preventing utility shutoffs during the winter months is in effect?

TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN investigate the reasons utility companies feel they can flout the law. The real question is: why are shut-offs necessary? Is warm shelter a human right? We speak with consumer advocates, tenant advocates and home heating assistance agents to get to the bottom of the cold furnaces and dark rooms cropping up around the Twin Cities Metro and across Minnesota. GUESTS: • MURIEL DICKINSON - Customer Service Coordinator, Community Action Minneapolis PHONE: 612-335-5837 • SCOTT ZEMKE - Operations Director Community Action Partnership of Suburban Hennepin PHONE: Energy Assistance Intake: 952-930-3541 • ERIC HAUGE -Lead tenant Organizer, HOME Line, Nonprofit Minnesota statewide tenant advocacy organization. PHONE: Tenant Hotline: 612-728-5767. Main Office Number: 612-728-5770 • MATT EICHENLAUB - Attorney, HOME Line • CHERI HONKALA - National Organizer, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign PHONE: (612) 821-2364

ADDITIONAL HELPLINKS: COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF RAMSEY/WASHINGTON COUNTIES • MINNESOTA LIHEAP RESOURCES • STATE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM • REACH OUT FOR WARMTH.

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Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008

DEC 10: JUSTICE AND THE RNC AFTERMATH

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JUSTICE AND THE RNC AFTERMATH: Clearing the Courts...and Our Consciences NOW 900 WATTS STRONG: FM 90.3/Minneapolis-106.7/St. Paul and STREAMING LIVE AT KFAI.org Trials move at a snail's pace; charging officers fail to appear; postponements that put off resolution of disputed arrests. What sort of justice is this? What is the status of the umpteen charges leveled at Republican National Convention demonstrators and bystanders? TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN talk with lawyers, defendants and, perhaps, even judges in dissecting the body of cases and trials still under way three months after the fences came down and cops disrobed from their Darth Vader-like armor. GUESTS: • LARRY LEVENTHAL, Attorney representing RNC 8 defendant Max Specktor • GENA BERGLUND, Attorney representing RNC arrestees • MICHAEL FRIEDMAN - Executive Director,

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Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008

TTT DEC 3: "SMART INVESTMENTS IN MINNESOTA'S STUDENTS"

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DECEMBER 3: "SMART INVESTMENTS IN MINNESOTA'S STUDENTS"

TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN talk with Growth & Justice senior staff about that organization's report and proposal for investments in Minnesota's public education system – "Smart Investments in Minnesota’s Students", contrasting and comparing its recommendations with those of the "New Minnesota Miracle" to erase the state's education funding deficit. We'll ask them how anything ambitious can be accomplished in a climate of contracting revenues and rising deficits. And we ask a key legislator and scholar how they think this might work in such a climate.

GUESTS: • DANE SMITH - President, Growth & Justice • ANGIE EILERS - Senior Policy Director, Growth & Justice • REP. MINDY GREILING, Chair, Minnesota House K-12 Education Committee and author of the "New Minnesota Miracle" bill • NICOLA ALEXANDER - Associate Professor, UofM Education Policy & Administration, G&J "Smart Investments in Minnesota’s Students" Steering Committee member

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