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Rag Radio : The American Radio Revolution with Kim Simpson, Jan Reid, and Bob Simmons
From left, Rag Radio’s Thorne Dreyer and guests Bob Simmons, Kim Simpson, and Jan Reid. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio / The Rag Blog.The formatting revolution in ’60s-’70s American Radio By Thorne Webb Dreyer | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Simmons, Interview, Jan Reid, Kim Simpson, Radio History, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Thorne Webb Dreyer : Peace and Justice Activist Tom Hayden on Rag Radio
As Port Huron turns 50:Peace and justice activistTom Hayden on Rag Radio By Thorne Webb Dreyer | The Rag Blog | January 26, 2012 Peace and justice activist Tom Hayden, a driving force in SDS and the Sixties New Left, … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Interview, New Left, Peace Movement, Port Huron Statement, Progressives, Rag Radio, SDS, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer, Tom Hayden
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Rag Radio : David Edwards on Transformative Trends in World Affairs
University of Texas Government Professor David Edwards in the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, January 13, 2012. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog.UT-Austin Government Prof David Edwardsdiscusses transformative trends in international relationsand the crisis of the capitalist empire … Continue reading
Rag Radio : Bruce Melton on the Real-World Effects of Climate Change
Climate change activist Bruce Melton, left, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Environmental activist Bruce Melton discussesthe real-world effects of climate change … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Interview, Rag Radio, Texas Drought, Texas Wildfires, Thorne Dreyer
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Rag Radio : Singer/Songwriter, Author, and Actor Bobby Bridger
Bobby Bridger performs live on Rag Radio, Friday, November 18, 2011, at the KOOP studios in Austin. Photos by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Singer/Songwriter, Author, Actor, and Artist Bobby Bridgeron Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer. Listen to it here: … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Bridger, Eliza Gilkyson, Ellen LaConte, Interview, Musicians, Rag Radio, Singer-Songwriters, Sustainability, Thorne Dreyer
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Rag Radio : Greenlandic Inuit Explorer/Actor Ole Jørgen Hammeken and Filmmaker Marc Buriot
Ole Jørgen Hammeken (above) at an Oct. 27, 2011, taping of Rag Radio at the KOOP studios in Austin. (The show was aired Nov. 4, 2011.) Inset below is filmmaker Marc Buriot. Photos by Michelle Manteris / The Rag Blog.Inuit … Continue reading
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Tagged Explorers, Filmmakers, Greenland, Indigenous People, Interview, Inuit, Inuk, Marc Buriot, Ole Jørgen Hammeken, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Robert Jensen : Angus Wright and the ‘Fire Next Time’
Angus Wright. Screen grab from Vimeo.The fire next time is now:Environmental historian Angus Wright’scall for a planetary patriotism By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / November 9, 2011 Angus Wright has a way of saying things we may not … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : A Rag Blog Interview with Bernardine Dohrn
Bernardine Dohrn. Photo by Thomas Good / Next Left Notes.Never the ‘good girl,’ not then, not now:A Rag Blog interview with Bernardine Dohrn By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / October 20, 2011 Bernardine Dohrn will be Thorne Dreyer‘s … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Bernardine Dohrn, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Radicals, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground
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Robert Jensen : Will Potter and ‘Green is the New Red’
Image from TreeHugger.Green is the New Red:An interview with Will Potter By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / July 27, 2011 For centuries, the arbitrary use of power by the state against dissidents has been a key threat to … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Environmental Activists, Governmental Repression, Interview, Red-Baiting, Robert Jensen, The Left, Will Potter
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Jonah Raskin : Michael T. Klare on War and Terrorism
Michael T. Klare. Still image from Klare’s Blood and Oil.A Rag Blog interview:Author Michael T. Klare on terrorism,paper tigers, Vietnam, and the Pentagon: By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2011 He grew up singing the lyrics … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, Jonah Raskin, Michael T. Klare, Pentagon, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Jonah Raskin : Historian Eric Foner: A Contemporary View of America’s Past
Historian Eric Foner. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.A Rag Blog interview:Lincoln biographer Eric Fonertells history from the bottom upBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 The award-winning American historian, Eric Foner, has often written about the Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Books, Civil War, Eric Foner, Historians, Interview, Jonah Raskin
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