Radio Dispatch

Radio DIspatch, 5/23/13

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:09:10 -0400

Radio Dispatch 5/22/13

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:59:22 -0400

Homeowners stage acts of civil disobedience outside the DOJ calling for the prosecution of bankers. Also, DOE reforms facilitate special ed entry into selective NYC schools. And listener mail.

Radio Dispatch, 5/21/13

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:38:45 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/21/13

Radio Dispatch, 5/20/13

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:55:56 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/20/13:

Marcy Wheeler joins us to discuss the DOJ/AP story, the on-going war on terror, and the continuing embarrassment of Guantanamo Bay. Also, military sexual assault continues at epidemic levels.

Radio Dispatch, 5/16/13

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:08:36 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/16/13:

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More on the DOJ’s seizing of two months of AP phone records, a new study says children are the poorest group in the United States, and listener mail.

Radio Dispatch, 5/15/13

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:41:53 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/15/13:

The ACLU’s Kade Crockford on what the Boston bombing tells us about militarized police, and the broader state of surveillance in the United States. Also, the DOJ seizes two months of the Associated Press’ phone records, and listener mail.

Radio Dispatch, 5/14/13

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:23:28 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/14/13:

Maurice Pianko of Intern Justice joins us to discuss the effects that free labor has throughout the economy. Also, the intersection of the drone program and stop and frisk, and force feeding at Guantanamo and reproductive rights.

Radio Dispatch, 5/13/13

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:58:23 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/13/13:

The Wall Street Journal’s Jess Bravin joins us to discuss his new book The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay. Also, connecting the dots between exceptional violence and normalized violence.

Radio Dispatch, 5/9/13

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:15 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/9/13:

On today’s show, final thoughts on the latest comedy controversy, and catching up on tons of listener mail.

Radio Dispatch, 5/8/13

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:43:00 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/8/13:

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Another controversy about jokes about violence against women engulfs the comedy community. We spend the hour on what happened, and why pushing back against cultural misogyny is important.

Radio Dispatch, 5/7/13

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:34:53 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/7/13:

Striving for sisterhood while encouraging and embracing criticism, and a flawed theory of how people become terrorists refuses to die.

Radio Dispatch, 5/6/13

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:58:16 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/6/13:

Obama’s awful policy on Plan B, Bloomberg and Kelly on stop and frisk, and listener mail, including an update on Lavonte Douglas.

Radio Dispatch, 5/2/13

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:30:58 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/2/13:

Porn Star Stoya joins us to discuss street harassment and the politics of porn. Also, how zero tolerance criminalizes the youth, and some thoughts on lethal autonomous robots.

Radio Dispatch, 5/1/13

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:31:32 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 5/1/13:

We spend the hour on gender, whether it is innate, constructed, both, or neither. We may also get to some other listener mail too.

Radio Dispatch, 4/30/13

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:24:10 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 4/30/13:

Duchess Harris joins us to discuss Michelle Obama, working motherhood, and white feminism through a black feminist lens, John was on the TV, and as usual some great listener mail.

Your Feminism Ain’t Like Ours, Because We Are Raising Quvenzhané

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:31:57 -0400

Your Feminism Ain’t Like Ours, Because We Are Raising Quvenzhané

Radio Dispatch, 4/29/13

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:31:58 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 4/29/13:

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It’s our fourth Radio Dispatch Live! On tonight’s show, we welcome comedians Phoebe Robinson and Aparna Nancherla. We’re talking political, social, and cultural commentary in comedy, and maybe we’ll get into some identity politics while we’re at it! Plus, John and Molly spent the afternoon trolling misogynists on Twitter.

Guantanamo detainees starving themselves to death

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:45:08 -0400

Guantanamo detainees starving themselves to death:

Video on msnbc.com: As detainees at Guantanamo Bay continue to starve themselves to death, will anyone care? City University of New York professor Ramzi Kassem, John Knefel from Radio Dispatch, Amnesty International’s Michelle Ringuette, and former Congresswoman Nan Hayworth talk about why transferring detainees out of the prison is so difficult, the long history and uncertain future of Guantanamo Bay, and having empathy for people accused of committing acts of terrorism.

Here’s John’s appearance on Up With Steve Kornacki Saturday morning.

Radio Dispatch, 4/25/13

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:12:13 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 4/25/13:

Farea al-Muslimi testifies before a Senate subcommittee on drones, we discuss the Gosnell case in Philadelphia, and a listener mail about stripping.

Radio Dispatch, 4/24/13

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:52:06 -0400

Radio Dispatch, 4/24/13:

Salon’s Natasha Lennard joins us to discuss the problems of federal grand juries, and how those who resist them can wind up in solitary confinement for up to 18 months. Also, normalizing Constitutional infringements and sweet sweet listener mail.