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07-24-08 Episode

Rep. Maxine Waters: Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991 representing the 35th District of California.

Bruce Fein: lawyer in the United States who specializes in constitution and international law. He is a pro-impeachment republican.

Scott Dick: regular contributor on Military/Vets issues. Dick hosts his own radio broadcast called The Scott Dick Show.

Pam Singh: human Rights Watch.

R. J. Shulman: political satirist. You can read Shulman’s blog at ptsd1.blogspot.com.

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07-23-08 Episode

Eric Boehlert: senior fellow at Mediamatters.org. He is a contributing editor to Rolling Stone, and a former senior writer for Salon.

Diane Farsetta: Senior Researcher for The Center for Media and Democracy. Farsetta coordinates CMD’s No Fake News campaign. You can read her blog at prwatch.org/blog/6.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 10th District of Ohio. He has been serving since 1996 and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2004 and 2008 elections.

Harvey Wasserman: Free Press Senior Editor. Wasserm is a “Superpower of Peace” columnist and author of a dozen books including SOLARTOPIA! Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030.

Aldous Tyler: founder of nonstopradio.com.

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07-22-08 Episode

Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman: former American Democratic politician, a pioneer as a woman officeholder. She is now an attorney and author on politics. She served for eight years as a U.S. Congresswoman and won national attention for her role on the House Judiciary committee during the Watergate scandal.

Osa Schultz: long-time Alaska fishing family that spans several generations. Schultz will testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the impact the Exxon Valdez oil spill has had on her family, her business and her community.

Travis Valsoff: Alaskan Native Fisherman.

Juan R. I. Cole: University Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Cole has written extensively about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. He has a regular column at Salon.com. And you can read his blog, Informed Comment at juancole.com.

Jason Leopold: founder of pubrecord.org. Leopold has broken numerous stories on the financial machinations of Enron, and his investigative pieces on the company have been published in The Nation, Salon.com, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal The San Francisco Chronicle, CBS Marketwatch, Entrepreneur, Utne Reader and other publications. Leopold was also a contributor to CNBC and National Public Radio and had also been the keynote speaker at more than two-dozen energy industry conferences around the country.

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07-18-08 Episode

Guests: Robert Parry, Faiz Shakir, Tasha Allison-Holmes, Lee Zaslofsky, Brad Friedman, Richard Hayes Phillips Robert Parry: founder of ConsortiumNews.com. His new book is called “Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush”. Faiz Shakir: Research Director for The Center for American Progress. Shakir writes for ThinkProgress.org. Tasha Allison Holmes: co-founder of RealDemocratsUSA.org. Lee Zaslofsky: founder of the War Resisters Support Campaign. Brad Friedman: self described muckraking journalist jerk. Friedman blogs at Bradblog.com. Richard Hayes Phillips: expert witness in State and Federal court hearings on voter fraud in the Ohio 2004 Presidential Elections. His latest book is called “Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an American Election”. His website is Witnesstoacrime.com.

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07-17-08 Episode

Michael Ratner, John R. Talbott, Scott Dick, R.J. Shulman Michael Ratner: President of Center for Constitutional Rights. The Center’s website is ccrjustice.org. Ratner is also an attorney and adjunct professor of law at Columbia University Law School. John R. Talbott: economic consultant and former investment banker at Goldman Sachs. His new book is called “Obamanomics: How Bottom-up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-down Economics”. Scott Dick: Regular contributor on Military and Veteran’s affairs. R.J. Shulman: political satirist. Shulman blogs at ptsd1.blogspot.com.

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07-16-08 Episode

Guests: Paul Waldman, Phyllis Bennis, Dr. Paul Larudee, Terence Heath, Ilya Sheyman, Paul Waldman: Senior Fellow at Media Matters. Phyllis Bennis: fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington and of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. Dr. Paul Larudee: former Ford Foundation supervisor in Lebanon, a Fulbright-Hays lecturer to Lebanon, and a former contracted US government advisor to Saudi Arabia. He participates in Palestinian nonviolent resistance with the International Solidarity Movement. Larudee also works with the Free Gaza Movement their website is FreeGaza.org. Terence Heath: works for the Campaign for America’s future. Their website is ourfuture.org. Ilya Sheyman: online organizing manager for truemajority.org.

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07-15-08 Episode

Guests: Matt Grey, Roger Shuler, Jamil Dakwar, Joe Cirincione, Melanie Sloan, Tommy Panik Matt Grey: advisor to Taxpayers for Improving Public Safety (TiPS), and Victims Foundation. Roger Shuler: blogs at legalschnauzer.blogspot.com. Jamil Dakwar: Director of the ACLU’s Human Rights Program. Joe Cirincione: president of the Ploughshares Fund. Melanie Sloan: Executive Director for CREW, Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington.

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07-14-08 Episode

Guests: David Cay Johnston, Sean Tanner, Cliff Schecter, Richard Charter, Will Bower David Cay Johnston: former NY Times writer. Johnston is now an independent reporter. He most recently published “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill”. Sean Tanner: research director for maplight.org. Cliff Schecter: political commentator and consultant. His latest book is called “The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t Trust McCain—And Why Independents Shouldn’t”. Richard Charter: works for Marine Program at Defenders of Wildlife. Will Bower: spokes person for P.U.M.A. which stands for Party Unity My Ass.

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07-11-08 Episode

Guests: Bob Parry, Iain Levine, Bob Moser, Chris Hedges, Steve Heller Bob Parry: Editor of consortiumnews.com. Parry’s new book is called “Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush”. Iain Levine: Program Director for Human Rights Watch. Bob Moser: Writes for the The Nation magazine. Moser is the author of Blue Dixie: “Awakening the South’s Democratic Majority”. Chris Hedges: Writes for the Nation magazine. Hegdes has a new book called “Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians”. Steve Heller: political commentator and regular contributor. He blogs at Bradblog.com.

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07-10-08 Episode

Guests: Faiz Shakir, Steve Pizzo, Scott Dick, Dr. Bill Beeman, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, R J Shulman Faiz Shakir: Research Director for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at American Progress. Steve Pizzo: one-time working stiff turned political author. Pizzo’s last book, “Inside Job: The Looting of America’s Savings and Loans” was a New York Times best seller. Scott Dick: Host for the radio show the Tasty Planet. Dick is a regular guest on the Peter B Collins show. Dr. Bill Beeman: professor of anthropology at The University of Minnesota. His blog is wbeeman.blogspot.com. Dennis Kucinich: Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in the 2004 and 2008 elections. R J Shulman: political satirist. Shulman is a regular contributor to the Peter B. Collins Show.

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