Episodes
Monday Oct 15, 2012
Leid Stories - The Obama-Romney Silence Pact - 10/15/12
Monday Oct 15, 2012
Monday Oct 15, 2012
They'll both be talking loudly, but still saying nothing about the concerns of America's most hard-pressed constituencies. But the Obama-Romney Silence Pact comes under close scrutiny ahead of their Round 2 debate tomorrow at Hofstra University -- with a searing commentary and listeners' opinions.
Friday Oct 12, 2012
Leid Stories - Duh-bate II - 10/12/12
Friday Oct 12, 2012
Friday Oct 12, 2012
Discussion of the Joe Biden / Paul Ryan debate.
Thursday Oct 11, 2012
Leid Stories - The Prose of the Cons - 10/11/12
Thursday Oct 11, 2012
Thursday Oct 11, 2012
Wednesday Oct 10, 2012
Leid Stories - What's Wrong About Voting Rights - 10/10/12
Wednesday Oct 10, 2012
Wednesday Oct 10, 2012
At the heart of discussions about democracy and the role of citizen-voters in assuring and maintaining it is the notion that voters have "rights." But as the song says, "It ain't necessarily so." J. Gerald Hebert, executive director and director of litigation at the Campaign Legal Center, in Washington, D.C., says it's time the U.S. Supreme Court give both clarity and direction on this issue.
Tuesday Oct 09, 2012
Leid Stories - The Numbing Effect - 10/09/12
Tuesday Oct 09, 2012
Tuesday Oct 09, 2012
A searing commentary -- and then and broader discussion with listeners -- on the psychology of political defeatism and why the left simply doesn't get it that repeated losses have a numbing effect on the very constituencies they want to mobilize into action.
Monday Oct 08, 2012
Leid Stories - Discovering Columbus - 10/08/12
Monday Oct 08, 2012
Monday Oct 08, 2012
Spoiler alert: Columbus never even set foot in the country he is credited with "discovering." What he should get credit for is ushering in tidal waves of genocide, plunder and war throughout the Americas and the Caribbean. In one of his last lectures, the late Ivan Van Sertima, a world-renowned scholar of early African civilizations, uncovers the truth about the legendary discoverer.
Friday Oct 05, 2012
Leid Stories - It's A Wrap! - 10/05/12
Friday Oct 05, 2012
Friday Oct 05, 2012
Thursday Oct 04, 2012
Leid Stories - The Debate After The Debate - 10/03/12
Thursday Oct 04, 2012
Thursday Oct 04, 2012
In this open forum, listeners analyze the Oct. 3 Obama-Romney debate on the economy and discuss whether and/or how it has changed their attitudes about politics and the choices they are likely to make come Nov. 6.
Wednesday Oct 03, 2012
Leid Stories - You Don't Say - 10/03/12
Wednesday Oct 03, 2012
Wednesday Oct 03, 2012
Constitutional law expert Kenneth Lasson, a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, debunks the popular belief that "freedom of speech" is an absolute right under the First Amendment. He tackles the question: How free should free speech be?
Tuesday Oct 02, 2012
Leid Stories - State of the Stake - 10/02/12
Tuesday Oct 02, 2012
Tuesday Oct 02, 2012
Noted labor, racial justice and international activist Bill Fletcher Jr., chairman of the board of directors of the International Labor Rights Forum, founder of the Black Radical Congress and senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., discusses "What's Really at Stake on Nov. 6" -- a candid assessment.