Episodes
Monday Apr 29, 2013
Leid Stories - Smooth Operator: The FBI and Homegrown Terrorism - 04/29/13
Monday Apr 29, 2013
Monday Apr 29, 2013
In the aftermath of the April 15 Boston Marathon twin bombings, there are more questions than answers—not only about the shadowy figures said to be the terrorists, but also about the performance of governmental agencies and authorities charged with countering terrorism. Stephen Lendman, a renowned author and research associate at the Center for Research on Globalization, puts the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the microscope in this edition of Leid Stories. The agency, he says, has had, and continues to have, cozy relationships with terrorists, and has been directly implicated in several terror plots. It is quite possible, he says, that alleged bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were “set up” to commit the bombings. “The official story,” he says, “is full of holes.”
Friday Apr 26, 2013
Friday Apr 26, 2013
It’s a simple-enough question that immigrants commonly are asked. Repeatedly. But it actually is loaded many shades of meaning that even the questioner or the person being questioned understands. Leid Stories deconstructs the question. Are you ready for the answer to it?
Thursday Apr 25, 2013
Leid Stories - The “T” Word: A Political Quandary (Part 2) - 04/25/13
Thursday Apr 25, 2013
Thursday Apr 25, 2013
We continue the conversation on terrorism, looking in particular at our twisted relationship with it. We are inclined to condemn it as an undemocratic means of social and political control, but even in routine ways we endorse, accept and insist upon its application to achieve what we define and defend as democracy and the greater good.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2013
Leid Stories - The “T” Word: A Political Quandary - 04/24/13
Wednesday Apr 24, 2013
Wednesday Apr 24, 2013
What is it about the word “terrorist” that—pardon the pun—terrorizes people who consider themselves politically left of center? They just hate to use the word. So, naturally, Leid Stories devotes today’s program to just that subject, hoping to expose what for many is a quandary: using the language and definitions of “the other side” when there is such sharp disagreement with their ideology and just about everything they stand for. But fear not, good souls, we shall calmly and methodically locate the source of this problem and, of course, deal with it!
Tuesday Apr 23, 2013
Leid Stories - The Media, the Marathon and Mind Control - 04/23/13
Tuesday Apr 23, 2013
Tuesday Apr 23, 2013
Continuing with our coursework in media literacy, Leid Stories examines the mainstream media’s self-assigned role in a perceived “national crisis.” Coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings and aftermath continues to reflect and reinforce the desired objectives of the state, even at the expense of journalistic independence and integrity. There is a shared mission, after all, and the media are obligated to fulfill its part of the bargain, providing the “information” necessary to maintain order, national identity and the mechanisms of social control.
Monday Apr 22, 2013
Leid Stories - 04/22/13
Monday Apr 22, 2013
Monday Apr 22, 2013
A Triumph Over Terrorism? America’s “Teachable Moment” The intent was to strike terror in the hearts and minds of Americans, and, to some degree, they succeeded.
Friday Apr 19, 2013
Leid Stories - Terror In Our Midst - 04/19/13
Friday Apr 19, 2013
Friday Apr 19, 2013
The Boston Marathon bombings, allegedly by two Chechen nationals, have revived the long-simmering questions: Why? Why us? These questions were raised in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda terrorists, who unleashed unspeakable violence on innocent people in the United States. There answers about how they did it, but not why, and not why us. Leid Stories poses the same questions to listeners today, looking for answers that will help us understand the incongruity of unwarranted violence against unsuspecting people at an athletic event and two young suspects bent on bringing death and grievous injury to them in bomb-bearing backpacks.
Thursday Apr 18, 2013
Wednesday Apr 17, 2013
Leid Stories - Uncovering Media Coverage - 04/17/13
Wednesday Apr 17, 2013
Wednesday Apr 17, 2013
Monday Apr 15, 2013
Waging Peace to End Two Wars - 04/15/13
Monday Apr 15, 2013
Monday Apr 15, 2013
On this day 46 years ago, the anti-war and civil rights movements launched a masterful peace offensive that proved to be one of the most successful tactics in forcing the enactment of several pieces of civil rights legislation and an end to the Vietnam War. On April 16, 1967, peaceful protests were held across America, with New York City and San Francisco attracting the largest crowds. Though both movements had been traveling on parallel tracks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s fiery speech 11 days earlier condemning the war galvanized their quests for justice at home and abroad.