radioview's Podcast

ACLU of Massachusetts Director of Education Nancy Murray speaks to Open Media Boston News Editor and "RADIO with a VIEW" co-producer Dave Goodman about surveillance cameras and implications for civil liberties. Conversation recorded 1/4/09.

UMASS Boston Economics Professor Arthur MacEwan aka "Dr. Dollar" explains the roots of the recession and describes his remedies for fixing the financial crisis. His talk was sponsored by Jamaica Plain Forum, Dollars and Sense Magazine, and United for a Fair Economy.

Housing and Tenant Advocates with the City Life / Vida Urbana organization defend a family in Mattapan, Boston from eviction proceedings on Nov. 05, 2008. Rather than confronting police and facing arrest, activists cooperate with Housing Court officials and help find temporary housing for the evicted family.

Several Boston City Councilors along with representatives of interest groups speak out on the impact to the city of eliminating the state-wide income tax.

Rainforest Action Network Executve Director Michael Brune and Open Media Boston News Editor/I.B.I.S. Radio Executive Producer Dave Goodman discuss a few of the theme's in Brune's new book, "Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal."

Selected speeches from press conference at Boston City Hall anouncing and supporting proposed public hearings on corporate responsibility for the current financial crisis. Speakers: Darlene Lombos, Community Labor United; Richard Rogers, Greater Boston Labor Council; Mary Wright, City Life/Vida Urbana; Jacqueline Fontes, United Youth Workers of Boston; Grace Ross, Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending; Deborah Robinson, ACORN; Darlene Lombos reading hearing order issued by office of Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner.

David Goodman and Jason Pramas of Open Media Boston dot org and RADIO with a VIEW speak with the producers of "Life Without Green" a television and new media project being filmed in Boston, MA. The pilot for the show is being produced by Abby Phon, Executive Producer and lead actress, Ashley Triffletti, Producer, and Director Ishai Setton. Creator and writer Adam W. Roberts was unavailable for this conversation. Recorded at the studios of WMBR, Cambridge, MA on Thurs., September 18, 2008

"RADIO with a VIEW" hosts Marc Stern and Dave Goodman speak with musician and playwright Deborah Henson-Conant and Underground Railway Theater Artistic Director Debra Wise about theater, culture, politics, and Elvis. Henson-Conant's new show is called "What The Hell Are You Doing In The Waiting Room For Heaven" and recently opened at the brand new Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA.

Robert Townsend was in Boston recently for the 10th Annual Roxbury Film Festival. Festival goers will see his new film, "Of Boys and Men," starring Townsend as the father of a Chicago family whose mom has been killed in a car accident (Angela Bassett in flashbacks). Dave Goodman of "RADIO with a VIEW" and Open Media Boston dot org speaks with Townsend about the film, the industry, and other subjects.

ACT Roxbury is a co-sponsor of the tenth annual Roxbury Film Festival. We spoke to Executive Director Michelle Baxter about the Festival, it's impact on the community, and the role of arts organizations in inner city neighborhoods.

DAVE GOODMAN, co-producer and co-host of RADIO with a VIEW (www.ibisradio.org) and a staffer with www.openmediaboston.org speaks with MA State Rep. Carl Sciortino. The progressive Democrat is running for re-election and faces a primary challenger. Because his name won't be on the ballot in September (nominating papers were apparently stolen from his office) he is forced to run a write-in "sticker" campaign. He was interviewed in his Cambridge, MA campaign office on July 11, 2008.

DAVE GOODMAN, co-producer and co-host of RADIO with a VIEW (www.ibisradio.org) speaks with JANET GILLESPIE, Director of Programming for Community Change, Inc. in Boston. The organization is hosting (July 2, 2008) an open and public reading of the 1852 Frederick Douglass speech "The meaning of July 4th for the Negro." We spoke of institutional racism and prospects for alliances among progressive social movements. (www.communitychangeinc.org)