The Talkies: The Politics of Race
with Michael Fauntroy

Tuesday October, 28 2008, 12:00 PM
with Jodi Selene

What role does race play in the upcoming election? Jodi Selene talks with political commentator, author and professor, Michael Fauntroy about the history of the Black vote and current trends in African American voting.

The Talkies: Bobby Seale, In Conversation

Friday October, 24 2008, 12:00 PM
with Brian Bahouth

Listen to this fascinating interview with Robert George "Bobby" Seale (born October 22, 1936, in Dallas, Texas), an American civil rights activist, who along with Dr. Huey P. Newton, co-founded the Black Panther Party For Self Defense on October 15, 1966.

In more recent years, Seale's actions differ greatly from the radical ones of his past. In 1987, he authored a cookbook called Barbecuing with Bobby and was also a spokesman for Ben & Jerry's ice cream. In 2002, Seale began dedicating his time to Reach!, a group focused on youth education programs. Currently he teaches black studies at Temple University in Philadelphia and is also launching an instructional, nonprofit group helping people develop the necessary techniques and tools to set up community organization within their neighborhoods.

The Talkies: George McGovern In Conversation

Monday October, 20 2008,
with Brian Bahouth

George McGovern, a former United States Representative, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee spoke with Brian Bahouth about the current political climate and how it compares with his experiences in the 60s and 70s.

A decorated World War II combat veteran noted for his opposition to the Vietnam War, George McGovern lost the 1972 presidential election in a landslide to incumbent Richard Nixon. A longtime leader in ensuring nutrition and food security and fighting hunger and poverty, McGovern was appointed United Nations Ambassador on World Hunger in 2001.

Voting Machine Security: will your vote count?

Wednesday September, 24 2008, 1:00 PM
with Jodi Selene

Jodi Selene talks about computer voting with Dr. Peter Neumann, principal scientist at SRI International, and author of the book, "Computer Related Risks." Dr. Neumann has doctorates from Harvard and Darmstadt, Germany. He received the National Computer System Security Award in 2002. He has been working in the field of computer security since the 1970's and has given testimony for the U.S. Senate and House and the California State legislature on computer voting security.

We will also be talking with Nevada County registrar of voters, Gregory Diaz, toward the end of the hour.

Tom Cornell, In Conversation

Monday, Sep. 22nd, 2008, 12:00 PM,
with Steve Baker

Tom Cornell organized the very first demonstration against the war in Vietnam in the summer of 1963, went to jail for burning his draft card in a historic case and has spent a lifetime fighting for peace and social justice. Click here for an article on this year's Labor Day by Tom Cornell at the Baltimore Nonviolence Center web site.

Single Payer Health Care, Public Town Hall Meeting,

Monday, September 8th, 2008, 8:00 - 10:00 PM

Broadcast live on KVMR from 8:00 - 10:00 PM, Monday, Sept. 8th, 2008, the Nevada County Chapter of Health Care for All California hosted a "town hall" panel discussion on the CA and US health care crisis and solutions, such as single payer health care as proposed by Senator Sheila Kuehl's Senate Bill 840. The panel included Doctors Christine Newsom, Roger Hicks and Larry Danto, Vice-Mayor Reinette Senum, and health care organization representatives. (Our apologies for the audio quality at the start of the teownhall meeting) For more information, call 530-274-0360 and 530-478-5778 or online at healthcareforall.org

Jeffrey Callison host of Insight on KXJZ, Interviews KVMR founders,

10 July 2008,

KVMR - 30 Years in Your Ears Community radio station KVMR celebrates its 30th anniversary this week. Today on Insight, you'll meet radio personality and station executives and find out what it's been like producing "30 Years in Your Ears."

Carcingenic organic body care products?

Wednesday, April, 30, 2008, 1:00 PM,
with Jodi Selene and Alan Stahler

What's the secret ingredient in so-called natural products that may be harming our skin? Join Jodi Selene as she talks with a staff scientist of the Environmental Working Group to find out. KVMR's Alan Stahler is on hand to help decipher the chemical facts.