Archive for April 2008

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 04.30.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

April 30th, 2008

Produced by:

David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 57:21

This Week’s Topics:

–Leave us voicemail for the show at our new number, 1-877-363-0947, open 24 hours a day!

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Writer’s Voice 05/01/08: Nicholson Baker’s HUMAN SMOKE

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Nicholson Baker about his acclaimed new book, HUMAN SMOKE: The Beginnings of World War II; The End of Civilization.
In a departure from his usual genre, fiction, Baker turns his eye for telling detail to an examination of the cavalier disregard for the human consequences of war by leaders on all sides of the conflict. We hear about how Churchill’s warmongering and Roosevelt’s anti-Semitism exacerbated the war’s civilian toll. We also hear of the courage of a few who dared to speak against the headlong rush to battle.

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Programming Committee Meeting Minutes January 2008

(sorry no attendance records)

January 2008 Programming Meeting Minutes

1) There are currently NO trainings for new programmers/new VFR members
a) Until we can get regular open houses happening again the Programming Committee will email the liaison, and the liaison will find someone within the appropriate collective to mentor/train new people.
b) There is a definite benefit to having an official open house because Tony gives a great schpeel about the history of VFR and our mission statement (Correction we found out that Tony WAS and STILL IS doing open houses Every First Sunday of the month–he didn’t do ONE in December–proof how ill the “telephone” game can be!!)
c) In the near future we may create a member handbook that includes the history and mission information

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Programming Committee minutes April 10th 2008

Programming Committee minutes April 10th 2008

In attendance: Megha Arraj, Eddie Kennedy, Tony Shannon, Leila Wolan, Dave Kopacz, Butch
Bouchard, Steve Cutting.

Absent without contact committee: Katherine Reason, Derek Goodwin, Paolo Mastrangelo,
Joshua Vrysen (has since resigned from vfr)

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Programming Committee meeting Thursday May 8th 7pm at the station

A Baha’i Perspective 04.26.2008

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Erica Toussaint, a Baha’i whose great grandfather, Howard Colby Ives, was a Unitarian minister who became a Baha’i in 1912.

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 04.23.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

April 23rd, 2008

Produced by:

David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 56:03

This Week’s Topics:

–Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

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A Baha’i Perspective 04.19.2008

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Dora Carlyn Horton, a Baha’i who lives both in NYC and in Florida. She is an actor, musician and composer, a makeup artist, a chef and a playwright. At the end of the program I play cuts from Dora’s new CD, Pathway To Paradise.

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Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 04.16.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

April 16th, 2008

Produced by:

David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 55:07

This Week’s Topics:

–Leave us voicemail for the show at 1-877-363-0947, 24 hours a day!

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General Membership Meeting Minutes 4.16.08

IN ATTENDANCE!
Bob Gardner, Matt Dineen, Keeley Malone, Anthony Shannon, Mark Firehammer, Megha Arraj, Ed Russel, Steve Cutting, Arjuna Geist, Dana Prescott, Leif, Fidel Hidalgo. Read more on General Membership Meeting Minutes 4.16.08…