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Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Dr. William Smith, a Baha’i and executive director of the Center for Diversity in the Communication Industries at Emerson College. Among his many accomplishments is his founding a video, film and multimedia company called ComTel Productions; founding a non-profit organization called Pupil of the Eye: Vision for Unity in Education; and writing and producing the award winning documentary film “The Invisible Soldiers: Unheard Voices”, which aired on PBS. And now he is working on a memoir called Remembering The Pupil of the Eye: Stories of Faith, Race and Patriotism. In my first interview with Smitty back in February 2007, he described his growing up in Greenville SC and his encounter with the Baha’i Faith.

Read more on A Baha’i Perspective 02.28.2009…

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Here are the VFR charts — the most popular and newest music played on VFR — for March 1, 2009. Read more on VFR Radio Charts March 1, 2009…

Latest Episode: The Anti-War Movement, EFCA and the Dialectics of Revolution
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This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

February 25th, 2009

Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 56:05

This Week’s Topics:

–Barack Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress that was NOT a State of the Union, including early standing ovations from Nancy Pelosi, a weird exchange with Dennis Kucinich, and more.

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Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Phillipe Copeland, a Baha’i who grew up in search of a spiritual community that recognized what he had recognized which was the oneness of all religions. He has a blog called Baha’i Thought where he addresses current events from a Baha’i perspective. It took me a minute or so to get the sound right, so it sounds a little funky at the beginning. But be patient, you’ll enjoy this interview.

Read more on A Baha’i Perspective 02.21.2009…

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Present:  Linda Kennedy, Eddie Kennedy, Anthony Shannon, Shawn Smith, Andy Sewell, Bob Gutowski, Ed Russell, Dana Prescott, Steve Cutting, Megha Araj.

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Latest Episode: Sherry Wolf, Afghan Reconstruction and Israeli Divestment
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This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman

Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 56:15

This Week’s Topics:

–Ray Comfort, author of the book You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence But You Can’t Make Him Think, is with us live for an outrageous conversation.

Read more on Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 02.18.2009…

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1. Introductions

2. Announcements

3. Accept Minutes from January GM meeting as posted

4. Committee Reports:

            Programming – K. Malone/Strong Oak

            Web – Bill Weye

            Tech – A. Sewell

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Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Ladjamaya, a Baha’i who started out being a teacher, then discovered the performer within while working at the Baha’i UN office in NY, and is back to being a teacher in Arizona. Before I played the interview, I played a speech by Congressman Kirk. On July 30th, 2008, Congressman Kirk of Illinois spoke on the House floor in support of his resolution #1008 condemning Iran for its persecution of Baha’is. The resolution overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives. After the interview portion of the program I play two selections from Ladjamaya’s CD “Intone My Servants” which can be found at Special-Ideas.

Read more on A Baha’i Perspective 02.14.2009…

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