RadioActive 9/15/11

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Key Discussion Points:
We discuss the new 2010 Census statistics, which shows 1 in 6 people in the United States lives in poverty.
161,000 Mainers live in poverty, according to the current definition. That’s 12.5%, up from 11.9% in 2009.
We speak with Congressman Michaud on the impact of free trade on jobs, a perspective that rebuts President Obama’s speech on jobs last Thursday.

Guests by name and affiliation:
A) Representative Mike Michaud from Maine, US Congress
B ) Christopher St. John, Maine Center for Economic Policy

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RadioActive 8/4/11

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producers: Matt Murphy, Meaghan LaSala
Topic: Tea Party Protests talk by Al-Jazeera Journalist
Last week’s protest outside the General Henry Knox Museum’s annual fundraiser– “Tea Party” activists protested the keynote speaker Abderrahim Foukara, who has reported for CNN, MSNBC, BBC, PRI and Al Jazeera. He is currently the DC Bureau Chief for Al Jazeera. He spoke on “The Arab Spring”.

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