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Podcast: Haitian spiritual and political leader Father Gerard Jean-Juste dies

May 29, 09
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gerryImage from Haitianalysis.com. Father Jean-Juste is in the center in blue.

I have a short story on Father Jean-Juste’s passing in yesterday’s Free Speech Radio News headlines.

Listen to a longer version of that piece below. Includes comments from Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, and Ira Kurzban, a Miami-based attorney – both friends of Father Jean-Juste who worked closely with him on several legal cases – as well as audio from an older interview with Father Jean-Juste himself.

Rest In Power, Father Jean-Juste. MP3 here. Transcript and full-length interviews below. (more…)

Podcast: Walnut Creek Apt. residents speak out after officer fatally shoots youth

May 11, 09
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Broken glass from shattered police car windows

Early this morning 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders was fatally shot by Austin Police officer Leonardo Quintana at the Walnut Creek Apartment Complex in East Austin. I arrived at the scene at about noon and spoke to residents who were gathered outside. These voices are not being heard enough right now. This podcast just aired on KVRX minutes ago.

Download the MP3 here and feel free to re-broadcast. Transcript below. (more…)

Podcast with pictures: May Day 2009 in Austin

May 3, 09
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Thanks to Galen Herz, my brother, for the pictures. Click the fullscreen button for a better view.


Download the MP3 here. Embed code here. As always, feel free to re-broadcast and share with others.

Transcript below. (more…)

Podcast: Support democracy, not corporations, in Haiti

May 1, 09
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Image from Haitiaction.net.

I have a piece about Haiti in today’s Daily Texan. Check it out.

The Texan editors messed with my piece a little and I wanted to add a few things, so I’ve produced a podcast to accompany the piece. It runs just under 7 minutes. Enjoy the music!

Download the MP3 here. Transcript with links to sources below. (more…)

Podcast: Austinites raise their voices for Gaza

January 1, 09
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Image from sweejack on Flickr

Hundreds of Austinites, young and old, students and workers, gathered in front of the Capitol on Monday evening to demonstrate against the Israeli bombings in the Gaza strip. Here’s my report:

(Working on improving the audio quality, folks. Next time it’ll be better. Produced using a Zoom H2 and Audacity.)

Update: Here’s the transcript of the report, with links, below the jump. (more…)

Election podcast: Green Party VP candidate Rosa Clemente!

November 4, 08
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I really should get back to studying for an exam, but I wanted to get this interview I did last night with Rosa Clemente, longtime hip-hop journalist and organizer and 2008 Green Party Vice-Presidential candidate, up here at Mediahacker.  When I have some time I’ll split this is up into clips, but in the meantime take a listen below – we discuss differences between the Green candidacy and Nader, hip-hop’s role in the campaign, racism in the corporate and progressive media, and more…

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