7/17: Reverend Billy!

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6-7 PM: Change-a-lujah we can believe in! The Reverend Billy is running for mayor of New York City and the Big Apple will never be the same. Billy has strong roots and support in the Bay Area and will be here next Tuesday, July 21st for an event at DNA Lounge. We'll hear about his vision for New York City and for the world in a post-consumer era. Learn more about this home-grown national treasure:
- www.revbilly.com
- Wikipedia page for Reverened Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

7-8 PM: Weekly recap. We'll check in on what's been happening around San Francisco. The latest on the city budget, developments on new permits for street food in city parks, and plans for the July 25th rally for democracy in Iran.

7/10: Congressional candidate Adriel Hampton & Fair Trade in Africa

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FIRST HOUR: Adriel Hampton is a progressive Democrat running for Congress in California's 10th District. SF folks may remember Adriel from his reporter days at the San Francisco Examiner. Call in with your questions.

SECOND HOUR: We'll speak with Ben Schmerler from Trans Fair USA, the non-profit monitoring organization which certifies that participating traders are following Fair Trade guidelines. We'll talk about Fair Trade, his recent work in Africa, and the need to shift international development models from large to scale to small scale.

7/3: Paul Hogarth on the Budget plus more

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FIRST HOUR: The San Francisco Budget - After months of hearings and 48 hours of last-minute negotiations, the Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee has agreed on the City's budget. How many of the Mayor's cuts did the Supervisors undo? Who won, who lost? What happens to SF when CA implodes? Paul Hogarth will help us break it all down. Read his take on it at BeyondChron.org.

SECOND HOUR: DJ Prefect gave us a preview for the upcoming installment of The Periodic Apocalypse: Occasional Lectures on the End of the World, which will cover "Capitalism: the Social Virus" on Pirate Cat Radio on July 31st from 10 p.m. to midnight.

6/26: SF Mime Troupe, Supervisor Avalos, Bike Plan, & Green Energy!

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FIRST HOUR: We're thrilled to welcome back the legendary The San Francisco Mime Troupe which is celebrating its 50th year of incredible, socially relevant theater! They'll be telling us all about summer's show "Too Big to Fail."

SECOND HOUR: We'll be catching up on all kinds of political happenings. Supervisor John Avalos will give us the latest the SF budget battle. Julian Mocine-McQueen from Green for All will give us the latest on the federal climate change bill, and we'll talk about the MTA's approval of the bike plan.

6/19: Transmitter is down. Informal show on podcast only

6/12: Matt Gonzalez + the Sexy Soup Lady

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Matt Gonzalez will join us for most of the show. Gonzalez is the former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who narrowly lost to Gavin Newsom in the 2003 campaign for Mayor--despite being a member of the minority Green Party and being vastly outspent. In 2008, Gonzalez ran for Vice President as Ralph Nader's running mate.

We'll talk to him about his past campaigns, his plans for the future, and his thoughts on the current state of the City. We're also hoping that Matt will bring some music to play for us, and that he'll stick around for some lighter banter with the Charm School show at 8 p.m.

The Sexy Soup Cart Lady will join us around 6. We'll talk with her about the exploding street food movement in the Mission, what's up with the police and health department, and what makes her soup sexy. Susan Cross--an organic, sustainable food and policy expert who is organizing the Eat Real Festival--will also join the discussion. Susan is a long-time Mission resident who knows a lot of the details of food cart regulations.

6/5: Sunday Streets in the Mission + City Budget Update

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1st hour: Sunday Streets in the Mission - Susan King will tell us about this Sunday's plan for car-free streets in the Mission! From Dolores Park, up Valencia, and down 24th. Marc Caswell from the SF Bike Coalition will give us some history on car-free spaces and ciclovias.

2nd hour: City budget update with Paul Hogarth - Paul Hogarth from BeyondChron.org joined us to talk about the City budget.

5/29: SF Tenants Union, How to save California, Prop h8

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1st hour: Renters Economic Relief Package - Ted Gullickson, director of the San Francisco Tenants Union, will break down the new legislative package being carried by Chris Daly that is intended to bring relief to tenants struggling in today's economy. We'll take caller's questions and no doubt hit upon lots of other current tenant issues.

2nd hour: California Makeover and Prop h8 - The Economist says California is the "ungovernable state." The SF Bay Guardian says our state needs an "extreme makeover" to save it from complete collapse. SFBG reporter Rebecca Bowe will share some of the wisdom from her and Tim Remond's epic piece from this week's Guardian.

Kip Ruckus Williams of One Struggle One Fight will talk about what we need to do next now that the California Supreme Court has upheld the ban on same sex marriages in California.

5/22: SF Street Art & Grafitti, Coleman Advocates, Election Wrap up

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1st hour: Election Wrap Up and Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth - Maybe you hadn't noticed but there was a "special" election last Tuesday. What happened Tuesday and what really needs to happen to save our bankrupt state? Learn about the new campaign co-launched by the League to eliminate the absurd 2/3 requirement for the legislature to pass state budgets.

We'll also hear from Coleman Advocates and their efforts to pass an "A thru G" equity plan to graduate all SFUSD students ready for college and living wage work.

2nd hour: Street Art and Graffiti - What's happening in SF with Graffiti and Street art today? What motivates our city's street artists and graffiti writers? Should the City be trying to eliminate graffiti from our public landscape? Is that even possible? [Hint: no.] We'll hear from some brilliant local artists including the legendary Reyes, Eddie, E Clair Acuda, Russell Howse (Stencil Nation), and Chris Brennan (Bay Area Grafitti and San Francisco Street Art.) Damn this is gonna be dope!

Sign the League's Declaration of Democracy: Budgets and taxes should be approved by a majority vote of the legislature! Go to http://action.theleague.com/declare to sign the declaration.

5/15: Muni's budget, Bay to Breakers, & the May Special Election

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- Muni's budget: Bryan Goebel from sf.streetsblog.org and Chris Roberts from sfappeal.com joined us to talk about Muni's budget that includes fare increases and service cuts.
- Bay to Breakers: Ed Sharpless from Citizens for the Preservation of Bay to Breakers talked to us about their work to keep Bay to Breakers fun.
- May election: We talked about the bullshit that is the May 19th special election. Check out the League's voter guide at theballot.org.
- John Ross: Finally, the awesomeness that is John Ross breathing fire at the Board of Supervisors. Check the video.