Friday, August 28, 2009

8/28: Lennar land grab in Bay View and Street Sheet's 20th Birthday

1ST HOUR: Street Sheet turns 20! On Septemeber 10 the Coaltion on Homelessness will be holding a 20th birthday fundraiser for Street Sheet. We'll be joined by guests from COH to learn more about the state of homelessness in San Francisco.

2ND HOUR: Lennar Land Grab in the Bayview - We'll be joined by guests from Green Action, POWER, and Our City to discuss State Senator Mark Leno's legislation that would authorize the transfer of Candlestick Point State Park to the Redevelopment Agency and, in turn, multi-billion dollar developer, the Lennar Corporation.

Friday, August 21, 2009

8/21: Valerie Orth Band, SweatFree SF, City Hall Update

1ST HOUR: The Valerie Orth Band playing live in the cafe! Valerie will also join us in the studio to talk about her work as an organizer and activist--particularly her work on San Francisco's landmark SweatFree ordinance. The Valerie Orth Band headlines the Cafe du Nord on Saturday.

2ND HOUR: City Hall Update - Tuesday was the last Board of Supervisors meeting before the three-week legislative recess. Will review some of the interesting legislation that was introduced on Tuesday and discuss the mystery of who leaked a confidential memo from the City Attorney to the Chronicle.

Friday, August 14, 2009

8/14: Netroots Nation, San Pancho Art Collective & Chevron protests

1ST HOUR: Live report from Net Roots Nation. Our new intern, Raquel Castellanos, will tell what's up at the annual progressive blogger summit in Pittsburgh, PA. She'll be joined by Barry Kendall, the Executive Director of the Commonweal Institute, a progressive think tank based in San Francisco.
We'll also hear from the recently-formed San Pancho Art Collective who brought you that brilliant new mural outside Mission Pie!

2ND HOUR: Chevron: Global Criminal. Ananda Lee Tan from the Mobilization for Climate Justice will give us the scoop on a major march and protest for clean air and justice in Richmond tomorrow and some background on Chevron's long history of misdeeds in Richmond and around the world.

Friday, August 7, 2009

8/7: Melissa Griffin, Beth Spotswood, and more

1ST HOUR: The Griffin and Spotswood Report with local bloggers, Melissa Griffin and Beth Spotswood. Griffin writes a Thursday column on local politics for the Examiner, while Spotswood also writes for the SFGate Culture Blog and the SF Appeal.

2ND HOUR: Sunday Streets and more - Beth Byrne, the volunteer coordinator for Sunday Streets wil join us to talk about Sunday's plan for car-free streets in Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. We'll also talk about other recent happenings around the City.

Friday, July 31, 2009

7/31: Greatest Hits rebroadcast: Rev Billy, Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi & Chris Daly, & Matt Gonzalez

Tonight we re-broadcasted some old favorites:
- Reverend Billy's sermon to the Board of Supervisors.
- Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and Chris Daly on the budget.
- Matt Gonzalez on his run for Vice President with Ralph Nader, the current state of San Francisco, and his plans for the future.

Friday, July 24, 2009

7/24: El Tecolote, Supe Mirkarimi, Iran & more

1ST HOUR: The Mission's own El Tecolote is the longest running Spanish/English bilingual newspaper in the Bay Area. For over 35 years this newspaper has told the story of the Mission's political, social, cultural, and economic life. We'll talk with folks from Tecolote about their work, the newspaper's history, the latest news in San Francisco's Latino community, and more.

2ND HOUR: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi will join us to talk about the city budget and the rally for democracy in Iran he is organizing for tomorrow, July 25th from 12-4 p.m. in Civic Center plaza. We'll also be joined (hopefully) by a representative from NorCal4Iran, one of the Iranian-American groups organizing the rally.
UPDATE: Supervisor Chris Daly also joined us around 7:30 to talk about the budget.

Friday, July 17, 2009

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.

Friday, July 10, 2009

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.

Friday, July 3, 2009

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.

Friday, June 26, 2009

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.