Author: Tom Walker

Encouraging Critical Media Literacy and Civic Engagement  These FREE ONLINE RESOURCES are from the book The United States of Distraction by Nolan Higdon and Micky Huff. We interviewed Nolan August 7, and these are from his appendix, with his permission. Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME) is an independently funded critical media literacy education network that […]

This Wednesday 8/7/19 we’ll talk to Dr. Nolan Higdon, the author of the new book United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It). Dr. Higdon is a lecturer of history and media studies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Higdon is the co-host of the podcast Along The Line and […]

This Wednesday our guests on the Peace & Justice Report will be Carol Lerner of Protect Our Public Schools Manatee and Charlie Kennedy, a member of the School Board of Manatee County. Carol and Charlie will discuss the new Community Partnership School planned for Manatee County. A community partnership school is one where four or […]

This Wednesday July 10 at 9am I’ll play an interview I did recently with Desmond Meade, CEO of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. We’ll talk about the new restrictions on voting placed on returning citizens by the Florida Legislature regarding payment of their fines, fees and restitutions – and how he’s helping. On the second half […]

This week on the Peace & Justice Report we’ll talk in the studio to Gene Jones and Mike Burns from the Florida Veterans for Common Sense. Mike and Gene will discuss the AUMF (Authorization to Use Military Force), their report on climate change, assault weapons, escalating foreign wars, the military budget, veteran health, the defense […]

Our first guest this Wednesday will be Greg Cruz from Streets of Paradise who is hosting the fourth annual Stop the Violence cookout this Sunday, June 9 at 11am at Payne Park, 2050 Adams Lane in Sarasota. Streets of Paradise fills a hole in the homeless crisis response network by providing those individuals being re-homed with […]

This Wednesday, Bob will first talk to Tracy Pratt, Chair of Project 180. About Project 180: Over 30,000 Florida prisoners are released annually and reenter our communities. Many wish to become law-abiding citizens and have the best intention of living a conventional life yet have few job skills, lack a formal education, and experience discrimination […]

This coming Wednesday morning at 9am Jim Eachus will talk about the basics of climate science through stories from the lives of scientists, from Benjamin Franklin to Jennifer Francis. Who was the first radical leftist to contribute to climate science?  How did the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand lead to an important climate discovery? How did […]

On Wednesday, April 17, our guest was Captain Demetri Konstantopoulos of the Sarasota Police Department. He was recently featured in the films Trafficked in Paradise and Trafficking Solution at the Sarasota Film Festival. We also had as our guest Sarah Pretorius, Executive Assistant to the CEO, and an Advocacy and Awareness Coordinator for Selah Freedom. […]