Author: Tom Walker

This Wednesday at 9 a.m. we’ll air an interview Bob did with Krishna Das. He’ll be performing Wednesday night at the Riverview Performing Arts Center, at 1 Ram Way in Sarasota – a Trust in the Heart Kirtan Concert, put on by Ocean of Sound. Call (941) 356-1989 for more information. We’ll play some of his […]

This Wednesday, January 17, at 9 a.m. we’ll have as guests Diane Desenberg of Manasota Move to Amend and Jenni Casale of Action Together Suncoast talking about the upcoming Saturday, January 20 March for Democracy. Meet at noon at Unconditional Surrender statue on Sarasota’s bayfront near Marina Jack. In the second half of our program […]

This Wednesday we’ll talk to activist Andy Worthington about his work and the demonstration this Thursday in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, to close Guantanamo and stop torture. Andy is a British historian, investigative journalist, and film director.[1][2][3] He has published three books, and been published in numerous publications. In 2009 Worthington was the co-director of […]

The focus of this week’s show will be on Rev. Don Thompson. Don was a co-host of the Peace & Justice Report for more than ten years, and he passed away recently. We’ll talk to two social justice activists who were very familiar with Don’s passion for equality, peace, social and economic justice. Our first […]

This Wednesday we’ll talk with two important political candidates. David Shapiro and Margaret Good. David Shapiro  is running for U.S. Congress against Vern  Buchannan in Congressional district 16. He first faces two Democratic primary opponents on August 28  – Jan Schneider and Calen Cristiani. Margaret Good won the  December 5 primary against Ruta Jouniari, and […]

This Wednesday Bob and I will talk to Reza Jalali and Andrea Blanch, President of the Center for Religious Tolerance. Reza is a Kurd from Iran, a human rights and refugee activist who has lived in Maine since 1985.  He’s also speaking at Fogartyville Tuesday evening, December 19, at 6:30 about the refugee experience in […]

As our first guest this week, we’ve invited  George McDermott, writer, poet, editor and teacher. He’ll talk about his career as an educator and author and about his book What Went Right: Lessons from Both Sides of the Teacher’s Desk which answers such questions as What makes a teacher or a class memorable? How can […]

The Wednesday December 6 show will cover three topics. Sean Sellers, Chair of the Sarasota Climate Justice Coalition talking about the city’s Ready for 100 campaign and the plans for the  Bayfront. To keep up on this topic, go to sbpo.org. Then we’ll air a short YouTube piece on Net Neutrality.Trump’s FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, […]

On Wednesday, November 29th, we’ll talk to Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK. She’ll talk about Saudi Arabia, the war in Yemen, the health crisis there, and the U.S. involvement in that war. We’ll also talk about how to  divest from the war economy and her new book about Iran. Later in the program we’ll hear […]

This Wednesday, November 15, we’ll talk to Victoria Kasdan, Executive Director of We Care Manatee about the free healthcare they offer Manatee County residents. Then we’ll talk to Ruta Jouniari about her health clinic and her organic farming. She’s also a candidate for the Florida State House of Representatives, District 72. (The primary is December […]