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This Wednesday, September 30, at 9am, Tom will spend the hour talking to Melissa Morsli, a local activist and fundraiser for the nonprofit Heal Palestine.

The myth of the welfare queen vilified women caregivers who dropped out of the paid workforce. But our civilization can’t function without womens’ unpaid caregiving. In her book, Carolyn McConnell looks at the historic roots and current impacts of this system.

On Wednesday Sept. 18 Tom interviewed Ted Greenfield, creator of the anti-human trafficking organization Invisible Angels. Then he talked to the director of the film ‘The Airways Belonged to the People – WBCN and the American Revolution’.

Could we stop the destruction of the environment by curtailing our consumption? In his book, J. B. MacKinnon examines how our insatiable appetite for consumer goods is at the heart of every environmental problem.

On Wednesday Sept. 2 at 9am, Tom interviewed author Chuck Collins about democratic socialism, private jets and wealth inequality. To listen, just go to archive.wslr.org and search for the word “peace.” Go to inequality.org for more.

How prepared are you? In their book, Chris Begley and Amy Edelman provide common sense tactics to get through disasters. Listen to an interview with the authors on the Progressive Page Turner, this Monday, 6:30pm.

This Wednesday, August 19, at 9am, Tom will interview Howard Polskin of The Righting, a media company that aggregates articles from various right-wing media outlets for liberal and left audiences.

In his book, Jonathan Rosenblum looks at how a socialist city council member in Seattle pushed unwilling Democrats to the left.

Last Wednesday Tom talked to Richard Cannarelli, founder of Suncoast Citizens for Separation of Church and State about how this separation is rooted in our history. They also talked about Christian nationalism and the threats it poses.

When we think of people using magic mushrooms or LSD it’s not usually grandparents who come to mind. Join me Monday Aug. 3 at 6:30pm for an interview with Abbie Rosner about her book.