Dahr Jamail – unembedded journalist on the Mideast

2 parts

airing during 11/22 to 12/4/2009 in Ventura (see air times)

airing 11/23 and 11/30/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Dahr Jamail - award-winning, independent journalist

Interview with Dahr Jamail, award-winning, independent journalist and author of “Beyond The Green Zone” and his most recent book “The Will To Resist” and website “Mideast Dispatches”. Interviewed by Cindy Piester with PULSE TV. Discuss Ft. Hood, Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers’ resistance and U.S. foreign policy including Obama administration. Produced by Maverick Media and filmed at CAPS TV Channel 6 in Ventura, CA on Nov. 9, 2009.

Cindy Piester - host and producer of PULSE TV

Defenders of Free Speech

3 parts

airing during 11/1 to 11/20/2009 in Ventura (see air times)
airing 11/2, 11/9, 11/16/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Todd Thayer, executive director of CAPS TV, Channel 6 in Ventura

Hap Freund, executive director of The Santa Barbara Channels, 17 & 21

Interview with Todd Thayer, executive director of CAPS TV – community access Channel 6, and Hap Freund, executive director of The Santa Barbara Channels – community access Channels 17 and 21, by Cindy Piester, producer of PULSE. Discusses state of media, localism and public access stations.

Cindy Piester, host and producer of PULSE

The Shock Doctrine

3 parts
airing during weeks of 10/4 – 10/24/2009 in Ventura
airing 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/2009 in other Ventura County cities (see Air Times)

Speech by Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, at the Ethical Culture Society in New York, NY, on Sept. 17, 2007.Discusses how radical capitalism take advantage or crisis to push forward unpopular economic agendas.Produced by DEMOCRACY NOW! and featuring Amy Goodman.

Thom Hartmann

3 parts

airing during 9/6 to 9/25/2009 in Ventura (see air times)

airing 9/7, 9/14 & 9/21/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Speech given by Thom Hartman, Air America Radio talk show host and author of “Screwed: the Undeclared War Against the Middle Class? and “Cracking the Code”. About the myth of the middle class, the myth of democracy, the myth of free trade, the story of conservatives and liberals. Includes a question & answer session. A presentation by the Ventura County Speaker Series organized by Mary Pallant. Given at Oak Park Community Center on Nov. 30, 2007.

Norm & Betty Eagle – Profile in Activism

3 parts

airing during 8/16 to 9/4/2009 in Ventura (see air times)

airing 8/17, 8/24, 8/31/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Norman Eagle - life-long activist

Betty Eagle - life-long activist

Interview with Norman & Betty Eagle, local, life-time activists, by Cindy Piester for Profiles in Activism series. Discusses their personal activism during the Great Depression through the Civil Rights Movement, McCarthyism, three major wars, and their activism and perspective today. Filmed at CAPS TV in Ventura, CA on July 10, 2009.

Cindy Piester - producer/interviewer - Profiles in Activism series

Israel-Palestine Conflict

3 parts

airing during 7/5 to 7/24/2009 in Ventura (see air times)
airing 7/13, 7/20, 7/27/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Map of Israel and Palestine

from 2003 documentary “Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: Media and the Israel-Palestine Conflict” produced by the Media Education Foundation. Includes background and PR strategies.

Justice Earl Warren

2 parts

airing 6/21 through 7/10/2009 in Ventura (see air times)

airing 6/29 and 7/6/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

Justice Earl Warren, US Chief Justice 1953 - 1969

Speech by Jim Newton, editor at LA Times and author of “Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made”. Tells of Warren’s early life, as CA governor and then as Supreme Court Justice. Filmed at Oak Park Community Center, Oak Park, CA on Oct. 19, 2007 as part of Ventura County Speaker Series.

Vincent Warren

2 parts

airing during 6/7 to 6/12/2009 in Ventura (see air times)

airing 6/15 and 6/22/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights

Interview with Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Cindy Piester, chair of Citizens for Accountability, Ventura County. Discuss torture, Guantanamo, Obama. Filmed at CAPS TV studio in Ventura, CA on April 13, 2009.

Cindy Piester, Chair of Citizens for Accountability, Ventura County

Poems from Guantanamo

4 parts

airing during 5/3 to 5/30/2009 in Ventura (see air times)
airing 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25/2009 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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reading from "Poems from Guantanamo"

The Peace Poets Ensemble presents readings from the book “Poems from Guantanamo” plus discussion with Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. The event was sponsored by Veterans for Peace and held at The Place of Peace Interfaith Church in Ventura, CA on April 13, 2009.

Bring Them Home

2 parts

airing 12/7 through 12/20/2008 in Ventura (see air times)
airing 12/8 and 12/11/2008 in other cities in Ventura County (see air times)

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Jane Bright, mother of Evan Ashcraft

Interview with Jane and Jim Bright, parents of Evan Ashcraft who was killed in Iraq in 2003. Hosted by Cindy Piester of Citizens for Impeachment, Ventura County, Patriot Series. Filmed at CAPS TV in Ventura, CA on Nov. 5, 2008.