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Archive -

Season 3

05/23/08 - Spit Seed

05/21/08 - Online Episode 1
Guests: Government Relations Director of the Northwest Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans for America Skip Dreps

The Melon (Iraq, Same-Sex Marriage, Purple Heart)

Purple Heart Interview with Skip Dreps

Season 2

05/03/08 - Season Finale
(not recorded due to idiocy)
Guests: Equal Time Radio's Frank Blair, Tacoma Cartoonist R.R. Anderson, Melonite Joseph La Sac and filmmaker Lila Kataeff

04/26/08 - Special Edition - Veterans
Guests: Professor of IPE at the University of Puget Sound David Balaam, Government Relations Director of the Northwest Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans for America Skip Dreps, Congressman representing WA 6th District Norm Dicks, US Senator Patty Murray.

The Melon - Melon 5 (Food Crisis w/Prof. Balaam and International Correspondent Walid Zafar, Zimbabwe, Hamas, Student Loans, Supersonics), Tech Report, Local Yokel.

Professor Balaam on the World Food Crisis

The Core - Veterans w/Skip Dreps

Interview with Congressman Norm Dicks
Interview with US Senator Patty Murray

04/19/08
Georgia, Haiti food crisis, Supreme Court lethal injection decision, discussion on Iraqi War.
Guests: Whitney Rhodes from exit133 and Professor of English at the University of Puget Sound Hans Ostrom.

The Melon - Melon 5/Tech Report

Tech Report

The Core - exit133 report/ discussion with Hans Ostrom

04/12/08
Columbia Trade Pact, the Petraeus Paradox, the food crisis in Haiti
Guest: Professor of History at the University of Puget Sound Theodore Taranovski

The Melon - Melon 5/World Report

Around the World with Walid Zafar

The Core - Interview with Professor Taranovski

04/05/08
NATO, Blackwater returns, Spit-Seeds. China/Tibet discussion.
Guest: Todd Little of Students for a Free Tibet.

The Melon - NATO, Blackwater, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Spit-Seeds.

Tech Report w/ Walker Lindley

The Core - Local Yokel report, Around the World w/Walid Zafar, China/Tibet discussion.

Local Yokel w/Chris "The Wedge" Van Vechten

03/29/08 (recording stifled by internets)

Guests: Professor of Economics at the University of Puget Sound Garrett Milam and Washington State Poet Laureate Sam Green.

The Melon (about 2 minutes recorded):

Tech Report:

Interview with Washington State Poet Laureate Sam Green:

03/08/08
Topics: Gaza, Columbia, Primaries

Guests: Pierce County Councilmember Calvin Goings and (WO)MEN Speak Out

Melon (Melon 4, Tech Report)

Core (Interview with Calvin Goings and (WO)MEN Speak Out

03/01/08
Topics: Nader, the state of Iraq, Boeing

Guests: Professor emerita at City University of New York Jill Norgren

Melon (Melon 5, Tech Report, World Report)

Core (Interview with Prof. Jill Norgren about Belva Lockwood)

02/23/08

Topics: Castro, Kosovo, FISA and more

Guests: University of Puget Sound Professor of Politics and Government Eric Williams

The Melon (1st hour - Melon 5, Tech Report, World Report)

Tech Report

The Core (2nd hour - Eric Williams, Elections)

02/16/08 - (Fuzzy recording!) Chris "the Wedge" returns to take over hosting duties for a out-of-town Electric Elliot. Local politics and world news.
Guests: Correspondents Walid Zafar, Walker Lindley, Phil Munsterman

02/09/08 - (Not recorded due to idiocy). Kenya Conflict, Stimulus Plan,
Bush's Budget, Caucuses/ Candidates.
Guests: Walid Zafar, Walker Lindley, Ari Milner, Chris "the Wedge" Van
Vechten, and libertarians Andrew Bourdon, and Jeff Ammons.

Season 1

12/08/07 - Education Special
Guests: President of the University of Puget Sound Ronald Thomas, and
Vice President of the Tacoma Education Association Darrick Hartman

12/01/07 - Status of Iraq, Guiliani, Google's bid for 700MHz spectrum.
Guests: Conservative Activist Tim Eyman, Tech Corespondent Walker
Lindley, President of the Washington State Stonewall Democrats, Anita
Latch. Video interview with Tim Eyman

11/17/07 - (Due to technical difficulties this recording is missing the first portion of the show.) Chiquita Banana, more Pakistan, Georgia
Guests: Washington Representative Dennis Flannigan, Student Activist and Trail Newspaper writer - Walid Zafar, Former President of the UPS Young Democrats, and member of the UPS Political Science Association Steven Sparks. Interview with Dennis Flannigan.

11/10/07 - Overturn of Bush Veto, Fighting in Sri Lanka, American Economy.
Guests: Student Activist Bart Bodrian, Liz McGourty and Cara Munson, Co-Presidents of the UPS Logger Pep Band, ASUPS President Hart Edmonson, Executive Vice President of the Tacoma Education Association, Darrick Hartman, and Maralise Hood, Executive Director of the Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution. Interview with Maralise Hood.

11/03/07 - Mukasey's approval, Hugo Chavez's Amendments, Israel's action in Gaza.
Guests: Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound, Seth Weinberger, Sam Armocido, Rian Johnson from P.I.S.S.A.R., Leana Schwatz and Shannon Wright from Students for a Free Tibet, and Robert "The Traveler" Hill, recent candidate in the Tacoma City Council Primaries. Interview with Robert "The Traveler" Hill.

10/27/07 - California Fires, Russia and Iran, New UN Environment report.
Guests: Peter Braun, President of Cocktales. LGAP's Shira Goldstein, SAC's Eric Lanigan, Barrack Obama organizer Debby Pattin of Thurston County, and Rebecca Wolfe, State Coordinator for the Dennis Kunicich campaign. Interview with Debby Pattin. Interview with Rebecca Wolfe.

10/20/07 - Bombing in Pakistan and Pre-9/11 Wiretapping.
Guests: Walker Lindley - Treasurer of UPS Young Democrats and Marilyn
Strickland, candidate for Tacoma City Council Position 8. Interview with
Marilyn Strickland.

10/13/07 - The Cleveland School Shooting, Armenia Resolution, ENDA and Gore’s Peace Prize Win.
Guests: Carolyn Ham - Treasurer of VOX, Maddy Ryen -UPS student of History and Activist. Walker Lindley and Walid Zafar. Interview with Ellly Claus-McGahan - candidate for the Tacoma School Board. Interview with Elly Claus-McGahan

10/06/07 - S-CHIP, Attacks on AU Peace keepers, Korean Nuke talks.
Guests: Professor Nick Kontogeorgopoulos, Torey Holderith, UPS Political Science Association President and Yusif Word, President of UPS Black Student Union. Interview with Professor Kontogeorgopoulos on Burma

09/29/07 - Myanmar Protests, Ahmadinejad visits America.
Guests: Former Director of Centro Latino Dr. Julio Quan & Professor of Comparative Sociology Monica Dehart. I nterview with Quan and Dehart Walid Zafar, UPS Young Dems President Phil Munsterman, with Rio Connelly.

09/22/07 - Jena 6, U of Florida Taser incident.
Guests: UPS Young Dems Treasurer Walker Lindley and Darrick Hartman, Vice President of the Tacoma Education Association.