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 The popular Action Speaks series returns with five one-hour programs looking at contemporary issues by using underappreciated dates of the twentieth-century that changed America.
Host Marc Levitt assembles a panel of scholars, artists, practitioners, and government officials, and adds archived sound and audience participation to create a lively and entertaining discussion of wide-ranging topics.
As with last year’s series, the programs can be played as stand-alone specials or as a limited series.
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The Sonny Bono Act
(Copyright Term Extension Act):
Protecting Mickey Mouse or Helping the ‘Beat Go On’ in the Realm of Innovation?
 Action Speaks explores the complexities of copyright protection in a world of free culture, public art, technology, and cyberspace.
Issues discussed include the creative process from an artist’s standpoint, hardware and software development, and the world of public art and cyberspace.
Available: PRX, Download
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1926
The Rise of Right Wing Radio
Father Coughlin ‘On the Air’
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 Father Charles Coughlin was the first nationally known conservative radio talk show host. He addressed large rallies, established a national network of listeners, called for a return to God, and raised huge funds for his preferred causes.
Action Speaks asks how his methods, ideologies, and reach compare to those of today’s right wing jockeys.
Available: Content Depot, Download
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1971
Alice Waters Opens Chez Panisse
Local Food and the Promise of
Healthy School Lunches
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 The popularity of Farmers’ Markets, and Community Gardens can in many ways be traced to Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse. But rather than franchising her restaurants, like so many celebrity chefs did, she turned her attention to the quality of school lunch programs emphasizing fresh, locally grown food.
The Action Speaks panel looks at the economic, cultural, political, and public and private health implications of the local food movement.
Available: Oct. 25 PRX, Download |
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1973
The First US Mobile Phone Call;
Always within reach!
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 Everyone has an opinion about cellular phones and mobile media technology that has made us simultaneously “always available,” and “never here”.
Action Speaks panelists approach the topic from ethical, philosophical, political and community activist points of view.
Available: Nov. 1 PRX, Download |
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1987
The Roaming Mobro Garbage Barge;
Garbage, Garbage Everywhere!
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 In a classically underappreciated moment in 1987, a barge filled with New York City garbage was dragged up and down the East Coast and down into Caribbean and Mexican waters.
Action Speaks uses this event to frame contemporary issues of consumption, disposal, reuse, and what to do with the waste products from a material rich society.
Available: Nov. 8 PRX, Download |
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