Prime Time Radio presents  Before and After Stonewall:  A Talk with Dr. Frank Kameny
(84, activist, historian and raconteur)

On June 1, 2009, President Barack Obama declared June 2009 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, citing the [Stonewall] riots as a reason to “commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans”.

Frank Kameny, Ph.D., age 84, is acknowledged as the founding father of the modern gay rights movement. In this rollicking conversation, he takes on all issues from gay marriage to the impact of AIDS on the gay rights movement.

“The most momentous single Gay Movement event occurred at the end of June, 1969, when the “Stonewall Rebellion” in New York…converted what had been a tiny, struggling gay movement into the vast grass-roots movement which it now is.

(…) At the start of the Sixties gays were completely invisible. By the end, and especially after Stonewall, we were seen everywhere: in entertainment, education, religion, politics, business, elsewhere and everywhere.”

Frank Kameny, Letter to Tom Brokaw

LISTEN to the program; WATCH video

AVAILABLE (June 23rd): Content Depot, PRX, ORDER CD ;  COST: FREE;  LENGTH: 1 hour

A Special edition of Prime Time Radio

A one-hour weekly interview program that focuses on the wide-ranging interests and concerns of Americans 40 and older. Prime Time Radio host Mike Cuthbert is a skilled interviewer and acute listener whose thorough preparation surprises and delights his guests.

Treat your listeners to a powerful and unique half-hour this Memorial Day

• A double portrait of German sculptor Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945), who created The Grieving Parents in memory of her son killed in WWI, and contemporary American-German sculptor Suse Lowenstein, creator of an equally monumental work honoring her son lost in the 1988 Lockerbie disaster. For both women, their work (18 years for Kathe, 14 years for Suse) becomes a pathway through and beyond grief, affirming the transforming power of art.

• A dual creation of storyteller Helen Engelhardt and sound artist Marjorie Van Halteren.

• The third program in a trilogy exploring the themes of war, loss, memory, and regeneration. The other two half hours, Unquiet Graves and Yesterday and Forever, are also available.

LENGTH: 26 min 30 Sec
AVAILABLE: Free CD & PRX (134 points)

The Spring Season of Action Speaks. With our country mired in its worst economic collapse since the great depression, history can be a guide for what actions our nation should or shouldn’t take to provide for its citizens and whether or not it is time to re-set our priorities.

1933 The Creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps – Did building dams, planting trees and taking the boys from the city help end a depression or were we then, as now, just pretending? What exactly does ‘Shovel Ready’ projects mean for those who are not part of the ‘Shovel Ready’ construction force?
AVAILABLE: May 4th
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1949 Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ First Produced – What does it mean to ‘fail’ in America? Have we failed or has the ‘American Dream’ proven to be hollow? Is there an alternative?
AVAILABLE: May 11th
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1937 The Flint, Michigan United Auto Workers Sit-In – Banks, Auto and Insurance Companies bailed out, lay-offs abound and yet…Where’s the anger of the past? The Auto Industry, unions and the drive to protest; has it stalled and are union’s pot-holes on the road to recovery?
AVAILABLE: May 18th
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1961 JFK Calls for the Moon! – President Kennedy called for a Moon Landing. President Obama wants a ‘Green’ Nation. Are solar panels and wind turbines as exciting as ‘One Giant Leap for Mankind?’ How do we re-energize and re-mobilize America?
AVAILABLE: May 25th
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Action Speaks looks at contemporary issues through the lens of history by using under-appreciated dates of the twentieth century that have changed America. Join host Marc Levitt and guest panelists for some old-fashioned community exchange in the heart of downtown Providence’s arts and cultural district.

AVAILABLE: Content Depot, PRX, CD (Please note that CDs will be available about a week after they are available on PRX and Content Depot)
COST: Free
LENGTH: 58 minutes

We Shall Remain–the five-part television special from PBS’s American Experience, exploring the Native American perspective on pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective will begin Monday April 13th.

Corresponding 5 minute We Shall Remain radio programs produced by Native Public Media and the NFCB in partnership with Boston’s station WGBH will air Mondays on NPR’s All Things Considered, and/or Morning Edition. They will then be available to all stations on the Wednesday following the broadcast through Content Depot, PRX, NV1, and FTP.

In addition, a one-hour special comprised of the short features and additional material will be available in mid-May.

Availability Schedule:
Episode 1 – Nipmuc Language Preservation
AVAILABLE NOW on PRX & Content Depot.
Episode 2 – Sovereignty and Technology
(PBS We Shall Remain episode: Tecumseh’s Vision)
Content Depot, PRX, NV1 release: Available April 22
Episode 3 – Chickasaw Nation
(PBS We Shall Remain episode: Trail of Tears)
Content Depot, PRX, NV1 release: Available April 29
Episode 4 – Icons
(PBS We Shall Remain episode: Geronimo)
Content Depot, PRX, NV1 release: Available May 6
Episode 5 – Identity
(PBS We Shall Remain episode: Wounded Knee)
Content Depot, PRX, NV1 release: Available May 13

May 13: One-hour documentary release on Content Depot, PRX, NV1, CD and FTP

CDs of all the programs available in mid-May.

PRISONS IN CRISIS: A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA a searing documentary about California’s penal system. Probing the roots of the crisis while examining tentative solutions from Polk Award winner, JoAnn Mar has won three awards–the PASS award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, a finalist award for Excellence in Electronic Media/Radio from Scripps-Howard, and 3rd Place in Documentary or Public Affairs from the National Headliner Awards.

This program was produced for broadcast on non-commercial and public radio stations in California and around the country. It describes the dire state of California’s prison system, how the crisis evolved over a 25 year period, and solutions for addressing the crisis. To listen to “Prisons In Crisis” or to download the program for free, visit http://www.californiaprisoncrisis.org