WPKN Archives: 03.12.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses prospects for the planned Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit; The hidden history of the 2nd Amendment & NRA; A teacher's view on schools, guns and safety & Connecticut moves to preserve Net Neutrality

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, March 12th, 2018
8:07PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 57 minutes

Posted:
Monday, March 12th, 2018 8:00PM

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Episode: 03.12.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses prospects for the planned Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit; The hidden history of the 2nd Amendment & NRA; A teacher's view on schools, guns and safety & Connecticut moves to preserve Net Neutrality

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Tim Shorrock, a Washington-based journalist who spent part of his youth living in South Korea and has been writing about North and South Korea since the late 1970s. He'll the assess recent talks which led to plans for an unexpected summit meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump at a date and location still to be determined. He'll examine the benefits and dangers of a meeting between Trump and Kim Jong Un, and North Korea's statement that it's prepared to discuss the issue of denuclearization with the U.S. if their security is assured.

2) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of the new book, “Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment,” discusses her recent Guardian article, "Inside the Mind of American Mass Shooters," and the new student-led movement to strengthen gun control laws, which has emerged after the Parkland, Florida school massacre.

3) Bob Johnson, a Stamford, Connecticut science teacher, past president and current member of the Board of Education of Port Chester, NY and WPKN Radio producer, talks about the national gun debate and the Trump administration and NRA's advocacy of arming teachers in classrooms across the U.S.

4) Cheri Quickmire, Executive Director, Common Cause Connecticut, discuss her group's effort to pass legislation to preserve Net Neutrality in the state, by requiring Internet Service Providers, ISPs, to observe Net Neutrality standards as a requirement to be considered for the awarding of state contracts. She'll also talk about some of the other work Common Cause Connecticut is doing locally.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

 

Show: Counterpoint

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

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