WPKN Archives: 09.30.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the mechanics and politics of impeachment now that the House has officially started an impeachment inquiry; Next steps after the Global Climate Strike & the campaign to make prison calls free in CT

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, September 30th, 2019
8:09PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 55 minutes

Posted:
Monday, September 30th, 2019 8:22PM

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Episode: 09.30.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the mechanics and politics of impeachment now that the House has officially started an impeachment inquiry; Next steps after the Global Climate Strike & the campaign to make prison calls free in CT

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) Neil J. Kinkopf Professor of Law at Georgia State University and Counselor to Senator Joseph Biden during the Impeachment Trial of President Bill Clinton (1999) will discuss both the House move to open an official impeachment inquiry against President Trump, and the constitutional issues involved in the current Trump-Ukraine scandal.

2) Karen Hobert Flynn, President of Common Cause and the Common Cause Education Fund, discusses the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump and the political repercussions for Republicans, Democrats and the 2020 election.

3) Victor Wallis, a professor of Liberal Arts at the Berklee College of Music, 20 year managing editor of Socialism and Democracy and author of Red-Green Revolution: The Politics and Technology of Ecosocialism, discusses last week's Global Climate Strike and the urgency to recognize the planet's climate emergency -- and move toward political and system change necessary to take effective action

4) Tiheba Bain, Executive Director of Women Against Mass incarceration discusses the current campaign to make phone calls to and from Connecticut prisons affordable for those incarcerated and their families. She'll also talk about some of the other work her group is doing related to prison reform issues.

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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