WPKN Archives: 10.24.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the origins of GOP extremism & racism; The forces that degraded US COVID public health response; Big Oil stock buy backs must be stopped; History of foreign intervention that led to today's Haiti crisis

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Counterpoint

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Monday, October 24th, 2022
8:00PM to 9:30PM

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1 hour, 30 minutes

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Monday, October 24th, 2022 8:01PM

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Episode: 10.24.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the origins of GOP extremism & racism; The forces that degraded US COVID public health response; Big Oil stock buy backs must be stopped; History of foreign intervention that led to today's Haiti crisis

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) David Corn, Mother Jones Magazine's Washington bureau chief, an on-air analyst with MSNBC, and bestselling author, talks about his new book, "American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy," a historical account of how the since the 1950s the Republican Party has encouraged and exploited extremism, bigotry, and paranoia to gain power.

2) Justin Feldman, a visiting scientist at Harvard University's Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, shares his views on the weakening of public health policies re: the COVID pandemic, the consequences for this winter's expected spike in cases -- and how/why the nation's response to COVID was politicized on the right, and the ongoing deadly result.

3) William Lazonick, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts discusses his views on the Biden administration's policy re: Big Oil's price increases, record profits and the president and Congress' inaction on stopping oil company stock buybacks.

4) Kim Ives, a journalist and editor at the weekly newspaper Haïti Liberté, examines the current situation in Haiti re: the rise in violence, food shortages, protests demanding the resignation of acting president Ariel Henry, US media coverage of the crisis -- and his views on calls for the international community to militarily intervene. Kim will also talk about his soon to be released documentary film on Haiti, "Another Vision."

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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