Season 1

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12/08/07 – Education Special
Guests: President of the University of Puget Sound Ronald Thomas, and Vice President of the Tacoma Education Association Darrick Hartman

12/01/07 – Status of Iraq, Guiliani, Google’s bid for 700MHz spectrum.
Guests: Conservative Activist Tim Eyman, Tech Corespondent Walker Lindley, President of the Washington State Stonewall Democrats, Anita
Latch. Video interview with Tim Eyman

11/17/07 – (Due to technical difficulties this recording is missing the first portion of the show.) Chiquita Banana, more Pakistan, Georgia
Guests: Washington Representative Dennis Flannigan, Student Activist and Trail Newspaper writer – Walid Zafar, Former President of the UPS Young Democrats, and member of the UPS Political Science Association Steven Sparks. Interview with Dennis Flannigan.

11/10/07 – Overturn of Bush Veto, Fighting in Sri Lanka, American Economy.
Guests: Student Activist Bart Bodrian, Liz McGourty and Cara Munson, Co-Presidents of the UPS Logger Pep Band, ASUPS President Hart Edmonson, Executive Vice President of the Tacoma Education Association, Darrick Hartman, and Maralise Hood, Executive Director of the Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution. Interview with Maralise Hood.

11/03/07 – Mukasey’s approval, Hugo Chavez’s Amendments, Israel’s action in Gaza.
Guests: Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound, Seth Weinberger, Sam Armocido, Rian Johnson from P.I.S.S.A.R., Leana Schwatz and Shannon Wright from Students for a Free Tibet, and Robert “The Traveler” Hill, recent candidate in the Tacoma City Council Primaries. Interview with Robert “The Traveler” Hill.

10/27/07 – California Fires, Russia and Iran, New UN Environment report.
Guests: Peter Braun, President of Cocktales. LGAP’s Shira Goldstein, SAC’s Eric Lanigan, Barrack Obama organizer Debby Pattin of Thurston County, and Rebecca Wolfe, State Coordinator for the Dennis Kunicich campaign. Interview with Debby Pattin. Interview with Rebecca Wolfe.

10/20/07 – Bombing in Pakistan and Pre-9/11 Wiretapping.
Guests: Walker Lindley – Treasurer of UPS Young Democrats and Marilyn
Strickland, candidate for Tacoma City Council Position 8. Interview with
Marilyn Strickland.

10/13/07 – The Cleveland School Shooting, Armenia Resolution, ENDA and Gore’s Peace Prize Win.
Guests: Carolyn Ham – Treasurer of VOX, Maddy Ryen -UPS student of History and Activist. Walker Lindley and Walid Zafar.  Interview with Ellly Claus-McGahan – candidate for the Tacoma School Board. Interview with Elly Claus-McGahan

10/06/07 – S-CHIP, Attacks on AU Peace keepers, Korean Nuke talks.
Guests: Professor Nick Kontogeorgopoulos, Torey Holderith, UPS Political Science Association President and Yusif Word, President of UPS Black Student Union. Interview with Professor Kontogeorgopoulos on Burma

09/29/07 – Myanmar Protests, Ahmadinejad visits America.
Guests: Former Director of Centro Latino Dr. Julio Quan & Professor of Comparative Sociology Monica Dehart. Interview with Quan and Dehart Walid Zafar, UPS Young Dems President Phil Munsterman, with Rio Connelly.

09/22/07 – Jena 6, U of Florida Taser incident.
Guests: UPS Young Dems Treasurer Walker Lindley and Darrick Hartman, Vice President of the Tacoma Education Association.