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Democracy Now! Afternoon Broadcast Moves
Amy Goodman On Monday, September 13, the Democracy Now! afternoon broadcast will move from 3 to 5 p.m. We heard from KBCS listeners that their schedules prevented them from tuning in to Democracy Now! at its current afternoon slot of 3 p.m. So, we hope that the new broadcast time of 5 p.m. for Democracy Now! will be a better fit. Thanks for listening, and thanks for all your feedback. The move of Democracy Now! means that some other afternoon programs will be shifting time slots as well.

Get the full, new afternoon rundown here »

News and Ideas for Wednesday, September 1, 2010

On The Blogs (Encore Presentation)
Heard during The Takeaway every Wednesday at 7:05 a.m.
On the Blogs Every Wednesday morning, Toby Scott highlights a Northwest blogger writing about a cool topic or unique trend. This week, OTB introduces us to a pair of brothers whose blog helps you keep track of Western Washington's thousands of hiking trails. Lace up your hiking boots and fill your wattle bottle for the blog Hiking With My Brother.
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Labor Neighbor Radio

Heard every Wednesday during The Takeaway at 7:40 a.m. and The Outskirts at 2 p.m.
chp_labor_strike.jpg.w180h135 David Natale is sitting in for John Sandifer on today's Labor Neighbor Radio. He has the latest update from the Coca Cola strike affecting workers all over Washington, especially here in Bellevue. And find out about restoration efforts in the Skokomish Watershed that will benefit both animals and people.

KBCS locally produced programs

Voices of Diversity

Today at 5 p.m.
On today's show, host Sonya Green discusses New Orleans, five years after Hurricane Katrina turned the Gulf Coast region into a metaphor for government incompetence in the face of immense natural disaster. From the emerging popularity of New Orleans bounce music to how the Gulf Coast Vietnamese community has recovered, we explore the underreported and overlooked stories from the Big Easy and beyond.
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Sable Verity

Sable Verity: Home, a failed institution

Today at 6:50 p.m. after Hard Knock Radio
Commentary that you can disagree with, but she'll still be right. In yesterday's commentary, Sable talks about all the institutions that failed allowing a 10-year-old boy on a South Seattle Metro bus to shoot himself trying to rob a teenager in broad daylight. Today, Sable wonders about perhaps the most significant institution to fail in this case: the home.
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Weekly Jazz Programs in the Audio Archives
Jan Grodecki
Jan Grodecki

New Program

Fusion
Fusion is a bi-weekly radio show for jazz from Europe, Fusion, Acid Jazz, and Electronica like Rypdal, Garbarek, Hattler, Jaga Jazzist and Conte. You'll also get background information on artists, news from the scene abroad, specials, and a concert calender of European artists in the US.
John Midgley
John Midgley		 Jazz Kaleidoscope
Jazz Kaleidoscope is a weekly exploration of the diversity of jazz over the last 50 years, from familiar classics through 21st century innovations.  John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and other giants of modern jazz make regular appearances, alongside creative new jazz and excellent artists from many eras playing a wide range of styles.  It’s a celebration of the vast variety of ingredients that make up the jazz stew.
Megan Sullivan
Megan Sullivan		 Shape of Modern Jazz
The Shape of Modern Jazz -- A musical Journey through the second half of the twentieth century right up to the present. From Ellington to E.S.T, the Modern Jazz Quartet to the Claudia Quintet, and from John Coltrane to Gerald Clayton—we’ll follow the roadmap that connects them all.

This Past Week's News And Ideas

CounterSpin
Monday 5 p.m.
Journalist Pratap Chatterjee talks about Task Force 373, set up to capture or kill specific Al Qaeda or Taliban figures, recently uncovered by the The WikiLeaks Afghan War Diaries. We’ll learn the concerns and the state of play from Free Press’ campaign director Timothy Karr about Google and Verizon.

Listen Up! Northwest
Monday 5:30 p.m.
Paul Scott is a co-founder of Plug-In-America and Chairperson of the Electrical Vehicle Association of California, and proud owner of a solar panel powered Toyota Rav 4. Dr. Bruce Alexander talks about how our culture's addiction to our decadent lifestyles is affecting our climate.

Logic Amen's Speak On It Commentary
When both parties refuse to budge, what is the best way to disagree with someone? Logic was forced to ponder this question when he recently encountered a vocal homophobic demonstrator out on the streets of Seattle.

GRITradio
Tuesday 5 p.m.
Five years after Katrina hit the coast and broken levees flooded New Orleans, attorneys Bill Quigley and Traci Washington, and actress Melissa Leo star of the HBO hit series Treme talk about New Orleans. And Steve Earle, another cast member of Treme, talks about the city, and songs of finger pointing and hope. He also talks about why he named his new son John Henry.

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