2nd Friday

11 PM (Thursday): Ed Flynn

2 AM: Insomniac with Mystery Girl: Sam

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Johnny Be Good: John Corvino (fill-in for Doug Echols)

9 AM: Zanj Radio: Maud Joseph

12 Noon: State of the Arts: Richard Pheneger & Peggy Nelson

1 PM: Music My Mother Wouldn’t Like: Bruce Swan

4 PM: John Rivera

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM: CounterSpin: weekly news magazine from Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting

8 PM: Ray Terlaga: music, Skies of Bridgeport, AIDS Update

10 PM: DJ Mondavi

2 AM: (Saturday) CT ROCKS! with Bob D’Aprile

1st Friday

11 PM (Thursday): Mark Mushin (fill-in for Mark Muller’s New Music Network)

2 AM: CT ROCKS! or Freeform Frenzy with Bob D’Aprile (fill-in for Eli Malone)

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Del ‘In Transition’

9 AM: Irie Feeling Radio: Dave O.

12 Noon: State of the Arts: Richard Pheneger & Peggy Nelson

1 PM: Connections: Eric Cocks

4 PM: PURE: Howard Thompson – “New Releases/New Reissues”

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM: Sea Music Festival: Special Live Broadcast from Mystic Seaport

10 PM: Esoterica Et Cetera: Jeff Day

2 AM: (Saturday) CT ROCKS! with Bob D’Aprile

11 PM (Thursday): Ed Flynn

2 AM: Insomniac with Mystery Girl: Sam

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Del ‘In Transition’

9 AM: Irie Feeling Radio: Dave O.

12 Noon: State of the Arts: Richard Pheneger & Peggy Nelson

1 PM: Connections: Eric Cocks

4 PM: John Rivera

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM: CounterSpin: weekly news magazine from Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting

8 PM: Ray Terlaga: music, Skies of Bridgeport, AIDS Update

10 PM: DJ Mondavi

2 AM (Saturday): CT ROCKS! with Bob D’Aprile

11 PM (Thursday): Eric Ford

2 AM: Eli Malone

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: WPKN Mornings: Doug Echols

9 AM: Zanj Radio: Maud Joseph

12 Noon: State of the Arts: Richard Pheneger & Peggy Nelson

1 PM: Music my Mother wouldn’t like: Bruce Swan

4 PM: Franorama 2.0: Fran Fried (fill-in for PURE: Howard Thompson)

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM: CounterSpin – weekly news magazine from Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting

8 PM: Scott Thompson (fill-in for Ray Terlaga)

11 PM: Eric Ford

2 AM (Saturday): CT ROCKS! with Bob D’Aprile

During this edition of CT ROCKS! a special focus on nominees for the 2013 Whalie Awards, the annual New London regional music awards.

12 AM: Bob Dylan Special: Walter Wagoner

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Bob Dylan Special: Del ‘In Transition’

9 AM: Bob Dylan Special: Steve di Costanzo

10 AM: Bob Dylan Special: Dave O.

12 Noon: State of the Arts: Richard Pheneger & Peggy Nelson

1 PM: Bob Dylan Special: Eric Cocks

3 PM: Bob Dylan Special: Howard Thompson

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM: CounterSpin: weekly news magazine from Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting

8 PM: Frank Zappa Memorial Day Meltdown: Bob Chamenko with Terry Hopper

Your gateway to the Summer; 6 Hours of Zappa — Crank the Frank!

2 AM (Saturday): DJ Darkflow: Stefan Walczak (fill-in for CT ROCKS! with Bob D’Aprile)

5th Friday

11 PM (Thursday): Ed Flynn

2 AM: Eli Malone

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Del ‘In Transition’

9 AM: Zanj Radio: Maud Joseph

12 Noon: State of the Arts: Richard Pheneger & Peggy Nelson

1 PM: Music my Mother wouldn’t like: Bruce Swan

4 PM: Chris Frantz The Talking Head

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM: CounterSpin – weekly news magazine from Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting

8 PM: Ray Terlaga – music, Skies of Bridgeport, AIDS Update

10 PM: Bob Chamenko

2 AM (Saturday): CT ROCKS! with Bob D’Aprile

2nd Monday

12 AM: Paralelo Zero-Radio Brazil: K C Vaz

2 AM: The A List: Sam Hopkins

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Bensonian Radio: Michael Benson

9 AM: Del ‘In Transition’ (fill-in)

12 Noon: In Context: Ken and Marchand MacDermotRoe and Del LaPietro – live call in

Is the news too grim? We’ll take a comic look at the state of the country with political comedian and activist Lee Camp. It’s better to laugh than cry! Call-in during the show or email your questions before to ken@mdrtalk.org.

1 PM: The Jazz Sound: Rick Petrone

4 PM: Kevin Gallagher

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine

8 PM: Counterpoint: Scott Harris

Featured Guests:

• Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild discusses recent revelations about the government’s massive surveillance of phone communications, internet spying — and the serious questions about the constitutionality of such a breathtakingly invasive and sweeping domestic spying program.
• Asli Bali, assistant professor at the UCLA School of Law talks about the authoritarianism and political dysfunction which has led to the ongoing massive protests in Istanbul and across Turkey.
• Michael Hiltzik, Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times journalist who writes the paper’s “Golden State” column, discusses his recent article, “Social Security should be expanded, not cut” and assesses the motivation of the conservative movement that has for decades attempted to undermine the nation’s social safety net programs.
• A speech by 2012 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein at the opening plenary session of the 2013 Left Forum in New York City, on the conference theme: “Mobilizing for Ecological and Economic Transformation.”

10 PM: Writer’s Voice: Francesca Rheannon

Barbara Garson talks about her new book, Down the Up Escalator: How the 99% Live in the Great Recession. And Citizens United gave the 1%, like the Koch Brothers, inordinate influence over our political process. Now they’re moving to take over our media, as well. Filmmaker Tia Lessin discusses the film she co-directed, Citizen Koch, and how its distribution is being threatened by its namesake.

11 PM Michael Dunham

2 AM (Tuesday): Dylan McDonnell

3rd Monday

12 AM: Paralelo Zero-Radio Brazil: K C Vaz

2 AM: The A List: Sam Hopkins

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Rebel Music: Mark. Mushin

9 AM: Rebel Music: John Corvino

11 AM: Rebel Music: Ebong Udoma

1 PM: Rebel Music: Annette Szczesiul

3 PM: Rebel Music: Eric Cocks

5 PM: Rebel Music: Kevin Gallagher

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine

8 PM: Counterpoint: Scott Harris

Featured Guests:

• Jeff Davidoff, with One.org, a global coalition of musicians, talks about his group’s “agit8” project, that’s targeting world leaders at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland (June 17 & 18) to make a commitment to fight chronic malnutrition and unleash a transparency revolution with the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030.
• Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism project at the Institute for Policy Studies, assesses the consequences of President Obama’s recently announced decision to supply U.S. arms to Syrian rebel groups fighting to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
• Norman Soloman founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and author of the book, War Made Easy, How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning us to Death, discusses his recent article on the NSA surveillance revelations, “Clarity from Edward Snowden and Murky Response from Progressive Leaders in Congress,” and the consequences of President Obama’s recent decision to provide arms to Syrian rebels.
• Monte Frank, a board member of the group Newtown Action Alliance, talks about various aspects of his group’s six-month commemoration campaign, both in Washington and locally, advocating for the strengthening of gun safety laws.

10 PM: Writer’s Voice: Francesca Rheannon

Ruth Ozeki talks about her acclaimed new novel, A Tale For The Time Being. It’s about a Japanese-American teenager, an American-Japanese writer, and the time-twisting connection between them after the Japanese tsunami. And Gretel Ehrlich discusses her riveting new book, Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami.

11 PM Sonic Spectrum: Chris Ferrio

2 AM (Tuesday): Radio Nothing: Rod Richardson (as fill-in)

1st Monday

12 AM: Paralelo Zero-Radio Brazil: K C Vaz

2 AM: The A List: Sam Hopkins

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Mark Mushin

9 AM: Johnny Be Good: John Corvino

12 Noon: Report To Listener: General Manager Steve di Costanzo

1 PM: The Jazz Sound: Rick Petrone

4 PM: Pete Stewart

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine

8 PM: Counterpoint: Scott Harris

10 PM: Writer’s Voice: Francesca Rheannon

We re-play our 2012 interview with Rebecca MacKinnon about her book Consent of the Networked. Then we look back again at Wikileaks and what it means for press freedom. We air our 2010 interviews with the late Alexander Coburn and with Tim Karr of the organization, Free Press. And finally, we hear a Spring poem from Philip Schultz.

11 PM Michael Dunham (fill-in for Sonic Spectrum: Chris Ferrio)

2 AM (Tuesday): Del ‘In Transition’

12 AM: Paralelo Zero-Radio Brazil: K C Vaz

2 AM: The A List: Sam Hopkins

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Bensonian Radio: Michael Benson

9 AM: Larry Stoler

12 Noon: In Context: Ken MacDermotRoe

1 PM: The Jazz Sound: Rick Petrone

4 PM: Kevin Gallagher

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine

8 PM: Counterpoint: Scott Harris

10 PM: Writer’s Voice: Francesca Rheannon

11 PM Sonic Spectrum: Chris Ferrio (fill-in for Michael Dunham)

2 AM (Tuesday) The A List: Vinny

12 AM: Paralelo Zero-Radio Brazil: K C Vaz

2 AM: The A List: Sam Hopkins

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Mark Mushin

9 AM: Johnny Be Good: John Corvino

12 Noon: In Context: Ken and Marchand MacDermotRoe and Del LaPietro – live call in

Is President Obama a real progressive? We’d like your take as we discuss his policies at home and abroad. Before this discussion, we’ll have an update from Connecticut Community Party leader David Samuels on efforts in the state legislature to strengthen racial profiling laws. Call-in during the show or email your questions before to ken@mdrtalk.org.

1 PM: The Jazz Sound: Rick Petrone

4 PM: Pete Stewart

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine

8 PM: Counterpoint: Scott Harris

Featured Guests:

• Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon.com’s political reporter, discusses his recent article, “When the IRS Targeted Liberals,” which examines the honest context of the current Obama administration IRS “scandal,” as well as the need for tax law reform in the aftermath of the Citizens United SCOTUS decision and the emergence of well-funded political operations such as Karl Rove’s 501 (c) 4 group, Crossroads GPS.
• A representative of the group Center for Food Safety, talks about the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Bowman v. Monsanto case and the related topic of state initiatives to mandate the labeling of GMO foods.
• Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of U.S. policy in Latin America at the National Security Archive discusses her group’s assessment of the recent trial and conviction of former Guatemalan dictator, General Rios Montt, for crimes against humanity. She’ll also examine U.S. involvement and culpability re: Guatemala’s brutal counterinsurgency campaign during Guatemala’s “dirty war.”
• Seth Adler, Left Forum Conference Coordinator, talks about the theme of this year’s Forum, “Mobilizing for Ecological/ Economic Transformation,” which will be the focus of hundreds of workshops, speeches and informal gatherings at the 2013 conference at New York City’s Pace University, June 7th to 9th.

10 PM: Writer’s Voice: Francesca Rheannon

Journalist Mark Hertsgaard on HOT: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth and children’s book author and illustrator Thomas Yezerski on his picture book for children, MEADOWLANDS. It’s the inspiring story about how nature is healing itself in what was one of the most polluted places in America. Also, Maxine Kumin talks about writing poetry about nature.

11 PM Michael Dunham (fill-in for Sonic Spectrum: Chris Ferrio)

2 AM (Tuesday): The A List: Vinny

2 AM: The A List: Sam Hopkins

6 AM: Al Jazeera English: Radio News Hour

7 AM: Bensonian Radio: Michael Benson

9 AM: Johnny Be Good: John Corvino (fill-in for Larry Stoler)

12 Noon: In Context – The War Report: Ken MacDermotRoe and Marchand MacDermotRoe

Defending America, on In Context‘s monthly War Report. Military affairs commentator Marchand MacDermotRoe presents detailed proposed changes in U.S. military policy to prevent or deter an invasion of the U.S. They include converting the National Guard and Reserves into a territorial defense force which could not be deployed outside the U.S.

1 PM: The Jazz Sound: Rick Petrone

4 PM: Kevin Gallagher

6:55 PM: WPKN Local News – from Long Island Patch editors, CTMirror.org and CTNewsJunkie.com

7 PM: Free Speech Radio News

7:30 PM This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine

8 PM: Counterpoint: Scott Harris

Featured Guests:

• Shahid Buttar, executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee takes a critical look at President Obama’s recent speech on U.S. Counterterrorism policy, drones used in the targeted killing of suspected terrorists and the long delay in closing down the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo, Cuba.
• Matt Southworth, a board member of the group Veterans for Peace, who served in the U.S. Army from 2003-2004, talks about what Memorial Day means to him. He also assesses President Obama’s speech announcing some still vague changes to U.S. counterterrorism policy.
• Jay Feldman, co-founder and executive director of Beyond Pesticides, discusses the recent decision by the European Union to ban neonicotinoids, and his group’s current law suit against the U.S. EPA for their approval of pesticides harmful to bees – as well as the work they’re doing to prevent further harm to the environment which has led to the alarming decline in the global bee population.
• Tim Franzen of Occupy our Homes Atlanta, who talks about his group’s recent civil disobedience protests at the U.S. Justice Dept. organized to demand: Congress and the Obama administration end the foreclosure crisis; Reset mortgages to their current value; Restore and rebuild wealth stolen from communities of color during the economic meltdown and Prosecute Wall Street bankers for stealing homes, savings and livelihoods.

10 PM: Writer’s Voice: Francesca Rheannon

Marisa Silver talks about her acclaimed new novel, MARY COIN. It’s about a famous photograph of a migrant worker taken during the Great Depression. And Jess Walter discusses his collection of short stories set during the Great Recession WE LIVE IN WATER.

11 PM Michael Dunham

2 AM (Tuesday): Del ‘In Transition’ (fill-in)