Guests: BBC investigative journalist, Greg Palast, describes his latest DVD, "From Eight Mile to the Amazon," about his look at the financial crisis that stretches from the Detroit border to the far reaches of the planet.

http://www.gregpalast.com

Tom Juravich, author, "At the Altar of the Bottom Line: The Degradation of Work in the 21st Century," discusses the race to the bottom and what can be done.

http://www.tomjuravich.com/altar

http://www.umass.edu/umpress/fall_09/juravich_altar.htm

Podcast: http://www.wrif.com/podcasts/Episodes.aspx?PID=1499

December 6, 2009 show

Guest: Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now, promoted her new book, Breaking the Sound Barrier, and described the challenges to freedom of the media to inform the public. See Home page for more on her encounter with Canadian Customs.
http://www.democracynow.org/

Podcast: http://www.wrif.com/podcasts/Episodes.aspx?PID=1499

November 29, 2009 show

Guests: CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL? Listen to this story about how people beat the WTO! David Solnit, author, "The Battle of the Story of The Battle of Seattle," describes  the demonstrations against the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization meeting, and his role in the Stuart Townsend film of the events.
http://www.akpress.org/2008/items/battleofseattleakpress

A Climate Change Thriller! Linda Nordquist, author, "Beyond the Tipping Point," talks about her fiction thriller that has the climate change crisis as its focal point.
http://www.linda-nordquist.com/

Podcast: http://www.gdrg.net/wrif/podcast/nightcall/Nightcall%20November%2029%2009.mp3

November 22, 2009 show

Guests: WHY ARE PEOPLE HUNGRY IN A LAND OF PLENTY?
Eric Holt-Gimenez, executive director, Food First! describes our corporate food system that provides profits for corporations at the expense of people.
http://www.foodfirst.org/

CAN YOU IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT WAR?
Winslow Myers, author, "Living Beyond War: A Citizen's Guide," can and tells us how to get there.
http://www.beyondwar.org/

Podcast: http://www.gdrg.net/wrif/podcast/nightcall/Nightcall%20November%2022%2009.mp3

November 15, 2009 show

Guests: James W. Loewen, author, "Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks & Get Students About Doing History," explained techniques for engaging students in studying the subject.

http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu

http://store.tcpress.com/0807749915.shtml

Dahr Jamail, author, "The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan," spoke about the shootings at Ft. Hood.

http://dahrjamailiraq.com/

Podcast: http://www.gdrg.net/wrif/podcast/nightcall/Nightcall%20November1509_01.mp3

November 8, 2009 show

Guests: Andrew B. Lewis, author, "The Shadows of Youth: The remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation"
http://www.redroom.com/publishedwork/the-shadows-youth-the-remarkable-journey-civil-rights-generation-0

Francis Moore Lappe, author, "Diet for a Small Planet" http://www.smallplanet.org/

Podcast: http://www.gdrg.net/wrif/podcast/nightcall/Nightcall%20November%208%2009.mp3

November 1, 2009

Guest: Jeff Breslin, president, Michigan Nurses Association, spoke about the impact of health reform on health care and nursing.
http://www.minurses.org/

Podcast: http://www.gdrg.net/wrif/podcast/nightcall/Nightcall%20November%201%2009.mp3

October 25, 2009 show

Guests: 2012! DISASTER OR HYPE? John Major Jenkins, author, "2012: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History," explains the Maya concept of a time cycle ending in 2012, and offers its true meaning. http://the2012story.com

THIRSTY? WE MAY BE SOON! Susan J. Marks, author, "Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America," outlines the problem facing the country as water becomes scarcer due to climate change and its quality deteriorates because of increased pollution. http://www.ordering1.us/bloombergbooks/product.php?pid=353

Podcast: http://www.gdrg.net/wrif/podcast/nightcall/Nightcall%20October%2025%2009.mp3

October 18, 2009 show

Guests: DO YOU LIVE IN WHITOPIA? Rich Benjamin, author, "Searching for Whitopia: An improbable Journey, to the Heart of White America," describes the increasing trend towards institutional and residential segregation driven by white migration. http://richbenjamin.com/

DC and Marvel Comics award winning illustrator, Rick Geary, discusses his look at the powerful, and definitely crazy head of the FBI in, "J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography." http://us.macmillan.com/jedgarhoover

Podcast: http://www.gdrg.net/wrif/podcast/nightcall/Nightcall%20October%2018%2009.mp3

October 11, 2009 show

Guests: Greg Grandin, author, "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City," tells the story of the auto magnates attempt to establish a Mid-Western city in the heart of Amazonia.
http://us.macmillan.com/fordlandia

Linda Nathan, headmaster, Boston Arts Academy, and author, "The Hardest Questions Aren't on the Test: Lessons from an Innovative Urban School," described her her untraditional approach to education among students often thought to be the most challenging.
http://lindanathan.net

Podcast: http://www.gdrg.net/wrif/podcast/nightcall/Nightcall%20October%2011%2009.mp3