mediageek 6-3-05 podcast: openairwaves.org, radical media, and US government propaganda

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mediageek 5-27-05 podcast: Marc Cooper on Media Reform Victories; Clear Channel Co-Opts Pirate Rhetoric

On this edition we listen to Marc Cooper’s talk from the opening plenary of the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform. Cooper is director of research for the Consumer Federation of America.

We also discuss Clear Channel’s lame attempt at guerilla marketing using pirate radio.

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mediageek 5-20-05 podcast: Grassroots Labor Media in South Korea

We listen to a talk by Myoungjoon Kim of MediACT in S. Korea about the state of laborers media and media reform in that country. This talk was given during a session on globalizing media reform at the 2005 National Conference for Media Reform.

We also discuss right-wing attacks on the Newspaper Guild’s Linda Foley for comments she made at the conference regarding military attacks on journalists.

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mediageek 5-13-05 podcast: Live from the National Conference for Media Reform

Paul and Drew report live on May 13 from the National Conference for Media Reform in St. Louis, MO. We also play some clips from Amy Gooodman and Naomi Klein recorded at the Media Consolidation Conference held May 10 & 11 at the University of Illinois.

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mediageek 5-6-05 podcast: Open Source Independent Radio Distribution – Shawn Ewald of the A-Infos Radio Project

We interview Shawn Ewald, programmer and volunteer behind the A-Infos Radio Project. The project has been serving an archive of independently produced and shared radio programming since 1996 — before most of the world had heard of “mp3.” Ewald recently opened up the source of the softward that runs the Project so that others may also use or improve it.

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mediageek 4-29-05 podcast: John Downing on Radical Participatory Media

John Downing is Professor of International Communication at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is known for his work on media and race and ethnicity as well as examinations of radical media. He spoke to the Participatory Media Reading Group at the University of Illinois on April 22, 2005. In this talk he shares his background and interest in radical media, and lays out four areas that deserve more study, including indigenous peoples’ movements and Indymedia.

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mediageek 4-22-05 podcast: Pushing for Public Access

Our guest is Randall Cotton, an area activist who is part of a advisory committee exploring options for expanding public access TV in Champaign-Urbana, IL. We discuss the state of public access in this area and power cities have to negotiate better terms and access from cable companies.

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mediageek 4-15-05 podcast: RNC Protestors Vindicated by Video; RIAA Cracks Down on Internet2; More Indecency Rumblings from DC

http://mediageek.net/sound/2005/mg041505-64k.mp3Paul and Drew get caught up with the media news, including stories about RNC protestors vindicated by indie video, RIAA crackdowns on Internet2 and more DC dishing on indecency. We’ll also look back to Sept. 2004 to hear the experiences of one IMC reporter who was arrested at the RNC in New York last year.

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mediageek 4-08-05 podcast: Robert McChesney Discusses Media Reform and Independent Media

Media scholar and activist Robert McChesney joins Drew in the studio, along with our friend John Anderson of DIYmedia.net and Free Press’ Media Minutes. They discuss the state of the media reform movement, the upcoming National Conference for Media Reform, and McChesney’s two most recent books.

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mediageek 4-1-05 podcast: Bizzarro Paul and Bizzarro Drew Take Over

Some strange force takes over the show, resulting in Bizzarro Paul and Bizzarro Drew doing a new version of the mediageek radio show. Luckily normal Paul and Drew kick them out before the end of the show.

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