Fire on the Prairie -- Amy Goodman, The Freedom Archives and Lakshmi Chaudhry

October 11, 2005Show Summary

Last month we aired an excerpt from Amy Goodman’s speech at the International Labor Communicators Association conference this summer. Goodman is the host of the daily news program Democracy Now! This show includes an amusing anecdote from the talk.

Aaron Sarver interviews Claude Marks and Sele Nadel-Hayes of the Freedom Archives in San Francisco. The archives contain more than 8,000 hours of audiotape from radical voices dating back to the late 1960s.

Finally, In These Times‘ senior editor Lakshmi Chaudhry comments on feminism and media in an excerpt from a panel discussion sponsored by the Chicago Foundation for Women.

About Fire on the Prairie

Fire on the Prairie is a radio forum exploring politics and ideas with progressive writers, thinkers and activists, sponsored by In These Times. Fire on the Prairie features interviews, commentary and reporting on local and national issues, including foreign policy, labor, activism, the environment and the media.

From October 2003 to July 2006 Aaron Sarver and Emily Udell produced and hosted the half-hour monthly show, which aired on WLUW, WHPK and WMXM in Chicago. The broadcast version of the show is currently on hiatus, but interviews will continue to be added to the site.