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Aaron Sarver interviews Michelle Goldberg, author of the new book Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism. Goldberg is a senior writer for salon.com.

You will also hear an excerpt of a talk about Hamas’ rise to power in Palestine by Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University.

Goldberg will appear at In These Times’ offices, located at 2040 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago on June 22nd at 7pm to discuss her book with In These Times senior editor Christopher Hayes.

Also Aaron Sarver interviews Kaveh Ehsani on the rise to power of Iran’s current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and relations between Tehran and Washington. Ehsani is an editor for the journal Middle East Report and a researcher at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Finally, hear comments from Juan Torres. In July 2004, Torres’ son died while serving as an army specialist in Afghanistan. The army ruled his son’s death a suicide, but Torres believes otherwise and has been conducting his own investigation. Torres is part of Gold Star Families for Peace, and has been traveling around the country speaking out against war.

We also broadcast a second installment of a talk given by Dr. Cornel West as part of the University of Chicago’s Organization of Black Students’ George E. Kent lecture series. Dr. West is author of the best-selling books Race Matters and Democracy Matters. He recently contributed to The Covenant with Black America, a collection of essays edited by public radio and television host Tavis Smiley.

Finally In These Times assistant editor Brian Cook interviews Mike Davis about global urban poverty. Davis is author of the new book Planet of Slums.

Also hear thoughts on democracy matters by Dr. Cornel West, Princeton University professor, public intellectual and activist. We bring you an excerpt of a recent speech he gave as part at the University of Chicago’s Organization of Black Students George E. Kent lecture series. 

Also In These Times’ Assistant Editor Phoebe Connelly interviews Cristina Page, author of the new book How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America.

We also bring you an excerpt of a discussion between Chicago Sun-Times publisher John Cruickshank and Tom Clark of the Chicago-based Community Media Workshop about the future of print media.

Also Aaron Sarver interviews journalist Glen Ford, publisher of BlackCommentator.com, about the California workers’ victory in a class action lawsuit against Wal-mart. An Oakland court recently ordered the corporation to pay 207 million dollars to former employees for labor violations.

Finally hear a discussion with journalist Jessica Pupovac about the Chicago Transit Authority’s recent refusal of discounted fuel from the Venezuelan government.

This show also includes excerpt of a talk given at a recent Public Square event by Andrea Smith, co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and author of Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide.

Finally, hear a song and sermon from Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. The Church is currently on a national “Shopocalypse” tour. 

Aaron Sarver talks with Lewis Lapham, author of the new book With the Beatles. Lapham has been editor of Harper’s magazine since 1983, and introduced the widely copied “Harper’s Index.”

Also on this episode are readings about home and homelessness from members of the Neighborhood Writing Alliance, a Chicago organization dedicated to the notion that every person is a philosopher. The NWA hosts workshops around the city and puts out the quarterly publication the Journal of Ordinary Thought.

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.

Reporter Andrew Stelzer interviews writer and professor Samar Dahmash-Jarrah about her new book Arab Voices Speak to American Hearts and her work to create a dialogue between the two cultures she calls home.

Finally, Aaron Sarver interviews journalist Jamie Kalven, who seeks to broaden the discussion around public housing.

Aaron Sarver talks to In These Times senior editor David Moberg and to Jamie Daniel, labor activist and Director of Organizing and Development of the University Professionals of Illinois Local 4100.

Emily Udell interviews Chicago Public Radio’s Deputy News Director Ben Calhoun. Calhoun is curating an exhibit of photographs and audio recordings about workers in the service industry for the Peace Museum in Chicago.

Finally, you’ll hear a conversation with Gene Bruskin of the group US Labor Against War.

Aaron Sarver interviews Carrie MacLaren, activist prankster and publisher of Stay Free!, the 10-year-old magazine dedicated to critiquing consumer culture.

Rocker and activist Patti Smith comments on the state of the music industry today.

In These Times’ editor Joel Bleifuss remembers In These Times’ founder James Weinstein, who passed away on June 16th.

You’ll hear two readings from a panel discussion at the Harold Washington Library called “Invisible Labor: How Art Speaks the Language of Labor.” Writers Jeff Manes and Susan House share their prose about work.

Also Aaron Sarver interviews In These Times contributing editor Silja J.A. Talvi about the state of the prison industry today.

Emily Udell interviews Marjane Satrapi, author and illustrator of the best-selling graphic memoirs Persepolis and Persepolis II. Satrapi has just published a new book called Embroideries.

Also hear Chicagoans respond to a recent Time magazine article’s claim that their mayor Richard M. Daley is one of the top five in the nation.

Aaron Sarver interviews Danielle Chynoweth, co-founder of the thriving Independent Media Center in Urbana-Champaign and Urbana City Council member, about the success of the Urbana-Champaign IMC.

Emily Udell interviews Tom Frank, author of the bestselling book What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, about the conservative backlash.

Hear thoughts on moral values and democracy by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago’s south side. Wright, who is a spiritual advisor to U.S. Senator Barack Obama, leads the 8,500-member African American congregation that is committed to faith and social justice.

Juan Cole talks about the ethnic divides among the Sunni and Shiite populations in Iraq. Cole is Professor of Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan and hosts the popular blog juancole.com.

Aaron Sarver speaks with Bob McChesney--one of the key voices in the media reform movement and author of many books, including Rich Media, Poor Democracy.

Emily Udell converses with Chicago-based journalist Kari Lydersen about her new book Out of the Sea and into the Fire, which explores globalization and Latin American-U.S immigration.

Emily Udell discusses current affairs with Gore Vidal, author of, most recently, Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia.

Aaron Sarver talks with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Representative for the 9th District of Illinois and member of the Progressive Caucus.

Also, hear a report on a recent anti-war rally and protest in Chicago, and a conversation with one of the rally’s speakers, Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness.

Emily Udell converses with Chicago-based artist Silvia Malagrino about her current exhibit at the Polvo Gallery and her upcoming documentary Burnt Oranges, which documents the effects of state terrorism during the 1970s and ‘80s in her native Argentina.

Professor Rashid Khalidi, author of the recently-published book Resurrecting Empire, talks about current affairs in the Middle East during a recent visit to Oak Park.