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Podcast: The Poetry Show -- Sonnets Cross the Years, Poems to God, and Dylan's Nobel Masterpiece

This episode of the Poetry Show was broadcast Nov 13, 2017, 7:30 AM EST,live on EnlightenRadio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
The show is hosted by John Case. The call-in line is 304-885-0708, and our email is host@enlightenradio.org.
Playlist
 
1. Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture
2. 3 by Lucile Clifton
3.  Sonnets across the years from the Poetry Foundation
4. Love Poems to God.

Podcast: The Wait Is Over --- the Alice Unreal Show is BACK!

Alice Unreal returned to radio today, November 12, 2017, at 1PM on EnlightenRadio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
Carol and Melissa hosted the show at 1 PM EST today:
Live at the Enlighten Radio Website.
Podcast after at: podcasts.enlightenradio.org
Tune in to hear our homage to the heyday of FM radio, inspired by legendary FM DJ Alison Steele from WNEW in New York City,  as we play music recorded before the 1970's left us.
 
The Playlist:
 
Just Waiting on a friend
A song by the Rolling Stones from their 1981 album Tattoo You.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_on_a_Friend
 
Linda Rondstadt-  Tumblin Dice
 
Jackson Browne Nothing but Time from Running on Empty
 
Bob Dylan from Desire-- Mozambique
 
Emmy Lou Harris  Pancho and Lefty by Townes van Zandt 
 
Tom Petty  American Girl
 
Queen This thing called love
 
Patti Smith -- Because the Night 
 
Bruce Springsteen, Darkness at the Edge of Town, Prove It All Night
 
The Pretenders with the great Kinks Song  Stop Sobbin

The Moose Turd Cafe -- Donkey Trump Reburp from Election Served UP

This episode of the Moose Turd Cafe was broadcast November 9, 2017 from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, WV. The show is hosted by Mike Diesel and John Case and airs most weekdays live at 6:30 AM.
The call in line: 304-885-0708. The email: host@enlightenradio.org.
The Playlist.
1. Trump cedes world leaderhip to Xi Jinping.
2. Trump reburp (a la Dr Lechter) over Dem Election wins across country served up as oatmeal at the Cafe.
3. Half Sicilian and Muslim attorney joins program
4.  Racial dog whistles
5.  Bill Clinton joins the program to explain sexual harassment.
6. Al Franken, Guv Jim Injustce (dead again), Richard Painter (the Republicans are a DISGRACE), Alex Jones (I'M A MAN WITH CHEM TRAILS.)  all join in the discussion.
7. Trump salutes "Diversery".
8. A Benghazi Surprise. The Bartender is now President
9. Ark of the Covenant opened again. OMIGOD!
10. "Some People Just Need Killin'" -- Kalifornication
11. We won, but it felt like we lost. We lost, but it felt like we won.

Podcast: The Moose Turd Cafe: I wanna get shot in church, so I am closer to Jesus

This episode of the Moose Turd Cafe program was broadcast November 7, 2017 on enlightenradio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
The program is hosted by Mike Diesel and John Case and airs live most weekday mornings at 6:30 AM EST.
The call-in line is 304-885-0708. The email is host@enlightenradio.org.
Playlist:
1. I want to get shot in church -- so I can be close to Jesus.
2. Diesel on bombastic acting.
3 Steve Schmidt (McCain, Palin campaign head) leaves the Republicans
4. Indignation vs Anger examined.
5. Getting ready for the Vote!
6. World wide mass shooting graphics from the NYT -- guess what it shows?
7. What do 'prayers' do for the dead.
8. Give Trump's motorcade the finger.
9. 7 November: the Russian Revolution and V for Vendetta.
10. Dr Lechter's Revolutionary Cure
11. Senator Sanders to the rescue.

Podcast: The Winners and Losers Show: ACLU Director Joseph Cohen on the manysided assault on civil liberties and society

This episode of The Winners and Losers Radio Program was broadcast Nov 7, 2017 on enlightenradio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia.
 
The program is broadcast most weekdays live at 7:30 AM. This episode features Joseph Cohen -- Executive Director of the West Virginia ACLU and focuses on the many-sided assault on civil liberties and civil society raining down  from the Trump administration.
 
Voting rights, voter suppression, authoritarianism, racism and bigotry, guns and terror -- all undermining American democracy.
 

Podcast: The Winners and Losers Show: Imam Faruq Post Of the Islamic Society

This episode of the Winners and Losers Radio Program was broadcast November 1, 2017 on enlightenradio.org from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, West Virginia. The show broadcasts most weekdays at 7:30 AM.
 
John Case and Gayle Becker host. The call in line is: 304-885-0708. The email address is: host@enlightenradio.org.
 
Imam Faruq Post joins us to discuss efforts to find common ground  with faith and  other communities. A robust discussion of Islamic ideals, including some misconceptions about Islam and Sharia Law in particular.

Podcast: Winners and Losers--Mary Ann Hitt (Sierra Club) on Beyond Coal in the Trump era

This episode of the Winners and Losers Radio Program was broadcast Oct 31, 2017 from the Red Caboose Studio in Bolvar, WV, and  features Mary Ann Hitt, director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, on the challenges and opportunities in addressing the human causes of climate change, especially with respect to carbon fuels.
 
The Winners and Losers Radio program broadcasts most weekdays at 7:30 AM EST on Enlightenradio.org. Our call in line is 304-885-0708, and our email is: host@enlightenradio.org.

Podcast: Winners and Losers -- Alan Essig on the Republican Tax Ripoff

This episode of the Winners and Losers Radio Program was broadcast Nov 8, 2017 on EnlightenRadio.org from the  Red Caboose Studio in Bolivar, WV.
 
The Winners and losers radio program regularly broadcasts live 7:30 - 9 AM most weekdays. Our call in  line is 304-885-0708. Our email is host@enlilghtenradio.org.
 
Alan Essig, Executive Director of the DC-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), joins the program  to discuss his group's analysis of the GOP's so-called "tax reform" and jobs bill .The bill will provide "significant savings to foreign investors" and, of those tax cuts that would benefit Americans, "nearly a third would go to the richest one percent in 2018, and by 2027 that fraction would rise to nearly half," ITEP, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization reported Monday. Richest Americans Benefit Most from The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act "Some of the provisions in the House bill that benefit the middle-class -- like lower tax rates and fewer brackets, an increased standard deduction, and a $300 tax credit for each adult in a household -- are designed to expire or become less generous over time," said the report. And for the wealthy? Some provisions "become more generous over time," according to ITEP.How might the tax legislation effect West Virginia ? What do we do about the 1 percent's offshoring of much of its $$$ "Paradise Papers," Paradise Papers Underscore Why Lawmakers Should Focus on Offshore Tax Avoidance ?