Category Archives: Interviews

Yavapai College: Voices From Sedona — Podcast March 10, 2014

Posted on March 13, 2014 by William Timberman

Yavapai College in Sedona: the Locals Speak. Continuing Democratic Perspective’s series on the Yavapai College controversy, co-hosts Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson interview Jeremy Hawkes, Instructor at the Sedona Film School, Robin Weeks, Coordinator of Sedona’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), and … Continue reading →

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Carolyn Warner Interview — Podcast January 27, 2014

Posted on January 29, 2014 by William Timberman

Carolyn Warner: Politics and the Future. Carolyn Warner has had a long and distinguished career in Arizona Democratic Party politics. She served three terms as Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, ran for the U.S. Senate 1976,  was the Democratic nominee for … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought.

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Gary LaMaster

Note: Having fallen behind on blog posts and listings of resources, I’ll try to catch up beginning with our October 7, 2013, interview with Wenonah Hauter. Wenonah Hauter is author of Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and … Continue reading →

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Turning Prisoners Into Profits.

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Gary LaMaster

On December 9, 2013, Democratic Perspective aired an interview with Dianne Post. Post is an attorney and leader of the Arizona Justice Alliance, a statewide coalition dedicated to exposing the problems with prisons. According to Post, 23 percent of Arizona … Continue reading →

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Dianne Post Interview — Podcast December 9, 2013

Posted on December 10, 2013 by William Timberman

Who Benefits from For-Profit Prisons? The Ideological Myths, Perverse Incentives, and Corruption that Underlie the Private Prison System in Arizona. Attorney and long-time campaigner for women’s equality and the rule of law Dianne Post joins Democratic Perspective co-hosts Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson for a … Continue reading →

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The Affordable Care Act: On the Ground in Arizona — Podcast December 2, 2013

Posted on December 4, 2013 by William Timberman

Obamacare: Problems, Promises and the Experience to Date. Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino, and Steve Williamson are joined by Verde Valley Attorney Jim Ledbetter in a discussion of the nuts and bolts of the Affordable Care Act in Arizona — its impact on the extent … Continue reading →

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Sasha Abramsky Interview — Podcast November 25, 2013

Posted on November 27, 2013 by William Timberman

Throwing Away the Key: Mass Incarceration As a Substitute for Effective Social Policy. Author and journalist Sasha Abramsky returns to Democratic Perspective to discuss his research on the Prison Industrial Complex. How the justice system in the United States has become a one-way … Continue reading →

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Restorative Justice in Theory and Practice — Podcast November 4, 2013

Posted on November 6, 2013 by William Timberman

Restorative Justice: An Emphasis on Healing Rather Than Retribution.  Democratic Perspective’s Steve Williamson and Mike Cosentino are joined by Elizabeth Yancey, mediator and former Presiding Magistrate of the Municipal Court of Sedona, Arizona, and Warren Sanford, Magistrate Pro-Tempore of the Municipal … Continue reading →

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Sasha Abramsky Interview — Podcast October 21, 2013

Posted on October 26, 2013 by William Timberman

Poverty in America: Never Mind What Conservatives Say, Poverty Is NOT the Fault of the Poor. Democratic Perspective co-hosts Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson interview author and journalist Sasha Abramsky about his new book  The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half … Continue reading →

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Old Town Renaissance: Cooperative Development in Cottonwood, Arizona — Podcast October 14, 2013

Posted on October 17, 2013 by William Timberman

Imagination, Hard Work, and a Little TLC From Local Government: How One Town in Arizona Turned Itself Around. Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson interview some of the business and government leaders responsible for the remarkably successful re-development of Old Town … Continue reading →

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