Category Archives: Podcasts

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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The Arizona Show — Podcast November 18, 2013

Posted on November 20, 2013 by William Timberman

Arizona: Its Past, Its Present, and Its Future.  Democratic Perspective’s co-hosts Steve Williamson and Mike Cosentino, together with Chuck Williamson and Gary LaMaster, explore Arizona’s past, its present, and together look ahead to its prospects for the future. A critical analysis … Continue reading →

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Benghazi: A Year of Propaganda, Lies, and Media Incompetence — Podcast November 11, 2013

Posted on November 12, 2013 by William Timberman

Benghazi: Why It’s Still a Story, and Why We Still Can’t Get It Right.  Democratic Perspective’s Steve Williamson, Mike Cosentino, and Gary LaMaster discuss the September 11, 2012 attack on the American Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi, Libya, and its lingering effects … 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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Hunger in America — Podcast October 28, 2013

Posted on October 30, 2013 by William Timberman

Hunger in America and in Arizona: Who It Affects, What Causes It, and What We Should Do About It.  Following up on our last program on poverty, Democratic Perspective’s Steve Williamson and Gary LaMaster discuss the statistics which reveal the shocking number … 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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Wenonah Hauter Interview — Podcast October 7, 2013

Posted on October 9, 2013 by William Timberman

We Can’t Just Shop Our Way Out of It: Democratic Perspective co-hosts Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson interview Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch, and author of Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America,  about her book, … Continue reading →

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