Susan Galleymore, author of Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak about War and Terror

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Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak about War and Terror, shares verbatim stories from mothers and others (troops, family members) affected by war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel and West Bank, Lebanon and Syria and the US.

Author and Raising Sand Radio host, Susan Galleymore, traveled to these countries between 2004 and 2007 to gather stories although the project actually began when her son was deployed to Iraq in 2004 and she traveled there to talk to him about war.

Published by Pluto Press and distributed by Palgrave/McMillan in the US, order the book online or from the book's website.

NOTE: View pictures from the book tour from the website too.

December 24: Exclusive Interview with Santa Clause

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The real scoop on Santa Clause by Santa Claus himself as he takes time out of his busy delivery schedule. Who is he? Why has he moved from the North Pole to Florida? What about the red suit and his deplorable fashion sense?
And, listen to his favorite blues as we hear this exclusive interview.

November 5: "Sexual exploitation of youth and women"

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Nola Brantley of MISSSEY (Monitoring, Inspiring, Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth - www.misssey.org) and Agneta Falk, poet and painter, discuss their work in this area. Our young people, particularly but not only girls, are commercially exploited for sex at alarming rates... and often right in our own neighborhoods. Nola an Agneta take different routes in serving this topic and both are powerful and inspiring.

Playlist:
4 non-blondes: "What's going on?"

September 24: Nelson Peery and Jack Hirschman talk radical...

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Nelson Peery is the award-winning author of Black Fire: The Making of an American Revolutionary and most recently, Black Radical. Nelson and San Francisco poet laureate Jack Hirschman, himself a prolific published poet, talk radical in this free-wheeling conversation about war, racism, and what it'll take to create an equitable world.

Playlist:
Willie King: "Terrorized"