Category Archives: POLITICS/INTERNATIONAL

#ThinkwingRadio: OCTOBER 22, 2014, 10PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: YOU! TOPIC(s): SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION! [AUDIO]

SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-10-22_2200, FALL FUNDRAISER, RACE RELATIONS, ISIS

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

“If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it!”

CALL 713-526-5738!! KPFT is in its Fall Fund Drive. Most of the folks who work and broadcast at KPFT are volunteers, but it still fixed and variable expenses, meaning it costs $150/hour, 24/7/365 to keep KPFT on the air.

KPFT does not accept corporate sponsors. Over 90% of KPFT ‘s funding comes from individual listeners, and only about 1 listener in 16 helps to support KPFT at any given time.

Whether you can only afford to pledge a couple of bucks or $1000, we appreciate whatever you can do. If you can’t pledge support at this time, we still appreciate that you listen to KPFT .

Only 7 companies own about 30 of Houston’s 50-odd radio stations. Those 7 companies determine most of what you hear on your radio.

KPFT airs 95 different programs every week. If KPFT has a format, that format is … almost anything you can think of!

Please support Thinkwing Radio! Please help support KPFT and keep community-supported radio on the air!

Thanks, Mike Honig

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Over the past year, “ThinkwingRadio with Mike Honig” has brought you dozens of interesting guests and many uncommon or rarely heard topics of discussion. We have callers from across the political and ideological spectrum, and I endeavor to treat them all with respect and courtesy so we can generate a real flow of ideas. You can listen to almost any show I’ve ever done (going back to May 2010) by going to the archive tab. Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies). Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.) For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting, Hong Kong Occupy, Ebola in the US, ISIS

GUEST(S): (See Event Announcement with links below the break)

OPEN FORUM

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#ThinkwingRadio: OCTOBER 15, 2014, 10PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: YOU! TOPIC(s): SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION! [AUDIO]

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

“If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it!”

KPFT does not accept corporate sponsors. Over 90% of KPFT ‘s funding comes from individual listeners, and only about 1 listener in 16 helps to support KPFT at any given time.

Whether you can only afford to pledge a couple of bucks or $1000, we appreciate whatever you can do. If you can’t pledge support at this time, we still appreciate that you listen to KPFT .

Only 7 companies own about 30 of Houston’s 50-odd radio stations. Those 7 companies determine most of what you hear on your radio.

KPFT airs 95 different programs every week. If KPFT has a format, that format is … almost anything you can think of!

Please support Thinkwing Radio! Please help support KPFT and keep community-supported radio on the air!

Thanks, Mike Honig

And now, back to our regularly constructed show announcement.

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You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting, Hong Kong Occupy, Ebola in the US, ISIS

GUEST(S): (See Event Announcement with links below the break)

OPEN FORUM

#PARTISANGRIDLOCK w/GUEST HOSTS MIKE HONIG & EGBERTO WILLIES: OCTOBER 10, 2014, 10PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: YOU! TOPIC(s): OPEN FORUM (+ Voting, Ebola, Hong Kong, & More)

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-10-10_1500, PARTISAN GRIDLOCK, with Mike Honig & Egberto Willies (subbing for Geoff Berg)

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

“If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it!”

I was flattered to be asked to guest co-host, with Egberto Willies, Geoff Berg’s show, Partisan Gridlock. Geoff does a great show, and it obviously took two of us to try to replace him. Egberto and I had a great time, and we hope we’ll be invited back when needed.

You can listen to almost any show I’ve ever done (going back to May 2010) by going to the archive tab.

I also do Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies). Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.) For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting, Hong Kong Occupy, Ebola in the US, ISIS

GUEST(S): (See Event Announcement with links below the break)

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#ThinkwingRadio: OCTOBER 8, 2014, 10PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: YOU! TOPIC(s): OPEN FORUM (+ Voting, Ebola, Hong Kong, & More) [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-10-08_2200, VOTING, HONG KONG, ISIS, KURDS, NASA, ROB LOWE

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

“If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it!”

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting, Hong Kong Occupy, Ebola in the US, ISIS

GUEST(S): (See Event Announcement with links below the break)

OPEN FORUM

#ThinkwingRadio: OCTOBER 1, 2014, 10PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: YOU! TOPIC(s): OPEN FORUM, plus Cat Killers, Syria, Intelligence Flubs, SCOTUS Impeachment [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-10-01_2200, CAT KILLER, ISIS,SYRIA,TURKEY,SECRETSERVICE

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

“If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it!”

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): (See Event Announcement with links below the break)

OPEN FORUM

#ThinkwingRadio: SEPTEMBER 24, 2014, 10PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: YOU! TOPIC(s): ISIS, Child Abuse, 100YSS, Race Relations [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_140924_2200, ISIS, Child Abuse, 100YSS, Race

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

“If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it!”

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): (See Event Announcement with links below the break)

OPEN FORUM

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#ThinkwingRadio: SEPTEMBER 17, 2014, 10PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: YOU! (Open Forum); TOPIC(s): Elections Upcoming, “The Fifth Season”, What ‘THEY’ Understand, Monoculture, #100YSS

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-09-17_2200 CULTURE & DISCIPLINE, ELECTION INFO, DONALD HONIG’S PHOTO, THEY UNDERSTAND, BANANAS

[NOTE: This show was a total surprise to me and shows how live talk can sometimes become soothing other than what the host expected. I was expecting talk of elections, right-wing politics and liberal protests, my search for a baseball photo, maybe the 100 Year Star Ship Symposium, and the environmental risks of Agribusiness’s love affair with monoculture and the end of bananas as we know them. Instead, it turned into a discussion of Adrian Peterson, Ray Rice, discipline vs. abuse/assault, and the connections of those things to race, culture, and history. It was a fascinating discussion which provoked a lot of thought and some future research. – Mike]

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): (See Event Announcement with links below the break)

OPEN FORUM

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#ThinkwingRadio: SEPTEMBER 10, 2014, 10-11PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: Dr. Mae Jemison & Dr. Karl Aspelund; TOPIC(s): The 100 Year Star Ship Symposium In Houston #100YSS [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-09-10_2200, 100 YEAR STAR SHIP (MAE JEMISON & KARL ASPELUND)

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): (See Event Announcement with links below the break)

Dr. Mae Jemison. She is a former astronaut, the first African-American woman in space, former Peace Corps medical officer, and the founder of the 100 Year Star Ship Project.
Dr. Karl Aspelund, a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Material Culture, teaches at the University of Rhode Island.

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#ThinkwingRadio: SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, 10-11PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: CALLERS/OPEN FORUM, TOPIC(s): AIRLINE SEAT RECLINE, WAR IN UKRAINE & ISIS [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-09-03_2200, AIRLINE SEAT RECLINE, WAR IN UKRAINE & ISIS

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ELECTION DAY IS COMING! Register AND Vote!: VOTER & Political Info And Resources

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): CALLERS/OPEN FORUM

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#ThinkwingRadio: August 27, 2014, 10-11PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: Mustafaa Carroll & Ruth Nasrullah (CAIR), Shiyam Galyon & Ahmad Alaswad (SAC). TOPIC(s): ISIS, The Middle East & Policy [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-08-27_2200, ISIS & POLICY with CAIR & SAC

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Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

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Mustafaa Carroll is the Texas Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.

Ruth Nasrullah (Tweet @ruthnasrullah) is the Communications Coordinator with the Houston office of CAIR (Tweet @CAIRHouston). bio on the CAIR website: http://cairtexas.com/about-us/who-we-are/

Shiyam Galyon, President SYRIAN-AMERICAN COUNCIL (SAC) of HOUSTON:– SAC Houston President: Shiyam Galyon – In college, she worked with the Palestine Solidarity Committee, Students Against Sweatshops, and Texas 4000 for Cancer. Post college, she has worked with Syrian American Council, Maram Foundation and Watan. Shiyam also published two op-eds, one calling for the international community to intervene in Syria and another calling out Islamophobia in America and tying it in with the Syrian crisis. In her role in SAC, she was one of the main people to organize the vigil last August in response to the Sarin gas attacks. Shiyam also organized Houston’s Raed and Razan’s “Voices of Hope” tour last December through the Coalition for Democratic Syria.

Ahmad Alaswad Government Relations Chair, SYRIAN-AMERICAN COUNCIL (SAC) of HOUSTON:– Ahmad has a Bachelor’s in Political Science and Criminal Justice. In addition, he has a Master’s in Public Administration with a concentration in Public Policy and International Development. Ahmad has educational experience, and professional experience in government while working with local, state, federal, and international governmental agencies. His focus is Outreach for the American Arab and American Muslim communities.

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#ThinkwingRadio: August 20, 2014, 10-11PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: Egberto Willies & Eric Johnson. TOPIC(s): A JUDGMENT-FREE ZONE FOR A DISCUSSION OF RACE RELATIONS. WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-08-20_2200 RACE AND CULTURE, EGBERTO WILLIES & ERIC JOHNSON

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NOTE AFTER THE SHOW: Thanks so much to Egberto and Eric and the callers who were willing to participate and take advantage of the show’s “Safe Zone”, and share honesty and candor, and allow us to have a true dialogue. This show meant a lot to me. ~ Mike

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT TONIGHT’S SHOW: Race is a difficult, and even risky, topic for public discussion. Sometimes, one moment of naïve candor or an unfortunate turn of phrase can raise a firestorm of protest and criticism.

I am hoping that tonight’s show can be a “Judgment-Free Zone” in order to encourage a real and useful discussion of the challenges we ALL face when it comes to race relations.

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): Egberto Willies & Eric Johnson

TOPIC(s): RACE RELATIONS: WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG

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#ThinkwingRadio: August 13, 2014, 10-11PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: Callers, TOPIC(s): Street beggars, Libertarians vs. Anarchists, Pro-Choice vs. Anti-choice

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-08-13_2200 BEGGARS, LIBERTARIANS, PRO-LIFERS

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Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): The Callers

TOPIC(s): Street beggars, Libertarians vs. Anarchists, Pro-Choice vs. Anti-choice

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#ThinkwingRadio: July 30 & August 6, 2014, 10-11PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: KPFT Supporters! TOPIC: Keep KPFT healthy and broadcasting! [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO July 30: kpft_2014-07-30_2200 SUMMER FUNDRAISER 1

SHOW AUDIO August 6: kpft_2014-08-06_2200 SUMMER FUNDRAISER 2

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We hope that you have found our shows interesting, entertaining, and occasionally even amusing. And now, we need YOUR support to keep this program and this station on the air.

To support KPFT and Thinkwing Radio, you can contribute online by clicking here. And please make sure to note which program you’re supporting.

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): The Callers

TOPIC(s): SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY RADIO STATION. KPFT-FM 90.1

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#ThinkwingRadio: July 23, 2014, 10-11PM, @KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). GUESTS: The Callers! TOPIC: Open Forum [AUDIO]

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-07-23_2200, Rick Perry v. Mexico, Ukraine v. MH17, Gaza v Israel

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To support KPFT and Thinkwing Radio, you can contribute online by clicking here. And please make sure to note which program you’re supporting.

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): The Callers

TOPIC(s):

OPEN FORUM
Suggested starters: Rick Perry v. Mexico, Ukraine and MH-17, Hamas v. Israel

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Gov. Rick Perry [TX] is an idiot for proposing militarizing the US border with Mexico

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Below is an open email I’ve written to Rep. Joaquin Castro [TX-20] in response to his open email about Gov. Perry proposing to send National Guard troops to the Texas border with Mexico. His is letter is below my response.

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Dear Joaquin,

I agree that we should not be putting National Guard troops on the border with Mexico, but partly for different reasons.

Perhaps first and foremost, National Guard troops are not military personnel who sometimes live as civilians. They are civilians who sometimes live as military personnel. As such, calling them up for what is really police work is a frivolous, politically-inspired upheaval of their lives. It also constitutes an abuse of these warriors who have volunteered to disrupt their lives and the lives of their families, and risk their lives for their country, when the safety and security of the citizens of the United States are at stake. This humanitarian refugee emergency on our border does not rise to that standard.

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ThinkwingRadio: March 26, 2014, 10-11PM, KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). TOPIC: Open Forum (Crimean Crisis)

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SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-03-26_2200, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia, Munich Pact, Self-determination

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Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig is usually a call-in show. Whether you’re listening live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world, you can call in at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

GUEST(S): You callers are the guests!

TOPIC:

.@KPFT “Pro-Life/Anti-Choice”, or actually “Anti-Fornication/Pro-Punishment”? One topic on tonite’s #ThinkwingRadio #OpenForum

Mike Honig ‏@ThinkWingRadio 2m: .@KPFT We’ve had the term “Cannon Fodder” for centuries. Has Fukushima now given us “Reactor Fodder”? One topic on tonite’s #ThinkwingRadio

Mike Honig ‏@ThinkWingRadio 6m : .@KPFT Have centuries of Western Imperialism ended only to see the birth of Eastern Imperialism? One topic on tonight’s ThinkwingRadio

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ThinkwingRadio: March 19, 2014, 10-11PM, KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). TOPIC:

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SHOW AUDIO: Open Forum, kpft_2014-03-19_2200, UKRAINE, ABORTION, MISSING PLANE

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): Callers are tonight’s guests. BE one!

TOPIC[S]:

.@KPFT “Pro-Life/Anti-Choice”, or actually “Anti-Fornication/Pro-Punishment”? One topic on tonite’s #ThinkwingRadio #OpenForum

.@KPFT We’ve had the term “Cannon Fodder” for centuries. Has Fukushima now given us “Reactor Fodder”? One topic on tonite’s #ThinkwingRadio

.@KPFT “Appeasement”. It’s not just for Neville Chamberlain anymore. One topic on tonite’s #ThinkwingRadio.

.@KPFT Have centuries of Western Imperialism ended only to see the birth of Eastern Imperialism? One topic on tonite’s ThinkwingRadio

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT, Pre-emption DEC. 25, 2013, 10-11PM for a Special HOLIDAY PRISON SHOW, On KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston)

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We’ve been promoted to FM!

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). One of our mottos is that you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, so we try to get our facts right.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig is usually a call-in show. Whether you’re listening live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world, you can call in at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

This Wednesday’s show (12/25/2013) will be pre-empted for an extended holiday edition of The Prison Show, 8PM-Midnight (CT). Thus convicts and their families will be given a special holiday opportunity to exchange greetings and feelings at this special holiday time of year.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig will return in its call-in format on Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 from 10-11PM (CT) . The tentative topic will be, “So how was your 2013, and what are your hopes for 2014”?

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT, We’ve Moved!: DEC. 11 & 18, 2013, 10-11PM On KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston), TOPIC, Parts 1 & 2: IRAN: Dictatorship? Democracy? Theocracy? And how did it become what it is?”

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NOTE (DEC. 13, 2013) Due to time constraints, this topic has is being covered over two 1-hour shows. Part 1 discusses Iran mainly from about 1900 to about 1975. Part 2 will discuss Iran from about 1975 to the present. Guests are the same. – Mike

Part 1 (Dec. 11, 2013) SHOW AUDIO (Engineered by Ayn Morgan): https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kpft_2013-12-11_2200-iran-1900-1975.mp3

Part 2 (Dec. 18, 2013) SHOW AUDIO (Engineered by Ayn Morgan): https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kpft_2013-12-18_2200-iran-1975-present.mp3

We’ve been promoted to FM!

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). One of our mottos is that you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, so we try to get our facts right.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig is usually a call-in show. Whether you’re listening live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world, you can call in at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)

UPDATED 12/11/13 (7:08pm): The show topic is “IRAN: Dictatorship? Democracy? Theocracy? And how did it become what it is?”

(PS: This will be my last show on Iran for at least a little while. Just FYI. Next week will be something completely different))

My guests tonight are Moji Agha of the Mossadegh Legacy Institute, and Muhammad Sahimi.

Moji Agha is an Iranian-American Sufi Monk, a cultural psychologist, bi-lingual poet, and peace and human rights and environmental activist. He is the founder of the Mossadegh Legacy Institute, and its project to create American circles of non-violence. For more information, go the show announcement and click on the link for the Mossadegh Legacy Institute.

Muhammad Sahimi, a professor at USC, has been analyzing Iran’s political developments and its nuclear program for nearly two decades. He is currently editor and publisher of the website, Iran News & Middle East Reports, www.imenews.com

UPDATE: 12/12/2013: We covered a lot of ground on the 12/11 show, but also left an important period — 1975 to the present — mostly untouched. In view of that, we’ll be doing a Part 2 this week (12/18/2013, 10-11PM CT)

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TOPICS: “IRAN: Dictatorship? Democracy? Theocracy? And how did it become what it is?”

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT, We’ve Moved!: DEC. 11 & 18, 2013, 10-11PM On KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston)

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Part 1 (Dec. 11, 2013) SHOW AUDIO (Engineered by Ayn Morgan): https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kpft_2013-12-11_2200-iran-1900-1975.mp3

Part 2 (Dec. 18, 2013) SHOW AUDIO (Engineered by Ayn Morgan): https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kpft_2013-12-18_2200-iran-1975-present.mp3

We’ve been promoted to FM!

UPDATED 12/11/13 (7:08pm): The show topic is “IRAN: Dictatorship? Democracy? Theocracy? And how did it become what it is?”

My guests tonight are Moji Agha of the Mossadegh Legacy
Institute, and Muhammad Sahimi, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, active in journalism, writing frequently on Iranian politics.

UPDATE: 12/12/2013: We covered a lot of ground on this show, but also left an important period — 1975 to the present — most untouched. In view of that, we’ll be doing a Part 2 next week (12/18/2013, 10-11PM CT)

This post is subject to update before and after the show.

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TOPICS: “IRAN: Dictatorship? Democracy? Theocracy? And how did it become what it is?”

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Nov. 27, 2013, Pro-life or Anti-Fornication?

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SHOW AUDIO: https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kpfthd3_2013-11-27_wed2pm.mp3

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (every Wednesday from 2-3PM CT) on KPFT-HD Channel 90.1-3. One of our mottos is that you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, so we try to get our facts right.

If you don’t have an HD (‘Hi-Definition’) radio, you can hear KPFT-HD 90.1-3 at KPFT.org, listen online by going to KPFT.org and clicking on “Listen Live”, and then one of the HD3 links: HD3 (32k) HD3 (64k) . Or go to ‘HOW TO LISTEN’ and get the graphic on how it works.

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Announce new show, December 11.
1. Wednesdays,10-11 PM
2. Following Technology Bytes
3. Call-in
Anti-choice, anti-promiscuity, anti-fornication
Kennedy assassination.
Are We Suffering from ‘Secular Stagnation’?, Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times, November 22, 2013
1. Secular stagnation: According to Wikipedia, A fancy name for ‘prolonged slow growth, a la Japan.
2. Depression era theories of permanent slow growth
3. Fear that post-WW2 economy would relapse to Depression.
4. Postwar boom
5. Persistent Trade/Current Account deficits since 1980
6. Over-valued dollar.
7. Currency manipulators
China Air Defense Zone
Chinese Space Agency & NASA butt heads
Hawaiian Town asks for fewer tourists
Are We Suffering from ‘Secular Stagnation’?

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: “Earth 101” (Nov. 26, 2013), TOPIC: Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

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SHOW AUDIO: https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/kpft_2013-11-26_earth-101.mp3

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig. One of our mottos is that you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, so we try to get our facts right.

This Tuesday, November 26, 2013, I’ll be on “Earth 101” (KPFT 90.1 FM Houston, 3-4PM CT), sitting in for regular host Hitaji Abdul Aziz.

This is a call-in show. We will take callers during broadcast at 713-526-5738.

TOPIC: The tentatively scheduled subject of discussion is the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

There may be fewer than 100,000 Quakers in North America. The Quakers are known by most people through movies or some documentaries. This makes Quakers great as plot points. That being the case, Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) are almost a part of American mythos. Most folks have never actually met a Quaker or had a chance to discuss their faith with them. I hope to change that during this program.

This post will be updated before and after show time.

All shows on KPFT can be heard LIVE ONLINE by clicking HERE.

All shows which have been broadcast on KPFT can be heard ON DEMAND by clicking HERE for up to 60 days after broadcast..

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Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Nov. 20, 2013, Is a picnic just a picnic;

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SHOW AUDIO: https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/kpfthd3_2013-11-20_picnic-etymology-dna-faxing-cassini-vs-curiousity-att-landlines.mp3

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When is a picnic not a picnic?
Faxing life from Mars
Is it the end of the telephone landline, and what will that mean fro Americans?
The telephone museum
America’s not in decline. It’s on the rise.
‘Try to make a life’: 92-year-old Holocaust survivor moves back to Berlin.

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Thoughts on “Al Nakba” an Al-Jazeera production, in an open letter to Al-Jazeera America

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Dear Sirs and Madams,

I basically like Al-Jazeera. I think it performs a valuable service by offering a novel perspective on world and regional events in journalistically responsible ways. I have even volunteered to ‘pitch’ for it when it was carried on KPFT radio in Houston.

That’s why I feel compelled to write and tell you how disappointed when I was I heard excerpts of the 4-DVD set of “Al Nakba”, which apparently was produced by Al-Jazeera.

The parts I heard did not strike me as having any factual errors based on my knowledge as an American Jew (and kudos to you for that), and of course reasonable people can have disagreements on how to interpret events which are historically accurate. My unhappiness with what I heard has to do with that difficult concept, ‘tone’.

It is my nature to be emotionally attuned to musical background scoring, and it was hard to avoid the sense that whenever the documentary touched on anything which might be considered ‘anti-Palestinian’ (Zionism, prominent early Israeli founders, British Rule, the Ottoman Empire, etc.), the music changed to something truly ominous; the kind of music that might be scored when talking about the early American Mafia or the days of Nazi Germany. That struck me as a bit over the top.

Film music is a subtly manipulative thing. It’s an artistic choice, and I think it’s potentially most despicable in political or news content because to most people it’s essentially subliminal; it effects people’s perception on levels and in ways that they do not even recognize., and the producers of this documentary knew exactly what they were doing and what they were implying with their scoring choices.

On radio, my motto is that, “People are entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.” Facts can be annoying and inconvenient things. The producers of this documentary are entitled to express the facts any way they wish. That’s the concept of free speech. I am extremely disappointed, however, that Al-Jazeera -– a news source I’ve come to respect and even rely upon in some ways -– would place its imprimatur on such an obviously biased and manipulative production, representing itself as historical journalism.

I like to think that I’m sophisticated enough that I can usually tell the difference between factual news that disappoints (like American use of waterboarding) versus ‘news’ in which facts and propaganda are so inextricably mixed as to be inseparable, thereby making the whole of it informationally worthless (e.g., Fox News). There are news channels like China’s CCTV-America, which seems pretty reliable until you get to Chinese domestic news, when ‘spin’ becomes a bit more obvious; but because it’s obvious, it’s actually mildly amusing as well as somewhat informative.

I have come to expect better of Al-Jazeera America. I will now have to pay renewed attention to what I hear on Al-Jazeera outside America. I don’t much like the idea that a news organization reports events one way in the US, and a totally other way elsewhere.

Which is it to be, Al-Jazeera? Will you reports facts the same everywhere, or will you pander to your local and regional audiences’ biases in a shameless effort to gain overall ‘popularity’?

I’ll wait and see.

Sincerely,

Mike Honig

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“For the great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie ¾ deliberate, contrived, and dishonest ¾ but the myth ¾ persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” ~ John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at Yale University, Pub. Papers 470, 471 (June 11, 1962).

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: “Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig” will feature DB Grady, co-author of “Deep State”, Inside the Government’s Secrecy Industry (June 25th & 26th, 2013)

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SHOW AUDIO: (in 3 parts, totaling 2 hours): Open JournaL_2013-06-25_DB GRADY, Pt1 (30 min.); Open JournaL_2013-06-25_DB GRADY, Pt2 (30 min.); kpfthd3_2013-06-26_DB Grady Book Open (60 min.)

KPFT, the Pacifica station in Houston, Texas, is ‘relaunching’ their HD3 broadcast channel. Programming on KPFT HD3 will also be simulcast online. At this time, you can hear KPFT HD3 at KPFT.org.

“Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig” premiered on May 1, 2013 and will be on every Wednesday from 2-3PM (CT).

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig on KPFT HD Channel 3. One of our mottos here is that you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, so we try to get our facts right. You can also listen online by going to KPFT.org and clicking on one of the HD3 links: HD3 (32k) HD3 (64k)

If you’re on Twitter, send tweets during the show to #Thinkwing.

TOPIC (Tentatively scheduled): “Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig” will feature DB Grady (aka David Brown), co-author (with Marc Ambinder) of “Deep State”, Inside the Government’s Secrecy Industry (June 25th & 26th, 2013). We’ll be discussing his some history of espionage, and modern correlations with the security leaks the US has seen over the past few years.

The conversation will begin on Tuesday June 25th at 9am CT on KPFT 90.1 FM’s “Open Journal”. David and I will continue a longer and more detailed discussion the following afternoon on “Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig” on KPFT HD3 at 2pm CT. This program will be live on the HD3 band, and will also be livestreamed as well as archived On-demand at KPFT.org

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KPFT, the Pacifica station in Houston, Texas, is ‘relaunching’ their HD3 broadcast channel. Programming on KPFT HD3 will also be simulcast online. At this time, you can hear KPFT HD3 at KPFT.org.

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