Left Turn: part of the Progressive and Liberal Resurgence

Our great guest hosts

2006-02-22T10:13:00.000-05:00

While Mark Harmon is running for Knox County Commissioner (District 2) our terrific trio of Marty Taylor, Mike Knapp, and Will Minter are hosting Left Turn. Check out the links to Mark's campaign in the links area.

A few more recommended books

2006-02-22T10:02:00.000-05:00

God's Politics, Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It: A New Vision for Faith and Politics in America, by Jim Wallis

The Truth About the Drug Companies, how they deceive us and what to do about it, by Marcia Angell, M.D.

Will They Ever Trust Us Again? letters from the war zone, by Michael Moore

Karl Rove Meets Gilbert & Sullivan

2006-02-10T12:15:00.000-05:00

A bit on Karl Rove (approx. 3min). Click to Listen

Tennesseans for Fair Taxation

2006-02-07T15:15:00.000-05:00

An interview with two representatives from Tennesseans for Fair Taxation. The guests takes on callers who have fallen for the idea of a regressive national sales tax. Click to Listen

Buy Blue

2006-02-02T17:52:00.000-05:00

An interview with Raven Brooks of Buy Blue. You don't want to miss the clip of the Austin Lounge Lizards "It's always Christmas time for Visa." Click to Listen

A Wide Ranging Discussion

2006-02-02T17:12:00.000-05:00

Retired professor Justin Green talks about democracy building in the Philippines. Professor and activist Todd Duren talks about global anti-war protests, and both engage callers on the lies that led us into Iraq. (33 min.) Click to Listen

Torture and Military Matters

2006-02-02T15:24:00.000-05:00

An interview with veteran and military educator Reid Franks, Dec. 3, 2005. Click to Listen

Talking TennCare with Tony Garr

2006-02-02T14:14:00.001-05:00

A January 7, 2006, interview with Tony Garr, executive director of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign. Click to Listen

Left Turn returns!

2005-11-30T14:49:00.000-05:00

Left Turn returns to WNOX (100.3 FM) on Saturday, December 3rd, at our new time, 3 to 4 p.m. Our guest will be local veteran Reid Franks.

Enough Said

2005-09-16T22:53:00.000-04:00

Environmental Ethics

2005-09-16T13:48:00.000-04:00

University of Tennessee Professor of Environmental Ethics John Nolt is the guest (31:17) Click to Listen

Rescuing the word Liberal

2005-09-16T13:39:00.000-04:00

Mark and guest Tom Innis (32:47) rescue the word liberal from misuse and abuse, and deal with an array of curious caller claims. Click to Listen

Global Trade and Corporate Abuses

2005-09-10T16:08:00.000-04:00

Mark and guest John Bohstedt, professor of history, look at corporate trade abuses, and deal with some caller issues related to taxes. June 25, 2005 (32:59). Click to Listen

Bush's Brain (and AWOL National Guard days)

2005-09-08T16:19:00.000-04:00

Aug. 27, 2005, interview (22:12) with James Moore, author of Bush's Brain (about Karl Rove) and Bush's War for Re-Election. Click to Listen

Jobs with Justice

2005-09-08T16:18:00.000-04:00

July 30, 2005, interview (20:49) with Jim Sessions, Jobs with Justice. Click to Listen

Cleaner Fuels and Our Vehicles

2005-09-08T16:15:00.000-04:00

Aug. 27, 2005, interview (22:25) with Jonathan Overly, East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition, about biodiesel and other fuels. Click to Listen

One from the Vault

2005-09-08T16:08:00.000-04:00

March 29, 1983, interview (33:16) with Jerry Springer, post-mayor but pre-Ringmaster days. Here he is a television commentator chatting with Mark about politics, nuclear power, and other topics Click to Listen

Another from the Vault

2005-09-03T15:45:00.000-04:00

A fascinating interview (33:00) as Mark talks in 1983 to Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz escapee Werner Coppel.

Rationalists of East Tennessee

2005-09-02T14:27:00.000-04:00

Aug. 4, 2005, interview (13:49) with Thomas Knapp, Rationalists of East Tennessee. Click to Listen

Planned Parenthood

2005-09-02T14:25:00.000-04:00

Aug. 4, 2005, interview (9:25) with Jeff Teague, Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee. Click to Listen

Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance

2005-09-02T14:22:00.000-04:00

Aug. 4, 2005, interview (14:00) with Jerry Bone, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, on the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Click to Listen.

Physicians for a National Health Program

2005-09-02T14:20:00.000-04:00

Feb. 19, 2005, interview (32:20) with Dr. William T. Dobbins, Physicians for a National Health Plan. Click to Listen.

Public Radio

2005-09-02T14:16:00.000-04:00

A 2004 interview (26:55) with Matt Shafer Powell, news director of WUOT, Knoxville, Tennessee. Click to Listen.

Interview with Jim Andrews

2005-09-02T14:14:00.000-04:00

A 2004 interview (33:06) with Jim Andrews, 2002 candidate for Knox County [Tennessee} sheriff, about auto dealer financing, the environment, Vietnam, Iraq, and local politics. Click to Listen.

Society of Professional Journalists

2005-09-02T14:12:00.000-04:00

An interview (12:31) with Irwin Gratz, 2004-2005 president of the Society of Professional Journalists. Click to Listen.

Bolton Piece

2005-09-02T13:31:00.000-04:00

A quick listen (4:46) to our not so diplomatic UN diplomat. Click to Listen.

Sheehan Interview

2005-09-01T12:26:00.000-04:00

On July 30, 2005, just days before Cindy Sheehan hit the national spotlight with her Crawford ranch protest, she was a guest on Left Turn. Click to Listen.

Quotes of the Month

2005-08-31T19:31:00.000-04:00

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."
Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar

"Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise."
Francis Bacon. (1561–1626). Essays, Civil and Moral.

"Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law."
Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then ... we elected them."
Lily Tomlin

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address

Left Turn Booklist One

2005-08-27T12:05:00.000-04:00

Left Turn is a progressive radio show (WNOX FM in Knoxville, Tennessee, 100.3 FM, 2-3 pm Saturdays). It has been on the air since February 2005. Soon this site will feature links to some audio clip highlights of past programs.

Here are some of books mentioned on the program.

What's the Matter with Kansas? Thomas Frank (2004)
Don't Think of an Elephant. George Lakoff (2004)
Big Lies. Joe Conason (2003)
Witness to the Promised Land. John G. Stewart (2005)
Bush's War for Re-Election. James Moore (2004)
Bush's Brain. James Moore and Wayne Slater (2003)
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. Al Franken (2003)
The great American tax dodge. Donald Barlett and James Steele (2000)
America : what went wrong? Donald Barlett, James Steele (1992)
America: Who Stole the Dream? Donald Barlett, James Steele (1996)
America: Who Really Pays the Taxes? Donald Barlett, James Steele (1994)
America's hidden success. John E. Schwarz. (1983 and 1988 editions)
Nickel and dimed: on (not) getting by in America. Barbara Ehrenreich (2001)
Grand theft 2000: media spectacle and a stolen election. Douglas Kellner (2001)
The betrayal of America: how the Supreme Court undermined the Constitution and chose our President. Vincent Bugliosi (2001)
Bushwhacked. Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose (2003)
Shrub. Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose (2000)
Rights from wrongs. Alan Dershowitz (2004)

Finding Left Turn in Football Season

2005-08-27T11:21:00.000-04:00

"Left Turn," along with much of the Saturday WNOX line-up, goes into an autumn hiatus, appearing only on the non-football weekends of September 10th and October 15th.

Welcome

2005-08-17T16:31:00.000-04:00

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