Spark Within

Music from the Florida Gulf Coast

by

Alan Graf

Psychedelic Rock and Roll Live from the Pavilion on The Farm in Summertown, TN

The Future is:

Alan Graf, lead vocals, guitar and composition

Rick Diamond, lead vocals and bass

Tony Martin, kick ass drummer

Songs:

Movin
Sittin
Louise (Seagall-Scwall)
Broke Up
Say
Why
Who do You Love
Voices
Seasons

This week's show is about the United for Peace and Justice Conference held in Chicago, Illinois last weekend, and features:

1. Speeches by Ali Abunimah and Kathy Kelly
2. An Interview with Kathy Kelly
3. Insight into the democratic process at the UFPJ conference.
4. Anne Ryke and David Swanson speaking to have the president tried for war crimes.

Produced and Edited by Zack Thomas.

This week's Third Planet Report features:

1. Alan Graf talking about the Farm 'Arts and Recreation Center'.

2. Rae Abileah, Jacob Rosenbloom and Ariel Vegosen who recently visited Iran.

3. Music by Night Train.

Edited and Produced by Zack Thomas.

This week roving reporter Zack Thomas travels to Fort Benning, Georgia and the home of the School of the Americas Watch Protests.

This report features Zack Thomas's Audio Diary and Interviews with:

1.     Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of the SOA Watch Protests

2.     Elliot Addams with Veterans for Peace

3.     Mr. Ricardo Stevenson, a resident of Fort Benning, Georgia

 

Music by Caught in Motion. Visit www.caughtinmotion.net for more.

Produced and Edited by Zack Thomas.

This week roving reporter Zack Thomas travels to Fort Benning, Georgia and the home of the School of the Americas Watch Protests.

This report features Zack Thomas's Audio Diary and Interviews with:

1.     Father Roy Bourgeois founder of the SOA Watch Protests

2.     Clay Claiborne, The Director/Producer of the Film 'Vietnam: American Holocaust'

3.     Mr. Loren Hart who was with the Pro-Veganism table

4.     Father John Grothwell with Veterans for Peace

5.     Amy Wilson with the Energy Justice Network

Also featured is a preview of next week’s program SOAW Part 2 - Funeral March' and Music by Joe Jenks, I Want Whiskey, and Los Vicios de Papa.

Produced and Edited by Zack Thomas

 

This week's Third Planet Report features:

1. An interview with Douglas Stevenson about WUTZ, the local Summertown/The Farm radio station.
2. An interview with Railroad Earth violinist Tim Carbone about music, politics and 'The Forecast', RRE's New environmental blog.
3. An Interview with Pamela Hunt about midwifery
4. Music by Railroad Earth, including songs from their live album 'Elko' and their latest album 'Amen Corner'

Produced and Edited (and almost every thing else) by Zack Thomas

Alan's Note: This is one fabulous show as Billy Crystal would say.  I am so proud of Zack, a student at the Farm school who has put this show together all on his own.  The dharma can be passed on, Yeh!  -Ag.

Savor the Honeymoon then Push for Real Change

Third Planet Report features

1.  Many many voices of the Farm on how they feel about the election of Barack Obama to the office of President of the United States

2.  Commentary by hippielawyer

3.  Music by hippielawyer

Steal This Election-- Third Planet Report

Features

1.  Full length interview with Greg Palast on how your vote may have been stolen in advance

2. Music from the Florida Gulf Coast by Alan Graf

Moderator Zack Thomas student/intern and Alan Graf

with intro by Zack Thomas

Voices of the Guild--Third Planet Report travels to the National Lawyers Guild Convention in Detroit and speaks with key members of the Guild.

The Report features the following:

1.  Interview with Congressman John Conyers

2.  Interview with attorney Lynne Stewart about her wrongful conviction and appeal for simply representing her clients

3.  Interview with Jordan Kushner and Bruce Nestor, guild lawyers representing activists who were arrested at the Republican National Convention

4.  Interview with Guild elder stateswoman, Ann Fagan Ginger on the coming Great Depression and what we can do to soften it

5.  Interview with Sahibzada Anwar Hamid, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and his experiences in getting arrested because of his protest of General Musharraf's ousting of the Supreme Court justices.

6. Music by Alan Graf

Edited and produced by student intern from the Farm School, Zack Thomas (formerly Thomas Anderson)

Special Ed. of the Third Planet Report from the National Lawyers Guild
Convention in Detroit

Muslim, Arab and Middle Eastern Americans:  Canaries in the Civil Liberties Coal Mine

Panelists include:

Shahid Buttar-- Counsel for Program Combating Racial and Religious Profiling --of the group Muslim Advocates

Nabih Ayad-attorney in Dearborn and chair of the Michigan Advisory Board of the ADC

Mosabi Hamed, former legal services attorney, now in private practice in Dearborn, Michigan

Special Third Planet Report from the National Lawyers Guild Convention
in Detroit with Alan Graf

Featuring:

 AWorkshop on the Protecting the Gains Made in Low Power Radio

Net Neutrality  and

the Fight for White Space

Guest speakers

Sascha Meinrath,  Research Director of the Wirelss Future Progam

Parul Desai,  attorney and associate director of the Media Access Project

and

Peter Franck, founding member of the CDC.

Butterfly Blues--Third Planet Report

This week's Report is produced and edited by Farm School intern/student Thomas Anderson (aka for guess who)

The report features

1. music by Thomas Anderson;

2.  interview with Julia Butterfly by Jennifer English (when Julia was visiting the Farm);

3. Interview with Chris Lugo--Green Party candidate for US Senate seat in TN;

and

 

4.  Inteview with Tom Neilson--folk singer and political satirist extraordinare.

Exit music by that ole "has been"--hippielawyer

The People Speak Third Planet Report
This weeks report features:

1. Panel Discussion with Albert Bates, Founder and Director of the Ecovillage Training Center on The Farm, Ann Kindfield, Educator, and Farm member, and Peter Schweitzer, Executive Director of Plenty International. Moderated by Alan Graf.

2. Chicago Panel of Activists, Featuring Rae Abileah of Code Pink, and Judy Albert.

3. A Short article about Kids to the Country, including an interview with Mary Ellen Bowen, Project Director for Kids to the Country, By Thomas Anderson.

4. Music and Intro by Alan Graf and Thomas Anderson (Student/Intern)

Editing and Production by Thomas Anderson.

Voices of the Farm--Third Planet Report

This week's Report features:

1.  Presentation by Alan Graf at his earth shelter to the Farm Experience Group

2.  Post Election Debate Analysis by Farm Community Members

3.  Interview with activist and Code Pink member Liz Barger

 Music by Sonny Landreth--live from 3rd and Lindsley from his new CD

Editing and production by student/intern Thomas Anderson of the Farm School

The Financial Coup--Third Planet Report 9/23/08

This Week's Report Includes:

1. Music by intern/student Thomas Anderson

2.  Intro by hippielawyer and Thomas Anderson

3. Interview with Professor Howard Zinn on how history keeps repeating;

4. Interview with Catherine Austin Fitts, former Under-Secretary of Housing and Financial Advisor on why the financial crisis is really a financial coup;

5.  Interview with Albert Bates, Founder of the Eco Village Training Center, on how the financial coup, peak oil and global warming are all part of the greater unraveling;

6.  Banjo music by hippielawyer

We Can Make it Happen--Obama for President

Third Planet Report lays out the case for why we need to put our best energy into electing Obama in the next fifty days.

Music from Mexico Beach

hippielawyer

Beach Bum Hippies Unite

Third Planet Reports is on the beach at Mexico Beach

Yep,  its the old folks in Florida.  Who would have thought it possible?

TPR presents

  commentary by hippielawyer

and

music played and recorded here on the beach:

Caravan
Bossa Boss
Dreamy
Tehanu

Third Planet Report with Alan Graf, Thomas Anderson, Elvis Ramone and Peace bring you the following:

1. Interview with Elaine Langley in New Orleans Hospital

2. Interview with Dr. Lupen in NO Hospital

3.  Thomas Anderson interviews Farm School students and principal

4.  Music by (the other) Elvis Ramone

5.  Voices from the DNC by Code Pink Activist Rae Abileah

6.  Interview from the RNC with Jeff Keating who reports on the police state

7.  Advertising on the Farm Store

8.  A word from Peace

Music Gitmo and Tasers  Third Planet Report 6/25/08

This week's Report features the following:

1) Interview with Professor Marjorie Cohen, President of the National Lawyers Guild on the latest Supreme Court decision regarding habeas corpus and Guantanamo

2) Interview with John Burton on his victory over Taser International

3) Music by Maria and Surya, from Lesoto and South Africa, recorded live on The Farm in Summertown TN

4) Music by Rob Diamond, recorded on The Farm

5) Music from Zimbabwe by Marian Grebanier and her daugther Mellani, recorded on The Farm

Comments by hippielawyer (who recently shaved his head)

Hope and Audacity--Third Planet Report 6/10/08

This week's Report features;

1) moderated discussion with Peter Schweitzer, exec dir. of Plenty and Albert Bates, author of "Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook:  Recipes for Changing Times."  The discussion covers the radical crisis and how working together with hope and audacity may get us through the night;

2) Excerpts from the Green Bioregional Conference on The Farm

3) Music from Caught in Motion

Fuels and Fools--Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf
June 3, 2008

This week's Report features:

1.  On the Edge of a Dream off the CD with the same name by the Band
"Caught in Motion"--

2. Interview with David Blume on Alcohol is a Gas--Why we should be converting our fuel sources and uses to alcohol;

3.  Interview with Katherine Austin Fitts on investing your money ethically and wisely

Music is Love--Third Planet Report

This week's Report features the music of

Caught in Motion with the new CD "On the Edge of a Dream"

with artists Banah Graf and Sam Krulewitch

TPR un-objectively rates this CD as the best most original CD of the year.

Caught in Motion captures your attention with hypnotic melodies that constantly change and take you on a trip to somewhere deep within your soul.

TPR is taking orders for this CD.  You can send a $12.00 check with your return address to PO Box 98, Summertown, TN 38483.  The CD is expected to be officially released in three weeks time.

Also featuring live music from the Farm in Summertown TN
with Joe Harris,  Alan Graf, Doug Stevenson and Banah G. on drums

Music is love

Revival--Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf

comes roaring back from a month hiatus with the following:

1) commentary by hippielawyer on dealing with depression;

2) in depth interview with Phil Schweitzer on the sustainability of Utopian communities including the Farm and its progress or lack thereof.  As true hippies Phil and Alan connnect everything up regarding community to the future of the world;

3. Music from a outdoor community party at Central Park with a transgenerational rock band-  Alan Graf, Banah Graf, Joe Harris, Doug Stevenson, Peter Kindfield and RJ Jefferson.

The Farm vs. Mirabilis--Third Planet Report April 15 2008

Third Planet Report features the following;

1)  Music by hippielawyer

2) the story about how The Farm bested a large mega private military contractor/corporation intent on putting a paramilitary training facility next to the Farm in Summertown, TN

3) Interview with Iowan peace activists

I Got Attitude, We Got Gratitude--Third Planet Report

This week hippielawyer Alan Graf shreiks with delight at the advent of Spring

and plays a talk by John Sigenthaler, former publisher and editor of the Nashville Tennessean about the civil rights movement and his involvement with it

and how the brave men and women during those times did whatever it took
to make things right despite personal threats to their safety and reputations.

We can make it happen.

music by hippielawyer

Shut Up and Play Guitar

Invoking the Immortal Woids of Frank Zappa

hippielawyer plays one hour of home grown music from

The Farm in Summertown, TN

Revolutionary Journey by Douglas Stevenson

Love for You by Alan Graf

all other materials by hippeielawyer and co-conspirators

Freedom of the Spirit-Third Planet Report in the Spring time 3/26/08

Third Planet Report presents music from the Farm, under the protection  of COPYLEFT--the right of all peoples to use freely.

During the program hippielawyer reads the vow of poverty which all former Farm residents signed and makes a standing offer to all Farm members present and past to defend for free their legal right to use the photos, music and videos produced during the collective years of the Farm

Music from the Farm included the following artists:

Jude Osodolla
James Kohn
Alan Graf
Susan Wallace
Lauren Brady
Candace Seward (Corrigan)
Sylvia Tepper
Joe Rhodes
Richard Martin
Elk Zion
Peter Rockwell
Carey Demars
Peter Grey
Craig Bialick
Mwana
Karani
Candida
Jean Proviance
David Chalmers
Jerermy Sherman
Cliff Figallo
Gary Rhine (we love you)


My regrets for not mentioning everyone.  I am interested in finding out who played what on this program if I didn't get the credits right.

hippielawyer

Third Planet Report 3/20/08

This week's TPR has the following interviews:

1) Greg Palast on the connection between the firing of Elliott Spitzer and the 20 billion dollar transfer of funds from the Fed to the Banks that defrauded the home owners investors in the subprime mortgage meltdown

2)  Richard Gage, architect on why he thinks 911 was a controlled demolition.

Intro and interviews by hippielawyer.

music by hippielawyer and Marian Grebanier

Third Planet Report 3/12/08  presents the following

Interview with

1) Janice Howard, Executive Director of the NY Ethics Commissioner on the Unified Court System.  Ms. Howard gives her perspective on the current ethical dilemma of Governor Spitizer;

2)  Lauren Regan attorney for the Civil Liberties Defense Center in Eugene, Oregon on the Green Scare and the Court's decision to drastically reduce Jeff Luer's sentence in a environmental arson case;  and

3) Chris Lugo, progressive democratic candidate for the Tennessee United States Senator position.  Jeff talks about how the current democratic Tennessee Governor tried to pave the way for the current Republican Senator to have no opposition from the Dems until Chris came along and spoiled everything.

Music from Will D and the Rock Docs (aka William Devoursney)

commentary by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report broadcasts from Mexico Beach  at the panhandle of Florida

TPR includes

1) Musings about The Farm  as a model community and activism

2)  Remembrances of fallen friends

3) Music from the beach including "Rapturous", "The Beach" ,  "Morning Experiment" and "Monday Morning"

Election Fever--Third Planet Report 2/27/08

This week's Report features interviews with

1) Howard Zinn on election fever

2)  Rae Abileah and Liz Barger of Code Pink on election fever

3)  the song "election fever" by hippielawyer

4)  music by Marian Grebanier from Zimbabwe

Will D and the Roc Docs--Third Planet Report 2/18/08

This week's Third Planet Report features

Music and an exclusive in depth interview with

Farm musician and long-time community member

William DeVoursney about his new CD "You Got to Have Touch."

Will D talks extensively with TPR about his music, his life, his loves and his dreams and visions along with what inspired him to write such beautiful music. 

Songs include  You Got to Have Touch; She Was a Beautiful Woman; Tribal;  Cajun Cookin; Loco en Acapulco; Why Must We Fight and Still a Wild Thing

Enjoy this life long work of a very cool human being

hippielawyer

Hate Crime in Columbia TN

Third Planet Report with Alan Graf

Featuring:

1) Commentary and interviews with Daoud Abudiab of the Islamic Center of Columbia TN about the arson and firebombing of the Mosque in Columbia

2) Interview with Chief Barry Crotzer of the Columbia Police Force about the apprehension of three suspects linked to the fire

3) Interview with Pastor Bill Williamson of the First Presbyterian Church on how that church is being a good neighbor to the Moslems at the Center

4) Music from Biko's birthday party with Equinox after hours featuring Jude Osodolo,  Rick Diamond, Lee Skinner,  Lapo Casini, Biko Casini and Alan Graf

Introspection--Third Planet Report 2/6/08

Features:

Music from the wilds of East Tennessee National Forests

Radiohead

Seed and Soil

Introspection

Third Planet Report 1/15/08

This week's report features the following:

1) Medea Benjamin and Code Pink from Miami-Medea and crew takes on Luis Posada Carriles, a known terrorist who walks the streets of Miami free with the permission of the US government.  Medea describes how she and other Code Pinkers were attacked by violent anti-Castro groups in the streets of Miami while the Miami police looked on;

2)  Stephen Gaskin, hippie philospher and founder of the Farm muses about  the primaries and presidential politics;

3)  Introduction and commentary by hippielawyer

4)  Music from the Farm's New Year's Eve bash with Equinox--Joe Harris, Biko Casini, Jude Osodolo, Rick Diamond and Alan Graf

Hippy New Year to Y'all

We are back again in the saddle.  I am looking forward to a much better year than last year.

This first of the year's show features the following:

1) Political Commentary by hippielawyer

2)  Interview with David Blume, ethanol advocate

3) Live music of Equinox,  New Year's Eve on The Farm in Summertown, TN with Alan, Rick, Joe,  Jude and Biko

More music to come in the next few weeks

Health Care for All--Third Planet Report 11/28/07

In this week's Report we speak with folks on a mission to bring universal health care to all. 

We speak with Congressman John Conyer's staff, an associate of Michael Moore and Dr. Hudson, veteran Nashville doctor about why HR 676, the National Health Insurance Act should be passed immediately by Congress;

and

We speak with Pamela Hunt and Carol Nelson, long time health care providers for the Farm in Summertown TN about the state of rural health care.

Music by Biko Casini, just back from a long extended visit to Africa.

Peace and Health to you,

hippielawyer

School of the Americas Watch--Third Planet Report
11/22/07

Third Planet Report travels to Ft. Benning at Columbus GA to join in the vigil against the School of the Americas or more accurately named--the School of the Assassins.

Hippielawyer Alan Graf speaks with the folks that made the journey.  There were over 20,000 people who attended.  The event reached a level of intensity Sunday when mourners moved passed the gates of Ft. Benning chanting the names of the dead and disappeared.  It was as if we were at the epicenter of heaven and hell.

Guild lawyers in green hats were a visible and assuring presence in contrast to the Army helicopters that circled overhead and the throngs of police surrounding the event.

Dennis Kucinich  spoke along with Congress people Cynthia McKinney and Jim McGovern.

Shut the SOA down!!

Alan Graf

Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This is the peace report.  What the heck are we going to do the make peace in this world?  Somebody bear witness to this, please!  How many people will it take till too many people have died?

Our two guests make a stab at giving us some answers:

1) We speak with Dr. Mike Byron, a political science teacher and philosopher about the California fires, peak oil and the Fermi Paradox;

and

2 We hear Rae Abileah, national coordinator for Code Pink visit the Farm's Radical Civics Class and give the students a hands on course in activism

and

3)  Wave of Peace by Doug Stevenson--guitar and vocals
      12 String and bass by hippielawyer

When do we want it????????

NOW!!!

Third Planet Report--Reggae, gasification and the Arctic Ice Cap

What do all three have in common?   We may not provide an answer but we speak with the following cool people;

1) Jude Osadolo, Nigerian musician who talks about his new CD "Rebel".  Jude currently lives on the Farm and is a member of a popular musical Nigerian family;

2) Carl Evertson on Gasification plants and why we should be concerned and take action against the planned incineration plant in Hohenwald, TN;

and

3)  Interview with Pamela Miller. Arctic Coordinator of the Northern Alaska Environmental Center.  Pamela fills us in what is happening in the Arctic and Alaska when it comes to Global Warming and Oil Drilling.

Music by Jude and Seed and Soil

Sounds of New York--the Third Planet Report with Alan Graf hippielawyer

This week's report is from the streets of New York

It features:

1)  the Eric Reed Quartet from "Smoke" on Broadway and 123rd st, playing a tribute to Thelonious Monk;

2)  Gene Lieberman on why Vinyl is better than CD's (I believe)

3)  Music from hippielawyer and son

4)  Aunt Frieda on art, New York and life

5)  voices from the streets of New York--Lisa Lou and other New Yorkers

Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf 10/10/07

This week's Report features:

1) Interview with white house press corps member Helen Thomas on why the Democrats are so spineless (I am not worthy and I am still shaking my head that I got to interview this wonderful woman);

2) Stephen Gaskin on hippies, religion, revolution and the sacking of Iraq by the American plunderers;

3 Jerry Hutchens, naturalist and historian on his visit to China

A big show for sure.  Enjoy

Alan Graf--see our Radical Civics Class on YouTube at www.hippielawyer.com

Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's Report features:

1) Interview with attorney Elden Rosenthal on his victory in federal court.  The court found that parts of the Patriot Act were unconstitutional because they violated the fundamental principles of checks and balances contained in the United States Constitution;

2) Interview with Robert Meerpol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenburg.  The Rosenburgs were convicted of spying during the McCarthy period and executed by the US government for their alleged crimes.  Their son Robert was 3 years old at the time and speaks with the Third Planet about his life's mission;

and

3)  Interview and session with local boogey man James Kohn.  James is a local musician that has paid his dues time and time and again.  James talks about his musical history and new CD "Impressions."

Introduction and out by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's Report features the following;
1) Interview with attorney Ben Rosenfeld of the Rod Coronodo defense team.  Hear how the defense team turned back the efforts of the US Attorney to demolish the protections of the First Amendment;

2) Interview with John Burton, civil rights attorney at Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, about Cheremensky's run in with right wing political pressure intended to deprive Cheremensky of his job as Dean of Irvine law school.  Cheremensky is a known critic of the Bush Administration;

3) Interview with editor and pubisher Jordan Flaherty on the march to free the Jena 6;

4)  music, commentary and interviews by hippielawyer

Download at http://hippielawyer.libsyn.com

Third Planet Report 9/12/07 with hippielawyer Alan Graf

Featuring

1) Interview with civil rights professor Michael Avery on the departure of Alberto Gonzalez;

2) Interview with scientist Frank Michael on gasification waste treatment plants and why Frank does not believe in zero emission facilities;

3) loads of hippiemusic acoustic style

intern Geoff Trowbridge

This week's Third Planet Report with Alan Graf and intern Geoff Trowbridge features the following:

1: Interview with author Albert Bates about the state of peak oil and climate crisis;

2.  Interview with President of American Farm Power, Bob Burnette about his plans to put in a Gasification waste burning plant in Hohenwald Tn.

3.  Political commentary by Alan and Geoff

4.  Music and musing by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report 8/29/07

Who do we follow?  Who is leading and what are they saying?

This week's third planet report produced with the assistance of intern Geoff Trowbridge:

TPR features:

1.  Interviews with Green Party Activists and co-Chairs of Tennessee Green Party--Martin Pleasant and Jim Bascom on history and values of the Green Party and how the Green Party is the wave of the future

2.  Interview with Jim Barmore,  staff of Eco-Village Training Center on biking into the future

3. Jerry Hutchens of recently passed John Gofman, a man dedicated to protecting humanity from low level radiation

4.  Music and intro by hippielawyer and intern Geoff

Alberto won't ya please come home

Third Planet Report 8/22/07 Water Deer and Hurricanes

This week's Third Planet Report deals with the global climate effects on the local environment.  Reporting from the hills of Tennessee we speak with;

1) Alan Peterson, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency biologist about the multitudes of dying deer in the Tennessee backwoods and in particular on The Farm;

2) Doug Stevenson,  The Farm's Manager on water shortages;

3) Cynthia Rohrbach,  environmental specialist on the state of the Tennessee rural environment given the late freeze and the devastating heat and drought;

4)  Albert Bates,  TPR's resident climatologist and peak oil expert, reporting from the Yucatan on hurricane Dean;

5) Songs by Clifford Figallo and Gross National Product--Trees and Ragin

6) United States of Denial by your hippielawyer

Assistance from resident intern and assistant news director Geoff Trowbridge

Onward secular denialists

Alan Graf

Third Planet Report 8/8/07, with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's Report features:

1)  Interview with Peter Schweitzer and Elaine Langley on the aftermath of Katrina in Biloxi and New Orleans. Peter and Elaine have just returned from a trip to the area.  Plenty, the grass-roots relief organization that they work for notices that government funding and assistance is still way behind private efforts despite the billions being poured into the area our of government coffers

2) Interview with Michael O'Gorman, an organic farmer and organizer about the effect of the war on small farms and rural communities

3)  An outing of the democrats who voted for the spy bill--shame, shame, shame---fear doesn't cut it anymore guys.  What's the excuse this time?

music by hippielawyer and Marian and Mellani

Third Planet Report 8 1 07

This weeks report features the following:

1) Reading of an article from the Nation 8/6/07, entitled "The Enemy", a compilation of interviews with American military veterans about attacks on Iraq civilians;

2) Interview with law professor Michael Avery about his team's recent 101 million dollar judgment against the FBI for its part in putting 4 innocent men in prison for thirty years;

3) Interview with editor of the Prison Legal News, Paul Wright about PLN's recent award and Paul's reflections on the prison system in general

4) Music by hippielawyer:  "email lover"  and "morning leaves"

The show is posted on the blog http"//hippielaywer.libysn.com where TPR welcomes comments and suggestions

Alan Graf

 Third Planet Report 7/17/07 from New Orleans

Third Planet Report features:

1) Interviews with Tony of Plenty about Plentygreat work in the lower 9th ward of St Bernard's Parish

2) talks with other NO residents

3) Delta blues from the streets and clubs of the French Quarter

4) Plenty blues by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report returns, with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's report features:

1.  Interview with Adam Kokesh, ex marine and combat veteran from Iraq who talks about his opposition to the war;

2.  Interview and music of Jethro Jeremiah.  Jethro is a San Francisco world beat and reggae musician who has written close to 400 upbeat tunes.   His music is wonderful

3.  Discussion and commentary on pedophilia.  We talk about the medical and legal approach to pedophilia and how it can effect individuals and communities.

Last week off for the Farm's Ragweed celebration

Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's report is dedicated to consciousness

Interview with Stephen Gaskin, hippie philosopher and founder of The Farm, in Summertown Tn.

Music by hippielawyer

Rhapsody her
Acoustic diddy
depths yet unexplored
mist in the mornin
proceeding quietly
realizations
sandunes


All rights reserved for the planet.  Hope it survives along with some good poetry

Third Planet Report 6/20/07

This week's report features:

Stream of Consciousness lyrics by Jeff Keating, music by hippielawyer

Interview with attorney Jonathon Hafetz who represents Ali al-Marri.  The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the US government could not declare al-Marri an enemy combatant

Discussion about the Yes Men and the spoof on a major oil conference

Interview with Eve Tatez, a seventy-five year old former school teacher who is chalking up arrests in DC in the name of peace

Interview with Romeo Sosa, of VOZ, about the latest Homeland Security raid on a Del-Monte plant in Portland, Oregon

Rain today in tennessee means anything is possible

hippielawyer Alan Graf

Third Planet Report 6/12/07

This week's report features

1) an extensive interview with award winning investigative reporter Greg Palast about the secret emails of Karl Rove that happen to be in Greg's possession and Congressman John Conyers wants copies of.  Also, Greg talks for the first time about 9/11 and why he thinks the controlled demolition theory is bunk. Finally, Greg gives us some historical perspective on how we can climb out of the madness;

2) Union old-time music by Barbara Bloomfield, veteran activist and fiddler; and

3) Commentary and music by hippielawyer and host Alan Graf

Onward Secular soldiers

Third Planet Report 6/3/07 with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's Third Planet Report really deals with our Third Planet.

We journey to the Sunshine Alternative Energy Festival in Hohenwald, TN.

We speak with some folks who have made practical changes in their lives by incorporating and using sustainable energy sources and taking a new approach to eating and living;

Interviews with

1)  Jennifer English-program director of the Ecovillage Training Center, Summertown, TN

2)  Alex McKinney--a Tennessean runs his entire fleet on used oil he got from the local Sonic--he says come on down, there's enough to go around

3) Doug Kalmer on earth shelters and solar hot water

4)  Matt and Cliff, Ecovillage staff talk about Permaculture--no its not new hairdo

Music by hippielawyer and Marian Grebanier and daughter Melanie

Third Planet Report 5/30/07

This week's report features;

1) conversation with Mark Madrid, Muskogee/Creek Indian,  former Information Director of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and long time thinker, philosopher and doer.  Mark talks about how history and tradition shape our destinies and journey;

2) crazy late night music plus rantings, ramblings and ravings of a hippielawyer during a late night coffee stint.

Peace on Mars--Might as well put together a vision we can meet

Alan Graf

Third Planet Report 5/23/07 features the following:

1) Interview with Lauren Regan, wonder-woman and civil rights attorney who has been fighting the good fight for our civil liberties for the last ten years.  Lauren talks about her latest struggle defending the rights of the "green eco-warriors" branded terrorists by the government.  The government is asking the Judge to lock them up and throw away the key under the "terrorist enhancement statutes."  Lauren explains why allowing this to happen could effect all of our rights to dissent and protest;

2) Snippets from my NYC journey:  a) reflections on NY from Penn Stations;  tidbits of wise woman Aunt Frieda; and recording of a Chinese violin in Central Park

as always new and different music from da hippielawyer

This week's Third Planet Report features the following:

1) wondering the streets of Baltimore on Mothers day musing about the future;

2) Liz Barger takes the hippielawyer on a whirl wind tour of DC.  Alan talks with Code Pink activists at Pink Central,  Denice Zenk, exec director of the American forum and our own venerable Liz Barger.  So you always wanted to publish an article--did ya???  Denice tells how we all can become well known writers, at least in our home towns.

As always, at least most of the time,  music from the road by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report 5/9/07

Special "The Farm" Edition

1)  So you want to check out or join The Farm, an intentional community in Summertown, TN.  Listen to Membership Committee member Neal Bloomfield explain the complete process on how to join;

2)  What is going on at The Farm.  What are the agreements that hold it together.  Listen to an interview conducted by KMO, a podcaster of members Albert Bates and hippielawyer Alan Graf about the inner workings of The Farm

as usual, some crazy guitar music by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report 5/2/07 with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's Report includes the following:

1) Interview with Matt Rossell of In Defense of Animals.  Matt talks about his experiences as an undercover investigator working at a mink farm, working at the primate center of Oregon Health Sciences University and the recent law suit against him by furrier Greg Schumaker.  This interview is an eye opener;

2)  Chat with KMO, independent podcaster from Arkansas and our own Albert Bates of the Ecovillage Training Center on podcasting, corporate media and independent media.

No music this week.

Alan Graf

Third Planet Report 4/25/07 with host hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's Third Planet features the following:

1) Interview with and the music of Melanie and Marian Grebanier.  Mother and daughter visit the Farm and offer us their heartfelt songs from the tribal lands of Zimbabwe;

2)  Interview with Neal Bloomfield, Member of the Farm's Membership Committee.  Neal tells all--how can old Farmies come back, how can new folks join and what it takes to become a member of the community. Myths and rumors are dispelled in on honest session with Neal.

As always music and commentary by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report, 4/17/07, with host hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's show features:

1) an interview with Stephen Gaskin, founder of the Farm in Summertown, TN on US Attorneys, Marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal and why Stephen supports reinstating the draft.  Stephen also talks about the revised and about to be published book--Caravan;

2) an interview with Thomas Heikkala, peace activist, GI rights hotline activist and Chair of Austin Veterans for Peace.  Thomas talks about the historic plight of the veterans and why he opposes the draft.

Music by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report, 4/11/07 with host hippielawyer Alan Graf

This weeks' Report features the following:

1) Interview with law Professor Bill Quigley regarding two priests he has been representing who were charged with trespassing on a federal facility near Tuscon AZ.  The facility teaches torture and interrogation techniques used in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.  The priests were caught red handed praying on the base. 

The Professor also talks about the continuing dire situation in New Orleans effecting mostly the poor and African-American community and how the government, particularly the federal government, continues to drop the ball.

2) Interview with Ina May Gaskin, world famous midwife and her two friends and associates Helen Knowles and Ping Qiu.  Ina May talks about how women are still be subjugated to unnecessary cesarean sections when they could have their babies delivered naturally.  Ping Qiu, a Chinese artist living in Berlin and Helen Knowles, an artist and curator from Manchester, England, talk about how their activism for womens' rights and issues is expressed through their art and how their friendship with Ina May influenced their artwork.

3)  Interview with civil rights attorney Rose Weber who expresses her concern that the left and progressive movement has unfairly obsessed over Israel and Israel's relationship with the Palestinians.  She takes the position that the plight of the Palestinians is more the fault of the Arab nations than Israel

Music and commentary by hippielawyer

Third Planet Report, Passover Edition, with host Alan Graf

This week's Report includes:

1.  Passover with jewish attorney Michael Smith about why Israel's actions against the Palestinians is inconsistent with Passover and Jewish heritage;

2.  Interview with attorney Fred Diamondstone on their recent million dollar settlement with the City of Seattle over police brutalization of WTO protestors;

3.  Talk with Cara and Chris, new Farm residents about the future of the intentional community, The Farm in Summertown, TN

4.  As always, music by your hippielawyer

Special Edition Third Planet Report with host Alan Graf, hippielawyer

This week's edition is recorded in Oregon.  Featured is

1) An interview with General Merrill McPeak, former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War.  General McPeak envisions a benevolent 1000 year US Empire, the vision of which he believes has suffered a set-back by the malfeasance and incompetence of Bush and co.  This interview was conducted at the General's home a few days after he met with Barack Obama for the purpose of establishing a potential relationship as a military advisor to the presidential candidate;

2.  View from the windy misty coastal beaches of Oregon

3.  Songs from the misty coast by hippielawyer:

Forward Horizon

Realization

Proceeding quietly

Depths yet unexplored

and

mist in the morning

Third Planet Report 3/20/07--I weep for all the people murdered by the War Machine.

This week's report features:

1.  Interview with retired General Merril McPeak, former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on why the war is wrong wrong wrong;

2. Interviews with people on the street at the peace march in Nashville TN including More than Warmth founder Judy Meeker

3. Mucho music and musical commentary

No More War

Alan Graf, hippielawyer

Third Planet Report 3/13/07 with host hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's show features:

1.  The Third Planet Review, panel discussion with Ina May Gaskin, midwife,  Albert Bates, eco-village founder and peak oil expert, and Peter Schweitzer, executive director of Plenty International, a grassroots relief and development agency on contemporary news issues--

Folks--this panel is really good--great chemistry and really insightful comments on contemporary issues--its worth a listen.

 

2.  Songs and music from hippielawyer and James Kohn including an electric version of Doorstep of the Man;

3.  Commentary by hippielawyer.

 

Third Planet Report 3/8/07 with host Alan Graf, hippielawyer

The show includes the following:

1; Interview with Noah Goodman about his friend, 27 year old American, Eric Volz, who is now serving 30 years in a Nicaraguan prison for a murder he did not commit.  Noah tells how Eric was framed by the authorities in a strange twist of legal injustice and how he now faces his own probable murder in a Nicaraguan jail cell;

2.  Interview with Mario Menendez, the publisher of Mexico's third largest newspaper, Por Esto.  Mario tells of the coming meeting with George Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, scheduled for March 12-14 at the hacienda of Robert Hernandez Ramirez, who Menendez says is Mexico's biggest drug lord and money launderer to the tune of 600 billion dollars;

3.  Interview with Ina May Gaskin on the state of health care in this country.  Ina May covers lack of portability, why the system punishes people who get sick and the conditions at Walter Reed;

4.  Interview by student reporter Molly Smith on US Imperialism.

More on Eric Volz's saga at www.friendsofericvolz.com

Alan Graf

This week's Third Planet Report has the following interviews and music:

1. Interview with Ina May Gaskin, internationally known midwife about the care crisis.  Are we ignoring the most important people in our society--women--who care for our children, our elders and yes, the guys;

2.  Interview with Jim Coon, attorney for the wife of deceased Jesse Williams who died from smoking cigarettes over many years due to the deceptive practices of Phillip Morris.  The US Supreme Court recently vacated the 79 million dollar punitive damages award against the tobacco giant.  Jim tells us that punitives are still very much alive and he isn't worried at all;

3.  Interview with the former attorney Albert Bates for atomic veterans and veterans with agent orange claims, who talks about his personal experience in the airport and why he is worried that the new x-ray machines may be causing more harm than the "terrorists" they are protecting us against;  and

4.  Banah Graf and friends place some really cool rock from Santa Barbara.  Their sound is unique and catchy and deserves a listen (spoken like a proud dad).

Give the show a listen.  I believe you will find it entertaining and informative.

Alan Graf,  hippielawyer
www.hippielawyer.com

Third Planet Report 2/22/07 with host hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's Report features:

1. Interview and music with street musician Eli Charleston;

2.  Third Planet News in Review with panelists Albert Bates, Peter Schweitzer and Ina May Gaskin; and

3. Interview with Elizabeth De la Vega, former assistant US Attorney on her book presenting a hypothetical indictment of Bush

This week's Third Planet Report with host hippielawyer Alan Graf features the following:

1. Interview with Eric Seitz, attorney for Lt.  Erin Watada who is undergoing courtmartial proceedings for his act of conscience in deciding not to serve in Iraq;

2. Interview with Peter Erlinder, attorney for Sami Al-Arian, who has been in US prison for over four years for alleged crimes involving his rights of free speech, that he has never been found guilty of;

3.  Albert Bates, founder of the Eco-Village training center on his new book Petroleum Survival Guide and cookbook;

4. Ina May Gaskin, world renowned midwife on the state of health care in this country; and

5. The Kibbitz Korner with Neal and Alan

Third Planet Report 2/6/07 is dedicated to the inspiration, perspiration and imagination of Molly Ivins.  The report, hosted by hippielawyer Alan Graf features the following:

1.  Interview with Jim Hightower remembering Molly

2.   Chat with Stephen Gaskin, hippie philosopher, about the state of the world

3. Kibbu(i)tz Korner with Neal and Alan

4.  Molly My Oh--song in rememberance of Molly

5.  Molly's last articles

6.  Commentary by hippielawyer

 Third Planet Report with host hippielawyer Alan Graf takes you to the streets of Washington DC where Alan interviews;

1.  Ray McGovern,  former 30 year CIA analyst

2.   Medea Benjamin

3.   The rest of the folks on the streets

4.    People from the Farm going to DC

Includes the electric tune "On the Doorstep of the Man" with James Kohn and Equinox

Third Planet Report 1/23/07 with hippielawyer Alan Graf

This week's Third Planet features:

1. Acoustic Blues by Alan and James

2.  Peace March song by Alan

3.  Interview with Marti Kerns, progressive media strategist

4.  Alternative State of the Union Address by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont

5.  Kibbutz Korner with Neal Bloomfield and Alan

General Commentary and a Yeee haaaww to make it to the January 27th March on Washington

Third Planet Report with host hippielawyer Alan Graf broadcasting in part from the Media Reform Conference in Memphis, TN

Program includes the following;

1. Interview with Amy Goodman, host and producer of Democracy Now about how she got started in journalism;

2.  Interview with Commissioner Michael Copps of the FCC on why consolidation of the media is wrong;

3.  Interview with Ina May Gaskin on Maternal Mortality in America;

4.  Interview by student Mollie Smith on the state of education;

5.  Interviews with other media--istas from the Memphis Convention

6.  Music by Eli Charleston, street performer and rag-time musician

Special Edition of Third Planet Report- January 12, 2007 Speech by Amy Goodman at the Memphis Convention Center for the Media Reform Convention--on the Consolidation of Media and the Corporate Grab for the Internet and Airways-

brought to you by Alan Graf, hippielawyer

Special Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf
 brings you Bill Moyers Opening Speech to the Alternative Media Conference in Memphis Tennessee

Third Planet Report with host hippielawyer Alan Graf, broadcasting from The Farm in Summertown, TN this week features:

Ina May Gaskin,  internationally known midwife-continuing series on the state of health care;

Michael O'Gorman, organic farmer and co-chair of Farms not Arms on the upcoming peace march in Washington DC on January 27, 2007;  and

Jason Deptula of the Eco-Village Training Center talking about Greasel and alternative fuels.

Home grown hippie music and peace songs are all included

Third Planet Report with Host Alan Graf hippielawyer conducts a round table discussion with Farm resident Neal Bloomfield and son Ramon Bloomfield

Alan also interviews author and philosopher Stephen Gaskin on the state of the world

Report ends with homespun hippie music from The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee

Third Planet Report with hippielawyer Alan Graf

Interview with Elizabeth De La Vega, former US Attorney about her new book US v. Bush, which lays out the case against Bush and Co for defrauding the people of the United States in going to war against Iraq.

and

Interview with internationally known midwife Ina May Gaskin about the state of health care in this country.

Third Planet Report (TPR) is a news show which is broadcast from The Farm, in Summertown, TN by hippielawyer Alan Graf.

TPR features a weekly interview and commentary by Ina May Gaskin, world famous midwife along with other news, commentary, interviews and music.

TPR can be accessed at www.hippielawyer.com