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