KANSAS COFFEE BAR

1st Hour Between the Lines News Magazine: Hear the guests; Robert Parry, Investigative journalist and editor with ConsortiumNews.com; Rev. Lee Dreyer, pastor of the White Oaks Spring Presbyterian Church, Butler County, PA; Jonah Minkoff-Zern, director of Public Citizen's Democracy is for People campaign SUMMARY: As NATO Heightens New Cold War Tensions with Russia, U.S. Media Continues to Distort Ukraine Conflict; Community Pulls Together to Offer Clean Water to Families Affected by Natural Gas Fracking Pollution; Senate Permits Debate on Proposed Constitutional Amendment Reversing Citizens United Ruling COUNTERSPIN: This week - A judge has ruled BP was guilty of willful misconduct and gross negligence in the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people and dumped millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. With Obama talking about expanding offshore drilling, you'd hope the media would take serious notice. We'll talk about what that would look like with Antonia Juhasz, author of Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill. Also on the show: The Economist magazine recently apologized and retracted its review of 'The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism."

2nd Hour: All things considered are discussed in small town Kansas coffee bars.

Join former state lawmaker of the old 9th district, lifelong public school teacher and administrator Bill Otto, and "the Lineball Sisters" Kay and Sondra as they share recollections, current events and commentary on rural life in Kansas.

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