Kansas Coffee Bar

Program Summary 27 Oct. 2014

Hear Rep. Bill Otto and "the Lineball Sisters" discuss all manner of smalltown life in Kansas in the second hour after these news stories.

Counterspin (30 min.)

Description: As the Ebola fear-mongering seems to be letting up a little, one thing that hasn’t changed is media inattention to the xenopobia that has gone hand in hand with the panic, and any real exploration issues of inequality and how they play out in treatment of the deadly disease. We’ll talk to medical ethicist and award winning author Harriet Washington about Ebola.

Also this week: Polls show pretty clearly that the public isn't enthusiastic about getting involved in more wars. To many elites, this is dangerous isolationism and a retreat from America's rightful position as a superpower. Carl Conetta of the Project on Defense Alternatives has taken a deep look at public opinion and the problem with elite rhetoric about isolationism.

Free Speech Radio News (30 min.)

Description: Canada honors soldier; PM calls for swift action on ramped up security powers; Election 2014: Wisconsin battle for Governor’s mansion
Los Angeles seeks to renegotiate multimillion dollar fees owed to Wall Street banks; Bedouin communities face forcible removal from Jerusalem periphery
Q&A: Mexican citizen patrols find mass graves while searching for 43 missing students; Cameroon’s education model out of step with Baka culture

Co-hosted during the second hour with Rep. Bill Otto, formerly of the 9th district, in the Kansas legislature listen in to conversations with "Traditional Republicans" who have lived small town life in Kansas across the generations.