KANSAS COFFEE BAR

Program Summary: Nov. 10, 2014

1st Hour: Free Speech Radio News, an ear to the ground, a global voices, grassroots radio news.

Segment Notes:

• Liberal ballot initiatives pass across country even as conservative candidates prevail
• Republicans win majority in U.S. Congress
• Q&A: Is the fracking boom a bubble that’s about to pop?
• San Francisco becomes latest city to regulate Airbnb-type space sharing
• Azerbaijan cracks down on pro-democracy advocates and NGOs
• Indian Sikhs mark 30th anniversary of deadly riots with calls for justice

Counterspin from Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (fair.org) the weekly audio version of EXTRA magazine.

Segment Notes: This week on CounterSpin: The disappearance of 48 student activists in Mexico has brought hundreds of thousands of activists to the streets, demanding accountability from the US-allied president who just months ago was being cheered by Time magazine as the man who would save Mexico. We'll talk to journalist Roberto Lovato about the crisis in Mexico and the reasons the story isn't getting enough coverage in the US press.

2nd Hour: Meet former Rep. Bill Otto of the Kansas state legislature, lifelong public school teacher and administrator. "The Lineball Sister" Kay and Sondra two lifelong supporters of smalltown living.