OTTOS KANSAS COFFEE BAR

Hear Rep. Bill Otto and "the Lineball Sisters" discuss during the 2nd hour all manner of Kansas small town life after these news stories.

Counterspin (30 min.)  See: http://fair.org/

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This week on CounterSpin: People around the world have been riveted by heartbreaking images of refugees fleeing Syria, as well as heartening ones of European citizens offering help and hospice. But if the pictures drive you to want to know more, don’t expect much help from US media, who are not that interested to get at the roots of the situation. We’ll talk about the Syrian refugee crisis with Raed Jarrar from the American Friends Service Committee.Internet activists fighting for net neutrality declared victory in February when the FCC ruled to consider broadband a public utility. So why are we now seeing op-eds declaring net neutrality in jeopardy? It seems confusing, and maybe that’s the idea. We’ll find out what’s going on from Tim Karr of the group Free Press.

Free Speech Radio News (30 min.)  See: http://fsrn.org/

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.