OTTOS KANSAS COFFEE BAR

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.

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

Description: This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media in election mode means lots of talk about strategy and tactics and who candidates would like to have a beer with. What it could use more of is attention to core electoral issues like who gets to vote. Joining us to discuss the first presidential race in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act is Ari Berman, senior contributing writer for The Nation magazine and author of the new book Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America.

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

Description: 

• Obama formally rejects TransCanada’s permit request for Keystone XL pipeline
• Stopping Shell in its Tracks: Washington state communities say no to oil trains
• Trans-Pacific Partnership text released – a look at what’s inside
• Cyclone hits Yemen, adding to devastation of eight months of Saudi-led airstrikes
• Burma polls: Suu Kyi says if NLD wins she will assume a post above the president
• Possibly the longest hunger strike in history turns 15 years old
• “The Wanted 18” film tells the tale of West Bank cows that became outlaws