Cultural Baggage Cultural Baggage is DTN's longest running broadcast program with 18 years as of October 2019. We are proud to have more than three dozen affiliate stations in the US and Canada broadcasting our 29 minutes of unvarnished truth about the failure and futility of this eternal prohibition of drugs. Produced by former cop Dean Becker at KPFT, Houston, one of the 5 Pacifica "sister" stations.

Thomas L. Knapp (Twitter: @thomaslknapp) is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism (thegarrisoncenter.org). He lives and works in north central Florida.

Thomas L. Knapp, William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism
Audio file

Timothy McMahan King is a writer, nonprofit professional, Senior Fellow for Clergy for a New Drug Policy and the owner of Vagabond Strategies. He has worked as a community organizer in Chicago, a chief strategy officer with Sojourners, and has served as a consultant for national non-profits, advocacy campaigns and political candidates.
The author of Addiction Nation: What the Opioid Crisis Reveals About Us, King is an active advocate for those in recovery and to reform United States drug policy.

Timothy McMahan King, Clergy for a New Drug Policy
Audio file

Eric E. Sterling was counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1989 and participated in the passage of the mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Was  President of The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Washington, DC and Co-Chair of the American Bar Association, Committee on Criminal Justice, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities. Topics include money laundering, international treaties, cartel corruption and drug gangs criminal involvement into government.
 

Eric Sterling, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Audio file

DTN reporter Doug McVay joins us to discuss his radio shows Century of Lies and his new program Free Culture. Segments focus on progress in Oregon, Washington and in Vancouver to decriminalize drugs, to allow for legal distribution of hard drugs and to save lives.

Doug McVay, Drug Policy Facts
Audio file

Phil Smith, award winning reporter with Stop the Drug War visits with DTN host Dean Becker. Topics: Corrupt Cops, International Fiasco, Corruption, Money Laundering, Eternal Failure of Policy.

Phil Smith, Stop the Drug War
Audio file

Major Neill Franklin has more than 34 years experience as a law enforcement officer and trainer. Topics include murder by cop, deprivation of rights, cops testilying and America' prisons/dungeons of torture.

Neill Franklin, Law Enforcement Action Partnership
Audio file

Greg Gladden Attorney at Law joins host Dean Becker to discuss "qualified immunity" and the various shifty tactics of cops on the beat. Greg is a steadfast protector of his clients’ rights who has represented thousands of criminal defense clients across 14 different states in state and federal court. He defends clients from various types of criminal charges, including: Drug use, distribution and other violations, Assault and other violent crimes, Domestic violence and neglect, Sex offenses, Murder.

Greg Gladden
Audio file

Don Hall is in long term recovery, he has become a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, obtained a B.S. in Human Services, and a Masters of Business Administration.. Mr. Hall is active with several area organizations advocating for fair and equitable treatment of disadvantaged populations. +++ DTN Editorial

Don Hall
Audio file

Richard Van Wickler (Ret.) is author of Freedom's Guardians. RIck began his law enforcement career in 1987 and served as the Superintendent of the Cheshire County Department of Corrections in Keene, New Hampshire, from 1993 to 2019. Van Wickler is a former adjunct professor of American Corrections at Keene State College, where he taught for 14 years.  

Richard Van Wickler, Law Enforcement Action Partnership
Audio file

Ethan Russo, MD, is a board-certified neurologist, psychopharmacology researcher, and former Senior Medical Advisor to GW Pharmaceuticals.

Ethan Russo
Audio file