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.
07/08/20 Phil Smith
Phil Smith of Stop the Drug War re premiere of Becker's Buds Video program, racism, pandemic and drug war failures + Chris Conrad Becker's Buds guest #2 re racism, drug war tactics.
Guest(s): Phil Smith
Organization(s): Stop the Drug War
FDBCB070820.mp3Link(s): Stop The Drug War
07/01/20 Doug McVay
Doug McVay who produces Century of Lies, talk about racism and the drug war. PLUS: the thoughts of Michelle Alexander, author of the New Jim Crow.
Guest(s): Doug McVay
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
FDBCB070120.mp3Link(s): Drug War Facts
06/24/20 Roger Goodman
Roger Goodman Washington state Representative on US racism, Covid 19 and call for actual control of controlled substances + Josh Richards Houston activist calls for harm reduction
Guest(s): Roger Goodman
Organization(s): Houston Harm Reduction Alliance
FDBCB062420.mp3Link(s): Houston Harm Reduction Alliance
06/17/20 Eric Sterling
Eric Sterling founder of Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Helen Clark former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Ruth Dreifuss former President of Switzerland + Drug Truth Network editorial
Guest(s): Eric Sterling
Organization(s): Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
FDBCB061720.mp3Link(s): Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
06/10/20 Neill Franklin
Major Neill Franklin discusses Law Enforcement Action Partnerships new National Policing Recommendations + Debby Goldsberry re gang rip offs of cannabis dispensaries & DTN Editorial
Guest(s): Neill Franklin
Organization(s): LEAP
FDBCB061020.mp3Link(s): LEAP
06/03/20 Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke joins us to discuss the murder of George Floyd, the protests, the bigotry of centuries and how it is escalated thru drug war tacts +++ Norm Stamper former Police Chief of Seattle gives his perspectives on the never ending series of cop on black murders.
Guest(s): Beto O'Rourke, Norm Stamper
Organization(s): LEAP
FDBCB060320.mp3Link(s): LEAP
05/27/20 Global Commission Calls for End of Prohibition
Global Commissioners Report calls for legalizing drugs with Ruth Dreifuss former President of Switzerland, Louise Arbour former High Commissioner on Human Rights, Juan Manuel Santos former President of Colombia, Helen Clark former Prime Minister of New Zealand & Anand Grover UN Special Rapporteur on right to health + Phil Smith reporting on Global Commission for Citizen Truth + Norma Sapp reports on cannabis laws in Oklahoma.
Guest(s): Global Commission
Organization(s): Global Commission on Drugs
FDBCB052720.mp3Link(s): Global Commission on Drugs Report, Global Commission Video on YouTube
05/20/20 Neill Franklin
Major Neill Franklin (Ret.) is a 34-year veteran of both the Maryland State Police and the Baltimore Police Department who oversaw 17 separate drug task forces. He has served as an official representative of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (formerly Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) since 2007 + Dana Larsen is one of Canada’s most well-known and respected advocates for cannabis reform and an end to the global war on drugs.
Guest(s): Neill Franklin
Organization(s): LEAP
FDBCB052020.mp3Link(s): LEAP
05/13/20 Abbie Rosner
Abbie Rosner reports for Forbes, her focus on how older adults are re-discovering cannabis & psychedelics + Kassandra Frederique Dir of DPA re What Does DPA Do During a Pandemic?
Guest(s): Abbie Rosner
Organization(s): Drug Policy Alliance
FDBCB051320.mp3Link(s): Drug Policy Alliance
05/06/20 Phil Smith
Phillip Smith has been a drug policy journalist for the past two decades. He is the longtime author of the Drug War Chronicle, the online publication of the non-profit StopTheDrugWar.org, and has been the editor of AlterNet’s Drug Reporter since 2015. He was awarded the Drug Policy Alliance’s Edwin M. Brecher Award for Excellence in Media in 2013.
Guest(s): Phil Smith
FDBCB050620.mp3Link(s): Stop The Drug War