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.
08/27/08 - Wendy Chapkis
Wendy Chapkis, co-author of "Dying To Get High - Marijuana as Medicine" + Terry Nelson of LEAP, Official Govt Truth w/ Winston Francis, Ernesto Aguilar reports from Denver and the DNC
FDBCB_082708.mp3Guest(s): Wendy Chapkis
Organization(s): Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana
Link(s): LEAP, WAMM
08/20/08 - Peter Moskos
Peter Moskos, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, author of Cop in the Hood & recent US NEWS & World Report article: "Drugs are too dangerous not to regulate - We should legalize them" + Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway, Terry Nelson with LEAP Report
FDBCB_082008.mp3Guest(s): Peter Moskos
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Link(s): LEAP, US NEWS/World Report
08/13/08 - Philippe Lucas
Philippe Lucas of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society discusses drug war tactics of US, Canada and the UN + Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
FDBCB_081308.mp3Guest(s): Philippe Lucas
Organization(s): Vancouver Island Compassion Society
Link(s): LEAP, Vancouver Island Compassion Society
08/06/08 - Lee Brown
American Bar Association panel on drug reform with Judge Arthur Burnett and former Drug Czar Lee Brown + Poppygate report from Glenn Greenway & Drug War Facts with Doug McVay
FDBCB_080608.mp3Guest(s): Lee Brown
Organization(s): Drug Czar
Link(s): NAADPC
07/30/08 - Marie Gottschalk
Marie Gottschalk, U of Penn Professor & author of "The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration" + LEAP report with Terry Nelson & Drug War Facts with Doug McVay
FDBCB_073008.mp3Guest(s): Marie Gottschalk
Link(s): LEAP, Common Sense for Drug Policy
07/23/08 - Jeremy Scahill
Reports from the Netroots Nation convention: Jeremy Scahill, Cliff Schecter, Jim Hightower, Gloria Littleshield & dozens of voices answering the question: "Can you name the #1 success of the drug war" + Drug War Facts with Doug McVay
FDBCB_072308.mp3Guest(s): Jeremy Scahill
Organization(s): Blackwater
Link(s): Drug War Facts
07/16/08 - Robert Muhammad
Brother Robert Muhammad of the Nation of Islam & DTN's Dean Becker discuss Houston's criminal, justice system + LEAP Report from Terry Nelson, Poppygate with Glenn Greenway + Drug War Facts with Doug McVay
FDBCB_071608.mp3Guest(s): Robert Muhammad
Organization(s): Nation of Islam
Link(s): LEAP
07/09/08 - Ryan King
Ryan King of the Sentencing Project + Terry Nelson with the LEAP report, Cannabis College ad, clip of interview with ABC's John Stossel
FDBCB_070908.mp3Guest(s): Ryan King
Organization(s): Sentencing Project
Link(s): Sentencing Project
07/02/08 - Arnold Trebach
Professor Arnold Trebach, author of Fatal Distraction + LEAP report from Terry Nelson, Glenn Greenway with Poppygate report, OP-ED from Bruce Mirken of Marijuana Policy Project & Amsterdam prohibits tobacco not pot
FDBCB_070208.mp3Guest(s): Arnold Trebach
Organization(s): Trebach Report
Link(s): The Trebach Report, LEAP
06/25/08 - Mary Lynn Mathre
Nurse Mary Lynn Mathre of Patients Out of Time discusses medical cannabis + Terry Nelson for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Drug War Facts with Doug McVay & Glenn Greenway with the Poppygate report
FDBCB_062508.mp3Guest(s): Mary Lynn Mathre
Organization(s): Patients out of Time
Link(s): Drug War Facts, Patients out of Time