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.
01/30/08 - Patrick McCann
Patrick McCann, President of Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association on his recent Op-Ed in the Houston Chronicle regarding jailing of mentally ill, prosecution of minor drug offenses, crime lab fiasco, second chances for first time offenders and the death penalty.
FDBCB_013008.mp3Guest(s): Patrick McCann
Organization(s): Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
Link(s): Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
01/23/08 - Mike Gray
Mike Gray, author of Drug Crazy and Chairman of Common Sense for Drug Policy discusses his forthcoming video: "Clergy Against the War on Drugs" + Charles Thomas of Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative & Poppygate, Official Government Truth.
FDBCB_012308.mp3Guest(s): Mike Gray
Organization(s): Common Sense for Drug Policy
Link(s): Common Sense for Drug Policy, Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative
01/16/08 - Eleanor Schockett
In memory of Judge Eleanor Schockett who passed from this Earth on Jan 12, 2007. Judge Schockett was a member of the board of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Joining us is Peter Christ a founding member of LEAP.
FDBCB_011608.mp3Guest(s): Eleanor Schockett
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Link(s): LEAP
01/09/08 - Paul Wright
Alison Chinn Holcomb of ACLU of Washington Foundation discusses marijuana laws + Report on cadmium poisoning of federal prisoners with Karen Garrison whose son Lawrence was exposed plus Paul Wright, publisher of Prison Legal News.
FDBCB_010908.mp3Guest(s): Paul Wright
Organization(s): Prison Legal News
Link(s): Prison Legal News, ACLU
01/02/08 - Matt Elrod
Matt Elrod discusses DTN's new website, drug policy reform, segment from Drug Policy panel with Carol Shipiro of Family Justice & Suzanne Mayo of Kansas State + Drug War Facts & Poppygate Report
FDBCB_010208.mp3Guest(s): Matt Elrod
Organization(s): DrugSense
Link(s): Drugsense
12/26/07 - Dean Becker
Year 2007 in review, via 4:20 Drug War News Reports 2/2
FDBCB_122607.mp3Guest(s): Dean Becker
12/19/07 - Antonio Maria Costa
UN Drug Czar: Antonio Maria Costa + responses from: Norm Stamper of LEAP, & Wash. State Rep Roger Goodman w/TRANSCRIPT
FDBCB_121907.mp3Guest(s): Antonio Maria Costa
Organization(s): Drug Policy Alliance
Link(s): Drug Policy Alliance
12/12/07 - Calvin Johnson
NEW ORLEANS: DPA drug conference panel (2/2) with Norris Henderson, Else Pederson-Wasson, Judge Calvin Johnson + Nora Callahan re Sentencing & remembrance of Michael Paul Phillips
FDBCB_121207.mp3Guest(s): Calvin Johnson
Link(s): Drug Policy Alliance
12/05/07 - Jerry Paradis
Bob Doran, reporter for North Coast Journal, LEAP member Judge Jerry Paradis, PTSD story from ABC, Bruce Mirken of MPP
FDBCB_120507.mp3Guest(s): Jerry Paradis
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Link(s): LEAP
11/28/07 - Roger Goodman
Roger Goodman, Wash State Rep + Poppygate & Corrupt Cop Story
FDBCB_112807.mp3Guest(s): Roger Goodman