Culture Shocks
Summary: A daily radio show hosted by the Rev. Barry Lynn. You never know what you will hear. The show discusses how America is in the middle of a real, not imaginary, \"culture war.\" It pits people who want to maximize freedom — freedom to believe, freedom to speak, freedom to make intimate moral decisions — against those who want to use government power to push their religious, moral and cultural beliefs on everyone. It is also a battle over which role governments should have in seeing to the needs of everyone in the United States. It is a struggle between genuine populist \"progressive\" values and repressive ultra‑conservative ones.
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Christopher Parker and Matt Barreto show that what actually pushes Tea Party supporters is not simple ideology or racism, but fear that the country is being stolen from "real Americans"--a belief triggered by Obama's election in Change They Can't Believe In (http://www.amazon.com/Change-They-Cant-Believe-Reactionary/dp/0691151830/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372259227&sr=1-1&keywords=christopher+parker).
In The Center Holds (http://www.amazon.com/The-Center-Holds-Obama-Enemies/dp/1451646070), Jonathan Alter (http://www.jonathanalter.com/) produces the first full account of America at the crossroads. He pierces the bubble of the White House and the presidential campaigns in a landmark election that marked the return of big money and the rise of big data.
Jerry DeWitt (http://jerrydewitt.net/) was born and bred into the church and was a Pentecostal preacher before arriving at atheism through an extraordinary dialogue with faith that spanned more than a quarter of a century, Hope After Faith (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0306822245) is his account.
John Shelby Spong (http://johnshelbyspong.com/) argues in The Fourth Gospel (http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Gospel-Tales-Jewish-Mystic/dp/0062011308/ref=sr_1_1/185-1628989-9786037?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372686796&sr=1-1&keywords=the+fourth+gospel) that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literary, interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus' life through the medium of fictional characters.
Act of Congress (http://www.amazon.com/Act-Congress-Americas-Essential-Institution/dp/030770016X) is Robert G. Kaiser's eye-opening account of how Congress today really works—and doesn’t—that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008. Then Rob Boston with Americans United (https://www.au.org/) talks about the recent Supreme Court rulings.
Food Politics (http://www.amazon.com/Food-Politics-Influences-Nutrition-California/dp/0520254031/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370964350&sr=1-2) laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement helping us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.
Friend of the Court (http://http://www.amazon.com/Friend-Court-Front-Lines-Amendment/dp/0300190875/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370963926&sr=1-1) is a collection of First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams (http://www.cahill.com/index)’ speeches, articles, debates, briefs, oral arguments, and testimony from his entire career.
Will Jodi Arias get the death penalty for the murder of her boyfriend? Which states have dropped the sentence? Diann Rust-Tierney with the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (http://www.ncadp.org/), then Sister Helen Prejean (http://www.sisterhelen.org/) on the 20th anniversary of Dead Man Walking (http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Man-Walking-Eyewitness-Account/dp/0679751319/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370971900&sr=1-1).
Michael D'Antonio (http://www.michaeldantonio.net/)'s, Mortal Sins (http://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Sins-Crime-Catholic-Scandal/dp/0312594895) is an explosive, sweeping account of the scandal that has sent the Catholic Church into a tailspin -- and the brave few who fought for justice
The Oath (http://www.amazon.com/Oath-Obama-White-House-Supreme/dp/0385527209/ref=la_B000AP9KWE_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369161564&sr=1-2) is Jeffrey Toobin's gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.
The Feud (http://http://www.amazon.com/Feud-Hatfields-McCoys-True-Story/dp/0316167061/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371481731&sr=1-1&keywords=dean+king) is Dean King (http://www.deanhking.com/)'s riveting and detailed account of two frontier families, the Hatfields and McCoys, struggling for survival within the narrow confines of an unforgiving land.
There is a battle in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, home to wild salmon fisheries and mineral deposits, to stop a public mine project and protect the Bay. Will the President do anything to stop it? Si Kahn (http://sikahn.com/), songwriter, activist is joined by Suzanne Little, former Alaska state senator and founders of Musicians United to Protect Bristol Bay (http://www.musiciansunited.info/).
Former Minnesota governor, Jesse Ventura (http://https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJesseVentura)'s DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans (http://http://www.amazon.com/DemoCRIPS-ReBLOODlicans-More-Gangs-Government/dp/162087587X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk)uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions and political action committees.
Information about top-secret government surveillance programs was leaked; is the public owed an explanation from the Feds? Shahid Buttar (http://www.shahidbuttar.com/) with Bill of Rights Defense Committee (http://www.bordc.org/)and Heidi Boghosian (http://www.nlg.org/leadership/heidi-boghosian-2)with National Lawyers Guild (http://www.nlg.org/) give their take.
Phil Tiemeyer (http://faculty.philau.edu/TiemeyerP/) examines how flight attendants have combated sexism and homophobia to create a more just and equal workplace through the last 80 years in Plane Queer. (http://www.amazon.com/Plane-Queer-Sexuality-History-Attendants/dp/0520274776)
