Coffee Party USA Radio

Join us for coffee and conversation with "Just Bob" from Florida, Jon Lancelot from NYC, and Brian Endicott from Kentucky. We'll talk about Rand Paul, the Tea Party and what the Coffee Party is all about. Hosted by Annabel

Host: Jon Lancelot Guest: Dr. Jane Caffery, Associate Professor of University of West Florida We will be discussing some of the adverse affects of oil on the ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico, and how it could shape the future of the wildlife.

Conversation between Coffee Partier from Washington state, Laurie Dunivant-Larsen, a passionate advocate for financial reform and Jennifer Taubs, School of Management at Univ of Massachusetts at Amherst. Jennifer Taubs gives us an update on financial reform. Hosted by Annabel

Bruce Judson, author of It Could Happen Here, will discuss the central argument in his book that the current income gap in America is politically destabilizing and could ultimately lead to a serious political upheaval.

Professor Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Law School, and a tireless champion of the middle class, gives us her perspective on the current financial reform debate, answered a number questions about the current reform bill including her thoughts on Kaufman-Brown "too-big-to-fail" amendment and Paul-Grayson "Audit the Fed" amendment. She also talks about why the Coffee Party is so important to this. Stacey Hopkins, Georgia State Point Person and National Spokesperson for Coffee Party USA, shares with us why she is so passionate about Coffee Party USA and Wall Street reform. Anjon Roy, resident financial reform expert for the Coffee Party, gives a comprehensive overview of what's happening with the financial reform bill. Hosted by Annabel.

Eric Byler, director of the documentary "9500 Liberty" (http://9500liberty.com) and co-founder of the Coffee Party will be hosting a discussion from Phoenix, Arizona on the topic of immigration reform and the new Arizona state law, with several guests: Larry Sheffield is the founder and chairman of Goldwater Bank, and has over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience in banking, business and politics. Michael Stafford is a Republican Party officer from Delaware. He blogs on both national and local politics including immigration reform (http://DelawareTomorrow.com) Lydia Aranda chairs Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's Hispanic Advisory Council.

On Friday at 5pm EDT, we launch "Conversations with Coffee Partiers around the Country" with guest Shane Brooks of Waco, TX. He is one of the members that drink both Tea and Coffee and has interesting perspectives on Life and Politics.

Wednesday at 8pm EDT: "What's Really in the Health Care Reform Bill?" with our phenomenal guest, Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH, the president of the National Physicians Alliance. Come find out how this bill will impact your life.

Please join us Tuesday, April 13 at 5pm EDT on Coffee Radio: Financial Literacy 101 with financial planning expert, Mark Zaifman. Subjects that we will cover include: Managing debt, retirement plans, investment strategies, understanding of the current economy, questions about filing your taxes. Mark is Vicki Robin's (legendary author of Your Money or Your Life) financial advisor and contributed to the latest edition of her book. From his bio: "Using a holistic, values-based strategy, Mark helps people across social classes effectively manage their money. He has been hailed as a 'new breed' of financial advisor by Natural Health magazine for his tenets of financial responsibility and sustainability as well as for his hands-on approach." http://bit.ly/aSrNUI Part of our series, "Candid Talks about Our Money, Our Values & Our Government."

ANNOUNCEMENT: Please join us at 5pm ET TODAY (Wednesday) on Coffee Party Radio for a discussion with Vicki Robin, author of best-selling book, "Your Money or Your Life." We need a paradigm shift in how we relate to money in our culture and in our personal lives. According Robin, our relationship to money "...encompasses more than just your earning, spending, debts and savings; it also includes the time these functions take in your life. In addition, your relationship with money is reflected in the sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that you can get from your connection to your family, your community and the planet." For more information on Robin: http://bit.ly/M1iR5 This is the first event in our discussion series, "Our Money, Our Values & Our Government." More announcements will be made soon about this series. You can join in by phone or chat. Downloads will be available. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/coffeepartyusa

Annabel will be speaking with Archon Fung, Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, about transparency, accountability and the need for citizen participation in our democracy.

Annabel will be speaking to Nick Nyhart, President of Public Campaign, about campaign finance reform and how we can get money out of politics.

Why did the health care legislation take a whole year of "epic struggle"? What can we do to improve our legislative process and political system? We will be focusing our attention during the upcoming National Coffee Summit and Coffee with Congress on working together to find solutions to those questions. This is the first program in a week-long series on Blog Talk Radio discussing potential solutions: campaign finance reform, transparency, accountability, Citizens United Supreme Court decision, Senate rules, term limits, etc.

Join Annabel for a discussion about Student Loan Reform and Expansion of the Pell Grant--now included in the health care reconciliation package--with Gregory Cendana, President of the US Student Association. It is believed that these provisions will end wasteful government subsidies to banks and help reduce the deficit. www.usstudents.org 7pm-8pm EDT

7-8 EST! Join us for a discussion about what is contained in the current health care reform legislation. The review will include a discussion of the some of the key provisions in the Senate bill, the President's suggested additions to the bill, benefits that would start immediately if reform passes, and the possible next steps in the legislative process. Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH, is a the president of the National Physicians Alliance and a practicing anesthesiologist. www.npalliance.org