The Jeff Farias Show

Tuesday, February 3 2009

Day two on the Roots Up Radio network. We are all very excited to join the Roots Up Network. Go to the http://rootsupradio.com/ website to install the player. Network Co-founder Lee Rayburn wrote this about the launch. Roots Up Radio Lee Rayburn The Player I want you to know about our media player, because it is new and different. We did not want to have to worry about a rate of return for investors, so we don’t have any investors. Roots Up will return its revenue directly to the broadcasters (which is how I plan to pay rent in 10 days). Therefore, we can’t afford the traditional bandwidth that can easily run over six figures. With your help we have a better way. For Windows, this requires a very basic software download. There is no spyware, malware, crap-ware, or anything else. We’ve made sure of it! It is also more reliable than traditional online streaming media. We’ve also made sure of that! Our media player uses Napster-like technology. Don’t worry- it’s legal! To talk in terms that even indicted former Senator Ted Stevens can understand: instead of buying a big pipeline that everyone can tap into, we send out a single stream that a handful of computers can hear but then those computers pass it along to a handful of other computers until everyone’s computer is interconnected, simultaneously uploading and downloading the stream. For Mac’s, similar software does not yet exist but we expect it soon! Mac users will have to use the old school (and lo-fi) stream for now… For Linux, if you know of anyone working on this code, please let me know!

At 5 PM Edward Hasbrouck returns to the program “World Travel In Troubled Economic Times” (Get Lost Travel Books), Is this a good time to travel? (Surprisingly, YES!) How will Obama’s election change the reception for U.S. travelers? What are the key decisions that will most influence your travel budget? What are the places where Americans can still afford to travel (and which are now more affordable than ever)? How can you travel comfortably and enjoyably on a budget - even in expensive parts of the world? How can you find places that are off the beaten path, and what are some of my top destination recommendations from my recent trip around the world? http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001604.html How to request your travel records: Updated forms and instructions on how to find out what what records the US government and travel companies are keeping about your travels. http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001607.html Background on travel records, including my own experiments: “DHS admits problems in disclosing travel surveillance records” http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2008/12/ … e-records/ “Can you really see what records are kept about your travel?” http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001595.html “KLM claims it doesn’t know what happens with passengers’ data” http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001273.html

At 6 PM Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. His blog, Beat the Press, features commentary on economic reporting. He received his Ph.D in economics from the University of Michigan. He has written numerous books and articles, including Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy, PoliPoint Press, 2009; The United States Since 1980, Cambridge University Press, 2007; The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer, Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2006; Social Security: The Phony Crisis (with Mark Weisbrot), University of Chicago Press, 1999; “Asset Returns and Economic Growth,” (with Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2005); “Financing Drug Research: What Are the Issues,” Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2004; “Medicare Choice Plus: The Solution to the Long-Term Deficit Problem,” Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2004; The Benefits of Full Employment (with Jared Bernstein), Economic Policy Institute, 2004; “Professional Protectionists: The Gains From Free Trade in Highly Paid Professional Services,” Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2003; “The Run-Up in Home Prices: Is It Real or Is It Another Bubble,” Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2002. http://p3books.com/plunderandblunder/

We also spoke with Jim Hightower National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower believes that the true political spectrum is not right to left but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for the 80 percent of the public who no longer find themselves within shouting distance of the Washington and Wall Street powers at the top. Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations, on the web, and on Radio for Peace International. Each month, he publishes a populist political newsletter, “The Hightower Lowdown,” which now has more than 135,000 subscribers and is the fastest growing political publication in America. The hard-hitting Lowdown has received both the Alternative Press Award and the Independent Press Association Award for best national newsletter. http://www.jimhightower.com and http://www.hightowerlowdown.org

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