The MP3 files have been fixed due to a problem just discovered -- the feature interview was muted. If you've downloaded any of the MP3s of this program, you will want to re-download them. My apologies for the problem.
Odeo is a new web-based podcasting application that allows users to easily find and listen to podcasts, as well as produce their own audio, just using a browser. Paul talks to Evan Henshaw-Plath, a developer for Odeo, about this new web service and its implications for more democratic media production.
We also listen to an interview with Bob Ugly of Free Radio San Diego, a three-year-old unlicensed community radio station that was shut down by the FCC on July 21. That interview comes to us courtesy of the V-Man at Free Radio Santa Cruz.
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This week we continue our conversation with Evan Henshaw-Plath, a developer for the on-line podcasting application Odeo.com. Evan has an extensive independent media resume, and we talk about the relationship between podcasting and independent media, and the role of innovation.
We also listen to an interview with filmmaker Michael Lahey, who discusses his documentary on pirate radio in Tuscon, AZ, Making Waves.
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On this encore edition, Drew talks to Mike Bonnano, one of the Yes Men, a group of identity correctors, who last year appeared on BBC TV as representatives of Dow chemical, in order to claim full responsibility for the Bhophal disaster 20 years ago. They discuss the intersection of art and activism, and the inspirations for the Yes Men's brand of protest.
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On this week's program John Anderson of DIYmedia.net joins us to catch up with what's going on with unlicensed micropower radio. Paul talks to a former micropower broadcaster from South Florida who fills us in on the active unlicensed radio scene there, where recently two broadcasters were arrested under Florida's new state law that criminalizes pirate radio.
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We hear from Abayomi Azikiwe, who is the founder and editor of the Pan-African Newswire, and is also the co-host of the Fighting for Justice Radio Program on AM 1200 WCHB and the special weekly commentator on CKLN FM 88.1 in Toronto. This talk was part of the session on Radical Media in Detroit held at the 2005 Allied Media Conference.
We also catch up on news of the FCC's inactivity on indecency and the Supreme Court decisions on file sharing and cable modems.
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