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Occupy The Microphone
by Halfstep Productions
Three Occupiers talk about news, politics, society, culture, scandal and more every workday Live at Five on WOLI, 910 am, 105.7 fm in Spartanburg SC. Available live and archived at www.OccupyTheMicrophone.com. OTM is a member of the Black Talk Radio Network.
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U.S. Navy exposed sailors to Fukushima radiation
February 28, 2014 Download Podcast Nearly three years ago reactors at Fukushima in Japan melted down sending radioactivity into the air and water. Sailors on board the USS Reagan were sent to help but turned back as radiation from the nuclear power plants and a metallic taste in their mouths...
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Is Sen.Lindsey Graham blowing smoke to protect rapist in the military?
February 27, 2014 Download Podcast Is Sen. Lindsey Graham blowing smoke to protect rapist in the military? Is the former Air Force judge advocate allowing military tradition to override justice? Why is the Senator from South Carolina against military prosecutors taking company commanders out of…
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The Intercept is blowing the lid off U.S. covert activities
Download Podcast A New Media outlet called "The Intercept" funded by the founder of Ebay, is making waves reporting on the secrets of the national security state. Laura Poitras, Glen Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill are some of its key reporters. In just over two weeks they have published over a…
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Why does Republican Todd Kincannon still have a state job?
February 25-2014 Download Podcast Todd Kincannon is the Chairman of the Simpsonville Election Commission and a former GOP state leader, last year tweeted that transgender people should be put in camps, tweeted the super bowl sucked worse than Trayvon Martin trying to score some crack and…
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SC Gov Haley can not make up mind about taking federal aid for state
Download Podcast Governor Nikki Haley’s administration sought federal disaster assistance dollars during the ice storms of February but Haley and other Republican Governors have turned away federal dollars meant to extend health care coverage to the poor through Medicaid expansion. Is this...
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Governor Nikki Haley says its her job to keep jobs out of South Carolina
Download Podcast February 21, 2014 - 5:00PM EST Governor Nikki Haley says American car companies are not welcome in the state, A State Senator from Beaufort says he wants to legalize cannabis oil in South Carolina and a former U.S. Lieutenant General said Jesus will be armed with a AR-15 during…
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Nikki Haley, Keystone XL & Ted Nugent
Download Podcast South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley settles Occupy Columbia's 1st amendment lawsuit, stumping for Texas candidate for Governor Ted Nugent uses 1st amendment to call President Obama a "subhuman mongrel" and Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has Keystone XL project approval blocked....
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84 yr-old nun sentenced for breaking into nuclear weapons facility
Download Podcast An 84 year old woman has been sent to jail for almost three years, and her two co-defendants, both nearing retirement age, were sentenced to more than five years. They were convicted of breaking into a high-security nuclear weapons facility in Tennessee to call for peace. Do…
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Can you put faith in crime lab results?
Download Podcast Lewis Thomas was stopped by Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies on a traffic violation. He was arrested and his car was searched and a pound and a half of white powder was found. A drug field test was done and Thomas was arrested and charged with distributing cocaine but there…
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Willie Earl lynching memorial, Dunn Murder trial and PBS media corruption
Download Podcast A memorial has been set up for lynching victim Willie Earl who was killed by a white mob in South Carolina 64 years ago, many people are confused about the Michael Dunn murder trial’s non-verdict and PBS taken to task for media corruption! Tune in for these stories and more on...
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Investment banker Tom Perkins does not want poor people to have a vote
Download Podcast Now that the weather seems to have gotten back to normal, Occupy the Microphone is back on the air. Join us Live at Five as we talk about a proposal to give rich people more votes than poor people, Black History Month, the latest news, and of course, the weather! Tune in to Talk...
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South Carolina judges getting paid twice for the same job
Download Podcast The Chief Justice of South Carolina's Supreme Court started drawing her retirement in 2010, even though she continues to be paid a state salary. She and at least one other South Carolina judge are being paid over a quarter of a million dollars in retirement benefits between the…
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NATO 3 found not guilty as Moral Mondays turn out tens of thousands in North Carolina
Download Podcast In September 2011, Occupy Wall Street exploded across America and police began making arrests nationwide. Three men involved in Occupy were recently found innocent of "terrorism" charges; one woman is just now going to trial two years after her arrest. Moral Monday protests in...
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Why did Bob Jones University terminate sexual assault investigation?
Download Podcast Bob Jones University has been embroiled in scandal over mishandling investigations of sexual assaults on campus. They then hired GRACE, an independent Christian organization to investigate. Now BJU has fired GRACE stating “we grew concerned about how GRACE was pursuing our...
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Are Terminator drones now a reality?
Download Podcast Drones take the pilot out of the cockpit and now there are plans to take pilots out of the process completely with killer robot drones deciding which human beings to kill. Is this our future? Do we now have to worry about terminators taking over like in the Arnold Schwarzenegger...
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Does music contribute to a culture of violence?
Download Podcast What role does music play if any, in creating an atmosphere of violence in a community? Do radio stations have a moral obligation to the communities they broadcast in? Special guest host Traci Fant and three gifted local artists will be on Occupy the Microphone today Live at Five…
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How did a school teacher accumulate a $8 2 million estate?
Download Podcast When former Special Education teacher Margaret Southern died recently she left 8.4 million dollars to an upstate charity. This money will be used to benefit children and animals. How does a teacher leave an estate of 8.4 million dollars? Learn how she did it today, Live at Five…
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Killing Edward Snowden
Download Podcast Edward Snowden said his biggest concern when he leaked NSA documents was that nothing would change. Now the website Buzz Feed is reporting that high government officials have said they want to kill Snowden. Will the NSA, CIA or someone else murder Edward Snowden? Are we going…
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Is Carla Farrow a bad mother or just a poor mother?
Download Podcast A Spartanburg mother was arrested and charged with three counts of child neglect, and her children taken from her. Duke-Energy says they cut off her power on Monday and the home had no heat on Tuesday when police arrived. There are no reports about efforts to ge the family help…
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Grandmother banned from 40 percent of her home county in the USA
Download Podcast Vera Scroggins has been ordered by a court to stay out of 40% of the county in which she lives but the court hasn't given her a map of where she can and can not go. Her crime? Asking politicians and corporations uncomfortable questions about fracking. Tune in to Occupy The...
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The Occupy response to the State of the Union 2014
Download Podcast After President Obama delivered the State of the Union Address last night, Republicans, the Republican TEA Party and the Green Party all delivered responses, and today the hosts of Occupy The Microphone will give their response. Tune in today Live at Five to Occupy The Microphone...
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Big bankster drug money launderers always get away
Download Podcast HSBC bank managers admitted to laundering billions in drug money, paid a fine and received no prison time. A "Bit coin" dealer faces prison time for the same offense on a smaller scale. What kind of justice system allows big banksters to walk while sending small time players to...
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Abolishing 21st Century Slavery with New Abolitionists
Download Podcast In the 1980s the Reagan administration began to push the War on Drugs to a new level. Since then the US inmate population has exploded at a huge cost. Corporations world wide use inmate labor to produce goods and services. Tune in today as we explore this issue and more on Occupy...
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The Guardian publisher targeted over NSA files and D'Souza arrested
Download Podcast The editor of London's newspaper "The Guardian" faces possible charges in the Edward Snowden case while China is cracking down on journalists and bloggers. In breaking news, conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza has been arraigned in New York on charges of illegal campaign...
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Is cannabis legalization inevitable?
Download Podcast Tens of thousands are imprisoned in federal prisons for pot possession with scarce tax dollars spent to keep them there. President Obama has said that it is important for legalization to move forward. Legal and regulated in two states, and legal for medicinal purposes in 20…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Three Occupiers talk about news, politics, society, culture, scandal and more every workday Live at Five on WOLI, 910 am, 105.7 fm in Spartanburg SC. Available live and archived at www.OccupyTheMicrophone.com. OTM is a member of the Black Talk Radio Network.
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Halfstep Productions
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Three Occupiers talk about news, politics, society, culture, scandal and more every workday Live at Five on WOLI, 910 am, 105.7 fm in Spartanburg SC. Available live and archived at www.OccupyTheMicrophone.com. OTM is a member of the Black Talk Radio Network.
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