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The Feral Cats of Freedom cough up fur balls of truth each week from the crap they've digested throughout the week from the Fat Cat News. This hour is spent with Francis Moore Lappe and her latest book "Getting a Grip".

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James Hoffa on Democracy's Edge Explains Unions  James Hoffa stumps for Barack Obama in Montana and takes the time to talk to Dave and Di over at Democracy's Edge Talk Radio in Bozeman, Montana.  Join the Feral Cats of Freedom as they cough up fur balls of truth from the baloney that we all have digested throughout the week from the Fat Cat News.   This interview deals with the truth about unions and having a voice in the workplace.  James Hoffa is head of the Teamsters Union.  And the first Teamsters local was right here in Montana.  Hoffa is clear and articulate and a refreshing change from politician speak.
Direct download: Hoffa_Interview_9_20_08_-_Democracys_Edge.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 7:26pm MDT

Democracy's Edge Radio Talks to Sam Pizzigati about Greed Join the Feral Cats in resisting the malarkey fed to us by the Fat Cat News, the Corupulent Corporate Press and the Bloviators of Blather.
Sam Pizzigati is an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies. He is a veteran labor journalist who has written widely on America's increasingly unequal distribution of income and wealth, with articles and op-eds appearing in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and a host of other newspapers and magazines.  He also edits Too Much, an online weekly on excess and inequality.
www.toomuchonline.org

Sam’s  1992 book on the history of political struggles around tax justice, The Maximum Wage, explored alternative approaches to fighting inequality. His book, Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality That Limits Our Lives (Apex Press 2004), exposes how the massive economic inequality that has developed over the last generation has undermined nearly every aspect of our lives. Greed and Good also offers a strategy for closing the widening gap between us. www.greedandgood.org. 


Direct download: Dems_Edge_Oct_08__Sam_Pizzigati__Pod.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 6:11am MDT

Democracy's Edge Radio Talks to Stephen Zarlenga about the Lost Science of Money The Feral Cats of Freedom interview Stephen Zarlenga of the American Monetary Institute.  Stephen Zarlenga draws on 35 years of experience in the world of finance, securities, insurance, mutual funds, real estate, and futures trading. He has published 20 books on money, banking, politics and philosophy.

Stephen and his colleagues are dedicated to de-mystifying money because
“If it had to be summarized in one sentence it is that by mis-defining the nature of money, special interests have often been able to control a society’s monetary system, and in turn, the society itself.”

So money started out being a way to exchange goods.  And problems arose when people just wanted to make money from money?  Is that one of the problems?  Usury?  Interest?  Making money from derivatives or paper and not making money from investing in a cure for cancer?  

Should there be such thing as a moral economy or moral and just money?
Should we start by putting the Fed to bed?

Direct download: Stephen_Zarlenga_and_the_Lost_Science_of_Money_Podcast.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:32pm MDT

Democracy's Edge Radio Talks to Democracy's Edge Author Francis Moore Lappe Francis Moore Lappe who came to fame with her seminal book "Diet for a Small Planet" joins the  Feral Cats of Freedom, Dave Zollinger and Diane Kamp on news radio KMMS in Bozeman, Montana.  She discusses her new book "Getting a Grip" which continues to explore where democracy is flourishing.  Her last book "Democracy's Edge" inspired Diane and Dave to find out more about what democracy is and where we can find it.  It's a positive look at what ordinary citizens can do to take back their freedoms by acting at a local level. 

Frankie Moore Lappe is a gift to us in these challenging times.
Direct download: Citizens_Voice_-101307-_Lappe-edited.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 2:49pm MDT

Democracy's Edge Radio Talks to Chuck Collins on Nov 15 2008 Part 2 Part Two of a two part interview. 
Each week on AM Talk Radio in Bozeman, Montana, the Feral Cats of Freedom cough up fur balls of truth from the baloney we've digested throughout the week from the Fat Cat News and Bloviators of Blather.

This episode Dave and Di talk to Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies "Working Group for Extreme Inequality".  Breaking down the economic meltdown into easy to understand talking points, Chuck Collins and his colleagues bring some common sense to this mess.

Direct download: Democracys_Edge_Talk_with_Chuck_Collins_on_Nov_1508_pt_2.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 1:31pm MDT

Democracy's Edge Radio Talks to Chuck Collins on Nov 15 2008 Each week on AM Talk Radio in Bozeman, Montana, the Feral Cats of Freedom cough up fur balls of truth from the baloney we've digested throughout the week from the Fat Cat News and Bloviators of Blather.

This episode Dave and Di talk to Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies "Working Group for Extreme Inequality".  Breaking down the economic meltdown into easy to understand talking points, Chuck Collins and his colleagues bring some common sense to this mess.

Direct download: Democracys_Edge_Interview_with_Chuck_Collins_Nov_1508.mp3
Category:Politics -- posted at: 11:38am MDT

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