TOR Radio #107 | Sibel Edmonds, Pearse Redmond, and Guillermo Jimenez discuss the forthcoming, 100-percent reader-supported, media venture Newsbud. Also: the curious case of Michael Scheuer and his marriage to the CIA's "Queen of Torture" Alfreda Frances Bikowsky, and why it matters.
RadioWHO #7 | "If you think you know what’s going on in Mexico, you’re misinformed." With questions mounting over the prison escape of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and the Mexican government’s credibility at an all-time low, speculative theories have flooded the internet, from the believable to the ... not so much.
Narconoia Podcast #2 | In the past three months, Jalisco's "New Generation" cartel has conducted well-coordinated attacks against Mexican authorities, culminating with a large-scale offensive and helicopter shootdown on May 1. But how did this organization suddenly become so dangerous and powerful?
RadioWHO #6 | Shawn Carrie, a journalist based in New York, shares his story of covering the Baltimore riots and being shot in the head by a police pepperball and then arrested and held without charge. Carrie recounts how Baltimore police were quick to remind him that under a State of Emergency your rights "go out the window."
RadioWHO #5 | Rebecca Gordon joins Guillermo to discuss her TomDispatch article: “Can You Say 'Blowback' in Spanish? The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico and the United States.” Given the money at stake, and the cyclical nature of “policy failures,” can this truly be called “blowback,” or is something more?
Narconoia Podcast #1 | Peña Nieto's "Captured Without a Shot Fired" Narco-Theater: As Mexico's government proclaims that the country is "open for business," courting investors, tourists, and foreign diplomats, narco-violence continues to escalate. What about all of those druglords they've caught?
RadioWHO #4 | Diego Quemada-Díez joins Guillermo to discuss his award-winning film "La Jaula De Oro," coming to US audiences in the summer of 2015 on HBO as "The Golden Dream." The film raises powerful and timely issues dealing with US immigration and drug policy, as well as political interventions in Latin America.
RadioWHO #3 | "Freeway" Rick Ross joins Guillermo Jimenez on the RadioWHO podcast to discuss life before, during, and after the CIA drug game. Rick talks openly about growing up in poverty, struggles with illiteracy, and what led him down the path to become a $3 million-a-day Los Angeles crack dealer with hidden CIA support.
RadioWHO #2 | Paul Alan Smith joins us to discuss why he left a lucrative job at one of Hollywood’s most influential agencies to found his own company, and shares his perspectives on the way Hollywood shapes American culture, the media's role in "democracy," and the establishment's last word on Hollywood productions.
TOR Radio #106 | Guillermo Jimenez and Danny Benavides discuss the abduction and murder of blogger and citizen journlaist "Felina" @miut3, the massacre in Tlatlaya, and the forced disappearance of the 43 student teachers from the Ayotzinapa normalista school near Iguala, Guerrero.
