On Contact

Hedges Chris Hedges weekly interview show ‘On Contact,’ which features “dissident voices” currently missing from the mainstream media. Hedges interviews the black sheep of the establishment.

Chris Hedges is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and visiting Princeton University lecturer. His books include Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009); Death of the Liberal Class (2010); Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a New York Times best-seller; Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015); and his most recent America: The Farewell Tour (2018).

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Schedule

Letters & Politics wMitch Jeserich
10:00am - 11:00am

We look at the inside workings of Capitol Hill while also covering what happens at the state legislative level and on the streets. Basically the struggle between "austerity measures" and public programs
Global Village Tuesdays w/Gary Baca
11:00am - 1:00pm

"Music from around the world and around the block"
Phil and Ted’s Sexy Boomer Show
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Free-form, comedy/talk podcast co-hosted by Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt, featuring special guests and Hollywood stars in fun and deep conversations.
Bibliocracy
2:00pm - 2:30pm

A weekly half-hour literary arts discussion and reading program featuring guest authors of contemporary fiction and nonfiction, poetry and memoir, and occasional political or cultural criticism.