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

SWANA Region Radio
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Weekly review of politics and culture bringing you the voices of the voiceless from Kolkata to Casablanca.
Trump Watch with Jon Wiener
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Trump Watch with Jon Wiener
Rising Up w Sonali Kolhatkar
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Rising Up is a daily digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, activism in the public interest
Background Briefing with Ian Masters
5:00pm - 5:55pm

Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media.