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

Democracy Now!
8:00am - 9:00am

Democracy Now! goes beyond the rhetoric and party politics offered by the mainstream media. Instead, it highlights grassroots efforts to enhance and ignite democracy in the U.S.
Thom Hartmann
9:00am - 10:00am

Nation's #1 progressive talk radio host on topics from psychiatry to culture to ecology to politics.
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 Thursdays w John Schneider
11:00am - 1:00pm

Music from around the world and around the block.With a special focus on stringed instruments and eclectic styles!