News and political analysts Glenn Smith (right) and Roy Casagranda regularly join Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer in dissecting the news. Today they're taking on the Russian War on Ukraine. This show is being broadcast from the KOOP studios for the first time since July 3, 2020. During the pandemic shows were pre-recorded on Zoom.
Among topics discussed: How did we get here? What are the events that led to this moment and that inform Putin's motives? How has the war unfolded? How much of this is the result of U.S. foreign policy? Are Putin's complaints legitimate? How does this end? Why do Trumpsters and some leftists support Putin?
Also: The effect of Ukraine on our politics -- for instance, knocking crime news off local news coverage. Meanwhile, slightly diverging from the war: the crazy mood of the electorate. And the Abbott follies.
Glenn Smith is an author, journalist, longtime consultant and advocate for campaigns and progressive causes in Texas and across the country. Dr. Roy Casagranda is a Professor of Government at Austin Community College. His areas of research include the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, the U.S. presidency, political philosophy, Western Civilization, warfare, and how people make political choices. He's regularly featured on Austin news outlets, has given over 160 public lectures since 2006, and he's co-host of the Bulbul Collective podcast and runs The Austin School Lecture Series.
Zoom image: Clockwise from upper left: Roger Baker, Rag Radio engineer Tracey Schulz, Glenn Smith, Roy Casagranda, and Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer.
Rag Radio is produced in the studios of KOOP 91.7-FM, an all-volunteer, cooperatively-run, solar powered community radio station in Austin, Texas, in association with
The Rag Blog and the New Journalism Project, a Texas 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It is streamed live on the Internet at KOOP.org. The host and producer of Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer, is a prominent Austin-based activist and writer who was a pioneer of the ’60s underground press movement.
The show’s engineer and associate producer is Tracey Schulz and the staff photographer is Roger Baker; Suzy Shelor is Rag Radio associate; Alice Embree is a frequent guest host; and Glenn Smith and Roy Casagranda are our political analysts.
During the pandemic the syndicated show is recorded earlier in the week at our home studio and broadcast (and streamed) live Fridays, 2-3 p.m. Central time on KOOP, and is later rebroadcast and streamed on WFTE-FM in Mt. Cobb and Scranton, PA., on Houston Pacifica's KPFT HD-3 90.1, by KKRN, 88.5-FM in Round Mountain, CA, and at WALHRadio.com in Wilmington, OH. Learn more about Rag Radio
here.
Contact: ragradio@koop.org.
Running time: 56:26.
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