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IOUSA
This Thursday August 21 at 7 pm join us for what promises to be an informative evening of multimedia and discussion about the economic and fiscal challenges and problems facing America. First at 7pm, the producers of Wordplay and the studio that brought you Supersize Me present a new documentary IOUSA; then a live national broadcast discussion with Warren Buffett and other prominent observers.
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Democratic Revival in Texas
There are rumors of a revitalized Democratic Party in Texas, led by changes in its major urban areas. On today's show, Geoff Berg guest hosts political scientist Dick Murray, Court Koenning, Harris County Republican Party and Garnet Coleman, Democratic Texas Representative to see if there's any truth to the rumors.
READ: The Nation Democrats Stage a Revival in TexasREAD: WSJ The New Southern StrategyLINK: Dr. Richard Murray's blog
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Turning the Recycling Corner
Geoff Berg guest hosts, as Leo manages to call in and help interview Mayor Bill White of Houston on the topic of Recycling in our city. Later in the show, Lisa Skumatz, CEO of SERA inc. and Tex Corley, CEO of Strategic Materials, the nation's largest pure-play glass recycler, join Geoff and Leo to discuss what it's going to take to get the City of Houston turned around on the issue of recycling.
VISIT: Mayor Bill White's Website
VISIT: Lisa Skumatz SERA Inc.
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Remote Hodgepodge
Leo, still on vacation, rambles through a show that covers energy, recycling, the difference between a stockbroker and an adviser, and more.
READ: The Difference Between a Stockbroker and an AdviserREAD: Recycling Warning Letter to Houston citizens
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Banking on the Battery Leo takes the show on the road and ships in a few clips including financial concepts, energy policy, and some news. Steven Rightman finishes off the show by going over some highlights of the Chevy Volt, due to arrive in 2010. We play some excerpts of the latest Talking-Heads-Disinformation-Campaign regarding offshore drilling and "Energy Independence", and we take your calls.WATCH: Amory Lovins on Charlie RoseRESEARCH: GM's Chevy Volt Site RESEARCH: Chevy Volt S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Recycling Petition Presented to the Mayor and the Shock Doctrine
Leo recounts his visit to City Council. With the Recycling Petition Signature Results in hand and surrounded by our Recycling Supporters, Leo make the case for a better system to the Mayor. Later in the show, Leo hosts Naomi Klein, writer of the best selling book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Finally, we take your calls and do some news.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Recycling Petition Delivery: Tues July 8 to Mayor White and City Council
You've signed the Recycling Petition and now your voice will be heard. And if you can, accompany Leo before Houston City Council to present our Recycling Petition on Tuesday July 8th, at 2:00pm, 2nd Floor of City Hall. The room holds 100 (or so) people, so let's try to fill it. Leo will have 3 minutes to initially address the Mayor and Council, with more for follow-up questions. Change can happen in the blink of an eye - let's make it ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Oil Shocks and Shock Jocks
George W. Bush announces his latest energy proposals - to drill where no man has drilled before and to extract oil from that which no man has ever extracted oil from before - and Leo doesn't like it one bit. And Rory O'Connor visits to discuss his new book exposing "talk radio" for what it is: hate speech bordering on incitement to commit crimes.READ: Leo's editorial Now You KnowLEARN: Energy Information AdministrationREAD: Shock Jocks by Rory O'Connor
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OverThrow
Leo hosts Stephen Kinzer, a former New York Times bureau chief in Managua, Berlin, and Istanbul. Leo discusses Kinzer's book Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq and his newest work A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It. We are on our last gasp of the Recycling Petition, Leo does some news, and we take your calls.
READ: A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
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Engineers Without Borders
Leo hosts Brian Davis of Engineers Without Borders and discusses the fascinating and inspiring work being performed throughout the world. Leo also talks a little politics, as the Democratic nomination winds down (maybe) and we take your calls. Our Recycle Petition is nearing an end and we need your help to reach our petition goal before we present it to the City. If every one who has signed it finds one friend, one college, even a new acquaintance; it will put us o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Leading the Way
Making a pledge inherently identifies you as a leader. You don't have to be a manager, a boss, or a General; by making a pledge to KPFT you show that you are leading. Your pledge is an investment in the past efforts, present endeavors, and future aspirations of the New Capital Show and KPFT to carry forth the mantle we all hold of free and honest speech throughout the world.
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Matching Your Pledge
A client of Leo's and dedicated KPFT member will graciously match your pledge to the station during fund drive up to a total of $1,000. And during the pledge drive, Leo reminds the listeners that our Recycling Petition is also still moving ahead. With greater than 500 responses so far, we're getting closer to our 1,000 signature goal but we need your help and fast. Tell your family, friends, and colleagues to join the petition. The Recycling Petition has beco ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Welfare for the Wealthy
It's fund drive, but Leo manages to host Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and author of "The Welfare King". Leo does some news, gives some status on our City of Houston Recycling Petition, and takes your calls for Station pledges.
RESEARCH: Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Houston Recycles!???
Leo, stunned by a NYT article on San Francisco's 70% waste "diversion rate" to Houston's 2%, exchanges some email with Elena Marks, City of Houston's Director of Health and Environmental Policy, who tells Leo that the city is "catching up." But Leo's not so sure.READ: "A City Committed to Recycling is Ready for More"TAKE ACTION: Petition to Mayor of HoustonLEARN: City of Houston Recycling ProgramVISIT: Waste News Magazine Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Fallible
Due to "technical difficulties", Leo loses a recording of an interview with Bill McKibben. Randall Morton of the Progressive Forum drops by as a guest and they both examine human fallibility. Leo also delves into Thomas Friedman’s latest Op-Ed, where Friedman rails against our Nation's absurd energy policy. Finally, we take your calls, during which Leo takes a caller to task who claims liberals caused our energy problems... Leo cheats a little ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Pre-Existing Condition
Leo attempts to update his health insurance only to find himself trapped in the intractable situation of people in the US who cannot get health insurance due to an actual or perceived pre-existing condition. Though not as dire an ending as the millions of Americans left to fend by themselves without health insurance, Leo learns first hand just how rigged the system is against self-employed individuals and small businesses. Also, we take your calls and do some news.READ: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Boss
Leo wrestles with leaving a paradise-like spring day in Texas to return to the city and watch a Bruce Springsteen concert. He decides to see the concert and along the way he relives some elements of his past; some the same, some changed. But the one thing that has remained steadfast is the Boss playing for the working class. Leo discusses Obama's turn at a "misspoke" this past week. We take your calls and do some news.
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The Value of Growth
Leo examines the options companies have to utilize their profits: pay dividends, buy back stock, acquire other companies, or re-invest in the business. Leo discusses a new report from Russell Read, CIO for the California Public Employees' Retirement System, who states that clean technology investments have lately been their best performing portfolio assets. Finally, we do some news and take your calls.
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The Risk of Investing
Leo's narrative on an investment sours into a fraud scheme perpetrated against him, leaves us with lessons that span the economic spectrum. Cris Eugster, Chief Officer for Sustainability for the City of Houston Mayor's Office, is back on the show about a year later to give an update and inform the listeners of the upcoming Green Expo in Houston this weekend at Reliant Park. We do some news and take your calls.
Have you been "had" in the past on an investment?
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Immigration and the Border
Leo hosts former Mayor of El Paso, Bill Tilney, to discuss the immigration and the border. We do some news and take your calls. If you couldn't call in live or are listening on Podcast, give us a call on the New Capital Show Message Line (713-568-6544) and leave us your thoughts on this complicated subject.
READ: Leo's editorial Our Land
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Healing of Racism
Leo hosts The Center for the Healing of Racism's Co-Executive Director Cherry Steinwender, an apposite guest coming on the heals of Senator Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech. We do some news and take your calls.
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LEARN: The Center for the Healing of Racism
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The High Road of Ugly Politics
Leo delivers a hypothetical speech he believes Obama should give at this point in the race for the Democratic Presidential nominee. We take your calls do some news.
READ: Leo's editorial: The Speech Obama Should Give
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Voting the Texas Two Step
Leo relays his experiences with the Texas two-step voting system. He endures a straight primary vote during the day followed by a return to the polls later that night for an interesting caucus sight. Incredible turn out of voters, mix in some Republican tampering and Texas has itself a lively scene of the democratic process. The fund drive ends with Leo giving away some extraordinary tickets to see Robert Redford at the progressive forum this month; we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NCS Endorses...
With the upcoming March 4 Texas Democratic primary, Texas somehow, at long last, matters. The 2nd largest state in the nation in both area and population has for several decades been a bastion of conservative votes, and its Democratic, liberal, and progressive holdouts have atrophied. Its primaries have been unnoticed, and its votes in national elections, especially the tyranny of the winner take all Electoral College, have been foregone conclusions. It's been ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Fund Drive
Leo misses a retreat to participate in the KPFT Fund Drive effort and New Capital Show Staff member Bob Wilkerson co-hosts. Leo gives a Dharma talk, does some news, and tries to raise some funds along the way.
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Fusion
Leo hosts Dr. Goldston from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) to discuss how Fusion may be a part of the greener energy solution of tomorrow. Leo, joined by George Reiter of Thresholds, presents a rather in-depth dialog with Dr. Goldston of the basics of fusion, its progress and future.
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Investment GDP
Before airing today's show, Leo finds his car window has been smashed and a power tool taken. Somehow, he is able to transform this frustrating event into an enlightening view of how this nation's economists and politicians project and purport our National GDP.
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The Story of Stuff
Guest Anni Leonard guides listeners through our addiction to stuff. How all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad; from its extraction through sale, use and disposal.Join Leo as The New Capital Show and The Story of Stuff cross ideological paths in an attempt to determine the full cost of stuff.
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Investing
The investing world went on a rollercoaster ride this past week. Join Leo as he wades through some of the misconceptions and in-depth underlining principles of investing.
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Taxation
Leo hosts David Cay Johnston, investigative journalist for The New York Times now focusing on the subject of taxation with his new book Free Lunch, and Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films' latest work War on Greed. Leo's monologue sets the stage as he and his guests wade through the many "lawful" advantages some of the very weathly utilize to skimp on taxes and feed the greed.
READ: Leo's editorial Evasion
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The Mileage Run
Join Leo as he opens with a monologue dedicated to those who race across the country at the end of the year in order to meet those last elite status frequent flyer mileage points. Leo cuts the red ribbon in unveiling the MonoBlog.In News, Leo spots a study that claims home prices must fall far to be in sync with rents.In other news, The Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, now has his City developing its own measure for determining poverty in order to help asses the City ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Permaculture
Steven Rightman takes the mic while Leo has a quick vacation. Join Steven as he hosts Nancy Edwards and Dr. Bob Randall, Director of Urban Harvest, in learning about the concept of Permaculture. In News, Oil hits $100 a barrel in the futures market, another solution for the electric car and utility load balancing, Bush is read a few passages from Brave New World and bases legislation on it, and a quick 2007 sports year-in-review for Leo.
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Environmental Defense
Leo hosts Thomas Glenn, Houston's Clean Energy Policy Specialist for Environmental Defense. And though Mr. Glenn has only held the reins for 3 months, he is able to transpose knowledge from his days in Austin to our local Houston situation. Leo focuses on the new building codes due early next year, a new phone book of codes, and how, or if, they contribute to a greener standard for Houston. Finally, we check the news cycle and take your calls.
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Fossil Fuel
A new energy policy is now on the books, and though it comes absent of many needed concepts to fully revitalize our energy profile, it does, to its credit, update the fuel efficiency standard for automobiles including the likes of SUVs. Leo predicts this is just the start with many more laws to come, some good and bad, but more on the way nonetheless. In other news, Bush, in his typical apocryphal style, claims to be spreading peace around the world. Fina ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PreSchool Investment
Join Leo as he and his guests, Dr. Susan Landry Director of the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) and Professor David Kirp of the Goldman School of Public Policy wade through the issues of our greatest form of capital: our children; and how we can and should invest in their early development.
READ: The Sandbox Investment
LEARN: The Children's Learning Institute
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Green Homes
Leo's guest, Green Architect LaVerne A. Williams, calls in (instead of driving to keep his carbon footprint lower) to discuss his home designs that make a statement of health, comfort, durability, and maintainability, all wrapped in a highly aesthetic appeal.Leo also discusses the U.S.'s National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iran's nuclear [noo-klee-er] weapons program. Bush's take on Iran's nuclear [new-cue-ler] ambition is different, but based on his pronounciation he may ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Googlers
Leo delves into the Google phenomenon and how these two former students, who wanted to solve a problem, are at it again, this time with the environment.
READ: Leo's editorial The Problem Solved
LEARN: The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine
LEARN: Google RE<C
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The Kindle
On this Thanksgiving day, Leo provides an extended hour and a half show. Leo discusses the implications of the Kindle, a new wireless ebook, revealed this week by Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com. Leo thinks it, and others like it, are a revolution to embrace. Leo talks some turkey and we take your calls.
LEARN: Electronic Books
LEARN: Kindle
LEARN: Sony's Reader
LEARN: Kindle & Sony's Reader
LEARN: E-Ink Technology
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Environmental Defense
Leo hosts Matt Pawa, global warming litigator.
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A Pimple
It's fund drive, but Leo has managed a monologue. One you don't want to miss.
READ: Leo's editorial A Pimple
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Dr. James Hanson Interview
Join Leo in an enlightening interview with Dr. James E. Hanson, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and known for his research in climatology.
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Savannah
Leo chainsaws his leg while trying to preserve the Texas land. As a result he is treated by doctors with extraordinary care. He goes back to have a checkup today, the day that the Senate votes on child health plan SCHIP (just voted 67-29, a veto proof margin if the House goes along).In other news, "free-trading" utility companies ask congress to put a "cap" on the expense carbon credits could result in.And we take your calls.
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Temperamental Conservatism
Leo cites David Brooks' article on the collapse of the Republican party and how the temperamental conservatism of Edmund Burke (widely regarded as the father of Western Conservatism) has been abandoned. Also, Eastern Congo is going through yet another convulsion of violence. This time it seems women are being sadistically and systematically attacked on a scale never before seen in the Congo. Leo asks to try to involve yourself as you can through your daily life.&n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Unnecessary
Was carpet bombing German and Japanese cities crucial to a successful American WWII effort? Leo discusses Ken Burns' PBS series "The War" and wonders whether Burns does the subject justice in his brief mentions. Did the US stoop to the methods of the enemy by the end of the war? Some emotional calls reflect that more history work needs to be done here.
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Zen
Leo hosts Gaelyn Godwin, Zen priest and resident teacher at the Houston Zen Center to discuss meditation and other sources of "internal capital."
READ: Leo's editorial Zen
LEARN: Houston Zen Center
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The Intangible Balance Sheet
Leo discusses how intangible line items are expanding on Business Balance sheets and that the industry is looking for a way to quantify them. The intangible basics of business derived environmental and socially responsible impacts are finally making there way to the status quo of accounting. Leo shows off by describing how a Monte Carlo risk analysis simulation works but stops shy of explaining a Kalman filter. Also, some news items and Leo takes your calls in the suspiciously col ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Affordable Housing
Leo is out on holiday, but Otis and Tyra take the reins to bring you the latest in affordable housing.
Their guests, Dan Phillips and Amanda Tullos, discuss plans for an affordable housing program made from reused materials with Brigid's Paradigm in Houston. Also, Sheila W. Blake, City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Planning & Development Services - Code Enforcement discusses building permitting with reused materials.
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It Doesn't Matter
Leo gets an ear infection from swimming in a pond, can't fight through the Vicodin to finish his monologue, but presents what he's got: the Surge can't change the two major facts about the Iraq War: (1) Bush has destroyed Iraq, and (2) Bush has destroyed some of America. And we take your calls.
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Prioritizing
Leo discusses the AARP show from last week. Setting up the main theme of today's show of priorities and how they are determined in business, at the government level, and even in our own lives.
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