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Kevin Cahoon, lead actor in Boston's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
Widely acclaimed poet and novelist Sapphire, on her writing and activism
Activist organizer Ted Glick on indigenous peoples and the brutal wrongs misremembered by "Columbus Day"
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00:00 Introduction
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xx:xx Question of the Week
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04:39 Kevin Cahoon, lead actor in Boston's version of "Hedwig and The Angry Inch," a play about a person who underwent sex reassignment surgery in order to gain escape from commmunist Germany, and their odessey in gender and self-discovery.
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18:25 Hal Fuller's Twisted Nasty News
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25:53 Sapphire, author of the widely acclaimed novel "Push" and a new book of poetry about racism and violence entitled "Black Wings and Blind Angels," talks about her writing and activism.
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54:59 Boston area (and some national) announcements
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59:43 Musical Columbus Day intro to Ted Glick
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61:20 Ted Glick, National Coordinator of the Independent Progressive Politics Network and Co-ordinator of the People's Fast for Justice, (see also Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, and Native Net) on the brutal genocide waged by Christopher Columbus and others like him, and the effort to change the name of the "Columbus Day" holiday to "Indigenous Peoples Day."
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85:29 End.
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