A special broadcast of Orson Welles "Airwaves," a radio piece for narrator, orchestra, and male chorus that tells of the joys and horror of fighting in air. The bird of the week follows. Hosted by Mark Laiosa, who can be reached at earmassage@hotmail.com

Part 2 of an interview with someone from Occupy Wall Street. Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff. For more see his personal website www.rdwolff.com.

We were glad to get back on the air after having been off for almost a month. We'd like to thank the MTA for its contribution to this program.

I spoke about Arthur Evans (1942-2011) who died in September from an aortic aneurysm. Arthur was a brilliant guy and one of the driving intellects of the early gay liberation movement. Arthur had been a member of the Gay Liberation Front in 1969. He had been one of the founders of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) in December of that year. He wrote much of the GAA constitution and created or helped to create many of the strategies and tactics used by GAA in the early '70s to bring attention to the need for civil rights for gay men and lesbians. Arthur moved to the west coast where he participated in the gay and lesbian movement around San Francisco. He also became an adherent of Wicca, a topic on which he wrote a book some years ago. Arthur will be missed.

Pickles of the North briefly discussed the situation with the Boardwalk businesses at Coney Island. The multinational company Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. had planned to evict almost all of the Boardwalk businesses this month and replace them with upscale restaurants. The stupidity of this plan finally sank in when the company that was supposed to run those restaurants discovered that they couldn't even make money running an ice cream stand on the Boardwalk. So there will be a reprieve for some of the Boardwalk regulars, although some others have already had to leave.

I had been very skeptical about a report last month from an Italian science team that they had found the sub-atomic particles called neutrinos to be moving faster than the speed of light. On this program I told about the debunking of the transluminal neutrino claim by another scientist who has shown that the original group had bollixed up their calculations regarding how far the neutrino beam had traveled thus overestimating the neutrinos' speed.

We talked about the Penn State sex scandal throwing a light on how our society confers special dispensations on those with high status.

And some time this month I will have been a producer at WBAI for 30 years.

Howard examines the "State of health in the Latino community" with Javiar Lopez, Director of the NYC Strategic Alliance for Health and Prof. Bill Vega, Executive Director of the University of Southern California Roybal Institute on Aging. To comment on the show email me at thejordanjournal@hotmail.com or call 347-541-6601, or go to my webpage at howardjordan.net

MAHINA MOVEMENT (mahinamovement.com), Vaimoana Niumeitolu, Gabriella Callendar, Erica DeLaRosa
Mahina Movement is the phenomenal 3 women trio who combine poetry and song to create passionate music tied to flesh and bone, straight from the heart. Mahina Movement’s extraordinary melodies tell stories of the personal and political wrapped with courage, strength and awareness of human struggle and connection. 3 voices and one guitar blend into a powerful force, mixing folk, rock and rhymes in English, Spanish, and Tongan simmered with indigenous roots and culture. Having deep roots from all over the world—Mexico, Ireland, Tonga and Africa—Mahina Movement consists of a Musician from Hollis, Queens; a Dancer from Texas and a Painter from Utah. Together, they have carved and crafted a world of musical and artistic possibilities, running outside of boxes and crossing borders and limits. They have combined their skills, cultures, ancestors, stories and languages to reach the masses and ignite inspiration in the face of resignation and cynicism.

Dr. LYNN GUITAR (TAINO) has been Resident Director of CIEE´s (Council on International Educational Exchange) program in Liberal Arts for North Americans at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago. She arrived on August 3, 1997, as a Fulbright Fellow, to finish the research and writing of her doctoral dissertation, Cultural Genesis: Relationships among Africans, Indians, and Spaniards in rural Hispaniola, first half of the sixteenth century…. She has lived, researched, worked, and taught as a permanent Dominican resident now for more than 14 years. Lynne has recently written chapters for three important books: Illustrated History of the Caribbean by Francisco Scarrano and Stephan Palmie (eds.) Slaves, Subjects, and Subversives by Jane Landers (ed.), and Indigenous Resurgence in the Contemporary Caribbean: Amerindian Survival and Revival by Maximilian Forte (ed.), as well as articles about the Taíno peoples for dozens of professional journals. She is currently writing an historical novel about the encounter between Taínos and Spaniards but totally from the indigenous viewpoint. Please Facebook "Guanin" for more info.

Poisoned Patriots: Marine Sgt. Jerry Ensminger recounts his ongoing struggle against the US military to come clean about the water contamination and coverup in collusion with corporations, that left multiple cancer deaths and a dead children's cemetery at Camp Lejeune in its wake. And what the Tea Party and General Electric have to do with all of this, as chronicled in the documentary, Semper Fi.
Tower Heist: A Conversation With Stars Alan Alda and Tea Leoni. M*A*S*H vet Alan Alda and Tea Leoni talk class warfare cinema in Tower Heist and Fun With Dick And Jane, Walter Cronkite and Occupy Wall Street. While Alda has a strange story to tell about being ripped off himself in the real world, by a robber baron Madoff character just like the one he plays in this movie.

Scott Sommer interviewed Zoe Pappas of the Chelsea Hotel Tenants Association, and their lawyer Sam Himmelstein, regarding the new landlord's harassing tactics and unsafe renovations. Scott was also joined by Steve Banks of the Legal Aid Society as they remembered formerly homeless mother Yvonne McCain who challenged the policies of four successive mayors in relation to the rights of homeless families to obtain shelter. McCain passed away the previous week at the age of 63. Housing Notebook is a production of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, (www.metcouncil.net), New York's oldest tenant union.

Two topics: (1) Ain’t No Stopping Us Now We're On The Move: Occupy Wall Street Continues To Build Bridges with The 99% (2) Greek Tragedy, Europe’s Achilles Heel? More...