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INVESTIGATIVE News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein

 

 

Investigative News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein from KPFA, historic community radio station in Berkeley, California. Flashpoints is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine. Through original reports and some of the key investigative reporters of our time, Flashpoints goes to the frontlines and to the core of the stories in the areas of government and corporate criminality, human rights, and economic justice. From Baghdad to the US-Mexico border, Palestine to San Francisco, Port-au-Prince to Washington DC, Flashpoints monitors the centers of power as an uncensored platform of independent media.

 

 

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Flashpoints on 11/05/09

Airs at: Thu, 11/05/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
An in-depth look at the healthcare package now moving through the House and financial analyst Catherine Austin Fitts with another installment in the series "Anatomy of a Financial Coup d'Etat." Read more

Flashpoints on 11/04/09

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
Reaction to yesterday's Congressional vote condemning the Goldstone Report, which says Israel committed war crimes during its military assault on the Gaza Strip. And economist Naomi Klein on how "The Shock Doctrine" applies to the current financial crisis. Read more

Flashpoints on 11/03/09

Airs at: Tue, 11/03/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
Another installment of "Anatomy of a Financial Coup d'Etat" with financial anaylst Catherine Austin Fitts. Read more

Flashpoints on 10/28/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Coverage of last night's Texas state execution of Reginald Blanton and a report on reconstruction projects in Louisiana after Katrina. Read more

Flashpoints on 10/27/09

Airs at: Tue, 10/27/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
A leading Afghan women's activist debunks the myth that the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan will save women and children, a report on the deteriorating situation in U.S.-occupied Iraq, a report on this past weekend's police attacks on Palestinian youth and students in East J... Read more

Flashpoints on 10/21/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Part 2 of a series of interviews with financial analyst Catherine Austin Fitts on "The Anatomy of a Financial Coup d'Etat: Understanding the Financial Meltdown and Bailout." And the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of 13 Wiegers from China. We'll hear a respon... Read more

Flashpoints on 10/20/09

Airs at: Tue, 10/20/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Dr. Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist on U.S. national security policy and the author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam discusses how U.S. policy in Afghanistan will likely str... Read more

Flashpoints on 10/15/09

Airs at: Thu, 10/15/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
Reporter and author Robert Fisk on the Middle East and financial consultant Catherine Austin Fitts on how the Wall Street meltdown was a financial coup d’etat. Read more

Flashpoints on 09/08/09

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
Dennis Bernstein speaks with journalist Robert Parry about Iran, Afghanistan, and more.  Parry is an investigative reporter who currently writes for Consortiumnews.comRobert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His ... Read more

Flashpoints on 08/06/09

Airs at: Thu, 08/06/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Flashpoints
An indepth interview with Jeremy Scahill on sworn allegations against the founder of Blackwater, and a report from Honduras by journalist Tim Russo. Read more