This week we spoke with NAACP New York State President Dr. Hazel Dukes and Freedom to Marry‘s Michael Crawford about race, criminal justice, stop and frisk, marriage equality and more.
Broadcast live on WWRL 1600 AM, New York, on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 10:00 PM.
This week we spoke with Assemblymember and congressional candidate Grace Meng and attorneys Susanna Saul and Carmen Maria Rey from InMotion Inc. about the Violence Against Women Act.
Then we talked with regular Yetta Kurland Live guest Steven Thrasher of the Village Voice about race and marriage equality.
Broadcast live on WWRL 1600 AM, New York, on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 10:00 PM.
This week we spoke with New York City Mayoral candidate, former Comptroller Bill Thompson on Marriage Equality, Stop and Frisk, Secure Communities and more.
Then we talked to David Karopkin of GoosewatchNYC about the planned assault on New York’s Canada Goose population, and what they’re doing to prevent it.
Broadcast live on WWRL 1600 AM, New York, on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 10:00 PM.
This week we talked about Barack Obama’s endorsement of Marriage Equality and what it means for our community. We were joined by Cathy Marino-Thomas of Marriage Equality USA, Steven Thrasher of The Village Voice, Chris Geidner of Metro Weekly and District Leader and Barack Obama Delegate Paul Newell.
Then we spoke about the 2012 Chloe Awards with performance artists Viva Ruiz and T De Long-Dzubilo, Occupy Trans-Activist Prerna Sampat, Amanda Lugg of the We Can End AIDS Coalition and Filmmaker Michael Kasino. The annual Chloe Awards ceremony will tomorrow night at Judson Memorial Church.
Broadcast live on WWRL 1600 AM, New York, on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 10:00PM.
This week we talked with Kate Bornstein, Barbara Carrellas and The Village Voice’s Tony Ortega about Bornstein’s new book A Queer and Pleasant Danger. The memoir tells the true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves 12 years later to become the lovely lady she is today. Ortega’s front page article on Bornstein appeared in the Village Voice.
Then we were be joined by Jazz musician Bertha Hope and Todd Weeks of the Local 802 AFM Associated Musicians of Greater New York, to talk about their Justice for Jazz Artists campaign to bring fair pay and benefits to New York’s Jazz musicians.
Broadcast live on WWRL 1600 AM, New York, on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 at 10:00PM.
Kate Bornstein, Barbara Carellas, Tony Ortega & Yetta Kurland
Bertha Hope, Todd Weeks & Yetta Kurland