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In Focus: Protests Spread Across Brazil
Starting late last week, with several small protests denouncing a hike in public transport fares, demonstrations flared up yesterday, encompassing larger public anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. More than 200,000 took to the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities yesterday, voicing frustration with the billions of dollars set aside for upcoming sports events like the World Cup and the 2014 Olympics, despite crushing levels of poverty in some places, and underfunded public education, health, security and transportation. Though the majority of the protests were peaceful, a few violent demonstrations were broken up by police in Rio de Janeiro.
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Like all of my summer mixes, there were just too many songs to choose from for the final mix. So I’ve created four mixes, each for a different part of the day. Up first is RAYS, for the speed and energy of the first half of the day. I started thinking about what summer means to me and it reminded me of what it means to be a teen. So this playlist includes a lot of tracks I enjoyed as a teen (newer and older) and a lot of tracks from my favorite visual representations of teen life (Clueless, Empire Records). Also, no dance music. Part 2 will be up tomorrow.
RAYS, a Summer Mixicism
Tracklist
“Run” by Velvet Davenport
“405 Lines” by The Monochrome Set
“Jim On The Move” by Lizzy Mercier Descloux
“Savoir Faire” by Family Fodder
“Age Of Consent” by New Order
“Modern Love” by David Bowie
“FNT” by Semisonic
“New Violence” by White Williams
“Alright” by Supergrass
“Hold Off The Dawn” by El Perro del Mar
“Female Of The Species” by Space
“This Is The Day” by The The
“Advice For the Young at Heart” by Tears For Fears
“Love Thy Will Be Done” by Jessie Ware
“Not the Girl You Think You Are” by Crowded House
“To Wish Impossible Things” by The Cure
“That’s exactly the argument, it’s that trade off and the balance between privacy of the individual vs. the security of the country. The internet operates without any borders.But of course, we have borders in the country and we want to protect our assets and our intellectual property. We have to put up defensive maneuvers and offensive maneuvers. So it’s a little bit of a balance in a kind of weird world because we’re operating in something that’s unregulated on a global basis. “
- Siobhan McDermott - Chief Policy Officer/ AVG Technologies on the NSA controversy
Disclosures about government surveillance of phone records and web data also revealed the extensive networks of private industries that the government contracted to do this work. Siobhan McDermott is the Chief Policy Officer for computer security software company AVG Technologies. She called the AMp and talked to hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams about what info can actually be protected and the way privacy and disclosure drive her industry.
“We also think that it’s harmful to display this idea that we’re a model minority, because it suggests that other people are less than a model. What does that say about other people when actually we have a whole lot in common with other communities of color and we want to work together as much as we can” - Ami Gandhi, Executive Director of South Asian American Policy & Research Institute (SAAPRI)
The South Asian community in Illinois has grew by 55% between 2000-2010, making it one of the state’s fastest-growing minority groups. Now, a new report from the South Asian American Policy and Research Institute shows that Illinois’s South Asian population is struggling to translate high levels of education into higher incomes.
SAAPRI’s Executive Director Ami Gandhi joins hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams to discuss the ongoing research into these demographic issues as well as other challenges facing South Asian immigrant communities.
The Private Side of Security: Disclosures about government surveillance of phone records and web data also revealed the extensive networks of private industries that the government contracted to do this work. Siobhan McDermott is the Chief Policy Officer for computer security software company AVG Technologies. She’ll talk with us about what info can actually be protected and the way privacy and disclosure drive her industry.
Asian-American Economics in Illinois: A new report shows that Illinois’s South Asian population is struggling to translate high levels of education into higher incomes. The study by the Chicago-based South Asian American Policy and Research Institute and Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago looks at 2010 census numbers to fill out the picture of one of the state’s fastest-growing minorities. Executive Director Ami Ghandi discusses details with us.
In this episode: An amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill would have taken away the decision making process about whether to prosecute a sexual assault away from military commanders. But last minute, Sen. Carl Levin removed the amendment, meaning for now we must still rely on military authority to sort out the 26,000 sexual assaults a year in our armed services. Hosts Molly Adams and Brian Babylon talk to friends of the show Veronica Arreola and Mikki Kendall. Mikki’s experience serving in the US Army adds some very personal insight to the conversation.
Then, how many of you remember watching Disney movies as a kid and thinking you wanted to grow up to be a princess and find your prince just like Cinderella? Well, some people see it as a problematic dynamic. WBEZ blogger Leah Pickett spoke with Jesse Menendez about one of her recent articles: “How Growing Up Disney Shapes Gender Roles.’
Later, we get to know DJ and record label founder Shred One in a regular Overdrive segment “Wise Woman of the Week.”
We close the show with a mix by DJ / producer Little Louie Vega. Tune in.
Submitted by listener Shawna Tuttle:
I was talking about your show on Feminist wednesday this week mentioning Miley Cyrus and her debut into Twerking. A friend mentioned comedianne Stevie skit called “Intervention.” I think its a brilliant take on White women “co-opting” black culture to become “edgy.” Except in this time, it goes too far….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkXZocIK5gQ
Thanks for the show. Love you guys,
Shawna
Intern Maggie Dziubek joined Molly Adams and Brian Babylon this morning as she went outside of YouTube and saw Hannah Hart somewhere other than her Drunk Kitchen. On a national food drive tour, Hart stopped at the Catalyst Ranch (which Maggie strongly endorses) and talked to some Harto fans.
Everyone knows that sex sells, but a new string advertisements have turned the tables by shifting to a female gaze. But what does it mean to objectify men in this manner? Are the consequences for self-esteem similar to the way ads impact women? Young, impressionable Intern Tom joined Morning AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams to share some feelings with us.
