General Audiences - TV-G/ TV-PG

"Peak Moment" (28 minutes)
Dignity Village -- A Community By and For the Homeless (part 1). “Anybody can come through our gates 8 am-10 pm and use all of our facilities. We have hot showers, a telephone, free computers internet-ready, our commons, offices, [and a free store of donated items.] Anybody has access to this.” Tour guide Jon Hawkes highlights this community’s generosity to the larger community: its residents well understand what homeless people need. Visit their greenhouse, gardens, houses, and business enterprises — all built with ingenuity on a city-owned site.

Jake v Anthrax; classic videos

"The United States of ALEC" (41 minutes)
Bill Moyers' report on the most influential corporate-funded political force most of America has never heard of -- ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. A national consortium of state politicians and powerful corporations, ALEC presents itself as a “nonpartisan public-private partnership”. But behind that mantra lies a vast network of corporate lobbying and political action aimed to increase corporate profits at public expense without public knowledge.

"When Abortion Was Illegal" (28 minutes)

Bryant, Smith, Fields, Rouse.

Bryant, Smith, Fields, Rouse.

Castro, Weldon, Fields, Welter.

Castro, Weldon, Fields, Welter.

Patrick Shearer hosts Shelby Ziccardi and Elsa Young of Spectra Magazine.

Topics discussed include: what is Spectra (a magazine about community stories and connectedness), what goes into producing an issue (permissions, copyright, editing, layout), who is involved (15 people in various roles), transitioning from online to print (yes against the grain!) and how they're building an audience.