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"How Martin Luther King's Dream Became A Nightmare" (10 minutes)

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" 50 years ago, he had no idea Jim Crow would be replaced with another oppressive system: mass incarceration and the drug war. Nixon started the drug war just 8 years after King's "I have a Dream" speech. Both Reagan and Clinton continued it.

Sci-fi Journal - Jan'16

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Sci-Fi Journal for January 2016 with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, and Calvin Watts III. We begin our 20th year on RI Public Access, and we'll have some special things coming up over the course of 2016 to celebrate, so stay tuned every month! Jay does Popcorn Previews with trailers for "Captain America: Civil War", "The Divergent Series: Allegiant", "Gods of Egypt", "X-Men: Apocalypse", and a short clip from fan film "Darth Vader vs Batman".

Sci-fi Journal - Dec'15

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Sci-Fi Journal for December 2015 shot live at Rhode Island Comic Con with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morriseau, and Calvin Watts III. We begin in the Rhode Island Convention Center and the Dunkin Donuts Center on Nov. 7, and 8, 2015 for Rhode Island Comic Con. Jay does Popcorn Previews with trailers for "The Man in the High Castle", "Warcraft", "Pride and Prejudice and Zomibies", and "Suicide Squad". Jay interviews sculptor Larry Elig. Calvin does Game Over about home video releases and video game news.

100 Mile Meals

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In this episode we travel to Santa Cruz California, and visit the Sustainable food program of UC Santa Cruz. We then travel South down highway 101 to Gilroy for the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival and show you what it takes to feed over 100 thousand people. We then talk with author and historian, Geoffrey Dunn, about Victory Gardens in the USA. And last we visit the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and go behind the scenes to see how they keep the crowds coming back with their unique foods. Plus much more.

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"The Secret US Prisons You've Never Heard of Before" (15 minutes)

Investigative journalist Will Potter is the only reporter who has been inside a Communications Management Unit, or CMU, within a US prison. These units were opened secretly, and radically alter how prisoners are treated -- even preventing them from hugging their children.