Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) ) Leroy Westerling, Co-Director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at the University of California discuss the important issues raised in his recent article, "This Year's Wildfires are Bad. Climate Change will Make Future Ones Worse."

2) Writer Michael Corcoran talks about his recent FAIR.org article, "Media 'Extremes' on Healthcare: Universal Coverage or Taking Healthcare from Millions," which takes a critical look at how corporate media has ignored single-payer, universal health systems as a possible solution to the United States healthcare crises.

3) Julianne Tveten, who writes about the intersection of the technology industry and socioeconomic topics, discusses the important issues explored in her recent In These Times article titled, "How the 'Fake News' Scare is Marginalizing the Left," which focuses attention on how unaccountable tech companies are defining the parameters of acceptable discourse.

4) Po Murray, Chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance talks about her group's response to the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas. an open letter she co-signed to "All Elected Leaders in America," and the Alliance participation in the Fifth Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence in Washington, D.C., December 6-17, 2017.

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