WPKN Archives: 03.30.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the government's COVID-19 response, The impact of inequality during the pandemic; Urgent need for universal healthcare & Assessing Connecticut's response to the Coronavirus threat

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Episode: 03.30.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the government's COVID-19 response, The impact of inequality during the pandemic; Urgent need for universal healthcare & Assessing Connecticut's response to the Coronavirus threat

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) Richard Eskow, Senior Advisor for Health and Economic Justice with the group Social Security Works and host of The Zero Hour on Free Speech TV, examines the $2 trillion Congressional stimulus legislation -- the good, bad and the ugly for working families, as well as the long term consequences of allocating $500 billion to a Treasury Dept. corporate welfare fund.

2) Rev. Jim Wallis a writer, teacher, preacher, justice advocate and founder, President, and Editor-In-Chief of Sojourners magazine. Rev. Wallis is author of 12 books, including "American’s Original Sin" and "God's Politics," - his newest book is titled, "Christ in Crisis?: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus." He'll discuss his recent article, "Loving Your Neighbor in a Time of Coronavirus," and take a critical look at calls by some political and religious leaders to re-open the country, sacrificing older Americans in order to
preserve the economy and corporate profits.

3) Dr. Garrett Adams, Past President of Physicians for National Health Program; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, emeritus, Former Chief Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and founder of the Beersheba Springs, Tennessee Medical Clinic shares his views on the federal and state response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how in the short and long term we can strengthen our national public health system - and how we can ensure access to quality affordable health care to the nation's poor in both normal times, and times of national crisis.

4) Ann Pratt, Director of Organizing with the Connecticut Citizen Action Group assesses Connecticut's response to the Coronavirus thus far, and current legislative initiatives CCAG is supporting, including The CT Plan (SB 346), A public option health insurance plan and a CT Green New Deal.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

 

 

 

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Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

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