[OccupyCU] this Saturday's Occupy The Air

Tue Nov 13 22:08:37 UTC 2012

Sean--

I've heard Occupy the Air, both in its original three-hour form and in the more recent truncated version, and I agree on the importance of letting local listeners know why the Occupy movement happened - and why it's still important. The program's weekly occurrence has the good effect of putting the movement into an updated context of current events and raising new topics that would still interest folks from Occupy.

I also think the discussion format is worthwhile - better on the radio (as opposed to a lecture) than straight exposition. The three regulars from UPTV's News from Neptune (CGE, David Green, Ron Szoke), along with some of our occasional participants, would be willing to add to the discussion on OTA as needed. With adequate warning, we should be able to produce two or more hosts/discussants for any weekend when you're away - and at least one to help out any weekend when you're in town - for live discussion and open call-ins.

Perhaps it would be best to try one of these options as you wish, depending on your schedule. I'm not sure that I'd like to add an off-air rehearsal, though. If you want an idea of what we've been doing in a somewhat similar format, see the YouTube recordings of our recent shows, e.g.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWiZqKWFtvU&feature=relmfu>: and 

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY4agMmWZyc&feature=relmfu>.

Additional elements for upcoming shows might include

(1) summaries of the ongoing discussions from the recent Monday night meetings of the local Occupy group (I'm glad to see that minutes are being taken and circulated); and 

(2) readings and discussions from some of the initial statements about OWS: I think particularly of 

~ (a) Slavoj Zizek's talk <http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/slavoj-zizek-at-occupy-wall-street-transcript> (cf. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/24/occupy-wall-street-what-is-to-be-done-next>); and

~ (b) Noam Chomsky's interviews, collected in "Occupy (Occupied Media Pamphlet Series)," Zuccotti Park Press, 2012. 

Let me know what you'd like us to do in the coming weeks to help.

Regards, Carl

On Nov 12, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Sean Seckler <seanseckler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Carl,
> 
> This is Sean Seckler from Occupy the Air. Thanks for responding and for your willingness to lend a hand in keeping Occupy the Air on the air and fresh in content and opinion.
> 
> Please allow me to give you some background on the show and the current situation I'm in with regard to hosting it on Saturdays before I get into the help I'm looking for:
> 
> -in November of last year, Matt Murphy and I started the show in response to the Occupy movement
> -the focus was outreach to the general public to make them aware of WHY occupy was happening
> -the show was 3 hours and live, usually with some community news (when the occupy meetings and demonstrations were going on) and about 4 or 5 topics for discussion, including relevant clips from various sources (back when we had 3 hours, we would often play longer clips of 30 or 45 minutes, but it was mostly Matt and I talking about the clips)
> -at this time there was a lot of discussion between Matt and I, which gave the show it's own flavor
> -we have always drawn heavily on democracy now as a source for current events in the nation and world
> -sometime in the Spring, we switched to 1 hour instead of 3, as the occupy movement faded into the background
> -we switched the focus of the show from Occupy to current events and topics that would still interest folks from Occupy
> -starting late September, Matt was too busy with work and a master's program to continue the show
> -at about the same time, I became involved in a long distance relationship, which has me out of town about 2 weekends per month
> -since then, I've prerecorded the show with an intro and a tailing audio segment and filled most of the hour with highlights from the preceding week of Democracy Now (or other sources)
> -the show definitely has it's own new flavor, and it's probably not that palatable
> 
> ---
> 
> At this point, what I'm looking for depends on what kind of help I can get...
> 
> -The simplest option is help on the weekends when I'm out of town. I would give at least a week's notice to anyone interested in hosting. They would step into the booth on Saturday from noon to 1pm and stand in as host(s) of the show.
> 
> -The more involved option is help on the weekends when I'm in town. I would like to do at least some live shows again. In this case, I would like to be able to have 1 or more guests join me in studio from time to time, or possibly on a more regular basis, to have live discussion and open call-ins.
> 
> Before we try that second option, however, I'd like to do a out-of-studio session, and record the audio as though it were a show. That way we can hear how the show would sound in a new format, and we could use the edited audio for later airings.
> 
> Let me know how that strikes you.
> 
> Sean
> 
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 11:46 AM, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
> David--
> 
> The staff of UPTV's News from Neptune (Carl Estabrook, David Green, & Ron Szoke) would be happy to help keep Occupy the Air on the air.
> 
> We're willing to host/participate in all the hours for which OTA is currently scheduled.
> 
> Our guide would be Noam Chomsky's pamphlet "Occupy" (Zuccotti Park Press, 2012) - News from Neptune is named in Chomsky's honor - and we would welcome participants from other progressive groups around town.
> 
> We can begin this coming Saturday, November 17 (the anniversary, as it happens, of the 1993 Congressional resolution establishing NAFTA, a principal example of the economic regime that the Occupy movement stands against).
> 
> Regards, Carl
> 
> 
> On Nov 11, 2012, at 10:30 AM, "David Johnson" <dlj725 at hughes.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > At last Monday's Occupy meeting I made an appeal for volunteers to help keep " Occupy the Air " radio program on the air.
> > Sean needs help !
> > If three people would commit to doing ONE - HOUR , ONE SATURDAY ONCE A MONTH each, This would be a tremendous help for Sean ( The current and now ONLY host of " Occupy the Air " ).
> >
> > PLEASE, CALL ME  ( David Johnson ) at ;
> > 217-721-0583 asap.,
> >
> > Please don't allow " Occupy the Air " Radio Program die !
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sean Seckler
> > To: David Johnson ; Bill Gorrell ; Bob Paleczny ; Pat Simpson ; Mick Woolf
> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 2:28 PM
> > Subject: this Saturday's Occupy The Air
> >
> > Hello Illinois World Labor Hour folks and Mick!
> >
> > I will be out of town again this weekend. Will someone be able to play my show Saturday?
> >
> > I will leave a usb drive with the file "Nov10.mp3" in spintron (I'll try to put the file on the desktop, but if someone's in the booth, I may have to just leave the usb drive plugged in)
> > I will also slide a CD with the same file under Mick's door.
> >
> > Sean
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