Podcasts
The Civil Liberties Minute™ -- with Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's Western Massachusetts Legal Office -- highlight threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms. Hear new episodes throughout the week on WHMP 1240/1400AM or 96.9FM in western Massachusetts. You can also download the show on iTunes (please note that Apple's privacy policy differs from ours). Note that you may need to download Quicktime Player or Windows Media Player to stream the episodes live.
Listen to the latest Episodes:
8.27.10
Civil Liberties Minute: Airport Insecurity
Are you feeling sexually repressed, unfulfilled, awkward, or insecure about your body?
Civil Liberties Minute: Zombies
The City of Minneapolis is forking over $165,000 to zombies.
Civil Liberties Minute: Obledo and Taco Bell
Let's take a minute to consider the Taco Bell TV commercial from the 1980s.
8.20.10
Civil Liberties Minute: 176 Detainees
Most of the 176 remaining detainees in Guantanamo are not waiting to be tried for anything. But there are a few detainees the U.S. Government wants to put on trial.
Civil Liberties Minute: Dragnet
Dragnet is back, but it doesn't much resemble the television show.
Civil Liberties Minute: A Successful Lawyer
What does the life of a successful lawyer look like?
8.13.10
Civil Liberties Minute: Gay Marriage in America
Is America ahead or behind the curve when it comes to legalizing gay marriage?
Civil Liberties Minute: Bienvenue, Guantanamo!
Bienvenue, Bienvenido, Willkommen, Welcome to Guantanamo Bay!
Civil Liberties Minute: Frances Crowe and Vermont Nuclear Power
Frances Crowe, a 91-year-old woman from Northampton, Massachusetts, along with seven others, has been arrested protesting at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vernon, Vermont.
8.6.10
Civil Liberties Minute: TSA Keeping "Naked Scanner" Images
Join the line! Step right up! It's showtime! The TSA has been claiming that those naked body scan images wouldn't be and couldn't be stored or recorded. Well, guess what?
Civil Liberties Minute: FBI versus Wikipedia
The FBI, according to a report in the New York Times, is closing in on... Wikipedia.
Civil Liberties Minute: Prop 8
The story of Proposition 8, so far.
Civil Liberties Minute: The World Trade Center Site Mosque
Would building a mosque two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center towers be a victory for terrorists--or is it a critical test for the freedom of religion and belief?
Listen to episodes by topic!
Equal Rights:
Immigrants' Rights
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights
Racial Justice
Rights for People with Disabilities
Women's Rights
Freedom of:
Association
The Press
Religion
Speech and Expression
Speech in America - Compared to Other Countries
In Memoriam
First Amendment Heroes
Law and Criminal Justice
The Death Penalty
Criminal Justice
Lawyers, Judges And Juries
Rule of Law
Freedom to Hear And Know/Government Accountability
Freedom to Petition the Government
Rule Of Law, Torture and National Security
Surveillance and the Chilling Effect on First Amendment Rights
Youth
Student Speech
Schools And Juvenile Rights
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