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The "Positive Spin" Television Program

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Positive Spin Episode # 118

On this special program, "Positive Spin" is proud to celebrate our 10th anniversary of presenting positive, innovative and solution oriented news from around the world. First we'll see how California is proposing to cut automobile emissions and expand its economy by building an electric High Speed Rail System from San Francisco to San Diego. Next, our United Nations and Foreign Affairs Correspondent Kim Weichel shows us how the United Nations is helping indigenous people in the Philippines protect their ancestral waters. Then we'll learn about the Prem Rawat Foundation's Food For People Program in India. Program Host Bill McCarthy will give us an update on the travels of Nassim Yousefi and Jafar Edrisi, the Iranian couple who are bicycling around the world to promote world peace, understanding, and environmental restoration. Then we'll hear a message from the Peace Alliance on how individuals can get involved in creating a Department of Peace as a cabinet level department in the United States government. Later we'll meet our new Youth Correspondent Tracey Quezada and learn about the One Kid One World organization and its efforts to provide school supplies to remote villages in Africa. Finally, in a short film Produced and Directed by Daniela Haskara of SacredFilms.com, we'll hear the words of actor and activist Richard Gere as he speaks at the Free Tibet Rally held on the occasion of the Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco.


 

Positive Spin Episode # 119

On today's show we'll see a profile of Feliciano Dos Santos, a recipient of the 2007 Goldman Environmental Prize for the continent of Africa. And we'll learn about the growing political power of women in Nepal. Then we'll hear about the UN's efforts to reintegrate Child Soldiers into society. Later we'll see an interview with Bob Gould, President of the Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility and learn about their efforts to abolish nuclear weaponry. Finally we update the progress of an Iranian couple who are bicycling around the world to promote peace and environmental awareness.



 

Positive Spin Episode # 120

On today's show we'll see the first part of a two program interview with Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Former President of Ireland. And we'll hear the passionate words of Ron Kovic, disabled Vietnam Veteran, peace activist and author "Born on the Fourth of July.", speaking about the need to end the war in Iraq NOW! And we'll experience how the the United Nations Population Fund's "Dance for Life" is educating young people in Mexico about HIV/AIDS. Finally, we'll learn about Brazil's innovative techniques and strategies to save the Rainforest.



"Positive Spin"
has been airing for the past 10 years. The program airs nationally on FreespeechTV on the DISH Satellite Network (up to ten times each month.) The DISH Satellite Network has 30 million homes as subscribers. In addition, FreeSpeechTV is carried on 183 cable access stations throughout the United States.

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