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Amanda and Samhita, hosts of Opinionated, join the show to discuss feminism, immigration, and SCOTUS rulings on Arizona’s SB1070, corporate spending in elections, and prison sentences for juveniles.

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Samhita has a cold and Amanda is recovering from laryingitis, giving her voice a one time only huskiness, special for devoted listeners. Your hosts believe the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case is a pretty obvious travesty of justice. Samhita offers some background on the Dharun Ravi conviction. Plus, more questions from listeners directed at #femquery, including one about CATS.

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Samhita and Amanda discuss some of the ugliest developments this year in both reproductive rights and sexual violence. Republicans spent 2011 losing their minds, and “Community” looks like it’s going to be cancelled. But the news wasn’t all bad! A full half of the podcast is spent loving on stuff that made us happy this year, and gives us reason to look forward to 2012.

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Samhita and Amanda discuss the legacy of Christopher Hitchens. The Egyptian military cracks down on protesters with a special sadism towards women. American police continue to single young black men out for abuse in ways that tend to be routinely ignored. John Waters has important advice for everyone: Don’t sleep with anyone who hasn’t written a book. Books are very important.

Citizen Radio returns from its mini-hiatus Monday, but in the meantime, pleasure your ears by listening to episodes of CR Production’s new show, Opinionated, here and here.

Also, I have new OWS articles up at In These Times and The Nation. ITT article is about the 50+ arrests that went down December 17, plus disturbing accounts from journalists who were harassed and beaten by the NYPD. The Nation piece is about the creeping police state and the Occupy 17′s refusal to submit to eye scans.

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Occupy Wall Street’s two-month anniversary, rapping vaginas (or vajayjays,) and the launch of CR Production’s feminist podcast “Opinionated” with Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) and Samhita Mukhopadhyay (@desifeminista).

Check out Opinionated’s first episode here. 

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Citizen Radio is proud to introduce Citizen Radio Productions, a collection of the very best progressive podcasts. Through member support, CR has been able to start two podcasts: Red Radio and Opinionated.

Red Radio

Red Radio is a show about veganism, animal rights, health, and fitness. Your host, Erin, is a muay Thai Fighter and Instructor, a Bikram Yogini, a runner, a Canadian, and also covered in tattoos.

Listen to the first episode of Red Radio here. 

Opinionated: The Feminists You Were Warned About

Hosts Amanda Marcotte (Pandagon) and Samhita Mukhopadhyay (Feministing) comb over the news and spend one hour a week dissecting gender issues that aren’t getting the mainstream media coverage they deserve.

Amanda is a blogger and freelance writer. She’s the executive editor of Pandagon.net, and writes regularly for Slate’s XX Factor and RH Reality Check (where she also podcasts weekly about reproductive rights in the NPR format.) Amanda has written two books on feminism and liberal politics, “It’s A Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments” and “Get Opinionated: A Progressive’s Guide to Finding Your Voice (and Taking a Little Action)”. She’s written for Slate, Salon, the Nation, the Daily Beast, and Alternet, amongst other publications.

Samhita came up from the world of activism to become a full-time writer and blogger. She is the Executive Editor of Feministing.com and is the author of “Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life”, which received heavy coverage by a media hungry for a new narrative for single women living feminist values. She has written for multiple news outlets including The Nation, The American Prospect, Alternet and the Guardian UK. Samhita is a sought after speaker, regularly lecturing at college and universities and at conferences about race, politics, technology, sexuality and feminism.

Listen to the first episode of Opinionated here. 

Citizen Radio is extremely proud to welcome these shows to CR Productions, and hopes to expand this format to eventually include shows about racial justice, LGBT issues, Occupy Wall Street coverage, labor, and more. But in order to do that, Citizen Radio needs more members. To become a member, visit our website, and for as little as $10, support independent media that won’t lead you to war.

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Welcome to Citizen Radio Productions! Allison and Jamie are very proud to introduce “Red Radio” with Erin Red (@erinred) and “Opinionated: The Feminists You Were Warned About” with Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) and Samhita Mukhopadhyay (@desifeminista).

Also, more Occupy updates from Chicago, Oakland, Atlanta, and New York. Another veteran wounded in Oakland by police, 20 arrested in NYC, and 20 more in Atlanta, and the Chicago Board of Trade dumps applications for McDonald’s on protesters.

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Allison talks about Bernie Sander’s audit of the Federal Reserve, which is beginning to help us understand where our tax dollars went during the bailouts.

According to recent polls, the Afghanistan war is now as unpopular as the Iraq War was during the Bush years, and people are actually more concerned about ending the war than they are about fixing the deficit. Not that you’d know any of this from watching the news, of course.

It’s the triumphant return of “What The Fuck Did They Just Do?” This week’s topics: Mortgages, credit scores, and the NRA.

Jamie has some choice words for the ex-vegans out there, and Pandagon’s Amanda Marcotte stops by to talk abot sexism, blogging, feminism, and atheism. Be sure to read all of Amanda’s writing at Pandagon.net, and check out her book, “It’s a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments.”

It’s time for the premier of Fridays With Bill, a weekly segment in which Bill Ayers gives his thoughts about a timely topic. This week, Bill talks about the London student tuition protests, and the supposed lack of passion from U.S. students.

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