“Room 101” with Michael Baker

Rich Gibson and E. Wayne Ross discuss resisting “No Child Left Behind” on Michael Baker’s “Room 101” along with co-host Richard Hargesheimer

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:29:12 -0700

On this edition of “Room 101” (broadcast yesterday on KZUM 89.3 in Lincoln, Nebraska), Rich Gibson and Wayne Ross discuss the recent meeting of the Rouge Forum in Louisville, Kentucky and the how educators are resisting the oppressive effects of high-stakes testing in North American classrooms. Rich and Wayne also discuss their recent article in CounterPunch magazine in which they define the role of schools and the bipartisan “No Child Left Behind” law in the rotting, militarized, imperial system.

Alfie Kohn discusses the “homework myth” on Michael Baker’s “Room 101

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:59:28 -0700

Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of eleven books and scores of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. On this edition of “Room 101” Kohn discusses his latest book, The Homework Myth, in which he discusses the utter lack of research evidence supporting the benefits of homework. In his discussion with Baker, Kohn argues there is not a single research study that finds any academic benefit from homework for elementary students. He also discusses the weak evidence supporting homework for secondary students and the lack of evidence that homework has non-academic benefits for students.

[Originally broadcast May 2, 2007]

Noam Chomsky on Michael Baker’s “Room 101” (Part 2)

Tue, 29 May 2007 13:48:03 -0700

Noam Chomsky, long-time political activist, writer and professor of linguistics at MIT, is the author of numerous books and articles on U.S. foreign policy, international affairs and human rights. Chomsky discusses the future of the world; threats to human survival including war, environmental catastrophe; the gap between public opinion and governmental policy; and the engineering of consent through fabrication of consumers via propaganda (advertising).

Originally broadcast on April 11, 2007.

Noam Chomsky on Michael Baker’s “Room 101” (Part 1)

Tue, 29 May 2007 13:07:32 -0700

Noam Chomsky, long-time political activist, writer and professor of linguistics at MIT, is the author of numerous books and articles on U.S. foreign policy, international affairs and human rights. Michael is joined in the studio with co-hosts Greg Keller, Ken Flowerday, and Richard Hargesheimer as Chomsky discusses the contradictions of public education, the corporate media and the unquestioned presuppositions that at the core of schooling and media. How can education be oriented toward the encouraging free, creative individuals rather than conformity, subordination, and obedience that marks the mainstream experience US public schools today?

Originally broadcast on April 11, 2007.

Jon Alpert & Matt O’Neill (Producer/Directors of Baghdad ER) on Michael Baker's "Room 101"

Mon, 28 May 2007 15:32:28 -0700

Emmy Award winners Jon Albert and Matt O’Neill, producers and directors of Baghdad ER join Michael Baker and his co-host Greg Keller on Room 101. Baghdad ER received four Emmy Awards. Baghdad ER allows viewers to experience the physical and emotional toll of war by capturing soldiers and care providers in personal moments amidst intense crises inside the 86th Combat Support Hospital. Located in Baghdad's Green Zone. The documentary offers a taste of daily life in the thick of war, including exclusive frontline rescue footage of the 54th Medical Company Air Ambulance Team, and dangerous missions of soldiers patrolling "IED Alley," also known as "Route Irish," the most dangerous road in the world. IEDs (improvised explosive devices) are homemade bombs, which are the leading cause of injuries and death in Iraq. Sometimes graphic in its depiction of combat-related wounds, Baghdad ER is an emotional, devastating and honest account of modern-day war.

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Originally broadcast May 16, 2007.