Tuesday at 6:00 pm
“Tell Somebody” is a locally-produced weekly public affairs program on the air on KKFI since September 2005. Tell Somebody strives to provide in-depth coverage of important international, national and local issues and viewpoints often ignored or distorted in the corporate media.
A 1999 USAID publication gave a rather paternalistic description of the role of media in a democracy – for other countries. They wrote that access to information is essential to the health of democracy for at least two reasons. First, it ensures that citizens make responsible, informed choices rather than acting out of ignorance or misinformation. Second, information serves a “checking function” by ensuring that elected representatives uphold their oaths of office and carry out the wishes of those who elected them.
In September, 2005, Tom Klammer started production of Tell Somebody with an eye to helping bring those ideas home to Kansas City.
Tell Somebody website – www.tellsomebody.us
Author Cecile Pineda this week! May 21, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Tom Klammer has author Cecile Pineda on the show to discuss her latest book Devil's Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step By Step.Read More
KC Move to Amend Rally May 14, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Featured today are speeches from last weekend's KC Move to Amend rally.Read More
Arun Gupta, journalist: “The Trouble With Professor Petraeus” May 7, 2013 | 6:00 pm
This week on Tell Somebody, host Tom Klammer is very happy to welcome journalist Arun Gupta to the show to discuss one of his latest articles, "The Trouble With Professor Petraeus".Read More
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern April 30, 2013 | 6:00 pm
On this week's Tell Somebody, host Tom Klammer is thrilled to have former CIA analyst Ray McGovern on the show.Read More
Finger Fracking Bad April 23, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Kansas City-based Inergy LP is planning fracking operations in the Finger Lakes area of New York State. Jeremy Alderson, the director of the Homelessness Marathon and also founder of the Finger Lakes Anti-Fracking Expeditionary League, was arrested trying to stop them.Read More
Tom Klammer at National Conference on Media Reform April 9, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Our own Tom Klammer will be on the scene in Denver this week as he attends the National Conference on Media Reform.Read More
Update on Lynne Stewart April 2, 2013 | 6:00 pm
This week's program will feature an updated 2008 interview with Lynne Stewart and her husband, Ralph Poynter.Read More
Richard Tripp Stands his Ground and Greg Palast on Hugo Chavez March 12, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Richard Tripp talks to Tom Klammer about his Stand Your Ground event coming up on March 30th.Greg Palast remembers Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
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Triefecta Resista March 5, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Kansas City may be viewed as flyover country to a large part of the nation, but in many ways its the center of the world. Guest host Mike Murphy tries to shed some light on three reasons, that KKFI's broadcast reaches some very important regions.Read More
Ten Years After – the 63rd Street Patriots February 26, 2013 | 6:00 pm
In February of 2003 a small band of activists gathered on Ward Parkway to greet homeward bound commuters with signange attempting to pre-empt the pending war. Ten years later, some of them are still there. Mike Murphy, one of those activists, fills in for Tom klammer for a look back at the last decade.Read More
Peace in the Midst of Conflict February 19, 2013 | 6:00 pm
This week on Tell Somebody, we'll hear from Gershon Baskin PhD, founder of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI). Baskin spoke recently at Avila University on the importance to the U.S. and the world of peace in the middle east and outlined the essentials of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.Read More
Professor Robert McChesney February 12, 2013 | 6:00 pm
A return appearance by Professor Robert McChesney, who will talk about media issues and help Tom Klammer ask for your financial support.Read More
Why is Kansas City not fully funding the Metro? February 5, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Janet Rogers of the Transit Action Network discusses the city budget and its underfunding of the Metropolitan Transit System with Tom Klammer.Read More
Kc Weapons Plant January 29, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Rachel MacNair of Peace Planters on the Ballott Initiative To Stop City Financial Incentives for Kansas City, Missouri'sNew Nuclear Weapons Parts Plant
Also, former KC Weapons Plant employee Willie Jackson on his health claim rejection.
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The Black Agenda Report’s Glenn Ford -Don’t You Dare Conflate MLK and Obama January 22, 2013 | 6:00 pm
If Dr. King were alive today, there might be a Black president, but he or she would certainly not get MLK’s support if he behaved like Barack Obama. Dr. King would oppose Obama’s wars, “make Wall Street scream, and attempt to render the nation ungovernable under the dictatorship of the Lords of Capital.” Glenn FordRead More
Bill Black January 15, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Star of Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' UMKC economics and law professor William Black on Tell SomebodyRead More
A Look back at 2012 January 1, 2013 | 6:00 pm
Tom Klammer looks back at the year in reviewRead More
Environmental Assessment for the Transfer of the Kansas City Plant December 18, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Tom Klammer will air excerpts from the NNSA's Envireonmental Assessment for the Transfer of the Kansas City Plant public hearing. Click Read More to check out the Press ReleaseRead More
Ray McGovern December 11, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Tom Klammer contacted Ray Mcgovern about his recent column on why Susan Rice shouldn't be Sec of State, but who knows where their conversation will go.Read More
Josh Stearns of Free Press on FCC plans to gut media ownership rules November 27, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Josh develops online and offline strategy, outreach and organizing efforts. He has published numerous reports on press freedom, journalism, media consolidation and public media, and speaks regularly about community engagement, activism and the future of journalism. He also directs the Free Press internship and fellowship program. Before joining Free Press, Josh coordinated policy and communications efforts for service-learning and higher education organizations.Read More
COPP and Copps Part II November 20, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Tom Klammer speaks to Richard Tripp of Care Of Poor People about the Winter Survival event this Saturday. Tom also will air excerpts from a panel discussion on Dark Money, Media, and the 2012 Campaign, including the opening remarks from former FCC Commissioner Michael CoppsRead More
Copps & C.O.P.P November 13, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Michael Copps, former FCC Commissioner,...and...
Richard Tripp of Care of Poor People will be Tom Klammer's guest on Tell Somebody.
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Election Night Coverage with Democracy Now! November 6, 2012 | 6:00 pm
KKFI will preempt Tell Somebody, Taste of Tejano, & Breaking Through the Darkness to bring you six hours of election night coverage from Democracy Now! starting at 6pmRead More
Amy Goodman October 30, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Amy Goodman is coming to Kansas City Thursday - Tom Klammer caught up with her on the phone on the road in Oregon -- Tune in Tuesday at 6pm central time to Tell Somebody on KKFI to hear what she had to say.Read More
Bullies at the Ballot Box and Remembering George McGovern October 23, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Common Cause President Bob Edgar returns to Tell Somebody to talk about Common Cause and Demos's new report "Bullies at the Ballot Box - Protecting the Freedom to Vote Against Wrongful Challenges and Intimidation."and ...
George S. McGovern died Sunday morning at the age of 90. Tom Klammer met McGovern in 2004 while was in Kansas City on tour for his book "The Essential America - Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition," and arranged a subsequent phone interview about that book and McGovern's PhD thesis and later book about the Ludlow massacre. We'll re-air the September 2004 interview with McGovern that originally aired on the Heartland Labor
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Ashley Sanders & Renae Widdison,Tomas Gómez Membreño October 16, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Ashley Sanders & Renae Widdison from Move to Amend, and Honduran activist Tomas Gomez MembreñoRead More
Greg Palast October 9, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Greg Palast, author of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps, joins Tom KlammerRead More
Radio Unnameable October 2, 2012 | 6:00 pm
This Tues on Tell Somebody - 6pm on KKFI- hear more about ithttp://www.kkfi.org/ai1ec_event/radio-unnameable-highly-acclaimed-film-about-the-birth-of-free-form-radio/?instance_id=3352
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Radio Unnameable: Highly Acclaimed Film About the Birth of Free Form RadioWhen:Back to CalendarOctober 9, 2012 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pmWhere:Screenland Crown Center2450 Grand BlvdKansas City,MO 64108USAView Full-
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Anniversaries for the BIll of Rights and the Afghan War September 25, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Mike Murphy fills on for Tom Klammer for a look at the health of the Bill of Rights on this 213th anniversary of congressional passage of the historic document with Executive Director of the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri, Gary Brunk.and...
a look at how the American Friends Services Commitee and other area organizations plan to commemorate the upcoming 11th annivesary of the start of the Afghan war. Mike speaks to Salina, KS artist, Priti Gulati Cox.
...and... Anthony Cage talks about what the heck is gong on with Occupy KC (www.occupykc.net)
... and finally, Bill Drummond of Emerald City updates us on the efforts to save the sycamore trees in the Green Impact Zone. This was discussed last week.
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Billionaires on the Bus & What Part of Green Don’t You Understand? September 18, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Mike Murphy fills in for Tom Klammer.We'll get a report from the Kansas City folks on their way back from their St. Louis trip, on their head-on meeting with the Billionaires on the Bus.
Also, Bill Drummond and some of his Emerald City colleagues discuss the use of stimulus funds in the Green Impact Zone for downing old growth trees.
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Wobblies at it Again August 28, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Find out what the Wobblies are up to in Missouri these days.Read More
A Town Hall for Sick and Dying Bannister Federal Complex Workers Past and Present. August 14, 2012 | 6:00 pm
On Saturday August 11, Maurice Copeland and friends held a town hall for sick and dying Bannister Federal Complex workers past and present. Tell Somebody was there to record highlightsRead More
Greg Palast on Threats to Voting Rights July 24, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Greg Palast is the author of Vultures' Picnic and the New York Times bestsellers, Armed Madhouse ,The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and the soon to be released Billionaires & Ballot Bandits – Election Games 2012. In 1996, Greg Palast filmed the first investigation of The Koch Brothers. In 2000, Palast uncovered how Katherine Harris purged 56,000 African-Americans from Florida voter rolls. In 2004, Palast, for BBC Television uncovered Karl Rove and Tim Griffin’s caged voters. In 2008, Palast, with Bobby Kennedy Jr., busted the Karl Rove attack on ballots – from ID games to firing US prosecutors.And now, in 2012, there’s once again a full-scale attack on the right to vote. Greg shares the whole story with Tom Klammer, Tuesday at 6pm, so you better listen. And for God's sake, Tell Somebody!Read More
Veterans for Peace July 17, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Tuesday at 6pm on Tell Somebody on KKFI: Leah Bolger- president of Veterans for Peace.Read More
Bombs vs. Budgets with William Hartung & Mark Hays of Public Citizen on Citizens United June 19, 2012 | 6:00 pm
On the June 19, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody at 6pm, William Hartung talks about the report and the role of the Kansas City Plant in the nuclear weapons complex.Read More
