Century of Lies 2012

  • 12/30/12 Michelle AlexanderMP3 | TXT

    2012 year in review with Leonard Pitts, Michelle Alexander, Rev. Edwin Sanders, Dudley Althus, Jamie Hauss, Jodie Emery, Martin Lee and Dean Becker.

  • 12/23/12 Pepe RiveraMP3 | TXT

    Caravan for Peace report from New York City: Pepe Rivera, Gabriel Sayegh of DPA and Daniel Gershenson.

  • 12/16/12 Tony NewmanMP3 | TXT

    Tony Newman of Drug Policy Alliance with the top stories of 2012; Terry Nelson of LEAP; Dallas Jessup of "Just Yell Fire."

  • 12/09/12 Philippe LucasMP3 | TXT

    Philippe Lucas, Canadian cannbis researcher; Jodie Emery battles "Sun" reporter; CNN report on marijuana use by children; Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

  • 12/02/12 Julie NetherlandMP3 | TXT

    Harm Reduction Conference, Part 4: Doug McVay of Common Sense Drug Policy reports on the conference, featuring Julie Netherland, Mark Cooke, Nathan Messer and Shilo Murphy.

  • 11/25/12 Alan ClearMP3 | TXT

    Harm Reduction Conference, Part 3: Doug McVay of Common Sense Drug Policy reports on the conference, featuring Alan Clear, director of the Harm Reduction Coalition; Amanda Reiman; Gretchen Burns Bergman; Nora Callahan; Steve Jones; and Philippe Lucas.

  • 11/18/12 Doug McVayMP3 | TXT

    Harm Reduction Conference, Part 2: Doug McVay of Common Sense Drug Policy reports on the conference, featuring a drug user panel, Ruth Kanatser, Terry Nelson of LEAP and more.

  • 11/11/12 Neill FranklinMP3 | TXT

    Neill Franklin, director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Mason Tvert visits Bill Maher; New York Times covers Montana marijuana trial.

  • 11/04/12 Dean BeckerMP3

    Dean Becker presents the "Unvarnished Truth" about drug policy to Lone Star College.

  • 10/28/12 Bishop Allen BerryMP3 | TXT

    National African American Forum: Drug Truth Network host Dean Becker, Bishop AD Berry, former Houston police chief Michael Dirden, Houston Sheriff Adrian Garcia, Ray Hill, district attorney hopeful Mike Anderson and Krystal Muhammed of Black Panther Party.

  • 10/21/12 Allen ClearMP3 | TXT

    Allen Clear, director of the Harm Reduction Coalition, on the forthcoming conference in Portland on Nov. 15; U.S. wages war of terror on Canadians; Judge Jim Gray on U.S. war of terror; Rep. Ted Poe on the need for judicial transparency; Doug McVay of CSDP on U.S. soldiers in Guatemalan drug war.

  • 10/14/12 Bishop Allen BerryMP3 | TXT

    Bishop Allen Berry and Kevin Simms of the National African American Forum focus on the drug war; Seattle city attorney Peter Holmes; Dr. Donald Abrahms and Dr. Bertha Madras courtesy of NPR; Stephen Keenan, a parapalegic, faces life sentence for cannabis tincture; Mason Tvert on Colorado's effort to legalize.

  • 10/07/12 Jose DelaislaMP3 | TXT

    Jose Delaisla, columnist with Scripps Howard; Clay Jones, Houston TV host; Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow"; Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

  • 09/30/12 Martin LeeMP3 | TXT

    Martin A. Lee, author of "Smoke Signals"; Paul Armentano of NORML; Morgan Fox of MPP.

  • 09/23/12 William MartinMP3 | TXT

    William Martin, director of the Drug Policy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute; police in favor of change to cannabis laws: Betty Aldworth, Tony Rya and Neill Franklin; Mary Jane Borden with Drug War Facts; Terry Nelson of LEAP; Doug McVay on Bolivian coca statistics.

  • 09/16/12 Neill FranklinMP3 | TXT

    Caravan for Peace, Part 9: Neill Franklin, director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, discusses Caravan for Peace; Doug McVay of CSDP discusses a report on prison overcrowding and the Senate hearing on the drug war.

  • 09/09/12 Javier SiciliaMP3 | TXT

    Caravan for Peace, Part 8: from New York City, featuring Pepe Rivera, Gabriel Sayegh of DPA and Daniel Gershenson.

  • 09/02/12 Javier SiciliaMP3 | TXT

    Caravan for Peace, Part 6: Javier Sicilia at School of the Americas, Lucia Vaca, Nate Sanderson of NAACP, Father Frank Kushiack, Terry Nelson and Richard Newton of LEAP.

  • 08/26/12 Javier SiciliaMP3 | TXT

    Caravan for Peace, Part 4: One-on-one interview with Javier Sicilia, leader of the caravan; reports of bloody mayhem from CBS and FOX; report from Terry Nelson of LEAP.

  • 08/19/12 Gretchen Burns BergmanMP3 | TXT

    Caravan for Peace, Part 2: Gretchen Burns Bergman, Sen. Juan Vargas, Brother David, Billy Garrett, Jay Fisher, Ray Gardono and John Lindsey Poland.

  • 08/12/12 Doug FineMP3 | TXT

    Doug Fine, author of "Too High to Fail"; report on 4-year-old medical marijuana patient Cash Hyde; Terry Nelson of LEAP; Mary Jane Borden of Common Sense Drug Policy; report on Roger Christie.

  • 08/05/12 Lawrence O'DonnelMP3 | TXT

    Lawrence O'Donnel eviserates drug war logic; Alan Colmes with Terry Nelson of LEAP; Montel Williams on marijuana laws; Oliver Stone discusses the drug war; Vivian McPeak on Seattle Hempfest, Remington Alessi for Sheriff of Houston.

  • 07/29/12 John DoobonsMP3 | TXT

    John Doobons seeks cannabis oil for 4-year-old; Doug Fine visits Conan; Fred Burton of Stratfor on the drug war; Gary Johnson's challenge; Guardian report on the CIA and the Drug War; HSBC launders for cartels and terror organizations; Mitt Romney and LIBOR; Tommy Chong's cancer treatment.

  • 07/22/12 Jodie EmeryMP3 | TXT

    Jodie Emery, wife of Marc Emery, Canadian now in U.S. prison; Daily Show clip on banks laundering drug money; marijuana reform vote in Oregon.

  • 07/15/12 Paul ArmentanoMP3 | TXT

    Paul Armentano of NORML; New Jersey Governor Chris Christie; Joe Rogan and Tommy Chong; Terry Nelson of LEAP; Aaron Smith of the Cannabis Industry; late-night marijuana comedy; Steve DeAngelo of Harborside Health Center.

  • 07/08/12 Tony NewmanMP3 | TXT

    Tony Newman of Drug Policy Alliance on the recent Huffington Post column; head of the DEA Michele Leonhart; Chris Rock; Bill Hicks; Stephen Colbert; Ethan Nadelmann; PBS report on Mexico elections and violence; Terry Nelson on Britain losing their drug war.

  • 07/01/12 Joseph McNamaraMP3 | TXT

    Dr. Joseph McNamara, author of "Love and Death in Silicon Valley"; Cheryl Shuman "takes Hollywood"; Mary Jane Borden with Drug War Facts.

  • 06/24/12 Ethan NadelmannMP3 | TXT

    Ethan Nadelmann on the forthcoming Caravan for Peace; U.S. representatives Polis and Cohen quiz DEA head Michele Leonhart; Tommy Chong on Fox News.

  • 06/17/12 David BronnerMP3 | TXT

    David Bronner of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps discusses his act of civil disobedience at the White House; author Robert Platshorn denied income by federal government; Scott Meiner on forfeitures in the U.S.; Canadian doctor Perry Kendall's call for MDMA; Morgan Fox of MPP.

  • 06/10/12 Mitch EarleywineMP3 | TXT

    Dr. Mitch Earlywine, author of "Understanding Marijuana"; Dane Schiller, Houston Chronicle reporter falsely arrested in New York City for marijuana.

  • 06/03/12 Michael KrawitzMP3 | TXT

    Michael Krawitz on medical marijuana for veterans with PTSD; Beto O'Rourke of El Paso; Nurse Ken Wolski on the release of a medical marijuana patient prisoner; Morgan Fox of Marijuana Policy Project.

  • 05/27/12 Stephen GutwilligMP3 | TXT

    Stephen Gutwillig of Drug Policy Alliance and Jaime Haas of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

  • 05/20/12 Brian C BennetMP3 | TXT

    Brian C. Bennett, editor of an online drug war history site; Terry Nelson of LEAP; Mary Jane Borden of Drug War Facts.

  • 05/13/12 Robert MelameadeMP3 | TXT

    Dr. Robert Melamede at Patients Out of Time conference; Rep. Barney Frank, Rep. Ron Paul and Rep. Frank Wolf; Richard Feldman on marijuana and guns.

  • 05/06/12 Donald AbrahmsMP3 | TXT

    Dr. Donald Abrahms, a scientist at the University of California, San Francisco, speaks at the Cannabis Therapeutics Conference in Tucson; Rev. Kenny Glasgow on the prisoner's right to vote.

  • 04/29/12 Chris FitchnerMP3 | TXT

    Patients Out of Time Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics in Tucson with Dr. Chris Fitchner, psychiatrist at a Riverside, California, mental health clinic.

  • 04/22/12 Gary JohnsonMP3 | TXT

    Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico, seeks Libertarian candidacy for U.S. president; U.S. attorney seeks an end to the drug war; Doug McVay of CSDP on the drug war in Afghanistan.

  • 04/15/12 Dudley AlthausMP3 | TXT

    Dudley Althaus, reporter for the Houston Chronicle, on Obama's trip to Colombia; Rep. Ron Paul calls the war on drugs a total failure; Terry Nelson of LEAP saysa that Obama's "no" to legalization ensures more violence; Mary Jane Borden on the "drug war price tag"; Doug McVay asks if the U.S. is a drug-free zone.

  • 04/08/12 Lynne WilsonMP3 | TXT

    Lynne Wilson of Hemprock Radio; Ethan Nadelmann on Bloomberg; Al Byrne of Patients Out of Time; Doug McVay on the U.S. war on painkillers.

  • 04/01/12 Steven DeAngeloMP3 | TXT

    Steven DeAngelo, president of Harborside Health Center in Oakland, the world's largest cannabis dispensary, speaks to 400 Students for Sensible Drug Policy in Denver.

  • 03/25/12 Misha GlennyMP3 | TXT

    London panel on drug reform, featuring Misha Glenny, author of "McMafia."

  • 03/18/12 Pat LykosMP3 | TXT

    Houston district attorney Pat Lykos and Canadian senator Larry Campbell speak at the Baker Institute; Terry Nelson of LEAP; drug war warning about Tide detergent.

  • 03/11/12 Edwin C. SandersMP3 | TXT

    Rev. Edwin Sanders and William Martin speak at a Baker Institute drug conference, "The War on Drugs Has Failed. Is Legalization the Answer?"

  • 03/04/12 Eric SterlingMP3 | TXT

    Anna Maria Tremont interviews Eric Sterling of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation and Robert Sampson, former minister of corrections for Ontario; Dr. J. Michael Bostwick of the Mayo Clinic on medical marijuana.

  • 02/26/12 Peter MoskosMP3 | TXT

    Peter Moskos of LEAP on Canada's CTV; Professor William Martin of Rice University's Baker Institute; Mary Jane Borden with Drug War Facts; Terry Nelson of LEAP.

  • 02/19/12 Neill FranklinMP3 | TXT

    Neill Franklin, director of LEAP, on the failure of the drug war to protect lives; Meagan Ralston of DPA on the rising number of drug overdoses; Adam Assenberg refuses plea bargain on his medical marijuana case in Washington state.

  • 02/12/12 Howard WooldridgeMP3 | TXT

    Howard Wooldridge of Citizens Opposing Prohibition; chef Sandy Moriarty; Mary Jane Borden presents Drug War Facts.

  • 02/05/12 Michelle AlexanderMP3 | TXT

    Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow"; Mary Jane Borden of Drug War Facts on the U.S. prison population.

  • 01/29/12 Michelle AlexanderMP3 | TXT

    "Stop and Frisk in NYC" with Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow"; Jamal Mims, Mary Black and Benita Rivera from Building Bridges.

  • 01/22/12 Leonard PittsMP3 | TXT

    Leonard Pitts Jr., syndicated columnist, and a Canadian TV report on deaths from tainted "X"; Terry Nelson of LEAP on balloon effect; former EU drug czar Dr. Carel Edwards.

  • 01/15/12 Lynn PaltrowMP3 | TXT

    Lynn Paltrow of Advocates for Pregnant Women and Cliff Schaffer, editor of Drug Library.

  • 01/08/12 Phil SmithMP3 | TXT

    Phil Smith, reporter with Drug War Chronicle, on the top 10 domestic drug stories; female marijuana user dead because of police ineptitude; Kevin Sabet/

  • 01/01/12 Terry NelsonMP3 | TXT

    10 years of Drug Truth Network: Terry Nelson, Willie Nelson, Judge James P. Gray, Glenn Greenway, Howard Wooldridge, Marc Emery, Phil Jackson, Editorial, Gustavo DeGrief, Winston Francis and Rev. Alan Bean.