Cultural Baggage

Cultural Baggage is DTN's longest running broadcast program with 18 years as of October 2019. We are proud to have more than three dozen affiliate stations in the US and Canada broadcasting our 29 minutes of unvarnished truth about the failure and futility of this eternal prohibition of drugs. Produced by former cop Dean Becker at KPFT, Houston, one of the 5 Pacifica "sister" stations.

03/19/08 - Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower, author of "Swim Against the Current - Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow" + Cliff Thornton of Efficacy-Online re UN convention in Vienna & Obama's Preacher
Guest(s): Jim Hightower

Link(s): Efficacy

03/12/08 - John Baeza
John Baeza with 24 years of law enforcement experience now a speaker for LEAP, (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) + Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway and a call for the first ever "Friends of LEAP" meeting, to make a coordinated contact with elected officials.
Guest(s): John Baeza
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)

Link(s): LEAP

03/05/08 - Catherine Austin Fitts
Catherine Austin Fitts, former HUD asst sec discusses the economic nightmare of the drug war + Poppygate report & Drug War Facts
Guest(s): Catherine Austin Fitts
Organization(s): Solari

Link(s): Solari

02/27/08 - Martin Terry
Professor Martin Terry of Sul Ross University discusses the legal peyote trade in the US and Mexico and it's use by the Native American Church.
Guest(s): Martin Terry


02/20/08 - Mark Bennett
LEAP speaker Dean Becker interviews Mark Bennett, incoming head of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association regarding the DA scandal, the jail scandal, the decades long and ineffective waging of the drug war.
Guest(s): Mark Bennett
Organization(s): Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association

Link(s): LEAP, Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association

02/13/08 - Philippe Lucas
Philppe Lucas, Dir of Vancouver Island Compassion Society discusses recent UNODC gathering of NGO representatives + Winston Francis with "Official Government Truth", Doug Mcvay with Drug War Facts & Poppygate Report from Glenn Greenway.
Guest(s): Philippe Lucas
Organization(s): Vancouver Island Compassion Society

Link(s): Drug War Facts, Vancouver Island Compassion Society

02/06/08 - Paul Armentano
Paul Armentano, Dep. Dir. of NORML discusses news of "powerful" marijuana, positive scientific studies, corporate media's continued reefer madness + Cliff Schaffer editor of Marijuana Businnes News & Poppygate Report from Glenn Greenway
Guest(s): Paul Armentano
Organization(s): NORML

Link(s): NORML, Marijuana Business News

01/30/08 - Patrick McCann
Patrick McCann, President of Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association on his recent Op-Ed in the Houston Chronicle regarding jailing of mentally ill, prosecution of minor drug offenses, crime lab fiasco, second chances for first time offenders and the death penalty.
Guest(s): Patrick McCann
Organization(s): Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association

Link(s): Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association

01/23/08 - Mike Gray
Mike Gray, author of Drug Crazy and Chairman of Common Sense for Drug Policy discusses his forthcoming video: "Clergy Against the War on Drugs" + Charles Thomas of Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative & Poppygate, Official Government Truth.
Guest(s): Mike Gray
Organization(s): Common Sense for Drug Policy

Link(s): Common Sense for Drug Policy, Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative

01/16/08 - Eleanor Schockett
In memory of Judge Eleanor Schockett who passed from this Earth on Jan 12, 2007. Judge Schockett was a member of the board of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Joining us is Peter Christ a founding member of LEAP.
Guest(s): Eleanor Schockett
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)

Link(s): LEAP
