About
Our program was founded by Mark Bebawi on the eve of the “shock and awe” invasion of Iraq in 2003 in response to the poor quality of available news coverage at the time. Since then The Monitor has evolved into a weekly examination of consequential and under-reported news stories, including climate change, the global economy, corporate greed and malfeasance, torture, election fraud, foreign and domestic policy, government corruption, surveillance, September 11th and its repercussions, the military and militarization, human rights issues, and constitutional law.
Guests of our program have ranged from Nobel Prize-winning economists to cartoonists and film makers, each bringing you a unique and expert opinion. Every week we bring to our listeners opinion and commentary from people like Marjorie Cohn, John W. Dean, Lou Dubose, Robert Fisk, Amy Goodman, Seymour Hersh, Jim Hightower, Arianna Huffington, Ray McGovern, Greg Palast, Jeremy Scahill, Helen Thomas, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Gore Vidal, Naomi Wolf, Howard Zinn, and many others. We are also proud to have once welcomed Molly Ivins to our program.
The Monitor crew has changed over the course our broadcasts since 2003. Initially Mark Bebawi anchored the show with Shannon Young. Shannon has since moved on to become the anchor of Free Speech Radio News. After Shannon’s departure, Phara Charmchy briefly joined the program. In Phara’s place, Pokey Anderson came to offer her tremendous journalistic abilities. Pokey has stepped-down as a full-time co-host of the program, but The Monitor crew considers her an invaluable part of the program to this day. She has always brought an eye for detail and determination to her favorite topic – elections and verifiable voting. Former program director of KPFT Otis McClay has recently joined us as an insightful guest co-host. For a long time shows were engineered by Byron Jackson of KPFT. Byron has since moved on, and our new engineer is Todd Simmons. Todd has quickly learned the ropes and is a great addition to the team.
Tune in at 6 p.m. Central Time, 7 p.m. Eastern Time, every Sunday on 90.1 FM in Houston, 89.5 FM in Galveston, or KPFT on the web. You can stream the show from KPFT’s website if you’re online during the show’s live broadcast, or you can download the MP3 to your favorite device and listen any time you want.
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themonitor said
The general show email is sundaymonitor@journalist.com
Harold Braunstein said
Hi, kids; Great show today, as usual. I’ve been suspicious about the 9/11 events since about 10 minutes after the 2nd building went down, and I knew that the “bushies” were involved somehow, and I still think so.
I was one of your pledgers this last November, at just $10 /mon., but it’s all I can afford on Soc. Sec. I was supposed to get a Chomsky book as my premium, and I wonder when it might arrive, as I’ve made 3 pmts. so far, and am about ready to start another major book soon. So, could you check on it, and let me know, or forward the question to Robin? Thanks. I always make a point to record the show, even if I have to tape over some other one. I’m still thanking you for “Plan B, 2.0″ and the Molly Ivins tickets. Harold Braunstein
Pink said
Mark, salam
How does one contact Sunday Monitor?
Very cool to see you guys blogging now.
themonitor said
sundaymonitor@journalist.com is the best way
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