Black Comix
by Minister Faust on November 26, 2011
John Jennings – Black Comix Interview Part 1
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Comic books are a medium. They can be used to tell any kind of story or convey any kind of information. Around the world, comics writers and artists use their medium to create remarkable stories of horror, adventure, science fiction, mystery, Generation X comedy, adolescent angst, war, middle class malaise …
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Aisha Tyler: Comedian, Actor, Activist, Author… and Fangirl???
by Minister Faust on November 16, 2011
You might know her from her work fronting the cheeky Hollywood gossip show Talk Soup, where she was that programme’s first African and first female host in an improvisational delivery that made the show successful again. Perhaps you know her from the final season of Friends, or from The Ghost Whisperer, CSI, 24, Nip/Tuck, Curb Your Enthusiasm, or even voice work from The Boondocks.
But Aisha Tyler …
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A Transformational Leader
by Minister Faust on November 5, 2011
After two years of announcing no winners, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has just announced the winner of its 2011 Leadership Award. It’s Pedro Pires, former president of the tiny West African island nation of Cape Verde. Shortly we’ll hear excerpts from a recent event hosted by Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese telecomm pioneer and billionaire who funds the award and Foundation, as well as from international stars performing at the event.…
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Glen Ford on “Keystone Khalifs” pretext for US war on Iran
by Minister Faust on October 19, 2011
We’ve recently been informed that Iranian agents attempted–wait for it–to hire assassins from a Mexican drug cartel to… assassinate a Saudi diplomat… INSIDE the United States.
Huh?
As vicious, cruel, and punitive as Iran’s dictatorial Supreme Leaders and Council of Guardians has been for the last 32 years, it’s clear they haven’t stayed in power by making skull-splittingly stupid errors that …
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What the Mayor of Hamsterdam Loves to Read
by Minister Faust on September 23, 2011
As a radio host, I’ve had the outstanding opportunity to ask a lot of people a lot of different questions. But absolutely one of my favourite things to do is to ask a lot of different people the same question. It’s fascinating to compare their answers and find out what emerges.
One question I’ve been asking many guests over the years is, “Regardless of which country of origin on the …
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Charlie Kernaghan on Labour Exploitation & the Race to the Bottom
by Minister Faust on September 16, 2011
(Charles Kernaghan spoke at the Convention of the International Association of Fire Fighters in San Diego, California, during August 2010.)
For millions upon millions of workers worldwide, exploitation remains a fact of life. Around 35 million coloured women and girls, mostly in Asia, working in conditions that most North Americans could not imagine enduring, sew the clothing and make the shoes upon which we spend billions of dollars. Most of …
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Glen Ford on America’s Ignored Imperial Wars
by Minister Faust on September 13, 2011
Many people uncritically assume that the current Western war on Libya, which includes Canadian warriors, is aimed at bringing freedom. No doubt, the Libyan people have suffered under the Qadhdhaafi dictatorship (a dictatorship that used executions as surely and as wickedly as do Saudi Arabia, China, Cuba, and the USA)… but they were suffering under the last seven years of the Western courtship with Libya. And innocent people also suffer …
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What Singapore does… and doesn’t… have to teach 54 countries about progress
by Minister Faust on September 12, 2011
Drawing lessons for Africa: Example from the Singapore story from African Leadership Network on Vimeo.
The brainchild of African Leadership Academy founder Fred Swaniker, the ALN conference features a pan-African array of energetic leaders in a TED-style speakers’ forum.
Participants expand their social networks, allowing them to build the continent intellectually, culturally, economically, and politically with a range of allies they would otherwise never meet. The ALN provides a …
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Astronaut. Physician. Star Trek cameo actor. Dr. Mae Jemison urges better arts & sciences education by combining them
by Minister Faust on September 8, 2011
Mae Jemison was the first female African American astronaut. She’s also a physician, entrepreneur, artist, and even actor who made a cameo appearance on television’s Star Trek: The Next Generation. Jemison herself took great inspiration from having grown up watching the original Star Trek and seeing Lt. Uhura, the Kenyan communications officer, on the bridge of the 23rd century star ship.
Jemison grew up to unite her love of …
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Touch… the MC behind one of the best albums I’ve heard in years
by Minister Faust on September 6, 2011
Lyrics with the speed and grace of Bruce Lee in combat. Intelligence and wit to make Morpheus proud. Subject matter–including riffs on Klingons and Star Fleet–that are hiliarious and original. AND IT’S FROM E-TOWN. Buy this record. Now.…
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Sugata Mitra on the Revolution of Self-Organising Education
by Minister Faust on September 6, 2011
No one doubts the power of education to transform lives, countries, and indeed the entire world. The disagreements arise over how that education should be structured; how long it should be; who should pay for it; and who should receive it.
Indian physicist and educational researcher Sugata Mitra has some fascinating answers to some of those questions. Mitra has conducted numerous field experiments from the literal streets of India to …
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Meet Sensational Rhythm & Blues Singer Danny Small, PKA Geechee Dan
by Minister Faust on September 2, 2011
A whole lot of superb artists never hit it big, of course, or got ripped off once they did. I don’t know Danny Small’s story, and just heard (of) him today. But what a voice, and what technique.
Watch him above, and then check out this interview.
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