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“There’s Something About That Courage”

By Daniel Solis in History, Interviews, War on March 2, 2010

A Vietnam War veteran shares his experience 41 years later.

When 19 year old Joseph Garcia decided to join the Navy, he felt that it would change his life for the better. Feeling down and out of luck in East Los Angeles in 1968, he said, “Vietnam was the talk of the town.”

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Mike Gravel and Joe Lauria Interview: A Political Odyssey

By Daniel Solis in Interviews, Live Podcast, Mike Gravel, Military on August 15, 2008

On Thursday, August 14th, Think Youth was honored to have Fmr. Senator Mike Gravel and journalist Joe Lauria on the podcast to discuss their book, “A Political Odyssey, The Rise of American Militarism and One Man’s Fight to Stop It.”

Co-hosted by Johnny Camacho, Elizabeth Cable, Jeff Pritchard, Mike Rushmore, and Dan Solis.

Special thanks to Seven Stories Press.

[audio:http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-11294/TS-139553.mp3]

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Fri. December 7th Live Podcast: Mike Connery Interview

By Daniel Solis in Interviews, Live Podcast, Progressive Politics, Youth Issues on December 8, 2007

fn_futuremajority.gifWe interview Mike Connery of FutureMajority.com as he discusses his new book, “Youth to Power” about progressive youth politics.

Co-hosted by Dan Solis and Mike Rushmore.

[audio:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ThinkYouth/2007/12/08/Mike-Connery-author-of-Youth-to-Power-and-Future-Majority.mp3]

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Fri. October 19th Live Podcast: U.S. Senate Candidate Andrew Rice

By Daniel Solis in Democrats, Election 2008, Interviews, Live Podcast on October 19, 2007

arice.jpgAndrew Rice, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State Senator, and now a candidate for the United States Senate, Andrew Rice is a true fighter for progressive values. He is interviewed on a wide variety of topics from the War in Iraq, to same-sex marriage.

Co-hosted by Dan Solis, Jordan Stearns, Johnny Camacho, and Henry Wincen.

[audio:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ThinkYouth/2007/10/19/Andrew-Rice-D-Oklahoma-US-Senate-Candidate.mp3]

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Wed. October 10th Live Podcast

By Daniel Solis in Interviews, Live Podcast, Media on October 10, 2007

Frank Rich, NY Times Columnist and author of “The Greatest Story Ever Sold”. Co-hosted by Jeff Pritchard, Dan Solis, and Henry Wincen of 10 Minute Blitz fame.

[audio:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ThinkYouth/2007/10/10/ny-times-columnist-and-author-frank-rich.mp3]

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The Sal Mohamed Interview Redux

By Daniel Solis in Democrats, Election 2008, Interviews, Live Podcast, Sal Mohamed on September 21, 2007

Sal Mohamed on the campaign trail, solo. As you can see, he need a lot of help. So visit SalMohamedForPresident.org

Sal Mohamed told us about his plan for a “Timeshare Presidency”. That’s right! Billary Goreobama Bloombel for President!

Co-hosted by Dan Solis, Johnny Camacho, and Jeff Pritchard.

[audio:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ThinkYouth/2007/09/21/tba.mp3]

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Wed. August 8th Live Podcast, Max Blumenthal Interview

By Daniel Solis in Interviews, Live Podcast on August 8, 2007

From Wednesday August 8th 2007. Hosted by politically progressive teens, Dan Solis, Johnny Camacho, Theo van der Deer, Jeff Pritchard, Jordan Stearns, and KoKo Chassid.

We discussed, Rupert and Hillary: The Love Story, Money Talks: Where do the candidates get it from, and does it matter?, Does Obama Want to Invade Pakistan? and the AFL-CIO debate.

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We also interviewed Max Blumenthal. Visit Max at his website, MaxBlumenthal.com

[audio:http://boss.streamos.com/download/blogtalkradio/show_43831.mp3]

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