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Deborah Begel began her audio career as a reporter for WBAI-FM in New York City covering Central American issues. She later became a News Anchor and produced documentaries, features, and news reports for nationally distributed shows and radio networks in Australia and Europe. She edited interviews at Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and produced a season of Selected Shorts. In commercial audio, she edited narration recordings for Random House Audio and Simon & Schuster Audiobooks, where she also did quality control of master tapes before duplication.

Nikki Bedi is a Television and Radio Presenter, born Nikki Moolgaoker in Aylesbury on 9 September 1966 to an Indian father of Marathi origin and an English mother. She is proud of both her Indian and English roots and refers to herself as Indo-Anglian, although Indo-Anglian is a term used to denote English literature by Indian authors. Both a stage and television actress, she began her career in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) working with some of India's finest directors; spotted by the UK's Channel 4, Nikki hosted Bombay Chat, an on-location celebrity talk show and Star TV gave her a primetime slot for Nikki Tonight which quickly proved to be Asia's most widely viewed and controversial talk show, although it was subsequently cancelled by Star TV after a guest made a derogatory remark about Mahatma Gandhi. After the show ended Bedi lived and worked for a time in Los Angeles. Returning to the UK in 2000, she was the face of Universal's film channel The Studio for over two years and had her own live film show on NOW. In 2003, while continuing her television work, Nikki began developing a career in radio, appearing on LBC and BBC Radio 4. On the BBC Asian Network, she became a regular stand-in presenter, most notably for the Sonia Deol show and in 2004 became the presenter of a new weekend morning programme called Hot Breakfast before taking over as presenter of the weekday afternoon show, Drive in 2005. In May 2006 as part of wide-ranging schedule changes put in place, she was given her own show called Nikki Bedi on the BBC Asian Network and continues to present this programme. The show, which airs from 12:30 to 16:00 every weekday, features reports on music, films and the arts, and includes interviews with prominent figures in the British and international arts world. Bedi has not abandoned television and has recently appeared as a presenter on BBC2's Desi DNA.

Richard D. Wolff is a far-left Marxist economist and one of the most prominent radical-left economists in the United States. He founded the academic journal Rethinking Marxism in 1989.

Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,400 public television and radio stations worldwide.

Chris Heim presents a wide range of music from classic recordings to new and rare releases, by artists from all over the globe, along with jazz, rock, folk and musicians in other styles who incorporate world influences in their work. Each month, the show also focuses on a particular artist, style or theme - going deeper into the music and offering rare and seldom heard selections along with best known works. Each month too, Global Village present its New Month/New Music show devoted to the best world music releases that have just come out. In addition, the show regularly features a variety of special shows for holidays, specific artists and themes, and other special events and occasions.

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“J.J. is a life long resident of northern New Mexico. A musician and artist he has performed in Santa Fe for over twenty years in Latin and jazz groups. He heads his own group in town Los Primos Melódicos which performs, Latin, jazz, Brazilian and soul music.”

Ken Rundel’s extensive radio experience included early stays at WVIC, Lansing, MI, and w-4, Detroit. Next up was the legendary album-rocker, “The Zoo” in Dallas, where he was program director and had the #1 rated midday show. He’s interviewed dozens of musical icons and lists Joan Baez, Steve Miller, Nancy Wilson, Keith Reed, Willie Nelson, Don Mclean, Roger McGuinn, and Michael Brewer as some of his favorites. Other stops included Q-102, KZPS, KOAI, KRBE and KXCC in Texas, and the ABC Radio Classic Rock Network, where he was the top-rated jock. Ken’s also been an attorney, actor, and improv comedian and instructor.

Martha Burk is a political psychologist and women's issues, and co-founder of the Center for Advancement of Public Policy, a research and policy analysis organization in Washington, D.C. She serves as the Money Editor for Ms magazine, and she is a syndicated newspaper columnist. Her podcast Equal Time With Martha Burk originates from KSFR Public Radio in Santa Fe, NM. Her latest book is Your Voice, Your Vote: The Savvy Woman’s Guide to Politics, Power, and the Change We Need (2020-2021). Her work has been featured in major U.S. newspapers and she has appeared on all major television networks in the United States.

Mark Oswald is a retired and recovering print journalist, an exile from his native Arkansas who has lived and worked in Santa Fe for more than three decades. His newspaper work included stints as a reporter for his hometown Arkansas Gazette and the Santa Fe New Mexican and as editor at the Albuquerque Journal North. Along the way, he managed to amass an extensive collection of records, CDs and tapes and a lot of what the Rolling Stones might call useless information, about musical esoterica. He was co-host for eight years through the 1980s of a punk-meets-blues radio show on Little Rock public radio station KABF. Mark and his wife Ruth Williams have one son, Oscar, a poet and teacher at the University of Idaho with his own public radio music show.