More Yearly Kos followup -- correspondent Timothy D. Smith interviews Fighting Dem David T. Harris, running in Texas CD 6 against Big Friend of Big Oil Joe Barton. See and read more from YK at the EPMedia Community site.

Yet another cast from Yearly Kos 2006 in Las Vegas -- today featuring correspondent Timothy D. Smith's interview with Charlie Brown, running in California CD 4 against K Street superstar John Doolittle. See and read more from YK at the EPMedia Community site.

Our second cast from Yearly Kos 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada! Correspondent Timothy D. Smith interviews John Laesch, who's running in Illnois CD 14 against Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. See and read more from YK at the EPMedia Community site.

EPMedia podcasts from Yearly Kos in Las Vegas! Check out today's three-minute rundown, and visit the Community site for more information.

In this week's podcast, documentary photographer, radio host and humanitarian activist Michael Hyatt talks about the risks and rewards of working with No More Deaths on the Arizona-Mexico border. Host: Kay Shepherd.

Related links:

• ePluribus Media Podcast #13 -- Immigrants in the Desert: An Interview with Margo Cowan
• "Charged With Possession of a Conscience" -- Vivian Pettyjohn's original diary on the Strauss-Sellz case
• The No More Deaths Web site
  
• Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge at the University of Arizona Press
• The KXCI Web site

Shownotes:

EPMedia correspondent Ilona Meagher, editor of the online journal PTSD Combat: Winning the War Within, talks about her research into post-traumatic stress disorder in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Host: Kay Shepherd.

Related links:

• ePluribus Media Journal -- Blaming the Veteran: The Politics of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• PTSD Combat: Winning the War Within
• PTSD Resources

As protest builds against House Resolution 4437, which contains provisions that would criminalize aid to undocumented workers, Daniel Strauss and Shanti Sellz are awaiting trial on federal charges for medically evacuating three critically ill undocumented migrants from the Arizona desert last summer. Host Kay Shepherd talks with civil rights attorney Margo Cowan, a volunteer with No More Deaths in Tucson.

Shownotes:

• This week's host: Kay Shepherd
• Update on the hearing of Daniel Strauss and Shanti Sellz, the subjects of Vivian Pettyjohn’s “Charged With Possession of a Conscienceâ€? – the next step in their request to dismiss federal charges of transporting illegals for rendering humanitarian aid to undocumented migrants
• Meanwhile, HR 4437 promises stiff new penalties for immigration violations that could ensnare church and humanitarian workers – coauthor Peter King has promised to review the language, Duke 1676 says “Prove It.â€?
• EPMedia author interview: Jeff Huber and the Snoopgate/War Powers series
• It’s all on for Alito! Keep track of his confirmation hearings at the Community site
• EPMedia’s first birthday is approaching – look back on some milestones of the past 12 months in the January News diary
• Visit the community – join, discuss, contribute!

Shownotes:

• This week's host: Kay Shepherd
• Top story: When is humanitarian aid a crime? A talk with Vivian Pettyjohn, R.N., about the case of two Arizona twentysomethings who are charged with a federal offense for taking desperately sick illegal migrants to a Tucson emergency room – read Vivian’s op-ed, “Charged With Possession of a Conscience,â€? for background, and visit No More Deaths for breaking news
• FEMA Follies, continued: The EPMedia gang discusses Congressional efforts to restore the agency’s independence, and whether that will help salvage its shattered credibility, in “What Will Happen to FEMA?â€?
• More hot air! Land of Enchantment brings you the scary stats in “The Hurricane Year in Reviewâ€?
• All Snoopgate, all the time: Jeff Huber points out the Bush Administration’s sadsack, “Night Courtâ€?-style excuses in “All the President’s Lawyers
• Visit the community – join, discuss, contribute!

Featured links:

• Charged With Possession of a Conscience
• Charged With Possession of a Conscience: Discuss it here
• EPMedia Journal: What Will Happen to FEMA?
• The Hurricane Year in Review
• Snoopgate: All the President’s Lawyers

Shownotes:

• This week's host: Kay Shepherd
• Top story: Snoopgate! Jeff Huber talks about the Constitutional issues and what may be a primary Bush Administration defense -- a hair-splitting definition of "United States person"
• What don't you know about Samuel Alito? EPMedia collaborates with the Booman Tribune on a discussion of what to expect from a Supreme Court featuring Alito in "The 12 Days of Justice"
• More about those "Commander-in-Chief" powers -- Cedwyn writes in on what the Bush Administration wants to do with the Posse Comitatus Act
• For many Americans, the coverage gap is the current health crisis -- Xicano Power discusses how a pandemic might affect the 39 percent of U.S. Hispanic populations with no insurance
• Did the War on Christmas go far enough? TXJ and other EPMedia members talk about the season of giving as good as you get
• Visit the community!
• ...And dig Aaron Barlow's recitation of his Scott McClellan-inspired poem -- "Jessica, Go Ahead"

Featured links:

• The Ides of December: Smoke, Mirrors, and War Powers
• Snoopgate: Here Come the Landmines
• The 12 Days of Justice:
• Day One - Balance of Power in Government
• Day Two - Age Discrimination/FMLA
• Day Three - Judicial Ethics
• Day Four - Needs of the Disabled
• Day Five - Roe v. Wade
• Day Six - Separation of Church and State
• Day Seven - Freedom of Religion
• Day Eight - Old Boys Club
• Day Nine - Equality Under the Law
• Day Ten - Gender Discrimination
• Day Eleven - Corporate Interests
• Day Twelve - Presidential Powers
• Posse C in da House? Part I
• Posse C in da House? Part II
• Health Insurance and the Pandemic: Hispanics Continue to Lag in Health Coverage
• Why I Hate Friggin' Christmas
• "Jessica, Go Ahead" (a poem by Aaron Barlow, from the works of Scott McClellan -- the original text)

Shownotes:

• This week's host: Kay Shepherd
• Top story: Climate talks in Montreal are where hard science and soft politics collide – Captain Future’s template for action on global warming issues
• Tension over tenure at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania – Aaron Barlow discusses the Alan Temes case and the place of opinion and open discussion in higher education
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among returning Iraq War veterans – Ilona has a November update
• â€?Prosperity gospelâ€? and those it leaves behind – Timothy D. Smith’s latest journal explores the volatile mix of religion and politics in Ohio
• Participate -- discuss, volunteer, contribute

Featured links:

• Getting Real About the Climate Future
• Stifling Discourse in Academia
• Returning Vet PTSD Incidents – November Update
• "This Isn’t America’s Mission"