Join Planet Erstwild host James Moore for a lively discussion with Twin Galaxies co-founder Walter Day.

Walter, a 30-year resident of Fairfield, is featured prominently in the new full-length documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters". The movie is opening Friday September 29th at the Co-Ed Theater.

Walter will explain his role in the story and several of the controversies swirling around this film which has received many favorable reviews and even some "Oscar" buzz.

James and Stuart chat about this weeks events around the globe.

BBC filmmaker Stuart Tanner and Planet Erstwild host James Moore discuss China, food shortages and the efficacy of radicalism.

Holocaust memoirist, Dr. Vernon Katz discusses his beautifully-written recently-released book, The Blue Salon and Other Follies, about growing up in the 1930s in rural Lippe in the shadow of Nazi Germany.

Tanner & Moore have a heated debate about the Wall Street bail-out.

Former BBC filmmaker Stuart Tanner and co-host James Moore discuss Alexandra Harney's bold, revelatory work of investigative journalism, THE CHINA PRICE which exposes the gritty realities of conditions in Chinese factories.

Harney, who speaks fluent Japanese and Chinese and wrote for The Financial Times for 9 years, will be phoning in from Hong Kong. A 1997 cum laude graduate of Princeton University with a degree from the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affaairs, Harney was born in Washington, DC. Tanner has shot two documentaries in China and one news segment.

It's Tanner & Moore every Thursday night at 7pm CST.

Co-hosts Stuart Tanner and James Moore discuss the the global ramifications of
the recent downturn in worldwide economics with Dr. Linda Yueh, a fellow in economics at the University of Oxford and a visiting professor at the London usiness School, whose expertise is in economic and business issues, particularly on the macroeconomy.

Her work and recent book, Macroeconomics, focuses on the UK, U.S., EU and global economy, and her research examines emerging markets –- such as China, globalisation, international economic law, economic growth and development. She had previously practiced international corporate law while resident in New York, Beijing, and Hong Kong. She is an Associate of the Globalisation Programme of the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA), and a member of the Bar of New York State in the U.S.

Dr. Yueh has published widely in academic and specialist journals. She serves as Series Editor for the Economic Development and Growth book series for World Scientific Publishing. Her recent books include Macroeconomics and Globalisation and Economic Growth in China. Forthcoming books include: The Law and Economics of Globalisation: New Challenges for a World in
Flux (editor),and The Future of Asian Trade and Growth: Economic Development with the Emergence of China (editor).

Join cohosts Stuart Tanner and James Moore on Tanner & Moore this Thursday November 20 at 7pm CST for a further indepth discussion on the Congo with David Bamlango.
Bamlango, who grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is
working as a lawyer for an international business firm in Chicago.

Two weeks ago, Tanner & Moore were joined by Congolese native Kabuika Kamunga for a historical discussion and background on the tragic country that has seen so much suffering.

Since 1998, an estimated 6 million Congolese have lost their lives
due to war, hunger and illness. 6 million--never mind the brutal legacy
of King Leopold's Imperial reign of terror, Belgian colonialization,
and the Western-backed rule of Mobutu.

Tonight's topics will range from a discussion on recent events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo including a brief overview of the dark period of Belgian colonialization in the heart of Africa under the brutal, genocidal rule of King Leopold to reflections on the landslide victory of Senator Barack Obama,
the first African-American elected to America's highest office . (There
have been only 6 African-Americans elected to the Senate.)

Joining the discussion, offering a layman's perspective, will be Kabuika Kamunga,
a Congolese native with a Master's Degree in journalism, who has lived
in Chicago the past 22 years and recenty come to school at MUM to
pursue an MBA. She hosted her own daily hour-long international news
program on Chicago's NPR station.

Tanner & Moore cohosts Stuart Tanner and James Moore speak with South African environmental activist Mariam Mayet.

Mayet, who lives in Johannesberg, is the founder and director of the African Centre for Biosafety. Under her direction, the organisation has developed from one with a focus primarily on biosafety to one with four key programmes: biosafety, biopiracy, agrofuels and challenging industrial agricultural models such as the Green Revolution push in Africa. Her particular interest is in cutting edge research, providing sound credible information and analysis and putting information into the public domain.

Thursday, July 16th at 7pm on KRUU-FM, the Tanner & Moore show will focus on the ethnic unrest in Western China that erupted last week. China admits 184 people died, over 1100 were wounded and more than 1500 arrests followed from three days of rioting. (Some Uighers dispute these offical numbers.) Joining the discussion from Washington DC will be Henryk Szadziewski of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, an organization that works closely with Rebiya Kadeer, the woman China accuses of masterminding the uprising, which she denies.

Rob Content is the Program Manager for Community Solutions, responsible for the development and documentation of the Smart Jitney and Agraria projects, as well as the development of an energy-based core curriculum in collaboration with Antioch University McGregor.

He and his wife are currently developing a four-acre permaculture demonstration garden which they will use as the base for community-oriented education about self-sufficient agriculture and food security. Rob earned graduate degrees in philosophy at the University of California, creative writing at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, and Renaissance Studies at Duke University. He has worked as a humanities professor, filmmaker, and film critic.

John Collins talks with James and Stuart about Copenhagen

James and Stuart talk about climate change and the banks. 

James and Stuart predict trends in global affairs fin 2010.  One of their main predictions is a deteriation in relations between the US and China. 

Interview with Caty Titus.

Interview with Rev Kevin Annett about the treatment of children of Canada's indigenous people in schools run by the United Church of Canada.  He has also written two books, Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust and Death in the Valley.   

Susan Klopfer, the author of several books, including the civil rights non-fiction book "Who Killed Emmett Till?", will be interviewed on Thursday, Feb. 18 on “Tanner & Moore” which airs from 7-8 p.m. on KRUU-LP (100.1 on the FM dial). Ms. Klopfer is an award-winning journalist and former Prentice Hall editor.

Cohosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore speak with Professor Richard Wolff who presents an alternative look at American economics. The Harvard/Stanford/Yale educated Wolff is Economics Emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. His thesis that deep economic structures--the relationship of wages to profits, of workers to boards of directors, and of debts to income--are the root cause of our economic meltdown means the Great Recession may be far more than simply a "financial" crisis. This is riveting stuff. To go to Prof Wolff's website, click on the pic.

Cohosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore speak with Professor Richard Wolff who presents an alternative look at American economics. The Harvard/Stanford/Yale educated Wolff is Economics Emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. His thesis that deep economic structures--the relationship of wages to profits, of workers to boards of directors, and of debts to income--are the root cause of our economic meltdown means the Great Recession may be far more than simply a "financial" crisis. This is riveting stuff.

Writer/producer/historian/journalist JP Sotille kicks things off at 2:05pm with a conversation about the Pharamceutical Industry's marketing strategies, the Credit Industry's marketing strategies, and his new film HEIST, due out this summer. Joining the discussion is Stuart Tanner.

Stuart and James talk with Karim, a citizen of Cairo, who bears eye witness testimony to the historic events taking place in real time in Egypt. This upswelling of a leaderless people's movement has swept the country, been fraught with ups and downs, devolved into violence when pro-Mubarak elements attacked peaceful protesters a few days back, and is challenging existing countries across the Middle East.

Join co-hosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore for a special edition of Tanner & Moore focusing on the unfolding events in Libya with two Libyan exiles. 

Asma Yousef, a political activist who grew up in Bhengazi the second largest city in Libya, and Hafed Al Ghwell, a Washington DC-based Libya and Middle East analyst, will discuss the situation there.

According to The Independent, around 20 demonstrators were reported to have been killed in Libya in clashes with security forces on a "day of rage" across the country.

According to an opposition website, Libya Al-Youm, four of the deaths took place in the eastern city of Al Bayda when snipers from the paramilitary internal security force picked off ringleaders at a rally. The website also claimed that six more were shot down in the country's second-largest city, Benghazi, which had seen days of increasingly violent protests. Yesterday's confrontation took place after a large crowd surged towards the State Security building following the funeral of two others killed a day earlier.

Including brief interview with controversial cartoonist, animator and free culture activist Nina Paley.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Kickoff show of the 20-part Dream Green Series on solar-powered KRUU-FM, Fairfield, Iowa's grassroots community radio station. Co-hosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore travel the state to explore green initiatives, innovators, educators, cutting edge projects and communities who are leading the way toward a more sustainable, energy efficient future. Follow the journey at greeniowa.org. Funded in part by a community grant from the Iowa Power Fund.

Featured interviews this week include Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie, an advocate for green initiatives here and abroad, Lynnae Hentzen, a founder of the Iowa Center on Sustainable Communities, and Monica Stone of the Iowa Office of Energy Independence.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

 Join co-hosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore Thur, June 9th at 7pm (rebroadcast Mon at 7am), as they journey across the state in a 20-part radio series, each week highlighting Iowa's innovators, cutting edge projects, and communities leading the way in the field of sustainability and energy efficiency.

This week the focus is on the Center for Energy & Environmental Education at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls with energy educator Pat Higby and the Iowa Energy Center with executive director Kevin Nordmeyer, the architect for the CEEE, Iowa’s first modern sustainable building built in 1992. Higby has served on the boards of the Iowa Renewable Energy Association and Iowa Power Fund.

Follow the journey at www.greeniowa.org. Simple as that.

dreamgreen Highlighting a greener tomorrow for Iowa... today.

Join co-hosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore Thur, June 16th at 7pm (rebro Mon at 7am), as they journey across the state in a 20-part radio series, each week highlighting Iowa's innovators, cutting edge projects, and communities leading the way in the field of sustainability and energy efficiency.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Join co-hosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore Thursday, June 24th on KRUU-FM at 7pm (rebroadcast on Mon at 7am), as they visit their hometown, Hy-Vee store. This new 64,000-square-foot building in Fairfield is the company’s second store built in accordance with LEED® standards. LEED®, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance “green” buildings. Hy-Vee intends to seek LEED® certification for the new Fairfield store. The new store also created an additional 125 jobs and an investment of more than $13 million to the Fairfield economy.

Guests include: Randy Menke, Director of Hy-Vee Fairfield store, Mike Smith, Director of real estate and sustainability, Jon Skanlan, Director of refrigeration & energy management, Jeff Markey, Assistant Vice President of engineering and construction and Daniel Willrich, Assistant Director of store architecture.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Iowa Power Fund board member Tom Wind featured on KRUU-FM’s ‘Dream Green’ series airing this Thursday at 7pm

Wind consultant and Iowa Power Fund board member Tom Wind is featured on KRUU-FM’s ‘Dream Green’ radio series Thursday, June 30th at 7pm (rebroadcast Monday, July 4 at 7am). Series’ co-hosts Stuart Tanner & James Moore speak with Wind, one of the state’s leading wind experts, at his home in Jamaica, Iowa. They also make an onsite visit to a community wind farm in nearby Jefferson and go inside one of the seven Suzlon S88 2.1 MW turbines financed by a group of local owners.
Wind was chosen for the Dream Green series, explains Tanner, to “get a clear picture of the role of wind energy in Iowa. To know how the numbers work, where the future lies. Listeners are going to really get the answers - plus a lot of jokes about Tom’s name.” Also included is an interview with Nick Hildreth, a Suzlon engineer on the Jefferson project.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Sixth Installment in “Dream Green” Series

Features BioCentury Research Farm Director Larry Johnson

 
Fairfield, IA, July 6, 2011—On Thursday, July 7 at 7pm, KRUU-FM—the first solar-powered radio station in the Midwest—will broadcast an interview with Larry Johnson, Director of BioCentury Research Farm in Boone, Iowa, as the sixth installment in KRUU’s 20-part “Dream Green” radio series. Co-hosts Stuart Tanner and James Moore take a walking tour of the facility and discuss driving developments in biofuels. (Shows are rebroadcast Mondays at 7am, online at www.kruufm.com. Archives and transcripts available at www.greeniowa.org.)

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Solar-Powered KRUU-FM Features an Interview with 

Leopold Center’s Fred Kirschenmann and a Visit to ISU’s Hort Farm

Fairfield, IA, July 12, 2011—On Thursday, July 14 at 7 p.m., 100.1 KRUU-FM—the Midwest’s first solar-powered radio station—will air interviews with some of Iowa’s “greenest” agricultural advocates. Tune in online at www.kruufm.com as show hosts Stuart Tanner and James Moore talk sustainability with Fred Kirschenmann, former Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and take a walking tour of the Hort Farm with Malcolm Robertson, ISU faculty member, Nick Howell, farm superintendent, and ag student Joe Jacobs.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Dubuque is Iowa's oldest city. But it is one of the state's brightest examples of what's possible when city planning is inspired by active citizen and business participation, and guided by visionary leadership. The day we were there, the local newspaper headlines read: "City on its way to reducing greenhouse gases by 50%." Later that day, we learned that Dubuque was receiving the Governor's 2011 Environmental Excellence Award. Learn what Dubuque is doing right with its balanced and inclusive approach from Mayor Roy Buol and sustainability coordinator Cori Burbach. Thu Jul 21 at 7pm CST; Rebro Mon Jul 25 at 7am www.kruufm.com www.greeniowa.org.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Airing Monday, August 1st on solar-powered KRUU-FM at 7am, Stuart and I travel to Ames to check out a solar manufacturing company named PowerFilm, Inc., for a chat with co-founder and CEO  Frank Jeffrey and president and COO Tim Neugent. This innovative company has been going since 1988, employs 100 people, recently hiring 10 new employees. They work closely with partner businesses, provide thin solar film for military applications like solar tents--even solar hats for night time reading!! Their latest venture is developing a flexible computer screen with Hewlett-Packard. We also take a walking tour of their facilities and learn about the intricate, complex manufacturing system involved in producing thin solar film.

We also meet with Bob Haug, director of the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, at their LEED-certified headquarters near Ankeny. IAMU represents more than 550 municipal electric, gas, water and telecommunication utilities statewide, and maintains a marketing relationship with more than 185 associate member businesses. Organized in 1947, the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities today is the largest organization of its kind in the country.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

HOME IS WHERE THE HEARTLAND IS

This week Stuart and I speak with Prof. Lonnie Gamble about a wide range of sustainability issues and take a walking tour of Maharishi University of Management's new Sustainable Living Center in our hometown of Fairfield, iowa.

We also speak with Sustainable Living Dept faculty member Travis Cox and check in with two MUM sustainability students, Minca Borg and Jim Schleppenbach.

I call Prof. Gamble Lonnie Appleseed because he seems to plant seeds of possibility in every mind he touches and everywhere he goes. Join us for a lively discussion of all things green on Thursday, August 4th at 7pm CST on solar-powered www.kruufm.com.

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

This week on Thursday, August 11th at 7pm on solar-powered www.KRUUfm.com, the "Dream Green" series visits the Biomass Energy Conversion Facility in Nevada, Iowa to speak with its executive director Norm Olson, PE. He takes co-hosts Stuart Tanner and James Moore on a walking tour of the BECON facility which serves as a bridge for bringing applied technologies from research to the marketplace. Mr. Olson has been a project manager for the Iowa Energy Center since 1992. He developed the concept and led the implementation of the Energy Center’s two research facilities: the Energy Resource Station in Ankeny, Iowa and the BECON Facility in Nevada, Iowa. Mr. Olson also coordinates the Energy Center’s biomass to chemicals and energy portfolio of projects. Prior to joining the Energy Center, Mr. Olson was the energy engineering manager at the University of Iowa. Mr. Olson is a registered professional engineer. [For Matt Helmers bio click on "Read more" below.]

dreamgreen  Iowans making a greener tomorrow... today.

Founded in 1836, Davenport is the largest of the Quad Cities. With a population of almost 100,000, it is Iowa's third largest city. In 2007, Davenport, along with neighboring Rock Island, won the City Livability Award in the small-city category from the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

The Dream Green series visits with Mayor Bill Gluba at his office and takes walking tours of the new 96,000 square foot LEED-certified police department, the wastewater facility which is saving the city $800,000 to a million dollars a year by trapping its own methane gas, award-winning compost facility and even a nature preserve called Nahant Marsh, one of the last remaining urban wetlands on the Upper Mississippi River.

Film director Cullen Thomas and producer Donald Revolinski talk with Stuart Tanner and James Moore about the world premiere of their new film.

"The Vindication of Ronald Clay" will be screening at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center on Friday, September 21st at 7:30pm. This screening is one night only. Formal dress is encouraged.

Shot on location in Fairfield, Iowa, with an all Iowa cast and crew, "The Vindication of Ronald Clay" is a smart, stylistic adventure about the interwoven fables of five patrons to a coffee shop at the center of the universe. Set in an alternate timeline where Napoleon's descendents still rule.

The Vindication of Ronald Clay is equal parts Flash Gordon, Dick Tracey, and The Princess Bride, with lots of spies, lies, machinations and fun. Proudly co-sponsored by KRUU-FM.