This week PLANET ERSTWILD host James Moore talks with Grace Lee and Jane Edith Wilson, the creative forces behind "Janeane from Des Moines", dubbed a "poker-faced mockumentary" by Variety and featured recently in the New York Times and at the Toronto FIlm Festival.

Shot in Iowa between March 2011 and January 2012 during the Republicans’ campaign for the Jan. 3 Iowa Caucuses, the film shows at the Fleur Cinema in Des Moines this weekend with the filmmakers in attendance.

Lead protagonist/actress Wilson is an Ames native who has appeared on episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "ER" and "Seinfeld," and director Lee grew up in Columbia, Missouri and received a master’s degree in fine arts from the UCLA Film School. Both co-wrote the film. Other credits include American Zombie & the Grace Lee Project.

At 3pm, it's a 50 minute salute to the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first hit "Love Me Do" and its flip side "P.S. I Love You". It's the way we feel about you at KRUU. Released on October 5, 1962. Seems like only "Yesterday," eh?

At 4pm, we go "Inside the Headlines" with Newsvandal JP Sottile, award-winning journalist and filmmaker, for a look at the week's compelling news stories. This week gitmo, gmos, and a new newsfeedig frenzy. For every headline selected, click "Read more" below.

1. Secrets And Lies
New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance
http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/new-justice-department-documents-show-huge-increase
 
U.S. military’s secret experiment sprayed radiation on low-income housing
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/04/u-s-militarys-secret-experiment-sprayed-radiation-on-low-income-housing/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
 
US use of truth drug revealed: New evidence emerged that all Guantanamo Bay detainees were drugged involuntarily
http://www.smh.com.au/national/us-use-of-truth-drug-revealed-20120929-26sja.html
 
Gitmo Detainee’s Body Being Held in Secure, Undisclosed Location
http://www.propublica.org/article/gitmo-detainees-body-being-held-in-secure-undisclosed-location
 
Civilian deaths from US drone strikes largely unknown, report says
http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/civilian-deaths-from-us-drone-strikes-largely-unknown-report-says-1.191354
 
Calling U.S. Drone Strikes 'Surgical' Is Orwellian Propaganda
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/calling-us-drone-strikes-surgical-is-orwellian-propaganda/262920/
 
The US Is The Only Country Where A Majority Approve Of Drone Strikes
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-only-country-approves-drone-strikes-2012-10
 
2. Pandora's Boxcutter
How GMOs Unleashed a Pesticide Gusher
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/10/how-gmos-ramped-us-pesticide-use
 
New Prop 37 Voter Survey Shows Broad Support for GMO Labeling
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/prop_37_survey_shows_support_for_gmo_labeling/
 
Warning: Genetically Modified Humans
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/10/04/warning-genetically-modified-humans/
 
Cow Engineered to Make Hypoallergenic Whey-Free Milk
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cows-engineered-to-make
 
As Arctic Melts, Polar and Grizzly Bears Mate
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/polar-bears-and-grizzlies-producing-hybrid-offspring-as-arctic-melts-a-859218.html
 
Fish to shrink as global warming leaves them gasping for oxygen
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/30/us-fish-idUSBRE88T0JS20120930

3. I Got The Newsfeed
In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable
http://www.people-press.org/2012/09/27/in-changing-news-landscape-even-television-is-vulnerable/
 
Pew: Half of Americans get news digitally, topping newspapers, radio
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/189819/pew-tv-viewing-habit-grays-as-digital-news-consumption-tops-print-radio/
 
Facebook Tops 1 Billion Active Users
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/facebook-passes-1-billion-active-users/
 
Social media renders rapid judgment on debate
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEBATE_SOCIAL_MEDIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-04-09-17-49
 
Jim Lehrer target of media criticism while moderating his 12th presidential debate
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/190523/jim-lehrer-target-of-media-criticism-while-moderating-his-12th-presidential-debate/
 
PBS Fires Back At Romney With Twitter Ad Buy
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/pbs-fires-back-at-romney-with-twitter-ad-buy
 
Political Conversation on Social Media Mostly Negative
http://www.journalism.org/commentary_backgrounder/how_social_and_traditional_media_differ_their_treatment_conventions_and_beyo
 
The press is biased toward horse-race coverage, and some journalists are proud of that
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/189878/news-media-is-biased-toward-horse-race-coverage/
 
NBC’s Tom Brokaw on Who Runs The World
http://www.disinfo.com/2012/10/nbcs-tom-brokaw-on-who-runs-the-world/
 

THIS WEEK IN GOOD NEWS!
California bans gay-to-straight therapy for teens
http://www.usatoday.com/story/ondeadline/2012/09/30/jerry-brown-gay-straight-teens/1603965/
 
300th Wrongly Convicted American Released Thanks to DNA Evidence
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/300th-wrongly-convicted-american-released-thanks-to-dna-evidence-121001?news=845824
 
Drones Could Help Conserve Endangered Wildlife
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/10/drones-conservation-wildlife-endangered
 

ODDS & ENDS:
Nez Perce gather to commemorate 135th anniversary of Battle of the Bear Paw
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120930/LIFESTYLE/309300014/Nez-Perce-gather-commemorate-135th-anniversary-Battle-Bear-Paw
 
Perot's economic stance resonates 20 years later
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/01/perot-20-years-later/1603897/
 
70 Percent of Americans Favor Auditing the Federal Reserve
http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/27/70-percent-of-americans-favor-audit-the
 
Congressman Who Compared Cigarettes to Smoking Lettuce Becomes Lobbyist for R.J. Reynolds
http://www.propublica.org/article/congressman-who-compared-cigarettes-lettuce-becomes-rj-reynolds-lobbyist
 
The Rise Of Predatory Privatization
http://site.pfaw.org/pdf/Predatory-Privatization.pdf
 
U.S. Unit’s Africa Deployment Will Test New Regional Concept
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120926/DEFREG04/309260003/U-S-Unit-8217-s-Africa-Deployment-Will-Test-New-Regional-Concept
 
Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control
http://www.salon.com/2011/09/27/votinghack/singleton/
 
Pork barrel spending: How Big Ag lobbyists use federal dollars to protect factory farms
http://grist.org/food/the-other-white-meat/
 
Oregon farmer eaten by his pigs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19796224
 
World diaper output may take a hit from blasts at Japan plant
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/30/us-japan-fire-nipponshokubai-idUSBRE88T01Y20120930
 
Priceless Tibetan Buddha statue looted by Nazis was carved from meteorite
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/28/nazi-buddha-statue-carved-from-meteorite
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