Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling

Series produced by Doug Bennett

Caption: Doug Bennett - Host of Unspun
Doug Bennett - Host of Unspun 

Unspun is an experiment in truth-telling. It attempts to cut through all the media spin by featuring some of the greatest truth-tellers of our time and asking the questions that need to be asked. It is a listener call-in show that allows others to voice their thoughts and ask questions. It airs 9AM, every Saturday on KKRN Community Radio, 88.5 FM out of Bella Vista, CA.

Unspun is hosted by Doug Bennett. Doug has produced Unspun for over two years. He has featured important guests, such as, Chris Hedges, Ray McGovern, Lt. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Jared Diamond, Miko Peled, David Korten, Laura Flanders, Dr. Jeff Masters, David Swanson, Alexa O'brien, Helen Caldicott, Sarah Van Gelder, Bob Edgar, Michael Copps and more. Unspun seeks to expose listeners to credible voices on important issues through in-depth interviews and well researched, meaningful topics.


75 Pieces

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Caption: Dmitry Orlov
Dmitry Orlov joins us again. He is the author of Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects, The Five Stages of Collapse: Sur...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
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Caption: James Hoggan
James Hoggan, author of I’m Right and You’re An Idiot : The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up, Chair of the David Suzuki Found...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:03
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Caption: Cathy Cresser
Cathy Cresser, local write-in candidate for Shasta County Supervisor District 3, Joins us in the studio to tell us more about herself and her camp...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2016
  • Length: 57:45
Caption: Kevin Alexander Gray
Pamela Spoto, educator and Peace and Justice advocate, co-hosts again. Our guest is Kevin Alexander Gray. He is is a civil rights organizer and a...

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  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:13
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Caption: Greg Palast
Greg Palast is an award-winning, internationally known investigative reporter for the Guardian, The Nation and the BBC, and author of several New Y...

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  • Added: May 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:19
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Caption: Brad Friedman
Brad Friedman of The BradBlog and The Bradcast radio show joins us again to help make sense of these primary elections and electoral politics in th...

  • Added: May 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:45
Caption: Dr. Robert Epstein
Unspun delves into methods of mind control in the 21st Century with Dr. Robert Epstein, Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for ...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 58:14
Caption: Jim Collins
Unspun honors local environmental advocates, Peggy Rebol and Dr. Jim Collins, as we look at our relationships with Mother Earth and current environ...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
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Caption: Robert McChesney
Robert W. McChesney, the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the autho...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2016
  • Length: 58:21
Caption: Coleen Rowley
Former FBI Special Agent and whistleblower, Coleen Rowley, joins us to discuss the greatest intelligence failure in American History. She had a fr...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 57:42
Caption: Cat Brooks
Mauro Oliviera, local activist and producer of Smallworldradio.net, co-hosts with me today. Our guest is direct action activist and organizer, Cat...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2015
  • Length: 58:54
Caption: Mike Faulkner
We chat with retired educator and historian, Mike Faulkner, in London, about the real history of the first Cold War and Cold War II being created b...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:10
Caption: Kathy Kelly
Unspun with co-host, Mauro Oliviera, talk with Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, (http://vcnv.org/) a campaign to end...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:15
Caption: Chris Hedges
Unspun features Chris Hedges. We present excerpts from his recent speech given in Santa Cruz on November 23rd, 2014. I call the speech "Fighting F...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2015
  • Length: 57:22
Caption: Norman Solomon
Unspun is privileged to have Norman Solomon as our guest. Norman Solomon is an author, columnist, media critic, anti-war activist and former Congr...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: JP Sotille
JP Sottile, the NewsVandal, joins us for an Election Day Postmortem. JP brings his credentials to the discussion along with his wit. As the produ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
Caption: Heidi Hall
Unspun talks with Heidi Hall about the important issues that face us and her exciting and demanding campaign.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 59:03
Caption: Peter Phillips
We spend the hour talking with Prof. Peter Phillips, Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University, former Director of Project Censored, publi...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 57:54
Caption: Lt. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
Unspun was honored to talk with Lt. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff for Colin Powell for the hour.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:10
Caption: Jared Diamond
Unspun talks with Jared Diamond,scholar and Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author, about the factors in the collapse of civilizations, tippin...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 58:49