WBAI is having a membership drive from Wednesday February 1, 6AM through Friday March 2nd, at Midnight.

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Our programming schedule varies during fund drives.

See the schedule for Wedneday Feb. 1st through Sunday the 5th.

See the schedule for Monday Feb. 6th through Sunday the 12th.

During a fund drive you don't have to keep calling back because of busy signals, or ... have to pull over to the side of the road, or ... miss the show you are listening to in order to make your pledge. Now you can donate and choose your thank you gift online at your convenience.

Beginning with the February 2012 fund drive you can pledge online. In between fund drives you can support the station by ordering a variety of thank you gifts. Visit THE WBAI ONLINE DONATION SITE at www.give2wbai.org.

Rather Text in Your Donation? During fund drives you can text 27138 and a "keycode" (announced on the air) and someone will call you back to take your WBAI pledge charged to a debit or credit card.

You're invited to come to our fourth monthly "Saturday Showcase and Salon" to benefit WBAI -- entry is only $5, no minimum! Meet your favorite WBAI personalities. Excellent food, great music and radical politics in downtown Manhattan at the Lafayette Grill and Bar (1–4pm). This month FEATURING:

Stand-up comedian Katie Halper -- comic, writer, blogger, satirist and filmmaker. Can politics be funny, and not simply exhausting, scary and nauseating? We'll see. Katie writes and directs satiric videos, including "Jews/Women/Gays for McCain" (which went viral on the internet), and (serious side) co-directed New Yorkers Remember the Spanish Civil War, a video for Museum of the City of NY exhibit. Her next documentary? -- "Another Camp Is Possible," about her childhood experiences at Camp Kinderland where Katie camped (so to speak), and her mother and grandmother worked;

Guest Speaker: Gary Null (in person), on "Who's poisoning the planet and what we can do about it." Gary's natural health and political commentaries can be heard every weekday at noon on WBAI, and on the internet over the Progressive Radio Network. Questions and comments are welcome;

This fundraising collaboration features an exploration of artistic expression inspired by the recent waves of Russian-Jewish immigration. Spotlighted is The New Group's production of Erika Sheffer's "Russian Transport" starring Janeanne Garafolo, author David Bezmogis's novel "The New World," and actor, Yiddish scholar, and special guest Shane Baker's one-man show "The Big Bupkis! A Complete Gentile's Guide to Yiddish Vaudeville." (A special premium for that show will include a copy of "The Biographical Dictionary of Jewish Writers in the Soviet Union.") Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer and Marilyn Kleinberg Niemark.

This week David Kenney presents a FUNDRAISING broadcast: A Birthday Blow-out!. Thanks to all the listeners for remembering David's birthday - he'll present some of his all time favorite songs from artists such as JUDY GARLAND, TONY BENNETT, LIZA MINNELLI, ANGELA LANSBURY, FRANK SINATRA, BILLIE HOLIDAY BERNADETTE PETERS, PETER ALLEN, BARBARA COOK, GEORGE HEARN, HELEN MORGAN, JOHNNY HARTMAN, MARGARET WHITING, LONNY PRICE, JESSICA MOLASKEY, TOM ANDERSEN, DONNA MURPHY, JOHN LENNON, NANCY WILSON, JOHNNY MATHIS, BARBRA STREISAND, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, NANCY LaMOTT and more!
For your pledge of support David will send you "Dave's CD Grab-Bag" as his gift to you. For more, see David Kenney's website oldisnew.org.

Host Joyce Jones will feature the 3-CD set "The Journey: From Africa to the New World Through Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Beyond" presented by drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, multicultural warrior educator Bobby Sanabria. Join us as we help continue the important work of WBAI during this Winter Membership Drive. These 3 CDs are available for a pledge of $60.

Bobby, the son of Puerto Rican parents, was born and raised in the "Fort Apache" section of New York City's South Bronx. Inspired and encouraged by maestro Tito Puente, another fellow New York-born Puerto Rican, Bobby "got serious" and attended Boston's Berklee College of Music from 1975 to 1979, obtaining a Bachelor of Music degree and receiving their prestigious Faculty Association Award for his work as an instrumentalist.

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Special Membership Drive Program. Diana Mason and Barbara Glickstein co-host this two-hour special, "Prison".

• Fact: The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world.
• Fact: Today over 150,000 women are incarcerated in the U.S., 85% of these women are mothers and 2.3 million children under the age of eighteen have a parent in prison.
• Fact: Drug related crimes: around half of all inmates in federal prisons are there for drugs, around 20% of inmates nationwide in state prisons are there for drugs.

Guest Daliah Heller, PhD, MPH, is a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Health Media and Policy (CHMP) at Hunter College. Her project, entitled SHIFT – Shaping Health Initiatives For Transformation on drugs and alcohol – focuses on promoting opportunities for mainstreaming substance use services in health care and public health systems.

TIP TOP TET! Our annual observance of China through literary translation and imagination. Granted extra time for fundraising offers an opportunity to approach Ezra Pound's notion of China, which was greatly informed by a massive history of China published in France just before the revolution. Fr de Mailla's work was in turn drawn from primary sources, so this program, besides offering a rapid tour across 2000 years of Chinese history also gives a snapshot of the history of historiography. Presented by Simon Loekle, "a dedicated beggar to the air" (Timon of Athens, IV ii 13)

Get up and tune in to your New York with Wake Up Call hosted by Esther Armah. Hot topics, one on one interviews, discussions, call ins - its all on your local morning talk show. On Mondays at 6:40am, get your update on the latest from New Jersey and Long Island; plus your 5 minute health check with Corinne Funari. Every Tuesday at 7:10am, find out what the hot topic is in New York City. On Wednesdays, your turn, your say; share your thoughts, suggestions, topics on our call in  'Wednesday Conversation' from 6:30am to 7am. Then, at 7:10am, find out what's hot on the Hill with our weekly Washington DC segment. Following shortly, at 7:30am, is legal correspondent Mimi Rosenberg who reports on issues of law and social justice. On Thursday's at 7:30am, its your hot ticket giveaway from Art in the Apple where the world of theater, visual arts, music, performance come to life. Wake Up Call, something for everyone, Monday to Thursday 6-8am on WBAI. Tune In!

Occupy Wall Street Special Day of Coverage

WBAI's Dred Scott Keyes takes you through the Two Month Anniversary Special Day of Coverage. Hear the voices and analysis of the movement as the phenomenon spreads globally. Live sound, panel discussions, and "Occupy The Hood"
Support WBAI with your pledge of $100 for this 3 CD set.

The WBAI Local Station Board Finance Committee will meet on February 16th at 7PM at the station, 120 Wall Street, 10th floor. The public is welcome to attend. Members of the public should call 212-209-2800 during business hours to have someone put their names on the list to get into the building. Please also remember to bring photo ID in order to get into the building.

WBAI is now planning our two day special broadcast of International Working Women’s Day which will air from Thursday March 8th 12:01AM till Friday March 9th at 11:55 PM. Planning meetings will take place on Thursday evenings at 7PM and Sunday afternoons at 2PM. If you interested, call 212-209-2800 (Mon – Fri 9AM - 5PM) or email IWWDatWBAI at gmail.com.

Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America, the Pacifica Radio Archives' first book project (WBAI is a member of the Pacifica radio network) is due to be published February 15, 2012. Join the conversation on Tuesday February 21st and Thursday February 23rd.

November 6, 2011: Listen to this 30 minute story for an update on Lynne Stewart's situation in prison, the status of the appeal of her 10-year sentence and the relationship between Lynne's case and world events. The update was prepared by Ralph Poynter, Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone, and includes information on the serious heath crisis Lynne experienced recently at FMC-Carswell, Texas.

In order to promote a conversation about contemporary America in a historical context, WBAI is launching a monthly commentary by contributing writers – you, me, and anyone we know...

The first contributor is Marcin Rusinkiewicz, who is a volunteer/intern working remotely with Pacifica Affiliates Coordinator Ursula Ruedenberg and on site at WBAI with Interim Development Director Andrea Katz. Marcin (pronounced “Marchine”) is a former Austinite (as in Texas), academic and labor organizer. He has written on various topics and militated on behalf of various progressive causes.

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