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Guest Info

GreenWatch
Current Crew includes:
C. Lee Taylor,
Brian Harrison,
David Collins,
Maria Ciepiel,
Jackie Carpenter*,
Art Browning
*.
[* HMS certified Technical Directors]

Past and occasional crew:
Jon Axford* (passed), Gordon Anderson*, Mike, Don Cook, Chris Legier, Jonathan Swiler, Brad Burkons, Becky Stephens*, Bonnie Lambourn, Suzy Wager, Shelly Fitzgerald, Scott Trimble,
Rupert*, Duane Bradley, Philip Jackson, Lytle Seibert, John Tarleton, Gretchen Hollingsworth, Tony Williams, David Cobb, Chris Switzer, Charlie Mauch, Cameron Payne, Beth Hollingsworth, Michael Poehls, Alan Arevalo, and more, in supportive and contributory roles.
PHOTOs!

Music Credits

Lists of shows from years past:
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001

Our Media Heroes:
Amy Goodman,
Bill Moyers,
CPR, LinkTV,
Flashpoints, FSRN, FSTV, GritTV, HIMC,
KPFT News,
ProgForum,
Voices at Work,
Ray Hill, etc.

 

 

 

GreenWatch TV
(Houston)
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ARCHIVES: See the several pages of shows on our Vimeo Channel

Local, progressive television every other Monday, 8:00-9:00 PM
VIA public access cable TV inside Houston city limits -- and streaming online.
CALL-IN NUMBER DURING THE SHOW: [01]-713-807-1794
See HMS for studio info, including the address in case you want to join us in person..
HEY! catch the show live on the internet:
www.hmstv.org

Upcoming shows

& on into 2013

TOPICS under consideration: Humanistic Economics; Education; Redefining Work; 2010 Census, redistricting; Consumption: The Story of Stuff. How about RASH? and let's talk about breast health. Should gambling be encouraged by the state? Food! Music! Sex!

Yet MORE possible topics for shows: 1. Look over "top 25 censored stories" of past year. past decade, too? 2. Investigate/prosecute Torture Proponents; 3. Election Reform; 4. Explore Real Economics for Real People; 5. Expose Texas Taxation Realities (see Center for Public Policy Priorities); 6. Prison Reform/Abolition; 7. Water (Global Water Resources: Public Property or Profitable Commodity?); 8. Life Choices; Women's Rights, Wrongs Against Women (for example, Juarez/Laredo); 9. Disabilities; 10. Nursing Homes; 11. Mental Illness; 12. Global Human Rights; 13. Homeless Population; 14. Home Birthing, Doulas; 15. TIRZs; 16. Hemp; 17. Sweatshop Free Houston; 18. Earthday; 19. Gun Control; 20. Wholeness; etc. The list goes on and on; we welcome suggestions, for topics and for guests.

Guests: Are you or do you know some grassroots person who can comfortably present progressive points of view on TV? PLEASE GET IN TOUCH. [Especially if you or your peers can be in Houston on alternate Monday evenings.]

GreenWatch is a locally produced, live, call-in TV show that has aired since 1999 on Houston cable access channel 17 (other channels depending on area). Our planning meetings start at 7:00 PM on Monday evenings the week after each show. Although we usually meet at Van Loc, we have met at crew members' homes. Call or e-mail if you'd like to join us. We welcome Volunteers. Contact the Green Watch TV crew by phone 713-635-5286 (Brian) or 281-728-6327 (Art).


 wrapped programs, our most recent, from this year
(see bottom of page for links to written records from the past decade, & music credits)

May 13 : First topic - Houston Youth Camps
(Houston Peace Camp and Camp Dos Cabezas)

WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.
Second topic - Maternal Mortality in Texas
(having to do with the war on women and the closing of clinics that provide family planning and other women's health services, including abortions)

WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.

April 29: Topic - Panel Discussion following "The Health Care Movie"
(Health Care for All Texas arranged with us to have the movie aired during the hour before our regular program, then four of them joined us to talk about the potential benefits of Single Payer Health Care and compare it to the incremental improvements being provided by the Affordable Care Act.)

WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.

April 15: Topic - Tar Sand Pipelines
(Risks, events, consequences - locally and globally and in between)

WATCH this on the WEB: partial Vimeo; full version coming soon.

April 1: Topic - Houston current issues
("One Bin For All" Trash Pickup; Metro transportation)

WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.

March 18: Topic - Texas Legislature current session
(focus on immigration, criminal justice, health care, education, and corporate personhood)
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.

March 4: Topic - Predatory Lending (AKA Payday Loans)
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.

February 18: Topic - Re-aired show from October 15 (Corporate Personhood)
Studio had a technical malfuncion, so we had use a previous recording.
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.

February 4: Topic - Tar Sands Pipelines
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.

January 21: Topic - Maria Selva for Texas Senate 6
WATCH this on the WEB: Vimeo.

January 7: Topic - ?


Previous years (click on the year to see details)

2012

2011 Some of our shows: Torture on Death Row, Street Art, Conroe Toxic Wells, Bicycling in Houston, Occupy Texas!

2010 Of particular note: we won an award for a show we did on Human Trafficking in Houston.

2009 Includes: Media, HEALTH CARE Health Care health care, Human Trafficking, Air Quality, Vaccines, Climate Disruption, Domestic Violence, Death Row, ACORN, Building Materials Reuse Warehouse, more.

2008 Includes: Localism, Cynthia McKinney, ICE Raids, Racism, SEIU and Aramark, Toxic Tour of east Houston, on Hearing Loss, Remove Rosenthal (Bad DA), Stop Executions NOW, Stop Sweatshops, Transportation, and more...

2007 Includes: Clean Elections, 4 impeachment shows, 2 health care shows, Katrina survivors, water, black history, Tazers, Texas Greens, Cynthia McKinney, and much more.

2006 Includes: SHROC VI, Justice for Janitors, Elections 2006, Defending Women's Rights, Domestic Violence, Climate Crisis, Mountaintop Removal, Houston Social Forum, Immigrant Rights, Mental Health, and much more.

2005 Includes: Frances Newton, Election Fraud, Immigration, Women's Health, Iraq War, Veterans, Etc.

2004 Includes: Values and Politics, Radical Encuentro, Texas Water Resources, Mr. Sharon Tear Down that Wall, Electronic Elections, Proposition 1 (Spring 2004 in Houston), What is going ON in Haiti, Immigrants and Homeland Security.

2003 Includes: Local Elections (Dec 10; Oct 1, 15, 31; Sep 17), Simplicity, Iraq Quagmire, Globalization/WTO, Hispanic Politics, Gay Rights, Tree Sitting, Cuba, Health Care, FCC, Flooding, Women and War, Labor Day, War and Immigrants, Death Penalty (Apr 3, Jan 23), Progressive Media, Living Wage, Peace Movement, and the Souls of Black Folk.

2002 Includes: Civil Rights in Perilous Times (Robert Jensen, Danalyn Recer), Police Accountability (Civilians Down, Corpus Justice, Copwatch), Rahul Mahajan for Governor, Texans for Gun Safety, The New Katy Freeway, Labor Day Special, HIV at home and in the world, Plan Colombia, Pacifica Radio, Health Care for All, Palestine, Latino Labor, Congo Conflict, African American History, Enron and Deregulation, Cuba, statewide Green Party candidates for office, and more.

2001 Includes: School of the Americas Watch, Peace, Middle East Policy, LGBT Politics in Houston, Alternative Media, Marijuana Law Reform, Immigration Issues, Death Row, Prisons and Criminal Justice (Ray Hill), Corporate Misbehavior (Ralph Nader taped), Third World Debt (Jere Locke), Environmental Issues, Green Party supported local candidates, and more.


Music played during the show (especially during in-tro and out-tro) has been an evolving element. In the beginning back in late 1999/early 2000 or so, canned 'public domain' clips gave something... Then we got a Free Radicals CD and encouragement to use it on the air free from Houston musician/activist Nick Cooper, so we used several cuts from that pretty exclusively for a year or so. Then on KPFT's Democracy Now! we heard "Is It For Freedom" by Sara Thomsen, tracked her down and got permission to use that song, so did and still do upon occasion. We also play songs from GASCD, including Bruce Cockburn "Call It Democracy", Propaghandi "Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes", Michael Franti "Oh My God", Rheostatics "Bad Time to be Poor" -- Get this excellent double disk set! (GASCD: Governments Accountable to Society and Citizens = Democracy; thanks, Susan and Allan in Ontario, for turning us on to this.) And we're looking to air tunes from Green Revolution when/if Sudden Death responds. Listen up for David Rovics, Dave Lippman, or you never know who might show up live in the studio, Darryl Cherney did once... Come on down! Our show ends at 10:00 PM and a short, topical song might fit in real nice to close the show...

Explicit Links to Music (for printed bi-fold...)
http://www.enjoymusic.com/freeradicals/
http://www.gascd.com
http://www.davidrovics.com
http://davelippman.com/
http://www.darrylcherney.com/
http://www.righteousmothers.com
http://www.sarathomsen.com

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