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Part 1
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We begin with the NFL lockout of referees, which resulted in a series of blown calls from replacement refs (otherwise known as scabs) that robbed the Green Bay Packers of a victory in Monday Night’s football game against Seattle. An irate Packers fan, Rudy Batzell from Paul Ryan’s congressional district, as well as long-time sports columnist for the New York Times and author Robert Lipsyte, join us to discuss the contempt NFL owners appear to have for the professionalism of their employees, not to mention the fans, players and the game itself. |
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Part 2
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Then, following today’s charges brought against an Army General for forcible sodomy, adultery and inappropriate relations with female subordinates while serving in Afghanistan, we speak with Jennifer Norris who was forced into early retirement from the U.S. Air Force because of PTSD from military sexual trauma. We discuss whether a trial of such a high-ranking officer will help expose the epidemic of sexual violence in the military.
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Part 3
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Then finally we look into President Obama’s address to the Clinton Global Initiative on the global scourge of human bondage, slavery and sex-trafficking. A victim of sex-trafficking, who at the age of 12 was kidnapped and forced into sex-slavery, Carissa Phelps, joins us. The author of “Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time”, Carissa is now an attorney and youth advocate who helps local and international survivors of sex trafficking rebuild their lives.
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