The Timothy Jordan Show

In long-standing Valentine's Day tradition Timothy and Alec are joined in the studio by the cast of the Vagina Monologues being performed at UCSC this March 7th and 8th. Rounding out the romance, Joyce Dales from sweetongeeks.com talks with Timothy about finding love and their Millennium Falcon challenge. The News breaks ground all about the surprising amount of shooting up and shooting down on Capitol Hill this week.

Timothy and Alec were joined in the studio by Santa Cruz Mayor Ryan Coonerty to talk about all things electorial. This evening's show also featured a preview of next week's interview with software freedmon activist, Richard Stallman. The News segment returns this week with the 2008 Presidential Primary Timothy Jordan Show News Voter's Guide.

Timothy and the crew, with Scott mysteriously absent once again, bring our listeners a recorded interview with programmer and activist Richard Stallman about the free software movement. The News Staff, despite being deafened by the studio equipment, recovered to cover this week's election results, the TSA's blog, and wood.

There's bacon. Also, reggae artist Mr. Majestic joins Kristen and Timothy this evening to talk music and share some songs with our listeners. The News Staff grows up, or at least thinks about it, bringing discussion of the REAL ID Act and other privacy issues.

We have a warming selection of Timothy Jordan Show highlights from '07 for our listeners on this cold, stormy night in Santa Cruz. Grand promises are made on the News segment, and a celebration of a rover's birthday.

With half of the crew out of the studio, Timothy and Alec are joined this evening by TJ Show veteran Brian Heater for some unscripted babbling. Our interview features Brice Binder, co-founder of Briceball, speaking with Timothy about the little-known cult game and how people can get involved. The News Staff has put together our yearly year-in-review summary, a high-speed run through our biggest stories of the year. Hold on tight.

We're taking the salt out of the water. That's right, this evening Timothy interviews Bill Kocher from the Santa Cruz Water Department about Santa Cruz water issues and the City's pilot desalinization plant. The News segment is chock full of Federal paper shredding and digital rights issues, forging on despite the risk of infuriating Lord Cheney.

We talk about the words of the year, and search for words of our own as Kristen interviews Dr. Jim Armstead about torture and the legal basis for the War on Terror. Parasites are the order of the day in the News segment, with the Recording Industry Association of America front and center.

Speaking with Timothy, Ben, editor and publisher of 2dinar.com, returns to the program with some thoughts on the media, a new service paradigm, and some answers to questions from our listeners. It's a dark News segment on this notable December evening, with remembrance, intelligence, and excellence.

Kristen and Timothy were joined by Peter Eckersley of the Electronic Frontier Foundation to talk about the organization's recent charges that Internet service provider Comcast is actively interfering with the communications of some of their customers. Details of The Great Pumpkin Caper kick off the News segment, followed by some updates on the Iraq debacle, telecom immunity, and excellence.

We're joined this post-Thanksgiving Friday by Anthony Bourdain, who took some time out of his week to chat with Timothy and Alec about his television show, "No Reservations," and newly released book, "No Reservations, Around the World on an Empty Stomach." Be sure to stay tuned for when a few secrets about the Timothy Jordan Show crew are revealed in the News segment.

Robin Yo Life and Charlie Red Stick from the Santa Cruz Rollergirls join Timothy and the crew live in the studio to talk about roller derby history and an upcoming charity event in Santa Cruz. The News returns with proposals to spice up the campaign season, the joys of sex education, wiretapping, and excellence.

Jim from the UCSC Public Affairs Office came on the program to talk about the recent controversy surrounding development at the university. We were joined in the studio by Jennifer Charles, a media representative for the arboreal protesters. Due to the length of this evening's interviews, the News Staff became disgruntled. The News will return as planned next week.

A plethora of robotics interviews kick off the show this week. Timothy followed up a visit to the Robotics Development Conference last week with an interview featuring Emilie Kopp, an Applications Engineer for National Instruments. He also spoke with Karl Muecke, a graduate Researcher at Virgina Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Lab, Trevor Blck well, Founder and CEO of Anybots, and Hans Utz, a Staff Scientist at NASA's Research Institute for Advanced Comnputer Science. The News segment brings a few ideas from in and out of our offices for spcicing up the Presidential elections, government failures, and musical success.

In an unfortunately pre-empted and shortened show Kristen and the gang interview Melanie Du Puis from the UC Santa Cruz Sociology department, who came on to talk about the politics of food and the history of food advice in the United States. The News segment fires through bankrupt Republican ideology and the Pentagon budget in burrito dollars.

With a SCTV video crew in the studio, we're featuring an interview with Ben, editor in chief and publisher of 2Dinar.com, to talk about issues facing military veterans, press coverage of the war in Iraq, and the state of the occupation in general. The News segment is fast and loose this evening, breaking ground on wiretapping issues, airport security, and an unpopular job opening in the Federal government.

On a cold and dark October afternoon, Timothy and Kristin interviewed a handful of organizers and participants from the 2007 Cold Water Classic about the legendary surf contest, which was ongoing this afternoon down at Steamers Lane. The News Staff offers an apology for part of last week's show, breaking into issues around the Iraq Embassy, Blackwater USA, and State Secrets that aren't secret at all.

Doug Brooks, President of the International Peace Operations Association returns to the program this evening to talk with Timothy about the ongoing controversy surrounding Blackwater USA and the private security contractor industry. Missile Defense issues lead off the News this week, which moves on to the Department of Justice's secret torture memos.

The full team returns to the radio this week. That's right, long-absent Kristen returns by bringing us an interview with Bill Mollave of Santa Cruz County Alcohol and Drug Program. Timothy spoke with Jim Estes of the Marine Discovery Center about an upcoming talk on his years of work with marine mammals. Timothy also tracked down Ryan Coonerty, Vice-Mayor of Santa Cruz, to discuss Santa Cruz Next and their efforts to get young people more involved in the community. And there's News, of course. News of pie, the Patriot Act, and much, much more.

Critical breaking baseball news leads off the show this week, followed by an interview with Bretton Alexander, Executive Director of Space Prizes for the X-Prize foundation about their award for the first people to successfully return a rover to the moon. It's a cold day for flying pigs in Hell in the News segment, where we look at the recent controversy over private security contractors in Iraq and the ongoing financial meltdown in the U.S. economy.