On this edition of Rise Up Radio, we chill with youth from Radio Rootz and get their take on the media and other hot topics; and we get the lowdown on cuts to important college prep programs for low-income youth, with Marvin Cabrera of the Double Discovery Center; and an update on the youth track at the Grassroots Media Conference

Intro and youth news: 9:15

In this installment of "The Underground Show" host Mr. Mike looks at the geek humor of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and MST3K. Broadcast on 04-08-05, length is around 80 minutes.

Late Night With Mr. X & Just Julie for April 8, 2005 has been posted.

special guest dan watman breaks down the very human connections that will be lost if we don't STOP THE FENCE. then rich and lotus crash this bridge with a call for borderhack, which leads to local events and on to argentina. presente!

The misery of going bald.

Going Bald

I came home one night and found a bottle of herbal, hair growth pills sitting on my desk. My mom had decided that it was time to do something about my balding head, so she went on the Internet and bought some hair growth pills.

The pill container was placed in the middle of my desk and affixed with a yellow post-it note. The note simply read: “Mike, please let your hair grow. Love, Momma.”

That was four years ago.

It wasn’t until that point that I really thought much about my balding head.

A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.

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In this episode, Al has his friend dj Amalfi in the studio with him. we spin a variety of tunes and chat a bit about who the heck cares about the pope dying, the 11,000 american people who got killed from Depleted Uranium and stuff but mostly play killer tunes. rock on. 2 hrs.