Button Gwinnett, Louis Ferrante and more - episode 4
July 9, 2008 – 11:22 pm by Matthew RevellThe Wolverhampton Radiophonic Institute: radio for thinking. Culture, politics and philosophy from Wolverhampton, hosted by Matthew Revell and Neil Calloway.
Originally broadcast on 4th July 2008 on WCR FM
- 02.45: MPs vote against full reform of their expenses regime. We debate the rights and wrongs with Labour’s Darren Husted.
- 18.39: The Google StreetView camera has been spotted in the UK. Should we fear for our privacy or just get over ourselves?
- 26.08: Looking for live music nights with an indie bent? Katie and Matt from Colour talk about their events at the Light House.
- 35.50: Jim Smith talks to ex-Mafia guy Louis Ferrante about his life and his new book Tough Guy.
- 48.23: Folk artist Ruth Theodore is our Creative Commons musician of the week. Features the song Nothing on us.
- 57.30: In our 4th July special, we look at the life of Button Gwinnett, a Wolverhampton man who signed the American declaration of independence. Barbara Gwinnett - no relation - talks about his life in England.
- 1:07.06: Orlando Montoya - a journalist with Savannah’s WSVH - talks about Button Gwinnett’s life in Georgia and the political career that led to his signing the declaration.
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