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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Originally broadcast on 27th June 2008 on WCR FM.

• 02.56: Mark Watson (editor of Minority Perspective) and Doug Hope (Wolverhampton South West propsective Parliamentary candidate for UKIP) discuss child labour. What are the alternatives for children in third world countries?
• 21.53: What is to blame for the events in Zimbabwe?
• 33.38: Bill, John and Andy are cycling from Wolverhampton to Paris in aid of the County Air Ambulance and the Beacon Centre for the Blind. They tell us about their plans for the journey.
• 43.21: Artist, photographer and film-maker Pogus Caesar talks about his career and his forthcoming Wolverhampton Art Gallery exhibition.
• 1:05.18: Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe is our Creative Commons artist of the week. She talks about her music, her inspiration and running her own label. She also plays Happy People and Hold Back from her album Little Light.
• 1:28.01: Fordhouses singer-songwriter Nathanael Poole plays three of his songs and talks about his music.

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Originally broadcast on 20th June 2008 on WCR FM.

• 02.38: Is the EU’s reaction to the Irish vote against the Lisbon Treaty proof that there is no democracy in the EU?
• 23.33: Why is Gordon Brown asking the Saudis to increase oil production when tax is the largest component of the pump price?
• 33.51: Former Corrie barmaid Sally Lindsay talks about her new show, Eurobeat, which is a tribute to the Eurovision Song Contest.
• 40.40: Film producer Simon Woods and actress Den Woods talk about their latest project, The Mandrake Root.
• 57.05: Wolverhampton metal musician Jono Bacon talks about his new project Severed Fifth and his project to make a commercial success of Creative Commons music. Includes the song Beating Heart.
• 1:11.45: Comedian Stan Stanley talks about his work and his forthcoming gig at the Little Civic.
• 1:18.11: Wolverhampton resident and architect Rob Annable talks about the architecture of Wolverhampton’s Civic Centre and how it relates to the buildings around it.
• 1:39.50: Local history expert William Howe talks about the history of the Civic Centre site.
• 1:45.26: City musician Mick Burrows talks about his work and plays three of his songs: All at Sea, Dream All Day and The Hunter’s Song.

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Originally broadcast on 13th June 2008 on WCR FM.

• 02.39: What impact will 42 days detention have and what is David Davies trying to achieve by resigning?
• 18.31: The Generalist Party is aiming to bring the people of Britain exactly what they want. They’re also standing against David Davies in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election. We spoke to the party’s James Stinson, Dale Weston and George Georgiou.
• 30.20: Ray Barry of The Equal Parenting Alliance explains why he thinks roof-top protests are still necessary in the battle for fathers’ rights.
• 40.40: Illustrator Sarah Ray talks about her work and her exhibition at Wolverhampton’s Light House.
• 49.15: Henry Allingham is Europe’s oldest man and a World War I hero. John Mellor asks why Henry’s own country hasn’t honoured him.
• 1:01.45: The Cynic’s Guide to 9/11 Conspiracy Theories. Paul Stott, Nick Pope and John White contribute to Neil’s documentary on the groups who pose alternative theories as to what happened on September 11th 2001.
• 1:19.21: Dan Whitehouse - local singer-songwriter - talks about his upcoming album and plays two songs live in the studio.

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