#74 - Rushdie, Lewis, and campaign cogitation

(1:49 - 3:21) Election streeters: How engaged are you in following the campaign? (4:00 - 6:45) Stephen Lewis has devoted himself in the last few decades to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS infections. Lewis delivered an address in Whitehorse last week (September 15, 2008). Canada's Aboriginal Communities, he said, have higher rates of the disease due to poverty and government neglect. At the end of the address a question came from the audience about what Aboriginal Communities can expect from the Canadian Government in the future. Here is what Lewis said in response. (7:03 - 10:20) Keith Gottschalk is struggling on in the face of a double header news story: the U.S. Election campaign, and the government's bailout of Wall Street. (10:49 - 15:28) Electioneering, DVD style. Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond get into it over their favorite election movies. (16:02 - 29:12) Feature interview with Salman Rushdie on his new novel The Enchantress of Florence.

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