The May 8, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody has Bob Edgar, President and CEO of Common Cause talking about a complaint filed with the IRS against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) regarding their status as a non-profit organization, and why the conflicts of interest of Justices Scalia and Thomas should cause the SCOTUS to vacate the Citizens United v FEC decision.

And, speaking of Citizens United, that decision solidified the idea that corporations are 'persons'  under the law and therefore have Constitutional rights, yes?  Then as 'persons,' they should have responsibilities and liabilities like us individual persons, yes?

Not so fast.  Corporations are persons, but individuals aren't corporate persons, only individual persons are individuals, because "individual" means a real person, not a corporate one, yes?

We heard oral arguments before the Supreme Court about whether organizations and corporations can be held accountable for their bad acts under laws governing what 'individuals' can do.

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The May 1, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody featured former Kansas City nuclear weapons parts plant worker and current Bannister Federal Complex (BFC) Community Advisory Panel member Maurice Copeland who called for a Plea for Justice Rally at the BFC on April 25.  Copeland spoke to supporters and met with General Services Administration Region 7 Adminsitrator Jason Klumb.

Also on this show, the Bradley Manning rally in Kansas City and audio from a Kansas City, MO city council meeting dealing with a petition initiative to put future city involvement in nuclear weapons production on the ballot.

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A recent Kansas City television news piece was headlined

Well-meaning Homeless Donations Cause Problems in KCMO

and ended saying "The service providers, along with Kansas City, Missouri police, say they are discussing whether the city can create an ordinance prohibiting this type of donation drop-off or require the groups to get a license to serve food."

The April 24, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody  featured Evie Craig, executive director of Restart, who was quoted in the news piece, Richard Tripp, director and founder of COPPInc, and Jennifer Gould, coordinator with Heart of America Stand Down.

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On Tell Somebody on April 17, 2012, we heard first from David Lane, Denver attorney who argued Reichle v Howards at the US Supreme Court on March 21, 2012.  Lane represent Steven Howards, who was arrested after he told then vice president Cheney that his policies were disgusting.  Lane said "This case has the possibility of radically reshaping how protest works in the United States."

After that, Brian Terrell, co-coordinator with Voices for Creative Non-Violence, talks about why he came to Kansas City for the Trifecta Resista, a weekend trio of protests against nuclear weapons production in Kansas City, Missouri, the abuse of Bradley Manning at Fort Leavenworth, and US drone policy at Whiteman Air Force Base near Knob Knoster, Missouri. 

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The April 10, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody begins with Kansas City film maker Kevin McKinney talking about the premier of his new film Corporate FM.  Then we hear from Col. Ann Wright and Kathy Kelly about the Midwest Trifecta Reista, a weekend of protests against production of nuclear weapons parts in Kansas City, Missouri, the imprisonment of alleged whistleblower Bradley Manning in Leavenworth, Kansas, and the unmanned drone traing operations at Whiteman Air Force base.

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The April 3, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody featured Richard Tripp, cabdriver and founder of Care of Poor People, Inc., and Evie Craig, Executive Director of homeless services provider Restart with two different views about how to feed and clothe the homeless.

Also on the show, former Kansas City television reporter Russ Ptacek made his debut on a CBS affiliate in Washington D.C. with Kansas City nuclear weapons plant connections to the story of the resignation of GSA Administrator Martha Johnson after an Inspector General Report on extravagant (nearly a million bucks) spending for a Las Vegas conference, news of Col. Ann Wright and Kathy Kelly's imminent return to Kansas City for a 'Trifecta Resista,' and SCOTUS audio from arguments on a case where Justice Scalia opines that tapping Vice President Cheney on the shoulder is okay if you want to praise him, but is criminal assault if you criticize him.

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The March 27, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody features Brandy Doyle, Policy Director for the Prometheus Radio Project speaking about the historic opportunity for new community radio stations in the wake of the signing into law of the Local Community Radio Act in January, 2011 and an FCC ruling issued on March 19, 2012 about implementation of the law.

After that we heard Making Contact's Andrew Stelzer in excerpts from a panel discussion at the National Conference on Media Reform in Boston in April, 2011, and part of Michael Moore's speech at the Left Forum in New York on March 17, 2012.

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On the March 20, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody, we heard from Kansas Citian Burt Madison, inventor, commercial artist, part-time security guard and former B-24 ball turret gunner in World War II.   Jimmy Stewart was his co-pilot on one flight, Walter Matthau packed his parachute, and Chuck Yeager flew fighter support on some of his missions, and Madison is still going strong at 88.

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The March 13, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody started out with cab driver Richard Tripp talking about the www.coppinc.com Spring Break for the Homeless event coming up in Kansas City on April 7th.  Tripp is the founder and director of COPP Inc, and every Spring and Fall has been putting on events where a couple of thousand people come for free food, free clothing and free entertainment.

Next, we heard from Byllye Avery, founder of Black Women's Health Imperative, one of the groups in a coalition called HERvotes.  The 101st International Women's Day was March 8th, and March is Women's History Month, but you'd never know it from the current political climate and the attacks on women's rights and threats to the health and economy of all.

The show ends with an account of how revolution broke out on International Women's Day in 1917 in St. Petersburg.  What has come to be called the February Revolution was sparked by women, and this last segment of the show is part of an eyewitiness account by Russian Army machine gun training officer Hugo Hakk, never heard anyplace else before it was serialized on Tell Somebody in 2009.

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The March 6, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody featured former CIA analyst and presidential daily briefer Ray McGovern responding to Donald Rumsfeld's remarks at the Truman Library and Museum in Independence, MO on February 24, 2012.  The broadcast edition of the show had to be edited for length, but this podcast edition includes the entire interview with McGovern.

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