Episode 28: Stand-Up for Assange with Rick Overton

An in depth interview with satirist, writer, actor and activist Rick Overton - 40 Funny Years.

Thanks to Rick Overton for giving us his nuanced and ironic understanding of the persecution of Wikileaks founder and the dire implications and consequences of his possible prosecution in the US. Race and the criminal justice, are also under discussion as is mass surveillance, the military industrial complex and the crackdown on dissent.  He also laments the sorry state of the mainstream media.

Jazz and Ragtime pianist Rafi D'luggoff enhances the program with live music.