I did a radio interview (full recording here) this afternoon for Dubai Eye's "Business Breakfast" talk show. It was a 20-minute one-on-one interview inspired by my BBC article on alternative solutions to the financial crisis coming out of the World Social Forum. Brandy Scott, a most excellent radio host from New Zealand, asked provocative questions and was pretty interesting to talk with.
The Business Breakfast recently won the International Radio Conference’s “Breakfast Show Of The Year” award.Other interviews on the morning's show included "Jeffrey Rhodes, CEO of International Assets, watches gold hover around the $1,000 mark," and "Khaled Masri, partner and head of brokerage at Rasmala Investments, discusses the Dubai Financial Market's nine-day rally."
Presented by Brandy Scott and Malcolm Taylor, the show is the station’s flagship programme. Broadcast every morning on the 103.8 FM frequency from 6am-9am, the Business Breakfast covers local, regional and international business stories.
It was pretty exciting to have an audience with this sort of crowd—it definitely did not feel like the sort of "preaching to the choir" that one is often accused of in orbiting the Berkeley/San Francisco activist scene, not to mention in producing documentary film (who watches that other than the converted, right?). They were particularly interested in the World Social Forum and if anyone actually had any real solutions to offer to the current meltdown. I gave them my best—have a listen and let me know what you think!
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