Interview participants in "Programming the Nation?"

Interviews

We conducted over 30 interviews across the country - with the following authors and experts in the field of advertising, film, television, music, politics, psychology, subliminal research, and military applications.

Listed below in alphabetical order:

	Col. John B. Alexander (ret.) A retired US Army Colonel and a leading advocate for the development of non-lethal weapons. He's the author of Future War: Non-Lethal Weapons in Modern Warfare, and Winning the War: Advanced Weapons, Strategies, and Concepts for the Post-9/11 World. He Joined the army in 1956 and retired in 1988 after serving among other things with research and development, psychological operations, and served as a Special Forces Commander in Vietnam and Thailand. After his retirement Dr. Alexander joined Los Alamos National Laboratory where he developed the concept of Non-Lethal Defense. He conducted briefings on non-lethal warfare at the highest levels of government, participated in a Council on Foreign Relations study of non-lethal weapons and chaired the first major conference on the topic. Wiki Page, PSI Talk Page
	Richard Beggs Richard Beggs is a veteran sound engineer for the film industry. He was one of the Academy Award winning members for Best Sound in 1980 for Apocalypse Now. He has designed, deited and re-recorded over 45 feature films duringr his 25 year career. Some of his additional credits include "Rumble Fish" (1983), "The Outsiders" (1983), "Repo Man" (1984), "Ghost Busters" (1984), Rain Man (1988), "The Godfather Part III" (1990), Strange Days (1995), "Sphere" (1998), "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), "Adaptation" (2002), "Lost in Translation": (2003), "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban" (2004).
	Dr. Nick Begich Executive Director, The Lay Institute on Technology, publisher, Earthpulse Press. He coauthored Angels Don't Play This HAARP: Advances in Tesla Technology. Begich also authored Earth Rising - The Revolution: Toward a Thousand Years of Peace and Earth Rising II- The Betrayal of Science, Society and the Soul. Begich has published articles in science, politics and education and is a well known lecturer, having presented throughout the United States and in nineteen countries. He has been featured as a guest on thousands of radio broadcasts reporting on his research activities including new technologies, health and earth science related issues. He has also appeared on dozens of television documentaries and other programs throughout the world. Begich has served as an expert witness and speaker before the European Parliament, GLOBE, and for many other organizations. EarthPulse.com, Haarp.net
	August Bullock August Bullock - Attorney at Law and Author of "The Secret Sales Pitch: An Overview of Subliminal Advertising." Bullock is also a lecturer and speaker on the subject of subliminals. He can be heard on numerous radio talk shows promoting his philosophies and methodologies. Several of his alleged examples of imbeds in print advertising that were published in his book have been included in our film. Subliminal Sex
	Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky is a world renowned professor at MIT. He has lectured at many universities here and abroad, and is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards. He has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy and the media, as well as intellectual history, contemporary issues, international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. His most recent books are A New Generation Draws the Line; New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind; Rogue States; 9-11; Understanding Power; On Nature and Language; Pirates and Emperors, Old and New; Chomsky on Democracy and Education; Middle East Illusions; and Hegemony or Survival . He was also featured in the film Manfacturing Consent, which focuses on his analysis of the modern media.
	Christopher Coppola Writer, Director, and Producer of numerous films including "Gunfight at Red Dog Corral (1993)", "Palmer's Pick Up" (1999), "G-Men from Hell" (2000), and "Bel Air" (2000). Coppola is also the President and Idea Man at Ears XXI, his Hollywood based production company. As a teenager, he apprenticed to composer Carmine Coppola on the film "Apocalypse Now" before going on to study music composition at Redlands University where he received the prestigious California Arts Council Award for his opera "Plato's Cave" and for his clarinet quintet, "Reverie". Earsxxi.com
	Philip Farber Philip H. Farber is the author of FUTURERITUAL: Magick for the 21st Century, a manual of neurological exploration. His articles on magiick and popular culture have appeared in The Journal of Hypnotism, Hypnosis Today, Mondo 2000, High Times, Paradigm Shift, and other unique publications and websites. He is also a Certified Hypnotherapist and a licensed trainer off Neuro-linguistic Programming, with a private practice in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley. Hawkridge Productions
	David Fricke Since 1977, David Fricke has been writing for distinguished American music magazine Rolling Stone - today as Senior Editor. in the 1980's and 90's, he was a correspondent for English Melody Maker and later for the monthly magazine Mojo. He has been honored twice with the ASCAP - Deems Taylor Award for outstanding music journalism. He has written comments on many numerous album releases including those by Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, The Ramones, and The Byrds. Wiki Page, Rollingstone.com
	Amy Goodman Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of "Democracy Now!" - a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 500 stations in North America. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., "Democracy now!" is broadcast on Pacifica, Community, and National Public Radio stations, public access cable television stations, satellite (on Free Speech TV, Channel 9415 - the DISH Network), short wave radio, and the internet. The "War and Peace Report" provides their audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the US corporate-sponsored media. Amy is also the co-author of the national best-seller "The Exception To The Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, And The Media That Love Them" and "Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, And The People Who Fight Back" written with her brother David Goodman. Democracynow.org
	Hilton A. Green Asst. Director to Alfred Hitchcock on Psycho (1960). Producer of the following films: Home Alone 3 (1997), Zeus and Roxanne (1997), Son in Law (1993), Encino Man (1992), Sweet Poison (1991) (TV), Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) (TV), Psycho III (1986), Sixteen Candles (1984), Psycho II (1983). Mr. Green is a Hollywood veteran of the studio system and his film career spans almost half a century. IMDB Article
	Dr. Anthony Greenwald A Social Psychologist and, since 1986, Professor of Psychology at University of Washington. in 1959 he received an A.B. from Yale University. In 1961, he received an A.M. from Harvard University, and in 1963, he completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University as well. After that, he completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship that lasted from 1963-1965 at the Educational Testing Service. Our interview focused primarily on his 1991 Research Study published in Psychological Science, 2, 119-122 - on Double Blind Tests of Subliminal Self-Help Audio Tapes, conducted w/ Eric R. Spangenberg at Washington State University, and Anthony R. Pratkanis at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Washington.edu Page, Research Report
	Andy Johns Andy Johns is a legendary rock and roll recording engineer and producer who has collaborated on some of the most influential and widely acclaimed albums of our time. Most notably for his early work with Led Zeppelin on II, III, IV, and Physical Graffiti, he is also responsible for mixing and producing The Rolling Stones, "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile On Main Street", Rod Stewart, "Footloose And Fancy Free" and "Blondes Have More Fun", Jethro Tull, "Stand Up" and "Living In The Past", Van Halen, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" and other artists such as Blind Faith, Gary Wright, Eddie Money, Ozzy Osbournne, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Joe Satriani, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, L.A. Guns, and Godsmack.
In Memorandum 1921 - 2008	Wilson Bryan Key Author of Subliminal Seduction, Media Sexploitation, Subliminal Ad-Ventures in Erotic Art, The Age of Manipulation, and The Clam Plate Orgy, all published in the 1970's and early 1980's. They examined his theories on the use of subliminal advertising and subliminal messages in modern media. Controversial from the start, the books were best-sellers and widely read, particularly at universities, where he would often lecture. His findings led to an enormous uproar by the general public that has long since subsided. Key has also provided testimony at numerous congressional and subcommittee hearings which examined the potential use of subliminal advertising in alcohol and tobacco ads. He also testified on behalf of the plaintiffs during the notorious Judas Priest "subliminal suicide" trial in 1990. His conclusions have often been challenged by the advertising community and other scholars. Nevertheless, he is considered one of the nation's foremost authorities on the subject and has spent much of his life in pursuit of exposing the subconscious coercion he believes exists in advertising and the media. Key obtained his doctorate from the University of Denver and taught journalism for many years at the University of Western Ontario.
	Dennis Kucinich Dennis Kucinich is an American politician of the Democratic Party and was a candidate in both the 2004 and 2008 United States Presidential Elections. Currently, he represents the 10th District of Ohio in the US House of Representatives. His district includes most of western Cleveland, as well as such suburbs as Parma and Cuyahoga Heights. He is also the chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Kuncinich.us, Congressman Page
	Jerry Mander Jerry Mander is an American activist best known for his books "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" (1977), and "In the Absence of the Sacred" (1991). Mander worked in advertising for 15 years during the 60's and 70's, including five as partner and president of Freeman, Mander & Gossage in San Francisco. In 1971 he founded Public Interest Communications, the first non-profit advertising agency in the US, which worked on campaigns to prevent dams in the Grand Canyon, founded Redwood National Park, and stopped the American project to build a supersonic transport. He is currently the director of the International Forum on Globalization and the program director for Megatechnology and Globalization at the Foundation for Deep Ecology.
	Mark Crispin Miller Mark Crispin Miller is a journalist and media critic. He is a professor of media studies at New York University, where he directs the Project on Media Ownership (PrOMO). He is well known both for his writing on all aspects of the media and for his activism on behalf of democratic media reform. His books include Boxed In: The Culture of TV, Seeing Through Movies, and Mad Scientists, a forthcoming study of war propaganda. Miller lives in New York City with his wife, Amy Smiley, and their two sons and special cat. NYU Website
	Mark Mothersbaugh Founding member of the rock band DEVO, widely known and respected as one of the most important bands to emerge from the 70's & 80's. They punctured the mainstream with their 1980 hit "Whip It", and reached millions of people who would have never heard their unique brand of music without major label distribution and radio airplay. Since then, Mothersbaugh has gone on to score numerous commercials, computer animations, television series, and feature films through his LA based company Mutato Muzika. He has also openly admitted imbedding numerous subliminal messages, mostly Devo and anti-establishment related, throughout his music.
	William Poundstone Author of numerous articles, web features, and novels, including the popular non-fictional "Big Secrets" series which uncovered a multitude of previously unknown information such as the formula for Coca-Cola, beating the lie detector, and the validity of subliminaly back-masked messages in Rock and Roll. Author Page, "Priceless" Book Blog, Tachistoscope Project
	Douglas Rushkoff Rushkoff graduated magna cum laude from Princeton Universtiy. He moved to Los Angeles and pursued an MFA in Directing from California Institue of the Arts. Later a post-graduate fellowship from the American Film Institute. Today, he teaches media theory at New York University's (NYU) Interactive Telecommunications Program. Rushkoff is known for being an active member of the cyberpunk movement and was the online associate of Timothy Leary. His rooted, often insightful, views on cyber culture and the media made him a sought after advisor and consultant with many organizations and companies, including the United Nations Commission on World Culture and the Sony corporation. Though an advocate for new technologies, his views lean towards a rational, creative and open source use of technology, making him a founding member of Technorealism. He is also the author of "Media Virus: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture" and "Coercion: Why We Listen to What 'They' Say". Rushkoff.com
	Howard Shevrin, Ph.D Dr. Shevrin is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He has studied and conducted over 50 years of research on the unconscious effects of subliminal stimuli. He also testified on behalf of the plaintiffs during the Judas Priest subliminal suicide trial in 1990, and in 1984 before a Congressional Subcommittee examining the use and effects of subliminal advertising in America.
	Pastor Joe Schimmel Joe Schimmel is Senior Pastor of Blessed Hope Chapel, in Simi Valley, CA. and President of Fight The Good Fight Ministries. He has also produced and narrated an assortment of Christian Documentaries including, "They Sold Their Souls for Rock N Roll".
	Ann Simonton Media activist Ann Simonton, once a top fashion model, now travels internationally to present her compelling expose on the disturbing consequences of corporate owned media. Simonton appeard on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Seventeen, and on the pages of Glamour, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Women's Day, Bride and many other national magazines. She also appeared on dozens of national television commercials before turning her back on this lucrative career to dedicate her life to exposing commercial media's bias. Ms. Simonton is one of the nation's leading authorities on the effects of media images and has appeared on Dr. Phil, Oprah, Larry King Live, Entertainment Tonight and CNN's Crossfire. She is the founder and Director of Media Watch, the organization recently responsible, according to the Wall Street Journal, for successfully convincing Dodge-Chrysler to pull their financial support of the Lingerie Bowl. Simonton was given the Feminist Heroine of the year Award, has had her autobiographical writings published by Harper & Row and her educational video have garnered national acclaim. Mediawatch.com
	Geoff Tate Lead singer and founding member of the progressive rock band Queensryche. Their discography includes Queensryche LP, The Warning, Rage For Order, Operation Mindcrime, Empire, Promised Land, Hear In The Now Frontier, Q2K, and Tribe. Their heavily anticipated Jan. 2006 release is a sequel to 1988's Mindcrime album - tentatively titled Operation Mindcrime II. Queensryche�s music has never ceased to evolve over the years and is consistently experimental. You�ll always hear something new if you listen hard enough. Queensryche.com
	Dr. Eldon Taylor For over 30 years, Dr. Taylor has been writing about and researching the affects of subliminal stimuli on the subconscious mind. His books include "Subliminal Communication: Emperor's Clothes or Panacea?" , "Subliminal Learning: An Eclectic Approach" , "Thinking Without Thinking: Who's in Control of Your Mind", and "Choices and Illusions, and "Mind Programming". Dr. Taylor is also the founder of Progressive Awareness Research Inc. and the publisher of InnerTalk Subliminal Self-help Video and Audio Tapes. He provided key testimony in 1986 at a Utah State Committee hearing for a proposed ban of subliminal advertising, and in 1990 for the plaintiffs who sued CBS Records and the rock band Judas Priest after two fans committed suicide. Webpage, InnerTalk, Progressive Awareness
	Diane E. Watson Diane E. Watson is a Democratic Politician and has been a member of the US House off Representatives since 2001, representing the 33rd District of California, located entirely in Los Angeles County. A graduate of UCLA, CSULA, and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Watson is a former psychologist, faculty member at California State University, health occupation specialist with the Bureau of Industrial Education of the California Department of Education, and US Ambassador to Micronesia before entering Congress. Congreswoman Page
	Bill Yousman Bill Yousman received his M.A. from the School of Communication at the University of Hartford in 1998. He did his Doctoral work at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst where he earned a Ph.D. in 2003. Before joining MEF as the Managing Director in June 2005, Bill was a professor of communication, first at the University of Hartford and most recently at Suffolk University in Boston where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses on the social impact of media and popular culture. Bill has published articles and book chapters in several scholarly journals and anthologies on issues related to race and representation, media and ideology, and media literacy.