Harvey Gochberg (Secretary Florida Veterans for Common Sense), Devon Jarrett (Jewish Family and Children's Services) and award winning film producer Len Gumley (Absence of Angels) discusses challenges for returning veterans and homeless issues. Then a Tannen Weekly (Pete Tannen, President of Sarasota ACLU) on Would Jesus Twitter?, a Media Matters Minute then Ron Burke (Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists Midwest office and Midwest climate campaign director) on Energy/ Climate Bill with Steve and returning co-host Alan.

Barry Damiano (Flight Director/ Meteorologist NOAA) discusses Hurricaines and preparation then Emily Doskow (Sharing Solutions) on her ultimate guide to sharing book plus plenty of surreal news with Ed and Steve.

Pete Tannen, President of Sarasota ACLU reports on the workshop for restoring Felons rights and reads a humorous column on servalence, Lawrence Korb (Center for American Progress) discusses Iran election and Obama policies. Then Gene Jones from Florida Veterans for Common Sense discusses the Iraq appropriations bill with Larry and Steve co-hosting.

Steve and Ed host this show on Restoration of Felons rights and other civil rights issues featuring ACLU and NAACP.
Joan Donnelly is an attorney in Sarasota, handling everything from Family Law matters including Child Custody and Dissolution, Wills and Probate, Employment Discrimination and Litigation and Civil Matters.
Joan was born in New York. She is an active attorney in Florida and New York. After practicing in New York from 1989-1998 she moved to Sarasota Florida where she continues to practice in both states.
Joan represents the NAACP here in Sarasota , is a member of The Florida Bar Association and is on The Diversity Committee of the Sarasota Bar Association. Joan is a member of the Board of Directors of the NAACP and The ACLU. She has an active status with the Florida Bar since 1998 and the New York Bar since 1989.
She is a graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelors Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). She has a Masters in Education from Hofstra University and a Masters in Counseling from St. John's University in New York. Joan is also a graduate of The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Pete Tannen is President of the American Civil Liberties Union of Sarasota, Manatee & DeSoto Counties.
He serves on the ACLU Florida Board, where he is Chair of the State Public Education Committee.
Pete is a marketing and communications consultant, who has lived in Australia and Canada, and has worked throughout Europe, Asia, and South America.
Pete also writes an award-winning newspaper column, the Tannen Weekly, which is available on-line, free, at www.tannenweekly.com.
Muslima Lewis (who will call into the station at 9 AM) is an ACLU Senior Attorney at state headquarters in Miami, and is Director of the ACLU Racial Justice and Voting Rights Projects.
She joined the ACLU of Florida in March 2006.
A former Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Lewis' practice has included work in the Miami office of Akerman Senterfitt and as a staff attorney for The New York Times Company.
Lewis was a founding member of CARE (Community Alliance for Reform in Education) in Palm Beach County, and has been an active volunteer in the area of voting rights restoration and with the Election Protection coalition.
Lewis is a past president of the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association (formerly, the Black Lawyers Association of Dade County). She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Barnard College/Columbia University, and her J.D. from Yale Law School.
Bill Schoolman, the chairman of a special ACLU state task force on the matter of Sex offenders and living places.

Keith Fitzgerald is a member of the Florida House of Representatives.
Keith gives us a summary of the last Florida legistlative session.
In addition he is a professor at New College.
Professor Fitzgerald specializes in American politics with a focus on political institutions (such as Congress and the presidency), and public policy. His teaching and research use theoretical, comparative, and historical approaches to examine how institutions and ideas shape peoples' collective lives. He is the author of Face of the Nation: Immigration, the State, and the National Identity.

Keith joins co-hosts Larry, Steve and Joe.

CATHERINE DUNHAM, Ed.D .is the President of the Access Project, a research and advocacy organization that has worked to improve access to health care for people without adequate health insurance since 1998. She served as national program director of the Community Health Leadership Program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 1991-2007. From 1984-1991 she was the chief health and human services policy advisor to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. Cathy received her Masters in Education from Clark University in Worecester, MA, and is on the faculty of UMass Medical School and Brandeis University. She joins Larry and Alice.

Craig Aaron (Senior Program Director FreePress) on Save the News then Craig Eisendrath (Chairman - Project for Nuclear Awareness) on Elimination of Nuclear Weapons then Chris Harris (Media Matters Communications and Research Director) on Media Matters Action Network plus Surrea News with Larry and Steve.

Matt Rothschild (Editor Progressive Magazine) discusses new book "Democracy in Print" The Best of The Progressive Magazine 1909-2009, then Leah Durant (Executive Director Progressives for Immigration Reform on overpopulation with Larry and Steve.

Mandy Arb and Grissim Walker (Consumer Law Center of Bradenton) with Larry.
Mandy Arb, Practice Manager for the Consumer Law Center in Bradenton, and staff attorney Grissim Walker, will discuss bankruptcies and foreclosures in Sarasota and Manatee Counties, and the effects they are having on individual homeowners and small businesses. The situation is alarming. Individuals are at the mercy of the banks, and the banks are uncommunicative and unresponsive. . Mandy, Grissim, and their colleagues are consumer advocates and they are prepared to outline the strategies individuals are employing in the face of these circumstances. Mandy is a nationally certified paralegal with an expertise in finance, banking, and real estate. She prepares litigation and supports the legal staff of the Consumer Law Center in bankruptcy and foreclosure situations. She has degrees from Southern Florida University and Manatee Community College. Grissim has degrees from Duke University, Florida and Florida State Universities.

Karin Lee (Executive Director National Committe on North Korea) on Human Rights, Nuclear Proliferation and Arrested Jouralists and Mel Goodman (former CIA Analyst) on Torture memos with Larry and Steve

Jacob Kurtzer (Refugees International) on human rights in Columbia then Kindra Muntz (SafeVote) on bill in Talahassee limiting voting rights with Larry and Steve

Kathryn Dungy (Prof History New College) w/ Cultural Arts Heritage Fesival, Author Russ Baker with "Family of Secrets", Larry and Steve

Vince Nunez on State Farm Insurance Problems then Gerald LaMelle (Executive Director of Africa Action) with Larry and Steve

Laurence Shatkin, author of "Best Jobs in the Presidents Stimulus Plan" then Dan McCrea, President and co-founder of Florida Voters with Steve and Larry.

Bob Edgar (Common Cause, 6 term congressman) on 2010 Election then Philip Howard (Life Without Lawyers) with Larry and Steve.

Bill Walker discusses his book Skywalker- Close encounters on the appalatian trail then Wendy BiddleCombe reports of homeless then David Culp (Quaker Nuclear Disarmament Program) on Aiming for Nuclear Weapons- Free World: Obama's Nuclear Policies with Larry and Steve.

Adam Tebrugge (Community Activist) on mentoring families incarcerated persons then Ed Laake on Inauguration with Larry and Steve.

David Lippman (Comedian, Songwriter) alias Singing CIA agent George Shrub joins Larry and Steve with a really surreal approach to some very serious issues.

Melvin Goodman joins Larry and Steve to discuss the CIA failures and Bush's politicalization of CIA

Evelyn Tenenbaum (Albany Law School) Johnathan Cohen discuss Elderly Driving with Larry and Steve

Just Linda on Surreal News. Linda Gustitus – President. Linda is the past board chair of the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation and lives in Washington, DC. She is the founder of the Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture and is an attorney

Pat Friedberg author and MaryAnne Amato illustrator of "Dear Jake" wrote a book describing a letter from a grandfather to a grandson of parents going through divorce. Then Media Matters Karl Frish discusses conservative media misinformation. Then Kindra Muntz discusses the Congression task force about missing votes in Sarasota.

Jan Spenser from SuburbanPermaculture then Karl Frisch from Media matters joins Larry and Steve.

What is Cryogenics, is it legal, ethical, will it work? The show features Evelyn Tenenbaum, William Meachum and Brian Reese from Albany Law School with Larry and Steve.

The Book is "Dear Zoe" It speaks to many sides of divorce that so many families face--what can a young child understand about her parents’ divorce, how does the child deal with with her feelings, and what about this increasingly central role grandmothers are asked to play as surrogate mothers to their grandchildren? Patricia Friedberg and MaryAnne Amato will describe the book and warm and inviting illustrations. Steve Steiner, a family therapist from the Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Sarasota/Manatee, and their director of counseling, Wendy Effron, will join us to offer thoughts about the effects of divorce on children and the unheralded support the extended family can offer.

Mary Anne Servian and PJ Brooks from First step on impact of drug abuse on Families.

Just Greg Palast author of Armed Madhouse.

Just Aidan Delgado consciencious objector

Ian is a student and poet. He shares his views on current surreal news items and reads great original poetry.

Dick Smothers from the Smothers Brothers joins the Surreal News Show to discuss "Smothered: A tale of Censorship" a DVD describing how he got kicked off the air.
Poet Linda Ohlson Graham also joins Dick in the Studio with wonderful insights and poetry.