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Veteran broadcaster and author Mike Feder offers meditations and recollections on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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    • Sep 7, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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    Turning Point - Renovations

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2018 3:54


    From Mike Feder, host of The Turning Point. As a lot of my regular listeners know, in the last few months my shows have been sort of intermittent. The reason for this is that I’ve been having a lot of trouble with my voice. Recently I went to a voice specialist who did a pretty thorough examination and some tests—and told me that if I wanted to get my voice back into shape— specifically, into the kind of shape where I could talk on the air without constant strain—that I’m going to have to have a couple of months of extensive voice therapy—maybe even have some medical procedures done. …I’ve been on the radio nearly forty years now, talking about just about anything—personal, political and cultural—and one thing I could always rely on was that I had the ability to use my voice any way I needed to express whatever ideas and feelings I had. In the last couple of months I haven’t been able to do that the way I want to.   Some of you have gotten in touch and told me that although you understand that I’m having some physical troubles—that my show is important enough to you so that you hope I can continue anyway. This means a lot to me—just it means so much to me that, over the years, some have you have told me how much my show means to you. …I think my time on the air was/is always about three things things; first of all, simple self-expression, second, the desire to entertain people, and third, the hope that I was saying things that in some way reflected what people were feeling or thinking— and maybe even that I was saying something that was actually helpful.…I still feel that way about the radio—but I need to feel that my physical health is good enough to keep doing this. Right now, it’s just not.   So, having said all this, I want to tell you that I’m going to take a couple of months off from the show to get treatment for my voice. In the mean-time, I don’t want to lose touch with you. I want to keep you up-to-date about what’s going on (and I might also have some stories to tell and opinions to share). So I hope that if you’re not already on my mailing list, you’ll sign up for it. If you want to do this, you can go to my website: www.federfiles.com and you’ll find a place there to put your name on the list. While I’m taking this time off during the next couple of months, you’ll be hearing the best of my past shows—  and anytime you want to hear these shows you can go to: theturningpoint.podbean.comAlso, I want to urge you to keep tuning in to PRN—There’s lot of great programming on this station.   Taking this time off is a hard thing for me to do but it’s necessary. I’ll be talking to you again as soon as I can.   Thanks, Mike

    Turning Point - 08.10.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2018 53:31


    Oasis and Resting Up

    Turning Point - 07.27.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2018 55:43


     Helsinki and Helsunk

    Turning Point - 07.06.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2018 55:25


    Turning Point - 06.29.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2018 54:53


     True or False—or What’s the Difference?

    Turning Point - 06.26.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2018 58:00


    Dear Landlord, A Personal History of Grasping  

    Turning Point - 06.08.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2018 55:45


    (Expletive Un-deleted)

    Turning Point - 06.01.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2018 57:01


    Immortal remains 

    Turning Point - 05.18.18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2018 57:41


    The Israelis, featuring Yahweh vs. The Palestinians, featuring Allah

    Turning Point - 05.11.18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2018 58:07


     1) Squeaky Axles 2) Trip to Maine

    Turning Point - 05.04.18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2018 58:46


    1) Teachers on Strike 2) Germans get Ugly (Again).

    Turning Point - 04.20.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2018 56:07


    1) A Visit to The Sperm Bank; 2) Mama’s Boys and Real Men

    Turning Point - 04.13.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 58:58


    Spring Flowers and Mourning Doves

    Turning Point - 04.06.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2018 57:35


    Part 1, Martin Luther King; Part 2, A Story of Yapping Dogs and Predatory Politicians

    Turning Point - 03.30.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2018 57:13


    It CAN happen here---Passover; Tyranny and Liberation

    Turning Point - 03.23.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2018 55:29


     Moral and Historical Ignorance; Pizza and Taking Responsibility

    Turning Point - 03.16.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2018 58:37


     Technology; The Two-edged Sword Gets Sharper

    Turning Point - 03.02.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2018 56:06


    Istanbul—Life, Death, and Rebirth

    Turning Point - 02.23.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2018 56:41


    Attack of the Giant Me-Monster

    Turning Point - 02.16.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2018 51:28


    Can an Expert Make a Mistake? … The Shaky Science of Forensics

    Turning Point - 02.09.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2018 56:56


    Love at First Sight or, Sympathy for the Visually Impaired

    Turning Point - 02.02.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 59:15


    The Minister For Loneliness

    Turning Point - 01.26.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2018 58:19


    Into the Light

    Turning Point - 01.19.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2018 56:22


    Brain Damage, Paternity and Playing by the Rules

    Turning Point - 01.05.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2018 56:52


     Baby, It’s Cold Inside

    Turning Point - 12.15.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2017 57:55


     Christmas Music Torture, Santa and Harassment, Christmas and Jews, Tribalism  

    Turning Point - 12.08.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017 59:46


    This Land is Your Land… maybe Not; The Department of the Interior’s Plot to Loot America.  

    Turning Point - 12.04.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 55:05


     Out of the Darkness  

    Turning Point - 11.17.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2017 58:23


    Men, Women and Sex, part 2

    Turning Point - 11.10.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 56:27


    Men, Power, and Violence

    Turning Point - 10.27.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2017 55:30


    America’s wars on auto-pilot; Why (and how) Americans lost touch with its military—Interview with historian Andrew Bacevich

    Turning Point - 10.20.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2017 56:31


     If We Reject Science, It’s Over; “Alternative Facts” in America. Guest: Dr. Joseph Chuman 

    Turning Point - 10.13.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2017 57:50


    Weinstein/Trump, The Reign of Technology and, The Boy Scouts Accept Girls, Cultural Ignorance

    Turning Point - 10.06.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2017 56:59


     Moments of silence and waving flags—worse than useless

    Turning Point - 09.29.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2017 57:33


    Sports and Politics—The stain of Trump keeps spreading

    Turning Point - 09.22.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017 54:50


    Hurricanes and Homeland Security, The New War at Home.

    Turning Point - 09.17.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 57:01


     Walls--keeping people out, keeping people in.

    Turning Point - 09.11.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017 58:24


     Remembering 9/11/2001

    Turning Point - 09.08.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2017 56:27


     Harvey, Irma, Donald, and natural disasters

    Turning Point - 09.01.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2017 57:00


     Houston—an interview with an old radio colleague and current resident of Houston, Scooter Skutre

    Turning Point - 08.25.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2017 57:55


     Woodstock—peace, love and civil war

    Turning Point - 08.18.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2017 56:03


     Civilization and its Malcontents.

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