Author: Will Ryan

Will Ryan’s melodious songs and cheerful cactus crooning have earned him two Gold Records, the BMI Pioneer Award, the coveted Golden Jackalope Award and the title “Official Singing Cowboy of Hollywood”. The busy leader of the Cactus County Cowboys - and inventor of Cowboy Skiffle - loves riding Western trails with his pal Cimarron, Wonder Horse of the Cinema.

Sugar Is Poison

Film Critic Michael Snyder talks about Fed Up the new documentary exposing the dirty secret about processed foods. David Feldman talks about how sugar in all forms turns to fat, and then eventually cancer, diabetes, obesity and heart disease.

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“Green Wednesday”

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It’s legal to buy pot in Colorado on January 1. We go to Denver to talk with Associated Press’ Kristen Wyatt about Colorado becoming the first state in American history where it’s legal to buy marijuana over the counter. America has lost its taste for capital punishment as 2013 turns out to have the second lowest number of executions in 40 years. We talk with Richard Dieter Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center. Plus Will Ryan and The Cactus County Cowboys. Please subscribe to this show for free as a podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Andrea Peterson

Andrea Peterson

Is America slowly becoming a surveillance state, or is it already a surveillance state and we don’t know it? And if we don’t know it, then does it matter? For more on this and the latest Edward Snowden revelations we head to Washington DC, where Andrea Peterson joins us. Andrea covers technology issues for Think Progress. Today you will learn what exactly the NSA is, what a FISA court is, and just how much privacy President Obama thinks we’re entitled to. Also David weighs in some more on the George Zimmerman trial. The Cactus County Cowboys today feature Will Ryan, Westy Westenhofer and Diane Michelle. We are produced by Alicia Cordova and our executive producer is Troy Conrad.

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