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|URL=http://www.UnwelcomeGuests.net
 
|URL=http://www.UnwelcomeGuests.net
 
|start=10 March 2000
 
|start=10 March 2000
|description=Over 1450 hours of highly recommended dissident thought, indexed by category and author.
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|description=1500 hours of ''highly'' recommended dissident thought, indexed by category and author.
 
|founders=Lyn Gerry
 
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|owners=Robin Upton
 
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|own_words=A program about wealth, power, and peoples' resistance to the corporate world order.
 
|own_words=A program about wealth, power, and peoples' resistance to the corporate world order.
 
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|note=Originally distributed at [[Radio4All.net]], UnwelcomeGuests is a radio show started by a former Pacifica radio presenter disillusioned by the influence of corporate money over the station's output. Fortnightly shows last 2 hours and typically include a variety of speakers, often [[academics]], [[whistleblowers]], [[author]]s and/or [[activist]]s on a range of topics lacking from {{ccm}}.
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'''Unwelcome Guests''' is a radio show started by [[Lyn Gerry]], a former Pacifica radio presenter disillusioned by the influence of corporate money over the station's output. Fortnightly shows last 2 hours and typically include a variety of speakers, often [[academics]], [[whistleblowers]], [[author]]s and/or [[activist]]s on a range of topics lacking from {{ccm}}.
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==History==
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The show was originally distributed at [[Radio4All.net]], a site run by the show's producer, Lyn Gerry. When Robin Upton took over the show in 2010, he created a bespoke website at http://www.UnwelcomeGuests.net.
  
 
==Archives==
 
==Archives==

Revision as of 14:07, 3 October 2017

1500 hours of highly recommended dissident thought, indexed by category and author.

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Started: 10 March 2000
Founder: Lyn Gerry

Owner: Robin Upton  (A Wikispooks editor)
In its own words:
"A program about wealth, power, and peoples' resistance to the corporate world order."

Unwelcome Guests is a radio show started by Lyn Gerry, a former Pacifica radio presenter disillusioned by the influence of corporate money over the station's output. Fortnightly shows last 2 hours and typically include a variety of speakers, often academics, whistleblowers, authors and/or activists on a range of topics lacking from commercially-controlled media.

History

The show was originally distributed at Radio4All.net, a site run by the show's producer, Lyn Gerry. When Robin Upton took over the show in 2010, he created a bespoke website at http://www.UnwelcomeGuests.net.

Archives

In December 2015, the site facilitated mass downloads by publishing the following zipped archives of many episodes:

Link Episodes Size Dates
Archive of Episodes #1-100 ug-archive-001-099.zip #1 - #99  4.4 GB 10 March 2000 - 26 January 2002
Archive of Episodes #100-199 ug-archive-100-199.zip #100 - #199  5.1 GB 2 February 2002 - 27 December 2003
Archive of Episodes #200-299 ug-archive-200-299.zip #200 - #299  5.1 GB 3 January 2004 - 26 March 2006
Archive of Episodes #300-399 ug-archive-300-399.zip #300 - #399  5.2 GB 2 April 2006 - 24 February 2008
Archive of Episodes #400-499 ug-archive-400-499.zip #400 - #499  5.2 GB 3 March 2008 - 18 January 2010
Archive of Episodes #500-599 ug-archive-500-599.zip #500 - #599  5.1 GB 26 January 2010 - 14 April 2012
Archive of Episodes #600-699 ug-archive-600-699.zip #600 - #699  5.2 GB 21 April 2012 - 1 November 2014
Archive of Episodes #700-728 ug-archive-700-728.zip #700 - #728  1.5 GB 15 November 2014 - 12 December 2015


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