MONDAY 06.30.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday June 30, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: An electric car share program helps people get around in the Twin Cities (00:01:30)
It’s designed for people who only need a car occasionally.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #56: Making Your Dream a Reality Part 2 (00:29:00)
Many people hold a dream of chucking it all and moving to a little cabin in the woods, living the simple life. Letting the rat race pass them by, growing their own food, raising a few critters. But taking that first step can be like jumping across the Grand Canyon. How do you do it ” and more importantly, how can you succeed?
Figure out what this dream will look like (Mission Statement)
Be honest about your philosophy of life (examples)
What do I have to sacrifice?
What excuses do I use for not setting or meeting goals?
Evaluate your resources
People who can help
Special skills
What do I like and want to do?
Who will benefit?
Physical resources
What do I want to accomplish?
What fears do I have? Risks?
Who will try to stop you?
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE:Today’s Crisis In the Middle East with Chris Hedges (00:29:00)
On this weeks episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff has a one-on-one discussion with Pulitzer Prizewinner Chris Hedges, who draws on history, his years as a correspondent and NY Times Middle East Bureau Chief, and his current work on and in the Middle East. He explains why Israel attacked Iran and what the short and long-term prospects are for their war. He also devotes some of his analyses to examining Israel’s genocidal policies toward Gaza’s Palestinians
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: RFK Jr and His Crazy Friends (00:58:00)
Vaccine deniers, pseudo-scientists, and social media gadflies are taking control of protecting our nation from disease and ill health- what could possibly go wrong?
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Finding Happy – Mentored by Peter Samuelson, Part 1 (00:55:00)
You’ve likely encountered Peter Samuelson through his work in the movie industry, like with his movies Revenge of the Nerds, Finding Henri, Wilde and Tom & Viv, but you may or may not have known of the amazing & extensive work he’s done through his non-profits, like Starlight Children’s Foundation, First Star Academies, and EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof). You’ll learn about them & much more in his new book, Finding Happy: A User’s Guide to Your Life, With Lessons From Mine, much more than a autobiography or memoir, really a mentor in print form, especially for young folks, and a source of great stories & motivation. This is part one of my visit with Peter Samuelson, joining me from Los Angeles.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Jewish
LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch. 2 “Rash Advances” (00:26:51)
Herland is a utopian novel written in1915 by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman author of the famous and influential short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” It describes the adventures and education of three men who land in an isolated and get schooled by a society comprised entirely of women who reproduce via asexual reproduction. Their matrifocal emphasis leads to an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination. It first appeared as a serial in Perkin’s monthly magazine Forerunner.
https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The Battle Over Plastics with Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics (00:29:01)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the surprising toxicity of homes of Los Angeles due to the recent fires, and the decades of delay for people in Chicago waiting to get rid of lead pipes. Then former EPA Regional Administrator and Beyond Plastics founder Judith Enck talks about the recent battle in New York State over legislation to reduce the amount of plastic in product packaging.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 6/27/2025 Encore: David Gilbert of WIRED on Trump demand for ethnic cleansing in U.S (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 6-17-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump said he will not call Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz after the political assassination of a Democratic state lawmaker by a far-right Trump supporter. A federal jury found 2020 election denier MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell liable for defaming a voting system company executive. California State Bar panel backed ruling stripping Trump attorney John Eastman of his law license over plot to steal the 2020 election. Federal agents roughed up New York City Comptroller Brad Lander for attempting to help a migrant at court. WIRED journalist DAVID GILBERT explains the U.S. State Department’s restructuring plan and its disturbing new ‘Office of Remigration,’ a sinister far-right codeword for ‘ethnic cleansing’ that would force immigrant U.S. citizens to return to their original countries, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 06.29.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #92: Minimal Living (00:58:00)
In this conversation, Shira advocates for a minimalist lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of intentional living and the impact our physical environments have on our mental health. She highlights the many benefits that come from living a minimalist lifestyle; how it can help you save money, reduce stress, and focus on the things that actually bring value into your life. In a culture rooted in endless consumerism, minimalism offers an alternative lifestyle.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: What Will Happen To Us (00:29:00)
We will all have the same feeling at the same time. It’s a GOOD feeling. And you will hear people say, I’ve felt this way before, but I can’t place it. We will be affectionate with objects that are nearby, like a house or a tree. Ordinary things will be fascinating. We will feel a mild responsibility for everything. We will be aware of large presences beyond the horizon, like oceans and mountains. We will stop on the street and ask deep questions of people we don’t know very well. Yes, the concept of the stranger will be different. We will not bomb people. We will hear the Earth whispering.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: The Stepney Devil (00:28:00)
A new classic Druthers story. The Stepney Devil. An investigation of a murder of a London cabbie becomes an exploration of the effects of Barnaby Druthers’ public notoriety.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN: June 28, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Mark Joseph Stern, Slate senior writer. We discuss the worst Supreme Court decision made in a recent case to allow the administration to deport people to third countries, thus negating the rights under the Constitution.
Segment Two
We then sit with Zachary W. Schulz, a public health historian.
We discuss the failure of US healthcare and how the ripple effect will impact future generations of US citizens.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS June 26, 2025 (00:59:00)
The Supreme Leader Congratulates Iranians on Their “Victory” over Israel and the US While the Head of the IAEA Says Fordo is “No Longer Operational” | As Trump Demonizes Democrats and Democratic Lawmakers Are Assassinated, How Long Before ICE and DHS Start Rounding up His Political Enemies? | Explaining the 60-Fold Rise in Autism While the Quack Heading HHS, RFK Jr. Still Blames it on Vaccines.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: The Back of Beyond: Exploring the Imaginal World Through the Work of Carl Jung & JRR Tolkien with Becca Tarnas (00:59:00)
This show features Becca Tarnas presenting her doctoral thesis on the convergences of the work of Carl Jung and JRR Tolkien and the power and importance of active participatory imagination in the ecology of our world as creative and restorative action. And a lot more.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: It’s Time To Put Mark Zuckerberg In Jail (00:58:40)
Aiding and abetting a genocide. Aiding and abetting literal war crimes. Assisting domestic violent extremists. Prioritizing anger and rage for money. Cutting Trust and Safety teams while disinformation exploded. Lying to congress. Exploding depression and suicidality in the youth. And so much more. We bring the evidence and receipts in this show how just how uncaring and callous Mark Zuckerberg is in terms of sheer damage he has done to the world, society, democracy and more. Do not miss this one.
SATURDAY 06.28.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Lori Emerson, author, Other Networks (00:59:30)
The web may be dominated by Big Tech sludge mills, but other pathways exist. In her book Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, Lori Emerson lays out alternatives. From smoke signals & ESP, to a space donut, other possibilities beckon.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Democrats Can WIn Again. If…(00:59:56)
In the 90s, the party took a turn to the right, taking the working and middle class base for granted. Instead they went for Trump in 2024. Clinton hurt this former base with austerity, and poorly thought out welfare reform as he unleashed the private sector. As a result, today the only base is the bi-coastal, college educated elite. When they were strong, Democrats had been pro-labor, and slightly left. Today the Democrats brand ID is destroyed. Obama was an outlier, he did have a populist coalition. On this show academic essayist Neal Meyer who is researching the transformation of the party, talks about this and specifies why there’s now evidence that the momentum might be changing. Democrats win when there’s an actual movement.
AGING MATTERS: Life Settlements (00:58:00)
Upon an individual’s passing, the death benefit of a life insurance policy can provide financial security to beneficiaries and help cover outstanding debts and final expenses. A life settlement involves selling a life insurance policy and receiving more money than cancelling or surrendering the policy, but less than the policy’s death benefit.
Rob Haynie, Managing Director, Life Insurance Settlements, Inc., https://www.lisettlements.com/ , talks about pros and cons of buying life insurance and what to know about life settlements.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Pee-Cycling: Taking the Waste Out of Our Waterways by Fertilizing the Garden (00:29:00)
Julia Cavicchi and Tatiana Schreiber of the Rich Earth Institute talk of curbing water pollution by removing human urine from the waste stream, and how you can repurpose it to feed your plants.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Marilyn Waring: War is the biggest growth industry of all – Archive TWO (00:29:00)
Marilyn Waring was only 22 when she was first elected to the New Zealand Parliament. She was shocked and dismayed when she learned that all countries that are members of the UN are forced to keep their books and design their budgets under the system of National Income Accounting. The international trade in arms is the biggest growth industry of all. Killing people, or preparing to kill them, is considered very valuable in the international economic system. The death, homelessness, injury, poverty and starvation caused by the use of these weapons is not even registered as a deficit.
THE BOPST SHOW: Nuclear Device (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #590 (00:58:00)
In the aftermath of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, we welcome back Theodore Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy Emeritus at MIT to give his expert technical assessment on where that assault leaves the Iranian nuclear program. Then, Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, gives us his analysis of the political side of the issue.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 06.27.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday June 27, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Proposed gas plants in Wisconsin pose health risks, report finds (00:01:30)
Pollution from the plants could contribute to heart attacks, ER visits, and long-term health harms over decades.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: The Screenwriter Who Fought Back (00:55:00)
We go behind the scenes of Hollywood’s Golden Age with J.E. Smythe, author of Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Screenwriter. SAG-AFTRA member Harold Phillips talks with Smythe about McCall’s groundbreaking career, her role in founding the Screen Writers Guild, and her fight for union recognition in an industry built on stars but powered by words.
Then we head to San Francisco for a preview of this year’s LaborFest, commemorating the 1934 General Strike with a month-long lineup of labor walks, films, music, and international solidarity. Organizer Steve Zeltzer shares what’s on tap this July – and why art and culture remain vital tools in the struggle for workers’ rights.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Pete Hegseth’s Embarrassing Media Berating Briefing (00:58:01)
News…Dear Leader was proud of Hegseth in Iran news briefing or should be call it a media berating briefing? Trump is now limiting intelligence sharing – can we still call it “intelligence?” Surprise – US is ending all overseas pro-democracy programs. Britain’s migrant crisis is fueled by Moscow and Guess what!? GOP suddenly realizes voters hate the health care cuts. Is Zohran Mamdani Too Extreme? Or Just What NYC Needs? Phil Ittner – Ukraine Update. This is what happens when cops look and behave like criminals.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Hansae Song: Korea, the Climate and Biomass (00:29:00)
In recent years Americans have suddenly begun paying attention to what Korea has to offer culturally: from K-Pop to television dramas, to mouth-watering Korean barbeque. But how many people know about Korea’s climate innovations and policy? This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to Hansae Song who works with the South Korean-based nonprofit, Solutions For Our Climate. We get a summary of Koreas involvement in fighting climate change, look at the countrys energy grid, and discuss South Korea’s recent decision to stop subsidies for biomass fuel. Then, we dig into the archives to learn a little bit more about biomass, also known as wood pellets, from Mongabay contributor Justin Catanoso.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: From ACT UP to Palestine: Sarah Schulman on How to Build Solidarity Across Difference (00:28:00)
What is solidarity and what does it require? Giving up on perfection, for one thing, says Sarah Schulman, author of Conflict is Not Abuse, and so much more. Award-winning writer, teacher, playwright and activist, Schulmans latest book is The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity, in which she reflects on years of experiments and learning, from the 1980s to today. In this episode, find out what role GRITtv, an earlier iteration of Flanders show, played in the movement for Palestinian liberation, and hear a discussion of the Harlem artist Alice Neel. Schulman sits on the advisory board of Jewish Voice for Peace. Her non-fiction books include Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair and Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993. Also in this episode, a commentary from Laura on the assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, a strategic progressive who practiced solidarity.
THE BOPST SHOW: Nuclear Device (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 6/26/2025 Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ on the politics of NYC’s Mayoral primary, Trump bombing Iran, and more (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We wrap up another absurdly overstuffed news week, on another absurdly busy news day, with OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the ‘Professional Left Podcast’ to discuss as much of the insanity as we can stuff into an hour. We tackle Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory over disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary in NYC, which triggered racist attacks from Republicans, and the potential for ‘generational change’ in the Democratic Party. We delve into Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran, his ICE assaults on undocumented workers, the Trump/GOP massive tax cut bill that steals trillions from the poor to give to the rich, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 06.26.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday June 26, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Warmer winters increase West Nile risk (00:01:30)
The disease, transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, can cause fatal neurological damage in some cases.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Food Crisis In Hot World (00:58:00)
Scientists find global food production will drop around 25% in a heated world – despite adaptation by farmers and new tech. Two plant scientists explain cutting edge tools to prepare key crops for climate change. From University of Illinois, Dr. Stephen Long reports on biotech breakthroughs to protect photosynthesis from climate damage. Canadian evolutionary botanist Sam Yeaman asks: “Can wild plant adaptations help crops tolerate heat?” Exploring the future of food in a damaged climate, this is Radio Ecoshock.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: MAGA heads are exploding thanks to Mamdanis victory. Good job NYC! (00:58:00)
Does Mamdanis victory also send a message to Democrats?What happened with the Iran strikes? Do we know the truth? A Police State: Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities “highlights the illegitimacy of actions.” Jeff Sharlet – On the Christian education of Vance Boelter.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-06-24 (00:58:31)
This week, well examine the US/Israel war on Iran, how it started, how its going, and if itll end. My guest, Kaveh Ehsani is an associate professor of International Studies at DePaul University and circulated a petition signed by thousands of scholars to end the war on Iran. Then, well turn to journalist Marianne Dhenin, who shares how activists in St. Louis, Missouri have launched a creative campaign to divest state benefits to weapons manufacturers. Finally, anthropologist Anand Pandian will join me to discuss his new book, Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch.1 “A Not Unnatural Enterprise” (00:25:37)
Herland is a utopian novel written in1915 by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman author of the famous and influential short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” It describes the adventures and education of three men who land in an isolated and get schooled by a society comprised entirely of women who reproduce via asexual reproduction. Their matrifocal emphasis leads to an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination. It first appeared as a serial in Perkin’s monthly magazine Forerunner.
https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland
WINGS #11-25 India Village Goddesses (00:28:48)
Four women present stories and songs about these ancient female deities and how they are worshiped today. Part 1 is mainly on village goddesses. Next week, Part 2 – Major Hindu Goddesses.
THE BRADCAST: 6/25/2025 Guest: ‘The Nation’s John Nichols on Zohran Mandani’s NYC Democratic mayoral primary win (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump’s and Congressional Republicans’ massive, deficit-exploding budget reconciliation bill remains wildly unpopular with the public. It adds $3 trillion to the national debt while gutting healthcare, food assistance, clean energy, and more to fund $4 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. The Senate Parliamentarian rejected some items on Republicans’ wish list, including a massive auction of public lands. The Trump Administration moved to repeal the landmark ‘roadless rule’ protecting our national forests. In New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, progressive Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won a huge victory over disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo. The Nation’s JOHN NICHOLS discusses Mamdani’s campaign and stunning win, what it means for the Big Apple, and potential lessons for the Democratic Party and progressive politics going forward.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 06.25.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday June 25, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Climate justice advocates fight for fairness in the face of climate change (00:01:30)
Robert Bullard calls for climate action that repairs past harms and uplifts neglected communities.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Sandra Brooke, Ph.D., Florida State Universitys Coastal and Marine Laboratory discusses oysters. (00:28:00)
Did you know that oysters are not only popular items at seafood festivals, but vital to the health of our estuaries? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Sandra Brooke, Ph.D., research faculty at Florida State University’s Coastal and Marine Laboratory and scientific director and lead investigator of the Apalachicola Bay System Initiative. Brooke has worked on deep-water coral ecosystems in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, Norwegian Fjords, South Atlantic Bight and the Gulf of Mexico, including assessing damage following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She’ll discuss the ecosystem services provided by oysters, oyster shell recycling, oyster farming, and why and how oyster reefs are threatened, and can be restored.
Related Websites: https://marinelab.fsu.edu/
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1943: U.S. Supreme Court v. Trans Kids Health Care & more global LGBTQ news!( (00:28:59)
The U.S. Supreme Court blocks pediatric gender-affirming healthcare; Australia relaxes blood donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men, the Trump administration defunds queer youth suicide prevention hotlines, a U.S. federal judge blocks the State Departments denial of X gender passports, and U.S. Vice President J.D.Vance is greeted with ridicule and contempt on Bluesky for praising the Supreme Courts anti-trans ruling.
Those stories and more this week when you choose This Way Out.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Ceasefire Meltdown as Trump Goes Full Homophobic (00:58:00)
News. Trump & ceasefire meltdown, A socialist mayor for NYC?, Trump goes full homophobic, Will Murkowski switch parties? And “Alligator Alcatraz” is about to happen. Crazy Alert! CNN host answers questions on Trump violating international law, “Who is going to stop us?” Us? Is he a CNN host or a Trump spokesperson? Non-far-right-wing Justices blast SCOTUS decision allowing third country deportation. But wait…there’s more. SCOTUS set to weigh in on birthright citizenship, LBGTQ books, porn and more. What could possibly go wrong?
CIVIC CIPHER: The ICE Raid Protests in LA with Activist Wendy Amara / What Conservatives Say About Immigration (00:59:00)
Today’s guest is Wendy Amara – an activist, board member of Roots and Wings (a content creator group that uplifts the stories of immigrants) and the host of the Yes, Mujer–Build It! podcast. She can be found online @wendyamara.
In the first half of the show, we get some insight into the Ice Raid protests in Los Angeles, the culture of protesting in Los Angeles, and what outcomes the protesters want to see.
In the second half of the show, we address the right-wing pushback on immigration protests and try to uncover why immigration is such a challenging issue for the country to reconcile with.
LITERATURE ALOUD: “’Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison (00:27:15)
In a world where time, scheduling and punctuality are worshipped, those who arrive late for anything have that time deducted from their lives – except for the Harlequin.
https://archive.org/details/MindwebsRepentHarlequinSaidTheTicktockmanByHarlonEllison
TEXT: https://knape.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/9/3/12935004/ellison_repent-harlequin-1.pdf
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: In Praise of (Curiosity-Driven) Research, with Anthony Zador (00:28:00)
With science under attack, researcher Anthony Zador joins me to make the case for its value, especially of curiosity-driven, basic science. We explore the charms of curiosity as a research motivator, federal investment (or not), what distinguishes curiosity-driven research from all the rest, the “curse of knowledge”, debate in the lab, and what’s to love about Gila monster venom and Yellowstone’s thermal pools. “The burden of proof is on us — researchers — to explain why what we do is valuable to society.” ~ Anthony Zador
THE BRADCAST: 6/24/2025 Authoritarianism Underway — But We’re Still Here to Fight It; RCV in NYC Mayoral election (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt absurdly declared that Donald Trump invented the motto, ‘peace through strength.’ Trump’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites did not ‘obliterate’ them, and Israel immediately violated his cease-fire order. Fossil fuel-intensified heat dome broils the country. Ranked Choice Voting is wildly complex and will be used in the NYC mayoral primary. Corrupt rightwing US Supreme Court supermajority cruelly allowed Trump to continue violating due process and endanger migrants by deporting them to third countries. America has not quite descended into full-blown authoritarianism, thanks to the free press. But we are close to it, as evidenced by the masked and armed federal goons who violently arrested the father of three Marines for deportation, and then lied about it. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 06.24.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday June 24, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: After decades of pollution, California community secures $550 million settlement from Chevron (00:01:30)
One environmental advocate says the deal is a step forward for Richmond ” but not a full solution.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Controlling What’s Controlling You: Breaking Free from Habits, Hangups, and Denia (00:30:00)
On this show were exploring the sneaky ways we lose control – without even realizing we’ve handed it over. Have you ever found yourself doing something “again” and thinking, Why do I keep doing this? Maybe its late-night scrolling, that one more drink, the need to say yes when you’re screaming no inside. These patterns creep in, settle down, and before you know it, they’ve built a little nest in your life. We call them habits, but sometimes, they’re more than that. Sometimes they’re hangups, hurts, or full-blown addictions masquerading as routines. And here’s the kicker – they don’t just take up space; they slowly take the wheel. What if you’re not as in control as you thought? What if what you think is manageable is actually managing you?
MAKING CONTACT: Mothers, Markets, and Migration (00:29:00)
In this week’s episode, we take a look at how over six decades after the Korean War, South Korea processed the most international adoptions in history and how the demand for a domestic supply of (adoptable) infants may be playing a role in increasing threats to autonomy over pregnancy in the US. This show first aired in November 2024.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Perpetual Crisis Mode: How Trump Uses Emergency Declarations to Push Radical Agenda (00:58:00)
War is the deadliest distraction in the authoritarian playbook. Is Donald using the Iran bombing to seize power. Trump is undermining Watergate laws in a massive shift of America’s ethics system – we can’t let him. Trump undermines Watergate laws in a massive shift of ethics system Congress built a system 50 years ago to prevent another Nixon. Trump seems determined to dismantle those rules.This is why GOP try to be loyal – Little Boy Massie Will Be Fired: Trump Launches Super PAC Devoted to Taking Out GOP Rep Amid Public Feud.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Owls (00:53:00)
Who’s hooting? This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn all about owls. Inspired by Mrs. Monica Charles’s second grade class from Coronado Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, we explore the lives of these mysterious night flyers. The 2nd graders share their owl research, discuss findings from dissecting owl pellets, and teach us why owls are so important, how to keep them protected, and much more!
We also learn from our special guests at The Owl Research Institute, in Charlo, Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Denver Holt is the founder and president of ORI, and Beth Mendelsohn is a research biologist at the institute who focuses on North American owls. We hear about all of the incredible projects of the institute; including supporting year round field research of wild owls, organizing outreach and events to teach the public, and working towards conservation to help protect owls. Who’s hooting? This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn all about owls. Inspired by Mrs. Monica Charles’s second grade class from Coronado Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, we explore the lives of these mysterious night flyers.
The 2nd graders share their owl research, discuss findings from dissecting owl pellets, and teach us why owls are so important, how to keep them protected, and much more!
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.12 (00:14:59)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (00:16:03)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages.
http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
BOOM GODDESS RADIO #620: Best of Juneteenth (00:27:41)
This week we share excerpts of two past episodes spotlighting the Juneteenth holiday. In our first segment we discuss the Juneteenth holiday, how it got started, and what it celebrates. In our second segment, we focus on some of the traditional foods and meals consumed during the holiday.
***Music contained during break in middle of program is Sounds of Blackness “The Drum (Africa to America)” from the album Africa to America; The Journey of the Drum (1994, Interscope/Perspective).***
https://www.boomgoddessradio.com
THE BRADCAST: 6/23/2025 ‘Anti-War’ Trump Attacks a Iran on false WMD claims; Guest: Rolling Stone’s Andrew Perez (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump ordered missile strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, but his administration has offered no actual evidence to suggest that Iran was even close to building a nuclear weapon, the pretext for Saturday’s attack. The situation is disturbingly similar to the last time a Republican president entangled the U.S. in a ‘Forever War’ in the Middle East based on known lies about ‘weapons of mass destruction.’ Iran retaliated with a targeted attack on a US air base in Qatar. ANDREW PEREZ of Rolling Stone discusses his new reporting on the dearth of evidence to justify the administration’s strikes on Iran, Trump’s sudden decision to bomb Iran while trying to negotiate a new nuclear deal with them, and much more. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 06.23.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday June 23, 2025
| CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Chicago environmental justice group calls for transition to electric trucks (00:01:30) | |
| Replacing half of Chicago’s diesel trucks with electric vehicles could dramatically improve health, study suggests. | |
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE#55 Making Your Dream a Reality ” Getting Started (00:29:00)
Many people hold a dream of chucking it all and moving to a little cabin in the woods, living the simple life. Letting the rat race pass them by, growing their own food, raising a few critters. But taking that first step can be like jumping across the Grand Canyon. How do you do it ” and more importantly, how can you succeed?
Figure out what this dream will look like (Mission Statement)
Be honest about your philosophy of life (examples)
What do I have to sacrifice?
What excuses do I use for not setting or meeting goals?
Evaluate your resources
People who can help
Special skills
What do I like and want to do?
Who will benefit?
Physical resources
What do I want to accomplish?
What fears do I have? Risks?
Who will try to stop you?
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Making Sense of Trump’s Economic Plan (00:29:00)
This week’s episode of Economic Update features an analysis by Professor Wolff on:
1. How Trump seeks to address the problem of costly American wars and their impact on sharply rising budget deficits,
2. How the rising U.S. debt has led to the loss of the United States “AAA” credit rating,
3. How Trumps response is to seek to slash government spending and raise money by imposing tariffs on the entire world,
4. How this backfires as other countries retaliate, hurting US exports and causing the dollar to lose its appeal as the world’s safest currency,
5. How China’s economic rise is more substantial than the U.S. measures aimed at stopping or slowing that rise,
6. How the declining U.S. empire undermines the U.S. capitalist economy by making it increasingly difficult for CEOs and other corporate leaders in the U.S., households, and the government to prevail over and dominate the U.S. economy and society.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour Trumps Aluminum Foil Hat (00:58:00)
Trumps magical thinking about tariffs has cost America 136,000 jobs in manufacturing compared to 2023. Investigative journalist Greg Palast explains the flaws in Donald’s boondoggle. Also economists warn that Trump’s Big Blundering Bill will cause a recession for working Americans.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Forth to Basics: A Guide to Goin’ Off-Grid (and Living More with Less) (00:55:00)
We visit with David Welder, and his wife, Veronica, at their off-grid home called Fisher Cat Creek Forest Preserve (on airbnb and Hipcamp), to talk about his book, Forth to Basics: A Guide to Goin’ Off-Grid (And Living More With Less), and his life experience leading up to the book. You’ll find Dave, and his book, rich in big picture questions & stories, and also very practical knowledge & details. Dave lived in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, working mainly as an environmental engineer, until making his transition off-the-grid past the age of 50.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Luther, Catholic, Non-affiliated
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.10-11 (00:21:19)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Pollinators in Peril with Dr. Tara Cornelisse (00:29:00)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the EPAs plan to ease scheduled restrictions on certain types of asbestos, and the failure of the New York Assembly to pass any of the strong environmental protection bills which had broad public and legislative support. Then entomologist Dr. Tara Cornelisse, Lead Zoologist of NatureServe, joins the conversation to talk about the plight of our pollinator population, and what we need to do to protect this critical part of our interdependent natural world.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST:6/20/2025 (Encore: Heather Digby Parton and ‘Driftglass’ on Trump deployment of troops in L.A.) (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 6-11-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: In six state legislative special elections in three states on Tuesday, Democrats overperformed expectations in five, strongly outpacing their 2024 results. Democratic US Rep. Mikey Sherrill will face Donald Trump-backed MAGA Republican Jack Ciatterelli for the New Jersey governor’s seat. California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a speech excoriated Trump’s federalization of the state’s National Guard troops, describing the tactics as ‘authoritarian’ and ‘dictatorial’, and warned that Trump is now waging war on democracy and the Constitution itself. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and ‘DRIFTGLASS’, of the ‘Professional Left Podcast,’ discuss Trump’s dumb, dangerous incitement of violence, where all this is headed, and much more, bringing context, history, and hilarity to these disturbing developments.
SUNDAY 06.22.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #91: Community Revival (00:58:00)
Sulma discusses the power that communities can wield for good, and how we can better organize to face the many crises of our time. She shares her life story, highlighting the times she has witnessed the power of community firsthand; from her childhood in El Salvador, to her church work in Kansas and discovery of liberation theology, to her current position as executive director of People’s Action. Sulma believes that collective action can lead to meaningful transformation, and her call to action is always to get out of your comfort zone and do something you haven’t done before.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Natural Disasters are Better Leaders (00:29:00)
We wake up every morning in this caving-in world, and we ask, What Can I Do To Help? And we look for defensive measures against the take-over by white nationalist gangsters. The NO KINGS marches of last Saturday roused our belief that there are alternatives everywhere: political, legal, economic. And we can put that euphoria to good use. But THE EARTH IS COMING! The playing field of everyday life is whirling into a deadly twister made of unrecognizable options. The natural disasters are so numerous that they overlap and create a second world. In this super-ecosystem, our question, What Can I Do? has this first answer: You need to radically evolve. Something beyond humility will start us over.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers; The Final Clock and The Instruction (00:27:00)
When an alleged scientist offers to the public “The Final Clock” that predicts the date of the end of the world, Barnaby Druthers and Harper Thorne must determine the truth and whether the truth would even make a difference.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN June 21, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Bill Curry and Susan Milligan. Susan Milligan is a political writer and former White House and congressional correspondent for the Boston Globe. Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House.
We discuss Trump’s incessant need for attention. Who is really running the government, Trump, Miller, war hawks isolationists, Netanyahu? How American’s are less safe today than a year ago. And the massive turnout for No Kings Day across the country. Over 12 million American’s turned out in protest of Trump
Segment Two
We then sit with Jenna Norton, who works at NIH. She is a signatory to the Bethesda Declaration, which objects to the cuts to the NIH research budget and termination of research projects. We discuss how these cuts are affecting ongoing research projects, and the participants.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS June 22, 2025 (00:59:00)
A Leading Expert on What We Know About Iran’s Secret Nuclear Program and What We Don’t Know | Trump, the Imperial President at Home and the Emperor Abroad.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org/
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Part 2 – Seeding Consciousness: Plant Medicine, Ancestral Wisdom and Psychedelic Initiation with Tricia Eastman (00:59:00)
This is the conclusion of a fascinating interview conversation with Tricia Eastman. Tricia Eastman is a lineage honoring medicine woman and founder of the non-profit Ancestral Heart, which bridges worlds rooted in her mestiza ancestry with her experience from a decade of Bwiti initiations and training. She has curated transformative retreats worldwide with plant medicines as well as facilitated the psycho-spiritual program with Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT at Crossroads Treatment Center in Mexico. She has a new wellness retreat center that is scheduled to open in the Azores in 2026 and she is the author of Seeding Consciousness: Plant Medicine, Ancestral Wisdom and Psychedelic Initiation.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: It’s Time To Put Mark Zuckerberg In Jail (00:58:40)
Aiding and abetting a genocide. Aiding and abetting literal war crimes. Assisting domestic violent extremists. Prioritizing anger and rage for money. Cutting Trust and Safety teams while disinformation exploded. Lying to congress. Exploding depression and suicidality in the youth. And so much more. We bring the evidence and receipts in this show how just how uncaring and callous Mark Zuckerberg is in terms of sheer damage he has done to the world, society, democracy and more. Do not miss this one.
SATURDAY 06.21.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Big Tech alternatives, and the new Techtonic theme song by Kirk Pearson (00:59:30)
Exciting news: We’ll discuss alternatives to Big Tech platforms, and Kirk Pearson has created a new Techtonic theme song. Its excellent. Well officially unveil the new theme song tonight.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Young Men Are Drawn to Fascism. Why? What Can We Do? (00:58:08)
Why do they feel a need for violence to prove their manhood? What’s the connection between an angry Germany after the First World War and what many young men are feeling in 2025? Why do they see equality as deprivation? Why is the far right out to destroy public education? In this show, author Craig A. Johnson tells us what his research has found. Including how antifascists can best address this aspect of America’s current existential crisis.
AGING MATTERS: Financial Planning (00:58:00)
When planning for retirement, some people aim for a certain age, others want to have a specific amount of money saved. Regardless of a retirement target date, planning ahead and seeking assistance from a financial services professional may help prepare for evolving financial and health needs. Jim Joseph, CFP, President, FSA Wealth Partners, https://fsawealthpartners.com/, talks about planning for and after retirement, hiring a financial professional, and ensuring best approaches to personal financial growth and security.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Steppe Gardening in Colorado (00:29:00)
Michael Bone, Curator of the Steppe Collection at Denver Botanic Gardens, relates Denvers native flora to similar grasslands around the world and explains how this knowledge can inspire and enrich the local gardening.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Marilyn Waring: Our economic system assigns no value to peace ” Archive ONE (00:28:55)
Marilyn Waring’s work and inspiring life are described in a documentary film by Terre Nash. I’m bringing back the soundtrack of this film to support a debate on the unquestioned need for economic growth at all cost and on what course to take to end the wars. At age 22 (in 1974) Marilyn Waring became the youngest member of the New Zealand Parliament. She chaired the prestigious Public Expenditures Committee and became familiar with the Gross Domestic Product system and decided to disclose its pathologies in a film, her teachings at AUT University in Auckland and really her life as a feminist economist. The film, Who’s Counting traces her quest to explore how the fate of women and of the earth are irrevocably tied up with the deadly pursuit of economic growth.
Marilyn Waring was shocked and dismayed when she learned that all countries that are members of the UN are forced to keep their books and design their budgets under the system of National Income Accounting. This GDP system counts only cash transactions in the market and recognizes no value other than money. This means there is no value to peace and to the preservation of the environment.
THE BOPST SHOW: Long Division (00:55:14)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the modern garage psychedelic pop of Mattiel, the Nigerian trances of Tal National and the 70s funk of Dennis Coffey as well as music by Dr. Alimantado, 5 All-Star Guitars and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #589 (00:58:00)
To give us the benefit of his vast experience as a diplomat, former Ambassador Chas Freeman, helps us sort through the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. Then Christian Sorenson, military analyst from the Eisenhower Media Network, explains just how the military industrial complex works.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/
FRIDAY 06.20.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday June 20, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Low-income housing for seniors gets a climate-friendly renovation in central New York (00:01:30)
The seven-story apartment building is now powered by geothermal and solar energy.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Print. Protest. Repeat. (00:54:50)
Publisher Tim Sheard reflects on a life of storytelling and organizing – from the founding of Hardball Press to his latest project, Asian Workers Stories. Then, artist and printmaker Eric Ruin talks with Tabitha Arnold about class rage, punk rock, and how zine culture shaped his radical artistic journey. Plus, Rosemary Feurer shares her favorite labor song, and we’ve got your Labor History in 2:00.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The View from the Floor (00:57:59)
Progressive House leader Mark Pocan joins Thom to answer listener questions on the politics of today.
Plus – Thom reads from “Unwanted Spy: The Persecution of an American Whistleblower” by Jeffrey Sterling
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Shon Hiatt: Lithium and the Salton Sea (00:29:00)
Lithium ” its the third element on the periodic table, but most of us dont know too much about it besides that its in electric car batteries. This week on Sea Change Radio, we welcome University of Southern California Business Professor Shon Hiatt to learn more about the lithium industry ” how this mineral is mined, its importance to the energy and transportation sectors, and why lithiums market price has collapsed over the past few years. We use the enormous lithium deposits in Southern Californias Salton Sea as a jumping off point for a larger conversation about all things lithium, including the environmental impacts of its extraction.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Liev Schreiber on Meeting Zelensky & Ukraine’s Rare Resistance v. Putin’s Russia (00:28:00)
Renowned actor, writer and director Liev Schreiber recently released Meeting Zelenskyy, a feature documentary in which he sits down with Ukraine’s embattled leader. In an extended conversation, Schreiber speaks actor-to-actor about Volodymyr Zelensky’s rise from entertainer to war time leader. In this exclusive interview with Laura Flanders, Schreiber discusses how the documentary came to be, how he personally became involved, and how technology could shape the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine war. The film includes never-before-seen footage from Zelensky’s childhood and career. Join us for this historic conversation, plus a commentary from Laura.
THE BOPST SHOW: Long Division (00:55:14)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the modern garage psychedelic pop of Mattiel, the Nigerian trances of Tal National and the 70s funk of Dennis Coffey as well as music by Dr. Alimantado, 5 All-Star Guitars and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 6/19/2025 ‘More Extreme’ — Guest: Former WH budget adviser Bobby Kogan on the deadly Trump/GOP big, bad budget bill (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate released their draft of Donald Trump’s so-called ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ which calls for deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP food assistance for millions of low-income and disabled Americans, and guts clean energy incentives for households and businesses, to pay for a $4 trillion tax cut for the richest Americans — all while increasing the national debt by $3 trillion. BOBBY KOGAN, former Biden-Harris White House budget advisor, explains the many negative impacts of the Republicans’ reverse Robin Hood bill, and actions to help stop it from passing. Trump’s travel ban from 19 countries is preventing sick children from receiving life-saving medical care. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’ https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 06.19.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday June 19, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Bay Area nonprofit provides fresh veggies, cooking classes to people living in a food desert (00:01:30)
Urban Tilth, a Richmond, California-based organization, distributes free produce to primarily Black and Latino neighborhoods.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Wild Card Smoke (00:58:00)
Wildfire smoke will slow down warming. New science with Dr. Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth in Seattle. Its big. Plus drought advancing, becoming more extreme due to global warming. Lead Author Solomon Gebrechorkos from Oxford explains. Stefan Rahmstorf on AMOC collapse. New maps of extreme cold in Europe’s future.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Republicans Fleeing the GOP (00:58:00)
Long-time Republican Commentator Joe Walsh joins Thom to announce he has become a Democrat, ready to fight to defend our constitution from the Trumpian fascist takeover. Plus- Thom reads from his book ‘Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America’s Original Vision’.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-06-17 (00:58:31)
This week, well bring you on-going coverage from the protests against ICE raids in Southern California. Well start at a rally in front of Pasadena City Hall organized by highschoolers and then go to downtown LA for the massive No Kings march and rally. Next, well speak with an activist named Kylie Sparks who, once upon a time organized for Hillary Clintons presidential campaign and has now lost all faith in the Democratic Party. Finally, well mark Juneteenth with Dr. Yohuru Williams, Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.9 (00:16:55)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
RVA SOUNDSCAPE 1 Ralph White (00:09:17)
This is an original DJ Stryder collage of the sounds of Richmond, VA includes sonic selections both natural and man-made and it concludes with a brief explanation of the environmental impact of the Falls of the James by former James River Parks Manager Ralph White.
https://soundcloud.com/strange-cucumber
WINGS #10-25 In Memory of Sally Roesch Wagner (00:28:57)
Sally Roesch Wagner died June 11th, 2025, at nearly 83 years old. She is renowned for her deep research into the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, its inspiration from first nations women, and the deep division created by allying with right-wing religious and racist women. Sally recovered the erased history of Matilda Joslyn Gage, an adopted member of an indigenous band who saw true gender equality and who blamed western patriarchal religion for women’s oppression. Sally publicly performed as Gage and as Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She also taught and held a doctorate in Women’s Studies and History of Consciousness.
THE BRADCAST: 6/18/2025 MAGA Civil War Over Trump and Iran; SCOTUS upholds ban on medical care for trans kids (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Tucker Carlson hilariously destroyed Ted Cruz over Donald Trump’s threats to fully join Israel’s military attack on Iran, part of an erupting MAGA civil war that has exposed that Trump was never an ‘anti-war’ candidate. In a cruel ruling, the corrupted rightwing supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on medically prescribed gender-affirming care for trans minors, underscoring that Republicans don’t give a damn about parental rights or Big Government coming between doctors and their patients. New polls show that a growing majority of the public opposes the Trump/GOP ‘big beautiful bill,’ which guts healthcare, food assistance, Medicaid and much more to pay for $4 trillion tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 06.18.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday June 18, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: An electric firetruck puts out blazes in Madison, Wisconsin (00:01:30)
The trucks quiet engine makes it easier for firefighters to talk during calls, and it doesnt spew diesel pollution into the firehouse.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Basel Musharbash, antitrust and trade regulation lawyer discusses fertilizer and consolidation in the agricultural sector. (Part 2 of 2) (00:28:00)
Did you know that consolidation in the fertilizer industry results in environmental harm and less choice for farmers? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Basel Musharbash, antitrust and trade regulation lawyer, and author of Kings Over the Necessaries of Life: Monopolization and the Elimination of Competition in Americas Agriculture System. Musharbash discusses how consolidation in food and agriculture affects farmers, consumers and the well-being of rural communities with a unique and surprising focus on fertilizer.
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1942: USAID cuts cripple global queer rights & more LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
USAID cuts devastate the global queer community; a Czech trans woman beats forced sterilization in the EuroCourt, young bi women fuel Australia’s queer population explosion, U.S. Southern Baptists call for marriage equality repeal, World Pride brings joy and defiance to the U.S. capital, Tel Aviv Pride becomes a casualty of the Israel-Iran conflict, dozens of Congress members press the State Department for info on a detained gay Venezuelan make-up artist, and a lesbian U.S. Air Force veteran is elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas.
Those stories and more this week when you find This Way Out.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Less Government Means Less or More Corruption? (00:58:00)
Author and thinker Seton Motley joins Thom for a deep dive on the role of government as Trump’s fascist agenda gets rolled out. Plus, Thom reads from “The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age” by Columbia University Law Professor Tim Wu.
CIVIC CIPHER: Trumps Challenge to the Judicial Branch / The Powers of the Judiciary with Vladimir Gagic (00:59:00)
Today’s guest, Vladimir Gagic, is an independent nonpartisan political and legal commentator, former lawyer, and social media influencer found online at @ToxikVlad In the first half of the show, we examine Trumps challenges to the Judiciary Branch of the government, and ways that Republican leadership are ensuring the strengthening of the Executive Branch. We discuss the protests in Los Angeles and the legal justification for Trump deploying the National Guard. In the second half of the show, we discuss the justification for the legal attacks on Trump and from Trump and examine the merits of the cases. We also discuss the powers of the judiciary in this country.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.8 (00:16:54)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: In Praise of (Curiosity-Driven) Research, with Anthony Zador (00:28:00)
With science under attack, researcher Anthony Zador joins me to make the case for its value, especially of curiosity-driven, basic science. We explore the charms of curiosity as a research motivator, federal investment (or not), what distinguishes curiosity-driven research from all the rest, the “curse of knowledge”, debate in the lab, and what’s to love about Gila monster venom and Yellowstone’s thermal pools. “The burden of proof is on us — researchers — to explain why what we do is valuable to society.” ~ Anthony Zador
THE BRADCAST: 6/17/2025 Guest: David Gilbert of WIRED on Trump demand for ethnic cleansing in U.S (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump said he will not call Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz after the political assassination of a Democratic state lawmaker by a far-right Trump supporter. A federal jury found 2020 election denier MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell liable for defaming a voting system company executive. California State Bar panel backed ruling stripping Trump attorney John Eastman of his law license over plot to steal the 2020 election. Federal agents roughed up New York City Comptroller Brad Lander for attempting to help a migrant at court. WIRED journalist DAVID GILBERT explains the U.S. State Department’s restructuring plan and its disturbing new ‘Office of Remigration,’ a sinister far-right codeword for ‘ethnic cleansing’ that would force immigrant U.S. citizens to return to their original countries, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 06.17.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday June 17, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: In an Illinois forest, many buds are forming earlier and leaves are changing color later (00:01:30)
It all adds up to a longer growing season in Trelease Woods, a centuries-old forest near the University of Illinois.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Controlling What’s Controlling You: Breaking Free from Habits, Hangups, and Denial (00:29:00)
On this show were exploring the sneaky ways we lose control – without even realizing we’ve handed it over. Have you ever found yourself doing something “again” and thinking, why do I keep doing this? Maybe its late-night scrolling, that one more drink, the need to say yes when you’re screaming no inside. These patterns creep in, settle down, and before you know it, they’ve built a little nest in your life. We call them habits, but sometimes, they’re more than that. Sometimes they’re hangups, hurts, or full-blown addictions masquerading as routines. And here’s the kicker – they don’t just take up space; they slowly take the wheel. What if you’re not as in control as you thought? What if what you think is manageable is actually managing you?
MAKING CONTACT: A Making Contact Pride Show! (00:29:00)
To celebrate Pride Month, we have a special show featuring stories from the Making Contact archives that take us from the Stonewall Uprising all the way to the gay rodeo.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: MAGA Terrorists on the March (00:58:00)
Why isn’t the media calling people who murder Democratic politicians political terrorists? Is this another mile-marker on the road to Nazi America ruled by a king? – or can we push back against right-wing fascism?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Petroglyphs (00:53:00)
Have you ever seen a story carved into a rock? This week on The Children’s Hour, we explore the meaning and magic of petroglyphs – images etched into stone by ancient hands. Our Kids Crew visited Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project, home to more than 60,000 documented carvings, and talked with archaeologist Jerod Roberts, educator Sandy Romero, and volunteer Judy Chaddick. Then we met up with Ranger David Ottaviano from Petroglyph National Monument to learn how these fragile images are preserved. We also heard from Todd Scissons, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer from Acoma Pueblo, about what petroglyphs still mean to Pueblo people today. Come discover how these images are more than just pictures – they’re powerful messages from the past still speaking to us now.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.7 (00:16:50)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
BOOM GODDESS RADIO #620: Best of Juneteenth (00:27:41)
This week we share excerpts of two past episodes spotlighting the Juneteenth holiday. In our first segment we discuss the Juneteenth holiday, how it got started, and what it celebrates. In our second segment, we focus on some of the traditional foods and meals consumed during the holiday.
***Music contained during break in middle of program is Sounds of Blackness “The Drum (Africa to America)” from the album Africa to America; The Journey of the Drum (1994, Interscope/Perspective).***
https://www.boomgoddessradio.com/
THE BRADCAST: 6/16/2025 Last Weekend Today: Massive ‘No Kings’ Protests; Trump’s Military Parade Flops; Assassination by Trumper in MN (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: It was a bizarre split screen of news over the weekend as some five million Americans attended boisterous, joyful, and largely peaceful ‘No Kings’ anti-Trump and anti-ICE demonstrations. At the same time, Donald Trump threw a sparsely-attended, authoritarian-style birthday parade for himself using the U.S. military. Israel unleashed a full-scale attack against Iran, complicating Trump’s efforts to reconstruct a successor to Obama’s successful nuclear deal with Iran (which Trump stupidly tore up). Israel’s new war forced the administration to recall Voice of America journalists and Iran experts who had been foolishly, unlawfully furloughed. Police captured a long-time Trump supporter who assassinated the top Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota’s House of Representative and her husband, and gravely wounded another lawmaker on Saturday. Callers weigh in and share their experiences at the ‘No Kings’ protests.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 06.16.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday June 16, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Civil rights leader links climate change to racial justice (00:01:30)
Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley says the fight for clean air and a safe environment is linked to the battle for racial equity.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #53: Battle of the Currents (00:28:53)
What is the difference between AC and DC currents? Why do we use AC in our outlets, instead of DC? The history surrounding the early days of electricity involved backstabbing, double dealing, huge egos battling it out in public ” the electrocution of horses, dogs, people, and even elephants. Dubbed the battle of the currents, this dis-information campaign pitted Thomas Edison against Tesla (and his boss, Westinghouse). Another in our Dead White Scientists series ” find out what happened just over 100 years ago that led us to the electrical system (largely unchanged since then) that we use today.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Europe Declines Faster Than The United States (00:29:00)
This week’s Economic Update looks at how US production of wheel-barrows moved to China, and how the U.S. is adopting a Cold War mentality against China. Also discussed are the socioeconomic effects of US federal workers’ being fired, as well as how tariffs alone won’t reshore manufacturing. Professor Wolff then delves into the declines in US coal mining, in sales of US McDonald’s hamburgers, along with commentary of the economic decline in Europe.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour (00:57:59)
Fascist Alert! DHS sends out provocative new poster – The Trump administration wants you to turn in your neighbor so they can haul them away. Fascist history returns. California Governor Newsome takes down Trump. News….Iran, the national guard staying in LA? Trump wants to flood liberal cities with ICE? Are Trump’s goons intentionally targeting the press?
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Faith, Power, and Climate Justice: A Climate Changed Conversation with Shanon Shah (00:55:00)
In this special Spirit in Action episode, guest-host Nicole Diroff welcomes Dr. Shanon Shah, Director of Faith for the Climate, for a conversation that weaves together faith, identity, and the urgent call for climate justice. A queer Muslim scholar, journalist, and advocate, Shanon shares how his lived experience and academic insight converge in powerful ways to challenge systems of oppression and invite communities into courageous collective action. He is Senior Deputy Editor of Critical Muslim, and Tutor in Islam at University of London Worldwide. Follow Shanon via the Muslim Institute. The episode includes a grounding musical performance of The Seed by composer and music leader Pax Ressler, a reminder of the role of creativity, community, and hope as we navigate climate disruption.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.6 (00:14:20)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Targeting Kids with Food Ads – with Dr. DeAnna Nara (00:29:00)
This week on Green Street Patti and Doug talk about New York’s plastic packaging reduction bill, how fish in rivers and lakes in Michigan are not fit for consumption, and how the new generation of quasi-ceramic pans may contain toxic chemicals. Then Dr. DeAnna Nara of the Center for Science in the Public Interest talks about food marketing and how kids are being targeted from all directions with ads for unhealthy food.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 6/13/2025 Encore: ‘Jesus Weeps’ at the ‘MAGA Murder Budget’ (00:57:30)
Encore: original airdate 6-5-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Lincoln Project unleashed a killer 60-second ad against the Trump/Republican ‘MAGA Murder Budget.’ A Democratic ‘landslide’ in a South Carolina statehouse special election offers potentially good news for people opposed to authoritarianism in the year ahead. The US Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling upholding a Catholic charity’s tax-exempt status. The independent National Catholic Reporter media outlet excoriated Congressional Republicans’ massive, deficit-exploding budget bill and its brutal cuts that punish the poorest Americans to profit the richest. Newark Mayor Raz Baracka sued Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, for malicious prosecution. More than 130 bipartisan, retired judges filed an amicus brief criticizing the Trump Justice Department’s arrest of a Wisconsin state judge for undermining judicial immunity. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’)
SUNDAY 06.15.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #91: Community Revival (00:58:00)
Sulma discusses the power that communities can wield for good, and how we can better organize to face the many crises of our time. She shares her life story, highlighting the times she has witnessed the power of community firsthand; from her childhood in El Salvador, to her church work in Kansas and discovery of liberation theology, to her current position as executive director of People’s Action. Sulma believes that collective action can lead to meaningful transformation, and her call to action is always to get out of your comfort zone and do something you haven’t done before.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: We Are In For a Very Warm Welcome From Global Warming (00:29:00)
You’d have to be, as Monty Python said, “DOWNRIGHT DAFT!” to feel welcomed by last January, the hottest January in 140 centuries. And 2025, so far, has offered floods and fires everywhere. Welcome to a 2-year-old global heatwave that could only be ignored by a dictator bully traumatized by a nightmare father and a variety-pack of humiliations in early life. And yet, the most healed and brave among us will find a way to walk into the Sixth Extinction with a heart full of forgiveness, evolutionary wisdom, good music, and a foolish absence of human pride. What better time to be a Fool!
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: The Aristocratic Tosher (00:27:00)
In this classic Barnaby Druthers tale, Harper Thorne and Barnaby investigate a death in the London sewers, and the deceased is someone known to Barnaby Druthers!
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN June 14, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Sasha Abramsky, West Correspondent for The Nation. We discuss how Trump has quickly escalated the violence against Angelenos by mobilizing federal forces in response to the peaceful protests. Protests brought on by the illegal ICE Raids in and around Los Angeles.
Segment Two
We then sit with Steve Paikin, Canadian talk show host and commentator. We discuss the political climate in Canada, in the wake of Trump’s assaults on Canadian sovereignty, and the tariff impositions. We also talk about the last election in Canada, that of Carney to be Premier.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS June 15, 2025 (00:59:00)
MAGA Political Hatred Has Moved From Talk to Action With the Assassination of Democratic Lawmakers in Minnesota | Raining on Trump’s Parade as Our Fuhrer Takes the Stand to Review the Troops Like the Dictators He Admires | Trump on the Sidelines as Israel Wages War on Iran With Netanyahu Promising Regime Change;
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Seeding Consciousness: Plant Medicine, Ancestral Wisdom and Psychedelic Initiation with Tricia Eastman (00:59:00)
This is the first part of a fascinating interview conversation with Tricia Eastman. Part two will follow next week.
Tricia Eastman is a lineage honoring medicine woman and founder of the non-profit Ancestral Heart, which bridges worlds rooted in her mestiza ancestry with her experience from a decade of Bwiti initiations and training. She has curated transformative retreats worldwide with plant medicines as well as facilitated the psycho-spiritual program with Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT at Crossroads Treatment Center in Mexico. She has a new wellness retreat center that is scheduled to open in the Azores in 2026 and she is the author of Seeding Consciousness: Plant Medicine, Ancestral Wisdom and Psychedelic Initiation.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: How Social Media Started Another War (00:58:00)
Two nuclear powers almost started a war and both countries had such a problem with Facebook and Twitter that it even seeped into their mainstream news reporting. As Facebook and Twitter continue to reduce and cut their Trust and Safety Teams, this means that possibly next time two countries go to war, it could be started purely by the “information” their populations read online. This is beyond terrifying and you don’t want to miss this one.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
SATURDAY 06.14.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, authors, The AI Con (00:59:30)
AI hype is everywhere today. We need some way to see through the hype and push back on it. Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna explain how in their new book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Techs Hype and Create the Future We Want.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Under Water Now, Democrats Have to Become the Party of Change
(00:59:48)
There’s a reason the same voters were undecided between Bernie and Trump in 2016. People wanted real change. And in 2024, Democrats walked into a trap. As bad as it looks today, writing in Newsweek, today’s guest Matt Robison argues Democrats can win again. IF. If we recognize the widespread dissatisfaction outside of the well-read coastal metro areas. AND we become the party of change. Not status quo solutions, but instead now is the time for replacing an arsonist with a contractor. And listen to and respect low information voters because they have in fact been hurt. Calling them bigots is certainly the wrong direction.
AGING MATTERS: Medicare Fraud and Abuse (00:58:00)
As Medicare continues to serve a growing number of beneficiaries, those who exploit this Federal health care program put the health and welfare of this population at risk. Additionally, fraud, abuse and billing errors cost the program and taxpayers billions of dollars every year. Shawn Smith, Director, Virginia Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), https://virginiasmp.com/, talks about the differences between Medicare fraud, abuse and billing errors, and the work of SMPs, https://smpresource.org/, to help beneficiaries handle complaints related to these practices.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Ecologist and Author Tom Wessels Talks Coevolution (00:29:00)
Understanding the concept of coevolution provides the foundation for creating a high functioning, stable, and resilient landscape ” anywhere you garden.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Alastair Crooke: Moscow’s Silence and Moscow’s Threats (00:29:00)
Judge Andrew Napolitano welcomes former British diplomat and geopolitical analyst Alastair Crooke to discuss Russia’s response to the recent, June 1,2025, NATO-backed drone attacks on strategic Russian airfields.
THE BOPST SHOW: Nonsensical Types of Things (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear French singing sensation Claudes Channes, legendary British audio assassins Tackhead, and the naked folk of Erica Freas as well as music by King Tubby, Chester Vomit & The Dry Heaves and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #588 (00:58:00)
First up, Georgetown law professor and former national legal director at the ACLU, David Cole, joins us to discuss the legal response to the Trump Administrations serial violations of the Constitution. Then Mike Ferner of Veterans for Peace checks in to update us halfway through his Fast for Gaza, 40 days of living on 250 calories per day, which is the average caloric intake of Palestinian survivors in Gaza. Finally, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Joe Holley, stops by to pay tribute to his mentor and colleague, the late crusading journalist, Ronnie Dugger, founder of the progressive Texas Observer.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/
FRIDAY 06.13.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday June 13, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Trees can be flood-prevention heroes (00:01:30)
Leaves and branches slow the rate of rain hitting the ground, and roots help prevent soil erosion.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Songs of Solidarity and Struggle from ICE Raids to Cowboy Strikes (00:55:25)
Francisco Herrera calls on music as a tool of resistance against ICE raids and repression in California; Carsie Blanton and Colleen Kattau bring songs of truth and freedom; Will Attig shares his favorite labor anthem; Seth Newton Patel digs into the 1883 Cowboy Strike; plus a double dose of Labor History in 2:00 and Little Stevens Bitter Fruit.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Smithsonian to Purge Anti-American Ideology’ as MAGA Revamp Gets Underway (00:57:59)
Veteran War Correspondent & host of the ‘On the Edge’ podcast Phil Ittner reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. News – Predator drones deployed in LA? ICE brutally rams car & tear gases occupants with young children (toddlers) – to grab citizens off the street, FL tries to replace farm workers with 14 year old American children. FL says they’re not too young to work overnight shifts. I’m not making this up! Brutality reigns. Is Trump’s brutality causing his approval to tank? More news… Smithsonian to purge anti-American ideology’ as MAGA revamp gets underway, criminals are imitating ICE to rob people, and, surprise, Trump is restoring the confederacy.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Pam Walaski and Crystal Kolden: Dealing With Extreme Temps (00:29:00)
As summer season starts to heat up, it’s important to remember that soaring temps endanger the lives of millions. Unfortunately, the federal government is not doing much to help. There are absolutely no federal statutes guaranteeing the rights of workers to legally leave their workplace to prevent heat injury (incidentally, as we discussed in previous episodes of Sea Change Radio, there are no federal laws protecting incarcerated people from extreme temperatures, either). This week on Sea Change Radio we speak with Pam Walaski, the President of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), about the heat-related health workplace guidelines her organization is trying to introduce into OSHA standards. Then we dig into the Sea Change Radio archives to learn more about wildfire prevention and safety from Crystal Kolden, a professor at UC Merced who’s also a former firefighter.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: “They Targeted Me:” Mayor Ras Baraka on His Arrest, Immigration Rights & Leading New Jersey (00:28:00)
They targeted me because I’m the mayor of the city, says Newark, New Jersey mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka. In this tell-all interview with Laura Flanders, the mayor of the states largest city discusses his arrest at Delaney Hall, a new private immigration detention facility in Newark, and why he is a staunch opponent of the Republican immigration agenda and Trumps assertion of federal power. In his tenure as mayor, Baraka has championed progressive programs like guaranteed income, reduced crime and boosted affordable housing. But new challenges lie ahead, as politicians like himself and cities like Newark face retaliation from the Trump administration. Barakas charges have been dropped, but the legal battles are far from over. He recently announced a lawsuit against the acting New Jersey District Attorney Alina Habba and DHS Agent Ricky Patel, alleging false arrest, malicious prosecution and defamation.If elected, he would be the first Black governor in New Jersey and only the fourth Black governor elected in the States. If he’s not elected, he is still a politician to watch as he insists on advancing forward thinking policy, especially in these tough times. Join us for that conversation, plus a commentary from Laura.
THE BOPST SHOW: Nonsensical Types of Things (00:55:25)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear French singing sensation Claudes Channes, legendary British audio assassins Tackhead, and the naked folk of Erica Freas as well as music by King Tubby, Chester Vomit & The Dry Heaves and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 6/12/2025 And Then They Came for the U.S. Senators: New American ‘police state’ expand (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was roughed up and handcuffed when he peacefully tried to ask a question of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem during a press briefing on authoritarian ICE immigration raids in Los Angeles. New polls show that strong majorities of voters disapprove of Donald Trump’s actions on every front, including immigration, the economy, his massive bill to gut Medicaid, and more. Trump’s chaotic federalization of the National Guard in California has failed to ensure soldiers are paid, housed, or fed. ICE expands the Trump Police State to small towns. Trump and Republicans kill off California’s clean air and clean car rules. Plus Randy Rainbow’s hilarious new satirical song and Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 06.12.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday June 12, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Imperial Valley Lithium Boom Raises Hopes”and Concerns”for Locals (00:01:30)
The region is home to vast amounts of lithium, a mineral critical for battery manufacturing.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: When the Dragon Comes (00:58:00)
Have we already passed the point of no return for Polar glaciers? Explore with top glaciologist Dr. Chris Stokes from Durham University UK. But first, Canadian fire expert Michael Flannigan reports on the latest giant outbreaks in the North. Tens of thousands evacuated. Unhealthy smoke covering Canada, US mid-West, New York to Georgia – reaching Greece and Ireland. We are living in the climate future already.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Trump is Winding Down FEMA as Climate Change Ramps Up (00:58:00)
News…Trump goads troops to cheer Robert E Lee, Gavin says, “the moment we have feared has arrived,” ICE has been deployed to 5 more BLUE states to incite riots & unrest, National guard to be deployed to Texas for protests? Trump ramps up transfers to Guantanamo and it’s to be an international concentration camp. Trump is winding down FEMA as Climate change ramps up – what could possibly go wrong?
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-06-10 (00:58:31)
This week, well spend the hour on the mass mobilizations against ICE raids taking place across Southern California. Los Angeles has become an epicenter of the resistance to the Trumpian policy of separating families and ripping people suspected of being undocumented from their homes, worksplaces, and schools. Well hear the voices of labor leaders April Verrett and Dolores Huerta, of local officials Isaac Brian, California State Assembly member and former West Covina mayor Brian Caldern Tabatabai, of Working Families Party, and many others. Then well go to the neighboring town of Pasadena, California, where protesters got wind of ICE agents staying at a local hotel while they carry out raids. Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and City Council member Rick Cole spoke with me.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.5 (00:42:36)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
TED TALK: The Dirty Secret of Capitalism – and a new way forward with Nick Hanauer (00:17:03)
Rising inequality and growing political instability are the direct result of decades of bad economic theory, says entrepreneur Nick Hanauer. In a visionary talk, he dismantles the mantra that “greed is good” — an idea he describes as not only morally corrosive, but also scientifically wrong — and lays out a new theory of economics powered by reciprocity and cooperation
THE BRADCAST: 6/11/2025 Guests: Heather Digby Parton and ‘Driftglass’ on Trump deployment of troops in L.A. (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: In six state legislative special elections in three states on Tuesday, Democrats overperformed expectations in five, strongly outpacing their 2024 results. Democratic US Rep. Mikey Sherrill will face Donald Trump-backed MAGA Republican Jack Ciatterelli for the New Jersey governor’s seat. California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a speech excoriated Trump’s federalization of the state’s National Guard troops, describing the tactics as ‘authoritarian’ and ‘dictatorial’, and warned that Trump is now waging war on democracy and the Constitution itself. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and ‘DRIFTGLASS’, of the ‘Professional Left Podcast,’ discuss Trump’s dumb, dangerous incitement of violence, where all this is headed, and much more, bringing context, history, and hilarity to these disturbing developments.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 06.11.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday June 11, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Composer weaves climate crisis themes into new choral work (00:01:30)
Missa Laudato Si incorporates the late Pope Franciss Laudato Si encyclical and other environmental texts in a musical reflection on climate change.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Basel Musharbash, antitrust and trade regulation lawyer, discusses the high price of eggs. (Part 1 of 2) (00:28:00)
Did you know that consolidation in our food and agriculture systems has more to do with the price of eggs than bird flu? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Basel Musharbash, antitrust and trade regulation lawyer, and author of Kings Over the Necessaries of Life: Monopolization and the Elimination of Competition in Americas Agriculture System. Musharbash discusses the real reasons why egg prices escalated, and the larger impact of consolidation in our food system. (Part 1 of 2)
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1941:The Scrubbing of the USNS Harvey Milk & more global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
The U.S. Navy tries to sink Harvey Milks memory; queer job rights are threatened by a straight womans U.S. Supreme Court win, Puerto Ricos nonbinary and gender non-conforming people win a birth certificate X option, Texas Dont Say Gay law will ban Gay-Straight Alliances, author Edmund Whites own story ends, and Missoula adopts the rainbow flag to defy Montanas Pride ban. Those stories and more this week when you discover This Way Out.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: MAGA Influencers Revel in Terry Morans Suspension (00:58:00)
Elons guys put a transmitter on top of the White House; what were they transmitting? Ben Dixon reports that Elon Musks own AI warns his platforms policies are inciting anti-black violence”with a 50% risk of targeted attacks and 30% risk of mob violence. MAGA Influencers Revel in Terry Morans Suspension for Calling Stephen Miller a World Class Hater ” after the White House complains. Can news networks stop bending their knee to Trump and stand up like Gavin Newsom? Are you hearing this America? The GOP is lining up with excuses to cut Social Security.
CIVIC CIPHER: Engaging with the Political Opposition – A Conversation with Ami Horowitz (00:59:00)
Today’s guest, Ami Horowitz is an American conservative documentary filmmaker and activist. He is the writer, producer, and director of Ami on the Loose, a satirical short film series. He is also the host of the recent documentary The Art of War – a look into the practices of the IDF
In the first half of the show, Ami explains his latest film – a defense of the IDF and Israel’s campaign on the ground in Gaza. We also discuss the approval rate that conservative voters have for Trumps first few months in office and how that figure largely differs from non-conservatives. In the second half of the show, Ami explains how a person can be opposed to what the majority of Black people want to see politically and not be racist. He also takes the time to explain his issues with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and why he believes they are problematic.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.4 (00:25:49)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Lessons Learned (00:28:00)
Here it is: the story of how this whole curiosity enterprise came to be and some of the many insights I’ve picked up along the way — with a little timely bias for all things peace and conflict-transformation related. For those of you who are new, this is how it all began! For those who have been around a while, here’s the origin story, plus some of the challenges and glory of which you’ve been such an important part. I’m hoping there’s something here for everyone. “If you change your point of view, you will see something new.” ~ Dad
THE BRADCAST: 6/10/2025 Team Trump Inciting Violence and State of Fear in City of Angels, Elsewhere (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Team Trump is attempting to distract from the many failures of the Administration and escalate tensions and fear by deploying military assets to Los Angeles to crack down on largely peaceful protests against ICE roundups of migrants. Trump DHS Sec. Kristi Noem urged Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth to require troops to participate in arrests and detentions, an apparent violation of the law. Protests against the administration’s fascist tactics are expanding coast to coast. US Attorney General Pam Bondi’s brother lost his election to lead the D.C. Bar Association. The US Supreme Court halted a GOP attempt to disenfranchise PA voters. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s trial for defaming a voting machine company employee is underway. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 06.10.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday June 10, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: In Brookline, Massachusetts, a group helps neighbors cut carbon emissions one appliance at a time (00:01:30)
Free, vetted guides offer practical advice on electrifying homes and finding experienced contractors.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Read the Chapter Youre On: Embracing the Present in Lifes Ongoing Story (00:29:00)
On this show we are going to stick to reading the chapter were on by embracing the present in life’s ongoing story. Have you ever found yourself mentally rewriting chapters of your past or trying to peek ahead at pages you haven’t reached yet? It’s human nature to replay moments we wish had gone differently or to worry about what’s coming next. But while were busy editing old plotlines or predicting future twists, we miss out on the beauty and clarity of the chapter we’re actually in – the one unfolding right now. This week, were exploring what it means to truly read the chapter you’re on. No skipping ahead, no flipping back, just being present and fully engaged in this current moment of your life.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
MAKING CONTACT: Soul Force: The Legacy of Rev. James Lawson Jr. (00:29:00)
On today’s show, we look back at the work and legacy of Reverend James Lawson Jr., a leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement and advocate of nonviolence, with the help of the podcast Re:Work from the UCLA Labor Center.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is this Trump’s Dictator Moment? (00:58:00)
Will Americans choose the Republic or the Tyrant? Will ICE raids lead to Marines illegally patrolling our streets? Will Trump get his national emergency?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: For Dad: Father’s Day with John Legend (00:53:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour, we’re celebrating Father’s Day with a musical special all about dads and father figures. Through songs, poetry, and rhythm, we hear how fathers love, teach, and support their kids in many different ways.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch.2-3 (00:28:42)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
BOOM GODDESS RADIO: Caregiving Resources (Rebroadcast) (00:27:00)
On the program this week we spotlight resources for caregivers. Today more than one in five Americans are caregivers. Millions of Americans provide unpaid care to family and friends. The aging Baby Boomers are requiring care, but many Boomers are also caregivers. We have Deb Seng, Director of Caregiving and Community Initiatives for Pima Council On Aging (PCOA) in Pima County, Arizona. We cover the history of PCOA, various resources that caregivers can utilize and how those listening in areas outside of Arizona can also obtain resources for caregivers
https://www.boomgoddessradio.com
THE BRADCAST: 6/9/2025 Trump unlawfully federalizes CA National Guard to distract from his own ongoing failures (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We set the record straight on what is actually happening in Los Angeles, where relatively minor, peaceful weekend demonstrations against Donald Trump’s new ICE quotas for arresting migrants are not ‘riots,’ despite cable TV or social media coverage. Trump is grabbing attention and abusing his authority again, by unlawfully federalizing the California National Guard without the approval of CA Gov. Gavin Newsom. The governor called the actions ‘purposely inflammatory, ‘trying to incite violence,’ and the state is suing to stop it. Trump’s weekend declaration is a power grab, claiming the authority to deploy federal troops in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act ANYWHERE in the country. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 06.09.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday June 9, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: As flood risks rise, Latino landscapers and residents learn to fight back with green infrastructure (00:01:30)
A D.C.-based nonprofit trains people in stormwater management techniques to build healthier, flood-resilient neighborhoods.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #52: Reclaiming Building Materials (00:29:22)
There is a wealth of materials out there, in old buildings, that can be reclaimed and integrated into new construction. Yet most of it just ends up in landfills. How do we interrupt this waste cycle and salvage the beautiful fixtures and raw materials ” along with our history?
Why we found reuse so important ” reclaim barn
Re-use, re-purpose, Repair
Construct with De-construction in mind ” smash up, takes time, clean
Quality versus quantity ” British Salvage Warehouse
Storage issues
What to look for ” bricks (shopping list), wood, fixtures (planing the wood) ” fireplace flu ” Campbells bringing windows, siding
maker space
Habitat store
Convince mainstream that salvage is vital, salvage first ” insurance issues (government contracts)
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Europe Declines Faster Than The United States (00:29:00)
This week’s Economic Update looks at how US production of wheel-barrows moved to China, and how the U.S. is adopting a Cold War mentality against China. Also discussed are the socioeconomic effects of US federal workers’ being fired, as well as how tariffs alone won’t reshore manufacturing. Professor Wolff then delves into the declines in US coal mining, in sales of US McDonald’s hamburgers, along with commentary of the economic decline in Europe.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Will the Military be Signing a Loyalty Oath Soon? (00:57:58)
There’s a dark MAGA conspiracy where Musk destroys Trump and democracy – hmmm …is it closer to the truth than you think? I’ll be telling you all about it. Could there be a bigger scandal than Trump being in the Epstein files? Could there be be a larger moral failure? Where’s the press? Will the Military be signing a loyalty oath soon? Will the oath be to Trump or We the People? Trump says he letting Russian and Ukraine “fight for a while” – Is that what Putin ordered him to do?
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Everyday Evil’s Antidote: Thinking (00:55:00)
A dive deep into the analysis and understanding of why & how evil is done in the world – not theologically, but behaviorally – with our guest Elizabeth Minnich, author of The Evil of Banality ” On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking. Instead of focusing on the figureheads of evil, like Hitler, we’ll be looking to understand, and maybe change, the common people who go along with and make great evils possible, trying to see also why & how people can do that for great good. Among Elizabeth’s credentials are her title as a Distinguished Fellow for the American Association of Colleges and Universities and her position as a former professor of moral philosophy at Queens University. Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Non-affiliated
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ch. 1 (00:21:20)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. To date, the book has been adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in many media. This 32,000 word story is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term “time machine”, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to such a vehicle. (Wikipedia) The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited the future. There, he finds the human species has “evolved” into two distinct forms. Above ground live the Eloi—gentle, fairy-like, childish creatures, whose existence appears to be free of struggle. However, another race of beings exists—the Morlocks, underground dwellers who, once subservient, now prey on the feeble, defenseless Eloi. – Summary by Cliff Stone
https://librivox.org/the-time-machine-v3-by-h-g-wells
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35/35-h/35-h.htm
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Plastic Fashion: Not So Pretty with Alden Wicker (00:29:00)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about our rapidly deteriorating oceans, how data centers are providing heat for homes in Norway, and a new study about toxic chemicals in plumbing fixtures including shower heads. Then award-winning author Alden Wicker talks about fast fashion, and how plastic clothing is not only a worldwide pollution problem but a health problem as well.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 6/6/2025 Encore: Legal journo Chris Geidner on SCOTUS ignoring its own precedents (00:58:00)
Original airdate 6-6-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: In Boulder, CO, a man was charged with federal hate crimes after he used a makeshift flamethrower to attack a demonstration in support of hostages held by Hamas. Dozens of Palestinians were killed near a Gaza aid distribution center, in an attack attributed to the Israeli military. Ukraine launched a massive drone attack that damaged military targets deep inside Russia, after weeks of Russia’s deadly, long-range attacks in Ukraine. The rightwing US Supreme Court declined to hear lawsuits seeking to overturn state laws banning military-style weapons. But the far-right majority overturned its own precedent to allow the Trump Administration to end protected status for half a million refugees from several countries, even while litigation continues. Veteran legal journalist CHRIS GEIDNER of Law Dork explains how the activist rightwingers on SCOTUS are twisting law and precedent to achieve their desired political outcome.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 06.08.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #90: Food Sovereignty (00:58:00)
Sarah discusses how we can make our communities more prosperous, sustainable, and resilient by adopting regenerative agriculture practices; she explains the holistic approaches associated with regenerative agriculture, emphasizing their social, economic, and ecological dimensions. She also discusses the importance of food sovereignty, provides an overview of the Carbon Ranch Initiative, and brings attention to the many issues farmers face today.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: LA LA LA LIBERATE (00:29:00)
It’s not a show. It’s NEW RITUAL with the wilderness-future coming toward us fast. The Stop Shopping Choir is in full-throated radical voice. Savitri D, our leader, can be anywhere in the hall, up on the balcony, pulling pianists out of the kitchen, marching the singers up the aisle toward the nine songs of liberation from fascism. We are crafting songs and screams to fit the architecture of our new home, which is historically better acquainted with silence: the Quaker Meeting House of Manhattan, a beautiful space. They want their quaking back, and we want to do our part. We are teaching our audience a new enlightenment exercise, which we invented, called FLOPPY YOGA. Wow! See you next Sunday, June 8th, at 6 pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Street, located at the corner of 15th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, east of Union Square, 2 blocks away. Family-friendly and FREE. LA LA LA LIBERATE! EARTHALUJAH!
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Case of the Five Buttons Part 4 Turning Point (00:27:44)
Part 4 of Barnaby’s origin story: His first case. After the emotionally crushing events that shook him to his core, Barnaby soon discovers there is no place to call his sanctuary He is forced to face those with whom he has the most conflicts.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN June 7, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We talk with Derek Kelly, a recent Chief of Staff for the Texas Democratic Party, and now works for the Harris County Justice of the Peace. We discuss Texas politics. We specifically focus on the upcoming elections to the US Senate, where Cornyn is being challenged by Ken Paxton.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Bill Curry and Ryan Cooper. Bill was a Connecticut state senator and Ryan is the Prospects managing editor, and author of ‘How Are You Going to Pay for That? We discuss the Trump and Musk public feud. This show “privatized politics” and the tension between the elected leader versus the rule of corporations.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS June 5, 2025 (00:59:00)
What it is Like to Be An American Citizen Targeted by the Most Powerful Person in the World Who is Accusing You of Treason For Speaking the Truth | Trump’s America: The United States of Cruelty.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Sound Alchemy and Healing with Irene Calo (00:59:00)
Irene Calo is an intuitive, channel, sound alchemist, teacher and workshop and healing facilitator. In this conversation we discuss sound and vibrational approaches to healing ourselves and the world, and what that might look like, as well as how many of us are already experiencing this without realizing it.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: How Social Media Started Another War (00:58:00)
Two nuclear powers almost started a war and both countries had such a problem with Facebook and Twitter that it even seeped into their mainstream news reporting. As Facebook and Twitter continue to reduce and cut their Trust and Safety Teams, this means that possibly next time two countries go to war, it could be started purely by the “information” their populations read online. This is beyond terrifying and you don’t want to miss this one.
SATURDAY 06.07.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: David Greenwood, author, The Cloud Intern (00:59:30)
David Greenwood discusses his debut novel The Cloud Intern ” a dystopian sci-fi novel featuring a tech billionaire, a dangerously unstable United States, and lots and lots of surveillance.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: How Their Music Toppled Jim Crow (00:58:16)
It’s not just politics but arts and a free culture that makes real change. Sure there are the leaders we all know, MLK and Malcolm X, but in his new paperback edition of The Jazz Men: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America, author Larry Tye shares remarkable secret stories of their lives and how they got the world to move. Such as how Louis Armstrong changed Eisenhower, and the Black/Jewish connection, and lots more.
AGING MATTERS: Meals on Wheels (00:58:00)
The Meals on Wheels program specializes in addressing the unique needs of Americas most vulnerable and high-risk older adult and disabled populations. At the core of this service is a nutritious meal, companionship, and a watchful eye on health and safety. Carter Florence, Vice President, Programs, Meals on Wheels America, https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/, and Mary Tugwell, President, Meals on Wheels of Arlington, https://mealsonwheelsarlington.com/, talk about Meals on Wheels services, program enrollment, and volunteer opportunities.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: A Devastated Arboretum Embraces the Catastrophe (00:29:00)
When a freak tornado swept through Ambler Arboretum, the staff and university administration took the opportunity to turn its recovery into an exploration of natural resilience in the face of climate change.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Elon Musk Abandons Ship – The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich (00:29:00)
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich says: Trump’s tariffs are in turmoil, his big beautiful bill is buckling, and the Muskrat has left his sinking ship. Is this the beginning of the end for Trump 2.0? Heather and I discuss it all on today’s Coffee Klatch.
THE BOPST SHOW: Dream World Fantasy (00:55:49)The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the classic 60s ska sound of Stranger & Patsy, the dreamscape pop of Floatation Toy Warning, and the gospel soul of the Staple Singers as well as music by Pere Ubu, Hines and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #587 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Heidi Shierholz,president of the Economic Policy Institute, to break down the budget bill passing through Congress that is the largest transfer of wealth from the poor and working-class to the wealthy in United States history. Then, insurance expert, Robert Hunter returns to discuss the recent rise in auto insurance rates.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/
FRIDAY 06.06.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday June 6, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Melting ice brings more ships ” and more pollution ” to Arctic waters (00:01:30)
New rules will reduce airborne toxins, but an environmental group says discharge from scrubbers still threatens the fragile Arctic.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Who Will Stand With Us? (00:55:00)
This week on the Labor Heritage Power Hour: Two powerful stories of solidarity and creative resistance. Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey joins veteran labor organizer William Attig to talk music, organizing, and their new single Who Will Stand With Us? ahead of Fridays Unite for Veterans, Unite for America rally in D.C.
Then, John Beck of Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives explores Tales from the Cleaners, a new volume in the Workers Write! series from Blue Cubicle Press. Plus, Labor History in 2:00 looks back at the history of the minimum wage.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Beginning of the Unraveling of Taco Trump (00:57:58)
Was DOGE all about a truly unprecedented transfer of governmental power to a private entity in real time? Former Chair-Ohio Democratic Party (2015-2021) lawyer, author of many books including Saving Democracy David Pepper explains. Also Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner reports from Kyiv, Ukraine.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Will Potter: Factory Farming and the Myth of the Little Red Barn (00:29:00)
Did you know that this country has a host of so-called ag-gag laws in place that criminalize the work of photographers and journalists who expose abuses on factory farms? This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with investigative journalist Will Potter whose new book, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable, gives us a dark but thought-provoking view of factory farming. We talk about his research, hear what it reveals about our food system and this countrys veering towards fascism, and look at how American agriculture has changed over the past century.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Labor Movement v. Fascism: Worker Organizers & Labor Educators Are Under Attack (00:28:00)
Labor organizing is critical to any anti-fascist movement, but labor unions and worker education are feeling the impact of brutal Republican attacks and cuts. How are workers and educators responding? In this special report, from a conference held at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) in New York City, Laura spoke with Rebecca Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, the largest union in the country, about labor solidarity in the deep-red state of Utah; history professor Robert Cassannello, a plaintiff in a successful suit against Florida Gov. DeSantiss Stop Woke Act; and Rev. Ryan Brown, an Amazon worker/organizer from North Carolina, about how workers and educators are fighting back, and even winning in these times, although the obstacles are immense. The conference, Labor and the Crisis of Democracy; Working Class Politics in a Time of Authoritarianism was convened by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies with the Cornell Worker Institute.
THE BOPST SHOW: Dream World Fantasy (00:55:49)The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the classic 60s ska sound of Stranger & Patsy, the dreamscape pop of Floatation Toy Warning, and the gospel soul of the Staple Singers as well as music by Pere Ubu, Hines and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 6/4/2025 Guest: Dr. Brooke Nichols on More Than 300,000 Dead Since Musk, Trump Shutdown of USAID (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Donald Trump’s and Congressional Republicans’ massive budget bill would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion and cut off health care and food nutrition for up to 14 million low-income Americans, all to pay for huge tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. So naturally the Trump White House and GOP attacked the CBO. Conservative columnist David Brooks compared Elon Musk to genocidal dictators over the 300,000 people who have died globally since Musk’s DOGE dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Dr. BROOKE NICHOLS of Boston University explains her meticulous database documenting the stunning tally of preventable deaths around the world caused by Trump’s foreign aid shutdown, how it harms Americans here at home, the ‘broken trust’ the U.S. is now facing with other nations, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 06.05.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday June 5, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Puerto Rico’s 2022 leptospirosis surge shows one of the hidden health risks of flooding (00:01:30)
With more storms and warmer temperatures ahead, contaminated floodwaters pose a growing public health threat.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Forever Chemicals (00:58:00)
As Trump tosses regulations, PFAS – the forever chemicals continue their killing spree. Colorado Hill reporter Sharon Udasin new book “Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America”. What really moves people to climate action? Penn scientists led by Allysa Allie Sinclair tell all in their new paper “Behavioral interventions motivate action to address climate change”. Brain tools on Radio Ecoshock.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The GOP’s Never Ending Effort to Repeal Obamacare Continues (00:58:00)
Trump wants to rollback banking regulations – What could go wrong? If Trump were to roll back the banking rules put in place after the 2008 financial crisis (like those in the Dodd-Frank Act), several risks could arise. More fascism…Trump moves to get political control of doctors and scientists. ICE thugs grabbed a teen driving to volleyball practice and the town is outraged. The GOP’s never-ending effort to repeal Obamacare continues.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-06-03 (00:58:30)
This week, well go to Sicily to speak with Palestinian American activist and human rights lawyer Huwaida Arraf about the Freedom Flotilla for Gaza and the Madleen, a small ship that has set sail through the Mediterranean to break the Israeli siege and bring medical supplies to Palestinians surviving genocide. Then, Cassie Owens, Philadelphia Program Manager with Free Press joins us to discuss the Philadelphia Safer Journalism Project, a new report that seeks to improve how journalism, particularly crime reporting, covers communities of color. Finally, Judy Karofsky will join me to discuss her new book about how eldercare is broken and how to fix it, called DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster (1909) pt. 3 The Homeless (00:24:10)
Forster’s story is strangely predictive and explores the debilitating impact and potential results of human over-dependence on technology and the ever-living urge to escape the machine to have direct experience.
https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-by-em-forster
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops
WINGS # 08-25: Nalini Malani: Transgressions (00:26:57)
Nalini Malani came to India as a child refugee during the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, an experience that deeply informs her work. She works with paint, video, and “shadow plays” on mylar cylinders, uses figures from mythology, audio of disappearing languages, and voices and experiences of the oppressed and dispossessed, especially workers, the lower castes, and women. The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam has acquired some of Malani’s work for their permanent collection.
THE BRADCAST: 6/4/2025 Guest: Dr. Brooke Nichols on More Than 300,000 Dead Since Musk, Trump Shutdown of USAID (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Donald Trump’s and Congressional Republicans’ massive budget bill would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion and cut off health care and food nutrition for up to 14 million low-income Americans, all to pay for huge tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. So naturally the Trump White House and GOP attacked the CBO. Conservative columnist David Brooks compared Elon Musk to genocidal dictators over the 300,000 people who have died globally since Musk’s DOGE dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Dr. BROOKE NICHOLS of Boston University explains her meticulous database documenting the stunning tally of preventable deaths around the world caused by Trump’s foreign aid shutdown, how it harms Americans here at home, the ‘broken trust’ the U.S. is now facing with other nations, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 06.04.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday June 4, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: As seas rise, saltwater moves toward Philadelphia’s faucets (00:01:30)
Saltwater from Delaware Bay is creeping closer to the citys water intake, forcing officials to consider costly long-term solutions.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Peter Lurie, MD, MPH Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest discusses food dyes, the FDA and RFK. (00:29:00)
Did you know that some food dyes can have a negative influence childrens behavior? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Peter Lurie, MD, MPH, President and Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a non-profit food and health watchdog organization based in Washington, DC. Lurie discusses the workings of the FDA, RFKs position on food dyes, the EUs policy on food dyes, cuts to FDA and NIH grants, and ways to advocate for smart food and health policies.
Related Websites: CSPI: www.cspinet.org
Chemical Cuisine: https://www.cspinet.org/page/chemical-cuisine-food-additive-safety-ratings
NIH Grants termination: https://www.cspinet.org/case/nih-grants-termination
https://www.ucsusa.org/science-jess-phoenix-podcast
THIS WAY OUT #1940: Erik Piepenburg’s Dining Out & global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
A unique history of queer people meeting and eating; dozens of Euro-Parliament members plan to defy Orbans Budapest Pride ban, U.K. trans women can now be strip-searched by male cops, the dismissal of a gay Venezuelans U.S. asylum case stymies due process, but an endangered gay Guatemalan man wins protection from a U.S. federal court, and men in dresses will still sashay through the Kennedy Centers drag ban.
All that and more this week when you discover This Way Out.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Corroding the Guardrails (00:57:59)
MAGA Republicans are chiseling away at the Post Office, FEMA, Obamacare, and even our defenses against Russia- will America wake up to what is going on?
{{{—- editor note: due to technical issues in the studio, the sound quality on today’s episode is a little bit distorted. sorry for this, and an engineer in the studio is working on the problem. —}}}
CIVIC CIPHER: Political Organizing and Advocacy with Zenia Perez (00:59:00)
Today’s guest is Zenia Perez is an organizer and political consultant working in the fields of advocacy and electoral politics. Online at @yourpoliticalprima In the first half of the show, Zenia Perez talks to us about the kind of work that she does to support politicians and causes. She discusses the path that she and others took to be influential changemakers on the political ground level.
In the second half of the show, Zenia discusses some of the threats that advocates of historically marginalized communities need to be mindful of during this second Trump administration. She also mounts a masterful defense of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster (1909) pt. 2 The Mending Apparatus (00:25:13)
Forster’s story is strangely predictive and explores the debilitating impact and potential results of human over-dependence on technology and the ever-living urge to escape the machine to have direct experience.
https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-by-em-forster
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity in Challenging Racism & Celebrating Juneteenth, with Monique Bryant (00:28:00)
“What about diversity, equity and inclusion is so powerful — and so fearful — that you would want to get rid of it all? That’s where the curiosity comes in.” ~ Moe Bryant How might choosing to be curious help us keep the conversation open, hold onto history that’s being erased, and find moments for celebration, even still?
Monique “Moe” Bryant was my teacher and guide when I took a course called Challenging Racism back in 2015-2016. I had her on the show twice then, once before and once after I’d taken the eye-opening, humble-making, ultimately empowering program.
Given where conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion are now, I thought it was time to have her back.
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, reporting, interviews and commentary.
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TUESDAY 06.03.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday June 3, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Carbon pollution isn’t just changing Earth – it could cause crowding in space (00:01:30)
MIT scientists have found that changes to the atmosphere are enabling space junk to stay in orbit longer.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Pinned by the Past: Breaking Free from the Weight of Old Mistakes (00:29:00)
On this show we are breaking free from the weight of old mistakes by unpinning ourselves from our past. Ever feel like no matter how much you grow, your past keeps showing up like an old playlist you didn’t ask to hear again? You’re finally moving forward – changing your habits, setting boundaries, maybe even feeling hope – but suddenly, wham, a memory, a regret, or a what-if slams into your progress like a closed door. I recently came across this line in a book that hit me right in the heart: I was a butterfly pinned by my wings to the canvas of my mistakes. That image has stuck with me. Because haven’t we all felt like that at some point – frozen, exposed, and unable to fly, not because we cant, but because we’ve been too tightly tethered to the past?
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
MAKING CONTACT: East Orosis Long Struggle for Water, Part 2: The Role of Community Utility Districts (Encore) (00:29:00)
Last week, we visited a community in California’s Central Valley called East Orosi, which has been fighting for clean water for over 20 years. This week we turn our attention to their sewage system, which is also falling apart. Why has it been so difficult for East Orosi to get clean drinking water and fix its sewage problems? To answer that question, we take a look at the community utility districts that run sewage and water in unincorporated towns all across California. We’ll discuss their problems as well as ways to save them. This show first aired in August 2024.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Right-winger wins Poland – What Does That Mean? (00:57:59)
World news….Clampdown in Rome, China invading Taiwan?, Ukraine fights back, Right-winger wins Poland – what does that mean? Reporter, CNN U.K. & Europe Rob Picheta explains. Fascist alert. Was Rep Nadler’s aid detained and handcuffed as a warning and an intimidation tactic? You Betcha!
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Community Science (00:53:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour we learn how everyone can contribute to active scientific research by participating in Community Science with groups like BEMP: the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program. The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program or BEMP, studies the riparian forest along the Rio Grande in New Mexico as it travels from Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, down to the Gulf of Mexico in El Paso, Texas. Students in BEMP work with the program as part of their school science curriculum, taking multiple field trips to the bosque to collect data, from counting insects, to measuring leaf litter.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster (1909) pt. 1 The Airship (00:29:01)
Forster’s story is strangely predictive and explores the debilitating impact and potential results of human over-dependence on technology and the ever-living urge to escape the machine to have direct experience.
https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-by-em-forster
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops
BOOM GODDESS RADIO: The Importance of Female Friendships P2 (Rebroadcast) (00:27:22)
Research has confirmed that socializing improves happiness and positivity. It also helps manage stress and calms anxieties. Female friendships provide a safe space for women to share their thoughts, feelings and experiences with others without judgement. This week Jennifer continues the conversation with some of her best female friends. They are in conversation about the importance of friendships among women and how socializing with friends improves the lives of women.
https://www.boomgoddessradio.com
THE BRADCAST: ‘BradCast’ 6/2/2025 Guest: Legal journo Chris Geidner on SCOTUS ignoring its own precedents (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: In Boulder, CO, a man was charged with federal hate crimes after he used a makeshift flamethrower to attack a demonstration in support of hostages held by Hamas. Dozens of Palestinians were killed near a Gaza aid distribution center, in an attack attributed to the Israeli military. Ukraine launched a massive drone attack that damaged military targets deep inside Russia, after weeks of Russia’s deadly, long-range attacks in Ukraine. The rightwing US Supreme Court declined to hear lawsuits seeking to overturn state laws banning military-style weapons. But the far-right majority overturned its own precedent to allow the Trump Administration to end protected status for half a million refugees from several countries, even while litigation continues. Veteran legal journalist CHRIS GEIDNER of Law Dork explains how the activist rightwingers on SCOTUS are twisting law and precedent to achieve their desired political outcome.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 06.02.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday June 2, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A free store helps hurricane survivors go solar in western North Carolina (00:01:30)
The store connects people with equipment donated by solar companies in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #51: Becoming a Sustainable Engineer (00:29:12)
Nicholas Anderson followed a fairly well trod pathway, excelling in school, living a comfortable upper middle class life, staying out of trouble ” all of which led him to the engineering program at the University of Dayton. But somewhere along the way, he became interested in how engineering could led us all to a more sustainable way of life. And in seeking answers in a world that thought simply asking the questions was a bit odd ” he found himself living at and interning at Blue Rock Station. The experience, skills learned, and discussions engaged in have begun to reshape his life.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Who Will Likely Win and Lose the U.S.-China Trade War (00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Trumps cuts to school mental health counsellors, the mass strike in LA County, why China is better positioned for a trade war with the U.S., and how profit is what drove corporate decisions to relocate U.S. factories overseas thereby making the US economy vulnerable to long, global supply lines.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: US Court Tells Trump – You Are Not King, Blocking his Tariffs (00:58:00)
Fascist Alert! Qatar is now trying to make clear that they didn’t try to bribe Trump, but he shook them down with some kind of a blackmail or extortion scheme to get the airplane. Is Trump about to mess up the potential bird flu response, just like he did with COVID? Also 6 Truths About Medicaid Work Requirements the GOP Doesn’t Want You to Share.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Sustainability is the Common-sense Destination for Emergency Preparedness
(00:55:00)
Jan Spencer is guest-host today for the sixth time, sharing an episode of Creating A Preferred Future, equipping us further in anticipation of changes we need for a better future. Jan explains why anyone interested in emergency preparedness can “graduate” to an interest in paradigm shift and moving towards sustainability. Preparedness for unplanned disruption is a very prudent idea. Current trends in economics, social well-being, the environment are all on the descent and more consumer culture will only make what we already see worse in many ways. The logical goal of preparedness is sustainability. Today’s show also encourages the listener to organize a site tour in their neighborhood or community to show and tell how preparedness can lead to paradigm shift, and what that transformation can look like, with all its environmental, economic, and social aspects. You can track down many of Jan’s insights via his YouTube videos (https://www.youtube.com/@janspencer9492) and on his website (https://www.suburbanpermaculture.org/podcasts.html), and those in Eugene Oregon may be able to hear his broadcasts via KEPW. Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Anglican, Non-affiliated
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 54 & Appendix (00:28:31) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: People, Plastic, and Climate Change with Rick Smith (00:29:01)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the FDAs continuing failure to regulate toxic chemicals, how a group of mothers are suing manufacturers of plastic food containers, and how the Trump administration is rolling back drinking water standards for certain PFAS chemicals. Then Rick Smith, President of the Canadian Climate Institute and author of Slow Death by Rubber Duck, talks about the dual crises of climate change and plastic pollution as a human health hazard.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 5/30/2025 Encore: Climate scientist Dr. Peter Gleick on impacts of Trump science ‘censorship’ on national security (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 5-21-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Trump Administration blatantly defied court orders prohibiting the deportation of migrants to third countries they are not from. Newly uncovered documents reveal that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s chief of staff worked to manipulate the conclusions of a national intelligence analysis that contradicted Donald Trump’s lies about Venezuelan migrants, which were used to justify his unlawful invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. A new investigative report also debunked the Trump Administration’s false claims that the deported Venezuelans were criminals. Climate scientist DR. PETER GLEICK explains how the climate crisis threatens national and global security, the Trump Administration’s censoring of science and environmental threats, the scientists working to preserve publicly-funded scientific data, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 06.01.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #89: Personal Power (00:58:00)
Dr. DaeEss 1Drea Pennington Wasio discusses the importance of self-love, personal sovereignty, and living an empowered life. She introduces her Cornerstone Process; an introspective and holistic framework she has used to help clients, patients, students, and herself, take control of their lives, and transition from a victim to heroic mentality. DaeEss believes that true healing is not just about removing pain; it’s about reclaiming the parts of ourselves that have been hidden, abandoned, or trampled on. DaeEss urges people to take control of their narratives, and recognize the power and potential that exists within themselves.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: The Planet Earth Is Back In Town (00:29:00)
Like the Hugh Masekela song Bring Him Back Home, which helped free Nelson Mandela from 27 years in prison, the Earth needs to be loved and returned to the forefront of our personal lives, our civic decisions, and our hope for Peace. Give the Earth so much Love that the imagination of our home becomes where we live again. With the Earth as our leader, we can hallucinate back to what’s real. Imagine our way out of violent products. Yes, the Earth gives us love and asks that we continue life, creating life that, in turn, continues to love and live. Life wants life to live. But the Earth is also powerfully political, giving us Love so that we have natural worlds agent of change. Love gives us the power to be radical. And here at the Sixth Extinction, we need to be radical. Oh, do we ever. Radical – right now.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Case of the Five Buttons Part 3 All is Lost (00:27:03)
In part 3 of Barnaby’s first case, Barnaby’s investigation into the death of EG Griffiths and the missing five buttons on his stolen coat takes a turn for the worse. Relationships are fractured, possibly beyond repair, between Barnaby and with those with whom he holds dear.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Denise Lynn, professor of history at the University of Indiana in Evansville. We discuss the pro-nationalism of the Trump administration. The goal is “more white babies” with mothers who stay home and out of the workforce.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Jacob Mchangama, he is the founder and Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech. He is also a research professor at Vanderbilt University and a Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). We discuss his piece in The Conversation titled; From Defenders to Skeptics: The Sharp Decline in Young Americans support for free speech.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS June 1, 2025 (00:59:00)
President TACO Zig-Zags on Tariffs as the Senate Takes Up His “Big, Beautiful Bill” Which Some Republicans Want to Cut More and Others Cut Less | Trump Calls Leonard Leo a “Sleazebag” and Regrets Following the Advice of the Federalist Society | The Growing Possibility Our Next President Will Be J.D. Vance Before Trump’s Term is Up
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Ending Unnecessary Suffering & Creating a Powerful Complete & Peaceful Life with Peter Ralston (00:59:00)
Peter Ralston is one of the founders of the consciousness movement that began in the SF Bay Area. He also spent thousands of hours in Zen contemplation. After several powerful enlightenment experiences in the early seventies Peter opened the Cheng Hsin School for Ontological Research in Berkeley in 1977. His approach is to lead students to a deeper level of honesty and authenticity, away from what is merely believed, toward a powerful personal experience of discovering for themselves what is true. He’s also the creator of the Art of Effortless Power. In 1978 he became the first non-Asian to win the full-contact Martial Arts World Championships held in Beijing, China. Peter is the author of The Art of Mastery, The Book of Not Knowing, Pursuing Consciousness, and The Genius of Being, among numerous other books. His new book is Ending Unnecessary Suffering: How to Create a Powerful, Complete and Peaceful Life.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Coping in an Era of Constant Surveillance (00:58:42)
Why do we almost automatically find the person in a crowd who is looking directly at us?
We humans are paranoid. It’s in our DNA. And in this episode we explore what the constant surveillance of the world does to us. From government cameras to CCTV to even our own mobile devices, this never ending surveillance is fundamentally changing who we are as a species. You Don’t want to miss this one!