SATURDAY 09.13.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Milestones for Big Tech… and Techtonic (00:59:30)
Google emerged victorious in its antitrust suit, signaling a new era of Big Tech dominance. As Techtonic marks its own milestone – 8 years on the air – Mark reflects on what we’ve learned so far, and how we’ll survive the future of exploitative tech.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Historian Michael Kazin on America’s Enduring Actual Greatness (00:59:02)
There is in fact a lush garden of American greatness and it is not MAGA. Though less well known, there is a proud history of successful dissent which does make America great. Military power and straight white male domination is not greatness, its weakness. With us today is Georgetown history professor and author of some important books on the power and history of great American dissent, Michael Kazin. He says; Organizing is key: it means going to people who dont agree with you and finding ways to get them to your side. For greatness, see that history.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Senior Move Managers (00:58:00)
Moving is a high-stress life event and a major challenge regardless of circumstances. When older adults decide or need to move from the family home, sorting through decades of family history and possessions and managing a move can be overwhelming. A senior move manager can assist in this activity. Jennifer Pickett, Co-Executive Director, National Association of Senior & Specialty Move Managers, https://www.nasmm.org/, talks about issues older adults may face when downsizing and moving and how senior move managers can help navigate the process.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Texan Pam Penick Shares Ideas for Integrating Native Plants into Traditional Gardens in Beautiful New Book (00:29:00)
An accomplished and progressive garden designer, Pam Penick, author of Gardens of Texas, shares ideas for ideas for using native plants in traditional and formal gardens garnered from her reporting on private landscapes of the Lone Star State
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Conversation between Brian Eno and David Graeber (00:29:00)
Even though Brian Eno and David Graeber both had become internationally famous by 2014, the musician, visual artist and culture critic Brian Eno and the Professor of anthropology, author and co-founder of Occupy Wall street, David Graeber had not yet met in person. And here, thanks to the creative concepts of Artangel, they met on stage for an improvised conversation. Artangel is a London-based arts organization that has ” since 1985 ” commissioned and produced notable site-specific works in unexpected places, plus several projects for TV, film, radio and the web. Michael Morris is introducing Brian Eno and David Graeber. These are excerpts of their 80 minute conversation on Occupy Wall street, democracy compared to anarchism, and the need to protect the first amendment right of assembly from police permits and superior rights of traffic and automobiles.
This event was hosted by Artangel at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on October 7, 2014.
THE BOPST SHOW: Senseless Rebel (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 the post-punk dub of Jah Wobble, 70s funk from Jo-Jo & The Fugitives, and the 21st century folk of Heidi Talbot as well as music by the Fiery Furnaces, Kiran Ahluwalia and many others locked out of the nation’s largest.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR # 601 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Timothy Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to speak about how federal workers across all government agencies are being unfairly denigrated and summarily fired by the Trump Administration to clear the way for corporate corruption. Plus, we are joined by Toby Heaps, Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Knights magazine to talk about the benefits of the cooperative business model over the corporate shareholder model.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 09.12.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday September 12, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: AJRs Adam Met brings climate action to his concerts (00:01:30)
The bassist has seen the damage up close. Now hes turning performances into action hubs.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Big Tops & Big Struggles: Labor, Art, and the Circus World (00:55:00)
On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: former circus hand Chris Bricker talks with historian Andrea Ringer about her new book, Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on The Big Show – a deep dive into the hidden labor that built 14-acre tent cities, from riggers and animal trainers to strikes that shaped the spectacle. Then organizer and cultural strategist Ken Grossinger returns with updates on Art Works: How organizers and artists are creating a better world together and how artists and organizers are joining forces, why authoritarians target culture first, and what it takes to scale creative power across unions and communities.
PLUS, on Labor History in 2:00: The Lattimer Massacre and Chicago Teachers Say, Enough!
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Separation of Church & Hate (00:58:00)
Reflections on the Charlie Kirk killing and the newly released Saudi connections of 9-11. Interview: Radio host John Fugelsang explains his new book Separation of Church & Hate A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Nathan Tankus, Pt. 2: Notes on The Fed Crisis (00:29:00)
This week on Sea Change Radio, the second half of our discussion with journalist Nathan Tankus as we continue to try to get a better grip on whats happening at the Federal Reserve Bank. To quote a recent piece by former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, control over the Fed gives Trump more tools for extortion. With control over interest rates, he can get Americas biggest corporations and the worlds biggest nations to bend to his will. In this part of the conversation with Tankus, we talk a bit more about the attempted firing of Federal Reserve Board governor, Lisa Cook, the historical importance of the Feds independence and ponder why Wall Street continues to shrug off all of this unsettling economic news.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Vessels of Revolution: Akinsanya Kambon on Art, Black Panther Legacy & Liberation (00:28:00)
With each glimmering piece he creates, artist Akinsanya Kambon brings suppressed histories of both colonization and liberation to life. His ceramic works depict struggle and survival across the African diaspora, and stepping into his studio is a spiritual experience, as Laura Flanders recently discovered. Kambon was a member of the Sacramento chapter of the Black Panther Party where he worked on the layout and illustration of the party’s famous paper and became lieutenant for culture, illustrating among other things the party’s ten point plan and works for young people. In 2023, he won the prestigious Mohn Award ” the top prize given by the Hammer Museum for his participation in their biennial Made in LA show, titled Acts of Living. His one-man show opened in Beverly Hills at Marc Selwyn Fine Art in April 2025. An exhibition of his work will open at the New York Sculpture Center in May 2026. In this unique conversation, Flanders asks Kambon about his own survival stories, including his polio diagnosis, getting drafted into the Vietnam War, and his year on death row. Kambon was arrested in connection with the killing of a police officer and was later acquitted from that high-profile Oak Park Four case. Join Flanders and Kambon as they discuss how art keeps spirits alive, and catch Flanders commentary on todays fight to control our nations stories.
THE BOPST SHOW: Senseless Rebel (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 the post-punk dub of Jah Wobble, 70s funk from Jo-Jo & The Fugitives, and the 21st century folk of Heidi Talbot as well as music by the Fiery Furnaces, Kiran Ahluwalia and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 9/11/2025 ‘A Dark Moment for America’: As Trump’s economy falters, he and supporters declare ‘War on the Left’ after unsolved killing of Charlie Kirk (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: It’s clear that Donald Trump would much rather talk about political violence today than his failing economic policies or his old bestie, pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, so we will. A manhunt continues for the person who killed rightwing activist and longtime Trump ally Charlie Kirk on Wednesday. The shooter’s identity and motive remain unknown, but Trump, his wingnut elected officials and his far-right MAGA cult instantly unleashed a torrent of threats, demonizing and essentially declaring ‘War on the Left’, all while conveniently ignoring recent rightwing political violence against Democrats. Elected Democrats call for an end to the growing epidemic of political violence and gun violence in this nation. Trump’s duplicitous Administration is taking credit for U.S. infrastructure upgrades funded under President Joe Biden. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 09.11.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday September 11, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Sea level report cards track uneven flood risk across U.S. regions (00:01:30)
Sea levels are rising more quickly in some places than others.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Global drying, Gaia & Abrupt Change (00:58:00)
Water loss on land adds to rising seas: global drying with gravity satellite expert Jay Famiglietti. Is this planet actually a living cooperative? Explore with science journalist Ferris Jabr. Expect abrupt shifts in big systems, from ocean currents to ice – new science led by Sjoerd Terpstra. Three interviews.
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: Bob Kennedy’s Report is a Joke (00:58:00)
Epidemiologist & Health Economist – New England Complex Systems Institute, Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding appraises RFK Jr’s embarrassing testimony to Congress. Also Epstein’s 50th birthday book: who is in it and what did they say? It has a distressing central meme of seemingly abusing young girls. Good News Alert! New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare, setting a model for all. Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-09-09 (00:58:30)
This week, well go to SouthEast Georgia where immigration agents recently conducted the largest ever workplace raid, carting off 475 workers at an EV battery plant. My guest Eduardo Delgado with Migrant Equity SouthEast will explain how many of the workers had work authorization, how the government is lying about their status, and whats next for them and their families. Then, well turn to Dr. Robert Steinbrook of Public Citizen who will analyze Robert F. Kennedy Jrs disastrous Senate hearing last week. Dr. Steinbrook will explore ways in which states are filling in the federal governments public health gaps. Finally, well explore the concept of a Universal Basic Income (UBI), with filmmaker Conrad Shaw, and Corine Olarte-VanderVoort, one of the subjects of Shaws UBI documentary, Bootstraps.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
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
WINGS #22-25 4th World Conference on Women (00:28:56)
Reports by community radio producers from the UN 4th World Conference on Women in Huairou, China, 1995. Voices: Helvi Sipila, convenor of the first UN World Conference on Women. Kamla Bhasin, Indian feminist activist and poet. Singers from Western Sahara. Minhchao Nguyen, manager of the Gender Analysis and Policy Group of the World Bank; audience member Nilufar Ahmad from Bangladesh. Rachel Rosenbloom, research and advocacy associate, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; Beverley Palesa Ditsie, South African lesbian activist, artist, and filmmaker; Michelle Cave (Bahamas). Sual de Marco from Nicaragua; Florence Lusaka of Uganda; Tasneem Sadik of Bangladesh; Robin Foster of Boston, a trained guide for the blind.
THE BRADCAST: 9/10/2025 Guest: David Dayen on Dem plans to avoid a govt shutdown; Kirk killed in Utah (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Far-right youth activist and longtime Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk was killed by a gunman during an event at a Utah college. Receiving much less attention, a school shooting in Denver critically injured three teenagers. Poland reported it intercepted Russian drones that violated its airspace, in the first engagement since Russia invaded Ukraine. After winning a special U.S. House election in Virginia, Democrats are just one signature away from passing a discharge petition to force a vote to release the Epstein Files. Financial journalist DAVID DAYEN of the American Prospect discusses the coming showdown in the GOP-controlled Congress to avoid a government shutdown on October 1, whether and how Democrats could use this rare leverage to slow down Trump’s authoritarianism, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 09.10.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday September 10, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Satellites demonstrate that cities can clean up the air and cut climate pollution at the same time (00:01:30)
New data on pollution trends from 13,000 cities shows that slashing fossil fuels helps both our health and climate.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Joseph Llobrera, PhD, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, discusses cuts to food assistance programs in the GOPs Budget Reconciliation Bill. (00:28:00)
Did you know that one in five children in the U.S. receives food assistance? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Joseph Llobrera, PhD, Director of Research for the Food Assistance Team at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Llobrera discusses low-wage workers who depend on SNAP, and the far-reaching economic and health impacts of cuts to both food assistance and health care in the GOPs Budget Reconciliation Bill. Impacts
Related Websites: https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/5-29-25sfp-factsheets_rev8-1-25-national.pdf
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1954: Allan Berube: Queer Media Pioneers & global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
Allan Brub finds queer media pioneers in the U.S. military; Burkina Faso outlaws same-gender sex, Pope Leo offers queer Roman Catholics Francis-like friendship, Moroccan feminist activist Ibtissame Lachgar gets 2 years in prison for her Allah is Lesbian t-shirt, a Florida judge frees rainbow crosswalk chalkers, and Olympics diving champ Greg Louganis plunges into a new life in Panama [with audio excerpts from his Instagram posts].
Those stories and more this week when you discover This Way Out.
https://www.glbthistory.org/berube-stipend
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: Is the French Government Near a Collapse? (00:58:00)
Massie busts Mike Johnson’s on Epstein, “Why was Trump an informant to a hoax?” And Why is the DOJ protecting names of Epstein funders? Could Trump’s Epstein crisis take the GOP midterms? What is Trump protecting that is yet to come? America would not have tolerated what we already know from any other president. Why have people lost faith in capitalism? Journalist based in Marseilles, France, Contributor to the Guardian, Cole Stangler reports on the French political upheaval.
CIVIC CIPHER: Dr. Christopher Towler ” Why Democrats Must Repair Their Relationship with Black Voters (00:59:00)
Christopher Towler, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Sacramento. He is the Director of the Black Voter Project, Co-Founder of Black Insights Research and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. In the first half of todays program, we discuss Dr. Towler’s opinion piece featured in Newsweek entitled From Decline to Reviva – Why Democrats Must Repair Their Relationship with Black Voters. We cover much of the data his team has procured and examine the results to determine some of the lessons Democrats should have learned from the 2024 election. In the second half of the show, we look ahead to the strategies that may be successful for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections as well as the role of Democratic Socialism in modern politics.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 31 (00:48:35)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
THE BRADCAST 9/9/2025: Matt Gertz of Media Matters on new accountability for Fox ‘News’ 2020 election lies (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Two years ago, Fox ‘News’ paid a more than $780 million dollars for defaming Dominion Voting Systems and lying to viewers about the 2020 election. Now, new court documents in the defamation lawsuit against Fox News by Smartmatic, a different voting company, confirm that Fox hosts and executives knew Donald Trump’s claims of a ‘stolen’ election were false and chose to promote them anyway. MATT GERTZ of Media Matters explains what’s in the slew of new, ‘damning filings’ against Fox News, why they broadcast election lies, what it means for elections going forward, and much more. Missouri’s Republican state legislature rammed through new gerrymandered maps to steal U.S. House seats from their voters and add new restrictions to stop citizen-led ballot initiatives. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 09.09.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday September 9, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: When wildfire hit her community, even a climate expert felt unprepared (00:01:30)
Gale Sinatra lost her home in Californias Eaton Fire ” and urges others to get ready for more extreme events.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Redefine Your Story: Who You Are, Not What Youve Done (00:29:00)
On this show I’m inviting you to step out of your resume and into your real self as we redefine your story because its about who you are, not just what you’ve done. In a world obsessed with titles and accomplishments, were exploring the depth of identity that extends far beyond a job title. Let’s peel back the layers, laugh at our own career clichs, and reclaim the core traits that make us resilient, creative, and deeply human.
MAKING CONTACT: Black Panthers in Algeria (Encore) (00:29:00)
This story is brought to us by the podcast Kerning Cultures. Black Panthers in Algeria” tells the story of Elaine Mokhtefi as she landed in newly independent Algeria in the early 1960s and found herself at the center of a special period in the country’s history when it was known as the Mecca of revolution. This episode first aired on Making Contact in September 2024 and Kerning Cultures in April 2023.
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: Growing up Palestinian in Israel (00:58:00)
Hend Ayoub – Growing up Palestinian in Israel, and her one-woman show. News…Time to shut down the government since we’d be finding a wannabe dictator? Massive protest in DC, Garcia is now being deported to Eswatini, Beyond the boos at the US Open, there’s more. It’s pretty astounding when a SCOTUS judge “can’t answer” if Trump has any accountability. It looks like an assisted coup.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Mars (00:53:00)
Have you ever looked up and spotted a bright red dot in the night sky? Thats Mars ” our neighbor in the solar system, and a planet full of mysteries. On this episode of The Children’s Hour, we journey to the Red Planet with planetary volcanologist Dr. Larry Crumpler from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. He works directly with NASAs Perseverance Rover, which is exploring Mars right now!
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 30 (00:33:31)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Melting Futures (half) (00:29:00)
Polar bears are no one’s prey, except for climate change itself. John Whiteman says our human fate is tied up with the fate of the polar bears. And: Birds have an unusual predator. Windows. Karen Powers says that an $8 pack of window decals could be lifesaving.
THE BRADCAST: 9/8/2025 Trump Readies Wars on Venezuela and Chicago — the Epstein Files must be really bad for him (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We are sounding twin alarms about the fact that Donald Trump has issued unprecedented threats of war against both Venezuela and Chicago. Major legacy media outlets ignored that Trump used his social media site to threaten Chicago with armed military occupation, while referencing the film ‘Apocalypse Now’. Trump, who told voters he was ‘anti-war’ during the 2024 campaign, also sent ten warships to Central America and violated international and U.S. law by bombing a speedboat that he claimed, without providing evidence, was smuggling drugs. Congressional Republicans blocked a discharge petition in the U.S. House to release the Epstein Files, but two upcoming special elections this month could provide enough votes to pass it. Callers weigh in with their own thoughts on all of this madness.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 09.08.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday September 8, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The 1995 Chicago heat wave killed hundreds. A new tool aims to prevent the next tragedy (00:01:30)
Climate Connections is a 90-second daily (M – F) module that moves climate change away from debate and focuses on how it’s impacting listeners’ lives. The features report on what diverse people and organizations are doing to reduce the associated risks, and “connects the dots” between climate change and energy, public health, extreme weather, food, water, jobs and the economy, national security and more.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #66 Donating Sustainably (00:29:32)
Define the problem, Goodwill, Salvation Army
Support Local
Donate your time
Donate your stuff
Donate your money
Donate your body parts, blood
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Social Problems Require Social Movement Solutions (00:29:00)
This week’s updates covers Trump ending Housing First, Spain goes for a wealth tax, Trump disqualifies unions at government agencies, France’s mass movement on September 10th against the Macron government, and Air Canada’s strike by flight attendants who defied the government back-to-work order and won against both the Canadian government and their employer, Air Canada.
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: DJT Tries to Distract from Epstein with Dept of War Proposal (00:58:00)
It’s shouldn’t be surprising to us that Trump wants a Department of War – he is war-mongering with Greenland, Mexico, Venezuela, India, Canada, Puerto Rico, and apparently North Korea…who am I forgetting? It also should not surprise us that the Trump administration is redacting every Republican and leaving every Democrat on the Epstein list. Plus – Thomas Massey names a billionaire in the Epstein files! CNN has uncovered audio of RFK Jr. praising a description of Trump and his supporters as belligerent idiots, outright Nazis, cowards, and bootlickers, while also comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler. We have the audio.The Jobs numbers are in and it looks like Trump is leading us over the cliff. The NATO chief is warning that China and Russia are preparing for a “long-term confrontation.” What a disaster for the world, and there isnt much hope with Trump in charge and an absent Congress.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Wind Power, Old Style: Bryce Black (00:55:00)
I’ve seen alternative & sustainable energy technology evolve tremendously in my lifetime, and yet I know there are applications, like hydroelectric energy, that continue to be valuable contributors to our world. One that, sadly, has diminished mightily in most of our eyes, is the water-pumping windmills. At one time they were spread widely across our country, but now they are mostly broken, non-functional, and rusty relics seen here-and-there. Today’s guest is Bryce Black, and he has worked for almost 45 years under the name LoTec Windmill Service. We’re going to explore this still-valuable energy source with Bryce, and it’s role in American life, past and present. Besides Bryce’s windmill work, he makes music with Yata and with The Sliced Bread Jug Band. Plum Creek Seeds also runs out of his home. Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Lutheran, Evangelical Christian, Quaker
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 29 (00:24:54)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The Invisible Threat with Dr. Silvia Aroca (00:29:00)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about chemical lobbyists inside the EPA gutting regulations on PFAS, how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been ordered by the administration to quickly approve new nuclear power plants, and a new study showing that males are more impacted by exposure to some PFAS chemicals than females. Then Dr. Silvia Calbo Aroca talks about her new book, Playing with the Invisible: The secrets to raising healthy kids in a world of technology.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 9/5/2025 Encore: Historian Seth Cotlar on ‘Americanism’ and Trump’s ‘Stalinesque’ plot to whitewash American history (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 8-20-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Trump Administration has turned its authoritarian focus onto the independent Smithsonian Institution to ‘ensure alignment’ with Donald Trump’s directive to celebrate ‘Americanism.’ The Organization of American Historians warns the order is ‘in service of authoritarian control over the national narrative.’ Historian SETH COTLAR explains the long, disturbing history of fascistic movements in America, embodied in the phrases ‘Americanism’ and ‘America First,’ and Trump’s ‘Stalinesque’ effort to whitewash U.S. history. Texas Republicans move forward on their extreme gerrymandering scheme to steal U.S. House seats from voters, as both blue and red states examine their own potential redistricting countermeasures. A third federal judge rejected Trump’s attempt to distract from his refusal to release the Epstein Files. A new folk music song hilariously declares that Trump’s Epstein Files problem ‘ain’t gonna go away.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 09.07.25 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Aug 31 25 Alien Enemy’s Act (00:58:00)
Rebroadcast of the show on Alien Enemies Act.
The Trump Administration has been using the Alien Enemies Act to seize undocumented immigrants and send them to other countries without due process. What can be done to protect and uphold the rule of law and human rights in the face of the Trump Administrations rejection of them? What are some means of legal and political resistance when human rights are being violated
EARTH RIOT RADIO: The American Earthalution! (00:29:00)
No, it’s a worldwide uprising. But I’m speaking to my home country just now – addressing the persistent mental disease of Consumerism. This passivity! It’s over. We have a history of rising up. It’s time to be radical freedom-fighters again. We’ve done it before. Our gas and oil gov’t kills how many thousands of us each month with heat, storm, wildfire and drought? WE ALL KNOW IT. Earthalution. What are the weapons of an Earthalution? Would we resemble the French resistance in WW2, or the Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s, or ACT UP in the 80’s and 90’s… we know that Consumerism seats us in the chair watching the screen as the wind blows off the roof. Leave the screen first. We have to do this together.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Scarecrows in the Meadow (remastered 2025) (00:28:00)
Barnaby Druthers: The Scarecrows in the Meadow
A Modern Druthers audio theater story inspired by the Scarecrows in the Meadow event by the Litchfield Historical Society.
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: September 6, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Chris Tomlinson about the energy situation in Texas. What will be the consequences for abandoning/cancelling sustainable energy generation (wind, solar) in Texas, which currently gets 40% of its energy from clean sources?
Segment Two
We then sit with Bill Curry and Robert Hockett. We discuss the abandonment of the Rule of Law, replaced with the Rule of Trump. The decent into fascism here in the US has been swift, increasing in scale and cruelty by the month. The Trump administration ramps up its attacks upon US institutions, States, the citizenry and minorities as it has guttered social programs and set the stage for increased instability for the foreseeable future.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: September 7, 2025 (00:59:00)
Trump Escalates Threats Against Venezuela as Rubio Calls For a Regional Latin American Campaign of Extrajudicial Killings | The Weak and Cynical Trump Plans For Defending Ukraine In a Possible Deal With Putin | The Consequence of DHS Violence Prevention Funding Cuts to Minnesota Just Ahead of the Minneapolis Mass Shooting of Kids on Their First Day of School
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries – an Interview with Terry Patten (00:59:00)
Terry Patten speaks and consults internationally
as a community organizer, philosopher, and teacher. Over the last twenty years he has devoted his efforts to the integral project of evolving consciousness through practice and facing, examining, and healing our global crises through the marriage of spirit and activism. With Ken Wilber and a core team at the Integral Institute, Terry Patten co-wrote Integral Life Practice, which distills ancient and modern practices into a contemporary transformational lifestyle. As creator and host of the online series Beyond Awakening, he has explored the big questions of our time with some of our most prominent and dynamic thought leaders. He led a team at the Heart-Math Institute that developed its first heart-rate variability monitor; and he founded the catalog company Tools For Exploration, which defined the field of consciousness technologies. He is also a social entrepreneur involved in supporting restorative redwood forestry, innovating new technological alternatives to fossil fuels, and creating new currencies for a sustainable economy. And he is the author of A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries, a book about dealing with the highly complex global climate and cultural crises that is threatening the survival of humanity and many other species of life on planet Earth. In this interview we talk about the need for spiritually oriented people to bring their inner practice into the world for the common good, and for worldly people to recognize the emergent nature of the Universe, reality and human evolution. And that we all need to see things in a new way if we are to survive the great challenge we face at this time in our history.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Complying with Impossible Laws (00:58:32)
If a law is literally impossible to follow, it undermines the legitimacy of the legal system itself.
Decentralized social network platform Mastodon says it can’t comply with Mississippi’s age verification law.
A law that cannot be complied with doesn’t regulate behavior, instead it criminalizes existence. In this case, the law is less about shaping user behavior than about shaping which platforms survive. And this is where the US is heading.
We explore this and so much more. Please don’t miss this one.
SATURDAY 09.06.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Cory Doctorow, author and journalist (00:59:30)
The descent of Big Tech into exploitative behavior prompted author Cory Doctorow to coin a new term, something like enfecalization. Cory explores the idea in his upcoming book, subtitled Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Rising in the UK and the US: A Democratic Left (00:00:00)
Englands Labour Party is a lot like Americas Democratic Party: all over the map. Both used to be the party of laboring people. The UKs current PM Kier Starmer won claiming to be of the left. Now hes pushing an austerity agenda, helping the richest, and trying to play both sides of Gaza; like most American Democrats. Its not working. Safe center Starmer is now quite unpopular. Meanwhile there is a rising racist fascist party: Nigel Farages Reform. On this show Jacobin magazines Europe editor David Broder speaks with us from across the pond about a surging new left party headed by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and a young MP Zarah Sultana. In just the first day, 650,000 Britons signed up. What Corbyn says applies in America too: Politics should be about empowerment ” and thats what I want this party to be about. Lets learn!
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Creative Writing (00:58:00)
Creative writing offers many benefits for older adults including keeping their minds active and brightening their lives with purpose. By starting with activities such as journaling and trying different forms of creative writing, older adults can tap into the many benefits of this activity. Katherine Schweit, JD, Author, Attorney, Former Senior FBI Official, https://www.katherineschweit.com/ talks about her decision to become an author, and the process she followed to achieve that goal. She also describes benefits of creative writing for older adults and what to know and do to get started.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Finding Hope in Ecological Gardening (00:29:00)
Leader of the Ecological Gardening movement Rebecca McMackin shares reasons why in a time of discouragement, gardening can restore optimism.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Hurricane Katrina and the War on the Poor (from Archive) (00:29:00)
After being turned away from shelters they and a large group of African Americans try and walk to safety. Gretna Sheriffs block the Greater New Orleans Bridge across the Mississippi and shoot over their heads when they try to leave the flooded city. Later their temporary shelter is destroyed by a helicopter, a police officer, gun drawn, threatens them in a furious rage and takes away their food and water. Just before night he forces the group to flee into the night of a shoot to kill curfew in New Orleans. When they finally get picked up they, and thousands of others, sit in a dirty cage at the New Orleans airport, again without food and water, forced to wait for the George W. Bush photo opportunity to end. As they arrive in San Antonio they are made to stand on a dark tarmac and are subjected to a dog sniffing ordeal. This and more in a 24 minute interview with Lorrie Beth Slonsky and Larry Bradshaw by Maria Gilardin recorded on Sept. 9, 2005.
THE BOPST SHOW: Wobble Cha Champ (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 the 21st century Palestinian sound of Ahmed El Sewesy & Mahmoud ElOmda, the modern metal of Richmond’s own Leather Hearse, and the soothing cocktail orchestrations of Franklyn MacCormack with Russ Garcia and his Orchestra as well as music by Cool Benny, Seema Mishra and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #600 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Palestinian-American writer, activist, and scientist Susan Abulhawa to discuss the ongoing Palestinian genocide and the evidence that supports a vastly higher death toll in Gaza.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 09.05.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday September 5, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: People experiencing homelessness often have nowhere to retreat from the hea (00:01:30)
To save lives, communities can provide water and air conditioning to people in need.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: A Discography of Workers Revolt (00:55:00)
On this weeks Labor Heritage Power Hour: Chris Garlock sits down with Strike While the Needle is Hot: A Discography of Workers Revolt authors Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block to spin and unpack strike records from the 60s”80s”including the rousing 1978 EP Ford Workers on Strike. A fast-moving tour of worker-made music and how vinyl captured picket lines, speeches, and solidarity anthems.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How Badly is Trump’s CDC Endangering the Health of Americans? (00:58:00)
Thom is joined by Dr. Rob Davidson, West Michigan ER Physician. Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Health Care, and co-host of “Paging America.” Also more weakness and war mongering from Trump. Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv & host of the ‘On the Edge’ podcast, Phil Ittner reports from the war zone in Ukraine.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Nathan Tankus, Pt. 1: Notes on The Fed Crisis (00:29:00)
The Federal Reserve is supposed to be a non-political entity that, with a steady, measured hand, sets interest rates and economic policy in the United States. But, as we are seeing time and time again under this current Administration, absolutely nothing is sacred. If there are levers of power in reach, they will be tested by this authoritarian regime. This week on Sea Change Radio, the first half of our two-part conversation with Nathan Tankus, a journalist and the President of Notes on the Crises, who’s been covering the Fed closely for many years. We hear about the history of the Federal Reserve, learn why its independence is pivotal, and discuss the recent attempts by the Trump Administration to fire the Fed’s first Black woman governor, Lisa Cook, for the flimsiest of reasons.
FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Liev Schreiber on Meeting Zelenskyy & Ukraine’s Rare Resistance v. Putin’s Russia [rewind] (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: Wobble Cha Champ (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 the 21st century Palestinian sound of Ahmed El Sewesy & Mahmoud ElOmda, the modern metal of Richmond’s own Leather Hearse, and the soothing cocktail orchestrations of Franklyn MacCormack with Russ Garcia and his Orchestra as well as music by Cool Benny, Seema Mishra and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 9/3/2025 Guest: Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik on Trump’s ‘Cook’ed-up mortgage fraud claims (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Authoritarianism has descended upon America, but the pushback against it continues. A federal judge ruled that the Trump Administration unlawfully blocked $2 billion in federal funding from Harvard University. Voters are rejecting Republicans in ever-greater numbers in new special state legislative elections. Denver news anchor Kyle Clark calls out Republicans’ open authoritarianism. House Republicans voted to create a new January 6 Committee to revisit the Trump-incited insurrection. L.A. Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik explains how the very MAGA head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is using bogus ‘investigations’ and allegations of mortgage fraud for political retribution against Trump’s perceived political enemies, including an attempt to oust the first Black female Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 09.04.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday September 4, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Grieving parents work to protect student athletes from deadly heat (00:01:30)
The Jordan McNair Foundation trains coaches, trainers, and athletes to recognize the symptoms of heat exhaustion and act quickly.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Down at the Bottom of the World (00:58:00)
NEW SEASON: Two Tasmanian experts with strange and shocking discoveries on the new emerging Continent, down at the bottom of the world. Dr. Edward Doddridge reports on impacts of abrupt Antarctic sea ice loss. Dr. Matt King, Director at the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science talks latest science – planetary-scale shifts in currents, glacier melt and sea level rise. Not reported on the news, but this changes everything.
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: Epstein Abuse Survivors Speak Out on the Capitol Steps (00:58:00)
MAGA is figuring out that they are being played – what does this mean? The Republican-led House Oversight Committee was promptly ridiculed Tuesday night into Wednesday morning for its release of 33,000 files on Jeffrey Epstein; the vast majority of which, critics have noted, were either redacted or already public.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-09-02 (00:58:30)
This week, well go to Chicago, where thousands marched over Labor Day to resist Donald Trumps threatened deployment of National Guard troops. My guest, Richard Wallace, executive director of Equity and Transformation, will explain how Chicago’s Black-led activism is rooted in abolitionist principles in a city whose Black neighborhoods have long been overpoliced. Then, well turn to Andreanecia Morris, Executive Director of Housing NOLA. We’ll mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by examining how fair housing advocates are working to address the root causes of on-going inequality exacerbated by the storm. Finally, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College will join us for a back-to-school look at how centers of higher education are responding to conservative attacks on diversity and free speech.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 29 (00:40:51)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
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.
THE BRADCAST: 9/3/2025 Guest: Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik on Trump’s ‘Cook’ed-up mortgage fraud claims (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Authoritarianism has descended upon America, but the pushback against it continues. A federal judge ruled that the Trump Administration unlawfully blocked $2 billion in federal funding from Harvard University. Voters are rejecting Republicans in ever-greater numbers in new special state legislative elections. Denver news anchor Kyle Clark calls out Republicans’ open authoritarianism. House Republicans voted to create a new January 6 Committee to revisit the Trump-incited insurrection. L.A. Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik explains how the very MAGA head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is using bogus ‘investigations’ and allegations of mortgage fraud for political retribution against Trump’s perceived political enemies, including an attempt to oust the first Black female Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 09.03.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday September 3, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Why a group of Catholics urged Congress to take climate action (00:01:30)
They made a pilgrimage to Washington to mark the 10th anniversary of the late Pope Francis groundbreaking call to protect the Earth.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Terrence Collingsworth, Founder and Executive Director of International Rights Advocates (00:28:00)
Did you know that some of the most popular brands of chocolate rely on child labor/slavery on cocoa plantations? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Terrence Collingsworth, Founder and Executive Director of International Rights Advocates, which works globally to stop corporate human rights abuses and end modern day slavery. Collingsworth will discuss how children are kidnapped, taken to cocoa plantations, and the conditions of their forced labor. He exposes chocolate brands to avoid, and how to find chocolate that is free of child slavery. See: https://www.slavefreechocolate.org/ethical-chocolate-companies. To see films exposing child labor in the chocolate industry, see the Dark Side of Chocolate: https://www.slavefreechocolate.org/dark-side-of-chocolate
and The Chocolate War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9K2yevB8IU
Related Websites: https://www.internationalrightsadvocates.org/
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1953: Jennifer Knapp: Lesbian-Christian Singer-Songwriter & global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
Jennifer Knapps Christian rock travels from Kanas to Oz and back again; a Kenya court orders protections for transgender people, gay CDC hero Dr. Demetre Daskalakis resigns with other RFK, Jr. protesters, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker goes on offense with a first-in-the-U.S. state queer legal hotline, a U.S. federal judge sides with a trans sister in a University of Wyoming sorority lawsuit, and Australian Football League pro Mitch Brown flies like an Eagle out of the bi closet.
Those stories and more this week when you choose This Way Out.
[https://jenniferknapp.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: What Do We Know About the Epstein Trump Pedo Connection? (00:58:00)
MAHA Madness: Bob Kennedys Cruel New Gospel of “Fitness” – Survival of the Fittest…These questions need to be answered. Where were the children and why were we kept in the dark?
Thom is joined by Craig Unger, journalist & author of six books including House of Bush, House of Saud; House of Trump, House of Putin; and American Kompromat. What do you know about the Epstein/Trump connection that involves young women or girls? Modi joins hands with Xi and Putin in message to Trump.
CIVIC CIPHER: Democratic Socialism – A National View with Bobby Nichols / Socialism in Your Community (00:59:00)
Bobby Nichols is the former Phoenix Democratic Socialist of America’s chapter chair and current member. He is the founder of Arizona Works Together, a pro-union political action committee operating at the state level. Additionally, Bobby Nichols works for the Office of the Arizona Attorney General as a state attorney representing Arizona’s Departments of Child Safety and Economic Security in Superior and Administrative Court cases involving the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of minor children and vulnerable adults. In the first half of today’s program, we discuss the DSA National Convention, key takeaways for the forthcoming political season, and revisit the merits of socialism relative to other economic models. In the second half of the show, we discuss the implementation of socialist ideas in local communities, how to get involved in local politics, and we discuss Bobby’s own campaign for City Council.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 27 (00:37:56)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
TED TALK: My descent into America’s neo-Nazi movement & how I got out – Christian Picciolini (00:20:30)
At 14-years-old, Christian Picciolini went from naive teenager to white supremacist, and soon, the leader of America’s first neo-Nazi skinhead gang. How was he radicalized, and how did he ultimately get out? In this courageous talk, Christian shares a surprising and counterintuitive solution to hate in all forms. After leaving the white-supremacist skinhead movement that he helped build in the 1980s and 90s, Christian Picciolini co-founded Life After Hate, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people disengage from violent extremism. His memoir, White American Youth: My Descent into America’s Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out (Hachette), which details his involvement, and eventual disengagement, from the early American white nationalist movement, will be published on December 26, 2017. Christian lives in Chicago. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
THE BRADCAST: 9/2/2025 While We Were Out: An eye-opening roundup of everything we missed or wished we had over the past week (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We’re back after a much-needed break, which also turned out to be one of the most insanely busy news weeks of Donald Trump’s second term. We focus on catching us all up on ‘our story so far’ as a nation, or at least as much as possible amidst the insanity. From many of the ongoing losses for Trump in the (lower) courts, to some VERY good electoral news on several fronts for Democrats, to Americans pushing back (effectively) against the regime on several levels, to the not-so-good news, and the ongoing, non-stop, self-destructive idiocy of the Trump Administration, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 09.02.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday September 2, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Program in Buffalo, New York, lets riders enjoy the perks of e-bikes without the price tag (00:01:30)
The effort is working to expand access to biking in communities of color.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: You Can Do Hard Things: Build Resilience & Beat Procrastination (00:29:00)
On this show we’re exploring how you can do hard things, build resilience & beat procrastination! We’re diving into that moment when your brain whispers, nah, let’s just wait, doing hard stuff is hard. And you know what? That’s totally okay. Procrastination isn’t about laziness, it’s your body’s way of dodging discomfort. Well explore how resilience isn’t about superhero strength, it’s about learning to lean into the challenge, even when you’d rather binge watch from your comfort zone.
MAKING CONTACT: Beyond the Glass Wall (00:29:00)
To contextualize what’s happening with immigration today under Trump 2.0, we bring you one persons story of being caught in the anti-Muslim fervor post-9/11 and how she became an organizer advocating for the immigrants rights. We’ll also hear what her story teaches us about avoiding burnout in doing social justice work.
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: Taylor Swift Engagement Fuels Far Right Fantasies (00:58:00)
Taylor Swift is getting married, and while most Americans are wondering about the dress she will wear or sharing felicitations… the far right is hoping that marriage will turn Taylor Swift, into a barefoot and pregnant conservative trad wife.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Mars (00:53:00)
Have you ever looked up and spotted a bright red dot in the night sky? Thats Mars ” our neighbor in the solar system, and a planet full of mysteries. On this episode of The Children’s Hour, we journey to the Red Planet with planetary volcanologist Dr. Larry Crumpler from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. He works directly with NASAs Perseverance Rover, which is exploring Mars right now!
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 26 (00:44:51)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
TED-X: A Southern Historian’s Lost Cause – Roy Wisecarver (00:09:18)
Growing up in the Deep South, Roy “Trae” Wisecarver was taught a different story about the Civil War than he learned as a historian. In this compelling talk, he mixes history and common sense to make the case that he and his fellow Southerners can love their home without lying about its history. Roy Wisecarver graduated from UAM with a BA in History in 2013. He subsequently earned an MA from the University of Mississippi and is currently a PhD student at Texas A&M University. His dissertation examines the relationships between the Confederate government, state government, and people of Arkansas during the Civil War. He will be talking about the dissonance between Civil War memory and history. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
THE BRADCAST: 9/1/2025 Encore: ‘Superman is the Story of America,’ with Prof. Nicholas Grossman of Univ. of IL (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 7-16-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: MAGA and Fox ‘News’ are attacking the new Superman movie as ‘woke’, apparently angered by the film’s traditional portrayal of the iconic character as pro-kindness, pro-immigrant, pro-justice, anti-Nazi, and more. NICHOLAS GROSSMAN of the University of Illinois discusses his new article, ‘Why MAGA Hates Superman,’ his cultural significance as a symbol of American values, rightwing efforts to rewrite American history, and much more. Donald Trump and his supporters are falling out over the ‘Epstein Files.’ The rightwing supermajority on the US Supreme Court allowed the Trump Administration to fire tens of thousands of federal workers, gutting vital agencies. In Arizona, Adelita Grijalva, daughter of the late Rep. Raul Grivalva, won the Democratic primary in a special US House election to fill her father’s seat.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 09.01.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday September 1, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Free house calls help Californian residents save money on their utility bills (00:01:30)
As part of a workforce development program, young people are visiting neighbors to assess their water and energy efficiency.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #65 (00:29:00)
Like humans, it all starts with food.
Story of feeding pets fish “hair fell out” fed ground turkey
Used a raw food diet for kittens we fostered
Raw food included ground meat, bones to chew, eggs, raw oats, brewer’s yeast and my vita supp mix
Foods to avoid
What to feed a sick animal
Bribe foods
Common health problems:
URI ” 2 pronged approach antibiotic given through the eye (page 24)
Kelp, vitamins, back remedies, golden seal, garlic, acidophilus ” sends strong message to the second brain to step up to the plate and it sends a strong message to the first brain to say that things are getting better and there is no need to feel hopeless ” releasing the immune system to do its job.
Ear Mites
Ringworm
Mange Mites
Feral/fearful behavior: back remedies/CBD
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Government Deficits- Why They Happen, Who Benefits From Them, and MMT (00:29:00)
Professor Wolff explains what deficits are and why the capitalist system enables and invites employers to cause them. He then proceeds to explain how deficits both solve specific problems of capitalism while also causing others. Over time, problems accumulate to undermine the credit of the US and bring economic crisis. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is shown to offer one way out of the crisis by changing how money is created.
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: The Fascist Grip Tightens (00:58:00)
Once a strongman takes power it’s very difficult to dislodge them from ruling a country. As our institutions gradually succumb to Trump’s grip, can American Democracy survive?
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Learning from WW2 – Nazi Oppression on Russian Ground (00:55:00)
Our guest is Suzanne Parry (suzanneparrywrites.com and www.instagram.com/suzanneparrywrites/), and she is the author of a historical fiction novel, The Communists Secret, the 2nd of a trilogy centered on events during WW2 around Russia. It might be enough to talk about the history of that time in terms of lessons and implications we can draw for our times about tyrannical governments, oppression, & the necessary self-examination for truly understanding what we are serving and upholding by the actions of our country. That might be enough to make this visit with Suzanne valuable, but, in addition, Suzanne was also an arms control negotiator in the mid-1980’s, near the collapse of the Soviet Union. Suzanne’s studies at Purdue and Princeton, and also at the Pushkin Russian Language Institute in Moscow, helped equip her in Russian and in Public and International Affairs. As such, The Communist’s Secret, draws on deep understanding of both history and the way governments, both US & Russian, still operate today. Suzanne Parry joins us via Zoom, though not from her home bases in Portland OR & Washington, DC. Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Humanism, Lutheran
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 25 (00:51:20)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
THE BRADCAST: 8/29/2025 Encore: Heather Digby Parton of Salon; ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ on CA’s ‘Nuclear Deterrence’ Map, Trump’s ‘Fascist Theatre’ and Beyond (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 8-21-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: A New York appeals court upheld Donald Trump’s civil fraud conviction, but found the $500 million fine to be ‘excessive’ and ordered a re-determination. Texas state Republican lawmakers rammed through their extreme gerrymandered maps to steal five U.S. House seats from voters, triggering the California state legislature to pass the ‘Rigged Election Response Act,’ paving the way for the state to counter Texas’ obnoxious scheme. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Hulaballoo and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of ‘The Pro Left Podcast’ delve into the Gerrymandering War begun by Texas, Trump’s authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C., California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s hilarious trolling of Trump, and much more in a lively, wide-ranging conversation. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675