SUNDAY 11.30.25 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: 11 30 25 History of Muscogee Nations relations with the US (00:58:00)
In 2020, the Supreme Court surprised many observers by holding up the rights of the Muscogee (Creek) nation. In McGirt v Oklahoma, the Court held that the Creek Nation retained its sovereign rights over a very large part of Eastern Oklahoma. The decision began with a poetic line: At the end of the Trail of Tears is a promise. The case raises further interest in issues of Indian law, which includes a very important case on the docket this year on the issue of the adoption of Indian children without the consent of the tribe. Robert Miller and Robbie Ethridge have written a new book on the McGirt case, on the history of the Muscogee nations relations with the United States, and the details of the case itself. And the title of the book references that first line of the decision. It is called A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v Oklahoma.
EARTH RIOT RADIO #197 – The Environmental Movement Was Never a Movement (00:29:00)
Mad Men told the Nature Conservancy et al to brand themselves a “Movement” – back in the 70’s when those soon-to-be-billionaire orgs got their meal ticket from the Clean Air Clean Water acts and the EPA.
Here’s the catch. Real social movements have music. Sun Ra and Neil Young, Erykah Badhu and Bjork and Brian Eno and Yoko Ono – made their own way to the Earth and back to our ear. Now the complete and utter emergency we are experiencing has got us turning to the Earth itself for the music. And we’re hearing symphonies from the plants and animals, rocks and clouds. Radical tunes are rising like Amazonia natives invading COP 30. The whole Earth is singing. Like real social movements, the breath of our Earth activism will be music.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Sir Bedivere’s Gift and The Little Things (00:28:00)
Two audio theatre (radio play) short stories
The first: Sir Bedivere’s Gift: When a Christmas package is discovered on a street corner in East London having fallen from a coach and without a name or address, a man of few means spends the day protecting it while waiting for its true owner to return and claim it.
The Little Things: The Victorian language of flowers is explored in this dark tale that begins when Barnaby Druthers and Harper Thorne are invited to dinner at Luftgate Lodge.
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 November 29, 2025 (00:59:30)
The Best Of this week is a replay of our Thanksgiving Day show. Be safe – be happy friends!
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS November 30, 2025 (00:59:00)
An Investigation Into the CIA-Run “Kill Or Capture” Zero Units the D.C. Shooter Worked With | As Trump Blames Biden, Who is Responsible For the Chaotic U.S. Withdrawal of 76,000 Afghans Including the Shooter? | With Many Trump Teams Negotiating While Putin Has No Interest in Peace, What Impact Will the Resignation of Ukraine’s Negotiator Yermak Have?
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between an Ecologist Dad and His Daughter with William Powers (00:59:00)
William Powers is a writer, public speaker and leading expert in deep ecology. He is the author books, including the best selling Twelve by Twelve, New Slow City, and Dispatches From the Good Live. His essays have appeared in the NYTimes, the Washington Post and The Atlantic & his new book is Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between an Ecologist Dad and His Daughter.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Can the US Military Access Your Fitness Tracker? (00:58:00)
People love their fitness trackers, and the Oura Ring is one of the most popular out there. The U.S. Military also loves Oura, which is Oura’s biggest contract. With the Department of Defense integrated Palantir’s AI into cloud access for Oura, a lot of people are nervous that the US government will have access to their health data… but will they? We explore how government versus regular cloud works and catch up on so much more! Don’t miss this episode!
SATURDAY 11.29.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Citizens are being forced to pay for Big Tech data centers, feat. Pat Garofalo (00:59:30)
Author Pat Garofalo describes the millions – in some cases, the billions – of dollars that citizens are forced to pay Big Tech companies in order to build data centers nearby. Local officials sign NDAs to keep everything secret until the deal is done.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Freer Kids and Safer Streets (00:59:24)
After decades of having to look “Tough on Crime” by jailing teenagers, notably people of color, at last we’re seeing the end of adult prisons housing kids. Forty four states have dialed back the sequestering of kids in medieval fortresses where they were brutalized and dehumanized. And not only have we not seen a rise in “superpredators” as feared, but we’ve actually seen greatly reduced crime. We can have both free children and safe streets. Who knew? On this show author Nell Bernstein talks about her optimistic new book titled In Our Future We Are Free: The Dismantling of the Youth Prison. The best way to rehabilitate young offenders, as it turns out in most cases, is to let them grow up and age out. And what she found is replicable in the larger carceral world. Give a listen for some good news.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Supreme Court of the United States (00:58:00)
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the land because it makes decisions all other courts in the Federal judiciary of the United States must follow. The Supreme Court also has the power toreview and overturn decisions of lower courts. Greg Ferro, EdD, U.S. History Educator and Lecturer, talks about the history of the Supreme Court of the United States, past and present justices, how cases are selected and handled by the Court, and significant decisions the Court has made this year, https://www.supremecourt.gov/
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Celebrate Thanksgiving with Pawpaws” a North American native fruit ideal for the home gardener (00:29:00)
In a replay of a conversation from September of 2023, Sheri Crabtree of Kentucky State University describes the northernmost species of the tropical custard apple family, the pawpaw, which offers delicious tropical flavor, a creamy texture, and thrives in the backyard garden as far north as USDA Zone 5.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Seniors for Peace – A celebration of 20 years of Peace Work (TUC Archives) (00:29:00)
When I joined Seniors for Peace at their second ever rally for peace in Iraq on February 7, 2003, I did not dream that 20 years later they would still be coming out every Friday from 4 to 5 pm to the busy intersection near their home. Undaunted ” even by hostility ” they have called for peace in all the subsequent wars since then.
Among those who I met in 2003 was a survivor of the firebombing of Dresden and a Red Cross worker in London who saw the young men dead on both sides and still mourned their loss of life.
I’m honoring them now ” 20 years later ” for the work they have continued and expanded since then.
Their website is www.mvseniorsforpeace.org/
THE BOPST SHOW: No More Kings (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 soulful goodness of Rueben Bell and the Casanovas, the heavy dub stylings of Jah Shaka, and the risqué blues of Agnes Rley as well as music by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Lisa Knapp, Sonora Carruseles, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #612 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes distinguished educators Dr. Tina Ellsworth and Kelly McFarland Stratman of the National Council for the Social Studies to discuss how our democracy depends on our children learning the civic tools of social studies. Then, civic legend Lois Gibbs, who exposed the Love Canal toxic dump that was poisoning families in her area and then went on to found a national organization to help other ordinary people fight toxic exposure joins us to update us on her latest campaigns.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 11.28.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 28, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: New Jersey city expands its urban forest, trains residents to care for the trees (00:01:30)
The We Grow Camden initiative aims to plant 3,000 trees across the city.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: When the City Stopped: Stories from New York’s Essential Workers (00:55:12)
Historian Robert W. Snyder joins us to discuss When the City Stopped: Stories from New York’s Essential Workers, a powerful collection of oral histories from the frontline workers who kept NYC alive during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviewed by Tim Sheard “veteran nurse, labor organizer, and Hard Ball Press publisher” we explore the trauma, courage, inequality, and solidarity that defined the era, and the urgent need to preserve these memories.
Then, historian Peter Cole takes us to the Philadelphia waterfront with Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. Recorded at the 9th annual Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium, hosted by the WALS Foundation, Cole tells the story of one of the most important “and too often forgotten” Black labor leaders in American history, who led an interracial, militant IWW union decades before the Civil Rights Act.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Delicious Bondi-Halligan Smackdow (00:58:00)
Legal and political writer, litigation consultant and trial lawyer Sabrina Haake joins the show to explain the delicious Bondi-Halligan smackdown. Is Kristi Noem next for a smackdown? War in Venezuela will be a field day for Big Oil and they know it.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Julie Eisenberg & Babette Hogan: Running For The Mountains (00:29:00)
The telecom titan Verizon just recently laid off around 15,000 employees, and it was just a blip on an otherwise slow news day. The DIY craft giant Michael’s regularly hires 15,000 seasonal workers for the holidays, and it doesn’t generally even brush up against a headline. We provide these numbers to help our listeners scale the 14,000 people working in West Virginia’s coal industry, and the massive influence the question of their employment has on the American political and environmental landscape. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Babette Hogan and Julie Eisenberg, whose new film, “Running For The Mountains,” takes a close look at the West Virginia coal mining industry. We discuss the environmental waste caused by coal in the state, dive into West Virginia’s politics, and hear what they learned over their 15 year film-making process.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: From Pain to Poetry: Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s Girl Warrior Guide (00:28:00)
We are in what today’s guest calls a dark night of our national soul. Many of us are feeling hopeless, uncomfortable and stuck, but it is possible to make it through the darkness. Generations before us survived the unthinkable; if the past has a story to tell, what’s today’s? This notion of coming into ourselves and embracing our stories is what Joy Harjo, the internationally renowned poet, performer, writer and activist of the Muscogee Creek Nation takes up in her long-spanning career. Harjo is just out with Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age, a guide, dedicated especially to Indigenous girls, for people trying to find their way in a time of transformation. She is the author of two American Book Awards winners: In Mad Love and War and Crazy Brave, and was executive editor of the groundbreaking When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. She was the first Indigenous Poet Laureate and served three terms from 2019 to 2022. Join Harjo and Flanders for this illuminating conversation on finding courage this winter, plus a commentary from Laura on releasing the files on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls.
THE BOPST SHOW: No More Kings (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 soulful goodness of Rueben Bell and the Casanovas, the heavy dub stylings of Jah Shaka, and the risqué blues of Agnes Riley as well as music by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Lisa Knapp, Sonora Carruseles, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: ‘BradCast’ 11/27/2025 (Encore: Dr. Tyler Evans on RFK Jr.’s War on the Science of Public Health (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 9-4-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Trump Administration is at war with science and reality. In a combative Senate hearing, Democrats grilled HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over his years-long personal war against life-saving vaccines and his gutting of U.S. public health infrastructure and science research. Florida’s loony top medical officer lifted vaccine mandates for school children. DR. TYLER EVANS, author, infectious disease and public health expert, and co-founder of the Wellness and Equity Alliance, discusses the Trump Administration’s escalating war on public health, the impacts of politicization of vaccines, what he’s learned about advancing public health from his work around the world, and much more. Donald Trump is escalating his war on climate science and cheap renewable energy. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 11.27.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 27, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Songs for a fevered Earth (00:01:30)
The SonTierra ensemble uses rhythms and melodies to start conversations about climate change.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Hidden Polar Changes – Global Ripples (00:58:00)
Could a rapid change in microbes unbalance world systems? Biologist Trond Kristiansen. Scientist Scott Sugden reviews Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems. From COP30 Brazil, permafrost thaw is NOW. Worrying news from scientists Gustaf Hugelius & Christina Schadel. Breaking science from 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: Swift Boating a War Hero? (00:58:00)
Will Trump and the GOP face a healthcare backlash? Swift Boating a War Hero? Whiskey Petes cheap shot at Mark Kelly explodes on the launchpad. Veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner – Was Ukraine sold out and being forced to give up land?
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-11-25 (00:58:30)
This week, as Americans are getting ready to mark the Thanksgiving holiday, a celebration built on the foundations of settler colonialism, well hear from Dina Gilio Whitaker, a lecturer of American Indian Studies at California State University San Marcos. Well discuss her new book, Who Gets to Be Indian? Ethnic Fraud and Other Difficult Conversations about Native American Identity
And then, well take a deep dive into prison rehabilitation with my regular correspondent Dortell Williams. Dortell is serving a life sentence in California without parole and hell analyze what prison rehab is, why it doesnt work, what does work, and how it can be implemented. Hes also garnering supporters to urge California Governor Gavin Newsom to commute his sentence at FreeDortellWilliams.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 16 (00:24:48)
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
WINGS #33-25 African AI (00:29:00)
The African Union is a massive organization comprised of all 55 countries of the continent. Barbara Glover works with its Development Agency as lead investigator of a project titled “Advancing Responsible Artificial Intelligence in African Union Member States. ” Glover is based in South Africa, but she came to Mombasa for a conference in November 2025. WINGS’ Kenya correspondent Diana Wanyonyi interviewed her about her background and her work. She says youth are especially active in designing uses of AI for the general good, but their ideas can get taken away for development in richer countries
THE BRADCAST: 11/26/2025 Encore: Is MAGA Splintering?; Guest: Rich Logis of ‘Leaving MAGA’ (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 11-19-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Trump Justice Department’s attempted criminal prosecution of former FBI Dir. James Comey appears to be in serious jeopardy after Lindsey Halligan, Donald Trump’s inexperienced interim U.S. Attorney, admitted the grand jury never saw the actual felony indictment. Trump’s intense efforts to block the release of the Epstein Files and other actions have created growing division among his MAGA base. Former MAGA member and GOP operative RICH LOGIS of Leaving MAGA explains that many Trump supporters are experiencing ‘cognitive dissonance’ over Trump’s flip-flops over the Epstein Files and more, and offers recommendations for listeners to engage with their MAGA family members over the holidays and ways to help them exit the movement.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 11.26.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 26, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The U.S. could throw away 320 million pounds of food this Thanksgiving (00:01:30)
But you can reduce waste by following these steps.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: John Cardina, PhD, author of Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly, discusses mans futile attempts to control weeds. (00:28:00)
Did you know that Emily Dickinson wrote 4 tributes to the dandelion? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with John Cardina, PhD, Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science at the Ohio State University, former USDA research agronomist and author of Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly. Cardina discusses man’s largely futile fight against weeds on farms, lawns and gardens, the value of biodiversity and small holder farms, and why we should rethink our attempts to eradicate invasives. Related Websites: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501758980/lives-of-weeds/
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1965: The Early Years of AIDS & global LGBTQ news & more (00:28:59)
Rage and resilience mark the early years of AIDS; Ghana is poised to outlaw queer sex, coming out, and advocacy, the Dominican Republics Constitutional Court ends the Caribbean nations ban on same-gender sex for cops and military service members, New Zealand orders the end of puberty blockers for pediatric trans patients, Victoria leads Australia with free gender marker and name change updates, a proudly gay intel specialist sues the FBI over his Pride flag firing, and more LGBTQ news from around the world.
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 Deranged Donald’s Political Sway Finally Spinning Out? (00:58:00)
Upon returning from a two week sabbatical, Thom Hartmann brings us up to date on the latest news and analysis. What is the demarcation point of the waning Trump machine, “Whiskey” Pete Hegseth’s unconstitutional threats against hero and astronaut Mark Kelly and much more.
CIVIC CIPHER: Does Hard Work Really Lead to Success? / Reagans Racism Tanked U.S. Education (00:59:00)
Today we pull from a public World Government Summit lecture offered by professor of political science, Dr. Roy Casagranda discussing the economic history of the United States as well as the dismantling of the free/low-cost education system once found in the United States.
In the first half of the show, discuss the idea that hard work leads to success. We challenge the idea that a few aligned factors can create a universal pathway to the American dream. We also discuss the systemic barriers and advantages present in society and how certain groups are more likely to encounter these forces.
In the second half of the show, we talk about the shift in the United States approach to education after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. We discuss how an increase in costs was strategically implemented by conservatives to create barriers for would-be protesters and social dissenters.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 15 (00:35:44)
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
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Skip the Small Talk, with Ashley Kirsner (00:28:00)
Enough with the polite, front parlor pablum of the past and onward toward rich discussion, mindful discourse, self-disclosure, and — dare I say it? — curiosity! Wanting to do something about the epidemic of loneliness among her peers, Ashley Kirsner set out to find a way to help people build their conversational and self-revelatory muscles.
Enter Skip the Small Talk.
“It is really hard, unless you’ve been actively practicing it, to be curious when you’re not feeling safe.” ~ Ashley Kirsner
THE BRADCAST 11/25/2025 Encore: Critical NOAA Climate Database resurrected, with guest Former NOAA climate scientist Tom Di Liberto (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 10-23-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The first six months of 2025 featured the costliest weather and climate-related disasters on record for the U.S. We know about it because former NOAA scientists have resurrected the world-leading climate and weather agency’s Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database after it was shut down by the science deniers of the Trump Administration, bringing their skills to the non-profit climate research organization Climate Central. Former NOAA climate scientist TOM DI LIBERTO explains the vital importance of the database and NOAA’s climate research, why Team Trump wants to dismantle and privatize NOAA, whether it can be rebuilt, and much more. Virginia state Democratic lawmakers launch ingenious plan to counter the unprecedented Trump/Republican mid-decade gerrymandering efforts in multiple states to rig the 2026 midterm elections. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 11.25.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 25, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: This study could reshape climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies (00:01:30)
The groundbreaking research offers evidence that specific fossil fuel giants drove economic losses for decades.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Seeing Clearly: The Difference Between Critical and Cynical (00:29:00)
On this show we’re exploring something that shows up in almost every part of life, yet we rarely sit down and separate it out: the difference between critical and cynical. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to take something at face value, especially when the information comes fast, polished, and wrapped with confidence? Or maybe you’ve had the opposite reaction, where you hear something new and immediately think, Yeah right and shut it down before it even has a chance. Somewhere between believing everything and doubting everything is the space were trying to find today.
MAKING CONTACT: Exposed Part 1: the Human Radiation Experiments at Hunter’s Point from SF Public Press (00:29:00)
Decades after the Navy shuttered a Cold War radiation research lab, the mess hasnt been completely cleaned up. Listen to local voices demanding accountability amid charges of environmental racism. This episode comes to us from the podcast at SF Public Press. It first aired on Making Contact in February 2025.
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: Green for Governor?? (00:58:00)
Will Marjorie Taylor Greene lead the MAGA rebellion against a feeble-minded Trump as right-wing Americans realize they’ve been the marks of a life-long hustler and con-man? Plus- Thom reads from “Dead in the Water” by Kit Chellel and Matthew Campbell
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: The Brain (00:53:00)
The Kids Crew and Katie Stone explore the most powerful organ in the human body – our brain! Joined by Ingrid Lane and Nick Aase from the Mind Research Network at the University of New Mexico, they uncover how the brain controls everything we do, from breathing and moving to thinking and feeling.
Listeners learn about the brain’s different parts “like the frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes” and how they each control special functions such as hearing, seeing, speaking, and decision-making. The guests explain how neurons communicate with tiny electrical signals and chemicals, creating the thoughts, memories, and emotions that make each of us unique.
https://www.childrenshour.org/
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 14 (00:20:17)
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)
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: The Food That Makes Us (00:29:00)
Gumbo, BBQ, and biscuits”what makes Southern food Southern? Caity Finlayson (University of Mary Washington) talks about the fusion of cultures”African food brought by enslaved people, British and French food brought by early European colonists”that created a mouthwatering Southern cuisine. And: For indigenous communities in the Canadian Arctic and Sri Lanka, hunting and gathering is still a main source of food. Eranga Galappaththi (Virginia Tech) is working with these communities to address how climate change is affecting their food sources.
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, reporting, interviews and commentary.
More detailed episode notes will be posted when available – please check back!
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 11.24.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 24, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Mother turns her grief into a lifeline for others (00:01:30)
Tragedy led the mother of an environmental activist to launch the Resilient Activist, a nonprofit.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Extreme Weather Survivors Speak Out (replay) (00:58:00)
Climate-driven extreme weather can suddenly change your life. Hear eight climate survivors from the U.S.A. and Canada, from stormy Louisiana to the Canadian Arctic. We travel to burned out Paradise California and drowned Vermont. If these stories dont move you, see a heart specialist. Warning: these are stories of raw trauma.
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 Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Former Chief Technology Officer for the US Department of Health and Human Services, Susannah Fox explains her new book, “Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care.”
https://www.thomhartmann.com/
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-07-22 (00:58:31)
This week, well examine post-war Syria six months after dictator Bashar Al-Assad fled to Russia, and examine the project of rebuilding democracy. My guest is Hussam Ayloush, who has long advocated for a free Syria and just returned from a trip to Damascus after 23 years of forced exile. Then well turn to the US where the fallout of ICE raids is still being felt. Well hear from Fredid Toledo, an activist with Homies Unidos, and Luana Lopez whose mother Ana Franco was snatched up by federal agents and is being held in detention. Finally, the acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter Josefina Lopez, known for her film Real Women Have Curves, will join us. As a one-time undocumented garment worker, shell discuss the importance of culture shifting and centering joy. And, shell share her newest projects on the stage and screen.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 4 (00:33:27)
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
WINGS: During the Kenya Youth Uprising in 2024 and 2025 (00:29:00)
In June 2024 and 2025, Gen Z youths demonstrated against the national government of Kenya. Women radio journalists covered these dangerous situations with the bare minimum of personal safety. They inhaled tear gas, feared targeting by police and by men in the crowd, but did their jobs. Includes sound from a demonstration with shots and teargas being fired. They called for more respect and more protection for doing their jobs.
THE BRADCAST: 7/23/2025 Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ on Trump’s Epstein woes, America’s ‘dictator’ moment, and more (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: With an avalanche of incoming news and madness underway, we are joined by OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the ‘Pro-Left Podcast’ to delve into it all. We focus on Donald Trump’s hilariously ham-fisted attempts at covering up his long-running role in the life of his former bestie and late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and his efforts to distract his MAGA followers and the media. Will Speaker Mike Johnson’s gambit to recess the US House to avoid votes on releasing the Epstein Files succeed? Paramount/CBS’ abrupt cancellation of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a frequent Trump critic, is a warning for free speech and press freedom. Has America fallen into dictatorship? All that and much more on today’s show. https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 11.23.25 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Nov 16 25 Nuclear weapons testing & disarmament (00:58:00)
What is Donald Trump trying to accomplish by resuming nuclear testing? And what impact will this decision have on nuclear non-proliferation? It seems that Trump doesn’t understand either nuclear testing or the basics about nuclear weapons. Does this undermine US policy for non-proliferation? Also, the US is unique in that a single person controls the decision to use nuclear weapons? Could the international response to the US announcement of resuming nuclear testing change this command structure?
EARTH RIOT RADIO: #196 – And A Tree Shall Stop AI (00:29:00)
The father and mother of our country is Harriet Tubman. The teacher of our country is Edward Said and his neighbor Fridha Kahlo and her neighbor James Baldwin. The father and mother of our country is the Earth and they were deported by agents of the monoculture, helplessly misguided men in masks who tear us apart. The father and mother of our country immediately begin healing the children ziptied in the hallways. the ancestors rush in to guard us against plastic pixel nightmares. We remember that the Earth is our government, our culture, our economy. Suddenly, we know power
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Harper Thorne in the Patient (00:28:00)
A patient with a head wound awakes in a hospital. Is she Harper Thorne, captured while on an important mission or a deluded shopgirl who reads Harper Thorne stories? We proudly present: The Patient.
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 November 22, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Daniel Barlow, an expert in Healthcare policy, and leader of nonprofit organizations in the healthcare field. We discuss the problem of healthcare accessibility in the US. Using Scott Adams (“Dilbert”) as an example of the privileges of the ‘well connected’ access versus those who do not have the ‘right’ connections.
Segment Two
We then sit with Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect managing editor, and with Bill Curry, former Connecticut state senator. We discuss the state of health care in the US, and what options may exist. We also discuss the price of electrical power, and its availability given the increased demand by data centers and AI installations.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS November 23, 2025 (00:59:00)
Trump’s Decades-Long Obsession With Getting On the Forbes 400 List and How Much Saudi Money Has Lined His Pockets | Musk’s $Trillion Payday and How Billionaires Donated 1 in 13 Dollars Spent in the Last Election, Over 80% of Which Went to Republicans | Trump is Shoving Putin’s Wish List Down Zelensky’s Throat With a Thursday Deadline to Capitulate
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: The 3 Beliefs of the Ego with Aaron Abke (00:59:00)
Aaron Abke is a spiritual teacher with a fresh new perspective on spiritual liberation. His practical approach to the enlightenment path has benefited hundreds of thousands of seekers across the globe. His passion and purpose is to awaken this planet to the awareness of our oneness, and his new book is The 3 Beliefs of the Ego: The Sufferers Guide to Freedom, which we discuss in depth in this interview.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Can the US Military Access Your Fitness Tracker? (00:58:00)
People love their fitness trackers, and the Oura Ring is one of the most popular out there. The U.S. Military also loves Oura, which is Oura’s biggest contract. With the Department of Defense integrated Palantir’s AI into cloud access for Oura, a lot of people are nervous that the US government will have access to their health data… but will they? We explore how government versus regular cloud works and catch up on so much more! Don’t miss this episode!
SATURDAY 11.22.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: How Low Can the Tech Oligarchs Go? (00:59:30)
Under Mark Zuckerbergs leadership, Facebook/Meta is making billions of dollars from knowingly promoting fraudulent material. Over at OpenAI, Sam Altman is being sued for building a chatbot that encourages suicide. How low can Silicon Valley go?
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Why is There So Much Fear in the Strongest Country in the World? (00:59:50)
Fear of the other. Fear of woke, of LGBTQ+, of Black liberation, and of course the old big fear: Communism. In the age of the Cold War, right after WWII, Americans believed the Soviet Union was bankrolling worldwide liberation movements, when they could barely rebuild themselves. Longstanding institutional racism led to our anticommunism: the Black Lives Matter movement was labeled as dangerous extremism as the FBI ignored genuine dangers from the right. Has Trump become our Stalin? On this show history professor Denise Lynn reveals what anticommunism is really about. Has it turned us into what we feared?
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Palliative Care and Hospice Care (00:58:00)
While the objective of both hospice care and palliative care is pain and symptom relief, prognosis and goals of care tend to differ. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on relieving symptoms and stress of a serious illness. Hospice is comfort care for people who are terminally ill. Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, Associate Professor, Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, talks about similarities and differences between palliative care and hospice care, and hospice facts, including eligibility, care providers, services, and care settings.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/hospice-and-palliative-care/what-are-palliative-care-and-hospice-care
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Start from Seed for a Special Relationship with Your Native Plants (00:29:00)
William Cullina, a leading expert on the propagation of native plants, describes the special insights about a species adaptations and ecology that starting from seed provides, and offers simple tips for success with this endeavor.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Beginning of the Nuclear Age – Part Two of Two (00:29:00)
The Italian physicist Enrico Fermi set off the first nuclear chain reaction in an underground tennis-court at the University of Chicago in 1942. His experiment led directly to the building of the plutonium bomb that destroyed the city of Nagasaki. Exactly 25 years after that experiment, with Fermi already dead of radiation induced leukemia, a statue by Henry Moore was unveiled on December 2, 1967, at that location, to commemorate the first self sustained nuclear chain reaction.
THE BOPST SHOW: Thief of Fire (00:56:37)
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 Irish hip hop sensations Kneecap, punk rock originator Iggy Pop, and Ecuadorian brass band Diabluma’s Brass Band as well as music by the Pop Group, the Henry Threadgill Sextet and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #611 (00:58:00)
We welcome back nuclear power expert, Peter Bradford, former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner and board member for the Union of Concerned Scientists to update us on the latest nuclear power boondoggles that force customers to pay for the construction of nuclear reactors sometimes decades before they benefit from any energy thats produced. Plus, molecular biologist, Becky McClain, who got infected by a dangerous virus in her workplace, joins us to discuss her book, Exposed: A Pfizer Scientist Battles Corruption, Lies, and Betrayal, and Becomes a Biohazard Whistleblower.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/
FRIDAY 11.21.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 21, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Bees inspired this new disaster relief system (00:01:30)
Groups in North Carolina are building solar-powered hives to deliver lifesaving electricity after storms.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: When the City Stopped: Stories from New Yorks Essential Workers (00:55:12)
Historian Robert W. Snyder joins us to discuss When the City Stopped: Stories from New York’s Essential Workers, a powerful collection of oral histories from the frontline workers who kept NYC alive during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviewed by Tim Sheard – veteran nurse, labor organizer, and Hard Ball Press publisher – we explore the trauma, courage, inequality, and solidarity that defined the era, and the urgent need to preserve these memories.
Then, historian Peter Cole takes us to the Philadelphia waterfront with Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. Recorded at the 9th annual Reuther – Pollack Labor History Symposium, hosted by the WALS Foundation, Cole tells the story of one of the most important – and too often forgotten – Black labor leaders in American history, who led an interracial, militant IWW union decades before the Civil Rights Act.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How to Remember the Troubling Record of Dick Cheney (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Jeff’s dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment “News With My Dad” with the latest headlines and insights.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: West Paw CEO Spencer Williams: Reducing Your Carbon Pawprint (00:29:00)
According to a recent Forbes report, 65 million American households have pet dogs. Plenty of those people buy toys for their dogs, which is a nice thing to do, except that it leads to an enormous amount of waste – an estimated 634 million dog toys end up in US landfills each year. That’s approximately 40,500 tons of dog toy garbage. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Spencer Williams, the founder and CEO of West Paw, a small dog toy company out of Bozeman, Montana that is doing its best to reduce the carbon pawprint. We look at the company’s products, find out how their commitment to recycling distinguishes them from the rest of the sector, and delve into some carbon-neutral ideas for keeping your pet entertained without toys.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: The Politivist Moment: Cori Bush and Kat Abughazaleh on Winning Without Selling Out (00:28:00)
What do the results of this past Election Day signal for politician-activists running for office and the future of the Democratic Party? Politivists Cori Bush and Kat Abughazaleh say the tides are changing. In what was widely viewed as a rebuke of the Trump administration’s policies, Democrats won races at every level in blue and red states on November 4, including Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayor’s race. Today’s guests know firsthand how challenging and costly it can be to run for office as a progressive ” especially when mega donors and backdoor deals are the name of the game in our political system. Cori Bush is fighting to retake the seat she won in 2021, Missouri’s First District, which covers the city of St. Louis. Shell be up against incumbent Wesley Bell, whose successful campaign against her in 2024 was heavily funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, a Zionist political action committee. Kat Abughazaleh is a 26-year old Palestinian-American, former journalist and political commentator who is currently facing a federal indictment related to her protests outside an ICE facility in Western Chicago. She’s making waves in a crowded Democratic field to represent Illinois Ninth District, covering the Chicago-area. How can modern progressives keep up this political momentum? And where does the Democratic Party go from here? Join us for that conversation, plus a commentary from Laura on making Congress less classist.
THE BOPST SHOW: Thief of Fire (00:56:37)
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 Irish hip hop sensations Kneecap, punk rock originator Iggy Pop, and Ecuadorian brass band Diabluma’s Brass Band as well as music by the Pop Group, the Henry Threadgill Sextet and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 11/20/2025 President of United States Calls for Killing Democratic Officials (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The pathetic, desperate coward in the White House, Donald Trump, called for six Democratic members of Congress, all veterans, to be executed for sedition after they published a video accurately advising all U.S. military service members that they are required by law to reject unlawful orders. Republicans, who have pretended for months to be furious about political violence, today remained silent or lied to cover up for Trump. A senior military attorney warned that Trump’s killings of civilians in boat strikes off the Caribbrean and Pacific coasts are unlawful, but was overruled. Federal prosecutors dropped a bunch of cases against people who protested federal immigration raids in Chicago. The Trump Administration’s new plans to drill off the coasts of California and Florida face ferocious opposition. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 11.20.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 20, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The average U.S. family of four throws away $3,000 in groceries a year (00:01:30)
A few simple changes could slash your food bill ” and your climate footprint.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Cosmic Dust & Cognition (00:58:00)
Cosmic dust reveals a hidden history of past sea-ice – and predicts a crash of Arctic Ocean life. Stimulating new science with Dr. Frank Pavia, University of Washington. Then “The normalization of (almost) everything” with computational cognitive scientist Rachit Dubey.
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 In the World Just Happened Congress? (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. US Congressman Mark Pocan weighs in on the recent congressional action with a National Progressive Townhall Meeting. Listeners phone-in with compelling questions.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-11-18 (00:58:30)
This week, well find out why Starbucks baristas around the country began an indefinite strike for a contract with their employer. The so-called Red Cup Rebellion is insisting, No Contract, No Coffee. My guest will be Diego Franco, a member of Starbucks Workers United, where he serves as an elected strike captain and bargaining delegate. Then, well go to Colorado where voters just passed a pair of measures to tax the rich for universal school lunches and to give school cafeteria workers a raise. Anya Rose of Hunger Free Colorado will explain what the propositions entail and how the victory was achieved. Finally, 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.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 12 (00:20:07)
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
WINGS #32-25 Peacewomen (00:29:00)
In 2025, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a woman who is working to bring down the current leader of Venezuela – she’s the 20th woman named to that award. But 20 years earlier, in 2005, women around the world created a campaign to jointly recognize a thousand examples, of the millions of women around the world, who struggle to prevent and repair the vast human damage from violent conflict. Nusrat Ara interviewed three of the nominated women peace activist from Kashmir for WINGS, about what they did – and are still doing! – in occupied Kashmir. And afterwards, the voice of Indian economist Devaki Jain, who was also one of the thousand women recommended for the Peace Prize.
THE BRADCAST: 11/19/2025 Is MAGA Splintering?; Guest: Rich Logis of ‘Leaving MAGA’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Trump Justice Department’s attempted criminal prosecution of former FBI Dir. James Comey appears to be in serious jeopardy after Lindsey Halligan, Donald Trump’s inexperienced interim U.S. Attorney, admitted the grand jury never saw the actual felony indictment. Trump’s intense efforts to block the release of the Epstein Files and other actions have created growing division among his MAGA base. Former MAGA member and GOP operative RICH LOGIS of Leaving MAGA explains that many Trump supporters are experiencing ‘cognitive dissonance’ over Trump’s flip-flops over the Epstein Files and more, and offers recommendations for listeners to engage with their MAGA family members over the holidays and ways to help them exit the movement.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 11.19.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 19, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: This forecasting system could predict exactly which streets will flood (00:01:30)
Researchers in Puerto Rico are building a system designed to warn people down to the block in San Juan.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the World – the legend and unintended consequences of the Green Revolution (00:28:00)
Did you know that the Green Revolution is a cultural narrative that is rarely questioned? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Glenn Davis Stone, PhD, anthropologist, environmental scientist, and author of The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the World. Stone discusses the legend and unintended consequences of the Green Revolution and explains that the Green Revolution didn’t speed up food production, but it did fuel the growth of fertilizers and pesticides. Stone advocates for the benefits of non-industrial, small-holder agriculture and helps us rethink the rhetoric and propaganda behind industrialized agriculture. https://www.sup.org/books/anthropology/smallholders-householders
Related Websites: https://www.wlu.edu/profile/stone-glenn
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1964: A Tribute to Quentin Crisp & global LGBTQ news & more! (00:28:59)
Naked Civil Servant Quentin Crisp on rights, wrongs and being human; the Rainbow Rewind recalls more November birthdays and key events; the Turks and Caicos Islands is ordered to recognize a gay couples marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to marriage equality, Kazakhstan is primed to ban LGBTQ propaganda, China bans 2 popular gay dating apps, U.S. Catholic bishops tell Church-run hospitals to deny gender-affirming care, the newly enthroned Church in Wales first woman Archbishop is also a proud lesbian, and more LGBTQ news from around the world.
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: Super Villains also Have Super Powers (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast pondering the impact and importance of the newly revealed Epstein evidence. Jeff’s dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment “News With My Dad” dissecting the Republican strategies with the Congressional vote to release the Epstein files.
CIVIC CIPHER: Is the Cash Bail System Racist? – A Chat with Conservative Commentator 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. We dive deep into the merits and drawbacks of the cash bail system by examining racial biases, data, and conversations from actual people captured in Ami’s film.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 11 (00:26:37)
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
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity & Creativity: The Know-how, Practice & Mastery of Creativity, with Stan Lai (00:28:00)
“Throughout all my years of teaching and making new works for the theater, I realized how you really have to be curious about life — more than anything, it’s about life, about living, about people.” ~ Stan Lai
Playwright and director Stan Lai is considered the foremost Asian playwright of our time. He has theater companies in both Shanghai and Taipei. We talk about his new book CreativitRy, the origins and mastery of creativity — and the role of curiosity in his work.
THE BRADCAST: 11/18/2025 Trump welcomes murderer to White House; Congress votes to release ‘Epstein Files’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump offered Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman a royal welcome, and berated a reporter who asked about the CIA’s determination that MBS personally approved the murder of journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi. Congress overcame intense obstruction from Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson to vote overwhelmingly to release the Epstein Files (which Trump could release himself). Will Trump’s corrupt DOJ withhold the files by claiming they are part of an active investigation? US House members secured a second discharge petition to restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers. A federal appeals court blocked Texas’ new, heavily-gerrymandered U.S. House map as an unlawful racial gerrymander. Indiana’s GOP state legislature refused Trump’s demands to redistrict. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 11.18.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 18, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: New window-mounted heat pumps make ditching fossil fuels easier (00:01:30)
They plug into a standard outlet, hang on the sill, and slash climate-warming pollution.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Speaking Life: How a Positive Mindset Shapes Healing, Hope, and Wholeness (00:29:00)
On this show we’re talking about speaking life. How the words we use, both out loud and in our heads, can either drain our energy or feed our strength. Have you ever noticed how quickly one negative thought can spiral into an entire mood? One complaint, one worry, one what if, and before you know it, you’re swimming in tension and exhaustion. Its wild how something as simple as language can shape how we feel, think, and even heal.
MAKING CONTACT: Kev Choice: Love, Growth, and the Power of Music (Encore) (00:29:00)
We sit down with Kev Choice, a classically trained pianist, rapper, composer, and educator, who has reshaped the Bay Area music scene. Raised in Oakland with San Francisco roots, Kev blends hip-hop, jazz, soul, and classical music into a unique sound. This episode 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: Is the American Justice System Still Just? (00:58:00)
Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast asks with the corrupted governmental abuses of the Trump regime, does the justice system still work for ordinary people? Also we hear the voices of adult survivors of Jeffrey Epstein trafficking abuses in a new video.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Our Thanks To You (00:53:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour, were celebrating Thanksgiving in a musical special dedicated to gratitude, family, and appreciation of each another. The science is clear that focusing on being grateful actually makes us happier. That’s why it’s so important to take a moment to count our blessings, including our time we have with one another. We’re finding the joy in every moment, in this Thanksgiving musical Children’s Hour.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 10 (00:27:09)
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
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Library Kids (00:29:00)
At the end of the world, Philip Lorish (University of Virginia) decided to open a bookstore. He says that despite the cultural moment that audiobooks are having and that impenetrable, digital mass distribution behemoth who shall not be named ” bookstores matter. He’s the owner of Commerce Street Books. And: As a child, Lamar Giles (William & Mary) was allowed to read anything he wanted. And he took full advantage of that on his weekly library visits. Everything from DC comics and Stephen King novels, he read it all. There was nothing called young adult literature when he was coming up. Now, he writes it. And he says it’s important to him that kids today have the same freedom to read.
THE BRADCAST: 11/17/2025 A Kaleidoscope of Corruption; Guest: Attorney Keith Barber (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: As Donald Trump threatens a new war of distraction against Venezuela, a new report details how Venezuelan detainees deported by Trump to El Salvador have suffered egregious human rights abuses, including torture. Attorney KEITH BARBER explains the remarkable ruling from a federal judge finding that the corrupt Trump Justice Department has engaged in a pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in its indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Trump gave Congressional Republicans permission to vote to release the Epstein Files, even though he can order their release himself. Trump also ordered DOJ to launch a new investigation into Democrats mentioned in Epstein’s files, which can then be used as justification to prevent the release of any documents, including any data that might incriminate Trump. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 11.17.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 17, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Forget burgers and pizza. These teens want beans (00:01:30)
A youth-led campaign is urging school cafeterias to serve fiber-rich, plant-powered meals every day.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #76: Agri-Forestry (00:29:00)
Introduce Chad Cully
What is agri-forestry
Why is this important? History of it
Mission today?
Discuss the idea of the Commons
Public ” community gardens, tragedy of the commons
Urban or suburban forest gardening? Re imagining our cities, farming?
Biodiversity
What is community forestry, how would this all work?
What plants are easy to propagate in a forest garden?
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Resurgent Labor Organizing (00:29:00)
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff’s updates include the 60+ people killed by the U.S. military in what it claimed were “narco boats,” Socialist Catherine Connolly wins the Presidency in Ireland, Canada hit with nationwide postal workers strike alongside a strike of the entire public workforce (51,000) in Alberta, Canada, and finally a new poll showing that 67% of U.S. college students look favorably or neutrally on socialism. In the second half of todays show, Professor Wolff interviews Robert Ovetz and Kevin van Meter on effective new ways of organizing workers.
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 November 14, 2025 (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Callers react to Epstein’s crimes with pathos and understanding of the victims of trauma.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Fixing A Leaky Canoe with Ecotopia Soon (00:55:00)
Mark Leach is guest-host for today’s episode, sharing portions from his weekly radio show, Ecotopia Soon! Mark is a retired conservation biologist, activist, and a Quaker, and his perspective is that we are all in a leaky canoe together; we need to change our thinking to reach the safe shore of Ecotopia, where we treat Nature as our only life support system & we treat each other with respect. In today’s broadcast, Mark has 2 guests, history museum director Melissa Kneeland (Rassbach Museum | Dunn County Historical Society), discussing rewriting history, and Mark Helpsmeet of Northern Spirit Radio, who shares an experience with a dictatorship. Other topics, you ask? Statistical tests reveal income disparity is associated with crime (USA) & with democratic failure (globally). Also, he marvels that Bill O’Reilly declares that Vladimar Putin and Donald J. Trump are doing evil! Who would have known? If you’d like to communicate with Mark Leach, please send an email to mark.ecotopia.soon@gmail.com
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Quaker
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 9 (00:255:27)
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
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Food is Your Best Medicine (00:29:00)
This week on Green Street Patti and Doug talk about the EPAs decision to exempt 50 of the country’s most toxic chemical manufacturing plants from meeting air emission guidelines, and the growing threat of a flesh-eating bacteria moving up the Eastern US coastline due to climate change. Then Katie Welch, Executive Director of the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative, talks about the organizations leading role in the food revolution, promoting nutritious food as a key ingredient to protect public health.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: Encore: Dems Win Everything Everywhere All at Once; John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ on Election 2025 (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 11-5-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: In the 2025 off-year elections on Tuesday, Democrats won nearly every contest on the ballot in about 30 states. Voters issued a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump and Republicans in high-profile and under-the-radar down-ballot races, seizing the first opportunity they’ve had to register their opinions at the ballot box in several states at once. New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a barn-burner of a victory speech, among the most effective political speeches in US history. The Nation’s JOHN NICHOLS analyzes the results, the remarkable near-clean sweep by Democrats in races across the country, why it happened and what message Dems should learn from it, and much, much more. https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 11.16.25 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Nov 9 25 Brazil’s militarized police & disappearences (00:58:00)
Violent policing and “disappearing” people is continuing in Brazil, even today in 2025. How is Brazilian civil society responding? People around the world have developed innovative new technologies to mitigate or adapt to climate change. In many cases, adoption has proved difficult as governments and some large corporations have been reluctant to support them. Who are developing these technological solutions? What are some of these technologies? Can they help protect us from the worst of climate change?
EARTH RIOT RADIO #195 – Everything on the Face of the Earth is Too Hot (00:29:00)
Eco-systems are running and flying for thousands of miles, all life is a foreign stranger to all other life. What’s happening? The sorrowing in Jamaica, Alice Coltrane’s saving grace, First Nations singing to the Earth, Phoenix Fuller Ford’s voice and wisdom, Savitri D’s News from the Natural World, communities of life climbing up mountains to cool down, families of lizards, sharks, wolves, bacteria, mushrooms, escaping from hot homes, looking for higher ground that is too hot too… Still we sing Earthalujah!
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: The Robber Poet of Skegness p1 (00:28:00)
When Barnaby receives a strange poem through the mail, it begins an investigation that takes Harper Thorne, Mrs. Kipling and Barnaby to seaside community of Skegness.
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 November 15, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Nicole Bennett, Assistant Director Center for Refugee Studies, and Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University. We discuss the surveillance mechanism in use by the government, and the NEW surveillance proposed by ICE. Unfettered surveillance of the population of the US, with no oversight, and including information about US residents from many different sources.
Segment Two
We then sit with John Warner, writer, editor, and speaker. We discuss the value of a liberal arts education, and its importance in a swiftly changing world.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS November 13, 2025 (00:59:00)
One of the First Journalists to Reveal the Email Trove Linking Epstein With Israeli Intelligence | The Damaging Scandal of Zelensky’s Former Media Partner on the Lam With $100 Million in Energy Repairs Stolen | Does the U.S. Need Trump’s Security Pact With Saudi Arabia?
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Ram Dass – Mystery’s Edge (00:59:00)
Ram Dass is an American spiritual teacher who helped popularized spirituality and yoga in the US. He’s been the subject of numerous books and films. He left this world in 2019 at the age of 88. This is one of his early presentations back in 1976, entitled Mystery’s Edge. Enjoy . . .
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Amazon Is Expanding The U.S. Surveillance State (00:58:00)
In the age of shifting governmental norms, this is BEYOND important….
A Deep Dive double header! First, Amazon appears to be working overtime to build the largest federal surveillance network thanks to the Ring Doorbell that millions have attached to their homes. Second, Amazon has a seriously alarming history of never disclosing what they’re doing, even when regulators demand it.
We explore this mess and so much more.
SATURDAY 11.15.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Paul Mozur on Big Tech data centers outside the US (00:59:30)
Big Tech is building giant data centers in place where water is already scarce, like Mexico and Chile. Some residents are being told to drink recycled sewage. Paul Mozur, global tech correspondent for the New York Times, describes what’s happening.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Immigration Justice: Is it Even Possible? (00:58:59)
What we’re seeing today is a far cry from justice. Today’s policy of cruelty toward immigrants is an abject failure, yet its impractical to have a totally open border with Mexico. As with most solutions, the answer has to involve all affected parties with an equal say. On this show author Gil Gillenwater explains how his approach, at Rancho Feliz in Arizona, is making a replicable dent, replacing condescending charity with mutual cooperation. His new book is titled Hope on the Border.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Vaccines and Immunizations (00:58:00)
Older adults are at increased risk for many vaccine-preventable diseases. Public health experts advise the best way to prevent these conditions is to get the appropriate vaccines, https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-schedules/adult-easyread.html. Michelle Fiscus, MD, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, Association of Immunization Managers, talks about when older adults should get COVID-19 and RSV vaccines, annual flu shot, and other immunizations needed to avoid health complications and stay healthy as they age.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: (00:29:00)
Good fences make good neighbors, especially, according to Vermonter Susan Shea, when it comes to gardeners and woodchucks. A nature writer and photographer, Shea details the extraordinary abilities of this native mammal, the important ecological and cultural roles it plays, and how to install a woodchuck-proof fence.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: The First Nuclear Chain Reaction- Enrico Fermi and Henry Moore (00:29:00)
Historian Iain Boal tells the story of beginning of the Nuclear Age. The Italian physicist Enrico Fermi set off the first nuclear chain reaction in an underground tennis-court at the University of Chicago in December 1942. His experiment led directly to the building of the plutonium bomb that destroyed the city of Nagasaki.
There are competing claims as to the beginning of the nuclear age. Was it the day of Trinity, was it Hiroshima, or was it Fermi with his willingness to risk a nuclear explosion in the middle of a crowded city.
THE BOPST SHOW: Push Together (00:55:32)
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 mashup wizardry of Dunproofin’ (and a set of mashups first heard on the Bopst Show in 2018 on WCLM 1450 AM), British revolutionaries Serious Drinking, and the sweet vocal harmonies of the Versatiles as well as music by Stark Reality, Glam Shanks and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #610 (00:58:00)
On today’s wide-ranging program, Ralph welcomes David Dayen of “The American Prospect” to discuss the Democrats caving on the shutdown. Then, Ralph speaks to Dani Noble from Jewish Voice for Peace about their BDS campaigns, efforts to block weapons shipments to Israel, and the state of the ceasefire in Gaza. Finally, Ralph speaks to original Nader’s Raider Sam Simon about his new memoir, “Dementia Man: An Existential Journey.”
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 11.14.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 14, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Colorado community solar program helps low-income residents save money \ (00:01:30)
Households are saving an average of $15 a month.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Bernie, Debs & the Sound of Solidarity (00:55:00)
On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: Senator Bernie Sanders accepts the Eugene V. Debs Award in Terre Haute, celebrating Debs legacy of solidarity and social justice ” and reminding us that Debs vision still guides the labor movement today. Then, from the Solidarity Works podcast, meet California musician Johnny Miller Jr., who’s keeping labors musical traditions alive with songs of struggle, hope, and community.
Plus music from The Local Honeys.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why Does the Epstein Stuff Matter? (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast pondering the impact and importance of the newly revealed Epstein evidence. Jeff’s dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment “News With My Dad” and shares a public safety announcement.. Does the Epstein stuff really matter? Is it just salacious click-bait or is it truly significant?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Dr. Keneiloe Molopyane: Cradle of Humankind (re-broadcast) (00:29:00)
Those of us who studied anthropology in the latter half of the 20th century most likely learned that the birthplace of humankind was East African countries such as Tanzania and Kenya. But for much of that same period, the apartheid regime in South Africa largely prohibited archaeological excavations, at least in part because it didnt want to unearth any evidence that Blacks and Whites shared common ancestors. This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a look at some of the stunning archaeological discoveries that have emerged from South Africa over the past fifteen years. Our guest today is Dr. Keneiloe Molopyane, an archeologist who leads research in an area known as the Cradle of Humankind. In our wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Molopyane, we get a quick anthropology lesson, learn more about discoveries from the region, and explore the historical context of these prehistorical finds.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: How to Break the CYCLE of Police Killing? Listen to Survivors (00:28:00)
Would we know from our media that over 1,000 people are killed by police every year in the U.S.? The stories of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are exceptions, but for the victims we don’t hear about, there’s CYCLE. The newly-released investigative feature documentary from LionArt Media focuses on the 2019 killing of Tyrese West, an 18-year-old Black teenager from Racine, Wisconsin who was shot to death after being pulled over by a Mount Pleasant police officer for riding a bicycle with no headlights. No videos were taken, the details of Wests death were withheld from the community and the subsequent police report. Made in close collaboration with Wests mother, Monique West, the film follows the story of Tyrese’s death and the lawsuit that ensued. CYCLE is an invitation, . . . to interrupt the silence that follows so many cases that never go viral ” cases where there’s no footage, no public pressure, and no accountability, say director Laura Dyan Kezman and co-director William Howell, both Racine natives. Dyan Kezman is an award-winning director, DP, and editor, and the founder of LionArt Media committed to telling bold, socially driven stories that examine justice, culture, and civic engagement. Howell is a cinematographer, editor, and director based in Milwaukee. He was the cinematographer of The Rise and Fall of Coo Coo Cal and the director of the 2020 film You Dont Know Me. Join the CYCLE directors and Laura Flanders for this powerful conversation on police accountability and community action, plus a commentary on the media quiet about Trumps massive military build-up in the Caribbean.
THE BOPST SHOW: Push Together (00:55:32)
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 mashup wizardry of Dunproofin’ (and a set of mashups first heard on the Bopst Show in 2018 on WCLM 1450 AM), British revolutionaries Serious Drinking, and the sweet vocal harmonies of the Versatiles as well as music by Stark Reality, Glam Shanks and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 11/13/2025 Trump DOJ Takes Stand for Voting Whites in CA (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The corrupted Trump Justice Department joined a Republican Party lawsuit to block California’s new congressional map, which was approved by voters and generated as a response to Texas lawmakers’ scheme to gerrymander their heavily-gerrymandered state; the fight could shape control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections. DOJ hilariously claims that California’s new maps disenfranchise white voters. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over, at least until the end of January. Donald Trump’s approval numbers continue to plummet. Seattle voters elected democratic socialist Katie Wilson as their new mayor. The wreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 inspired major, life-saving changes and weather forecasting reforms by NOAA. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 11.13.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 13, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: From battlefields to beehives (00:01:30)
At Texas solar farms, veterans are finding calm, community, and new purpose through beekeeping.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Sink or Swim (00:58:00)
Everybody pushing biofuels to save climate. Guest Cian Delaney from European NGO hub T&E finds these green alternatives could be worse than the fossil fuels they replace. With extreme wildfires, heatwaves, and hurricanes author and researcher Susannah Fisher on her new book SINK OR SWIM: How the World Needs to Adapt to a Changing Climate. Hard choices this week 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: Union Most Sublime (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann today is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Jeff’s dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment “News With My Dad” and shares an extraordinary announcement. For the book club Thom reads from “Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing” by Robert Wolff.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-11-11 (00:58:30)
This week, well do a post-mortem on Zohran Mamdanis campaign for New York City mayor and how its lessons can apply more broadly. My guest is Yashica Dutt, a Brooklyn-based journalist who has covered the high-profile mayoral candidacy since April. Then, well go to Belem, Brazil where the COP30 climate meeting is taking place. My guest, Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network will discuss how a comprehensive legal framework called the Rights of Nature, can help stave off climate change. Finally, Gabrielle Oliviera, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education will share stories from her new book, Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Childrens Education, and Dreams for a Better Life.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 8 (00:20:54)
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
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
WINGS #31-25 Environment Stories (00:28:46)
Environment stories from the grassroots perspective are the special interest of Shilpi Chhotray. In this interview, she speaks about relationships with environmental activists around the world, with emphasis on minorities and indigenous people. The program includes excerpts from some of her interviews and productions, as well as her advice on how we must tackle environment issues from the ground up.
THE BRADCAST: 11/12/2025 Mamdani’s ‘Surprisingly Affordable’ Affordability Agenda for NYC, with Zero Hour’s Richard Eskow (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson finally allowed the US House back into session, swearing in new Rep. Adlita Grijalva (D-AZ) who immediately signed on to a discharge petition that will force a vote on the release of the Epstein Files being covered up the Trump Justice Department. House Democrats released previously-unseen emails from sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that discuss Donald Trump. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ran on an ‘Affordability Agenda,’ including a rent freeze, free universal childcare, free buses, and more. The Zero Hour’s RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW did the math, and explains his analysis showing how and why Mamdani’s plans are ‘surprisingly affordable’; why the billionaire class spent so much attempting to defeat Mamdani; and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 11.12.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 12, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The McKenzie Project helps trans Floridians weather storms (00:01:30)
The projects Hurricane Response Team, or HRT Hub, provides emergency supplies after storms.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy institute, discusses immigration policy and our food system. (00:28:00)
Did you know that immigrant labor is critical to our food system, and most of the food that gets to our plates was grown, harvested and processed by the hands of immigrants? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Daniel Costa, JD, attorney, and Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy institute. Costa explains details of immigration policy, our dependence on immigrants for economic growth, and policies that affect immigrants’ quality of life. Costa was featured on the Investigate Midwest webinar on immigrant labor in the food system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbqm6J1jAEA. If you’d like to comment on immigrant work visas, go to the Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/10/2025-17390/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-revision-of-h-2a-temporary-agricultural, and if you’d like to better understand how Trumps anti-immigrant policies could collapse the U.S. food industry, see this recent article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/17/how-many-immigrants-food-industry-workers
Related Websites: https://www.epi.org/people/daniel-costa/
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1963: Elections and Insurrections & global LGBTQ news & more! (00:28:59)
Rainbow celebrations set sail on a U.S. blue tsunami; remembering the San Francisco assassinations in November 1978 that shocked the world; Tasmania approves reparations to anti-queer sex law victims, U.S. Supremes let Trumps X gender passport ban stand, a federal appeals court lets Texas continue to ban drag, British actor/dancer Jonathan Bailey becomes the first out gay to be named People Magazines Sexiest Man Alive, the U.S. Supreme Court rejects a challenge to marriage equality, and more LGBTQ news from around the world.
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: Where Should We Focus Our Anger? (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast examines the response from the public after the shutdown ordeal and posits the question, “Where Should We Focus Our Anger?” Will Chuck Schumer stay as senate leader? Should he?
CIVIC CIPHER: The New Class of Democratic Female Leadership / Do Ex MAGA Deserve Forgiveness? (00:59:00)
In the first half of the show, we discuss the newly elected female Democratic leadership, several reasons people dislike Trump, and how the president has been flip-flopping with his position on whether or not to allow SNAP benefit payouts. In the second half of the show, we discuss a DL Hughley interview with TMZ and ask Do ex-MAGA deserve forgiveness? We also discuss a forthcoming nationwide economic boycott blackout scheduled to start Nov. 25th. We give the reasons behind the move, the potential impact, and how to be most effective with boycotting in general.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 7 (00:30:13)
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
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curious in Body & Mind, with Qudsiya Naqui (00:28:00)
How might understanding the experiences of disability help us be more curious about our own and others’ minds and bodies? And, most importantly, how might any of that help us be kinder and more patient with ourselves and each other? I’m profoundly grateful to legal scholar and disability media-maker Qudsiya Naqui for proposing today’s topic. “The thing that I have found most striking, for me, about the experience of coming into disability community is realizing and questioning the way in which we do life.” ~ Qudsiya Naqui
THE BRADCAST: 11/11/2025 It’s the Elections, Stupid; Dem shutdown fallout; Trump pardons 2020 accomplices (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Fallout and voter anger is growing over the capitulation by seven rogue Senate Democrats and one independent to vote with all Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown, receiving almost nothing in return. But the majority of Congressional Democrats in both chambers did NOT capitulate, and seem to be learning to fight in the Trump era. A Utah state judge rejected state Republicans’ heavily gerrymandered US House map, and implemented a fairer one. Donald Trump’s approval ratings plummet further after last week’s blowout election results for Democrats. Trump issued full pardons for 77 accomplices who tried to help him steal the 2020 election. The rightwing US Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Mississippi’s mail-in voting laws. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 11.11.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 11, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Reinsurance: Meet your insurance company’s insurance company (00:01:30)
Insurance companies turn to reinsurance companies when they have to pay out many claims at once, like after a hurricane or other disaster.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Question: Are You Giving as Much as You’re Taking? (00:29:00)
On this show were flipping the script and asking, are you giving as much as you’re taking? Have you ever felt like life just isn’t fair? Like you’re stuck playing the hand you were dealt while others seem to coast through with a royal flush? Maybe you’ve caught yourself thinking, Why do they get all the breaks? or When is it my turn? It’s easy to feel that way when were hyper-aware of what we’re not getting, but how often do we pause to consider what we’re giving?
MAKING CONTACT: The Way Home (Encore) (00:29:00)
This week we’ll hear two stories about communities working with food to revitalize identity and ancestry. First, we speak to Mariah Gladstone and Kenneth Cook in Blackfeet Nation in Montana about their online cooking show Indigikitchen and follow them into the field as they harvest a bison. Then, we talk to Dr. Keitlyn Alcantara about the Tlaxcala, an indigenous tribe living in central Mexico who were able to survive the expansive Aztec empire in the period just before colonization, and visit the Healing Garden at Hilltop in Bloomington, Indiana, where diaspora members connect with familiar plants, the earth and each other. This show first aired in August 2022.
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: Was It Worth It? (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast reviews with the audience the meaning of the shutdown and actions of the Democratic leadership. The base is enraged but what is the real lesson?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Breakfast (00:53:00)
What do you eat to start your day? The Kids Crew and Katie Stone explore breakfast – the meal that gives us energy for everything we do. They talk with Patty Keene, a registered dietitian and nutritionist, who explains what makes a healthy meal in the morning and why eating breakfast really matters.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 6 (00:26:36)
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
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Into the Sun (00:29:00)
Into the Sun is a new musical featuring the poems of British war poets and soldiers who were killed in World War I. Co-author Mike Gubser (James Madison University) says the title is from Wilfred Owens 1918 poem Futility, where soldiers try to awaken their fallen comrade with the warmth of the sun.
Move him into the sun. Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown.
Always it woke him, even in France,
Until this morning and this snow.
https://withgoodreasonradio.org/
THE BRADCAST: 11/10/2025 Election 2025 Victories for Democracy with Bolts’ Alex Burness; Also: 7 Senate Dems Vote to End Shutdown (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The 2025 Election brought democratic and Democratic victories across the nation, from the major topline contests you may have heard about to hundreds of other, under-the-radar elections in more than 30 states. Journalist ALEX BURNESS of Bolts Magazine delves into those lesser-known races that will reverberate going forward, on critical issues like mail voting, felon disenfranchisement, mid-decade gerrymandering and more, with very good news for voters and free and fair elections. In the US Senate, seven moderate Democrats and one independent (none up for re-election) broke ranks to vote with Republicans to end the government shutdown, getting almost nothing in return toward Democrats’ efforts to restore healthcare assistance for millions of Americans. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 11.10.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 10, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The solar panels Germans are plugging into their walls (00:01:30)
Plug-in solar technology is making it easier for renters and low-income households to harness the power of the sun ” but they aren’t yet allowed in many places in the U.S.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #75 Where have all the Birds Gone (00:29:21)
General questions for Why birds matter?
Introduce yourself a bit: Where you live and what you do for a living.
What did you want to be when you were a little girl and how has that translated into what you’re doing now?
Discuss recent report about decline of 3 billion birds since 1970
Reasons for the decline
As the editor of Bird Watcher’s Digest what have you been able to do to work towards the loss of bird species and populations?
How does the birding industry work to influence climate change and the many challenges bird populations face?
What can we as individuals and small business owners do to deal with these issues?
How can we encourage birders to use the power of their numbers and purses?
What’s the best advice you ever received?
How can we contact Bird Watchers Digest?
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Global Housing Crisis – Rights and Realities (00:29:00)
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Italian dockworker unions refusing to load or unload Israeli cargo, the broadened national general strikes in Italy demanding the end of the Italian government’s support for Israel because of Gaza, and a discussion of the return of socialism into U.S. politics after 80 years. The second half to the show features an interview with Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Professor at M.I.T. and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing.
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: Making My Life Count as a Muslim Feminist (00:58:00)
Author Ani Zonneveld explains her new book, An Unlikely Social Justice Warrior: Making My Life Count as a Muslim Feminist. Also agents surrounded Abayomi Daramola in his front yard, just 3 weeks after his wife gave birth to their third child. Green card be damned. The election was bigger than we thought: we even won school boards in Texas! Also Thom announces that he will be on break for two weeks to celebrate 53 years of marriage to Louise. Jeff Smith will be filling in.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Relief for the World – A Jewell in Clear Water (00:55:00)
One of my great delights is the growing number of folks from around the world that I can can find right here is my city, Eau Claire, WI, of about 75K people. Though the university plays a big part in that, an inspirational contributor to the diversity is the newly opened offices of World Relief – Wisconsin, and our Chippewa Valley offices. Today we meet in person with the local community engagement specialist, Jodi Jewell, to talk about the work of caring for our refugee neighbors, providing them a safe and secure welcome, after a long & challenging road to our door.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Baptist, Non-denominational Christian
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 4 (00:27:36)
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
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer (00:29:00)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the amount of plastic being fed to farmed fish, and how big banks are financing the destruction of the forests in the Amazon. Then Dr. Robin Dodson and Dr. Kristin Knox from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their work uncovering the links between the chemicals found in everyday consumer products and increased risk of breast cancer.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 11/7/2025 Encore: Weak ‘Strongman’: Trump underwater in states he won; Under-the-radar contests in Tuesday elections (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 10-30-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump desperately wants to be a strongman, but reveals he is incredibly weak with each passing day. Trump’s approval numbers are crashing, even in states he won in the 2024 election. China played Trump in trade deal negotiations, while nuclear weapons experts debunked his lie-filled claims about resuming nuclear weapons testing. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) called out the lies of the Trump Administration and Republicans and their use of ‘food as a political weapon’ in refusing to fund federal food assistance for millions of low-income Americans. Next Tuesday, voters will decide important contests and ballot issues in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California, while Republicans hope to enact new voting restrictions in Maine and Texas, and take the majority on the critical Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
SUNDAY 11.09.25 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Nov 2 25 Environmental impact of US military (00:58:00)
We spend the hour looking at the environmental impact of the US military. How much does the US military pollute the environment? what is its role in climate change causing green house emissions? The military has taken some measures to reduce its impact on the environment and green gas emissions, but our guests say these measures do little to assuage the militarys bigger effects on climate change. What are these effects and what can be done about them?
EARTH RIOT RADIO #194 – Can We Be Strange Enough to Change Enough? (00:29:00)
Everything happens at once, too much going on so fast, so violent, more violence, more violence, we can’t respond. Sitting in my chair in the American state of shock. The White House is a Sopranos social club, helicopters drop on Chicago children screaming in pajamas, fishing boats on the sea facing aircraft carriers, jets built to crash in the Gulf of America. But we defend ourselves. Yes! 7 million us turn into frogs, giraffes, monkeys, tigers, and polar bears. There is room for humans to re-enter the future’s ecosystem! But are we strange enough to change enough?
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Lorelei and Piranhas in a Barrel (00:28:00)
The first story, Lorelei, is a Modern Druthers tale (Barnaby in Modern day America) where he is smitten by a woman he meets in New Orleans. Where does true emotion and our own mythologies converge and diverge?
Then in a classic Druthers short story, Piranhas in a Barrel, Barnaby addresses unfavorable press.
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 November 8, 2025(00:58:00)
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: (00:59:00)
Mounting Evidence the MAGA Spell Has Been Broken | As a Blue Wave Looms, What Will Trump Do to Rig the Next Election? | Nancy Pelosi’s Former Chief of Staff on Her Decision to Retire
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Walk – Slow Down, Wake Up & Connect at 1-3 MPH with Jonathon Stalls (00:59:00)
Jonathon Stalls is a walker, activist and writer. He spent 242 days walking across the US in 2010 and has continued to walk alongside thousands of people for thousands of miles. He describes himself as a Walking Artist. He advocates and organizes for racial, economic and social justice, identifying as queer and gay. He’s currently the creator of Intrinsic Paths, and the Pedestrian Dignity campaign, and the founder of Walk2Connect. And he’s the author of WALK: Slow Down, Wake Up and Connect at 1 – 3 MPH.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Amazon Is Expanding The U.S. Surveillance State (00:58:00)
In the age of shifting governmental norms, this is BEYOND important….
A Deep Dive double header! First, Amazon appears to be working overtime to build the largest federal surveillance network thanks to the Ring Doorbell that millions have attached to their homes. Second, Amazon has a seriously alarming history of never disclosing what they’re doing, even when regulators demand it.
We explore this mess and so much more.
SATURDAY 11.08.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Aram Sinnreich, co-author, “The Secret Life of Data (00:59:30)
The surveillance state is tracking you every day, everywhere you go. Data about you will be recorded, archived, analyzed, and combined . . . without your awareness or consent, according to Aram Sinnreich, co-author of The Secret Life of Data.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Do We Really Want to Get Back to Americas Founding Ideals? (00:57:13)
This book actually changed my view of US History. The author says the Confederates and the January 6th assault are the inheritors of the original intent! He argues that the standard story is not the truth. The surprising reality of Americas founding shows we were intentionally created for insider rule, a stable hierarchy. On this show UPenn Law School professor Kermit Roosevelt III discusses his eye opening book The Nation That Never Was in which he argues the Gettysburg Address was the pivotal moment and should be the basis for how we move forward to the nation we can become. Isnt it time to leave that unjust hierarchical model behind?
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Medicare Update (00:58:00)
Michelle Thomas, MPA, Coordinator, Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program, talks about the basics and resources of Medicare, how beneficiaries can enroll, and where to get advice about the program.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Edwina von Gal Closes the Loop (00:29:00)
Everything that grows on your property ” its biomass ” should remain there even after death, says this award-winning garden designer and founder of the Perfect Earth Project. Fallen branches, leaves, even tree trunks as they decay reactivate a cycle essential to Natures health, and are an opportunity for a different kind of beauty.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: The Quest for Water and the American West (00:29:00)
This is Part TWO of the history of San Francisco. The town that grew from 16 houses on sand dunes in 1850 to the largest city on the West Coast in only 30 years. Gray Brechin explains in the first chapter of his book Imperial San Francisco how the gold rush connected two major factors for city building: A swelling of the population and the growth of investment capital.
THE BOPST SHOW: Which Side Are You On? (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 new music from Katy & the Nulls Sets, Latin dance floor inspirations from Los Gatos, and instrument funk by the Harlem Experiment as well as music by Maynard Guy, Pete Seeger and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #608 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm to discuss his new book “The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics.” Then, Ralph shares some quick takes on current events.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 11.07.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 7, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Major hurricanes likely pushed a small Bahamanian bird to extinction (00:01:30)
The Bahama nuthatch was already threatened by habitat loss and non-native predators when Hurricanes Matthew and Dorian came along.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Strikes Across Time ” Casa Bonita to the Washington Post to Ancient Rome (00:55:38)
On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: three stories of strikes and solidarity in the arts. Casa Bonita performers in Denver walk out for fair pay and safety; journalist Pete Tucker revisits the 1975 Washington Post pressmen’s strike; and historian Sarah Bonds book Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire uncovers how Roman workers used collective action thousands of years ag
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Armed ICE Thugs Bully Families (00:58:00)
Beyond Cruelty Alert. Armed agents drive off with toddler after detaining her father. Get this – They got in the car with the toddler, after they dragged off the dad, with their guns and masks (very scary for a child) and drove off… This is who we are now. ICE stalked and detained U.S. citizen for 7 hours after she photographed agents in Oregon…WTF? Veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner reports from Ukraine. Author Danny Goldberg explains his new book, Liberals with Attitude.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: David Kieve of EDF Action (00:29:00)
We often hear the expression we don’t negotiate with terrorists, but what happens if the terrorists control all three branches of government? This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk to David Kieve, the president of EDF Action, an offshoot of the Environmental Defense Fund that focuses on public policy and political advocacy. We try to unpack some of the more deleterious policies of the current administration with a focus on rising energy prices and take a brief look at the landscape of Big Conservation.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Congresswoman Jayapal & Marine Veteran Goldbeck: Standing Together Against the Administrations War on Civilians (00:28:00)
The U.S. military is sworn to serve the Constitution, but that’s getting complicated under Donald Trump. The President has deployed National Guard troops to half a dozen U.S. cities against the wishes of local officials and ICE agents are roaming around communities acting under unclear rules. Now the President is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act. What difference would that make? Laura’s guests are U.S. House Representative Pramila Jayapal and Marine veteran Janessa Goldbeck, who say it’s time to reject authoritarianism and uphold the Constitution. Congresswoman Jayapal is the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement and represents Washington States 7th Congressional District. She has been at the forefront of congressional oversight and opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Captain Goldbeck is CEO of Vet Voice, a national nonprofit that mobilizes veterans and military families to shape American democracy and defend the values they swore to protect. What can Congress, veterans and the general public do to stop the militarization of our cities? Join us for this powerful conversation, plus a commentary on the other times that the U.S. government has turned its military inward.
THE BOPST SHOW: Which Side Are You On? (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 new music from Katy & the Nulls Sets, Latin dance floor inspirations from Los Gatos, and instrument funk by the Harlem Experiment as well as music by Maynard Guy, Pete Seeger and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 11/6/2025 Election 2025: ‘Light at the end of the tunnel, with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We’re joined by OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Digby’s Hullabaloo and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the Professional Left Podcast to analyze Tuesday’s remarkable election day across the country, in which voters delivered a crystal clear rebuke to the failed first year of the second Donald Trump presidency. Pro-democracy ballot initiatives and Democratic candidates — from the left to the center — handily won in virtually every jurisdiction in about 30 states across the nation. Digby and Driftglass delve into the election results and the fallout, what it means for the nation and the Democratic Party, and deliver context, history, and hilarity on major developments this week in politics, the courts, the media, the future of democracy and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 11.06.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 6, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Why talking to your state and local leaders matters (00:01:30)
These officials make key decisions about climate solutions, and they can be easier to reach than federal leaders.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Thousand Year Storms (00:58:00)
In the world of storms, there is before and after Melissa. Jamaica, insurance, hard times and lucky breaks this week on Radio Ecoshock. Hurricane Melissa with famous meteorologist John Morales in Miami and hurricane blogger Dr. Jeff Masters. Plus a short clip from Kerry Emanuel on big storms recorded last year on 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: Dems Big Election Win Sweats GOP (00:58:00)
Trump is preparing an anti-voter executive order. What will be in it? Attorney and columnist Dean Obeidallah asks what do we do about the Supreme Court? And so it begins. What does Trumps response mean? Crazy Alert! Heres what happens when you embrace the conspiracy, antisemitic nuts. – Many MAGAs wont vote until the Kirk killing is resolved.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-11-04 (00:58:30)
This week, Ill examine how and why the Trump administration is randomly bombing ships in the Caribbean and killing dozens under the dishonest claims of combatting drug trafficking. My guest will be Guillaume Long, senior research fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Then, well turn to Tom Moore, at the Center for American Progress, whose white paper on how to void the Citizens United ruling at the state level, will see its first real-world test. Moore will explain how Montana voters in 2026 will likely see a ballot measure redefining what a corporation is in order to salvage democracy. Finally, Jean Su, energy justice director of Center for Biological Diversity will discuss a new report about how AI data centers are spewing carbon emissions at an alarming rate and what communities can do about it.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 3 (00:33:10)
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
WINGS #30-25 The Language of MA (00:29:00)
Over the course of more than 40,000 years, there have been millions of statues representing female figures created – and found – around the world. Dutch scholar Annine van der Meer, founder of the Pan Sofia Institute, collected many of their images and unraveled what she and other scholars have determined was – and in places still is – a ritual connecting generations of mothers with their ancestors and clan mothers. She mocks the conclusions of archaeologists that these are sex symbols or mere portraits, and calls for them to consult with anthropologists such as Maria Gimbutas. References to images of body parts use only formal language.
THE BRADCAST: 11/5/2025 Dems Win Everything Everywhere All at Once; Guest: John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ on Election 2025 (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: In the 2025 off-year elections on Tuesday, Democrats won nearly every contest on the ballot in about 30 states. Voters issued a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump and Republicans in high-profile and under-the-radar down-ballot races, seizing the first opportunity they’ve had to register their opinions at the ballot box in several states at once. New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a barn-burner of a victory speech, among the most effective political speeches in US history. The Nation’s JOHN NICHOLS analyzes the results, the remarkable near-clean sweep by Democrats in races across the country, why it happened and what message Dems should learn from it, and much, much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 11.05.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 5, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Disasters are growing more common. Safeguarding your documents is critical (00:01:30)
Preparing copies of insurance documents, passports, and more in advance can help you access care, file claims, and rebuild faster if the worst happens.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Leo Horrigan, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, and author of What if Soil Microbes Mattered? Our Health Depends on Them (00:28:00)
Did you know that soil health is integral to life on earth? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Leo Horrigan, MS, Food System Correspondent for the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, and author of What if Soil Microbes Mattered? Our Health Depends on Them. Horrigan explains how and why successful farming starts below ground. He describes the symbiotic relationship between soil microbes and plants to support human and planetary health. He also explains how common practices used in conventional/chemical agriculture (synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and tillage) harm soil microbes. On a positive note, regenerative/organic agriculture offers great potential for a brighter farming future.
Related Websites: https://clf.jhsph.edu/sites/default/files/2025-08/what-if-soil-microbes-mattered-1.pdf%20
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1962: Queer Journalism on a Mission & global LGBTQ news & more! (00:28:59)
Queer journalists find silver linings in news clouds; the latest Rainbow Rewind recalls early November histories; Dutch voters choose their youngest-ever and first gay Prime Minister, a raid on an alleged gay wedding nets 25 in Nigeria, Queenslands trans youth care ban is off and on again, religious Texas judges are allowed to snub queer weddings, the UKs first LGBTQ military memorial gets flowers from the King, and more LGBTQ news from around the world
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: Americas Redistricting Fight (00:58:00)
Pam Bondi is attempting to terrify voters with a show of force on election day – will it work? Can we all be brave in this important moment? Americas redistricting fight: how could the US congressional map shift? Republicans hold a 219-213 majority in the House, but they could lock in more seats if reapportionments go their way. Trump is demanding the GOP kill the filibuster to secure permanent Republican power. Good News Alert! Burgerville is offering a free meal to kids on SNAP.
CIVIC CIPHER: Dr. Carrie Sampson on the Importance of U.S. Education Policy and Schoolboard Politics (00:59:00)
Today’s Guest is the author of the book Navigating School Board Politics and an associate professor at Arizona State University. Dr. Carrie Sampsons research focuses on K-12 educational leadership, policymaking and equity, with particular emphasis on school boards, districts, and community advocacy. She serves as a fellow for the National Education Policy Center and the Black Education Research Center. In the first half of the show, Dr. Sampson explains the importance of local politics especially as it relates to school boards and the education system at large in the United States. In the second half of the show, Dr. Sampson walks us through the terms that have been coopted and misinterpreted by the political right.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 2 (00:27:44)
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
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Cultivating Curiosity: Move, Think, Rest, with Natalie Nixon (00:28:00)
Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon has a fresh take on productivity and our ideas about time. She makes the case for leaning into joyful movement, deep thinking and the pause of a strategic speed bump to tap into — and cultivate — our creativity and curiosity. “Our society would benefit, I think — especially right now — from mindsets that are a bit more comfortable with ambiguity and the liminal space that asking great questions take us to.” ~ Natalie Nixon
THE BRADCAST: ‘BradCast’ 11/4/2025 Republican Thuggery While Americans Vote (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: It’s Election Day for major contests in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, California, with statewide and local races in about 30 other states. Some polling places in New Jersey temporarily closed due to bomb threats. Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84. The Trump Administration fired the Inspector General of the Federal Housing and Finance Authority for following the law in bogus criminal investigations targeting Donald Trump’s political foes. Attorney General Pam Bondi attempted to retroactively fix big problems with those weaponized political indictments. California’s Sec. of State debunked Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) considers entering the Gerrymandering Wars started by Trump. Federal judges block Trump’s dumb executive orders attempting to interfere in elections. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 11.04.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 4, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A costume to chill for (00:01:30)
Energy efficiency advocate Brendan Haley highlights the benefits of heat pumps ” which heat and cool homes ” by dressing as one for Halloween.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
INTERVIEW: Ghazala Hashmi (00:17:27)
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.
MAKING CONTACT: Criminalized Survival (Encore) (00:29:00)
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, so we are revisiting a show from our archives about criminalized survival, the criminal justice systems long practice of imprisoning survivors of intimate partner violence when they fight back against their abusers. This show first aired in July 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: Just Another Day in Trumpistan (00:58:00)
As Trump continues to steal from us all, have we forgotten his hugely illegal scam to sell the top secret documents he pilfered from the White House at the end of his last term? Now he’s getting revenge on the FBI agents who investigated him…
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Lemurs (00:53:00)
Lemurs are some of the most amazing primates in the world. These furry animals are only found in Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. On this episode of The Children’s Hour, the Kids Crew and Katie Stone meet Faye Goodwin, an educator from the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina. Together they explore what makes lemurs unique, how they live, and the challenges they face in the wild.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 1 (00:57:04)
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: 11/3/2025 (Last Call(s) Before Election Day; Latest dispatches from the Gerrymandering Wars (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: It’s Election Day tomorrow, in the first major elections since Trump’s disastrous second term in office began ten hellishly long months ago. Voters will decide statewide elections for Governor and state legislature in Virginia and New Jersey; the New York City mayoral race; and the anti-gerrymandering Prop 50 ballot initiative in California, among other contests of note. Virginia Democrats in the state legislature cleared another critical step in their effort to counter the Gerrymandering Wars launched by Donald Trump and Republican-controlled states to rig the 2026 midterm elections and hold on to power. Ohio moved to further gerrymander its maps to benefit Republicans. Callers weigh in and make their case on the last day before Election Day.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 11.03.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 3, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: New surrealist play explores climate justice themes (00:01:30)
Rishi Varmas Sulfur Bottom centers on a family living next to a toxic waste site.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #74: Innovations in Battery Technology (00:29:31)
If we are in the floppy disk age of solar, then we are in the abacus age of batteries. Battery technology is the missing link needed to transform society from the age of fossil fuels the the age of renewable energy.
And the battery revolution has begun. From lead acid batteries (which have been around for hundreds of years, to lithium ion to flow batteries to salt water batteries that contain no toxins and no pollution.
This transition will not be without its problems ” the the future implications of the current technology boom are amazing. Imagine a grid powered entirely by solar and wind and supported by hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles ” plugged into the grid, not only drawing power but also supplying power with wind and solar are not available. This is not only possible ” but it is already beginning.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Union Organizing in Today’s US (00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the impending U.S. recession, JP Morgan admits failures of the neoliberal period as it turns nationalist, and the causes of mass shootings in the U.S. In the second half of todays show, Professor Wolff interviews two young U.S. union organizers and their organizing method of “workers inquiry”: Alex Pyne of the Blue Bottle Independent Union and Anastasia Wilson of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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: When the CIA Becomes Trump’s Attack Dog (00:58:00)
Donald Trump could be using the CIA as an attack dog to get revenge on his enemies according to Miles Taylor and Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno of Represent-dot-US. Also Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner -reports from Ukraine.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Healing Nature & Ourselves: Gary Eldred & The Prairie Enthusiasts (00:55:00)
Gary Eldred is a founder of The Prairie Enthusiasts, and he joins us today to talk about his newly released book, Healing Wounds: Giving Back to Nature. While the book comes completely from Gary’s words, it was brought into existence though the scribing work of Mark Leach who, among other things, does a weekly program, Ecotopia Soon, which will be occasionally featured in the near future on this show. Both Gary & Mark are here today, in person, to talk about prairie restoration, healing the Earth, healing ourselves, and much more. Gary was inducted into Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame in 2021, a capstone to his decades working with Wisconsin’s DNR, with a plant nursery, as a Forestry Technician, and a lifetime of volunteer work on all kinds of prairies. Mark Leach, author of several other books, has both the professional credentials and the volunteer ardor related to his conservation & ecological work, including his PhD and his teaching in related topics at 3 different universities.
INTERVIEW: Ghazala Hashmi (00:17:27)
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.
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Plastic in Our Water (00:29:01)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about why recycled plastic contains more toxins than virgin plastic, how government energy positions are increasingly filled with former oil execs, and the first discovery of mosquitoes in Iceland. Then Dr. Christy Tyler, professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology talks about her work uncovering the sources of plastic pollution that end up in our water.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 10/31/2025 Encore: Republican Partisan Buys Dominion Voting Systems, with election security expert Susan Greenhalgh (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 10-22-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump is unlawfully demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House to make room for his enormous, garish, 90’s-era Vegas casino-style ballroom, after lying that the new addition wouldn’t interfere with the current building. A newly-formed company owned by the former Republican election director of St. Louis has purchased Dominion Voting, the nation’s second largest voting machine vendor and the target of false 2020 election denier conspiracy theories. Very little information is available about who funded the surprise purchase, but the CEO also owns the nation’s largest electronic pollbook vendor. What could go wrong? Election security expert SUSAN GREENHALGH delves into the many serious concerns over the purchase of Dominion by a self-declared partisan, the new company’s plans for the 2026 election, the lack of oversight and transparency, our badly broken and opaque election system industry, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 11.02.25 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Oct 26 25 US attacks on Venezuelan vessels (00:58:00)
Are the US Navy attacks on ships off the coast of Venezuela and Colombia legal? And are they unprecedented? On today’s show we explore the legality of these attacks and the precedents for them under the global war on terror and the war on drugs.
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Planet Earth Stops Donald Trump (00:29:00)
That’s the headline that flashes through the paper and pixels. Someone finally defeats Trump and it is the Earth, who is the guardian of life itself, the captain of evolution, the giver of love. Today’s Earth Riot is led by Theodore Roszak, who identified the “Vast Wasteland” of the media culture that poor Donald loves so much, and who gave us the gift of “Eco-Psychology” the healing from the miracle that we call the Earth. We can call it healing, but the word healing is a half-built phrase, it could mean anything. Call what the Earth gives us LOVE. Now we’re getting somewhere. LOVE TAKES DOWN DONALD TRUMP.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: The Mesmer King (00:28:00)
In this episode of the acclaimed audio theater program, a sinister figure is hypnotizing Londoners in positions of power and influencing them to commit acts of thievery, and when Harper Thorne sets a trap, Barnaby could be the next victim!
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 November 1, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar at Center for Study of Genocide and Human Rights, at Rutgers University. We discuss the questions posed by many protesters, such as “what’s next” and “what do we do now?” The types and kinds of tactics that should be used by people who want to support pro-democracy actions and movements. Here’s a list of 10 kinds of actions that anyone can choose to participate in. A must listen!
Segment Two
We continue our conversation with Shelley Inglis. In this segment we round out the ‘To Do’ list of effective actions that voters can take beyond protesting to change government policies.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: November 1, 2025 (00:59:00)
The Man With His Finger on the Button Doesn’t Know What He is Talking About When it Comes to Nuclear Weapons | Trump Doesn’t Need a Reichstag Fire, Mike Johnson Has Already Shut Down the Legislature | An Iranian Journalist Banned by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence on Her Book on the Third Anniversary of the Women, Life, Freedom Movement
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Earth Centered Living & Healing in a Time of Crisis Through Mirrors in the Earth with Asia Suler (00:59:00)
Asia Suler is a writer, teacher, herbalist, earth intuitive and ecological philosopher who has guided over 20,000 students all over the world through her immersive online programs in herbalism, animism, ancestral healing, and earth centered personal growth. Where she helps people embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world, and she is the author of Mirrors In The Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing From the Living World.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Bot Networks Are Dragging US Corporations Into The Culture War (00:58:30)
Remember the Cracker Barrel logo outrage? That was driven by bot networks controlled by foreign and hyper partisan radicals that pushed it to the rightwing of this country. We are seeing the social media networks overrun with that which is killing our society. We explore this important topic and so much more this week.
SATURDAY 11.01.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Widening inequality and Big Tech surveillance, featuring Dan Currell (00:59:30)
A recent piece in the New York Times discusses widening inequality, using Disney World as an example. Surveillance and data analytics create a two-tier system at the park: the ultra-rich and everyone else. Dan Currell, explains what’s going on.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Why is There So Much Fear in the Strongest Country in the World? (00:59:50)
Fear of the other. Fear of woke, of LGBTQ+, of Black liberation, and of course the old big fear: Communism. In the age of the Cold War, right after WWII, Americans believed the Soviet Union was bankrolling worldwide liberation movements, when they could barely rebuild themselves. Longstanding institutional racism led to our anticommunism: the Black Lives Matter movement was labeled as dangerous extremism as the FBI ignored genuine dangers from the right. Has Trump become our Stalin? On this show history professor Denise Lynn reveals what anticommunism is really about. Has it turned us into what we feared?
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Atrial Fibrillation ” Knowing the Basics (00:57:59)
Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, affects more than 2 million adults in the U.S. and is one of the most common types of irregular heart rhythms. Risk of developing AFib increases with age, which means that as average age increases, more people will be affected by this condition.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Pollinators of the Night (00:29:00)
Overlooked by many gardeners, moths are actually more efficient as pollinators than bees and are the basis of the food chain for everything from bats and songbirds to grizzly bears.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: TUC Archives – The Underground History of the Gold Rush (00:29:00)
This is part of the history of a city, grown from 16 houses on sand dunes in 1850 to the largest city on the Pacific Coast in only 30 years. The book, Imperial San Francisco by Dr. Gray Brechin, is one of the few examples of a scholarly dissertation that becomes a very popular book. Imperial San Francisco brings to light the huge sacrifices extracted from the surrounding land by large cities, from Babylon to the Italian city states to the instant cities of North America.
THE BOPST SHOW: Life’s What You Make It (00:57:37)
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 Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim, Mash-up champion DJ BC, and the lo-fi rockabilly of Dale Vaughn as well as music by Genn, Peaking Lights and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #608 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm to discuss his new book “The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics.” Then, Ralph shares some quick takes on current events.