MONDAY 06.01.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Monday June 1, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How first responders prepare for (rare) EV fires (00:01:30)
As electric vehicles grow in popularity, firefighters in Minnesota and beyond are training for these emergencies.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #106: Solar Incentives (00:29:00)
Solar is today the cheapest form of electricity in most parts of the country. And it is made even cheaper when you take advantage of the incentives that still exist (but are rapidly disappearing). Incentives range from tax credits (currently 26% of the cost of installing the system), grants (up to 25% of the system cost for rural businesses) to low interest loans.
Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station are joined by Mat Roberts from the Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council for a discussion of the ever changing landscape of living sustainably.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Economics of Unemployment Today [May 28th, 2026] (00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff briefly discusses two current large strikes by workers fighting back: the British Columbia nurses in Canada and the commuter rail workers in New York (LIRR). The rest of today’s episode is an analysis of the 7.4 million Americans who are unemployed today, the causes and effects of that unemployment, the irrationality of that unemployment, and the current failed “policies” to deal with it
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: That’s Pretty Hostile (6/1) (00:02:00)
Labor Radio on KBOO talks with workers organizing at Real You Electrolysis Workers United and the pushback they’ve faced from management. In labor history, Mexico abolished the siesta in 1944. Quote of the day: Ella Baker.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Future May be Brighter Than We Think (00:58:00)
Thom interviews guest Jeremy Lent on his new book, Ecocivilization, which theorizes on a new system potentially approaching that could change the way of life across the world. Instead of favoring left or right, capitalism or socialism, the system would change to one that works for the people and for the Earth, without having to do away with technology.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Healing Resistance & The Vital Hard Work of Blessed Community: Kazu Haga (00:55:00)
Today we’re going on an adventure with Kazu Haga (www.kazuhaga.com), a high school dropout whose path turned radically into a passionate study & sharing of nonviolence. Having learned from/with & befriended some of the greatest activist and nonviolence workers & trainers of the past 70 years, Kazu found & refined his life’s mission in many phases. His book, Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm, traces Kazu’s steps through learning & activism with the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies, with Joanna Macy, as an important organizer with Occupy Oakland, and in forming the East Point Peace Academy (as opposed to West Point Military Academy), while deepening personally with the East Bay Meditation Center. His now extensive experience working with many incarcerated folks & in many other settings has given him first-hand experience to confidently proclaim essential dynamics of nonviolence sprung from Kingian roots, like the 6 principles of nonviolence & the 6 steps of nonviolence. Just naming these parts of the theory & practice far undersells the marvelous work that Kazu does, and the amazing stories he tells. Kazu Haga lives in the Los Angeles, CA, area.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Meditation, Shinto, Buddhism
LITERATURE ALOUD: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe ch. 13 (00:22:07)
Among the most banned books in the United States, Uncle Tom’s Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. Stowe was a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. The novel is believed to have had a profound effect on the North’s view of slavery. In fact, when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe, President Lincoln is said to have commented, “So you’re the little lady whose book started the Civil War.” First published on March 20, 1852, the story focuses on the tale of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave, the central character around whose life the other characters—both fellow slaves and slave owners—revolve. The novel depicts the harsh reality of slavery while also showing that Christian love and faith can overcome even something as evil as enslavement of fellow human beings. (summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)
https://librivox.org/uncle-toms-cabin-by-harriet-beecher-stowe
TEXT: http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/uncletom/uthp.html
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Dismantling the EPA with Dr. Kyla Bennett (00:29:00)
The Trump administration is doing everything in its power to break the EPA. Will the agency survive? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the rise of anti-bacterial resistance due to climate change, and the EPAs latest attempt to weaken drinking water standards for PFAS chemicals. Then former EPA scientist Dr. Kyla Bennett, senior scientist at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, discusses how the critical EPA programs that were designed to protect human health and the environment are at risk under the current administration and how the loss of EPA scientists and policy experts could spell real trouble for us now and in the future.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: Encore: Republicans Are Revolting, with guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 5-21-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: House Republicans cancelled a vote to end the Iran War because they were going to lose it. Senate Republicans are revolting over legislation to use taxpayer money for Donald Trump’s $1 billion ballroom bunker; public outrage over his $1.8 billion slush fund to pay off his supporters (including violent felons who attacked Capitol police on Jan. 6); and his administration’s unprecedented scheme to grant him immunity from IRS audits. Trump is upending the 2026 midterm elections with his ‘revenge tour.’ The end of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show marks the end of an era in American culture. Salon’s HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of ‘The Professional Left Podcast’ bring insight, hilarity, context and analysis to all of these topics and more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675