SUNDAY 04.20.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #74: Cultural Canvases (00:58:00)
J. Matthew Thomas, the executive director of the Paseo Project, discusses the importance of art in bringing communities together. He shares the founding story of the Paseo Project, which started as a one-night event and has now grown into a four-day community arts organization. Thomas emphasizes the need for public art funding and encourages listeners to support local artists and advocate for the arts in their communities. He also discusses the role of art in conflict resolution and the power of art to transform perspectives and bridge divides.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: The Global Heatwave Will Be Cooled By Peace (00:29:00)
Trump takes over the government. The Earth takes the planet. We join the Earth. Taking risks, stepping out, speaking up. Marching in the ultimate parade. THE EARTH IS ALIVE. Everything we have in us “our resistance, our strength” is given to us by the Earth and is now called forth by the living Earth. She will raise us up to our best selves. The Earth is a living being, and we are living within her. We will join the larger life that calls to us, and we will end toxins and war with fierce Love.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Harper Thorne and The Rugged School (00:27:00)
When Harper Thorne and Barnaby Druthers meet Professor Winslow on the street, it recallst to mind events in Harper Thorne’s mysterious past. Plus an excerpt from The Wrongs of Woman (Charlotte Elizabeth 1845)
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN – April 19, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate. We discuss Trump’s ‘Salvadorian Gulag and how this is a blueprint for things to come. Trump has already said that he would send American citizens to such prisons. The Justice Department has suspended the lawyers who publicly stated that Garcia was abducted and deported in error. We discuss the implications.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Lori Wallach, J.D., who is the director of the Rethink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project. We discuss the history and uses of tariffs, specifically in the US. They should not be directly related to the trade deficit, because their imposition may not reduce this type of deficit. We look at the WTO rules, and how this has led to the US trade deficit, de-industrialization, and income inequality. Tariffs, if coupled with resilience reform, could address problems. However, specific behaviors must be targeted. We discuss which behaviors should be targeted in trading partners.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS April 20, 2025 (00:59:00)
Putin’s Brief Easter Ceasefire and Trump’s Warning he Might “Take a Pass” if a Russia/Ukraine Peace Deal Can’t be Made | Trump Threatens To Fire the Chairman of the Fed Which He Can’t Do But That Won’t Stop Him From Trying | In Picking a Trade War With China, Trump Might End Up With a Real War.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Non Violent Communication – Connecting By Empathizing with Peoples Needs with Marshall Rosenberg (00:58:59)
This is an archive presentation from a workshop in 2000 with Marshall Rosenberg, the founder of the Center for Non-Violent Communication, titled Connecting by Empathizing with People’s Needs. Marshall Rosenberg passed away in 2015 at the age of 81. He was a brilliant student of human psychology, and his work is very deep and profound. For many years he traveled the world teaching and demonstrating Non-Violent Communication, and creating schools that teach NVC to adults and children. In this interactive workshop presentation Marshall Rosenberg demonstrates a new way of using language to enrich life and make life wonderful for each other, by connecting with and empathizing with people’s needs. I never tire of listening to Marshall Rosenberg, and always learn new things every time I listen. And so, every few years I bring him and his wonderful work back to the show.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: How Technology Helps Deport People (00:58:45)
The US is going through a reckoning at the moment. Immigrants, both undocumented and legal, have been deported and even US citizens and legal foreign vistors have been detained as well. Technology is helping make this fundamental shift in deportation happen. We explore this serious topic but also dive into so much more going on.
You Don’t want to miss this one!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
SATURDAY 04.19.25 PROGRAM Notes
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EXPLORATION with Michio Kaku: Ancient DNA & Human Origins (00:58:46)
Can ancient DNA unravel the origin of the human race?
https://mkaku.org/home/category/radio
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Washington Post Changes Bigly: Refuses $115,000 Ad (00:59:51)
Remember when we could count on the Washington Post to boldly take the lead on political corruption? And can you imagine a newspaper turning down a really big ad buy? Welcome to Trumpworld 2.0. As Common Cause president and CEO Virginia Kase Solomon explains on this show, the new WaPo, owned by Jeff Bezos, either pre-acquiesced to possible bullying from the president, or is in league with him, rejecting the crucial role played by a free press. It’s a new world.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Aging and Playwriting (00:58:03)
As the population ages and people live longer, depiction of aging related topics in dramatic presentations is taking on new dimensions. Also, in this era of increasing technical application, new uses of technology are being explored to assist our older adult members. Jose Rivera, Playwright/Director, talks about writing the play Your Name Means Dream, a tragicomedy that explores the blurring lines between humanity and artificial intelligence (AI). He also shares thoughts about how AI may enhance older adult lives and impact all people in the future.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: A Conversation with Growing Greener’s New Partner (00:29:00)
Award-winning landscape designer Edwina von Gal describes her Perfect Earth Projects dual approach to changing the culture of land care in the United States: building a constituency among land owners and gardeners for ecologically-based, toxin-free design and maintenance while educating landscapers in how to serve this new market.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Alastair Crooke: Trump and Chaos (00:29:00)
This interview of Alastair Crooke was streamed live on April 14, 2025. Before he retired Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. He is founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum. They promote engagement between political Islam and the West. Judge Andrew Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1995. Two years after retiring the Judge became a legal and political analyst for Fox News. He now runs a very popular podcast channel under the title Judging Freedom This conversation was streamed Live on April 14, 2025
The interview is posted on Napolitano’s podcast channel, Judging Freedom, under the title: Alastair Crooke: Trump and Chaos
THE BOPST SHOW: Just a Dream (00:55:13)
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 pioneering hip hop sound of Run DMC, the poppy goodness of the Pipettes and the Latin jazz of legendary vibraphonist Bobby “Vince” Paunetto as well as tunes by Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Ruby Suns, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #580 (00:58:00)
Ralph talks about his new book, Civic Self Respect which reminds us that our civic lives have different primary roles”not only voter, but also worker, taxpayer, consumer, sometimes soldier and sometimes parent”and how each one offers special opportunities for people to organize to make change. Plus, we welcome back former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, who tells us exactly how the Trump/Musk cabal is both gutting and weaponizing the IRS.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 04.18.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday April 18, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The drafters of the Clean Air Act saw CO2 as a pollutant (00:01:30)
Climate change and carbon dioxide came up regularly in 60s-era Congressional hearings, a team of Harvard historians has found.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Is Severance a show about unions? (00:55:00)
Tabitha Arnold and Rachael Mulvihill take a deep dive into the work issues raised by Apple TVs hit show Severance; Plus, an update on the Songs and Chants for the Strike Line Contest and labor poetry from Chris Butters.
And, on Labor History in 2:00: The year was 1937; that was the day workers sat down at the Hershey chocolate plant in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: China is Building Self-Reliance, Are We? (00:58:00)
Who will Trump’s tariffs help more in the long run- China, or America? Or- how to do tariffs completely wrong.
Plus- the surprising benefits of exposure to wild forests.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Rick Lanman: Redwoods Renaissance (00:29:00)
Can we plant enough trees to mitigate the effects of climate change? This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Rick Lanman, a physician and historical ecologist, who believes the answer to this question lies specifically in the type of trees we plant – namely, more redwoods. We discuss the truly amazing features of these west-coast natives: They’re fire resistant, rot-proof, and a great carbon sink for greenhouse gas emissions. In our discussion, Lanman outlines what makes these trees such a vital weapon in the fight to clean up our air, and what he is doing to help restore the mighty redwood to its former glory.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Decades After Bloody Sunday, Is Trump Taking Civil Rights Back to Before Selma in 65? (00:28:00)
60 years ago in Selma, Alabama, state troopers beat peaceful protesters bloody on the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they marched for civil rights. The horror of Bloody Sunday and the resilience of the Civil Rights Movement ultimately led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and many of the landmark achievements that are now directly under attack. As civil rights activists look to history to understand ” and prepare for ” the present, Laura walks the Bridge and talks with, among others, Sheyann Webb Christburg, who marched at the age of eight, Black Voters Matter co-founders LaTosha Brown and Clifford Albright; law professor and author Kimberl Williams Crenshaw and Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. What does people power look like today? Plus, a commentary from Laura on name calling then and now.
THE BOPST SHOW: Just a Dream (00:55:13)
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 pioneering hip hop sound of Run DMC, the poppy goodness of the Pipettes and the Latin jazz of legendary vibraphonist Bobby “Vince” Paunetto as well as tunes by Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Ruby Suns, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: ‘BradCast’ 4/17/2025 (Encore: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance on federal court ruling in challenge to GA’s unverifiable voting system (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 4-1-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: New Jersey’s Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker has held the floor of the U.S. Senate for more than 24 hours to call attention to the Trump Administration’s attacks on free speech, civil rights, and dismantling of the federal government. The Dept. of Health and Human Services began laying off tens of thousands of workers, undermining the federal government’s ability to protect public health; Democratic state attorneys general filed suit to block the purge. MARILYN MARKS, Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit good government group, Coalition for Good Governance, explains the shocking court ruling in her long-running court challenge to Georgia’s unverifiable, insecure, touchscreen voting systems that were breached by MAGA operatives after the 2020 election, and what is next in the push to improve election security. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report’.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 04.17.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday April 17, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Nonprofit Out in Climate connects queer people working in climate and sustainability (00:01:30)
Radical imagination and creativity and reinvention is something that queer people have to bring to the climate movement.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Murder in Broad Daylight (00:58:00)
Killer summer heat in Spring? Don’t worry. Donald Trump shoots the messengers. Closing down climate at NASA and NOAA, the news from Paul Voosen at the American Academy. The voice of Canadian weather and science David Phillips help us process the news. Plus a quick replay from Arjit Varki on denial as a basic function in the human mind.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: When Hungary’s Dictator Speaks, the GOP Takes Notes (00:58:00)
Viktor Orban told America’s right to take control of the courts, the media, and the universities- and that’s just what Trump intends to do. Also- Doge got caught letting in Russian hackers to the Department of Labor’s systems- so why is there no prosecution while the whistleblower ended up with death threats taped to his door?
YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali – 2025-04-15 (00:58:31)
This week, well begin our program with a discussion of organizing principles necessary for defeating Trumpism 2.0. My guest, Arun Gupta, is a seasoned journalist and activist and brings his decades of studying movements to the topic. Then, YES! Media associate editor Julia Luz Betancourt joins us for a review of the new documentary The Encampments and a look at whats next for the student movement against Israeli genocide. Finally, well end with a special report from a local protest, one of thousands of Hands Off! Actions that took place on April 5 against Trumpism.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 28 (00:19:41) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
WINGS # #01-25 The Web Manosphere (00:28:55)
The Red Pill, Pick-up Artists, the Beta Uprising and MGTOW [Men Going Their Own Way] – these are some of rallying loci of anti-feminist online subcultures, where lonely social misfits cheer for murderers and fans abound for Donald Trump. Angela Nagle spent years analyzing what she sees as the geeky new sexism espoused by a gender-fluid generation. NOTE: offensive words bleeped.
THE BRADCAST: 4/16/2025 Encore: Former Congressman Max Rose of VoteVets on Trump, Musk ‘war on veterans’ (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 3-27-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump’s Dept. of Health and Human Services announced it will lay off 20,000 employees across the FDA, CDC, NIH and Medicare/Medicaid, with another 24,000 to be purged at the Defense Department, IRS, and other agencies. The Dept. of Veterans Affairs plans to slash 80,000 employees, many of them veterans, in addition to draconian cuts to veterans’ services. Decorated Army veteran and former Congressman MAX ROSE (D-NY) of Vote Vets, the nation’s largest nonprofit veterans organization, explains their new ad campaign pushing back against Trump’s ‘war on veterans’ and efforts to privatize the VA, and much more. Republicans are so concerned about upcoming special elections that Trump withdrew Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY) nomination as U.N. Ambassador. Historic fires rage in South Korea. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 04.16.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday April 16, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Computer models have been accurately predicting climate change for 50 years (00:01:30)
A research scientist found that many 1970s-era models were pretty much spot-on. Today’s models are far more advanced.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THIS IS SCIENCE: Something Strange in your Neighborhood (00:29:00)
Jess tells the stories of three invisible threats harming residents of major US cities with help from Julie McNamara and Darya Minovi of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
https://www.ucsusa.org/science-jess-phoenix-podcast
THIS WAY OUT #1933: Meet Trinidad and Tobago Plaintiff Jason Jones & more LGBTQ news (00:28:59)
Trinidad and Tobagos champion Jason Jones appeals the latest sodomy ruling; a trans pool pro sues English organizers to play as a woman, a New York college fencing team loses its spurned trans player after a cis rebuff, Trump tortures Maine over its trans inclusion, queer-content titles top the U.S.s most banned books list for the fourth consecutive year, and The White House punishes journalists for expressing their pronoun preferences.
Those stories and more this week when you choose This Way Out.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Did Trump Corrupt Social Security? (00:58:00)
Why is Elon Musk taking our money! Donald Trump may have compromised social security, turning it into a deportation machine run by Elon Musk. Thom Hartmann explains.
CIVIC CIPHER: Students Pushing Back Against Schools Abandoning Diversity Programs / Whats Wrong with DEI? (00:59:00)
Our guests are DJ ” President of the Black Student Union at the University of Arizona and KyJah ” an activist working closely with the Department of African American Student Affairs. In the first half of the show, we talk about the importance of diversity initiatives, the implications of the rollbacks of DEI initiatives on college campuses around the country, and what communities impacted by recent legislation and political threats can do to push back.
In the second half of the show, we take on popular criticisms of DEI programs and offer additional perspectives worth considering when attacking similar initiatives. Our Way Black History Fact covers the history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 26-27 (00:24:08) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Public Art Is a Curiosity Practice (00:28:00)
I have the good fortune of living in a place that values public art — art that anyone can see at any time of night or day — and that, with its very presence, invites just a little curiosity in a way that you might imagine would appeal to me. When I visit other cities, one of the things I look for is iconic walking tours — the cisterns of Istanbul, the passages couverts of Paris, the murals of Philadelphia, New Orleans Garden District. What a pleasure to talk with two people behind Arlington County’s own art walking tours.
THE BRADCAST: 4/15/2025 Encore: ‘A National Tragedy’, Voice of America’s Steve Herman on Trump’s shutdown of Voice Of America (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 3-17-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: A dark day for the cause of press freedom around the globe — for the first time since 1942, Voice Of America is silent. The Trump Administration shut down the non-partisan, government-funded, independent Voice Of America and its sister networks, which broadcast to hundreds of millions of people around the world in more than 60 different languages. Veteran correspondent STEVE HERMAN discusses how VOA provided a consistently reliable and authoritative source of ‘accurate, objective, and comprehensive’ news around the world, serving as a beacon of light, hope, democracy and American values to people living under authoritarian regimes, how its demise will be celebrated by US adversaries and dictators, how or if the agency can be rebuilt, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 04.15.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday April 15, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: We feel called to care for that environment: Pennsylvania church goes solar (00:01:30)
The panels will cut pollution and save the church tens of thousands of dollars.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Manifesting Your Destiny: Embracing Personal Responsibility to Shape Your Future (00:29:00)
On this show we are embracing personal responsibility to shape our futures as we manifest our destiny. Have you ever paused to consider the role you play in crafting your own life story? It’s a compelling notion that the outcomes we experience “both triumphs and setbacks” are not merely products of chance, but reflections of our own intentions and actions. This perspective invites us to delve into the profound connection between our thoughts, behaviors, and the realities we encounter.
MAKING CONTACT: The Calling (00:29:00)
For Black Maternal Health Week, we celebrate the important work that Black midwives do in their communities. In this week’s show, we’ll hear a conversation about how one woman followed her calling to midwifery in a story brought to us by the podcast _Re:Work_ from the UCLA Labor Center.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Do the Billionaires Who Stole the Election Regret It? (00:57:58)
Commentator and author David Pepper joins Thom- are we watching the billionaires’ revolt as Trump’s incompetence hits them where it hurts the most- in their bulging wallets.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Roots (00:53:00)
Roots are everywhere! They grow under trees, flowers, and even the food we eat. In this episode of The Children’s Hour, we dig deep into the ground to learn about roots and how they help our planet. Roots do more than just hold a plant in place – they gather water and nutrients from the soil, helping plants grow tall and strong. Some roots are so powerful that they can break through concrete, while others stretch deep underground to help trees survive in the desert. We met Jane Westbrook, an artist and educator who calls herself a rootologist. Jane has spent years studying roots and even painted a massive mural showing different kinds of roots at the Open Space Visitor Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She taught us about different types of roots and how they feed plants, store food, and even talk to each other through underground networks!
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 25 pt. 3 (00:23:56) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
BOOM GODDESS RADIO #612: What Shall I Watch Tonight? (00:24:50)
On the show this week Jennifer is joined by a couple of friends, Eliane Kennedy and Valencia Kyles, who are movie enthusiasts. They discuss their thoughts on recent movies in the theaters and TV shows on streaming platforms.
https://www.boomgoddessradio.com
THE BRADCAST: 4/14/2025 Encore: Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS ruling on Trump’s Alien Enemies Act deportations (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 4-8-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Markets continued plummeting following Donald Trump’s global tariff trade war, as some Congressional Republicans have begun timidly expressing disapproval. Federal judge rules the Trump White House unlawfully violated the free speech rights of Associated Press. Slate legal journalist MARK JOSEPH STERN explains the corrupted rightwing U.S. Supreme Court majority ruling on Monday that allows Trump to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport migrants to foreign gulags with no right to challenge their imprisonment. Stern explains the court’s confusing split decision; its abuse of the ‘shadow docket’; the Justice Department’s open defiance of lower courts; the Trump Administration’s disturbing arguments in favor of denying human and civil rights, and its implications for disappearing U.S. citizens, as well. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 04.14.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday April 14, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Texans can save hundreds of dollars each year by switching to heat pumps (00:01:30)
The home heating and cooling devices can help homeowners save more than $300 annually, an expert says.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #044: Greenwashing (00:29:18)
Companies have gotten the message ” you care about the planet and want to purchase products and services that tread gently on this green earth. So they market their environmental benefits ” even if there are none. Greenwashing is everywhere, in our stores, in our media, in our language. How do you recognize it when you see it ” and how do you avoid being taken in by misleading claims? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the realities of sustainable living. Spin in which green PR or green marketing is deceptively used to promote the perception that an organization’s products, aims or policies are environmentally friendly.
Term came about from 1986 essay about hotels not washing towels to save the environment. Added to Oxford English Dictionary in 1999. Ad exec in 1960s (Jerry Mander) described it as “ecopornography.” “Linguistic detoxification” describes when, through legislation or other government action, the definitions of toxicity for certain substances are changed, or the name of the substance is changed, so that fewer things fall under a particular classification as toxic. All Natural…No Fat
Examples: Bank of America had eco-card that give carbon credits when used (0.5%)
After first Earthday in 1970, utilities spent 300 million advertising how green they were ” 8 times what they spent on pollution reduction research.
Study in 2010 found 95% those claiming to be green were not green at all.
Clean coal. Clean natural gas.
2009 MacDonalds changed colors from yellow/red to yellow/green in Europe.
BP campaign ” Beyond Petroleum
General Mills: Bring back the bees (Honey Nut Cheerios) ” sending seed packets
Annie’s letter
Architect designing building ” just look green
The Seven Sins of Greenwashing are as follows:
Sin of the Hidden Trade-off, committed by suggesting a product is “green” based on an unreasonably narrow set of attributes without attention to other important environmental issues.
Sin of No Proof, committed by an environmental claim that cannot be substantiated by easily accessible supporting information or by a reliable third-party certification.
Sin of Vagueness, committed by every claim that is so poorly defined or broad that its real meaning is likely to be misunderstood by the consumer.
Sin of Worshiping False Labels is committed when a claim, communicated either through words or images, gives the impression of a third-party endorsement where no such endorsement exists.
Sin of Irrelevance, committed by making an environmental claim that may be truthful but which is unimportant or unhelpful for consumers seeking environmentally preferable products.
Sin of Lesser of Two Evils, committed by claims that may be true within the product category, but that risk distracting consumers from the greater environmental impact of the category as a whole.
Sin of Fibbing, the least frequent Sin, is committed by making environmental claims that are simply false.
Green Certifications (dozens & dozens):
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
USDA Certified Organic seal
Energy Star is a fairly recognizable certification symbol
Fair Trade Certified show customers that the company uses equitable trade practices
What to do:
Buy local, every dollar a vote, boycott
Use less, high quality
Less packaging
Assume everyone is lying
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Unlearning Market Idolatry (00:29:00)
This week’s edition of Economic Update explores the last 150 years of largely uncritical celebration of “the market,” as if it were a perfect institution that must be protected from intrusion of other institutions such as the government, labor unions, and popular organizations. We compare an historical example and also the present to criticize today’s peculiar mix of market idolatry and its rejection in the US.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Phil Ittner Live from Kyiv (00:58:00)
As Trump slow-walks aid Congress has allocated to Ukraine- and spouts Russian talking points- Putin’s forces continue to succeed in their mission to destabilize western Democracy.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Pacifist Curmudgeon & War Tax Redirection (00:55:00)
(Originally aired 5/11/2019) Across the country, the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) links energies of folks like Anne Barron of the Peace Resource Center of San Diego, the Truth & Poverty Tour in San Diego, and War Tax Redirection, and Larry Bassett, the curmudgeonly, conscientious, Gandalf-bearded subject of the documentary, The Pacifist (https://www.amazon.com/Pacifist-Larry-Bassett/dp/B07P63T8K5). Past/current religious/spiritual influences: Lutheran, Non-affiliated
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 25 pt. 2 (00:21:29) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The LED Problem with Mark Baker (00:29:01)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the toxic e
missions from gas stoves, why it’s critical for pregnant women to avoid products with phthalates, and how the Trump administration is preparing to pre-empt state laws on toxic chemicals. Then LED lighting expert and Softlights Foundation president Mark Baker talks about the health problems associated with LED lighting.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 4/11/2025 Encore: Mark Dimondstein, American Postal Workers Union, on Trump’s push to privatize USPS (00:57:30) Encore: original airdate 3-24-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Major rallies erupted across the country over the weekend in support of the U.S. Postal Service, to fight back against the push to privatize the USPS by Donald Trump, Elon Musk and his DOGE Bros. MARK DIMONDSTEIN, President of the American Postal Workers Union, joins us to debunk the Trump Administration’s lies and misrepresentations, and explain the exorbitant cost of privatization to USPS workers and to the country at large. Dimondstein also breaks the news that controversial Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, just resigned, likely to clear the way to privatization. Journalists with Voice Of America have filed suit to reverse the Trump Administration’s silencing of their venerable, independent news organization for the first time since World War 2 — a huge canary in the coal mine for press freedom in the United States.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 04.13.25 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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RADIO 2050 Episode #60: Wise Democracy (00:58:02)
Jim Rough discusses his work with the nonprofit Center for Wise Democracy. He shares experiences from his past, particularly working with employees in a sawmill and facilitating creative problem-solving sessions. The conversation delves into the concept of “society’s breakthrough” and the implementation of the wisdom council process, aiming for collective intelligence and wise democracy.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Saturday, April 5th: The Gift of 13,000 Protests (00:29:00)
Saturday, did we walk back the Greatness?
Saturday, did we march with simple love that the nation saw from a window?
Saturday, did 50-person villages walk alongside the beautiful strangers who have been walking for months?
Saturday, did our whisper reach the stranded youth facing another false American war?
Saturday, did we walk out of the virtual into the actual, out of consumerism into our radical self?
Saturday, did honesty appear in broad daylight and walk with us across town?
Saturday, did we walk until we fell in love with breathing, singing, and believing?
Saturday, did we remember to invite the dead who walked a continent into our conscience?
Saturday, did we greet each other with gentleness and the look in the eye when the hand is warm?
And in the days after, are we keeping that compassion and rage in us, from a special Saturday in April?
BARNABY DRUTHERS: The Cursed Mirror (00:28:00)
A death from 15 years earlier casts a shadow over a relative’s murder in the night and only Barnaby and Harper can solve the case.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Senior Writer. We discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling on the legality of Trump’s mass deportations, and the rationale, the ‘Alien Enemies Act of 1798’. We discuss how this Act does not apply. We also discuss the ramifications of such a rationale. These would also apply to citizens, if Trump chooses, which he has already signaled that he would. Deportation to a foreign country, even by ‘mistake’ could be a danger to anyone in the US.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Frank Bowman a law professor and former federal and state prosecutor. He is the author of the book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump. We discuss the biggest political scandal of Trumps term that has gone almost completely unnoticed by the media. We specifically discuss the pardons and commutations enacted by Trump. They seem designed to send the signs that any business will not be discouraged, no matter how shady, no matter how dishonest. The government of Trump will not prosecute even egregious violation of laws.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: April 10, 2025 (00:59:00)
Trump’s MAGA Economy Driven by Greed, Stupidity and Cowardice | Will Trump’s Weakening of the Dollar Lead to a New Global Reserve Currency? | The Hollow Nature of Trump’s Promise of Gain After the Pain.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: My Mortified Life – Shame, Radical Empathy & Storytelling with Dave Nadelberg (00:59:00)
Dave Nadelberg is the creator and producer of Mortified, a grassroots storytelling project where adults get up on stage and share their diaries, journals and other things they created when they were young. This interview is interspersed with audio clips from the Mortified stage. This is fun stuff.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Signalgate is an Actual National Security Nightmare (00:58:49)
Despite their shifting of blame, excuses and more, top Government officials using an encrypted that destroys messages and isn’t approved for sensitive information is a grave national security risk. This episode will dive into EVERY major law, Executive Order, Intelligence Directive, security framework and more that the people that created this situation broke. And our analysis isn’t even political. It’s objectively bad news anyway you look at it.
And we also catch up on all the cybersecurity news fit to print! PLEASE Don’t miss this episode. Please…
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
SATURDAY 04.12.25 PROGRAM Notes
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EXPLORATION with Michio Kaku: Fusion Power Potential (00:58:36)
Can we hope to harness fusion and unlimited power?
Also, can the evolution of fish tell us something about our own evolution?
https://mkaku.org/home/category/radio
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: More Than Play: What’s Wrong With American Youth Sport (00:55:24)
We think of it as pure fun but the reality is great pressure and there are overtraining injuries. Coaches often lack crucial training. Non-athlete kids feeling less-than. And since kids don’t have a voice in the matter, the only option is to quit. Our guest Dionne Koller author of More Than Play: How Law, Policy, and Politics Shape American Youth Sport, argues we need a minimum national safety standard. The US depends on private corporate investment whereas countries like Norway win a lot of medals and their youth sports are supported by the government. Koller says all polls show great enthusiasm for public support. We can do better.
AGING MATTERS: AmeriCorps Seniors (00:58:03)
Launched in 2017, AGING MATTERS features individuals with expertise about a broad array of aging related topics. The programs focus is to bring more awareness about aging issues to older adults and their families. Produced in an interview format, guests educate and inform listeners about timely topics that impact the lives of older adults, their care partners, and families.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: DOGE is Destroying an Essential, Inexpensive Foundation of American Agricultural Greatness (00:29:00)
The National Plant Germplasm System has protected U.S. farmers against crop diseases and now climate change for over a century; DOGE has defunded its $40 million annual budget, imperiling our $1.5 trillion food system.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Yanis Varoufakis Dissects Trump’s Tariffs (00:29:00)
They spoke on April 8, 2025, when Donald Trump’s tariffs had just collapsed the global stock markets and governments around the world were searching for a response. Yanis Varoufakis is a university teacher, author in economics and technology, and engaged in European politics. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of DiEM25, that’s Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 a left-wing pan-European political party that he co-founded in 2016.
THE BOPST SHOW: In the Beginning (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 Tuareg songwriter and musician Mdou Moctar, 70s punk pioneers the Slits, and the outsider pop of Joy Zipper as well as tunes by Willie Hightower, the Ugly Creatures, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst8
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR # 579 (00:58:00)
Ralph speaks to Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank about the Trump Administration’s path of destruction in our federal government. Then, Ralph welcomes legendary public interest lawyer Alan Morrison to discuss the President’s authority to impose tariffs and other constitutional questions.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 04.11.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday April 11, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Recycled water helps a California community adapt to worsening droughts (00:01:30)
Orange County purifies wastewater to replenish its critical aquifer.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Hold The Line; labor art & poetry (00:55:05)
Singer-songwriter Linda Allen with the story behind her song Hold The Line; artist and organizer Ricardo Levins Morales on how he uses his art as a form of political medicine, and longtime labor leader Stewart Acuff reads from his new book of poetry, Love Is Solidarity in Action. On Labor History in 2:00: Police Attack UE Amid the 46 Strike Wave
https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Existential Threat to All Humankind (00:58:00)
Dr Bandy X. Lee joins Thom with a fascinating analysis of the “Trump Contagion” from the perspective of mental disorder. In this crisis period, can we overcome many years of American societal and mental decline?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Matt Simon: Long-Duration Energy Storage (00:29:00)
When we think about the transition to renewable energy sources, many of us imagine rooftop solar panels and wind turbine-dotted hills. But it’s not just about capturing energy, it’s also about keeping it. This week on Sea Change Radio we speak with Matt Simon, a Grist senior staff writer, to discuss long-duration energy storage. The transition to renewables for utilities is still very much evolving ” efficiency, intermittency, and storage are among the issues scientists have yet to perfect. Simon shares some ideas for how we can build upon existing technologies to store solar and wind power, with longer capacity than lithium-ion batteries, ranging from reservoirs and caverns to our existing fleet of electric vehicles.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Special Report- Bernie Sanders & AOC: Fighting Oligarchy with People Power (00:28:00)
Can the Democratic party reinvent itself? In this exclusive one-on-one interview with Bernie Sanders, recorded during the Senators Fighting Oligarchy tour, he sits down with Laura Flanders in Las Vegas to discuss what he hopes people will take away from his rallies, and how we can all push back against oligarchy. Sanders message is especially resonating with Americans in this moment, as record-breaking crowds turn out for his tour ” with many first-time activists in the audience. What is driving this phenomenon? Laura Flanders & Friends hit the road to find out, and traveled from Kenosha to Warren and Las Vegas. Along the tour, Flanders spoke with veterans, retirees and many concerned citizens. She also caught speeches from Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, and sat in on a town hall meeting with Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus. Will 2025 turn out to be the year that Americans remake democracy?
THE BOPST SHOW: In the Beginning (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 Tuareg songwriter and musician Mdou Moctar, 70s punk pioneers the Slits, and the outsider pop of Joy Zipper as well as tunes by Willie Hightower, the Ugly Creatures, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst8
THE BRADCAST: 4/10/2025 ‘Nothing to Do With Efficiency’: Expert Eric Kingson warns DOGE is leading to Social Security collapse, privatization (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump’s chaos coaster continues. Stock markets sank again as investors realized Trump’s tariffs on nearly every nation except Russia continue despite his ‘pause’ on some tariffs. Court finds rightwing propaganda outlet Newsmax guilty of defamation against Dominion Voting Systems for knowingly broadcasting Trump’s 2020 election lies. Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, appears to have committed voter fraud in the 2024 election. After public outcry, the Trump Administration scrapped a plan to cut off access to the Social Security Administration’s critical phone services. Social Security expert Dr. ERIC KINGSON explains the ways that Elon Musk’s DOGE Bros are degrading and dismantling the agency, wreaking havoc in ways that will harm all Americans, and actions you can take to fight back. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 04.10.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday April 10, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A faster, greener way to build homes (00:01:30)
Automated modular construction can create better-sealed, more efficient apartment buildings.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Urgent Planet News Vs. Manufactured Fright (00:58:00)
Yes, yes the stock market, the not-so-great Depression. Does it matter water is being sucked out of the land and dumped into rising seas? What about the new surge in emissions as we industrialize the ocean? Will growing conflict slow down heat or speed it up? We have three guests to answer those questions: Luis Samaniego in Potsdam, David Kroodsma in Oakland, and Manfred Lenzen in Sydney.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Who Will Blink First? (00:58:00)
Are Trump’s voters so brainwashed they can’t recognize it when Little Donny is incompetently screwing up the world economy?
YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali – 2025-04-08 (00:58:31)
This week, I’ll be out of town for spring break and am sharing some interviews that are oldies-but-goodies from the Rising Up archives. Well kick things off with a journalist who I have a lot in common with, not the least of which is my name. Sonali Kohli, former LA Times writer and a top education journalist will discuss her book Don’t Wait: Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won. Then, System of a Down front man Serj Tankian will explore his new memoir. The politically conscious rock stars new book is called Down With the System, a Memoir (Of Sorts).
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 25 (00:26:54) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WINGS #52-24 Women at Work, Part 2 of 2 (00:28:42)
Karen Messing is a professor emerita of biology at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal and an internationally-known expert on occupational health from a gender perspective. In this part of her interview, she explains some of the common pitfalls of gendered research about work – and discusses some of the issues that arise when women enter traditionally male occupations. Since this interview took place, Messing has published more books and won awards, but many of the issues are unchanged.
Statistics, gender, sex, jobs, teamwork
THE BRADCAST: 4/9/2025 Trump Blinks, Chaos Reigns, Tariffs Remain (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Pre-eminent constitutional law scholars Erwin Chemerinsky of UC-Berkeley Law and Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law warn that a disturbing new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court’s far-right majority allows for U.S. citizens to be detained and deported to foreign prisons without due process. A Trump-appointed judge in Texas blocked the Trump Administration’s deportation of Venezuelan migrants. ‘Irrational exuberance’ reined on Wall Street after Donald Trump blinked, announcing a pause on some tariffs in his nutty global trade war (except for China) that quickly spiked major markets after a days-long crash. But other inflationary tariffs on imports remain. Some U.S. House Republicans have begun to ‘mutiny’ against Trump’s massive, deficit-exploding tax cuts for his wealthy friends and their corporations.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 04.09.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday April 9, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The overlooked power of public utility commissions (00:01:30)
Few people know about them, but their impact is huge.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THIS IS SCIENCE: The New Dark Ages (00:28:59)
Jess speaks with Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the influence of fossil fuel dark money in politics today.
https://www.ucsusa.org/science-jess-phoenix-podcast
THIS WAY OUT #1932: Resisting the Erasure of Pauli Murray & more LGBTQ news (00:28:59)
Anti-diversity bullies try to bury Pauli Murrays legacy; Greece moves to ban gay men from surrogacy access, Russia declares the Elton John AIDS Foundation undesirable, New South Wales is cured of conversion therapy, Victoria hushes anti-queer hate speech, a state judge temporarily blocks Montana’s anti-trans bathroom bill, and Utah Republicans ban queer rainbow Pride flags in public schools and government buildings.
Those stories and more this week when you choose This Way Out
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Police State America (00:58:00)
With the latest Supreme Court ruling the chaos of Trump’s authoritarian takeover rolls on. Are student journalists the next to heel?
CIVIC CIPHER: The Dismantling of the Department of Education with Portia Allen Kyle / Trumps Impact on Civil Rights Organizations (00:59:00)
Our guest is civil rights attorney Portia Allen-Kyle ” the managing director of the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, Color of Change. As a national online force driven by 7 million members, they move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.
In the first half of the show, we talk about the Color of Change, some of the problems created by the current political administration, and the implications of the dismantling of the Department of Education. In the second half of the show, we discuss the plight of civil rights organizations under Trump, as well as what individuals can do to support (or boycott) initiatives they feel align with their interests as citizens.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 24 (00:36:38) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Meeting People Where They Are, with Andy Isaacson (00:28:00)
I believe journalist, photographer and all-around producer Andy Isaacson has found ways to lean into his own curiosity, creating vehicles for the rest us to come along for the ride — in one case, literally. For him a good day sparks his curiosity ” a thought that came to him for the first time in this conversation. (Hurrah for asking about what makes for a good day!) We talk about why it’s so important to meet people where they are; the intersections of respect, fairness, empathy and rigorous investigation; resourcefulness; and why stories are a form of currency.
THE BRADCAST: 4/8/2025 Guest: Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS ruling on Trump’s Alien Enemies Act deportations (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Markets continued plummeting following Donald Trump’s global tariff trade war, as some Congressional Republicans have begun timidly expressing disapproval. Federal judge rules the Trump White House unlawfully violated the free speech rights of Associated Press. Slate legal journalist MARK JOSEPH STERN explains the corrupted rightwing U.S. Supreme Court majority ruling on Monday that allows Trump to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport migrants to foreign gulags with no right to challenge their imprisonment. Stern explains the court’s confusing split decision; its abuse of the ‘shadow docket’; the Justice Department’s open defiance of lower courts; the Trump Administration’s disturbing arguments in favor of denying human and civil rights, and its implications for disappearing U.S. citizens, as well. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’ https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 04.08.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday April 8, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Power outages put diabetes patients at risk (00:01:30)
Insulin pumps and glucose monitors often rely on having a source of electricity, making planning essential.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: The Certainty Trap: Are You as Right as You Think? (00:30:00)
On this show we are attempting to avoid the Certainty Trap by asking, “Are you as right as you think you are?” Have you ever felt so sure you were right about something, only to later discover there was more to the story – or a completely different side you hadn’t considered? That moment can be humbling, even a little uncomfortable, but it’s also where growth begins.
MAKING CONTACT: The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition (00:29:00)
What is caste? According to author Thenmozhi Soundararajan, caste is suffering. That ones worth and fate are determined at the moment of birth.” On this week’s episode, we talk to Thenmozhi Soundararajan the author of The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition. This is an encore presentation of a show that first aired June 12, 2024.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Will Trump be Tired of Winning by 2028? (00:58:00)
Here’s how Trump could pull off an authoritarian third term… could it happen?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Many Kinds of Minds (00:53:00)
Our minds help us understand, learn, and express ourselves. But not everyone thinks the same way! In this episode of The Children’s Hour, we explore different kinds of minds, including neurodivergent thinkers, emotional intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Carl is a kid just like any other – except his brain works a little differently. He’s the main character in Carl the Collector, a PBS Kids show that features an autistic child at its center. Carl is great at remembering facts about his collections and birthdays, but sometimes he struggles to understand emotions and social situations.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 23 (00:2202) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
BOOM GODDESS RADIO #610: Something About Greatness (Rebroadcast) (00:27:16)
Author Lori DiGuardi stops by the show to discuss her new book “Something About Greatness”. She shares simple steps to align with your true nature and thrive.
https://www.boomgoddessradio.com
THE BRADCAST: 4/7/2025 Trump’s trade war idiocy; NC court orders 60,000 ballots tossed in critical election (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump’s trade sanctions against nearly every nation (except for Russia) have caused a meltdown of U.S. and Asian stock markets, sparking fears of a global recession. We give Trump-supporting callers a chance to explain the point of Trump’s tariffs. The Trump Dept. of Justice told a federal court that it won’t return a man that the DOJ admits was mistakenly deported to El Salvador; Chief Justice John Roberts placing a temporary administrative stay on the man’s return. In North Carolina, Republican-majority state appeals court panel ruled that more than 60,000 voters should be retroactively disenfranchised, despite following all rules and laws, in last November’s state’s supreme court election that was narrowly won by a Democratic candidate.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 04.07.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday April 7, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A play that confronts climate change with humor (00:01:30)
Come Along for the Ride, with upcoming performances in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, blends grief and comedy on stage.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #042: Zero Waste (00:28:38)
We, each one of us, produce a lot of garbage. About 4.6 lbs of garbage for each person per day. Nearly one ton of garbage per person per year. So how do we stop the madness ” or at least slow it down a bit? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the realities of sustainable living.
The Problem: 250 million tons per year, 4.6 lbs per person per day
72% of solid waste could be reused or recycled (MN study)
Burned, Recycled (includes composting), Buried in the Ground
US recycles about 35% (Germany 65%) – around 10% in 1985
Plastic rate, from 9% in 2015 to 3% in 2019 (84% to landfill)
1/6th goes to China. In 2014 trash was US largest export by volume
1,000 years for bag to breakdown, then particles contaminate
18 billion disposable diapers per year, taking 500 years to decompose
Some studies say we will run out of landfill space in 18 years
Ground water contamination, out-gassing
Trash in the water (oceans)
Humans buy 1 million plastic bottles per minute
It is estimated that 4 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide annually. Only 1% of plastic bags are returned for recycling.
The main cause for the increase in plastic production is plastic packaging. Plastic packaging was 42% of all non-fiber plastic produced in 2015, and it also made up 52% of plastics thrown away.
Burning ” dramatic air pollution (dioxin, mercury, lead)
The Solution:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. No straws, no bottles, no packaging
Zero waste shops (Guardian Article)
Online (virtual packaging)
Clothing swaps, second hand, donate (7% of landfill is textiles), 90% of donated clothing goes to textile recyclers
Compost (don’t waste in the first place)
Don’t eat fast food
Avoid packaging (complain)
Recycle: Costs more than throwing away
Not very efficient, 40,000 plastic bottles to offset one flight
Aluminum, paper and cardboard still considered efficient
Carbon tax might be more efficient than subsidizing recycling
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Mounting Economic Problems (00:29:00)
In this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses certain minimum wages by the Trump administration, the costs of Germany’s rearmament, and how Trump’s tariffs and deportations have hit central America with economic catastrophe. The second half features a detailed discussion of the historical blaming of foreigners for the internal problems of capitalism in the U.S.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The JFK Files EVEN Trump Doesn’t Want Released! (00:58:00)
Investigative journalist Lamar Waldron joins Thom to delve into Donald Trump’s JFK file release. It was supposed to be a shocking revelation into what really happened to one of America’s most beloved presidents. Also is devious Donald positioning our country into a war with Iran? What rights do US citizens still possess when unlawful disappearances and detainments continue?
SPIRIT IN ACTION: The “Bad Boy” Conscientious Objectors of WW2 in Germfask, MI (00:55:00)
We’re going back in time to the end WW2 today for SIA, to get to know about one of the 151 Civilian Public Service camps, this one for the bad boys of the conscientious objectors, Our guest is Jane Kopecky, and we’ll be visiting about her book, World War II Conscientious Objectors – Germfask, Michigan: The Alcatraz Camp. Jane grew up in the area near the CPS camp, in a remote area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and she had to dig deep to unearth a full accounting of this camp where COs were sent into obscurity. What Jane discovered was a set of truly inspirational people, surrounded by a hostile society. Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Mennonite, Non-affiliated.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 22 (00:22:47) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Fighting Fire in a Toxic World with Silverio Caggiano (00:29:01)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about plastic in fertilizer ending up in our food supply, how the FDA allows 950 food additives that are prohibited in Europe, and how firefighters face a higher risk of brain cancer because of certain chemicals they are exposed to on the job. Then nationally-recognized hazmat expert and firefighter Silverio Caggiano talks about the new challenges facing firefighters today and his experience with the East Palestine rail disaster. More information and links can be found on our show website, GreenStreetNews.org.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 4/4/2025 Encore: NatSec journalist Marcy Wheeler on Team Trump’s national security Signal text chat debacle (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 3-25-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic was accidentally included in a stunning group chat on Signal, an unsecured, commercial mobile phone app, in which the Trump Administration’s top-level national security leadership, including Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth, discussed operational details of plans to strike Yemen. The Pentagon recently warned that Signal is vulnerable to Russian hackers. Independent national security journalist MARCY WHEELER explains the shocking national security breach, what we know and don’t know, the dangers and the fallout, what can and should happen next, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 04.06.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #84:Kinship with Nature (00:58:00)
John discusses his passion for integrating environmental ethics with social justice. He has found in his experience that labor forges deeper connections with nature than leisure; seeing nature as kin fosters a sense of responsibility and care. For there to be any meaningful change, we must move beyond abstract concepts and embrace a relational and love-based approach to environmentalism.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Five Heroes Who Gave Their All Before Trump (00:29:00)
We’re not ready for revolution talk, with citizen peace activists being ICEd from their homes. We’re in shock. We’re staring at Trump. What can we do? The violence against people and the Earth will be stopped. And we, the people, will end it. How? This week on Earth Riot Radio, we remember five heroes who faced the modern corruption of the USA, and they made their move with their bodies and spoken word, with their families and their singing…
Sun Ra, Roger Hallam, Asatta Shakur, John Trudell and Edward Snowden. These courageous ones each found a personal, creative response to wage peace against the violence, artists ahead of their time. Now, they are martyred or exiled, but they lived for life.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: April Fools Three Stories (00:28:00)
Barnaby Druthers: Nemesis (an out-of-canon story where Barnaby meets a villain who is not his own!)
Also: Two Malcolm MacDuff Theatre Detective stories
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN April 5, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Anders Croy, Communications Director for Florida Watch. We discuss the recent elections in Florida to replace two members of Congress. The Democratic candidates did NOT win, but the votes were much lower for the Republican candidates than anticipated. There is a feud between the governor and the legislature in Florida. Property and sales taxes are a point of contention. Property insurance rates continue to rise, and some insurance companies have abandoned Florida markets. For residents, property insurance rates are a very important consideration.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Elizabeth Minnich, Ph.D. We discuss her book titled, The Evil of Banality; On the life & death of the importance of thinking. Particularly the concepts of evil and how it permeates society, and how politicians and others use it for their goals. Increasingly, we note that evil is normalized, and the process by which it happens. We talk about ‘intensive evil’ and ‘extensive evil’, and how it can be counteracted with ‘intensive good’, which requires that a large number of people participate in this practice.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: April 6, 2025 (00:59:00)
Trump’s Looney Girlfriend Purges the NSC and NSA | The Future of NATO and a Europe Without the US | In Search of a Methodology Behind the Economic Lunacy of Trump’s Tariffs?
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: The Awakened Family with Clinical Psychologist Shefali Tsabari (00:59:00)
This is another brilliant talk by Shefali Tsabary a clinical psychologist and expert on parenting and child psychology, and the Author of Conscious Parenting and The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting. This is another brilliant talk by Shefali Tsabary a clinical psychologist and expert on parenting and child psychology, and the Author of Conscious Parenting and The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting. This is another brilliant talk by Shefali Tsabary a clinical psychologist and expert on parenting and child psychology, and the Author of Conscious Parenting and The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Signalgate is an Actual National Security Nightmare (00:58:49)
Despite their shifting of blame, excuses and more, top Government officials using an encrypted that destroys messages and isn’t approved for sensitive information is a grave national security risk. This episode will dive into EVERY major law, Executive Order, Intelligence Directive, security framework and more that the people that created this situation broke. And our analysis isn’t even political. It’s objectively bad news anyway you look at it.
And we also catch up on all the cybersecurity news fit to print! PLEASE Don’t miss this episode. Please…
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
SATURDAY 04.05.25 PROGRAM Notes
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EXPLORATION with Michio Kaku: String Theory (00:58:44)
Guests: theoretical physicists Brian Greene and Lisa Randall discuss string theory and the theory of everything.
https://mkaku.org/home/category/radio
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Europe Now Squeezed by Trump and Putin’s Pincer (00:59:34)
There are two petrostate oligarchies linking up and gravely threatening what had been a rock solid alliance: Europe and the US. The traditionally shared moral universe of Europe and the rest of the Free World is suddenly gone. On this show, returning guest John Feffer, the director of the Institute for Policy Studies Foreign Policy In Focus, provides details of the effect of the two, Russia and Trumps America, working together against Europe.
AGING MATTERS: Lifestyle Medicine (00:56:04)
Lifestyle medicine isa medical specialty that focuses on using lifestyle changes to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic diseases. It emphasizes evidence-based interventions that empower patients to adopt healthier habits. Brad Moore, MD, Director, Lifestyle Medicine Program, George Washington University, https://gwdocs.com/specialties/lifestyle-medicine, talks about basic components of lifestyle medicine, use for assessing older adult health care needs, and recommended approaches and treatments to help them take control of their health outcomes.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: The Lawn Mower as Ecological Design Tool (00:29:00)
Award-winning landscape architect Michael Geffel describes how he used precisely targeted and timed mowing to convert a brownfield into a flowering grassland and a vibrant public recreation area.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: How the demonstrations in Turkey and the US bombing of Yemen affect the fate of Gaza – and will Iran be next (00:29:00)
Mohammad Marandi was interviewed by Nima on the podcast channel Dialogue Works. They spoke on Monday, March 24, 2025. The bombing of Yemen, that the U.S. Trump administration had launched, was continuing as they spoke. Analysts describe it as one of the largest bombing attacks on Yemen in years. There also have been ongoing demonstrations in the streets of Istanbul, Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators show support for the city’s jailed mayor. He is seen as the main rival of President Erdogan in the upcoming elections.
The BOPST SHOW: The War on Intelligence (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 Jamaican singer Ken Parker, electronic duo Autechre, and Welsh rockers CVC as well as music by Cloth, Annika Norlin and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #578 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, whose group has filed eight lawsuits that have significantly slowed the Trump/Musk cabals attempt to dismantle the government. Then, our resident Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein reports on Public Interest Law Day at Harvard Law School and how important it is for law schools in general to step up to meet this constitutional crisis. Plus, Ralph answers listener questions!
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 04.04.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday April 4, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Wasted energy could be costing you thousands (00:01:30)
An HVAC expert says an energy audit can show homeowners which upgrades will help the most.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: American Steel, 2020 PA nurses strike (00:54:50)
Alex Lin talks about her new play, American Steel and the Labor Jawn podcast remembers The St. Mary’s Nurses Strike of 2020. Plus we preview Union, the R.J. Phillips Band marks the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march and, from Labor History in 2:00, the 85th anniversary of The Grapes of Wrath premiere. Bonus track: Bruce Springsteens The Ghost of Tom Joad.
https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What to Know About Saturday’s Nationwide Protests – Hands Off! (00:57:59)
Democrats must take a clear position in favor of smart, targeted tariffs ” on individual products rather than countries ” like Biden did. Veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner reports from Ukraine with sobering war crimes committed by Russian forces. Also US Rep Mark Pocan (WI) comments on the recent election wins in Wisconsin during a National Progressive Town Hall Meeting with the audience.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Jeremy Miller: The Urban Tail of the Chinook Salmon (00:29:00)
This week on Sea Change Radio, we highlight a scenario that is constantly being played out in cities all over the world as humankind continues to encroach upon wildlife habitat. This time, however, the dynamic is a little bit unusual as large chinook salmon are finding their way into small urban creeks in downtown San Jose, California. Today we are speaking with environmental writer and fisherman Jeremy Miller as he recounts a piece he recently penned for Sierra Magazine. We try to unearth the mystery of how these fish ended up in a major metropolitan area, look at federal protections which differ based upon a fishs origin, and discuss the role of the local water district in all of this
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Fighting for Rights: Lateefah Simon’s Mission in a Republican-Controlled Congress (00:28:00)
If anyone can inspire the public about the role of the minority in Congress, the women of California’s 12th district can. In this charming conversation, newly-elected Democrat, Lateefah Simon, joins the indomitable veteran Barbara Lee, whose congressional seat Simon will be taking when the new Congress convenes. Republicans will control the House and Senate, the White House, and dominate the Supreme Court, but Simon says she’s fired up to fight for what we’ve fought for in the areas of reproductive rights, low and middle-income housing, public safety, immigration and more. And that’s no wonder. Simons following Lee ” whose historic 26-year career in the legislature included often being in the minority, and once standing alone against granting the president unlimited war powers after 9/11. Like Lee, Simon began her activism as a single mother at Mills College, and that’s not all they have in common. Lee says Simons already made her proud. This episode will delight everyone interested in the role of African American women in politics, or how legacies are built and power is passed on. All that, plus a commentary from Laura on how not to stay tired.
The BOPST SHOW: The War on Intelligence (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 Jamaican singer Ken Parker, electronic duo Autechre, and Welsh rockers CVC as well as music by Cloth, Annika Norlin and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 4/3/2025 ‘Mob Boss’ Trump’s Global Trade Sanctions Tank U.S., World Markets (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Wall Street and global markets cratered the day after Donald Trump launched a global trade war, using false claims about U.S. trading partners to justify slapping tariffs on virtually every country in the world — except Russia. Economists warned the tariffs amount to massive 25 percent tax hike on Americans, because consumers pay for tariffs in the form of higher prices. Trump’s trade war resembles a mafia protection racket, compelling businesses to ‘petition Trump for relief,’ but Congress can act to stop the damage before he destroys the U.S. economy. Courts deliver good news for voting rights in Texas and Pennsylvania. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
THURSDAY 04.03.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday April 3, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Goodbye gas, hello sustainability (00:01:30)
A California couple ditched gas, converting their home to run entirely on clean electricity.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Rotten at the Top (00:58:00)
Climate and security analyst Genevieve Guenther and her new book on “Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It”. Canadian climate scientist Paul Beckwith: very serious new studies, like turbocharged extreme weather on every continent, planetary insolvency by 2070, and jaw-dropping increases in hurricanes. Plus my new song “Rotten at the Top”.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Black Vegan Defeats Southern Racist’s Marathon Speech in Senate (00:57:58)
Cory Booker goes beyond Strom Thurmond’s Senate record. The vegan New Jersey senator spoke on the Senate floor for over 25 hours after days of fasting. Also devious Donald demonstrates how full-on authoritarian fascism starts. Particularly if people don’t demand a stop. Elon Musk poured money into Wisconsin in an effort to handpick a state Supreme Court justice, but voters rejected his candidate and, with that, sent a clear signal: the morbidly rich don’t own us. Not yet, anyway.
YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali – 2025-04-01 (00:58:31)
This week, well begin with a conversation with Tyler Hack, the 19-year-old founder of Christopher Street Project, which led the Washington D.C. gathering to mark this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility. Then, well gear up for a major Tax Day of Action with Iman Abid is the Director of Advocacy and Organizing at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action. She’ll tell us about the new interactive map Americans can use to find out just how many of their tax dollars are funding Israel’s blood lust in its genocide of Palestinians. Finally, acclaimed artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez will join us to share the importance of art and narrative work in these dark times and strategies for how to move past burnout.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 21 (00:34:03) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WINGS # 51-24 Women at Work, Part 1 of 2 (00:28:40)
Karen Messing is a professor emerita of biology at the Universit du Qubec Montral. Trained in ergonomics and genetics, she became an internationally-known expert on occupational health from a gender perspective. In this interview, she talks about what is overlooked about the skills women bring to many kinds of jobs that are gendered female, the punishing conditions they often face, the paucity of research on them, and the value of their knowledge.
THE BRADCAST: 4/2/2025 Guests: Salon’s Heather Digby Parton and ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ on Special Elections and Bad News for Trump, Musk (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Elections on Tuesday brought good news for democracy and Democrats. In Florida, GOP candidates won two special U.S. House elections, but voters shifted to Democratic candidates by 15 points over the 2024 election, indicating potential trouble for Republicans in the 2026 midterms. In Wisconsin’s critical state supreme court race, liberal judge Susan Crawford won handily over the conservative candidate backed by billionaire Elon Musk. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered a record 25-hour long speech on the U.S. Senate floor sounding the alarm over Donald Trump’s authoritarian takeover of the US, and called on all Americans to get in ‘good trouble’ to save democracy. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and the notorious ‘DRIFTGLASS’, of the ‘Professional Left Podcast,’ offer insight, analysis, history and humor on all of the above, and more. https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 04.02.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday April 2, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Hurricane Katrina survivors offer emotional support to Helene survivors (00:01:30)
A New Orleans native set up a buddy system that pairs people across state lines.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THIS IS SCIENCE: Fear in a Handful of Dust (00:29:00)
Exciting new research allows UCS scientists to gain insight into North Koreas shadowy nuclear weapons program. Jess talks with UCS researchers Dr. Sulgi Park and Dr. Laura Grego about this work, and the current state of worldwide nuclear affairs. 06-20-2023
https://www.ucsusa.org/science-jess-phoenix-podcast
THIS WAY OUT #1931: Garcia Checks Greene & Pritzker Preaches to HRC & more LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
A MAGA mouthpiece vexes Lil Miss Hot Mess; Illinois Governor JB Pritzker calls for aggressive progressives; Trinidad and Tobagos Appeal Court outlaws queer sex ” again; six European countries issue Trump travel warnings; Trump dumps research grants to seven too woke Australian universities; three different U.S. federal courts keep Trumps transgender military purge at bay, and persistence takes the prize for Texas A&Ms Draggieland.
Those stories and more this week when you find This Way Out.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Economy Falters (00:58:00)
Trump’s chaotic approach to tariffs and mass layoffs of essential government workers are having a predictable effect.
CIVIC CIPHER: Political Conclusions We Can Draw About Black America with Dr. Christopher Towler (00:59:00)
Our guest is Christopher Towler, PhD. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Sacramento. He is the Director of the Black Voter Project, Co-Founder of Black Insights Research and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. In the first half of the show, we talk about the data that allows us to draw rather different conclusions than many folks had when going into the most recent presidential election. Many narratives were chronicled that are not ultimately supported by the polling of Black people around this country. In the second half of the show, we discuss the polling data since the election and what conclusions we can draw from it. We also examine some positive aspects of the data uncovered by Dr. Towler and how the progressive minds in this country can implement it into their strategies moving forward.
Our Way Black History Fact covers the real reason the Statue of Liberty has chains on her feet.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 21 (00:34:03) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity & Wisdom, with Igor Grossmann (00:28:00)
I see clear curiosity overtones in the ways we think about wisdom — the meta-cognition processes of wisdom — including intellectual humility, openness to others’ ideas and insights, even the search for constructive conflict resolution. So I wondered: is anyone thinking about wisdom through a curiosity lens? Igor Grossmann, Ph.D. leads the Wisdom and Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario. He’s passionate about how people make sense of the world — and how cultural forces shape behavior and societal change. “At the core of wisdom are these meta-cognitive processes. Those are the key ingredients that can help you figure out — in a very uncertain world, in the context of radical uncertainty — what to do.” ~ Igor Grossmann
THE BRADCAST: 4/1/2025 Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance on federal court ruling in challenge to GA’s unverifiable voting system (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: New Jersey’s Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker has held the floor of the U.S. Senate for more than 24 hours to call attention to the Trump Administration’s attacks on free speech, civil rights, and dismantling of the federal government. The Dept. of Health and Human Services began laying off tens of thousands of workers, undermining the federal government’s ability to protect public health; Democratic state attorneys general filed suit to block the purge. MARILYN MARKS, Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit good government group, Coalition for Good Governance, explains the shocking court ruling in her long-running court challenge to Georgia’s unverifiable, insecure, touchscreen voting systems that were breached by MAGA operatives after the 2020 election, and what is next in the push to improve election security. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report’.
TUESDAY 04.01.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday April 1, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Clean energy is powering local economies in Texas (00:01:30)
Wind, solar, and battery storage projects are generating billions in tax revenue for communities, a University of Texas study finds.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Beyond Comfort: Embracing Growth by Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone (00:30:00)
On this show we are going beyond comfort as we step outside of our comfort zones and embrace growth. We’ve all been there – nestled comfortably in our routines, sipping the same coffee, walking the same paths, and binge-watching that favorite series for the umpteenth time. Its cozy, predictable, and safe. But have you ever wondered what lies beyond that snug bubble? What adventures, opportunities, and personal growth await when you dare to venture into the unknown?
MAKING CONTACT: Karinda Dobbins: Black and Blue (Encore) (00:29:00)
On this week’s episode, we speak with Bay Area based comedian Karinda Dobbins about the release of her debut comedy album, Black & Blue. In Black & Blue, Karinda shares personal stories – finding humor in the most ordinary moments of her daily life – including her girlfriend’s arbitrary policy on household pests, the changes hipsters have brought to Oakland, and a Black woman’s unique packing list for hiking. This is an encore presentation of a show that first aired August 14, 2024.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Destroying Social Security (00:58:00)
After Elon is done tearing up Social Security, Republicans will begin pushing to privatize the system to make their investment buddies fabulously rich.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Create Your Own Way (00:53:00)
How do you express yourself? Creativity takes many forms, from drawing and painting to acting, composing music, and even writing stories. On this episode of The Children’s Hour, we explore the many ways people create their own path through the arts. We meet Albuquerque-based street artist Maywin Padilla, who transforms public sidewalks into vibrant works of chalk art. She shares her journey as an artist, the joys of working with temporary media, and how she found her creative passion. We’re also joined by some of the most imaginative minds in entertainment, including the legendary William Shatner, who speaks about his creative process as an actor, musician, and storyteller. Hear a track from his children’s release, Where Will The Animal Sleep.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 20 (00:20:19) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
BOOM GODDESS RADIO: Diabetes Prevention with Lily Mees (Rebroadcast) (00:28:21)
This week we welcome back to the show Lily Mees, a certified diabetes care and education specialist. During the program Lily educates us about what diabetes actually is, the difference between type 1 and type 2, various macro and micro health issues that can be caused as a result of untreated diabetes, and other topics of interest to those living with diabetes.
https://www.boomgoddessradio.com
THE BRADCAST: 3/31/2025 Bad Court and Election News for Trump is Good News for America (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: In Myanmar, more than 2,000 have been killed in a massive earthquake, but there is no US disaster assistance for victims because the Trump administration killed US AID, America’s foreign aid service, ceding the space to China. Over the weekend, multiple courts blocked the administration’s unlawful efforts to shutter Voice of America and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordering their workers to be rehired, and halted the Trump Administration from deporting migrants to third countries they are not from. Judges also blocked Donald Trump’s executive order targeting two major law firms for retaliation. In a weekend Louisiana election, voters rejected all Republican-backed amendments. Trump’s top campaign donor, Elon Musk, is trying to buy Wisconsin’s state supreme court election for Republicans. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675