FRIDAY 08.21.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Friday August 21, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Seattle wasn’t built for this much heat (00:01:30)
Homes designed to hold warmth are becoming dangerous during heat waves.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: The Little Red Songbook Turns 117 (00:54:59)
We celebrate the 117th anniversary of the IWWs Little Red Songbook, first published on August 19, 1909, to fan the flames of discontent. Listeners share favorite songs from the legendary collection – including We Have Fed You All for a Thousand Years, Mr. Block, The Red Flag, The Preacher and the Slave and Dump the Bosses Off Your Back.
Later, labor historian Nick Juravich talks with veteran union organizer Phil Cohen about his new memoir, Maximum Leverage: From the Street to the Picket Line. Cohen recounts his journey from the streets of New York to organizing textile and warehouse workers across the South – and shares hard-earned lessons about power, strategy and fighting to win. Plus the latest labor arts news briefs.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Donald Trump’s Latest Blonde (00:58:00)
How can there be any doubt what kind of man the grabber-in-chief is at this point? Along with the Manosphere’s Tate Brothers, is he setting a sick example for young Americans? Plus- making money laundering great again in the New American Kingdom.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: A Broader Name for a Bigger Story (for 8/21) (00:02:00)
Maryland Labor History explores why Baltimore’s Irish Railroad Workers Museum changed its name. In labor history, Nat Turners revolt begins in Virginia. Quote of the day: The R.J. Phillips Band.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
SEA CHANGE RADIO: John Stoehr: Dems and the State of Political Journalism (00:29:00)
When you read political articles these days, do you often find yourself incensed that the author has chosen to speak for “mainstream Dems,” “many Americans” and other wide swaths of the electorate without the slightest bit of data to back it up – or have you become immune to this sort of framing? This week on Sea Change Radio we speak to John Stoehr of The Editorial Board about the reliance that political journalists have on the “voice of God” to carve the narratives they desire. We discuss how the media has created a dynamic where political fictions so easily become reality, look at the impact that the DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America, is actually having on the Democratic party, and examine communication issues within the party’s leadership.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: From Deadspin to Defector: The Power of Worker-owned News Outlets (00:28:00)
Journalism is at an inflection point. Under a hail of lawsuits, firings, new hires, and mercenary mergers, the business of media is in shambles even as the need for reliable, truthful information to reach voters is greater than ever. Where does that leave journalists? In this episode, Laura and her guests discuss the money medias dangerous denials and obfuscations, the problem with bothsidesism in a time of fascism, and the coverage of Renee Goods killing in Minneapolis. Dean Obeidallah is a lawyer, writer, award-winning comedian and host of SiriusXM radios national daily program The Dean Obeidallah Show. Joy Reid, formerly host of the award-winning ReidOut on MSNBC, is a best-selling author, and host of the Joy Reid Show on YouTube. The decline of legacy media isn’t all bad news ” especially for those, like Palestinians and others, who were always shut out of it ” and the rise of independent platforms, savvy media consumers and new mechanisms for collaboration just might usher in a new age of great journalism, just when we need it. Join Dean, Joy and Laura for this rich conversation on resistance, reporting, and survival.
THE BOPST SHOW: Put A Quarter In The Juke (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 variety of music that knows no one genre era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear the Richmond reggae punk of the late great Burma Jam, 20th century Bollywood singing sensations Asha Bhosle and R.D. Burman, and the Scottish folk of Rachael Dadd as well as tunes by Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band, Count Lasher, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, detailed reporting, interviews and snarky commentary.
More detailed episode notes will be posted when available – please check back!
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THURSDAY 08.20.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Thursday August 20, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Why heat waves can hit residents of cooler states especially hard (00:01:30)
People often aren’t acclimated or equipped for extreme temperatures.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
LISTENING TO AMERICA with Clay Jenkins: #1716 Once More Down the River and Over the Mountains! (01:00:05)
Guest host Russ Eagle and Clay talk about the annual Lewis and Clark Cultural tour, just ended, after three days on the White Cliffs section of the Missouri River in Montana and then three days up in the Bitterroot Mountains on the Lolo or Nez Perce Trail. Twenty guests from around the U.S. and the world joined us for Russ’ 14th Lewis and Clark tour and Clay’s 26th. The weather was perfect. The river was cool, refreshing, and powerful. Clay and Russ discuss Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Native American history, and the status and future of America’s public lands. Lewis and Clark crossed the continent between 1803 and 1806. The Expedition is the most famous of all American exploration stories until at least the Apollo Moon landing program of the 1960s. The Lewis and Clark Cultural Tour is physically strenuous. Still, everyone made it up the Wendover Death March, and we had a joyous farewell banquet at Lochsa Lodge west of Missoula. This episode was recorded on August 3, 2026.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Fan the Flames of Discontent (for 8/20) (00:02:00)
Labor Heritage Power Hour celebrates the songs that fueled the IWW and the labor movement. In labor history, Liz Shuler becomes the AFL-CIOs first woman president. Quote of the day: Liz Shuler.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: On the Verge of a Progressive Era? (00:58:00)
Do the latest election results show it’s time for politics to answer to the needs of the common person with popular Progressive solutions?.. Or will fascists steal the election and game their grip on the grift forever?
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-08-18 (00:58:30)
This week, we’ll take a look at a massive federal lawsuit brought by four states against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over harms caused to children. Haley Hinkle, Policy Counsel with the advocacy group Fairplay will explain why the suit is so groundbreaking. Then, Daniel Hunter, an educator and trainer, and Director of Freedom Trainers will tell us about a national gathering taking place August 21 through 23 in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. It’s called the National Convergence for Democracy. Finally, Richard RJ Eskow, journalist and host of The Zero Hour will join me to discuss a new piece he just wrote in The Nation, warning how the Trump Administrations agreement with Big Pharma to lower the price of GLP-1 drugs is a gateway to a new medical caste system.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy ch. 2-3 (00:27:19)
Published in 1888, this short novel focuses on the education of a wealthy man from 1887 who, amidst the labor struggles and wealth inequalities of The Gilded Age, experiences a “Mesmeric sleep” until the year 2000 when he is awakened to see an America transformed by the gradual, non-violent evolution from primitive capitalist exploitation to an advanced cooperative socialism. The novel predicts the radio, the credit card and big box stores as the characters discuss the problems and illogic of dog-eat-dog capitalism and the superior culture of a society focused on the benefit of all rather than the enrichment of a few.
https://librivox.org/looking-backward-2000-1887-by-edward-bellamy/
Text – http://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/Looking-Backward-From-2000-to-18871/
WINGS #19-26 Doughnut Economics (00:28:56)
Kate Raworth’s address to the Meaning Conference of business people for change, in Brighton, England, in 2017. She explains the framework she has developed for living justly within the means of our planet and gives examples of businesses that are following the model. Since this talk was recorded, 51 cities and regions have begun engaging with Raworth’s paradigm.
THE BRADCAST: 8/19/2026 Hope for Democracy Shines After Fascinating Primaries in WY, FL, AK, and more (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Wyoming, Florida, and Alaska delivered fascinating primary results while highlighting the corrosive effect of outside special interest money in our democratic elections. A US House runoff in California is too close to call, despite a flood of AIPAC campaign cash. Donald Trumps influence appears to be weakening as his candidates lost in Wyoming and elsewhere. Trumpy Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) will face former Republican-turned-Democrat David Jolly for Florida’s gubernatorial seat. Despite being outspent 16-1, progressive Angie Nixon scored a surprise win over Alexander Vindman in Florida’s Democratic US Senate primary. Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) led Alaska’s top-four US Senate primary, and voters approved new limits on campaign finance. But Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies are funding an effort to tear down Alaska’s reforms on voting and campaign finance.
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WEDNESDAY 08.19.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Wednesday August 19, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How an Atlanta ordinance could help the city cool off (00:01:30)
It requires new construction and major renovations to use reflective roofs that can cool neighborhoods by as much as six degrees.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Amanda Maria Edmonds, MS, University of Michigan, discusses the cyclospora outbreak. (00:28:00)
Did you know that Michigan is ground zero for the cyclospora outbreak affecting multiple states in the U.S.? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Amanda Maria Edmonds, MS, sustainable food systems consultant and faculty member in the University of Michigan’s Program in the Environment. Edmonds discusses food system resilience in light of our industrial food systems push for efficiency and resulting vulnerability. Edmonds invites us to join food system discussions as part of Food Literacy for All: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/
Related Websites: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/michiganders-case-investing-local-food-systems-amanda-maria-edmonds-cxlxc/
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT: Murder in the WAC Pt.1 (00:28:59)
Part one of Pat Bonds classic tale of lesbians in the U.S. military during World War II, Murder in the WAC. In the news this week, the first married lesbian couple in Bolivia and the first census to count queers in Australia, Trump policies are stopping federally funded gender-affirming care and blocking the Trevor Projects crisis lifeline work, and Kansas trans men make good trouble in the toilet.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: They’re Changing the Strike Language (for 8/19) (00:02:00)
GarageMind talks with workers walking the picket line for a fair contract. In labor history, the IWW publishes its first Little Red Song Book. Quote of the day: Dump The Bosses Off Your Back, performed by Anne Feeney.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org/
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: They Wreck it so They Can Rob It (00:58:00)
Activist Alex Lawson joins Thom with the latest in the Republican Party’s Forever War against Social Security.
Plus- Who killed the American Dream?
QR CODE: Culture. Opinions. Dialogue. Entertainment. (00:59:00)
Main Segment 1 CULTURE (10 mins): 5 Tactics MAGA Uses to Avoid Discourse
Main Segment 2 OPINIONS (10 mins): CONTINUED
Better Do Better (6 mins): CONTINUED
Q Wards Clapback (7 Mins): The Modern Cost of Racism
Main Segment 3 DIALOGUE (10 mins): The Politics of Consequence by Stacy Muhammad
Main Segment 4 ENTERTAINMENT (10 mins): CONTINUED
https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/qr-code/
LITERATURE ALOUD: Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy preface & ch.1 (00:22:13)
Published in 1888, this short novel focuses on the education of a wealthy man from 1887 who, amidst the labor struggles and wealth inequalities of The Gilded Age, experiences a “Mesmeric sleep” until the year 2000 when he is awakened to see an America transformed by the gradual, non-violent evolution from primitive capitalist exploitation to an advanced cooperative socialism. The novel predicts the radio, the credit card and big box stores as the characters discuss the problems and illogic of dog-eat-dog capitalism and the superior culture of a society focused on the benefit of all rather than the enrichment of a few.
https://librivox.org/looking-backward-2000-1887-by-edward-bellamy/
Text – http://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/Looking-Backward-From-2000-to-18871/
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity & Life-Long Kindergarten, with Lakshmi (00:28:00)
What do you think of when you think of “kindergarten”? What about the prospect of being a life-long kindergartner? Join me and Lakshmi as we lean into what makes that mindset so rich and why returning to those roots is wise and wonderful. “Some of these experiments help you collect nuggets about who you are and who you are becoming.” ~ Lakshmi
THE BRADCAST: 8/18/2026 Is the Zombie Myth that Repubs are Better than Dems on the Economy Finally Dead?; Guest: Michael Tomasky of The New Republic (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Trump Administration moved to end the ‘Roadless Rule,’ opening up millions of acres of the public’s pristine, protected national forests to logging, mining and drilling. Voters head to the polls for primaries in Alaska, Wyoming, and Florida, which has several nutty races. The New Republic’s MICHAEL TOMASKY discusses why new polls indicate that majorities of American voters now say Democrats are better stewards of the economy than Republicans, thanks to Donald Trump’s reckless, irrational, destabilizing policies. Tomasky debunks several GOP zombie myths with astonishing historical data and context; explains how the rightwing media echo chamber perpetuates those myths with help from corporate mainstream media; and actions to shift course so that the public hears and understands the facts. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 08.18.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Tuesday August 18, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Many Americans face an impossible choice during heat waves (00:01:30)
For low-income families, staying cool can mean sacrificing food or other essentials.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Why Do I Keep Going Back to What Hurt Me? Breaking the Patterns That Feel Like Home (00:29:00)
This episode explores why we can recognize that a relationship, reaction, belief, or behavior isnt good for us and still feel strangely pulled back toward it. Sometimes what we call a comfort zone isnt comfortable at all; its simply familiar. In this episode, we look at the emotional patterns that keep us returning to what we know, how past experiences can quietly become permanent identities, and why changing our lives may require becoming comfortable with not having ourselves completely figured out. Most importantly, we explore how self-awareness can help us catch an old pattern in the moment, question the story behind it, and create enough space to choose something different.
MAKING CONTACT: Passing the Torch to Pacifica (00:29:00)
For over 30 years, Making Contact has been bringing you grassroots voices and context, to better understand the world and the people who are struggling to make it better. As Pacifica radio takes over production of the show, media critic and Making Contact co-founder Norman Solomon joins us this week, to understand the crucial role of independent media, and how we’ve navigated change – from the Bill Clinton era, to the second term of Donald Trump.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Power on the Workroom Floor (for 8/18) (00:02:00)
NextGenCarriers makes the case for postal workers right to strike. In labor history, Debs memorial station WEVD goes on the air. Quote of the day: Eugene V. Debs.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Medicare Politics (00:58:00)
How moral are the people who get rich off denying needed medical care to millions of Americans? Why are we the only rich nation that allows this to happen on a massive scale?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Exoplanets (00:53:00)
This episode comes with a free Learning Guide. To download, go to www.childrenshour.org and search for ‘exoplanets’. Everyone wonders if there’s life outside of Earth, but for life. to exist, it has to live somewhere. NASA is looking for these extra-terrestrial homes around other stars. These are called exoplanets: planets that are found outside our solar system. The Kids Crew visit with exoplanetologist Dr. Diana Dragomir from the University of New Mexico. We discover what an exoplanet is, and how astronomers find them in a vast sea of stars. Learn if there’s life outside our solar system, and how you can help in the search.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 14 (00:26:21)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Jazz and Civil Rights (half) (00:29:00)
The personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane cannot be divorced from the struggle for racial equality. Antonio Garcia says they contributed in significant ways to interracial understanding and social progress. Also: The composers of the Civil Rights anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing also created musical theater at the turn of the century that transformed the image of African American characters and performers. Paula Marie Seniors looks at the lives of the composers Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson, whose work helped break down stereotypical portrayals of black Americans.
THE BRADCAST: 8/17/2026 Trump Dismisses Deteriorating Conditions Aboard USS Lincoln Amid Record-Long Deployment (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The greatest national security threat to the U.S. and its allies is the President of the United States, at this point. Commander-in-Chief Bonespurs over the weekend dismissed concerns over the well-being of thousands of servicemembers in a record-long deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, part of his disastrous war on Iran. Trump ordered the scaling back of military drills with ally South Korea, sided with North Korea, and threatened to bomb US ally Oman. The US Supreme Court again refused to review a $5 million civil judgement finding Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. Georgia newspapers are finally informing voters about serious security vulnerabilities in their state’s computer voting system. Trump blamed ‘vandals’ for landscape damage caused by his event on the National Mall. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 08.17.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Monday August 17, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The link between Iowa corn and the dead zone in the Gulf (00:01:30)
The Mississippi River carries fertilizer runoff from the Midwest to the Gulf ” and increasingly extreme rain is making the problem more urgent.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE # 118 Preppers (00:28:42)
The world is teetering on the edge of disaster. The Great Depression ” the Cold War ” 9-11 ” Katrina ” the 2008 Economic Meltdown ” Covid…Doesn’t it make sense to build yourself a bunker, stock it with beans and ammunition, and wait out the Zombie Apocalypse? Is that what it means to be a prepper. Or is it just a common sense approach to have the skills and supplies on hand to deal with whatever emergency may come your way?
Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station as they discuss the realities of living a sustainable life.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: DSA Revives Socialism in US Politics [August 13th, 2026](00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on new U.S. government rules that are universally hostile to international students, the reduction of prosecutions for white collar crime by the U.S. Justice Department while increasing pressures on Shawn Fain, head of the powerful United Auto Workers union, and that there are now over 200 people in the Caribbean and Pacific that have been killed by the U.S. military without lawyers, trials, or judges in show of disregard for law. The second half of today’s show features an interview with Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, Professor of Political Science and specialist on U.S. politics.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Locked In and Organizing Back (for 8/17) (00:02:00)
LabourStart tells how women workers confined to company dormitories organized a union. In labor history, Hormel meatpackers begin a year-long strike. Quote of the day: Jesse Jackson Sr.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Tariffs Done Wrong (00:58:00)
What manufacturing renaissance? Lori Wallach of Rethink Trade has research that shows that we’re actually losing manufacturing jobs, even with protective tariffs. But are they really protecting anything?
Plus – Are Trump voters finally waking up to the fact that gold-plated toilet Donald is on the side of the super-rich, and not really a friend to the common guy at all?
SPIRIT IN ACTION: What’s Your Why? Engineering Well-being with True Wellness (00:55:00)
Today we follow up to a visit we had 2 months ago with Margaret Brown of Blue Zones, as we drill down into the same work from the local focus on up. True Wellness was formed about a year ago to explore and chart the way for better health, community wide, in Northwest Wisconsin, and Natasha Ward is their executive director. The decision started from a business need for better health coverage and costs, and became a pursuit of a transformed region with longer-lived, healthier citizens. While still early in the process, we’ll look at some of the nuts-and-bolts of the implementation of the kinds of policies and practices that make it easy to be healthy and vibrant as a community, less by laws than by conscious structures and options tilting the ground in the right direction.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 13 (00:37:53)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
ALAN WATTS: The Power of Releasing Control (00:21:26)
THE BRADCAST: 8/14/2026 (Encore: Georgia Voting System Flaw Allows Discovery of How Voters Voted; Guest: Marilyn Marks, election security advocate (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 8-3-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: New reporting reveals a serious vulnerability in the computer voting systems used statewide in Georgia. Longtime election security and transparency champion MARILYN MARKS, Executive Director of the non-profit Coalition for Good Governance, in recent years has uncovered several alarming security issues in Georgia’s 100% unverifiable touchscreen voting systems, made by Dominion Voting. Marks explains the disturbing new scientific findings confirming that anyone can access Georgia’s public voting records and use AI tools to uncover how every person voted at the polls, violating their right to a secret ballot. Marks discusses solutions that elections officials can deploy now to defend against the problem; how Georgia elections officials refuse to apply recommended software security patches; how voters can protect their vote (vote-by-mail ballots are not affected) and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 08.16.26 PROGRAM Notes
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THE FALLON FORUM: 8.10.26: Are we seeing rebellions within both major political parties? (00:55:01)
On this week’s Fallon Forum, Charles Goldman joins Ed Fallon to discuss
– Are we seeing rebellions within both major political parties?
– Trump and the Christo-fascist movement
– Mail-in ballots are still up in the air for fall election
– State fairs–oldest, youngest, biggest, best, with Kathy Byrnes Fallon, Birds & Bees Urban Farm
ALAN WATTS: Relief of Anxiety (00:05:08)
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York.
EARTH RIOT RADIO # 234 – Musk’s 14 Children (00:29:00)
And all the original people who escaped the rich murderers idea of Normal Everyday Living are there. If we are allied with the moon and the stars, the mycelia and the murmurs of trees through roots, the dancers outside the Trump ballroom will give us our new Mother.
And Musk’s 14 children ask Angelina Jolie to adopt them.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers and the Fantomatique Triangle (00:28:00)
In this acclaimed audio theater adventure, somewhere in the French Quarter of New Orleans is a secret location, perhaps with paranormal origins, where those unfortunate to disappear into it face dire consequences. Barnaby is asked to investigate the case of two missing persons in New Orleans.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN August 15, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Bill Curry and Aaron Rosenthal. We discuss the recent primaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Candidate quality proved important in both states. Labels alone were not as decisive.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Cyrus Farivar about prediction markets. We explore how prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi work. We discuss how these kinds of markets are monetizing the outcomes of natural disasters, and may create perverse incentives.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: August 16, 2026 (00:59:00)
As Trump Squanders U.S. Power and Credibility, Former Allies Find Alternatives For Collective Security | Trump’s Relentless Assault On the Law as He Finds Workabounds After Being Struck Down By the Courts | The Traitor in the Oval Office Praises Putin and Xi as They Covertly Work With Iran to Kill Americans
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Part 2 – How Dying Taught Me That Death Was Just the Beginning with Peter Panagore (00:59:00)
This is the second half of my interview with Peter Panagore, the first half of which aired a few weeks ago.
In 1980 Peter Panagore had a NDE where he died on the side of a mountain during a college skiing and ice climbing trip. He describes that experience and what he learned from it in his book Heaven is Beautiful ” How Dying Taught Me That Death Was Just the Beginning.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Zuckerberg’s War On Accurate Information + Who Watches The Watchers? (00:58:00)
Mark Zuckerberg is allowing his AI on all platforms to willingly ingest disinformation and repackage it as authoritative. Also, as the surveillance state keeps expanding, who actually has oversight!?
This is an insanely packed show!!! We discuss all of this and so much more.
SATURDAY 08.15.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Data center disasters (00:59:30)
Google paving over protected wetlands to build a data center. AI companies destroying rare books to feed to data centers. Former New York mayor Eric Adams selling data centers. But Willie Nelson and others are speaking out.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Fascism is All-American (00:58:31)
Think fascism is a European import? Guess again: Hitler and Mussolini copied American fascism. Before and after the Civil War, some Americans counted while many did not. Like the European models which followed, the South was such a system: Hierarchy of Anglo-Saxon nationalism, not democracy. And if you think the South lost the Civil War, according to our guest historian Joseph Kelly, southern nationalism and racism became more powerful after the war. Oh yes, fealty to the chief and hyper-masculinity are essential to fascism. Sound familiar in 2026? Kellys revealing new book is The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism. Give a listen if you dare.
AGING MATTERS: Advance Care Planning (00:58:00)
Advance care planning helps adults at any age or stage of health understand and share their personal values, life goals, and preferences regarding future medical care. Advance care planning is not a single decision but rather a process that occurs over a lifetime as goals and values change.
Aaron Zajdel, LCSW, Care Connections Manager, Goodwin Living, Northern VA, talks about steps involved in advanced care planning, issues to consider when preparing for future medical decisions, and completion of an advance directive to document and communicate health care wishes, https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/free-printable-advance-directives/
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Exploring “and Updating” Nature’s Calendar (00:29:00)
Theresa Crimmins, Director of the USA National Phenology Network, explains why knowing the timing of natural events such as the annual bloom date of different flowers and the emergence of their insect pollinators is essential to biodiverse gardening and shares how climate climate change is disrupting natural collaborations that stretch back over millennia.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Alex Carey – Corporations and Propaganda, part 2 (00:29:00)
Alex Carey wrote that the people of the US have been subjected to an unparalleled, expensive, 3/4 century long propaganda effort designed to expand corporate rights by undermining democracy and destroying the unions. The 20th century, he wrote, is marked by three historic developments: the growth of democracy via the expansion of the franchise, the growth of corporations, and the growth of propaganda to protect corporations from democracy. Careys unique view of US history goes back to World War I and ends with the Reagan era. Noam Chomsky dedicated his book Manufacturing Consent to the memory of Alex Carey. Chomsky says that the Australian sociologist would have written the definitive history of propaganda in the US, had he lived to complete his work. This is a fairly complex production with many voices, historic sound clips, and source material. The program has been used by writers and students of history and propaganda. Alex Carey: Taking the Risk out of Democracy, Corporate Propaganda VS Freedom and Liberty with a foreword by Noam Chomsky was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1995.
THE BOPST SHOW: The Lunatics (00:55:14)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear media assassins Negativland, country music legend Buck Owens, and Latin soul orchestra Gerlado Pino & The Heartbeats as well as tunes by Freddie McKay, Branko and Mayra Andrade, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #649 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Robert Reich (professor of Public Policy and former Secretary of Labor) to discuss his “Pledge to Make America Affordable Again.” Then, Ralph speaks to Derek Shearer (former economic policy adviser and US Ambassador to Finland) about his recent work, “A Bold Economic Program for America.”
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 08.14.26 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Friday August 14, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Some San Antonio neighborhoods are getting cool makeovers (00:01:30)
Reflective pavement and new trees are lowering the temperature in heat-stressed communities.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Woody Guthrie’s American Song (00:55:00)
DCs Theatre Alliance brings Woody Guthrie’s songs into today’s struggles, and Richard Trumka explains how labor artists preserve workers stories, strengthen solidarity and build the movement
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Border Boondoggle Rolls On (00:58:00)
Author Sabrina Haake has been keeping up with the construction of the border wall- does anybody think the piles of money being spent are worth it?… or will even make a difference in immigration?
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: When the Dogs Bit Back (for 8/14) (00:02:00)
Working Class History traces how street dogs became symbols of resistance and hope. In labor history, FDR signs the Social Security Act. Quote of the day: Pete Seeger.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Susan Jackson of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (00:29:00)
Did you know that the contents of that can of tuna sitting in your cupboard can actually be traced back to the waters and boat where the fish was caught? Organizations like the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (the ISSF) have placed seafood traceability squarely in the 21st century. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with the president of the ISSF, Susan Jackson, to learn more about tuna fishing. We look at her organizations partnership model, discuss the viability of maintaining healthy global fish stocks, and talk about some of the challenges facing the industry.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: From Deadspin to Defector: The Power of Worker-owned News Outlets (00:28:00)
The business of media is in danger ” but it sure isn’t dead. Many of the rising stars that were poised to save journalism like Vice and Buzzfeed have either entered bankruptcy or stopped reporting on news. There have been layoffs across the industry and many newsrooms have cut back on the resources available to journalists. But workers have also organized unions, including high-profile campaigns at Cond Nast and The New Yorker, and started worker-owned media like Hell Gate and Defector. This month on Meet the BIPOC Press, Laura Flanders is joined by three journalists who have lived through the struggles and are a part of the solutions. Alex Sujong Laughlin is a supervising producer and co-owner at Defector; Esther Wang is a worker-owner at Hell Gate; and Tammy Kim helped organize unions at Al Jazeera America and The New Yorker, where she is a contributing writer. How do they think about the future of journalism, and what difference does it make when journalists have the freedom to speak truth to power ” especially when it comes to reporting on policing and Palestine?
THE BOPST SHOW: The Lunatics (00:55:14)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear media assassins Negativland, country music legend Buck Owens, and Latin soul orchestra Gerlado Pino & The Heartbeats as well as tunes by Freddie McKay, Branko and Mayra Andrade, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 8/13/2026 We’re Paying an Unspeakable Price for the Cost of DOGE; Guest: Michael Mechanic of MoJo (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump’s White House vanity projects will cost taxpayers at least $900 million, raided from other agencies to prevent congressional oversight. Trump’s hand-picked Kennedy Center board voted to shut down the facility for two years, imperiling the survival of the National Symphony Orchestra. Homeland Security officials spent $464 million on a no-bid contract for 10 used airplanes that have barely been used since. A new GAO report confirms that Elon Musk’s so-called ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE) did not save any taxpayer dollars, or reduce the debt or deficit. Mother Jones’ MICHAEL MECHANIC explains how Musk’s DOGE scam actually cost taxpayers money, and cost America dearly in heath, humanity, privacy, education, food safety, consumer protections, and world leadership in science. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 08.13.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Thursday August 13, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: When the power goes out, homes can become heat traps (00:01:30)
Austin, Texas, is helping low-income residents make energy efficiency upgrades, maintaining cooling centers, and urging people to check on neighbors.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
CODEPINK RADIO Episode 363: Israel’s Manipulation of AI (00:55:00)
As US support for Israel plummets, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu “wanted by the International Criminal Court” attempts to train AI models to deny Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and crimes against humanity across West Asia. CODEPINKs Marcy Winograd interviews Nick Cleveland-Stout, independent journalist with the Quincy Institute and Drop Site News, on Israel’s $46.5 million contract with a former Trump campaign manager to spread propaganda.
https://www.codepink.org/radio
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Songs for a Society Under Attack (for 8/13) (00:02:00)
Labor Heritage Power Hour connects Woody Guthrie’s songs to today’s attacks on labor justice, the economy and freedom. In labor history, Buffalo switchmen strike in 1892. Quote of the day: Saul Alinsky.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Recovering from the Daily Trump Trauma Machine (00:58:00)
Thom Hartmann speaks with author and former minister John Pavlovitz about his recent article after traveling “I Didn’t Realize How Sick America Was Making Me Until I Left It.” He explained that everywhere he went, shop owners, servers, Uber drivers, and other travelers from the disparate corners of this planet routinely verified how abnormal our daily life has become in the US.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-08-11 (00:58:30)
This week, well examine what Todd Blanches narrow Senate confirmation to lead the Justice Department means for ethics in government and what can stand in the way of Blanches enactment of Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda. My guest will be Praveen Fernandes, Vice President of the Constitutional Accountability Center. Then, well find out about a powerful coalition that has formed to counter the devastating impacts of data centers and Big Techs thirst to build such centers all over the country. Thomas Meyer, Deputy Political Director at Food & Water Watch will tell us all about the Stop Data Centers Coalition. Finally, Kenton Wright, a Black bagel worker and barista and organizer with Missouri Workers Power, will explain how a massive grassroots mobilization defeated Republican Governor Mike Kehoe’s regressive agenda during the recent Missouri primary election.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 12 (00:25:36)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
WINGS #18-26 Jawambe Means Tell Me (00:29:00)
Janet Mirobi tells how she and other women who entered the taxi business in Mombasa shrugged off male drivers’ interference; how she used her contacts from ships in the port to learn multiple languages; how she was stowed away on a ship and learned to crew, while keeping her new occupation from her parents; and how she used her seafaring earnings to open first a pub in Mombasa and then the Jawambe Hotel. She gives her philosophy on how to interact appropriately with customers.
THE BRADCAST: 8/12/2026 What the Heck Just Happened in WI? Guest: John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The 2026 midterm elections are taking shape with notable primary results from Alabama, Connecticut, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Carolina, and Vermont. Alabama re-did their primary after GOP lawmakers corruptly eliminated a majority-Black voting district in the middle of the election. Trump-endorsed election conspiracist Mike Lindell lost the GOP primary for Minnesota governor. Wisconsin saw a wild ride in the Democratic primary race for governor, with unexpected twists and turns that resulted in Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley winning a razor-thin victory over very progressive state Rep. Francesca Hong. Wisconsin native JOHN NICHOLS, Executive Editor of ‘The Nation,’ explains what just happened in Wisconsin; why polling was so inaccurate; whether and how the two wings of the Democratic Party can unite; what it all means going forward; and much more.
Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Wednesday August 12, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: 9 million U.S. students lost school time for weather in the 2024-2025 school year (00:01:30)
Extreme heat, smoke, floods, and storms are disrupting education across the country.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Don Schaffner, PhD, food safety microbiologist discusses cyclospora. (00:28:00)
Did you know that we have a cyclospora season in the United States? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Don Schaffner, PhD, food safety microbiologist at Rutgers University. Schaffner discusses the nationwide cyclospora outbreak, cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions FoodNet, and what is likely multiple outbreaks of cyclospora. Schaffner has been widely interviewed and discusses the topic on his podcast, Risky or Not: https://www.riskyornot.co/
Related Websites: https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigation-9-state-outbreak-cyclospora-illnesses-iceberg-lettuce-july-2026
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT: Margaret Cho in Conversation (00:28:59)
Comedian and activist Margaret Cho shows another side of herself in conversation with Michael Taylor Gray. In the news, six local London councils are resisting the trans bathroom ban, while two New York lawmakers are moving to legalize bathhouses. Also, Michigans Democratic Senate primary, a Gay-Straight Alliance lawsuit in Virginia, and the heart-wrenching story of three Ghanaian lesbian asylum-seekers deported to Cameroon by the U.S.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Who Builds the Show? (for 8/12) (00:02:00)
Heartland Labor Forum asks whether concert workers are paid fairly and protected. In labor history, baseball players launch the 1994 strike. Quote of the day: J.J. Bentley.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Losing Faith in Corrupted Capitalism (00:58:00)
To those who hate socialism.. why don’t you fix capitalism? Plus- There are few simple words that science has shown may cool the temperature of political debates.
QR CODE: Culture. Opinions. Dialogue. Entertainment. (00:59:00)
Main Segment 1 CULTURE (10 mins): John Stewart Questions John Fetterman on Prioritizing Israel
Main Segment 2 OPINIONS (10 mins): Wesley Bell Defeats Cori Bush in Democratic Rematch
Better Do Better (6 mins): ICE is Collecting DNA from Detained People and Storing it Indefinitely
Q Wards Clapback (7 Mins): The Coalition is Winning! Oh, and Read NSPM-7!
Main Segment 3 DIALOGUE (10 mins): What Do You Admire About a Religion Other Than Your Own?
Main Segment 4 ENTERTAINMENT (10 mins): Whoopi Goldberg Explains Why She Chooses Single Living
https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/qr-code
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 11 (00:18:14)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
ALAN WATTS: Unveiling Wealth’s Secret (00:10:38)
In this video, bestselling author and thinker, Alan Watts, talks about the power of letting go and the importance of self-empowerment. Watts, who was once homeless and addicted to drugs, discusses the importance of allowing oneself to be healed and the spiritual awakening that occurs as a result.If you’re looking to explore the power of self-empowerment and spiritual awakening, then this video is for you. Watts takes a fascinating look at the path to wealth and how it can be attained through letting go. If you’re looking to gain a better understanding of the power of self-empowerment, then this video is for you!
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: The Hidden Power of Questions, with Lani Watson (00:28:00)
Philosopher Lani Watson invites us to wrestle with unaskable and unanswerable questions to understand the real power of our questioning practices. Her new book is Q: The Hidden Power of Questions in a World That Wants Answers. “Once you start to notice not just the questions you are asking but the questions you aren’t asking, you start to really appreciate where questions are exercising power in your life.” ~ Lani Watson
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, detailed reporting, interviews and snarky commentary.
More detailed episode notes will be posted when available – please check back!
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 08.11.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Tuesday August 11, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Farmers learn how to grow crops with dramatically less water (00:01:30)
As snowpacks shrink, the Dry Farming Institute in Oregon is teaching farmers how to get by with less irrigation.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: When the Ripple Returns: What the Starfish Story Never Told Us (00:29:00)
This episode explores one of the most enduring motivational stories through a fresh lens. We all know the lesson of the starfish story: one person can make a difference. But what happens when that difference finds its way back to us? In this episode of Encouragementology, we talk about overcoming the feeling of helplessness, why one act of kindness is never too small, and how encouragement creates ripples we may never see. You’ll discover that changing one life isn’t a consolation prize. It may be exactly how the world changes, one person, one conversation, and one act of compassion at a time.
MAKING CONTACT: Kev Choice: Love, Growth, and the Power of Music (Encore) (00:29:00)
We sit down with Kev Choice, a classically trained pianist, rapper, composer, and educator, who has reshaped the Bay Area music scene. Raised in Oakland with San Francisco roots, Kev blends hip-hop, jazz, soul, and classical music into a unique sound. This episode first aired in November 2024.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: A Two-Way Street for Worker Power (for 8/11) (00:02:00)
Worker Power Hour explores how unions can connect with their communities and amplify their message. In labor history, troops expel jobless workers from D.C. Quote of the day: Jack London.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Did Iran Outplay Trump? (00:58:00)
Can Trump even get out of the mess created in Iran when we sucker-punched their leadership by assassinating dozens of them during good-faith negotiations? Plus- are there solutions to proving medical care to all?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Fossils (00:53:00)
The Kids Crew took a summer field trip to a secret fossil dig site located in an active mining quarry in the mountains of New Mexico. They spoke with the paleontologists working to extract 350 million year old fossilized marine creatures and plants.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 10 (00:35:26)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
ALAN WATTS: The Power of Releasing Control (00:21:26)
THE BRADCAST: 8/10/2026 Alarming voting system vulnerabilities persist, with guest Susan Greenhalgh, election security expert (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Colombia suffered significant damage from a powerful earthquake. China was struck by Super Typhoon Dolphin. Europe braces for its fifth major heatwave. In the US, Lake Mead has hit a new record low due to heat and drought. Donald Trump’s Iran War remains in stalemate. Trump’s corrupt personal attorney Todd Blanche was sworn in as US Attorney General. Trump’s Justice Department has lost every lawsuit to force states to turn over unredacted voter data. A cybersecurity group found vulnerabilities in U.S. electronic voting systems and then was fired by the Trump Administration. Election security expert SUSAN GREENHALGH of Free Speech For People explains the cybersecurity report’ other known election security vulnerabilities; the lack of response from election officials, Republicans and Democrats; best practices to secure our elections, and more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 08.10.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Monday August 10, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Boston homes were built to retain heat. That can be a problem in summer (00:01:30)
Residences are retaining more heat as the city’s summers heat up.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE WBHWT Episode 176 – Community Benefit Agreements (00:29:00)
Huge amounts of money have been allocated by the government under the Infrastructure Law as well as the Inflation Reduction Act. So how do local recipients ensure that the funds actually benefit the local community ” and not just provide wages for out-of-town workers who swoop in to build a project and then move on to follow the money? Community Benefit Agreements are one tool to make sure these funds are equitably distributed.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Great Shift of Economic Thought from Macro to Micro [August 6th, 2026 (00:29:00)
The rational approach is to ask which works better in an industry or to meet any social need: private enterprise or government enterprise. It is irrational and dogmatic to think only one or the other is allowed. For 100 years we have wasted time debating which is good and which bad. It’s time to move on. Let’s talk less about macro-issues like private vs public and more about the micro issue: what is the best way to organize enterprises (factories, offices, and stores): top-down hierarchical or democratic. That could bring much-needed change and improvement to today’s economic systems.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Fighting for the Boulderado (for 8/10) (00:02:00)
The Labor Exchange follows workers fighting to preserve jobs and working conditions at Colorado’s historic Boulderado Hotel. In labor history, President Obama signed a jobs bill to prevent public-sector layoffs in 2010. Quote of the day: Barack Obama.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: As Donald Pockets Billions, Race is a Distraction (00:58:00)
Progressive leader Pramila Jayapal joins Thom- as the leader of our nation enriches himself with thousands of millions of our dollars each year, can he and the Republicans keep the focus on scary brown people and away from their blatant law-breaking? Or can we give some oxygen to the Democratic agenda?
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Extraction to Action: Rebuilding Community Beyond Capitalism (00:55:00)
Peterson Toscano is guest-host today. If you’re a regular listener, you know about Peterson’s incredible gifts in sharing transformational riches with you. He does a number of podcasts, and so he shares some samples here, with new content as well. Because I’m crazy busy heading out to California for a vital family gathering, I’ll just let Peterson explain all of this about capitalism, opportunism, environmentalism, integrity, and such related topics and themes today, along with the full cast of characters – co-host Diana Yanez and guests including Gwyneth Jones, Nina Bentley, Phil McGraw, and Trey McCain. Find more about Peterson & the full range of works, podcast, video, theological, & more, at PetersonToscano.com.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Evangelical Christian, Quaker
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 9.2 (00:19:40)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
ALAN WATTS: It Will Give You Goosebumps (00:09:43)
An inspirational and profound speech on the eternal now by Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts Limits of Language-2″ “Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal, for the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever….” – Alan Watts. (1915 – 1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4oI0Q62RkE&t=116s
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The ChildSafe School – Part One (00:29:00)
The ChildSafe School – Part One
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 8/7/2026 Encore: This is What Kleptocracy Looks Like (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 7-30-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: A U.S. military base in Illinois really did record a sweltering heat index of 130F, likely intensified by ‘corn sweat’ from nearby fields. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) slowed the confirmation of Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, as U.S. Attorney General, but Blanche can indefinitely continue as Deputy AG. Senate Republicans approve of Trump’s unprecedented grift and graft as the most corrupt and self-dealing president in US history — by allowing Trump’s scheme to steal $100 million in taxpayer money from his corrupt IRS immunity deal and his $1.8 billion slush fund; disappear $13 billion in Venezuelan oil revenue and millions in corporate donations to his library; and much more. This is what kleptocracy looks like. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 08.09.26 PROGRAM Notes
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THE FALLON FORUM 8.5.26: India’s “Cockroach” movement’s relevance for US politics (00:55:01)
On this week’s Fallon Forum, Ed Fallon discusses
– Trump’s DC judicial appointee chooses truth over compliance
– “Cockroaches” create turmoil for India’s authoritarian ruler
– A look at Tuesday’s primary election results
– August garden Q & A, with Kathy Byrnes Fallon, Birds & Bees Urban Farm
EARTH RIOT RADIO: 233- We Wait for the Earth to Overwhelm War (00:29:00)
The flowers, spiders, invisible bacteria, shadows of eagles, oozing stews of life coming up through the rubble, pushing aside the folly of our empire. Happens again and again. Viet Nam, Chile, Nicaragua, Vieques, Lumumba, Allende, Chico Mendes, Fred Hampton, Leonard Peltier. The task of being a USA person trying to maintain a conscience. Always waiting for the freedom-fighters and the flowers.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Midnight Phantom of the Boardwalk P2 (00:28:00)
Barnaby Druthers (modern audio theater adventure) Midnight Phantom of the Boardwalk P2 (concluding the two part story) and Barnaby Druthers (classic audio theater story) Of Rhyme and Reason.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN August 8, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Jeff Mangan, founder of the Transparent Election Initiative. We discuss the Montana Plan. This plan gives states the option of avoiding the problems caused by the Citizens United ruling. States have the right to declare the rights of corporations that do business within their borders. This means that they can eliminate the ability to spend money on political activities. This avoids the ‘speech’ issue cited in Citizens United. Hawaii has already implemented this strategy.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Bill Curry and Ryan Cooper. We discuss the pandemic history revision that Republicans seem to have adopted. The attacks on Dr. Fauci have escalated. We also discuss insider trading by government officials.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS August 6, 2026 (00:59:00)
How Democrats Can Distance Themselves From Nutty Ideas Like Cancelling Thanksgiving and Why Third Way Should Not Waste Money Trashing Democratic Socialists | The Uncanny Parallels Between Hitler’s Project 1933 and Trump’s Project 2025 | Trump and His Greedy Family and Treasonous Oligarchs
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Growing Up in the Shadow of the Atomic Bomb with D. Leah Steinberg (00:59:00)
D. Leah Steinberg is the author of Raised in the Shadow of the Bomb: Children of the Manhattan Project.
She was born after WWII and her father worked on the Manhattan Project to create the Atomic Bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For this book she interviewed numerous people who grew up with parents who also worked on the Atomic Bomb, to talk about their experience of that and how it influenced and affected their lives and worldview.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: (00:58:00)
Mark Zuckerberg is allowing his AI on all platforms to willingly ingest disinformation and repackage it as authoritative. Also, as the surveillance state keeps expanding, who actually has oversight!?
We discuss all of this and so much more. This is an insanely packed show!!!
SATURDAY 08.08.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Judson Merrill, author, “Paranoid Storytelling” (00:59:30)
Conversations with creators and thinkers who are charting the way forward in a tech-saturated society. In our shift to a digital future, we need alternatives to Big Tech. Homepage: techtonic.fm
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: How The Iran War Made the Very Rich Even Richer (00:59:00)
The oil companies had no less supply and sold the same volume but reaped greater profits. The input price: the cost of refinement of crude oil, remained the same. But the Iran War oil shock did not affect everyone the same. As our guest, economics and antitrust journalist Ben Balint-Kurti, details, it’s hardly just market dynamics at work, it really is simple greed. In the oil crisis of the 70s, President Carter instituted a windfall profits tax. It’s time for that again. if not more measures.
AGING MATTERS: Senior Centers (00:58:03)
Senior centers are community-based facilities that provide older adults with a centralized location for social, recreational, educational, and health-related programs designed to promote active, independent living.
Dianne Stone, Associate Director of Community Partnerships and Network Activation, National Council on Aging (NCOA), ncoa.org, talks about senior center roles in the community, programs and services, benefits to older adults and their families, and winners of the 2026 NCOA Senior Center Programs of Excellence Awards.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: The Garden Conservancy: Your Passport to Garden Visits and Education Nationwide (00:29:00)
Horatio Joyce, the Garden Conservancy’s Director of Public Programs & Education details the rich opportunities his organization provides to tour remarkable gardens in every region of the United States, and the innovative opportunities for gardening education it provides both in person and online.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Alex Carey – Corporations and Propaganda, part 1 (00:29:00)
Alex Carey wrote that the people of the US have been subjected to an unparalleled, expensive, 3/4 century long propaganda effort designed to expand corporate rights by undermining democracy and destroying the unions. The 20th century, he wrote, is marked by three historic developments: the growth of democracy via the expansion of the franchise, the growth of corporations, and the growth of propaganda to protect corporations from democracy. Careys unique view of US history goes back to World War I and ends with the Reagan era. Noam Chomsky dedicated his book Manufacturing Consent to the memory of Alex Carey. Chomsky says that the Australian sociologist would have written the definitive history of propaganda in the US, had he lived to complete his work. This is a fairly complex production with many voices, historic sound clips, and source material. The program has been used by writers and students of history and propaganda. Alex Carey: Taking the Risk out of Democracy, Corporate Propaganda VS Freedom and Liberty with a foreword by Noam Chomsky was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1995.
THE BOPST SHOW: Right Now (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 variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear the soulful goodness of Pamoja, hip hop legends Gang Starr, and the Latin jazz of Perez Prado as well as tunes by the Big Boys, Thurl Ravenscroft and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #648 (00:58:00)
Last week, Ralph, along with our constitutional law expert, Bruce Fein, organized another symposium in Washington DC on impeaching Donald Trump. On today’s program, we play you highlights from that symposium with eight of the participants, each of whom are going to give listeners their perspective on why Donald Trump should be impeached even before the midterm elections
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 08.07.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Friday August 7, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: It’s getting more dangerous for kids to play summer sports (00:01:30)
As the climate warms, young athletes face growing risks of heat illness ” especially in communities without air-conditioned practice spaces.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: The People’s Historian-Dave Zirin on Howard Zinn (00:55:00)
Dave Zirin joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to discuss The People’s Historian, his new biography of Howard Zinn, and Zinn’s surprising ties to Hollywood, theater, and radical history. Plus, a conversation about art, hope, and why culture still matters in hard times.
ALAN WATTS: The Purpose of Life Is Not in The Future (00:06:04)
Welcome to Way of Thinking! Alan Watts talks about how we sometimes think that happiness, awakening, spirituality or joy is in the future. Making us chase every kind of things and in the end realizing that everything was a lie and “joy” “love” “peace” is here and now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21VTKiEgAvw
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: President Trumpovich Caught Money Laundering (00:58:00)
Capitol One Bank blacklisted Trump for blatantly illegal activity- are the Russians involved? Journalist Betty Dangerous joins Thom with the facts on his 385 closed accounts… Phil Ittner has the latest from Ukraine… Plus- Putin’s man is in the White House, and American billionaires are all for it.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Women Organize on Their Own Terms (for 8/7) (00:02:00)
ReWork explores why women workers in Uganda built their own organization instead of joining male-led groups. In labor history, Eugene Debs was arrested after the Pullman Strike in 1894. Quote of the day: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Rebecca Leber + Rebecca John: Uncovering the Gas Deception (00:29:00)
If you’ve heard natural gas depicted as a more environmentally friendly fuel alternative as compared to traditional oil and gasoline, you are definitely not alone. Unfortunately, it’s not true. This week on Sea Change Radio, we welcome two researchers from the Center for Climate Integrity, Rebecca Leber and Rebecca John, to discuss their report profiling the natural gas industry’s efforts over the past several decades to mislead the public about its products. We examine the dangers of methane gas emissions that were kept quiet for so many years, talk about the powerful messaging behind the word natural gas, and look at how effective the industry has been in positioning natural gas as a bridge fuel to fight climate change.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Claud Cockburn’s Legacy: Challenging Mainstream Media Ignorance During Nazi Rise (00:28:00)
Mainstream media has a lot to account for in 2026, but go back 90 years, and prestigious publications have often failed to see when things were so clearly wrong. In 1930s Germany, many journalists downplayed Adolf Hitlers ascension to power, with the New York Times writing There is no warrant for immediate alarmThe more violent parts of his alleged program he has himself in recent months been softening down or abandoning. But one young British journalist who, seeing what was happening, quit his job with The London Times and founded The Week, a newsletter that became famous for its opposition to fascism and the Western powers that were enabling it. His name was Claud Cockburn, and hes the subject of a biography by his son, Patrick Cockburn, Believe Nothing Until It Is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism, out now via Verso Books. Patrick is an award-winning journalist himself, with a long expertise in the Middle East. And Patrick is Laura Flanders uncle; Claud is her grandfather. How did mainstream media miss what Claud knew about the rise of Nazis, and how did his guerilla journalism make an impact? And why is Clauds story so relevant now? All that, plus a commentary from Laura.
THE BOPST SHOW: Right Now (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 variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear the soulful goodness of Pamoja, hip hop legends Gang Starr, and the Latin jazz of Perez Prado as well as tunes by the Big Boys, Thurl Ravenscroft and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 8/5/2026 Lawless FCC Votes to Ignore Legal Cap on TV Station Ownership; Guest: John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: South Korea declared a public health emergency amid a record-shattering heat wave that has killed dozens, hospitalized thousands, and canceled pro baseball games. The 2026 midterm election primaries continue in Tennessee and Hawaii. The libertarian CATO Institute points out that Donald Trump has taken an unprecedented US government ownership stake in at least 30 major corporations, even as he and Republicans have shifted to fear-mongering about a ‘Communist Menace’ threatening America. JOHN BERGMAYER of Public Knowledge explains the Trump FCC’s corrupt move lifting media ownership caps, allowing giant corporations to gobble up even more local television stations; why the rule change violates the law; how removing barriers to corporate media consolidation violates the public’s interests and endangers democracy; and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 08.06.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Thursday August 6, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Flood mapping tool helps South Texas communities better understand flooding risks (00:01:30)
Climate Connections is a 90-second daily (M – F) module that moves climate change away from debate and focuses on how it’s impacting listeners’ lives. The features report on what diverse people and organizations are doing to reduce the associated risks, and “connects the dots” between climate change and energy, public health, extreme weather, food, water, jobs and the economy, national security and more.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
CODEPINK RADIO Episode 362: Rubio’s Red Scare (00:55:00)
“On the first half of Empire on the Rocks, Medea and Marcy discuss growing opposition to the war on Iran and U.S-Israel military integration. On the second half of our program, our podcasters take a deep dive into Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “”Cuba, the Capital of 21st Century Communism.”” The conspiracy-heavy document attacks both the island nation–long suffering under brutal U.S. sanctions– and its progressive supporters in the United States. Is Rubio’s Red Scare rant a pretext for military intervention in Cuba or a blueprint for persecution of the Left in the U.S? Or is it both? Listen
to learn more.”
https://www.codepink.org/radio
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Zinn: Art Can Change Lives (for 8/6) (00:02:00)
The Labor Heritage Power Hour explores Howard Zinn’s belief that art and theater can inspire social change and transcend politics. In labor history, Verizon workers launched a nationwide strike in 2000. Quote of the day: Staughton Lynd.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Private Jet Class Rigged the Game (00:58:00)
How can we get back to having a real and broad middle class in America? And who is really in the middle class anyway? Thom takes a deep-dive with “Born on Third Base” author Chuck Collins.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-08-04 (00:58:30)
This week, we’ll begin by digging under the headlines of how the Trump Administration has refused to renew funding for legal representation for unaccompanied immigrant children. Shaina Aber, Executive Director of Acacia Center for Justice, one of nearly a 100 legal advocacy groups whose funding has been illegally stripped, will explain what’s at stake and how people can push to restore child legal protections. Then, Bret Grote, lead counsel for political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal, and founder and legal director of Abolitionist Law Center, will share the latest effort to free Mumia ” it’s a petition to the United Nations. Finally, well go to Pennsylvania whose State Supreme Court earlier this year struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for felony murder convictions and my guest Kris Henderson, co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Amistad Law Project will explain what led to the victory and whose lives it’ll impact.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 9.1 (00:24:34)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
WINGS #17-26 No To Development (00:29:00)
FROM THE WINGS ARCHIVE – VANDANA SHIVA SKEWERS THE MOVEMENT FOR CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT AS UNSUSTAINABLE AND ANTITHETICAL TO SURVIVAL OF LIFE ON EARTH. HER TALK WAS RECORDED IN 1989, SHORTLY AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL IN ALASKA. SHE’S ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC INTEREST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CONFERENCE IN EUGENE, OREGON.
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, detailed reporting, interviews and snarky commentary.
More detailed episode notes will be posted when available – please check back!
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 08.05.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Wednesday August 5, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Climate change causes the oceans waters to expand (00:01:30)
Climate Connections is a 90-second daily (M – F) module that moves climate change away from debate and focuses on how it’s impacting listeners’ lives. The features report on what diverse people and organizations are doing to reduce the associated risks, and “connects the dots” between climate change and energy, public health, extreme weather, food, water, jobs and the economy, national security and more.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Lauren Dinour, PhD, RD, professor of nutrition and lactation consultant. (00:28:00)
Did you know that Arkansas is the only state that requires breastfeeding education in K-12 curriculum? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Lauren Dinour, PhD, RD, professor of nutrition, lactation consultant and advocate for first food justice. Dinour discusses the multiple benefits of breastfeeding, and her research looking at breastfeeding education in K”12 schools, breastfeeding images and how they inform cultural norms, and why and how workplace support of breastfeeding is critical to public health. They also discuss how breastfeeding is key to sustainability and resilience. In honor of National Breastfeeding Month (August) and World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7), the two discuss how society supports or makes more difficult a mothers ability to feed her infant human milk, and the multitude of benefits breastfeeding provides to infants, children, maternal and planetary health. See: https://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/
Related Websites: Breastfeeding Education in Kindergarten Through 12th Grade: A Content Analysis of United States Health Curriculum Standards: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/josh.70173
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT: Washington’s Gay General (00:28:59)
Brian DeShazor talks with author Josh Trujillo about The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben- Washingtons Gay General. The rainbow rewinds to James Baldwin and Randy Shilts and in the news, a deadly vehicle attack targets Berlins Christopher Street Day celebration, Polands Constitutional Tribunal blocks recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere in the European Union, Pennsylvania repeals HIV-specific criminal penalties, and a British court allows a controversial puberty-blocker study to proceed. Finally, the U.S. State Department apologizes for displaying an AI-generated map that scrambled Africas geography, while the consequences of Trump administration cuts to global HIV programs continue to mount.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Hospitality Workers Carry More Than Trays (for 8/4) (00:02:00)
Boiling Point explores how hospitality and service workers are expected to serve as social workers in downtown communities. In labor history, the 1997 UPS strike began; quote of the day: Ron Carey.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Oligarchs, Autocrats, and your Social Security (00:58:00)
While Republicans cut deals to move ever more money into the pockets of the rich, why do they at once push endlessly to kneecap Social Security and Medicare? Activist Alex Lawson joins Thom with the latest.
QR CODE: Culture. Opinions. Dialogue. Entertainment. (00:59:00)
Sharing Perspective, Seeking Understanding, and Shaping Outcomes!
The QR Code is a daily radio show created to bridge legacy news programs, and urban content creation. Hosted by Civic Ciphers Q Ward and Ramses Ja, this show introduces a culturally relevant perspective to stories that often lack it. Taken in addition to their weekly program, Civic Cipher, QR Code ensures that audiences across the country receive wide-ranging news coverage based on journalistic fidelity, responsibility, and accountability.
All Social Media Platforms: @IamQWard + @RamsesJa + @CivicCipher
https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/qr-code
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 8.2 (00:26:30)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity & I, with O’Nell Agossa (00:28:00)
O’Nell Agossa has a personal pact: curiosity is who he is. His first book is part memoir, part allegorical road trip buddy story. A thoughtful, slightly trippy, poignant tale of self-discovery. Curiosity & I: Let Curiosity Guide You is a novel about research and theory — but mostly it’s a conversation about how curiosity shows up in work and life between ONell’s protagonist and a shape-shifting, golden-eyed cat named Curiosity. “…As long as this life unfolds through me, I will let curiosity guide me. Curiosity is who I am.” ~ O’Nell Agossa
THE BRADCAST: 8/4/2026 Cornyn, Tillis Approve Blanche for A.G. and Trump’s Historic Taxpayer-Funded Heist (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Exactly as predicted, outgoing Republican Senators John Cornyn (TX) and Thom Tillis (NC) caved and approved the confirmation of Donald Trump’s corrupt personal attorney, Todd Blanche, as U.S. Attorney General. Trump will still be able to get his $1.8 billion slush fund and be allowed to avoid payment of at least $100 million in unpaid tax penalties — the greatest heist ever carried out by a sitting President, disguised with the help of a lazy corporate media. In Tennessee’s primary elections, voting machines omitted several races. A suspected arsonist was arrested in connection with the devastating Spokane Fires. SoCal Edison’s electric grid equipment sparked the deadly Eaton Fire that destroyed Altadena, CA. Court rules Trump’s EPA illegally terminated $20 billion in clean energy grants. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 08.04.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Tuesday August 4, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Menominee Nation elders are getting solar and battery systems (00:01:30)
The installations help keep electricity flowing at this Wisconsin reservation even when a major storm knocks out grid power.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Why Do I Feel Off Even When Everything Looks Fine? (00:29:00)
If you’ve ever asked yourself that question, you’re not alone. Sometimes life appears to be going well on the outside, yet something inside feels unsettled. In this episode of Encouragementology, we explore why that disconnect happens and how comparison, unrealistic expectations, emotional misalignment, and the stories we tell ourselves can quietly shape our perspective. Instead of assuming something is wrong, you’ll learn how to pause, investigate your feelings with curiosity, and reconnect with what’s actually true. This conversation will help you stop chasing someone else’s version of enough and start appreciating the ordinary moments that often become the most meaningful parts of a well-lived life.
MAKING CONTACT: The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering (Encore) (00:29:00)
We talk to scientists and activists about what geoengineering is and why it could actually be a dangerous way to tackle climate change. We also dive into the moral and ethical questions of testing geoengineering technology on Indigenous lands. This episode first aired in 2023.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Hospitality Workers Carry More Than Trays (for 8/4) (00:02:00)
Boiling Point explores how hospitality and service workers are expected to serve as social workers in downtown communities. In labor history, the 1997 UPS strike began; quote of the day: Ron Carey.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why Is Washington MAGA Calling Bike Lanes Woke? (00:58:00)
How did Germany beat the Fossil Fuel Industry? And why is Washington MAGA calling bike lanes Woke? Plus a National Progressive Town Hall Meeting with US Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin answering listeners’ questions on elections, minimum wage, Venezuela and more.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Folk Art (00:53:00)
This episode comes with a free learning guide. To view, go to www.childrenshour.org and search “Folk Art”.
The Children’s Hour wanted to learn more about Folk Art, so we took the train, and headed to the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, an annual summer market and festival held every year in July in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Folk Art Market is the largest in the world, generating millions of dollars in sales each year for the artisans from around the world.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 8.1 (00:26:35)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: The Pursuit of Happiness (half) (00:29:00)
What did Jefferson mean by life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Adam Potkay explains the moral and philosophical world behind the phrase and the important passages that were edited out of the Declaration of Independence. Plus: On the evening of July 4, 1776, the Founding Fathers raced to print 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence for rapid dispersal throughout the colonies. Holly Robertson and George Riser dive into the frantic, midnight race to spread the news of independence.
THE BRADCAST: 8/3/2026 Breaking: Georgia Voting System Flaw Allows Discovery of How Voters Voted; Guest: Marilyn Marks, election security advocate (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Breaking news today reveals a serious vulnerability in the computer voting systems used statewide in Georgia. Longtime election security and transparency champion MARILYN MARKS, Executive Director of the non-profit Coalition for Good Governance, in recent years has uncovered several alarming security issues in Georgia’s 100% unverifiable touchscreen voting systems, made by Dominion Voting. Marks explains the disturbing new scientific findings confirming that anyone can access Georgia’s public voting records and use AI to reveal how every person voted at the polls, violating their right to a secret ballot. Marks discusses how Georgia elections officials refuse to apply recommended software security patches; solutions that elections officials can deploy now to defend against the problem; how voters can protect their vote (vote-by-mail ballots are not affected); and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 08.03.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman Monday August 3, 2026
Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: People are mailing bloodthirsty ticks to a New York lab (00:01:30)
The lab is testing thousands of ticks for the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, babesiosis, and other dangerous infections.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #175 – The Right to Repair (00:29:00)
As amazing as it might seem, there is a move by some corporations (and of course the government is enacting laws to support them) to prohibit customers from repairing the products they buy ” forcing them to buy new things when the old may only need a bit of upkeep. And some groups are fighting back.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: A Critique of Profit [July 30th, 2026] (00:29:00)
This week’s Economic Update’s entire half-hour is devoted to a critical analysis of profit. The point is to show that it is a very biased way to look at capitalist economies and a biased way to make investment decisions. Both biases are shown to be deeply undemocratic.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: The hidden machinery of wage theft (for 8/3) (00:02:00)
The Workers Mic digs into the mechanics of tax fraud and wage theft with an expert who explains how the scam works and why workers should care. In labor history, Florence Reece died in 1986; quote of the day: Florence Reece.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Did ICE Really Threaten To Beat A Man Into Signing? (00:58:00)
Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the On the Edge podcast, Phil Ittner reports on Zelensky meeting Trump while paying tribute to late US senator Graham and MAGA influencer Laura Loomer reverses course on Ukraine after Kyiv visit. Did ICE Really Threaten To Beat A Man Into Signing? And Senate Republicans project blame on kind Dr. Fauci while hiding their racist actions during the Covid Pandemic.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: COP30 – Earth Passion & Earth Witness (00:55:00)
Keith Runyan is the General Secretary of QEW, that’s Quaker Earthcare Witness, and among his duties in that role was as a participant of the 30th COP session. You likely know of several earlier COP conferences, including COP3 in Kyoto in 1977, COP21 in Paris in 2015, and so last year, 2025, was the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference. We’ll learn a bit about COP30 and Keith’s role there, but also about the kind of work we all can do, individually, and as part of organizations, to stop and reverse the damage we are doing to the Earth, and the kind of strength and skill we need, personally, to do such work. We sat down now with Keith Runyan at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Quaker
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 7.2 (00:18:41)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
ALAN WATTS: Revealing Wealth’s Secret (00:10:38)
In this video, bestselling author and thinker, Alan Watts, talks about the power of letting go and the importance of self-empowerment. Watts, who was once homeless and addicted to drugs, discusses the importance of allowing oneself to be healed and the spiritual awakening that occurs as a result.If you’re looking to explore the power of self-empowerment and spiritual awakening, then this video is for you. Watts takes a fascinating look at the path to wealth and how it can be attained through letting go. If you’re looking to gain a better understanding of the power of self-empowerment, then this video is for you! “No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.” – Alan Watts.
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The Sugar Scandal (00:29:00)
The sugar industry has spent years downplaying the health impacts of sugar and promoting the use of fluoride in public water supplies, despite clear evidence of its potential harm, especially for kids. In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about a new warning on plastic pollution and children’s health, how play sand in Australia has been found to be laced with asbestos, and the EPA’s head-scratching approval of another PFAS pesticide ingredient. Then scientific researcher Chris Neurath talks about his work uncovering documents that show how the sugar industry manipulated science and worked secretly behind the scenes to support community fluoridation programs despite evidence of fluoride’s neurotoxicity and links to other serious diseases.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 7/31/2026 Encore: Corporate Political Spending in 2026 Shatters All-Time Record; Guest: Rick Claypool of Public Citizen (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 7-22-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: A new report from the federal Government Accountability Office finds that the number of workers at massive corporations like Amazon and Walmart and gig employers (Uber, Lyft, Doordash, etc.) who must rely on federal food assistance and Medicaid to survive is skyrocketing. That means taxpayers are footing the bill to support the underpaid workers of huge corporations that are using their gargantuan profits to buy our elections. RICK CLAYPOOL of Public Citizen explains his new report revealing that corporate political spending in the 2026 election cycle has already shattered all-time records for corporate money in politics. In primary elections in Arizona, 2020 election deniers endorsed by Donald Trump secured the GOP nominations for top statewide offices; if they win, they will oversee the 2028 presidential election.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 08.02.26 PROGRAM Notes
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THE FALLON FORUM: 7.27.26: Eminent domain and land-use battles are increasing (00:55:01)
On this week’s Fallon Forum, Ed Fallon discusses
– Cash wars, and the war on cash
– Eminent domain and land-use battles are increasing
– Another angle on Trump’s threat to the midterm elections
– Driscolls berries shouldn’t be our only choice, with Kathy Byrnes Fallon, Birds & Bees Urban Farm
EARTH RIOT RADIO #232 A New Kind of Activism For The Earth (00:29:00)
Each of us is carrying through our everyday life the activism for the protection of the life of the Earth. The DNA for this resistance has been disabled by rightwing religions, the industrial revolution, and by how the USA conquered the Earth and its human companions. Now is the time, here in the third year of a global heatwave and daily extinction of life forms…. to activate the resistance to Earth-killing that we have carried but has been suppressed. We Got To Move! Earthalujah!
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Midnight Phantom of the Boardwalk P2 (00:28:00)
Barnaby Druthers (modern audio theater adventure) Midnight Phantom of the Boardwalk P2 (concluding the two part story) and Barnaby Druthers (classic audio theater story) Of Rhyme and Reason
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN August 1, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Chris Jones, candidate for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa. We discuss the problems in Iowa, and how they are affecting the population, especially the farming community. 25 million hogs, 3 million people. Water and pollution are big problems.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Mark Joseph Stern. We discuss how the Constitution has been used by citizens to enforce civil rights. We particularly focus on the rights of formerly enslaved people.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS July 30, 2026 (00:59:00)
Reviving Their War on Yemen, an Incensed Saudi Leadership Strikes Back at the Houthis | Yesterday’s Unseemly Grilling of Fauci by Republican Junkyard Dogs | Similarities Between Stalin’s Show Trials and Rand Paul’s Ambush of Fauci
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: The Science Behind Anti-Depressant Medications & How They Affect the Human Brain with Robert Whitaker (00:59:00)
Robert Whitaker is an award winning journalist. In this interview by Dr. Richard Louis Miller, who has been a guest on The Magical Mystery Tour a couple of times, Robert and Dr. Miller discuss the epidemic of depression and expose the misinformation about anti-depressant medications, based on false studies and misinformation that has been formally retracted by the major medical journals, and yet still isn’t widely known amongst doctors and psychiatrists. In this interview they expose the actual science about what anti-depressants do and don’t do, from the actual studies, along with cautions for people who have been on anti-depressants for a while, not to try to get off of them too hastily. Considering that 1 in 3 Americans are or have been on anti-depressants, this is critical information everyone needs to be aware of.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Flock Cameras & the Surveillance State + Meta’s War On Privacy (00:58:00)
Flock Cameras claim that are protecting society, but they’re vastly expanding the surveillance state.
Meta says they respect privacy but have the potential to be worse than Flock for surveillance!
This is an insanely packed show!!! We discuss all of this and so. much. more. DO NOT miss this episode..
SATURDAY 08.01.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Fighting for delivery worker rights: Los Deliveristas Unidos (00:59:30)
App companies like Uber, Doordash, and Grubhub have made billions by exploiting delivery workers: offering no benefits, stealing tips, and firing workers by algorithm. Mark visits Los Deliveristas Unidos, a New York-based group fighting for worker rights.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: PR Professional of the Left: Win by Touching Peoples Morals (00:58:52)
The Democratic establishment doesn’t get that people vote their morals. So says our guest David Fenton, successful public relations veteran of fifty years. Civil rights, wars, climate change: he says these are moral issues and people vote with their hearts not just their heads. In the 70s, he stopped the poisoning of apples. Fenton has worked with rock and roll celebrities as well as Nelson Mandela. He praises his professor Abbie Hoffman as a brilliant communicator from whom we can all learn what works
AGING MATTERS: Village Movement (00:58:03)
While many older adults want to stay in their homes and age in place, they may need help to do so. One possible solution is a concept called a “village,” which combines aging in place with a type of interdependent living that helps make aging at home possible. Barbara Sullivan, National Director, Village-to-Village Network, https://vtvnetwork.org/, and Wendy Zenker, Executive Director, Arlington Neighborhood Village, https://anvarlington.org/, describe the village movement in the U.S., village models, services, and programs, and the work of one village in Arlington, Virginia.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Are There Microplastics in the Compost Youve been Buying? (00:29:00)
Rutger Myers of Eco-Cycle, a leader in promoting community composting programs for 50 years, discusses studies that indicate microplastics may be finding their way into the finished product and what you can do to prevent that.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Cecile Pineda with Harvey Wasserman: From Fukushima to Solartopia! (00:29:00)
This is an updated archival program in memory of Cecile Pineda
Cecile Pineda had come to the Unitarian Universalists Fellowship Hall in Berkeley on Hiroshima Day 2014 to support Harvey Wasserman. He campaigns to prevent the opening of nuclear power plants – to limit their operation – or to close them down.
THE BOPST SHOW: It Hardly Matters (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 variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear the soulful sounds of Jackie Wilson, the poppy goodness of Mates of State, and the jump blues of Stick McGhee, as well as tunes by RTX, Bella Bellow, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
ALAN WATTS: Are You Tired of Playing the Social Game? (00:08:50)
Alan Watts. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York.
Full lectures: https://www.alanwatts.com/ Learn more: https://www.alanwatts.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXVrNRo1Zj8
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #648 (00:58:00)
Last week, Ralph, along with our constitutional law expert, Bruce Fein, organized another symposium in Washington DC on impeaching Donald Trump. On todays program, we play you highlights from that symposium with eight of the participants, each of whom are going to give listeners their perspective on why Donald Trump should be impeached even before the midterm elections.