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
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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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.