MONDAY 02.02.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday February 2, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: This vineyard now grows power, too (00:01:30)
Solar canopies over grapes at a Colorado State University research site protect the crops and generate electricity.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #87: Living Sustainably in a French Village (00:29:00)
Tell us a little bit about yourself, your family and where you live.
What was the reason you got interested in sustainable living in 2006?
What is your sustainability philosophy?
What changes have you made in the past few years in your life and with your home?
Tell us a little about the vehicle you drive? Are those vehicles common in France?
Tell us a little about the online direct purchase food program you belong to.
How has COVID impacted how you live? French people?
What is the French cultural attitude about living sustainably?
How does the govt support resiliency? Can you explain a little about your wind turbine and what is happening with the planning permission that was revoked?
Talk about France nuclear energy policies.
What do you plan to do next ” I know you have lots of ideas.
Examples: Collect more water with a tank. Green house. Canadian Well.
If you would like to know more about Olivier’s goal to keep his wind turbine you can follow him on Facebook at Planete de Domain. (pronounced Planet de Dumaaaah) Earth of Tomorrow (in English).
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Political Bias of Conventional Economics (00:29:00)
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Pentagons investments into private companies, the end of electric vehicle subsidies in conjunction with the arrival of Chinese EVs in the U.S., the growing trade and produce exchange between Canada and China, and the nurses’ strike of NYC private hospitals grows to include 15,000. In the second part of today’s episode, Professor Wolff talks with Professor Clara Mattei about her new book, “Escape from Capitalism.”
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Greg Palast Explains the Real Story of Why the FBI Raided Georgia (00:58:00)
Don Lemon arrested for being a journalist after Trump demands he be arrested – this is meant to intimidate the press. Will it work? And Christopher Armitage is here reporting from Minneapolis on the siege…What’s Tom Holman up to? Plus Greg Palast Explains the Real Story of Why the FBI Raided Georgia.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Active Peace & Harmony – John Wilmerding (00:55:00)
John Wilmerding’s life as a traveling minstrel was cut short by a drunk driver, but it lead him into a vocation in peace, starting from his work with restorative justice. One of the fruits of his path and devotion has been the Theory of Active Peace, learned and lived in a wide variety of settings, like in prisons with AVP (alternative to violence project), around the Middle East, and through the John Woolman College of Active Peace. John Wilmerding joins us from his Vermont home. Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Presbyterian, UU ” Unitarian Universalist, Baha’i, Quaker
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 20 (00:20:19) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: It Will Give You Goosebumps – The Eternal Now (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: Winning the War on Plastic (00:29:00)
Are we actually turning the corner on plastic pollution? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about plastic pieces in ultra-processed foods, the promise of enhanced geothermal power generation, and pollution of the atmosphere and stratosphere with the chemicals from rocket launches and incinerated satellites. Then Mike Belliveau, founder and Executive Director of Bend the Curve talks about “peak plastic,” and how we may be finally seeing the beginning of the end for unlimited plastic production.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 1/30/2026 Encore: Jack Smith’s public testimony in the House, new secret ICE memo, with legal expert Keith Barber (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 1-22-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast: For the first time, former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified in a public hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on the two criminal investigations and indictments of Donald Trump’s efforts to steal the 2020 election and his theft of thousands of classified national security documents after he left office. Attorney (and former Republican) KEITH BARBER offers both legal and political insight on Smith’s testimony, and dismantles House Republicans’ specious false claims in their attempts to attack Smith and the integrity of his investigations. Barber also weighs in on the disturbing new secret whistleblower memo that instructs federal ICE agents to enter private residences without a judicial warrant, violating the Fourth Amendment, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 02.01.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Jan 25 26 Greenland (00:58:00)
Donald Trump’s demands for Greenland risked both alliance cohesion in NATO and the global order over a potential conflict. Why does the US want Greenland? Does this desire signal greater competition and conflict in the Arctic? Trump announced an agreement over Greenland. Has conflict been averted? or just delayed? While Donald Trump dismissed Greenlanders’ interests when demanding their land, has his campaign to acquire the island built support for Greenlandic independence?
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Renee and Alex, Our best neighbors. What are we learning? (00:29:00)
Are you asking this question? We need to learn something crucial about community, something we will never forget.Renee Good and Alex Pretti. They are role models. They were not reckless. They did not do the wrong thing. They were killed a stone’s throw from their homes. They were both just beyond their front doors. And instinctively they put their personal defense in the smallest acts of kindness. Renee died saying “I’m not mad at you” and Alex was helping a woman that ICE pushed to the sidewalk. Renee and Alex teach us that ordinary love is to be seen, to be thanked, to be practiced and protected.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Harper Thorne in The Architect of Tomorrow (00:28:00)
An Audio theater adventure: The death of a leading scientist on the cusp of a gigantic breakthrough brings Harper Thorne to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Meanwhile Barnaby Druthers considers a way to make a living in the modern age, and it involves solving mysteries with Harper Thorne!
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN January 31, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We sit with Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist, broadcaster, and talk show host. We discuss what is the future for Canada, after the Canadian Prime Minister’s speech at Davos. We are not friends any more, and the new reality is that Canada will likely sever many ties to the US. Canada will be spending more on its defense.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Sophia A. McClennen, Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at Penn State University. We discuss how we all should respond to the lies and propaganda that colors what he hear and see in the news and through social media posts that pretend to be news. Debunking is not enough, telling the truth should be swift and emphatic. Should be depend on the ‘normal’ institutions to protect us? What if those institutions (Congress, SCOTUS, law enforcement agencies) are useless? Are we complicit if we just give up?
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: January 29, 2026 (00:59:00)
Terrorising Minnesota, the Trump/Miller Administration is Violating the First, Second, Fourth and Tenth Amendments | Bezos’s $75 Million Bribe That Avoids Melania’s Early “Career” as a Naked Model and Friend of Epstein | Armed and Untouchable: The Deadly History of ICE
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception with Marguerite Rigoglioso (00:59:00)
Marguerite Rigoglioso PhD, teaches graduate and Undergradute courses in the US and the UK, and is the foremost authority on the history of virgin birth. She’s the founding director of the Seven Sisters Mystery School, dedicated to restoring knowledge about the Sacred Feminine & empowering people on their own unique spiritual journeys. She’s the author of The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece and Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity & her most recent book is The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception: Mary and the Lineage of Virgin Births.
In this fascinating interview we talk about the history of virgin conception and birth from the beginning of recorded history to the present day. And yes, there have been recent examples of this seemingly mythological or metaphorical occurrence. We are discovering that the world is a stranger and more miraculous place than we thought rationally possible. We also talk about the possible implications of this for the future of humanity, as this tradition has essentially been all about since antiquity.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Younger Generations Are Unplugging, And It’s About Time (00:58:00)
Half of Americans now deliberately spend less time on screens, and the choice is paying off… and this long overdue
The younger generations are realizing what Gen X and older generations have known… the real world isn’t on Twitter, it’s being face to face with friends and interacting. It’s creating real and actual connections and not simply swiping left or right. This is long overdue and we cover so much more as well this week!