FRIDAY 02.02.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday February 2, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: High schoolers build solar car that can go 70 miles an hour
THIS IS SCIENCE: Look For The Helpers – Part 2 (00:29:01)
In the second part of this special Clean Transportation mini-series Jess visits the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project to talk with co-founder and co-director Ms. Margaret Gordon about local health and environmental impacts of – and solutions to – living next to one of the nation’s busiest shipping ports.
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/podcasts
COUNTERSPIN: Alternatives to Policing, Voting Rights (00:28:00)
Monifa Bandele/alternatives to policing, Svante Myrick/voting rights
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Breaking the GOP death grip (00:58:00)
Ukraine Update: Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine, Philip Ittner reports that Zelensky plans to oust Ukraines top general amid tension over new mobilization. Guest Interview: Heidi Siegmund Cuda, Author & Emmy-award winning investigative reporter on breaking the GOP death grip. It’s a Celtic holiday – The pagan holiday of awakening…I’ll explain. Also why do anti-abortion freaks want to freak-out first graders with graphic videos. Plus horrifying news: Son beheads dad – Is Donald Trump growing a Taliban movement in America?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Jacob Vigdor: College Admissions Quandaries (00:29:00)
Whether it be standardized testing, grades, extracurricular activities or personal essays, the question of how to level the playing field in education is quite a challenge. This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a deep dive into higher education admissions and inequities in this country with Jacob Vigdor, a Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington. We discuss the flawed measures we use to evaluate teenage pupils and ask what the goals should actually be for college admissions officers? Are we looking for students to get good grades and make a lot of money, or become leaders in their communities and help spark thoughtful debate among their peers? We examine the shortcomings of standardized testing and grades, explore admissions systems at most elite” schools, and try to come up with some solutions to the problem.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Not Wanted at Harvard? BIPOC Media on Claudine Gay, Anti-Zionism & Diversity in Education (00:28:00)
Dr. Claudine Gay, a widely esteemed scholar, made history as the first Black President of Harvard in the universitys 387 years. Many saw her tenure as a step forward for diversity in higher education, but today, her resignation speaks volumes about the challenges Black women face in academia. Gay faced fierce backlash this winter over the schools statements on the Israel-Hamas War. A politically-motivated grilling in Congress followed by an organized campaign to attack Gays credibility and intellect, led to her resignation on January 2. What does this all mean for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in education? In this timely installment of Meet the BIPOC Press, our monthly collaboration with URL Media, a network of independent media owned and operated by people of color, Laura is joined by co-host Amir Khafagy, labor and immigration reporter for Documented, which is a member of the URL Media network. We unpack the crusade against Gay, DEI and the lack of support that students and faculty of color, and especially women of color, receive from their universities. Also joining us are Zaire Dinzey-Flores, Professor and Chair of Latino and Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University, and Jamiee Swift, the Founder and Executive Director of Black Women Radicals. Tune in to hear what the media got right ” and wrong ” about this story.
THE BOPST SHOW: Love and Romance (00:55:15)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the classic soul, R&B stylings of Bettye Swann, 70s cumbia from Afrosound, and 21st century Australian power pop by the Sleepy Jackson as well as sounds provided by Ranking Ann, Otoboke Beaver and many others outside of mainstream consciousness.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 2/2/24 (00:00:00)
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THURSDAY 02.01.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday February 1, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Puppets teach Minnesota kids about climate change
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Methane: Monster Or Myth? (00:58:00)
Cornell Professor Robert Howarth returns to Radio Ecoshock reporting the whole Liquefied Natural Gas process leaks so much methane it may be worse than coal for the climate. Oxford Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert tells us methane worries are overblown. Carbon dioxide is the real threat driving Earth to a horrible Hothouse state.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: GOP & MAGA Snowflakes are now mobilizing against their biggest enemy…Taylor Swift…Really?! (00:58:00)
Guest Interview: Tim Alberta – new book – The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicals In An Age of Extremism
YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali – 2024-01-30 (00:58:31)
This week, well speak with Courtney Hagle, research director at Media Matters for America about pushing back against right wing media distortions of the settlement against Donald Trump in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. Then, Jamie L. Manson, President of Catholics for Choice joins us to discuss her organizations counter protest actions at last weeks Annual March for Life and whether they had an impact on the attendees. Finally, best-selling author and acclaimed writer and speaker Ijeoma Oluo will discuss her brand new book just released this week. Its called Be A Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World”and How You Can, Too.
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.
https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/
TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf
WINGS #42-23 HIV-affected Children (00:28:47)
For 2024, UNAIDS has chosen the theme “Let Communities Lead.” In this program, you hear from children and their mothers who have come together to deal with HIV education for children and their parents, and self-esteem building for those who live with the infection. You hear about their medications and their histories with the disease. Also heard from, an administrator from Kenya’s department of Education, and a UNAIDS employee speaking to the press.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 2/1/24 (00:00:00)
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WEDNESDAY 01.31.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday January 31, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Project spreads the word about tax incentives for electric cars
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Music Therapy – Mollie Luck (00:18:35)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Mollie Luck, a music therapist at VCU Health. She joins us for a conversation about the role of music therapy in clinical settings, working with patients, a program at VCU to record the heartbeats of patients nearing the end of life, and more.
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.
THIS WAY OUT #1870: First Black Lesbian U.S. Senator Praises Youth + global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
The first Black lesbian U.S. Senator is youth-inspired; Human Rights Watch finds Meta complicit in Middle Eastern anti-queer persecution, equality advocates go to the U.N. for relief from Texas oppression, Hungary’s homophobic Orban doubles down on his E.U. defiance, Ohio trans families flee the states healthcare and sports crackdowns, a California judge blocks a rule forcing trans cops to out themselves, and U.S. Gen Z-ers are more queer than Republican! Those stories and more this week when you choose This Way Out, the worlds audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Biden’s “Silent Revolution” in American Economics Pays Dividends (00:58:00)
Here are three key areas where Biden is fundamentally reshaping our economy to make it better for working people. A worker-centered trade and industrial policy, strong anti-monopoly enforcement, and moves to strengthen labor unions ” are navigating towards a more equitable economy. Its a sea change thats long overdue. Guest Interview: Investigative Journalist David “Dave” Neiwert asks are the traditional Republicans just now figuring out the new far right overlords are too radical?
CIVIC CIPHER: Black Student Suspended Over Hair / $25 Million for Black Man Wrongfully Convicted (00:59:00)
We spent the first half of the show discussing the story of Darryl George the student who was suspended from his school in Texas over his locs. We also take a moment to discuss cultural appropriation and cite this example of why is problematic. The second half of the show is dedicated to the story of Ronnie Long the man who had a 44-year prison sentence overturned. We discuss his fight to get back what he was owed, and we cite data from the Innocence Project to shine light on just how frequent an occurrence this is. Our Way Black History Fact is dedicated to the story of Fannie Lou Hamerone of this countrys greatest activists.
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: Poetry: Curiosity Emerging, with David Keplinger (00:28:00)
If you think poetry isn’t your thing, spend some time with David Keplinger. David is the author of eight books of poetry and is a professor at American University, in Washington, DC. We got to know one another through a humanities workgroup that was looking at how curiosity might be more effectively woven into the fabric of life at AU. He was a warm and profoundly thoughtful participant in the group, one of my favorites. His new book, Ice, starts with the melting permafrost in Siberia, which has begun to reveal the bodies of 40,000 year old animals, from the last Ice Age. The poems about frozen animals segue into poems about our own bodies under “the ice of forgetting” and how the light of poetry, for him, melted that ice away and helped him remember. “Poetry has been, for me, a well-worn groove to get to that place of curiosity and discovery.” ~ David Keplinger
https://lynnborton.com/2023/12/21/poetry-curiosity-emerging-with-david-keplinger/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/31/24 (00:55:38)
On the Show: Mitch Prinstein, Chief Science Officer of the American Psychological Association, Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of the book “Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships,” joins David to discuss popularity, likeability, and what it predicts about life success. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3ugbnMs
Republicans now opposed a border deal to fix the border problems they have been obsessed with for years. Taylor Swift has broken the brains of Republicans who are now mired in conspiracy theories about her and Joe Biden. Trans people in Florida risk having their driver’s licenses revoked based on new directives about gender on licenses. Nikki Haley continues targeting Donald Trump’s cognitive decline. Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern calls Donald Trump a “rapist” on the floor of the House of Representatives. Donald Trump is privately telling people that he is more popular than Taylor Swift as his aides launch a “holy war” against her. Failed former President Donald Trump appears to have fired his attorney Alina Habba after her total failure in Trump’s defamation trial led to an $83.3 million verdict against Trump. Voicemail caller asks whether Nikki Haley will endorse Donald Trump when she drops out of the Republican primary race.
TUESDAY 01.30.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday January 30, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: An unlikely musical trio records an anthem of hope
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY:Through Tinted Lenses: Navigating the Impact of Personal Experience on Perspectives (00:30:00)
On this show we become keenly aware of how our lenses may be tinted as we navigate the impact personal experiences can have on our perspectives. Which tint are you viewing your world through; rose, violet, jaded, or mirrored? Maybe you aren’t even aware that the lines you draw in the sand were actually started and passed down by someone else. Not unlike limiting beliefs, our perception of any situation is subject to ideas we formulated long before challenges arose. The good news is, as we accumulate more experiences, our perspective can evolve. And if were open to digging into the discovery process to identify the level of tint were dealing with we have the opportunity to push back on outdated beliefs and embrace new ideas and opinions.
MAKING CONTACT: Uncovering the History of the Massacre of Black Wall Street (00:29:00)
In the first of our 3 part series leading up to Black History Month, we focus in on how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Race Massacre. KalaLea, producer and host of the podcast Blindspot: Tulsa Burning. She talks about how the series led coverage of the brutal 1921 attack on a prosperous Black Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, known as Black Wall Street. Then we’ll hear from Tulsa’s Tri-City Collective who continue to investigate the history.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Climate Crisis is an Actual Crisis!(00:00:00)
Biden has paused permitting for liquefied natural gas terminals to protect ‘the public interest’ from climate change. But will the corruption of big money keep us from really taking on the big challenges in front of us? Plus – Thom reads from ‘On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal’ by Naomi Klein.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Read & Ride (00:58:00)
This time on The Childrens Hour, we meet Ms. Caitlin Gooch from Saddle Up And Read, an organization that motivates kids to read with horses. Evan Daitz reviews My Life In The Fish Tank, and Maya Falcon gives us her review of PANDEMIC 2020: A 9 Year Olds Perspective by Prisha Hedau. The kids in the Extinction Diaries teach us about why some zebras are being born with bizarre stripe patterns, and what that means. Weve got great music on this show, too. Learn with us!
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
BETWEEN THE LINES RADIO NEWSMAGAZINE for Jan. 24, 2024 (00:29:00)
Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians; Direct Action Climate Group Targets Retiring Sen. Joe Manchin as Climate Super Villain; Supreme Court Poised to Decimate Federal Regulations on Pollution, Climate, Public Health
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/30/24 (00:56:15)
On the Show: Sam Harris, neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times bestselling author, and host of the Making Sense Podcast, joins David to discuss debating conspiracy theorists, the collapse of the Intellectual Dark Web, wokeness, Trumpism, and much more. Fox News and Donald Trump are wildly triggered by yet another stock market record. Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome hits the right-wing media. The latest conspiracy is that the Super Bowl is rigged for the Kansas City Chiefs so that Taylor Swift will publicly endorse Joe Biden. Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar tries taking credit for money from a bill she voted against and CBS News Miami investigative reporter Jim DeFede doesn’t allow her to do it. A Nikki Haley crowd laughs at Donald Trump’s expense. Donald Trump could be about to lose all the cash he has. A Trump supporter says he loves Trump because Trump hugged the flag once. Voicemail caller asks David whether his views on abortion have changed since becoming a father.
MONDAY 01.29.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday January 29, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Chicagoans learn how to cut pollution at new Climate Action Museum
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE # 146 ” the Environmental Impact of Lawns (00:29:25)
Ah, the suburban dream. A lush, freshly cut lawn stretching as far as the eye can see. But as far as the planet is concerned, that lawn is an ecological disaster, a toxic polluting wasteland devoid of biodiversity. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the resources consumed and the environmental problems unleashed when we pursue the perfect lawn. And what are some alternatives that are a bit gentler on Mother Earth?
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/
ECONOMIC UPDATE: As The Empire Crumbles (00:29:00)
This week’s updates include: information on the closing Greyhound bus stations, miscalculating strengths of Russian obstacle in Ukraine, UK empire cannot afford both Yemen bombs and National Health Service, Boeing aircraft safety debacle enables Chinese export leadership in global auto trade, Israel’s caught also in the shifts and changes of the world economy as US dominance declines.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Ask Pramila Jayapal (00:58:00)
The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus gives frank answers to listener questions- from watching the civil war between the Republicans to ending the Senate filibuster… from supporting Israel to the Chevron doctrine- what is her prescription for what ails America?
RADIO ART HOUR: Lia Kohl, Negativland, Can (00:58:00)
This week we hear from Chicago-based radio artist Lia Kohl, from the Bay Area’s Negativland, and the krautrock band Can. Lia Kohl’s “Variations on a Topography” is constructed in stratified layers, each containing a recording of a full scan of the AM/FM spectrum from bottom to top and back down again. Tuning through the spectrum in the same place every time, Kohl charts a map of her specific signal, showcasing the geographic specificity of radio and drawing out its topography with additional musical sounds. Cello and synthesizer highlight moments of clarity and static, creating a counterpoint ruled by the dichotomy between them. These signal sweeps also offer a sedimentary view of time, capturing multiple 28 minute sections of what would otherwise be completely ephemeral sounds. The recordings, taken over the span of a few months, speak in various ways to the passage of time ” the weather gets colder, traffic patterns shift, wars break out. The signal, like a ghostly mountain range, hovers around us. Then tune in “Time Zones” by Negativland (1987), introduced by Jason Geistweidt. The experimental sound collective, Negativland, has been deconstructing media since its inception in the late 1970s. Originally comprised of members Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons, David Wills, Chris Grigg, and Don Joyce, Negativland makes an art of dissecting the sounds and images of mass media, reconstructing and recontextualizing these materials to reveal the hidden messages within. As Lyons notes in an interview with Rolling Stone, I spend more time in thrift stores than anyone. I like to collect a lot of old records, spoken word records, and we all collect tapes. Don spends more time recording stuff off TV and radio. Their breakthrough album, Escape from Noise, released in 1987 is both a commentary and a shout back at the sheer volume of media (radio, television, and print) that overwhelms our senses, a noise so pervasive that we passively accept its message. The media theorist Marshall McLuhan was fond of telling the story of two young fish swimming past an older fish. The older fish asks, How’s the water boys? and goes on his way. A few minutes later, perplexed, one fish looks at the other and asks, What the hell is water? Through the collection, manipulation, and juxtaposition of materials lifted from the media landscape, Negativland sheds a light on the deluge of media in which we find ourselves submerged. One cut in particular which provides a bit of clarity is Time Zones, a collage of diverse elements combining documentary voice overs, shortwave radio broadcasts, amateur radio conversations, automated time beacons, and talk radio call-in programming. From this mix arises the zeitgeist of the 1980s: fear of the Soviet Union, American exceptionalism, the militant standardization of time, the fetish of technology, and a somewhat Freudian preoccupation with size. – Introduced by Jason Geistweidt. The show ends with “Drink It Up” and “More Data” from Negativland, and then the song “Negativland” by the band Can.
https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/4mvmk6
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
GREEN STREET NEWS: Is Wireless Tech Making You Sick? (00:28:59)
This week on Green Street News, Patti and Doug talk about sensitivity to wireless radiation with Ruth Moss and Dr. Kent Chamberlin, organizers of the One Name Project, a worldwide effort to establish a single name for the condition affecting thousand of people suffering the symptoms of exposure to radiofrequency radiation.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/29/24 (00:55:42)
On the Show: 3 US troops are killed in Jordan and many injured by believed Iranian-backed groups and Republicans place pressure on President Joe Biden to retaliate. The panic about Donald Trump beating Joe Biden in November needs to simmer down a bit. Donald Trump storms out of a New York courtroom during closing arguments in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. Failed former President Donald Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her. Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s lawyer in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, loses her mind outside court after losing an $83.3 million verdict. 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley takes on Trump dementia full force, calling him “totally unhinged” in a recent interview on Fox News. A slurring, sweaty Donald Trump tells a crowd that most of them have dementia, is mad that people say he is sweaty, and acts generally belligerent in Las Vegas, Nevada. Radical Republican Congresswoman finishes 5th in a Republican primary straw poll after a disastrous first debate in her new district. Candace Owens says that when she sees a woman pilot on a plane, she gets scared. Voicemail caller asks why the “liberal media” won’t cover the Hunter Biden laptop “situation.”
SUNDAY 01.28.24 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 1/26/2024: Encore: New Hampshire Primary’s First Dirty Trick of 2024 (00:58:00)
Original airdate 1-22-2024. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Brad Friedman is back, with lessons learned from his bout with COVID. In New York, the second defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll against disgraced ex-President Donald Trump was delayed, reportedly due to COVID among his attorneys. After condemning Republicans who ‘kiss the ring’ of Donald Trump for political gain, Florida Governor and failed 2024 Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is the last to challenge Trump for the Republican nomination for the New Hampshire primary. In rallies, Trump praised foreign dictators and said the US Supreme Court should grant presidents total immunity to commit crimes. A fake, artificial intelligence-generated robocall of Joe Biden’s voice may be the first known dirty trick of the 2024 election. The US Supreme Court granted the federal government authority to remove razor-wire installed by far-right Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at the southern border. Callers weigh in.
EARTH RIOT RADIO: NY Mayor Eric Adams is the Black Donald Trump(00:29:00)
He recently said the flood of immigrants coming here – will destroy New York City. And it’s coming to a neighborhood near you. Oh, really? And are they druggies and rapists? The migration, 200,000 souls in NYC in the last year and a half, is exactly what we need, and it is what we are. The meaning of the 22-story-high female jurist standing in our harbor, with a torch raised, is that we welcome the newest Americans, just as we were welcomed. The killers of our city, Adams friends in real estate and banking (and Trump-endorsing cops) may have met their match, because the shelter, food, and central heating denied the refugees by the city are being supplied by New Yorkers. We are remembering the pleasure of trust.
TURN ON THE NEWS: Curb Your Enthusiasm (00:28:03)
“Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” This week there are shenanigans in the courtroom.
https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/93bbe3
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN January 27, 2024 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin with Lydia Kiesling, who has written about Americans’ treatment of children. Child care is a huge issue in the US, with no solution yet in sight. This is in contrast to European nations, that have policies to support families with children. 97% of child gun deaths are in the US. What kinds of policies are needed to turn this tide?
Segment Two
We then catch up with Scott Braddock, the Editor of the Quorum Report about Texas. The mood is set to “General Election as Kate Cox has been invited to the State of the Nation by Biden. We also talk about the latest winter storm in Texas, and the recognition that fossil fuels will not be enough for future storms. Lastly we go to the seemingly endless border conflicts and the USs failed policies. Governor Abbot has increasingly militarized the border and continues to demand increased funding from Washington. Governor Abbot is also determined to defy SCOTUS, and is in again flirting with secessionist rhetoric. The alt-right are referring to the incoming refugees as an invasion force but refuse to pass any immigration bills, in part because they fear they would help Biden.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS January 25, 2024 (00:59:00)
Trump’s Mental Unfitness Will Now be a Campaign Issue Thanks to Nikki Haley | Undeterred, an Emboldened Iran Benefits From Israel’s US-Backed War on Gaza | Exposing Hungary’s Dictator Orban as the Blackmailer and Kleptocrat That He Is
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org/
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Langston Kahn on Spiritual Community in a Broken Culture of Generational Trauma (00:58:59)
Langston Kahn is a shamanic practitioner and healer specializing in emotional clearing and radical transformation, and the author of Deep Liberation: Shamanic Teachings for Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma. In this conversation we talk about community and spiritual community in individual healing, initiation, becoming a spiritual adult, dealing with intergenerational trauma, systemic oppression, initiation as well engaging social activism in the world.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: China’s Rising Medical Dominance (00:58:38)
China has been on a march to be the world’s powerhouse for all things medical; from drug production to DNA collection. If they succeed, this becomes a global privacy nightmare, more so than it already is! We explore that serious concern and also catch up on the latest cybersecurity, privacy and tech news, plus the latest data breaches!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
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THE BRADCAST 1/25/2024: Economic Recovery Soaring; GOPers Crashing, Burning, Heading to Prison (00:58:00)
On today’s BradCast’: New economic data released by the Commerce Department show ‘stunning and spectacular’ new GDP numbers indicating the post-pandemic economic recovery is resilient and growing. All economic indicators are now better than even pre-pandemic years, with historically low unemployment, wages rising faster than inflation, inflating falling below Federal Reserve targets, and no recession in sight. But will Americans hear about the booming economic recovery under Joe Biden? United Auto Workers union rousingly endorses Biden for re-election. Former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro sentenced to four months in prison for defying lawful congressional subpoenas. Far-right extremist sentenced to six years in prison for his role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol and plot to attack Portland, OR. Michigan Republican Party unravels amid vicious infighting and financial mismanagement. Florida Republican Party fired its chairman amid sexual abuse allegations. Arizona Republican Party chairman resigns after audio tapes suggest he attempted to bribe perennially-failed GOP candidate Kari Lake. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Not Just America: India’s Exceptionally Harsh religious Nationalism (01:00:01)
India enjoys a romanticized image; you may think of Gandhi or the Beatles visit there. The reality is open repression and violence against the large Muslim minority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited America and the bulldozer is the symbol of the Hindu nationalist party in power. On this show, Zahir Janmohamed paints the true picture of today’s India. Since they dont threaten US interests, people rarely think of India. But do we really want to do business with them?
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN January 26, 2024 (00:58:00)
Part 1:
We talk with Scott Braddock, the Editor of the Quorum Report about Texas. The mood is in “general election” mode. Kate Cox has been invited to the State of the Nation by Biden. We talk about the latest winter storm in Texas, and the recognition that fossil fuels will not be enough for future storms. The border is becoming increasingly militarized. Abbot is determined to defy SCOTUS, and the mood is secessionist. The right wingers are referring to “invasion”, but refuse to pass any immigration bills, because they might help Biden.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Laura Jedeed. We discuss the polls, and the Democrats are slightly trailing. Republicans have no solutions, only one=word slogans. Democrats have proposed solutions that need more explanations. Messaging is a problem. We discuss price gouging by pharmaceutical companies, by food suppliers, and others. The perception is of high inflation, however. We discuss how much of the political action is actually taking place at state level, rather than the federal level. The federal government seems paralyzed by the inaction of the House, the disorganization of the Republicans, and interference by Trump operatives.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
GROWING GREENER: Restoring the Canopy of an Olmsted Masterpiece (00:29:00)
Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, one of Frederick Law Olmsted’s greatest masterpieces, was failing by 1989 when Joseph Doccola signed on to restore its tree canopy. Over the next decade he replanted lost trees, matching adapted native species to each site, helping to turn Prospect Park into a pioneering example for urban parks across the United States.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/
TUC RADIO:Israel’s War on Gaza waged from Dec. 27/2008 to Jan. 18/2009 (00:28:57)
TUC Radio Archive –
The story of an international campaign to bring aid to Gaza and break the blockade is inspiring at this time – and here is the audio from a film I made of a talk given by George Galloway in Berkeley, CA, in 2009.
Israels war on Gaza from Dec 27, 2008 to Jan 18, 2009, made more than 100,000 people homeless. Both Israel and Egypt had closed the borders to Gaza, preventing all aid from coming in. British Member of Parliament George Galloway broke the siege of Gaza with a 2 mile long humanitarian aid convoy in early 2009. They entered through the Rafah gate on the Gaza/Egypt border. The same gate that is still used to control traffic to and from Gaza in 2024.
The first convoy drove in on March 9, 2009 with over 200 vehicles intended for use in Gaza. Among these were a fire engine donated by the British Fire Brigades Union, twelve ambulances, a fishing boat and trucks full of medicines, tools, clothes, blankets and gifts for children. At the end of May, 2009, the Middle East Childrens Alliance in Berkeley, CA, held a fundraiser with the British Member of Parliament George Galloway. They invited me to record the event. Here are excerpts from my radio program:
THE BOPST SHOW: Read All About It (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the retro future country of the Sweetback Sisters, the soulful, dance floor jazz of Harold Ousley and the shapeshifting contemplations of Four Tet as well as tunes by Tappa Zukie, Kristy MacColl and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #516 (00:00:00)
Ralph welcomes leaders from two grassroots groups advocating against the war on Gaza. First, from Tel Aviv, we are joined by Ido Setter of Standing Together a movement aimed at mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. Then, here in America, Stefanie Fox, executive director of Jewish Voice For Peace, reports on their work taking action in Congress, on the streets, and in the press to stop the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/
FRIDAY 01.26.24 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon (scroll down for previous notes)
Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday January 26, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Wearable sensors worn by scuba divers could contribute to climate science
THIS IS SCIENCE: Look For The Helpers – Part 1 (00:29:00)
In the first part of this special Clean Transportation mini-series Jess talks with Adam Browning of Forum Mobility about the future of heavy-duty electric trucks.
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/podcasts
COUNTERSPIN: Alternatives to Policing, Voting Rights (00:28:00)
Monifa Bandele/alternatives to policing, Svante Myrick/voting rights
https://fair.org/counterspin-radio/
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Rise & Fall of the Second Trump Reich: Tick Tock (00:58:00)
A dystopian tale that conforms to Trump’s many campaign promises… Plus guest interviews: Dean Obeidallah – Is Trump’s mental decline a national security issue? Federal trial attorney Sabrina Haake explains why not to fall for trumped up charges against Fani Willis. Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine Phil Ittner with Ukraine Update – The right wing takeover plot for the EU exposed. And developments in the E. Jean Carrol defamation case.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Daniel Kammen: The Perils of Deep-Sea Mining (00:29:00)
Most of us have never been there but according to a quick Google search, some of the things you might see at the bottom of the ocean include sea spiders, tube worms, and something called a blob sculpin. Add to that list: heavy equipment for mining rare earth minerals like cobalt and manganese. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Daniel Kammen, an energy professor at the University of California at Berkeley, about deep-sea mining. We learn about this segment of the extraction industry, consider the environmental hazards, and examine why it’s largely unnecessary. We also take a look at the promise of growing rare minerals like perovskites in laboratories, and discuss the recent Sunnylands Climate Agreement between the U.S. and China.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: How to Fortify Democracy in 2024: A Citizens Guide by Sam Daley-Harris (00:28:00)
Civic courage ” what does it look like and how can more of us embody it? In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, a study by Pew Research highlights a concerning trend among Americans: nearly two-thirds feel exhausted, 55% express anger, and a mere 10% report feeling hopeful about politics. Our guest Sam Daley-Harris believes we need advocacy organizations to train individuals to take bold actions ” the sort that have an impact and leave volunteers feeling empowered and transformed. Daley-Harris is the founder of the anti-poverty lobby RESULTS in 1980 and Civic Courage in 2012. Jimmy Carter hailed the first edition of his book, “Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizens Guide to Transformational Advocacy,” as a roadmap for global involvement in shaping a better future. Kirkus Reviews praises the updated 2024 edition as “A handbook for aspiring activists that readers will find to be both inspiring and practical.” A conversation to kick off election year, Daley-Harris suggests how to head off despair, and Laura shares some closing comments on citizenship and spaceships. Recorded at CUNYtv in NYC.
THE BOPST SHOW: Read All About It (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the retro future country of the Sweetback Sisters, the soulful, dance floor jazz of Harold Ousley and the shapeshifting contemplations of Four Tet as well as tunes by Tappa Zukie, Kristy MacColl and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/26/24 (00:00:00)
On the Show: A viewer says David is wrong and that the time has indeed come to panic about President Joe Biden’s chances at re-election in 2024. Joe Rogan explodes in a rant about COVID, stating multiple false things as comedian Bobby Lee looks on. Caller supports Nikki Haley for president. Caller is a Trump supporting-conservative for some reason. Caller talks about clueless Trump supporters. Caller says David is derisive on religion and inflation. The Friday Feedback segment
THURSDAY 01.25.24 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon (scroll down for previous notes)
Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday January 25, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How cutting back on beef helps the planet
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Going Over the Snow Cliff & Dark Mining (00:58:00)
A warming world is pushing us off the snow cliff. Snow drought is increasing. Dry fire-filled summers with low rivers and crop loss surely follow. We talk with Lead Author Alexander Gottlieb from Dartmouth. Then satellites dont lie. Australian mining expert Dr. Tim Werner finds twice as much mining activity and damage, half of it undocumented – the dark mining economy.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What Happened to ‘Limited Government’? (00:58:00)
Republicans seem intent on putting a self-declared dictator in the White House. Has the right forgotten what is meant by ‘limited government’? From outlawing abortion to plans to attack the free press.. from establishing a state religion to dreaming of arresting and executing his domestic enemies- Trump wants to be the first King of the United States.
YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali – 2024-01-23 (00:58:31)
This week, well mark International Holocaust Remembrance day with Shane Burley, who has written a new story for YES! Magazine about the weaponization of Jewish suffering to justify a genocide in Gaza. Then, David Swanson will join me to discuss an on-going public awareness campaign that his organization World BEYOND War is engaged in to point out just how obscenely large U.S. military funding is. Finally, Matthew Kincaid, author of the new book Freedom Teaching will examine the rightwing playbook to undo social and racial justice progress in education via attacks on DEI initiatives.
https://risingupwithsonali.com/
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 7 (00:26:48)
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 # #41-23 Global Gag Rule…is making a comeback (00:28:49)
Republicans in Congress are refusing to re-authorize AIDS funding abroad unless the global gag rule is incorporated into the legislation. Program goes into the origin and effects of this rule, which was at its highest peak during the Trump presidency. Speakers:Loretta Ross, author of Reproductive Justice – an Introduction; Dereje Wondimu Policy and Community Mobilization Advisor at IPAS in Ethiopia;Caroline Nyandat – Reproductive Health Coordinator at the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust, Kenya; Suzanne Ehlers, president of Population Action International (PAI). Narration: Frieda Werden and Diana Wanyonyi.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/25/24 (00:55:52)
On the Show: Simon Rosenberg, veteran Democratic strategist who writes and oversees the Hopium Chronicles newsletter, joins David to discuss the 2024 election, including the Democratic and Republican primaries, and more. As Obamacare enrollment hits an all-time record, Donald Trump is running on ending it. The House Ethics Committee has launched an investigation into Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz over potential child sex trafficking. President Joe Biden delivers a brutal anti-Trump speech after receiving the endorsement of the United Auto Workers union. Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers union, is asked by Fox Host Neil Cavuto why they did not endorse Donald Trump, and it does not go well for the Fox host. The story of Donald Trump’s cognitive decline hits Fox News, leaving anchors and commentators panicking to cover it up. Nikki Haley is now going directly after Donald Trump’s cognitive decline, and it is triggering Trump hugely. Random MAGA Dylan Quattrucci was kicked out of Donald Trump’s New Hampshire victory party for posting a picture with Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, who told a court she had to be in COVID isolation. Voicemail caller explains to David that he doesn’t have a clue about anything related to Joe and Hunter Biden’s crimes and corruption.
WEDNESDAY 01.24.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday January 24, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Report cards grade med and nursing schools on their response to climate change
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Virginia Health Insurance Marketplace (00:15:34)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Holly Mortlock, Deputy Director of External Affairs and Policy with the Virginia Health Insurance Marketplace that is overseen by the State Corporation Commission (SCC). She joins us for a conversation about her professional background, the work of the SCC, Virginia’s health insurance marketplace, the recently concluded open enrollment period, and more. https://vhha.com/podcasts/patients-come-first-podcast-holly-mortlock/
ALAN WATTS: Understanding the Synchronicity of The Universe (00:12:37)
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4CooI0kC6w&t=97s
THIS WAY OUT #1869: ILGAs First Asian Foray & Egypts Queen Boat Bust + global LGBTQ news (00:28:59)
A look back at ILGAs first World Conference in Asia; a good Egyptian Muslim is busted for being a good gay; the U.S. Supreme Court nixes a review of a pro-trans bathroom ruling, the new year brings a flood of U.S. state anti-queer bills, a Missouri rabbi with a trans son schools state lawmakers on Scripture, a federal court blocks a Texas books censorship law, Taiwan has its first out federal legislator, and an Irish Cabinet minister comes out.
Those stories and more this week when you find This Way Out, the worlds audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Can The World Survive Billionaires’ Woodstock? (00:58:00)
America fought back Americas oligarchs twice; will we succeed this third time with an actual oligarch (Trump) running for president as a neofascist populist? Plus – a Kentucky law makes it easier to shoot people camping on your property. What is this really about?
CIVIC CIPHER: How the Right Co-Opts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Some Quotes from Dr. King, Himself
(00:59:00)
We spent the first half of the show discussing how many conservatives cite quotes from Dr. King, but would never be aligned with him politically. We push back against the whitewashing of Dr. Kings legacy and ideas on what the progression of race relations would entail. The second half of the show sees us quoting some of Dr. Kings words to give a more accurate depiction of what the man stood for and stood on. Our Way Black History Fact cites 5 lesser known facts about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 6 (00:36:18)
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
ART, MUSIC AND THE BRAIN – Daniel Levitin (00:21:51)
Daniel Levitin, professor of neuroscience at McGill University, describes the way that learning a musical instrument alters and strengthens key areas of the brain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz lRAYsyN7M
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/24/24 (00:54:53)
On the Show: Donald Trump wins the New Hampshire Republican primary, clearing his path towards the GOP nomination, as President Joe Biden easily wins despite being a write-in candidate. 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley loses New Hampshire, but gives a speech that seems like a victory speech. Donald Trump threatens Nikki Haley and says that New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is on drugs during an unusual New Hampshire victory speech. Nikki Haley supporters in New Hampshire are interviewed, and the primary takeaway is that they really hate Donald Trump. Donald Trump dismisses Nikki Haley supporters when asked about them in New Hampshire, saying he “doesn’t need” them to win. Eric Trump short circuits when asked about his father’s major cognitive gaffe related to Nikki Haley and January 6th. Charlie Kirk says he worries when he sees a black pilot on his plane in the latest show of brazen racism. Kevin Monahan is convicted of murder for killing a 20-year-old woman who mistakenly entered his driveway to turn her car around. Fox News, right wing media, and MAGA are in shambles as the stock market hits yet another record high. Voicemail caller tells a courageous story of bravely acing a cognitive test given to him at a CVS MinuteClinic.
TUESDAY 01.23.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday January 23, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Could your community do this? Workshop participants trade tips on saving energy
ENCOURAGEMENTOL OGY: Beyond Limits: Testing Your Boundaries for Unprecedented Growth (00:30:30)
On this show we are going beyond what you may feel are your limits as we test your boundaries to reach unprecedented growth. Let’s embark on a transformative journey that equips you with the skills and mindset needed to navigate the complexities of life with resilience and confidence. Are you stuck in a rut? Hit what feels like a ceiling of potential? Or maybe year after year it feels like you are regressing instead of pushing forward and persevering. Wherever you feel trapped, reach out because there is so much more to be had. It starts with your desire for more and then your willingness to embrace new ideas that may feel unfamiliar or disagreeable. Your comfort zone might be holding you hostage and limiting your possibilities. It’s time for a breakthrough that starts with pushing back against the same-o, same-o.
MAKING CONTACT: Nuclear Colonialism and The Story Oppenheimer Didn’t Tell (00:29:00)
Oppenheimer swept the Golden Globes, but what did it leave out? We talk about the impact of nuclear colonialism on New Mexico with Myrriah Gmez, author of Nuclear Nuevo Mexico, and how nuclear testing led to contamination in the Marshall Islands and around San Francisco.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Build Back Green.. in Ukraine! (00:00:00)
When the bombs stop falling, will the west help Ukraine rebuild with green energy? And, what is stopping us from permanently banning Russian oil from world markets? And meanwhile, Republicans continue to block action on protecting us from micro plastics. A different world is possible!
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Eating Well (00:58:00)
What makes a good meal great? It’s when it tastes delicious and is nutritious, all at the same time. This time on The Children’s Hour we get in the kitchen with Kids Cooks Sara Robbins in a demonstration kitchen, as we explore healthy foods for kids of all ages. We talk with pediatric dietician, Jill Castle about making healthy choices for our meals. She explains how parents can help kids establish good habits when it comes to food, exercise, and being healthy. Get cooking with The Children’s Hour, and learn with us about Eating Well.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 5 (00:23:18)
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
BETWEEN THE LINES RADIO NEWSMAGAZINE for January 17, 2024 (00:29:00)
Trump’s Fascist Threat to Democracy Downplayed by US Media; US Dept of Health and Human Services Recommends Marijuana be Classified as a Schedule III Drug; U.S. Courts Uphold States Extremist Abortion Laws Endangering Lives.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/23/24 (00:56:19)
On the Show: Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) joins David to discuss the Biden impeachment inquiry, the 2024 election, artificial intelligence, and much more. A deepfake AI version of President Joe Biden’s voice goes out as a robocall to many New Hampshire voters, telling them to stay home today. A Nikki Haley supporter says that she would vote for Joe Biden over Donald Trump if Haley is not ultimately the Republican nominee. Former Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang endorses Dean Phillips for President and asks Marianne Williamson to drop out of the race, which angers Marianne. Failed former President Donald Trump holds a rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, during which he looks terrible, slurs badly, and confuses the audience. Donald Trump’s final rally before the New Hampshire primary, in Laconia, New Hampshire, is plagued by hecklers and protesters. In a new low, failed former President Donald Trump challenges Nikki Haley to a dementia test. Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik tries defending Donald Trump’s scary cognitive gaffe about Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi. Donald Trump Jr says that Tucker Carlson may well be Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential running mate in 2024. Voicemail caller wants to know why progressives should vote to re-elect President Joe Biden in 2024.
MONDAY 01.22.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday January 22, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: To craft enticing vegan entrees, focus on flavor, chef says
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #115: Becoming a Flexitrian (00:28:43)
The raising of livestock is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas. Our industrial meat production processes are cruel and inhumane to the animals as well as the people who work within the system. The over-eating of meat is a major contributor to the decline in health of the planet’s population. So why not change things up a bit?
Flexitarian is the new buzzword for those who have decided to give up a bit of meat, use meat substitutes, and generally try for a bit of moderation in their diet. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the various challenges and complexities of living a sustainable life.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Corporations vs Democracy (00:29:00)
In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff analyzes the corporation. It stands as a basic institution blocking real democracy in our society. The corporation’s structure and operations empower and enrich a tiny social minority at the expense of the people’s wealth and democratic power. Like the critiques of slave plantations and feudal manors that preceded the disappearance of those systems, the growing critique of capitalism reflects but also informs critical social movements now.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What Would the Christian America Trump & Speaker Johnson are Calling for Look Like? (00:58:00)
Its gotten so absurd that a reporter spoke with a woman at a Trump rally sporting a crucifix & tee-shirt that said Hang Joe Biden For Treason. She essentially said Jesus would watch the execution. Also who profited from J-6? Guest Interview: Dan Friedman, Senior Reporter – DC Bureau, Mother Jones. Crazy Alert! Oklahoma GOP files a bill to ban the very very scary “furries” from schools.
RADIO ART HOUR: Jasmina Al-Qaisi (00:58:00)
“Homoniememorimorph” by Jasmina Al-Qaisi, introduced by Jos Alejandro Rivera, is featured today. Originally performed in 2020 for Anybody out there?! (100 Days of Radio in Germany) at D21 Artspace in Leipzig, Germany, Homoniememorimorph was a live radio experiment using auto-archival methods crafted on the go. Jasmina Al-Qaisi describes the radio action, of which she has excerpted and edited, as an ongoing text writing method with, and for voice, where she re-writes her memory by crossing bridges between words. “Homonimemoriorph,” an invented word of a longer series of invented words by the artist, sonically and visually resembles other words. It is a manifestation of misspelled speaking, and a practice of Al-Qaisi as a poet, artist and radio maker. In the piece, she says the invented word is used to define the words that I feel fit together, and that stands for me, being here taking over talking over the radio; trying to re-order my memoriesto envision some sort of agency on what our memory is. “Homonimemoriorph” casts a wide net which allows Al-Qaisis words to create and pass through multiple forms and meanings depending on what associations the listener makes. The improvised nature of the piece often results in overtly confessional moments that transform ordinary approaches to what is considered useful or important information. The first public instance of this project was streamed over internet radio, and broadcast on Radio Corax 95.9 FM and UKW 87.5; the latter, covering the vicinity of D21 Artspace. Due to an un-planned delay in her headphones, Al-Qaisi’s voice, thinking, and as a result, the conversation with herself, was forced to slow down. Navigating this live radio time stretch, she spoke while sitting before a table of tiny, misplaced objects she gathered over the span of 15 years. They included scrap papers of invented words and poems, stones, shells, and pieces of metal items. As Al-Qaisi reflected on these objects, she re-wrote the importance they seemed to hold for her, and combined these new histories with samples of YouTube glitches that included insect, animal, and planet sounds, and samples of her friends attempting to pronounce homonimemorimorph.
https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/4mvmk6
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 4 (00:25:38)
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
GREEN STREET NEWS (00:28:09)
This week on GSN, New York Sierra Club’s Tracy Frisch talks about the “forever” chemicals known as PFAS, and why spreading sewage sludge on farmland, as recently recommended by NY Governor Hochul, is a really, really bad idea that will contaminate that farmland forever.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/22/24 (00:55:39)
On the Show: Pathetic 2024 Republican primary candidate Ron DeSantis ends his campaign in shame with a fake Winston Churchill quote, immediately endorsing Donald Trump. The Ron DeSantis campaign was clearly in shambles for weeks, and an interview earlier this weekend reinforced that his campaign was imminently ending. Failed former President Donald Trump suffers a scary cognitive failure during a rally in Concord, New Hampshire during which he is visibly disoriented and blames Nikki Haley for January 6 Washington DC security. 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suddenly jumps on the Donald Trump dementia situation after Trump blames her for January 6 Washington DC security failures. Nikki Haley is finally attacking Donald Trump, but is it too little too late to make a difference? MAGA attendees at Donald Trump’s rally in Manchester, New Hampshire head for the exits as Donald Trump struggles to speak. Failed former President Donald Trump admits that his latest nickname for Nikki Haley, “Nimbra,” is xenophobic and rooted in her Indian ethnicity. Republicans are increasingly panicking about the 2024 election as they realize they have no accomplishments to speak of. Joe Tacopina, one of Donald Trump’s lawyers, quits in the middle of major trials and gives an interview to Al Sharpton during which he explains nothing about his decision. New polling shows that only 20% of the country would vote for Trump over Biden if Trump were convicted of crimes. Voicemail caller was targeted by the constant scams impersonating David Pakman, this latest one asking him for $4,000.
SUNDAY 01.21.24 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 1/19/2024 Encore: Will the MSM Step Up to Meet 2024’s Unprecedented Challenges? Guest Dan Froomkin of Press Watch (00:58:00)
Original airdate 1-10-2024. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The 2024 election year will be like none other in US history, but is the mainstream media, which arguably helped lead us to the potential collapse of American democracy, up to the challenge? Or will they double down on false, corrupt ‘both sides’ framing on critical issues? Veteran media critic DAN FROOMKIN of Press Watch discusses the ‘intense internal pressure to defend democracy’ that newsrooms are facing in 2024, how they can better serve the public by dropping ‘horse race’ coverage of politics that obscures the high stakes of the 2024 election, some encouraging signs, and much more. Accountability today: NY Attorney General seeks increased penalties against the Trump Organization for committing bank, tax and insurance fraud. Corrupt leader of the National Rifle Association resigns as civil fraud trial begins. Republican grifter James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas collapses under new evidence of financial fraud. Kentucky county clerk who discriminated against same sex couples must pay steep civil fines. Chris Christie drops out of the GOP 2024 presidential primary.
EARTH RIOT RADIO: The Post-Religious Church of the Fabulous Unknown (00:29:00)
American religions like sports, the arts, corporate life and house-hold pets – leave us with a goopy kind of gradualism. Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanitys most urgent issue — the planets Sixth Extinction. Made by “Earth-loving urban activists” from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and urges listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring News From the Natural World, a weekly gathering of climate changes latest science, and insightful interviews with radical leaders in environmentalism and activism.
TURN ON THE NEWS: “Presidential Immunity.” (00:28:31)
This week the ex-president argues for something that does not exist. “Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/93bbe3
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN January 20, 2024 (00:59:00)
Segment One
We begin with Laura Belin about the Iowa caucuses, and Trump’s win. Turnout was low, about 110,000 thousand people turned out. Weather was very cold, though Trump workers drove people to the caucus sites. Trump’s victory due to older, less educated voters. DeSantis placed second and Haley third. We also discussed a recent ruling in an Iowa book ban which was overruled by Judge Loker for over-broad language in the bill.
Segment Two
We then talk with Bill Curry and Robert Hennelly. We discuss the importance of religious organizations, and how they have changed in recent time. Televangelists have polluted religious messages. For the MAGATs, God is Trump, and Democracy is Fascism. It is expected that now the GOP has successfully attacked legal abortion, they are pivoting to concentrate on immigration. Not to solve the problem, but to keep people angry about it. Immigrants are strong on values that support our society: Faith, family, work. Instead, they are being vilified. No one ever said: “i lost my fruit/vegetable picking job to an immigrant.” Businesses are silent on this issue, though they will be hurt by the lack of labor they will lose.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS January 18, 2024 (00:59:00)
1. America’s Industry and Banking Leaders at Davos are Quite OK With Trump Winning the Presidency;
2. Missile Strikes From Iran Into Pakistan and Pakistan Into Iran;
3. Will the Exchange of Missiles Escalate Regional Conflicts Involving Iran’s “Axis of Resistance?”
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org/
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: I Ching: A Practical Guide to the Book of Changes – A Comprehensive New Translation with Benebell Wen (00:59:00)
Benebell Wen is a writer, lawyer and artist with a broad interest in esoteric traditions. She’s the author of The Holistic Tarot, The Tao of Craft, and her new book is I Ching The Oracle: A Practical Guide to The Book of Changes, which is an updated translation containing many cultural, historical and mythological references and stories, restoring the I Ching to its shamanic origins. This is a fascinating conversation revealing how amazingly relevant this 3000 year old text is to the times we are living in today.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: China’s Rising Medical Dominance (00:58:38)
China has been on a march to be the world’s powerhouse for all things medical; from drug production to DNA collection. If they succeed, this becomes a global privacy nightmare, more so than it already is! We explore that serious concern and also catch up on the latest cybersecurity, privacy and tech news, plus the latest data breaches!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
SATURDAY 01.20.24 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 1/18/2024: Guest host Nicole Sandler with Kelly Carlin on AI misuse of father George Carlin; Also: DOJ cites ‘cascading failures’ in response to Uvalde, TX school shooting (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Guest host Nicole Sandler is back while Brad is out with a COVID rebound infection – – he’s doing better and hopes to be back soon! Among the stories covered today: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland released a damning report detailing ‘cascading failures’ of law enforcement in responding to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 students and two teachers were killed. The report catalogues multiple points of failure, including lack of leadership, training, coordination, and much more. After being admonished by a judge for disruptive behavior, disgraced ex-President Donald Trump did not show up in court at his second defamation trial, brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. Author KELLY CARLIN, daughter of the legendary comedian George Carlin, discusses the shocking new AI-generated YouTube ‘comedy special’ that uses a fake version of her father and his signature style to say and do things her father never said and never did. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: The Supreme Court is Broken: How Can We Fix it? (00:57:32)
They’re not supposed to be an arm of either political party. The word supreme means above it all but that’s not what we’ve got in 2024. The majority often contrives constitutional reasons to impose a right wing agenda. How can we fix it? On this show, Washington Monthly editor Rob Wolfe posits that perhaps the SupCo is supposed to be a ballast but it is hardly that. We are not powerless, though. Wolfe cites legal scholars ideas for restoring its legitimacy.
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN January 19, 2024 (00:58:00)
Part 1:
We speak with Scott Braddock, Editor of The Quorum Report about Texas politics. He cites that 57% of Republicans believe that abortion should be legal. There are no debates in New Hampshire. Trump’s court appearances are campaign events for him. However, there are no substantive comments, only the “tone” of the speeches he makes in court. In Texas, there are no real medical exceptions for abortion. Travel restrictions on women are being considered. There has been a large contribution from Jeff Yass to Abbott ($6M). Yass is a proponent of school vouchers.
Part 2:
We speak with Bill Curry and Robert Hennelly. We discuss the importance of religious organizations, and how they have changed in recent time. Televangelists have polluted religious messages. For the MAGATs, God is Trump, and Democracy is Fascism. It is expected that now the GOP has successfully attacked legal abortion, they are pivoting to concentrate on immigration. Not to solve the problem, but to keep people angry about it. Immigrants are strong on values that support our society: Faith, family, work. Instead, they are being vilified. No one ever said: “i lost my fruit/vegetable picking job to an immigrant.” Businesses are silent on this issue, though they will be hurt by the lack of labor they will lose.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
GROWING GREENER: Bankrupting Your Gardens Weed Seed Bank (00:29:00)
There are thousands, millions of weed seeds lying dormant in your garden soil ” the weed seed bank ” waiting for a chance to emerge and invade your plantings. Listen as Dr. Bryan Brown of Cornell University shares strategies for drawing down the account before those seeds become a problem.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/
TUC RADIO: Chris Hedges Interviews Miko Peled, The Israeli Generals Son (00:29:00)
Miko Peled talks about the distortions of history and why he left Israel for California. Miko Peled’s father was a general in the Israeli army. Miko was a member of Israel’s Special Forces, although disillusioned with the military he moved from his role as a combatant to that of a medic. After the 1982 war in Lebanon, he buried his service pin. He is the author of The Generals Son: The Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. As son of one of the founding fathers of Israel, General Matti Peled, Miko was guaranteed a privileged life in Israel. You will hear some of the reasons why he left Israel and now lives in California.
THE BOPST SHOW: No Fear (00:55:12)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the Palestinian hip hop of Dam, the English dub stylings of Ranking Joe and 20th century xylophonist Michael Eingorn as well as the intoxicating sounds by the Soul Sisters, the Beautiful New Born Children and many others outside of bovine American consciousness.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #515 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Josh Paul, the State Department official who resigned in protest over the Biden Administrations policy of unconditional arms transfers to Israel in the response to the attacks of October 7th. Then, investigative reporter, James Bamford joins us to discuss his deep dive into how the Israeli government has recruited Americans as foreign agents to troll, dox, and blacklist college students and professors who dare to criticize Israeli policies.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/
FRIDAY 01.19.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday January 19, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: All-electric skyscraper nears completion in Brooklyn
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Elizabeth Hilborn, DVM, registered nurse, farmer and author of Restoring Eden: Unearthing the Agribusiness Secret that Poisoned my Farming Community. (00:28:00)
Did you know that the majority of corn seeds planted in the United States are coated with a powerful pesticide that harms pollinators, birds and other wildlife? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Elizabeth Hilborn, DVM, registered nurse, farmer and author of Restoring Eden: Unearthing the Agribusiness Secret that Poisoned my Farming Community (Chicago Review Press, 2023). Hilborn recounts her tragic story about how neonicotinoid seed coatings washed onto her farm, and the resulting devastating impact on wildlife and garden crops. Hilborn connects the dots ” agricultural practices/pesticides, lack of government oversight, and public and environmental health. Related website: https://elizabethhilborn.com/
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/podcasts
COUNTERSPIN: Minimum Wage, History of Tipping (00:28:00)
Sebastian Martinez Hickey on Minimum Wage, Saru Jayaraman on History of Tipping
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Does the EPA Die Today? (00:58:00)
The Supreme Court, it appears, is planning to gut most of Americas regulatory agencies in what could be the most consequential re-write of the protective deep state since the New Deal. Plus, are we on government shutdown watch again? Is the shutdown feeling like groundhog day? Phil Ittner – Ukraine Update. Crazy Alert! Did Carville just say this about Trump, “This man has the clap” and why? And what happens when the anti-abortion people take over?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Darren Samuelsohn: Untangling Trump’s Trials (00:29:00)
The self-proclaimed “greatest country on earth” is in an unfathomable position. Heavily favored to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president is a man found guilty of rape and fraud in civil courts and facing nearly 100 felony counts in criminal proceedings. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to Darren Samuelsohn, a longtime Washington reporter from The Messenger who will give us a useful overview of the 44th President’s various and sundry legal wranglings. We sort through the labyrinthian timelines of the cases, discuss how these trials paradoxically seem to solidify Trump’s support among Republicans, and look at how the complex web of a former president’s criminality has stretched all three branches of the United States Government paper thin.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Organizing for Ceasefire Through Policy & Protest: Meet the People of JVP & NY Assemblymember Mamdani (00:28:00)
Youve seen them in protests since the start of the Israel/Hamas war ” from New York City’s Grand Central Station and the Statue of Liberty, to the Capitol in DC, the highways of Durham, North Carolina, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and more. Who are the people of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), the largest progressive Jewish-led pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist organization in the world? The Grand Central Station sit-in made history as the largest act of civil disobedience in New York City since the Iraq War. In this episode, Laura Flanders talks with two JVP members, Rosalind Petchesky, veteran political scientist and a leading theorist on international reproductive rights and Jay Saper, an artist and Yiddish translator, about their heroes and their inspirations ” including Israeli peace activists and the families of Israeli hostages; and we meet New York State Assemblymember Zohran K. Mamdani, a Muslim, a Democratic Socialist and the first South Asian man in the NYS Assembly. Long before October 7, 2023, Mamdani, who represents Astoria, Queens introduced the Not On Our Dime! Bill that would make it illegal for New Yorkn State-registered charities to fund Israeli settler organizations. As you’ll hear, these guests see connections between white supremacy, Zionism, antisemitism, anti-Black racism, militarism and violence against women. What are the tools for building freedom and equity that connect us rather than divide us? Plus a commentary from Laura on news and no-news on Gaza.
THE BOPST SHOW: No Fear (00:55:12)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the Palestinian hip hop of Dam, the English dub stylings of Ranking Joe and 20th century xylophonist Michael Eingorn as well as the intoxicating sounds by the Soul Sisters, the Beautiful New Born Children and many others outside of bovine American consciousness.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/19/24 (00:56:50)
On the Show: A voter in New Hampshire confronts Ron DeSantis over his book bans in Florida. Trump attorney Alina Habba says that Trump’s legal troubles are part of a “demonic” plan. A pastor at a Trump rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire melts down and promises retribution. Caller discusses Hunter Biden and whether House Republicans will impeach Joe Biden. Caller confronts David over “click bait” YouTube titles. Caller argues the economy isn’t doing so well. Caller is a Canadian Trump supporter. The Friday Feedback segment.
THURSDAY 01.18.24 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon (scroll down for previous notes)
Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday January, 18 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Pedro the penguin teaches kids about disaster safety
RADIO ECOSHOCK: UNREPORTED: Amazon Emergency & Destabilized Atmosphere (00:58:00)
Lost in the media circus: the Amazon – lungs of the world – is in last-stage crisis. It is boiling in record smashing heat, drought, and fire. We visit the last stand with Rhett Butler, Founder and CEO of independent media hub Mongabay. Does it seem more stormy where you live? Senior scientist Aiguo Dai confirms the atmosphere has been destabilized and is expected to get more wild as warming continues. I repeat: the atmosphere is destabilized. The show wraps with Dr. Douglas Sheil in Norway: can trees make their own weather?
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Does Marjorie Taylor Greene Want to Make America White Again? (00:58:00)
What is the opposite of diversity, equity, and inclusion? Is the MAGA right is fighting for a return to ‘whites only’ spaces? Plus – Thom reads from “The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study” by Fred Moten and Stefano Harney.
YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali – 2024-01-16 (00:58:30)
This week, well examine the results of the Iowa GOP Caucuses where Donald Trump emerged as a landslide winner, kicking off the 2024 primary season. Christina Harvey, executive director of Stand Up America will be our guest. Then, well find out why the U.S. and U.K. are bombing Yemen’s Houthis. The western press is casting it as an unavoidable targeting of Iranian-backed militants who are attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea, but, according to our guest Isa Blumi, the bombings are in retaliation for the Houthis principled attempt to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Finally, Scott Fulford, senior economist of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will join us to discuss his latest book The Pandemic Paradox: The Pandemic Paradox: How the COVID Crisis Made Americans More Financially Secure.
https://risingupwithsonali.com/
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 3 (00:32:23)
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 #40-23 Superheroines and our Psyches (00:28:58)
Hilda Fernandez talks with Frieda Werden about our relationships with superheroines and superheroes, and how those can play a role in psychoanalysis. They discuss the special qualities of favourite superheroines, and how their powers, usually different than males’, have been treated and mistreated by various writers over the years. Lacanian psychoanalyst Hilda Fernandez talks with Frieda Werden about our relationships with superheroines and superheroes, and how those can play a role in psychoanalysis. They discuss the special qualities of favourite superheroines, and how their powers, usually different than males’, have been treated and mistreated by various writers over the years. Update mentions new Batgirl film has been canned by Warner Brothers and DC for unspecified reasons. Batgirl’s sidekick was to be trans.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/18/24 (00:57:31)
On the Show: Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics at Brown University and author of the forthcoming memoir “Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative,” joins David to discuss his views on crime, incarceration, culture, the 2024 election, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/47Ecraz
Kentucky Republican Nick Wilson introduces a bill to make sex with one’s cousins legal. Judge Lewis Kaplan threatens to throw Donald Trump out of the courtroom for his outbursts during his defamation trial involving E. Jean Carroll, and Trump says he would love that. Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s lawyer, gets completely humiliated in court, and Donald Trump himself subsequently melts down outside the courtroom. Questions about medical conditions including syphilis explode after Donald Trump’s right hand is covered in blood as he enters court. A visibly disoriented Donald Trump brags about “acing” a cognitive test in which you identify animals in front of a mildly interested crowd in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Confused rallygoers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, remind us why MAGA is so scary. Voicemail caller absolutely crushes David, daring him to play even a single one of his voicemails on the show, which David does today.
WEDNESDAY 01.17.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday January 17, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Only 2% of all the electricians in the United States are women
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Sickle Cell Disease – Dr. Wally Smith, VCU Health (00:12:32)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Wally Smith, a physician at VCU Health who specializes in the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease. He joins us for a conversation about his path to medicine, his work, promising new gene therapy treatments for the disease, and more.
ALAN WATTS: Alan Watts Opens Up About Religion (00:17:54)
This summarised lecture by Alan Watts is from the Alan Watts Library at https://alanwatts.org. The image of Jesus is owned by the church traditions and authorities. He has been moulded to fit the interests of the church patriarchs for centuries, so much so that the prevailing image of Jesus is now so far removed from what he truly represented. Namely an energy from the future who came to earth to bring illumination and knowledge to humanity. The reason why the Jesus/Jeshua personality came to earth was to create an opening or doorway to a different state of consciousness. He wanted to set an example of the possibilities that are available to each human being. He wanted to hold up a mirror to human beings and remind them of their own divine origin and the dormant potentials they carried within. The potentials for peace, freedom and mastership over oneself. Speech extract from “Jesus: His Religion” by Alan Watts, courtesy of https://alanwatts.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4oI0Q62RkE&t=116s
THIS WAY OUT #1868: Kenyan Mother Bears Queer Children’s Burden (Pt. 2) + global LGBTQ news (00:28:59)
A Kenyan mom turns mother bear for queer kids; France gets Prime Minister and Foreign Ministers, Taiwan elects an LGBTQ-supportive President, a Greek marriage equality bill goes to Parliament, a Vietnamese footballer marries her girlfriend in a historic ceremony, a U.S. appeals court allows Alabama to enforce its pediatric trans healthcare ban, and Pensacola, Florida-area students get protected from sexual conduct-defining dictionaries.
Those stories and more this week when you discover This Way Out, the worlds audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Can Democracy Survive the Morbidly Rich? (00:58:00)
So, Donald Trump won Iowa. A crazed billionaire who wants to suspend the constitution and claims the right to a murder his political enemies. It doesn’t have to be this way. Also the GOP immigration/border scam revealed. Is Greg Abbott’s humanity nonexistent? From fantasizing about shooting people on the border to allowing children and their mom to drown. Wait a minute. Judge Eileen Cannons husband works for a New York mob boss who is a Trump donor in front of Trump? Wisdom School Alert! Is sauna therapy built into our genes?
CIVIC CIPHER: How the Right Co-Opts Christ / When People Say Go Back to Africa! (00:59:00)
The first part of today’s show is dedicated to discussing the many ways that Republicans rebrand Jesus in their image without fully acknowledging what Jesus stood for. This maneuver has caused many well-meaning Christians to ultimately vote for, implement, and support policies that are a far cry from what Christ really stood for.
The second part of today’s show is spent discussing the statement we’ve all heard before “Go back to Africa!” We ended up with a thread and we felt compelled to share, and discuss so that you will know how to challenge this Eurocentric way of thinking. Our Way Black History Fact sees us discussing a lesser-known atrocity from this country’s origin story the forced breeding of enslaved people for profit.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 2 pt.2 (00:23:20)
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: (00:28:00)
Happy New Year! I thought it would be nice to start 2024 not in overdrive, but in a conversation about taking our curiosity out for a leisurely ride, and I figured Justine Ickes was just the person for it.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/17/24 (00:56:20)
On the Show: Nikki Haley ties Donald Trump in the latest polling out of New Hampshire for next week’s Republican primary election. Failed former President Donald Trump has a total meltdown over Nikki Haley tying him in New Hampshire polling. Ron DeSantis is brutally confronted by a Nikki Haley supporter at his latest CNN town hall over his Martha’s Vineyard migrant stunt. Vivek Ramaswamy is totally humiliated, getting in line to endorse Donald Trump despite Trump still being unable to pronounce his name correctly. Vivek Ramaswamy is no longer denying that he wants to be Donald Trump’s Vice President. Failed former President Donald Trump delivers a rally in Atkinson, New Hampshire riddled with slurring and lies. A woman at Donald Trump’s rally, who identifies as a Christian, wants to see President Joe Biden executed. Yet another attempt to enumerate the evidence of President Joe Biden’s crimes fails badly, this time with Republican Congressman Scott Perry on Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News show. Bill O’Reilly melts down, screaming that everything was better under President Donald Trump than it is now under President Joe Biden. Voicemail caller suggests that Americans inform themselves what it’s really like to live in a country run by a dictator.
TUESDAY 01.16.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday January 16, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Climate change could cost Montana’s economy millions
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Brand You: Crafting and Cultivating Your Personal Narrative (00:30:00)
On this show we are exploring your personal brand as we craft and cultivate your narrative. Crafting your own personal narrative involves intentionally shaping and defining the story of who you are, what you stand for, and how you present yourself to the world. It goes beyond a mere collection of facts about your life; its about curating a compelling and authentic narrative that communicates your values, experiences, and aspirations. Do you visually and verbally represent what you find important on your daily walk? Are you living your best life? Does that sound like work? Well, anything worth doing is worth doing well.
https://encouragementology.com/
MAKING CONTACT: Denial of the Funk: The Impact of Racism on our Nation’s Health (00:29:00)
On today’s show, we hear from noted author, scholar, and self-described intellectual freedom fighter, Dr. Cornel West. In his discussions, West uses Americas music legacy as a way to explore catastrophic conditions brought on by our denial of the funk, seen through the impacts of racism on the nation’s health.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Blackouts: Did You Know EV Cars are a Backup Power Source for Your House? (00:58:00)
While your GOP friends are sitting in the dark complaining that they cant follow Trump on his Nazi-infested social media site or recharge their phones, you can ride out the next storm in comfort! Also thoughts on Martin Luther King day. Trump’s closing pitch to the Iowa caucus is that their vote can help him punish his enemies and also take America back to 1950…. Trickle down fascism.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Our Shaking Planet (00:58:00)
Our planet is alive, and not just because it enables life to live here, but also the land on Earth is constantly shifting and moving. This time on The Children’s Hour we learn about our earthquakes from science communicator and geologist, Dr. Wendy Rocks. Then we hear about volcanoes from Dr. Mousumi Roy. We explore what causes earthquakes and volcanoes, and how scientists can (or cannot) predict them. Plus hear a Kids Crew review of a new book about epic mythology: Greeking Out. Let’s get shaking with The Children’s Hour!
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 2 (00:24:50)
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
BETWEEN THE LINES RADIO NEWSMAGAZINE for January 10, 2024 (00:29:00)
South Africa Files International Court of Justice Case Accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza; Protest at US Holocaust Museum Demands Response to Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza; Two States Rule Insurrectionist Donald Trump Ineligible to Appear on 2024 Ballot.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/16/24 (00:56:48)
On the Show: Donald Trump easily wins the Iowa caucuses, receiving 51% of the vote with Ron DeSantis getting 21% and Nikki Haley getting 19%. Donald Trump lies endlessly during his victory speech after winning the Iowa caucuses. Ron DeSantis acts as if he wins the Iowa caucuses, despite barely being able to secure a second-place finish ahead of Nikki Haley. Vivek Ramaswamy ends his presidential campaign after coming in fourth in Iowa with 7.7% of the vote. At a polling location, Iowans cast ballots by putting pieces of paper into bags, but Republicans didn’t mind the seemingly unsecured voting method because Trump won. Right Side Broadcasting does bizarre interviews with Trump supporters during the Iowa caucuses. Concerning new polls show Joe Biden with a low approval rating and losing in head-to-head matchups against all of the potential Republican challengers. Trump holds a final rally before the Iowa caucuses, invoking god and needing ID to buy groceries. Protesters heckle Trump during his rally in Indianola, Iowa. Davram Stiefler from the Good Liars trolls Ron DeSantis by handing him a participation trophy. The future of the left-wing movement in the United States may not be led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. Ben Carson compares Trump to King David on Fox News. Fox News won’t run Mike Lindell’s MyPillow ads because he already owes them $8 million.
MONDAY 01.15.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday January 15, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How climate change is affecting air travel
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #151 ” Utility Scale Solar (00:29:42)
Huge solar arrays are beginning to dot the landscape – sometimes 300 acres of them spreading out across farmland and next to highways. So what is happening? What are the dynamics that are changing the utility landscape, closing coal and natural gas power plants and replacing them with acres of solar? And is this all a good thing? Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station are joined by Jake Kuss, assistant director of the Utility Scale Solar Energy Coalition of Ohio for a discussion on utility-scale solar and how it will change the way we get energy for decades to come.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/
ECONOMIC UPDATE: US-China Decoupling Myth (00:29:00)
The so-called “decoupling” of the US and Chinese economies is NOT happening. Their economies are too deeply intertwined. The reality hidden by “decoupling” is just capitalism’s usual uneven development. Capitalism relocated investment away from its old centers (Western Europe, North America and Japan) to China, India, Brazil et al. The US cannot stop or reverse that process any more than Britain could stop or reverse it in the 18th and 19th centuries. Wars fail or worse. The only real option is mutual accommodation.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour (00:58:00)
Trump demands his election crime case be dropped -because – no one told him overturning an election was a crime…seriously? Apparently Evangelicals don’t mind that Trump was a regular at “pedo mansion” or flew on the “Lolita Express.” What do Evangelicals stand for? Guest Interview: Heidi Siegmund Cuda, Author & Emmy-award winning investigative reporter.
RADIO ART HOUR: Adriana Knouf, Scanner, Jim Ford, Pere Ubu (00:57:43)
Today, Lia Kohl introduces a work from Claire Williams and Julien Poidevin; and Tom Roe features 2023 radio art from Polish artist Jeff Gburek. And tune in Julian Hoff’s “Chants Migratoires.” The main feature today is “Oscillations” created by Claire Williams and Julien Poidev in (2021), and introduced by Lia Kohl. “Oscillations” is a live sonic performance for radio that uses our Ethernet lines and communicating machines as a canal to interact with the electromagnetic waves and vibrations that surround us. Sound is used to modulate space and time as machines, antennas, radios, microphones and body’s to stream these ethereal vibrations taken from different locations on the earth and from our atmosphere in real time. Sonifying the electromagnetic activity of the sun, meteors and radio echoes coming through the atmosphere, the activity of tweaks and spherics oscillating in the ionosphere, or tuning in the local radio station: these are some of the electromagnetic waves that Oscillations uses to propel us on an immersive journey into the invisible. – Introduced by Wave Farm Radio Art Fellow 2023, Lia Kohl. And tune in for 2023 songs from Jeff Gburek’s “The Radio And the Sea” and “Still Life With a Question Mark” albums. And Julian Hoff’s “Chants Migratoires,” from the “Deep Wireless 9” CD from New Adventures in Sound Art.
https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/4mvmk6
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 1 (00:25:56)
A classic work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological treatments 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
GREEN STREET NEWS: The Synthetic Turf Nightmare (00:28:49)
This week on GSN, investigative reporters Barbara Laker and David Gambacorta of the Philadelphia Inquirer talk about their series on the health impacts of synthetic turf, including the high rate of brain cancer among Philadelphia Phillies players.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/15/24 (00:00:00)
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THE BRADCAST: 1/12/2024 Encore: ‘Land of Uncertainty’: 14.3, Immunity and Obstruction, with former DOJ official Lisa Graves and Attorney Keith Barber (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 1-4-2024. On today’s ‘BradCast’: We are back on the air, for now, after being hit with Covid. We pick up 2024 with a surge of new developments in the multiple indictments of disgraced ex-president Donald Trump. Colorado’s highest state court and Maine’s Sec. of State barred Trump from the 2024 primary ballot under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment barring insurrectionists from public office. That and other cases critical to the survival of American democracy are headed to the rightwing supermajority of the US Supreme Court, including Trump’s bonkers claim that he has ‘absolute immunity’ for any crimes committed while in office, and a bizarre petition challenging the law underpinning the prosecution of hundreds of January 6 defendants. Former U.S. Deputy Asst. Attorney General LISA GRAVES, now of True North Research, and retired attorney KEITH BARBER deliver smart analysis and expert insight on these crucial issues as the 2024 election unfolds, or unravels, before our eyes. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Neil Young: Love as the Apocalypse Rocks Us (00:29:00)
The songs of the new release, Before and After, give us Love that we can use. The wars and mass extinction seem to mock the tenderness of Love, but the message is simple– Love is the only way to survive. Working with his collaborator Lou Adler, Neil Young tells a hundred stories with this record, some achingly personal and many universal. Neil and Daryl Hannah remind us that with Love, we can risk our life to save others lives, which is the heart of any revolution for change. W.H. Auden wrote on the eve of World War II, another time in history when children and families were attacked from the sky ” We must love one another or die.
TURN ON THE NEWS: “Wintertime For Hitler.” (00:28:00)
This week the German leader is on the former president’s lips. “Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.”
https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/93bbe3
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 5/20/23 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin with David Faris. We talk about the definition of the word genocide. Coined only 80 years ago, the word carries tremendous weight. We talk about how the definition has been understood and whats been happening to that definition in recent years, specifically with the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the charges of genocide being brought by South Africa on Israel as a result.
Segment Two
We then talk with Brandi Kellam, who has written about Christopher Newport University. in Virginia. This was a small commuter school, based in Newport News, VA. The population of the town is 44% Black, and the school reflected this demographic. The surrounding homes were owned and occupied by Black residents. When the school was acquired, by Tribble, a former congressman, it was changed drastically, as has the surrounding town. The town was “black dot” in a sea of white suburbia. Tribble began buying up homes to expand the campus, and changed the demographic of the school. It is now an elitist, overwhelmingly white and rich school, with only 7 Black faculty members, and small percentage of Black students. It is a ‘public’ university in Virginia, but behaves like a private school. Tribble continues as a putative faculty member, with a $500K salary.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS January 11, 2024 (00:59:00)
Will Christie’s Exit in New Hampshire Help Nikki Haley Who the Koch Network in Banking On? | The Reporter Behind the NY AG’s Suit to Close Down the NRA | The History of Why the Democrats Got Into Bed With Wall Street and the Sanders, Warren, AOC Movement to Return the Party to Its Working Class Roots
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org/
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: V, formerly known as Eve Ensler – The Apology: Healing Violence & Sexual Abuse (00:59:00)
In this show V, formerly known as Eve Ensler talks about her 2019 book The Apology in which she describes the way she healed her life long trauma of violence and sexual abuse by her father, which is being used by women around the world to heal the trauma of violence and sexual abuse. She also talks about the damaging effects of patriarchy on men, as well as upon women. And calls upon men to rise up against violence and sexual abuse against women and to deeply apologize for the harm they have done. Powerfully moving and inspiring.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: 2024: Losing Our Reality, AI, Automation and so much more (00:58:47)
2024 is either going to make us or break us… we either pull out of growing disinformation hole that has been ramping up political violence and threats or we dive in deeper and many will lose reality more than what we’re seeing now. That plus how AI and automation will impact us all.
SATURDAY 01.13.24 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 1/11/2024: Analysis of the 5th GOP ‘Presidential Primary Debate’ (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Special coverage of the fifth Republican 2024 presidential primary debate, the final debate before the Iowa caucuses on January 15 amid frigid, sub-zero temperatures. Former SC Gov. Nikki Haley squared off with FL Gov. Ron DeSantis in Des Moines, Iowa just hours after former NJ Gov. Chris Christie dropped out of the race. The Republican front-runner, the disgraced ex-president Donald Trump, held a televised town hall a few blocks away. HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Hullabaloo and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the weekly ‘Professional Left Podcast’ join us for smart insights, fact-checking and snark on the debate, and what it all means (if anything) for the GOP, for Americans, for Democrats and — most importantly — for American democracy.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: With Courage in The UN, Peace is Possible In Ukraine. (00:58:49)
A little bit of courage is all we lack. The big fish love the UN Security Council. It keeps them able to make wars. But the UN was not always toothless nor must it always remain so. Two badly behaved little boys really can’t be the only option for making world policy. Three are other equally legitimate interests. On this show SUNY history professor emeritus Lawrence Wittner shares little known but important potentials that are there at the UN.
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN January 12, 2024 (00:58:00)
Part 1:
We talk with Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report. We discuss the primary campaigns in Texas. Texas politics have become the “retribution” phase. Abbott is trying to punish those who have voted against the school vouchers he is pushing. Paxton is targeting those in the Texas House who voted to impeach him (60% of Republicans). Many paid solicitors are canvassing neighborhoods, supported by Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-supported group.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry, former candidate for governor in Connecticut, and lawyer, writer, and former aide the Pred. Clinton. Laura Jedeed is an independent journalist who concentrates on the far right. We discuss the economy, and how the ‘improvements’ are measured, and why Americans do not find them credible. Economic problems are global, and cannot be blamed on Biden. What is needed in the US is a living wage, universal health care, and ways to support families with children. The middle class is shrinking.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
GROWING GREENER: Roots Revealed (00:29:00)
Robert Kourik, a pioneering gardener in Santa Rosa, California shares a new understanding of roots and how gardeners can better foster these hidden but foundational elements of their plants
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/
TUC RADIO: Fred Gray: Civil Rights Attorney for Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, TUC Archive (00:29:00)
Rosa Parks was only Fred Grays second case, after Claudette Colvin, a teenager, who nine months earlier had been the first to refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus and in turn inspired Rosa Parks. When Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for violating the segregated seating ordinance, 26-year-old Martin Luther King was chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and 24-year-old Fred Gray also became his and the movements lawyer. Grays legal victory in the federal courts ended the boycott 381 days later.
THE BOPST SHOW: Like He Was My Baby (00:56:07)
Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the trashy rock and roll goodness of the New York Dolls, the meditative psychedelic soul of Thainese singer and songwriter Thepporn Petchubon, and the genre-blending dub of Youth Meets Jax Wooble as well as tunes by Paolo Nutini, Bernard Hermann and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #514 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Professor John Kindt to discuss his recent article in the Capitol Hill Citizen, “Time to Criminalize Internet Gambling.” Then, our resident international law expert Bruce Fein takes us to the International Court of Justice and explains the lawsuit that South Africa has filed against Israel, which alleges genocide. Finally, Ralph has some choice words about Boeing’s latest disaster.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/
FRIDAY 01.12.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday January 12, 2024
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How warming winters are hurting outdoor fun in Minnesota
THIS IS SCIENCE: Look For the Helpers – Part 1 (00:29:00)
In the first part of this special Clean Transportation mini-series Jess talks with Adam Browning of Forum Mobility about the future of heavy-duty electric trucks.
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/podcasts
COUNTERSPIN January 5, 2024 (00:27:59)
Chip Gibbons/challenges to protest in 2024
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: GOP Debate: Is it Howdy Doody time? No candidate inspired us or offered a compelling vision (00:58:00)
The Snowflaking of White Privilege. If America is ever to become a pluralistic, multiracial democratic republic we must come to terms with racism and white privilege. Phil Ittner – Ukraine Update – The high price of losing Ukraine. Millions more Americans are getting affordable healthcare because of President Biden – while, red states say no to hungry children. A quick summary of the Hunter Biden hearings. The Engoron bomb threat is “a pattern you can’t ignore”
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Bob Berwyn of Inside Climate News on COP28 (00:29:00)
COP28, or the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, took place recently in the United Arab Emirates. With representation from nearly every country in the world, COP28 is the most important annual climate summit in the world. This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk with Bob Berwyn of Inside Climate News who went to Dubai to cover the conference. We discuss the goals of the summit, talk about the irony of holding an environmental conference in one of the world’s largest oil producing countries, and look at some of the key takeaways from COP28.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Josh Paul: Resigns State Dept. Over Arms to Israel (00:28:00)
Holiday Re-Air- “We cannot be both against occupation, and for it. We cannot be both for freedom, and against it. And we cannot be for a better world, while contributing to one that is materially worse, writes Josh Paul in his letter of resignation. After 11 years in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs ” the entity most responsible for arms transfers to allies and partners ” Paul quit October 18, over increased, indeed expedited arms sales to Israel. In this conversation, one of the first full-length interviews with Paul since his resignation, he sits down with Laura Flanders to discuss why he resigned, his concerns about how the weapons will be used, the unique way that Israel is treated when it comes to US arms sales and why the US approach to creating peace in the Middle East is clearly not working. US double standards and hypocrisy when it comes to human rights crimes, he says, are dangerous for all concerned. All that, plus a commentary from Laura on the war economy.
THE BOPST SHOW: Like He Was My Baby (00:56:07)
Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the trashy rock and roll goodness of the New York Dolls, the meditative psychedelic soul of Thainese singer and songwriter Thepporn Petchubon, and the genre-blending dub of Youth Meets Jax Wooble as well as tunes by Paolo Nutini, Bernard Hermann and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/12/24 (00:56:36)
On the Show: Top EU official Thierry Breton says failed former President Donald Trump vowed “never” to help Europe if it is attacked. Fox News host Jesse Watters tells young people complaining about the economy to sell pictures of their feet, alluding to starting an OnlyFans account. Caller asks if Joe Biden should pick a different running mate. Caller discusses the uncontentious nature of the 2024 Democratic primary. Caller wonders why people don’t realize the economy is relatively strong. Caller is worried that Democrats are only running on being anti-Trump. Caller is a progressive bartender with Trump-supporting clientele. Caller’s brother is a Trump supporter. The Friday Feedback segment.
THURSDAY 01.11.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday January 11, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Farmers plants grow year-round in geothermal greenhouse in upstate New York
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Spectacle, Necrocapitalism, & New Methane (00:58:00)
Welcome to a wild ride into Necrocapitalism – cutting observations by Greek scientist and author George Tsakraklides. Then more worrying news about methane: frozen under the deep sea around every continent, methane can melt, migrate and release closer to shore. We talk through this new discovery from Petroleum Geologist and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Newcastle University Richard Davies. It all wraps up with my short-take on French Situationalist Guy DeBord and Society of the Spectacle. You are living in it.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Trickle Down Fascism (00:58:00)
America is suffering from an epidemic of political bullying, because fascism trickles down from fascist leadership. Its what Trumps cult members and his toady lawyers are dreaming of. Bomb scares, swatting incidents and death threats targeting public officials have risen in frequency in recent weeks. This is trickle down fascism.
YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali: 2024-01-09 (00:58:31)
This week, well mark the 3rd anniversary of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol with a conversation with Naveed Shah, U.S. Army veteran and political director of the grassroots veteran’s group, Common Defense. Well discuss the on-going threats to democracy. Then, well turn to journalist Errin Haines to reflect on the real reasons why Harvard’s first Black woman university president Claudine Gay, was forced to resign. Hint: It wasn’t either about antisemitism or plagiarism. Finally, Indigenous journalist Frank Hopper joins me to discuss his critical review of Martin Scorsese’s film Killers of the Flower Moon, in light of Lily Gladstones historic Golden Globes win for Best Actress.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Call of the Wild – Jack London ch. 7 (00:39:46)
Jack London’s classic novel Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck. Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love. Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
ALAN WATTS: Stop Feeling Lost by Doing This (00:15:17)
If there is one simple question that bothers us all as human beings, it is: Why are we living? It is a burden on our shoulders, and we cannot think about it without going depressed or becoming sad, because simply we can’t answer it. We got blocked. In this lecture, Alan Watts talks about the game of life, how the answer of that question is: To play. To simply not take it seriously, to stay within the flow of life without having to be very strict and rigid about it. We have to take it as if it was a game. Because if we take it seriously, we will be forced to think scientifically, to predict the future, and be aware that any false move, would lead us to a fatal death, which is not the case.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/11/24 (00:56:29)
On the Show: Former Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner, now the host of “The Middle with Anthony Weiner” and co-host of “The Left vs. The Right with Anthony Weiner and Curtis Sliwa on WABC, joins David to discuss the 2024 election, the state of the economy, Joe Biden’s presidency so far, and much more. The final Republican presidential primary debate before the Iowa caucus takes place on CNN with only two participants, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley. 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie ends his campaign and is caught on a hot mic criticizing his rivals, including Nikki Haley. Hunter Biden shows up unexpectedly at a hearing in Washington DC and then walks out when Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene starts to speak, which wildly triggers Greene. Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace tells Hunter Biden that he has “no balls” in a hearing gone wrong. Former Republican Congressman George Santos is almost in tears during an interview with Piers Morgan when asked about why he lied so much and about so many things. Failed former President Donald Trump’s town hall on Fox News goes terribly wrong. Fox News host Neil Cavuto tells Republican Congressman. Tom Emmer the difficult truth that they have no evidence connecting President Joe Biden to any crimes. Voicemail caller is reassured by David’s lack of belief in psychics and tarot cards.
WEDNESDAY 01.10.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday January 10, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Climate change is hurting kids mental health, report finds
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) (00:18:41)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Olga Mazur, a general surgeon at Fauquier Health who specializes in the surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). She joins us for a conversation about her background, treatment options for severe heartburn, and more.
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!
THIS WAY OUT #1867: A Kenyan Mother Bears Queer Childrens Burden (Pt. 1) + global LGBTQ news (00:28:59)
A Kenyan mom joins the struggle for her queer daughters; Burundis president calls for all queers to be stoned to death, Israels top court opens adoption to same-gender couples, Estonia begins accepting marriage license applications from gay and lesbian couples, Ohios governor vetoes a pediatric trans healthcare ban but tilts at mythical anti-trans windmills, federal injunctions temporarily halt an Idaho pediatric trans healthcare ban and an Iowa books ban, and Massachusetts Attorney General sues anti-drag queen neo-Nazis.
Those stories and more this week when you choose This Way Out, the worlds audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Rightwing Billionaires and Trump Want a Nation Where Everything is For Sale (00:58:00)
Republicans are pushing our country: no social safety net, corrupt regulatory and police agencies, politicians and legislation for sale, and absolute immunity for the morbidly rich. Guest Interview: Erin Reed, Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom and host of Erin In the Morning. How committed is the GOP in destroying the lives of Trans people? Plus Thom breaks down Trump’s federal appeals court hearing.
CIVIC CIPHER: The Police Shooting of Niani Finlayson / A Letter on Equity vs. Equality (00:59:00)
On todays episode, we started with the body cam footage released from the LASD Police Department showing the shooting death of 27-year old Niani Finalayson. This Black woman was shot in her home in front of her child after she called the police to help her. For the second half of the show, we spend time responding to a letter from a long-time listener we have come to appreciate. The challenges brought forth really illuminate the thinking that is prevalent in a big part of this country, so we rehash the monopoly concept we have used before on the show, as well as reframe the narrative of White Privilege. Our Way Black History Fact is based around a retelling of New Year’s Day from a Black slaves perspective. We discuss what was known as Hiring Day or Heartbreak Day.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Call of the Wild – Jack London ch. 6 (00:37:07)
Jack London’s classic novel Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck. Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love. Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
DEPARTMENT OF WAR 1943 PROPAGANDA FILM: “Don’t Be A Sucker” (00:22:49)
The audio from this surprisingly relevant video portrays a conversation between an American citizen immigrant and a man born in the US. This short drama reveals that anti-immigrant speech may sound persuasive but is ultimately only divisive – an un-American.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/10/24 (00:55:31)
On the Show: Violent political threats surge as 2024 and the election cycle begins in earnest. Fox News and other right-wingers are going after Taylor Swift for promoting voter registration. John Sauer, one of Donald Trump’s lawyers, argues in court that a US president would have immunity even if they ordered their political rival assassinated. Failed former President Donald Trump appears in court again, and explodes afterward, refusing to rule out violence in 2024. Failed former President Donald Trump bores his audience to death during a rally in Clinton, Iowa. Democratic Congressman Dean Phillips, a challenger to President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary, has a turnout of zero at an event in New Hampshire. Donald Trump publishes a video threatening revenge on President Joe Biden at midnight. John Lauro, another of Donald Trump’s defense lawyers, suggests that President Joe Biden could be prosecuted. Failed former President Donald Trump has a total breakdown, posting nearly 100 dictator-like videos to Truth Social. Whitney, a top voicemail caller, returns after a lengthy absence with an unhinged rant about Judaism.
TUESDAY 01.09.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday January 9, 2024
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Navigating the Unknown: The Struggle of Goal Setting When You’re Unsure of What You Want (00:30:00)
On this show we are navigating the unknown of goal setting when you’re unsure of what you even want. We’ve all felt the pressure and have been questioned at the start of any new year, What are your goals? What’s your plan? Where do you see yourself this time next year? Whether you pull out your journal, spreadsheet, digital goal app, or the back of a used envelope, creating goals isn’t always easy. Then they have to be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. OH, the pressure! So where do you start? An easy jumping-off point is your career: where are you and where do you want to be? Your personal life: what’s important to you and what do you want to add or subtract? Personal growth: what do you need to adopt and what do you need to abandon? Soul searching is tough and because of that, hard to stay focused.
MAKING CONTACT: The Rise of the New Labor Movement (00:29:00)
On the forefront of the next labor revolution, we visit a coffee shop in Maine called Little Dog whose workers start to organize a union and we talk to Robert Chala from the UCLA Labor Center about the rise in unionization efforts among service workers.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Trump Trash Talks Abraham Lincoln, Saying He Should’ve Negotiated Slavery (00:58:00)
Will the new rightwing grift “Pink Slime Journalism con the average joe? Into the void steps the pink slime journalism newspapers and websites, funded by multiple rightwing billionaires, peddling lies and hate to get rightwing Republicans elected to office Trump’s foreign cash scandal is YUGE. Breaking News – New evidence shows Trump “directly orchestrated” fake elector plot. Plus Biden gave a hell of a speech.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Be The Change with SaulPaul (00:58:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour we visit with the inspiring and talented children’s musician, author, motivational speaker and change-maker SaulPaul, a musician with a message. The Kids Crew learn about his triumph over adversity, and challenge him to compose a freestyle rap while on the air with us!
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Call of the Wild – Jack London ch. 5 (00:35:05)
Jack London’s classic novel Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck. Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love. Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
BETWEEN THE LINES RADIO NEWSMAGAZINE (00:29:00)
Physician Relates the Horror Palestinians Face in Gaza as Israel-Hamas War Continues into 2024; Group Challenging Americas Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support; Connecticut’s Clean Slate Law Seals Criminal Records of People Convicted of Misdemeanors, Some Felonies.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/9/24 (00:00:00)
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MONDAY 01.08.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday January 8, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The Climate Action Handbook is a guide to protecting the climate
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #193: Building Sustainable Community (00:29:21)
Social media, virtual reality and the advent of artificial intelligence will push us and our society more and more towards being alone ” together. A sense of isolation has become a reality for a large portion of the population. We were not meant to live this way. We are social creatures. Join Jay and Annie Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of how each of us can work to build a sustainable community where we live.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Center Cannot Hold (REPEAT) [January 4th, 2024 (00:29:00)
This program begins by analyzing the political monopoly (aka “The Center”) operated by the GOP and Dems in the US: its organization and dominance until the last few years. The monopoly deteriorates as both GOP and Dem coalitions suffer splits and cracks opening opportunities for radical political shifts and perhaps new parties. The context of a declining US capitalism facing mounting unsolved social problems adds to the winds of change as do pressures to resort to repression. Wolff affirms that the Center cannot hold.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Are Courts Empowering Anti-Voter Vigilantes? (00:58:00)
Investigative Journalist, Author & Filmmaker Greg Palast explains why the court is allowing vigilantes to interfere in the next election. Plus, Veteran War Correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine, Phil Ittner reports on the impact of Russia’s escalating air attacks. Is a fear of MAGA threatening to make the law “merely optional” while the corporate media is keeping the door wide open for Trump’s fascist return?
RADIO ART HOUR: Claire Williams and Julien Poidevin; Jeff Gburek; Julian Hoff (00:58:26)
Today, Lia Kohl introduces a work from Claire Williams and Julien Poidevin; and Tom Roe features 2023 radio art from Polish artist Jeff Gburek. And tune in Julian Hoff’s “Chants Migratoires.” The main feature today is “Oscillations” created by Claire Williams and Julien Poidevin (2021), and introduced by Lia Kohl. “Oscillations” is a live sonic performance for radio that uses our Ethernet lines and communicating machines as a canal to interact with the electromagnetic waves and vibrations that surround us. Sound is used to modulate space and time as machines, antennas, radios, microphones and body’s to stream these ethereal vibrations taken from different locations on the earth and from our atmosphere in real time. Sonifying the electromagnetic activity of the sun, meteors and radio echoes coming through the atmosphere, the activity of tweaks and spherics oscillating in the ionosphere, or tuning in the local radio station: these are some of the electromagnetic waves that Oscillations uses to propel us on an immersive journey into the invisible. – Introduced by Wave Farm Radio Art Fellow 2023, Lia Kohl. And tune in for 2023 songs from Jeff Gburek’s “The Radio And the Sea” and “Still Life With a Question Mark” albums. And Julian Hoff’s “Chants Migratoires,” from the “Deep Wireless 9” CD from New Adventures in Sound Art.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Call of the Wild – Jack London ch. 4 (00:20:29)
Jack London’s classic novel Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck. Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love. Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
ALAN WATTS: The Illusion of Money, Time and Ego (00:10:36)
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/
GREEN STREET NEWS: Green Street End of Year Show 2023 (00:28:59)
This week on GSN Patti and Doug revisit segments from some of the most interesting shows of the year!
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/8/24 (00:52:59)
On the Show: 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis floats the idea of removing President Joe Biden from the 2024 ballot because undocumented immigrants have entered the country. Police are called on Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert after she allegedly hit her husband, to which she claims self-defense. Dictator-wannabe Donald Trump threatens to indict President Joe Biden if Trump wins in 2024. An absolutely soaking wet sweaty Donald Trump makes fun of Joe Biden for his stutter at a rally in Sioux Center, Iowa. Failed former President Donald Trump claims Joe Biden has dementia and uses drugs to get through his speeches at a rally in Mason City, Iowa. Cult member attendees of Donald Trump’s Iowa rallies pray over him and believe he was sent by God. Evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein tells propagandist Tucker Carlson that 17 million people have died from the COVID vaccine, a claim for which there is no evidence. A study estimates that 17,000 people died as a result of pursuing hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID, some directly and others due to not getting proper COVID care. Facebook has shadowbanned The David Pakman Show, putting the show into a “not recommendable” state in which views are down 95%. Voicemail caller appears shocked that David does not believe in psychics and tarot cards.
SUNDAY 01.07.24 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 1/5/2024 Special coverage and analysis of the 4th GOP Presidential Primary Debate (00:58:00)
Original airdate 12-7-2023. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Special coverage of the GOP 2024 primary debate, where once again, front-runner Donald Trump was absent. The four remaining eligible candidates who showed up were former UN Ambassador and former SC Gov. Nikki Haley; FL Gov. Ron DeSantis; former NJ Gov. Chris Christie; and scammy business dude and intensely obnoxious conspiracy theorist Vivek Ramaswamy. Joining us for analysis, context and snark are our tireless 2024 post-debate panelists and long-time OG bloggers: HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Hullabaloo and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of ‘The Professional Left Podcast’. It was a lively, if insane, affair that highlighted the brokenness of today’s Republican Party. The candidates raucously attacked each other, while Christie stood up for actual old-school ‘conservative’ values and finally took on Trump head on, underscoring the threat that Trump poses to his party and the nation.
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Crazy-On-You Activism for Peace & Planet (00:29:00)
This year, we are the Earth. We’re feeling good about the activism we have tried, but the Earth creates our direct action with the radical example of the Evolution of Species. And that is a Hell of Fierce Thing. We will fly over, dig under, camouflage in plain sight. We will grow claws, fins, re-growable tails and distributed intelligence like Octopuses. The governments and corporations cannot find the money to banish us. No militarized border, no fascist hysteria, no passive consumerism can hold back the uprising of the Earth. EARTHALUJAH!
TURN ON THE NEWS: “Corrupt Christmas.” (00:28:00)
This week the Day One Dictator is at war with holiday values “Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.”.
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 5/20/23 (00:00:00)
Segment One
We begin with Bradley Onishi of San Francisco University. We discuss the rise of the Christo-Fascism in the US, as exemplified by the rise of Representative Michel Johnson, the current Speaker of the House. We also learn about the Apostolic Reformation movement, and the “Appeal to Heaven” flag prominently displayed and used as a rallying point for Christo-Fascists.
Segment Two
We then talk with Charles C. Foster, and immigration attorney in Texas. We discuss some of the history of immigration laws, and how they are affected by circumstances. Immigration laws in the US are those written in the 1970s, and circumstances have changed. We also do not have a clear understanding of the differences between refugees and asylum seekers. Processing of migrants is very slow, and many do not see a court date sooner than 5-7 years after arrival and detention. Which is as inhumane as it is unworkable.
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS January 4, 2024 (00:59:00)
Trump Made $7.8 Millions From Foreign Governments While in the White House, $5.5 Million From China | The Names Named in the Documents Just Released About the Epstein Blackmail Factory | Is Israel’s Disproportionate Use of Force in Gaza Intended?
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Stanislav Grof: LSD and Holotropic Breathwork Pioneer – an Interview with Stanislav & Brigitte Grof (00:59:00)
My guests on this show are Stanislav Grof and Brigitte Grof. Stan Grof is a world reknowned psychotherapist and explorer of consciousness through psychedelics & breathwork beginning way back in the 1950s, He is the founder of Holotropic Breathwork and Grof Breathwork, and the author of numerous books on psychedelic exploration, and transpersonal psychology, including The Way of The Psychonaut, and When The Impossible Happens.
Brigitte Grof is a psychologist, psychotherapist and artist and has been facilitating Holotropic Breathwork workshops and trainings since 1989. In honor of Stans 90th B-day they created a new book — Stanislav Grof: LSD Pioneer: From Pharmacology to Archetypes, that just came out in the US, featuring a wonderful interview of Stan by his wife Brigitte, exploring the long arc of Stans profound life’s work in psychedelic research & transpersonal psychology.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: 2024: Losing Our Reality, AI, Automation and so much more (00:58:47)
2024 is either going to make us or break us… we either pull out of growing disinformation hole that has been ramping up political violence and threats or we dive in deeper and many will lose reality more than what we’re seeing now. That plus how AI and automation will impact us all.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
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THE BRADCAST 1/4/2024 ‘Land of Uncertainty’: 14.3, Immunity and Obstruction, with former DOJ official Lisa Graves and Attorney Keith Barber (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We are back on the air, for now, after being hit with Covid, but it is unclear if we can pull it off again until everyone tests negative (see: https://bradblog.com/?p=14885 for details). We pick up 2024 with a surge of new developments in the multiple indictments of disgraced ex-president Donald Trump. Colorado’s highest state court and Maine’s Sec. of State barred Trump from the 2024 primary ballot under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment barring insurrectionists from public office. That and other cases critical to the survival of American democracy are headed to the rightwing supermajority of the US Supreme Court, including Trump’s bonkers claim that he has ‘absolute immunity’ for any crimes committed while in office, and a bizarre petition challenging the law underpinning the prosecution of hundreds of January 6 defendants. Former U.S. Deputy Asst. Attorney General LISA GRAVES, now of True North Research, and retired attorney KEITH BARBER deliver smart analysis and expert insight on these crucial issues as the 2024 election unfolds, or unravels, before our eyes. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: 2024: The Positive Breakdown of “Rules Based Order” (00:59:37)
History moves in many different directions at the same time. On this show author and independent journalist Patrick Lawrence explains how as we begin a new year there is optimism beneath the pessimism. The failure of our many imperial policies is a very positive change. Old boxes are being busted.
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN January 5, 2024 (00:58:00)
Part 1:
We speak with Scott Braddock, Editor of the Quorum Report. We talk about recent Texas political activities. New immigration laws and regulations are being passed in Texas, aimed at targeting non-white people. The border is militarized, and local police are often involved in harassing ‘suspected illegals’ . The governor has been pushing school voucher programs with little success. The Republicans are practicing the politics of retribution.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry, writer and activist and with Robert Hockett, lawyer and economist. We discuss the recent trend of residents of trailer parks forming cooperative groups to buy the land on which the units sit, and leveraging the ownership rights to make the parks more energy efficient, by using solar installations, wind installations, and other ways to make their communities ‘theirs’ rather than a landlord’s. The dividends of ownership include economic democracy. We also discuss the need to call out any displays of intolerance. “Don’t tolerate intolerance” as a way of combating fascism tendencies.
GROWING GREENER: Rebecca McMackin and the Innovative Beauty of the Ecological Landscape (00:29:00)
As Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Rebecca McMackin played a leading role in transforming 85 acres of abandoned piers and pavement into a series of vibrant ecosystems that are a model of what an urban park can be. We talk with her about her subsequent year of study at Harvard and her new endeavors to make ecological landscaping the mainstream.
TUC RADIO: The Unsustainable Green Transition – Simon Michaux – Part TWO of TWO (00:29:00)
Simon Michaux is associate professor at the Geological Survey of Finland. He and his team advise the Finnish government on how to phase out fossil fuels. As former mining engineer Michaux warns that we just don’t have enough minerals and materials in the Earth’s crust to develop a fully renewable economy along the standards we have come to expect – and he offers solutions.
THE BOPST SHOW: The Future (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear Tokyo-based instrumental group of Tropique, minimalist English crooner Baxter Dury, and Richmond noise warriors MUTWAWA as well as music by the Bombay Beach Boys, Tymon Dogg and many others outside of bovine American consciousness.
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RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR # 513 (00:58:00)
Few people in American history have saved more lives than Dr. Sidney Wolfe. Dr. Wolfe and his small staff at the Health Research Group of Public Citizen have taken on Big Pharma and the FDA to pull over two dozen dangerous drugs and countless hazardous medical devices off the market, not to mention putting numerous incompetent doctors out of business. Over the course of his storied career, Sid worked relentlessly for workplace safety and with his best-selling book and subsequent newsletter Worst Pills/Best Pills, provided the American people with the most reliable, up-to-date, evidence-based, easy-to-read guide to pharmaceuticals ever compiled. Today we pay tribute to the man who invented the concept of the public interest doctor.
FRIDAY 01.05.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday January 5, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Amphibians are in trouble
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Sara John, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest, reports on Dollar stores (00:28:00)
Did you know that Dollar Stores are the fastest growing food retailer in the U.S.? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Sara John, Ph.D., Deputy Director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and lead author of Stretching the Dollar: Community Informed Opportunities to Improve Healthy Food Access through Dollar Stores. John discusses the steady growth of Dollar Stores, their potential impact on community health, and policy interventions to limit their expansion and incentivize improvements in the nutritional value of food sold at the stores.
Related website: https://www.cspinet.org/resource/stretching-dollar
Take action: https://www.cspinet.org/article/dollar-general-dont-discount-families
COUNTERSPIN: Protest Challenges 2024 (00:27:59)
Chip Gibbons/challenges to protest in 2024
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why Don’t Americans Know Who’s Manipulating our Political System? (00:58:00)
The white Republican base has been so lied to and abused over the past forty or so years that they’ve become easy marks for the predators in both big business and the GOP Crazy Alert! A new board game is out for fascists – “Storm the Capitol” Now were starting to go after the other insurrectionists. Also, the GOP’s nefarious plan to impeach Biden on Trump’s behalf… This is so damn cynical.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Namrata Chowdhary: Three (50) Is A Magic Number (re-broadcast) (00:29:00)
In the first decade of this century many of us learned that the threshold for keeping our planet healthy was 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide. Advocates like those at 350.org emphasized the need to adopt practices to help the earth stay below that number. Well, unfortunately, we earthlings have blown through that limit and are presently looking at 419 parts per million. But that doesn’t mean the idea of lowering our carbon emissions is moribund. And there are still organizations like 350.org keeping the dream alive. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to Namrata Chowdhary, the Head of Public Engagement at 350.org. We learn more about the organizations roots, examine some of the fights they’ve taken on, and discuss how they’re planning to evolve. We also talk about the corporatization of some larger environmental organizations and dive into the issues surrounding fossil fuel divestiture.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Naomi Klein: How Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories Gain Power (00:28:00)
Politics abhors a vacuum. Without credible explanations for the things that bewilder and exasperate us, people become susceptible to extremist conspiracy theories, hate and lies. So how does truth survive? In her brand new book, “Doppelgnger: A Trip into the Mirror World, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein, (author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, et al), describes being confused with Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth, as Wolf morphed into a conspiracy-minded anti-vaxxer during the Covid pandemic. In an era of all important “personal brands”, Klein became absorbed in the deep fake, double worlds surrounding and sometimes coming to represent her online. Right-wing conspiracies feed off Left-wing silences, she concludes. In this far-ranging interview from her home in British Columbia, Canada, Klein describes listening to hours and hours of conspiracist Steve Bannon’s podcasts, and researching doppelgngers in history and literature, in order to uncover why we have shadow selves, and how disinformation and conspiracy theories gain power. Join Laura Flanders for this charming conversation as Naomi Klein challenges us to overcome divide-and-conquer individualism if we are ever to tackle our real-life, systemic crises. And Laura shares a few thoughts on learning from our elders about the pre-digital age.
THE BOPST SHOW: (00:00:00)
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DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/5/24 (00:56:37)
On the Show: New jobs numbers once again overperform expectations in December 2023. Donald Trump has an absolutely deranged and furious explosion on Truth Social, much of it related to E. Jean Carroll. Caller asks about Mike Lindell’s employees at MyPillow. Caller points out credit card debt as a sign that the economy isn’t so good. Caller is voting for Joe Biden because of harm reduction. Caller wants to have some barrier on the southern border. Caller discusses Project 2025. Caller asks if we give guests questions ahead of time. Caller supports Trump but can’t defend his record. The Friday Feedback segment. https://davidpakman.com/
THURSDAY 01.04.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday January 4, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Free rain barrel program helps Duluth residents get involved in flood prevention
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Why Renewables Cannot Power Your World – Simon Michaux (00:58:00)
Renewables cannot power the world we know. Dr. Simon Michaux from the Geological Survey of Finland crunched the numbers: not enough time, and not enough metals. In this unique interview on Rachel Donalds PlanetCritical broadcast, Michaux explains the limits – and what we CAN do in a sustainable society. Edited for Radio by Maria Gilardin of TUC Radio and Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock. Get more info in my blog at ecoshock.org.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Are We Going to Let the GOP Carve Racism Back Into American Law? (00:58:00)
White supremacists have gagged teachers, and now even kids are afraid to bring up the topics or complain when theyre harassed by Christian nationalist bullies. Also once public schools are largely dead, here’s what happens next… Leonard Leo and his Christianist fellow travelers are setting up a new case to fund religious schools with taxpayer money. Plus Geeky Science: Why do we procrastinate and how to overcome it?
YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali 2024-01-02 (00:58:30)
This week, well turn to Palestinian American human rights lawyer Huwaida Arraf about the on-going Israeli genocide in Gaza and what it will take to end it, from international law to global solidarity. Then, YES! Senior editor Breanna Draxler will discuss her new story about redefining prosperity by nurturing soil and its ability to grow. Finally, Rico Moore, freelance journalist will share the success story of how the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State are restoring the lands and species of their traditional ecological community after decades of settler-colonialism-fueled destruction.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Call of the Wild – Jack London ch. 3 (00:33:09)
Jack London’s classic novel Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck. Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love. Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
WINGS #37-23 The Gift Economy (00:28:46)
From the WINGS archive, an interview with Genevieve Vaughan about the concepts elaborated in her first book, For-Giving: A Feminist Criticism of Exchange. She also talked about how she arrived at that theory while living in Italy, and some of the work she had done putting it into practice. She now has 8 books, some available in multiple languages.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/4/24 (00:56:44)
On the Show: Tim Miller, writer, political consultant, and author of “Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell,” joins David to discuss his recent viral confrontation with Kari Lake, his current relationship to the Republican Party, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3TOxG6i
The pro-Trump Chair of Maine’s Republican Party, Joel Stetkis, is asked seven times on CNN why Donald Trump’s removal from the ballot was improper, and he is unable to give a single coherent action. Joe Biden’s progressive economic adviser Jared Bernstein stuns Fox News host with real facts about the state of the economy in 2024. 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis officially falls behind challenger Nikki Haley in average recent polling for the Republican primary. 2024 Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is confronted by a voter over his being “soft” on Donald Trump. 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says on The View that he would not pardon Donald Trump as president if Trump is convicted. Failed former President Donald Trump officially gets away with punishing his own former lawyer Michael Cohen with jail. Fox Host Jesse Watters hits rock bottom, inviting a so-called “psychic” onto his show to do a tarot card reading to predict the future of Trump and Biden. Voicemail caller admits that, despite “doing it for the money,” David is more entertaining than many other political hosts online.
WEDNESDAY 01.03.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday January 3, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Northern Minnesota couple stays warm with help from heat pumps
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Oncology and AI (00:16:11)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Aaron Chevinksy, a surgical oncologist and Director of the oncology service line for the Riverside Cancer Care Network. He joins us for a conversation about cancer and cancer care, how artificial intelligence technology advances are supporting cancer detection, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.
ALAN WATTS: Don’t be afraid, it’s all a show (00:12:40)
Speech extract from “The Works” by Alan Watts, courtesy of https://alanwatts.org. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher who interpreted and popularised 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.
THIS WAY OUT #1866: Australia’s 5th Marriage Equality Anniversary (00:28:59)
AUSTRALIAs first gay and lesbian legally married couples are celebrating their fifth anniversaries in January 2024. Of course, the march down the politically-fraught aisle was long and hard. The conservative agenda of Prime Minister John Howards Liberal Party saw making the civil institution explicitly heterosexual as a priority, and passed an amendment to the Marriage Act in 2004. Over the next thirteen years, 22 attempts to overturn that law in Parliament failed, while public support for marriage equality grew. Still, the administration of then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull opted for a non-compulsory, non-binding mail-in postal vote on the issue. The turning point came in August of 2017. Thats when This Way Out SYDNEY correspondent BARRY McKAY picks up the story.
[NewsWrap returns next week.]
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Does the “Great Man Theory of History” Tell Us Why Trump Should be Removed from the Ballot? (00:58:00)
When are you taking down your Christmas tree and decorations? Should be in March, right? Should Trump be held accountable or defeated at the ballot? Why pardoning Trump by his GOP challengers would shorten our democracy. Dean Obeidallah – Don’t count on the courts to save us from Trump, it’s up to you and me.
CIVIC CIPHER: The Man Trying to Destroy Progress / The Scary Truth about Student Resource Officers (00:59:00)
Today, we spend the first part of the show discussing a man named Ed Blum, the man behind the current efforts to dismantle affirmative action and several DEI initiatives. We explain his thinking and ways you can challenge that narrow mindset whenever you encounter it. The second half of the show is dedicated to uncovering the truth about student resource officers (officers at schools) and the ways they severely and negatively impact children of color and their outcomes across the country. Our Way Black History Fact gives a critical examination of the man behind the Rhodes Scholarship – Cecil Rhodes.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Call of the Wild – Jack London ch. 2 (00:21:11)
Jack London’s classic novel Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck. Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love. Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: ScholarCHIPS: Curiosity with Social Entrepreneur Yasmine Arrington Brooks (00:28:00)
“When [you] keep asking questions and seeking answers, eventually you may realize you’re an answer — you could potentially be the answer to a problem or a challenge.” ~ Yasmine Arrington Brooks Yasmine Arrington Brooks was a teenager when she realized she could be the potential answer to a challenge. The child of incarcerated parents, with a passion for making things happen, she founded ScholarCHIPS and hasn’t looked back since. ScholarCHIPS provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health supports, and a peer support network to college-bound young adults who have incarcerated parents, inspiring them to complete their college education. I’ve been a Yazzie fan for a long time and I wondered: what would she say about how curiosity contributes to the work of social entrepreneurship? “I rarely take things at face value.” ~ Yasmine Arrington Brooks
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/3/24 (00:56:58)
On the Show: Michael Fanone, former Capitol Police officer who was injured while defending the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and author of the book “Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop’s Battle for America’s Soul,” joins David to discuss what took place on the day of the Trump riots. Get the book: https://amzn.to/48iqKCF
Infamous anti-gay Kentucky County Clerk Kim Clark suffers a final humiliation and is ordered to pay a $260,000 fine. Independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr hires a top anti-vaccine extremist, Del Bigtree, as his communications director. Failed former President Donald Trump posts a PDF claiming to be the “proof” of the 2020 presidential election being stolen. Unable to continue arguing that the Biden economy is terrible, Republicans shift to claiming that the economy is only good because the Federal Reserve “rigged” it for Joe Biden. Growing concerns about Donald Trump’s cognitive state make news after a strange video of Trump’s posture on New Year’s Eve brings up the specific concern of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Sean Hannity simultaneously argues that President Joe Biden is suffering from advanced dementia and that he is also the leader of a wide-ranging crime syndicate. Absolutely painful cringe at a recent Vivek Ramaswamy campaign event. Voicemail caller, furious with David, tells him he is wrong about his “pronoun thing.”
TUESDAY 01.02.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday January 2, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Will our buildings be ready for the climate of the future?
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Midlife Mastery: Navigating Frustration to Find Fulfillment and Gratitude (00:30:00)
On this show we are tackling midlife challenges as we navigate through frustration to find fulfillment and gratitude. Whether you’re in a season of discontent, full-out frustration, or downright crisis, there is something in here for you. Crisis sounds so fatal but lets start with a definition so were all on the same page: Crisis is a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger. Nothing is broken here but rather a chance to get to know yourself better as you learn what’s working and what isn’t. If life’s plan is to evolve yourself as a human being on a journey of self-discovery, then a snag or two along the way seems more than reasonable. Our brain, the powerful engine in partnership with our heart can sometimes get out of alignment. With self-awareness and a commitment to weather the storm, you can adopt new ideas and strategies to help you over the hump or humps.
MAKING CONTACT: But Next Time Part 4: The Road to Rebuilding and Recovering, Better (00:29:00)
In this final episode of four-part series, But Next Time, our guest hosts, Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta take us to Houston to continue the story of the housing justice organizers fighting for a safer, stronger future.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How To Win Judges and Influence Rulings (00:58:00)
Did Clarence Thomas effectively extort the rich to keep a conservative majority on the court? And why are the billionaires willing to fly federal judges to Maui, Italy, and Rocky Mountain resort destinations? Plus- Thom reads from “Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power” by Greg Bluestein.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Skunks (00:58:00)
This episode of The Children’s Hour is going to stink, as we learn all about skunks with the founder and director of The Dragoo Institute for the Betterment of Skunks and Skunk Reputations, Dr. Jerry Dragoo. We’ll find out where skunks are found, why they smell, and how to avoid getting sprayed. Dr. Dragoo is a world renowned mephitologist, or biologist who studies skunks.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Call of the Wild – Jack London ch. 1 (00:23:59)
Jack London’s classic novel Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck. Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love. Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
BETWEEN THE LINES RADIO NEWSMAGAZINE (00:29:00)
If Re-elected, Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime. But Are Americans Listening? A Bipartisan Fiscal Commission is GOPs Latest Threat to Cut Social Security, Medicare Benefits; After 30 Years of Organizing, Yale Grad Student Union Wins First Contract
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 1/2/24 (00:55:10)
On the Show: Despite claims to the contrary from the American right wing, domestic oil and natural gas production reach an all-time high under Joe Biden. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane appears on the Bill Maher podcast and absolutely crushes Maher’s anti-vaccine claims. Anti-vaxxers crumble as every one of their predictions from 2023 failed to come true. Despite claims about rampant crime in “Democrat cities,” Detroit records its smallest number of homicides in 57 years. Failed former President Donald Trump prepares to claim fraud in 2024 in a deranged New Year’s Even post. Donald Trump’s New Year’s Eve party goes horribly wrong, leaving Trump visibly displeased and swaying side to side. An absolutely terrified Donald Trump attacks former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney with absurd and obvious lies. Fox News starts officially talking about Trump being President from prison if he is sentenced in his criminal trials. State Market Restaurant, a bar in Sanford, Florida, is found to be playing The David Pakman Show on their televisions. Voicemail caller says that despite every economic indicator suggesting the opposite, the economy is “absolute trash” and “in the dumps.”
MONDAY 01.01.24 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday January 1, 2024
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The time to build a disaster kit is now
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE (00:28:59)
When we give birth, it is generally with the help of a midwife or a doctor who has been through the process before and knows what to do and what to say to ease us through what is, after all, a natural process. So why is it not the same with death? In the not-so-long-ago past, death was a community affair. Friends and relatives would take charge of the process, assisting the dying, helping those that would be left behind ” explaining the process, washing the body, arranging for the remains. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station as they speak with Donna Baker, founder of Columbus Community Deathcare. She is an INELDA-trained Death Doula, hoping to revive some of the ancient rituals and practices that made the process of death a much more normal part of life.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Ripple Effects of Labor’s 2023 Rise (00:29:00)
In this, the last episode of Economic Update for the year, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the Yale graduate & professional students unions recent victory, how the writers/actors strike impacted the labor movement with a show of solidarity, Starbucks loses fight with its workers unionization, the National Institutes of Health votes to unionize and fight legal barriers to unionization, the British unions fighting its Conservative gov’t, and the turning of the U.S. Labor Movement from reform vs revolution to reform + revolution.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: December 29, 2023 (00:58:00)
Why are we increasingly putting greedy corporations in charge of what life-saving health care our elderly are allowed to have? Plus – new evidence that people in Republican majority regions are more likely to die young just because they can’t afford to see a doctor. Plus – Thom reads from ‘ Drugs, Money, and Secret Handshakes: The Unstoppable Growth of Prescription Drug Prices’ by Robin Feldman
RADIO ART HOUR: Claire Williams and Julien Poidevin; Jeff Gburek; Julian Hoff (00:58:26)
Welcome to “The Radio Art Hour,” a show where art is not just on the radio, but is the radio. “The Radio Art Hour” draws from the Wave Farm Broadcast Radio Art Archive, an online resource that aims to identify, coalesce, and celebrate historical and contemporary international radio artworks made by artists around the world, created specifically for terrestrial AM/FM broadcast, whether it be via commercial, public, community, or independent transmission. Come on a journey with us as radio artists explore broadcast radio space through poetic resuscitations and playful celebrations/subversions of the complex relationship between senders and receivers in this hour of radio about radio as an art form. “The Radio Art Hour” features introductions from Philip Grant and Tom Roe, and from Wave Farm Radio Art Fellows Karen Werner, Andy Stuhl, Jess Speer, and Jos Alejandro Rivera. The Conet Project’s recordings of numbers radio stations serve as interstitial sounds. Go to wavefarm.org for more information about “The Radio Art Hour” and Wave Farm’s Radio Art Archive.
LITERATURE ALOUD: Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) by George Orwell ch. 12-15 (00:43:03)
Most famous for his influential and ever-relevant dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell’s first full-length publication was Down and Out in Paris and London. After quitting his post as the elephant-killing policeman of Burma, this is Orwell’s memoir of his subsequent experiences of poverty, gig employment and life on the road in Europe of the early 1930s. A vividly detailed and engaging narrative.
TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London/0.html
TED TALK: Nick Hanauer – Capitalism’s Dirty Little Secret (00:17:03)
Rising inequality and growing political instability are the direct result of decades of bad economic theory, says entrepreneur Nick Hanauer. In a visionary talk, he dismantles the mantra that “greed is good” — an idea he describes as not only morally corrosive, but also scientifically wrong — and lays out a new theory of economics powered by reciprocity and cooperation.
LOPATE AT LARGE: Matthew J. Clavin on Symbols of Freedom (00.48:45)
American freedom. Interpreting patriotic words, phrases, and iconography literally, they embraced a revolutionary nationalism that not only justified but generated open opposition. Mindful and proud that theirs was a nation born in blood, these disparate patriots fought to fulfill the republics promise by waging war against slavery. Join us when Professor of History, University of History – Matthew J. Clavin examined his book Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.