WEDNESDAY 01.21.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday January 21, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Small farms fight for survival in a warming Midwest (00:01:30)
As floods, droughts, and heat waves rise, growers face make-or-break seasons with an insufficient safety net.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Mary Anne Cohen, Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders. Part 2 of 2 (00:28:00)
Did you know that the new GLP-1 drugs may be helpful for overcoming certain eating disorders? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Mary Anne Cohen, LCSW, psychotherapist and Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders. Cohen provides tips on overcoming emotional eating, and explains how GLP-1 drugs may help quiet food noise. She also addresses the role of social media in disordered eating and body image.
Related Websites: www.emotionaleating.org
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1973 Isherwood Reads Isherwood + global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
Christopher Isherwood’s own stories of pre-War Berlin; remembering Renee Nicole Good; U.S. top court hears trans student sports ban cases, a new survey confirms pediatric transgender healthcare can be life-saving, Malaysian authorities shut down an empty gay friendly hotel, the latest Human Rights Campaign U.S. queer quality of life poll finds deterioration under Trump, and billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates 45 million dollars to the queer youth crisis intervention and suicide prevention group The Trevor Project.
All that and more this week when you discover This Way Out.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Isn’t it Time for the 25th Amendment or Impeachment? (00:58:00)
Podcaster and former Joe Walsh – Isn’t it time for the 25th amendment or Impeachment? Shouldn’t the GOP lead this since they have helped a deranged, lunatic dictator Trump destroy the world? John Parker of Minnesota’s Progressive AM 950 Radio reports from Minneapolis. Also How the Language of Morality Became a Cover for Fear and Power.
CIVIC CIPHER: The Effect of Civil Rights on White Americans / The Black Shield of White Supremacy (00:59:00)
First Half:
Trump Says Civil Rights Left White People Very Badly Treated
White Cop Shoots Black Cop 10 Times Mistaking Him for Suspect
Trump is Changing Midterm Election Rules
Second Half:
Jesse Lee Peterson Says Former NFL Star Speaks Like a White Man
A Few Statements from MLK that Can’t Be Whitewashed
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 14-15 pt.1 (00:30:24)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Wine & A Taste for Curiosity, with Alicia Towns Franken (00:28:00)
Alicia Towns Franken embodies a tantalizing combination: wine — another in my periodic series on curiosity and our senses — and an actual, boots-on-the-ground effort to encourage and enable curiosity where barriers have long existed. What if we make wine more accessible by encouraging curiosity more inclusively?
What if we give more people more ways to express what they are discovering through all of their senses?
“We say, people come for the education, but they stay for the community.” ~ Alicia Towns Franken
THE BRADCAST: 1/20/2026 Trump Admin’s Endless Waste, Fraud, Abuse in Elections (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: One year into his final term, Donald Trump’s ‘golden age for America’ is a complete, predictable failure. Trump’s approval ratings have cratered amid his paramilitary ICE/CPB goons terrorizing Minneapolis, his efforts to collapse NATO and steal a defiant Greenland, and a crashing stock market. Despite his escalating threats, Trump has no power to cancel the 2026 midterm elections in the states. A federal court blocked the Trump Justice Department from obtaining sensitive voter data to block legal voters from voting. DOJ has been unable to find any evidence of widespread non-citizen voting. DOJ admitted that DOGE employees misused sensitive Social Security data. Federal judge rules that Trump US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 01.20.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday January 20, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow (00:01:30)
The Greenland ice sheet has lost more than 5 trillion tons of ice in 20 years.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Giving In vs Giving Up: Finding Momentum in the In-Between (00:29:00)
On this show we are exploring the difference between giving in and giving up, and why learning to tell the difference might be the very thing that keeps you moving forward instead of quietly walking away. Have you ever been at that moment where you’re exhausted, frustrated, maybe even embarrassed to admit how much effort you’ve put in, and you’re asking yourself, Do I keep going or do I stop?
MAKING CONTACT: In the Shadow of the Wall: From Gaza to Arizona | 30th Anniversary Capsule (00:29:00)
In dozens of countries around the world, millions of people live beside border walls. These heavily militarized and closely watched areas can be dangerous places to be. This episode, originally produced in 2013, is presented as part of the Making Contact 30th Anniversary Capsule.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: ICE Goons are Not Immune from Prosecution (00:58:00)
Weekly columnist, 25 year Chicago trial lawyer, and creator of “The Haake Take” Sabrina Haake explains why ICE goons are not immune from criminal prosecution under state laws. Also is there any doubt Trump has declared war on Minnesota? The Pentagon is preparing the infantry to be sent there & Stephen Miller has ordered the MN authorities to stand down and deliver. Trump has declared war with Europe, too, with Tariffs, and they are retaliating. Plus honoring Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: The Children’s Hour is Kids Public Radio (00:53:00)
Firefighters are helpers who rush toward danger when others need help. On this episode of The Childrens Hour, the Kids Crew visits a real fire station in Albuquerque, New Mexico to learn how firefighters protect people, animals, and neighborhoods every day.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 12-13 (00:22:49)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: The Body Language of Trees (00:29:00)
Scientists are using video cameras and glorified fitbits to decipher the body language of trees. Geology professor Dom Ciruzzi says the way trees sway tells us a lot about tree overall health. Also: The location of trees affects home values. A study by Kevin Boyle and the U.S. Forest Service reveals that adding trees can boost home prices but there is a sweet spot where too much canopy can reduce value.
THE BRADCAST: 1/19/2026 Encore: Trump to U.N., Rule of Law, World: DROP DEAD. Guest Jean Su, Center for Biological Diversity (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 1-8-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: With Donald Trump’s federal immigration thugs killing Americans in the streets, it’s clear that the rule of law at the federal level no longer exists. The White House announced Trump is withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the bedrock international treaty that provides the legal underpinning for international cooperation on numerous climate, environment and conservation agreements since 1992. JEAN SU of the Center for Biological Diversity explains the broad national and international impacts of Trump’s withdrawal, why it’s unlawful, how it harms Americans’ long term interests, and much more. Lower-court judges are pushing back against the Justice Department’s disrespect for the Constitution and unlawfully appointed U.S. Attorneys. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 01.19.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday January 19, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Nonprofit cuts the climate impact of fashion, one scrap at a time (00:01:30)
Climate Connections is a 90-second daily (M – F) module that moves climate change away from debate and focuses on how it’s impacting listeners’ lives. The features report on what diverse people and organizations are doing to reduce the associated risks, and “connects the dots” between climate change and energy, public health, extreme weather, food, water, jobs and the economy, national security and more.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #85: When Energy is Free (00:29:31)
Decline in price of solar ($100 per watt in 1975)
1998 cost $1200 per gigabit broadband, now less than 1 cent
So used to prices for energy increasing (1970 price 36 cents per gallon)
Electricity costs 7 times as much as it did in 1970
Utilities will not drop costs, move to distributed
Electrification of everything (homes, cars, industry)
Energy as a service rather than a commodity
Services over the internet? (shopping, data storage, entertainment, conferencing, education, texts, voice, maps, millions of apps)
Possible energy services (car charging, home and business power,
How does the Internet of Things change this model? 41.6 billion connected IoT devices by 2025
Energy savings
Home security (sense nobody there, sense no movement)
Warranty checks on appliances, upgrades, maintenance
Productivity, monitoring of employees
Track disease (thermometers), heath data
Integration of smart grid and micro grids
Impact on transportation (auto tolls, fleet management, on star) ” traffic flow, marketing, service locations (perhaps mobile), infrastructure maintenance
Downside
privacy out the window
security (hacking, cyber warfare)
urbanization of the world
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Gentrification, Boston, and Racism (00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff devotes the first half to New York’s new Mayor Zohran Mamdani. He discusses how and why he defeated so many efforts to block him, and what he needs to do to succeed, deliver on his campaign promises, and create a lasting legacy of his time in office. The second half of today’s show features an interview with Sabrina Salvati on her new documentary film, “REMOVED: Black Erasure in Boston
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Greg Palast’s CHILLING Venezuela Prediction (00:58:00)
The US press is confused. Nothing new there. They are confused about the Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez. Greg Palasts CHILLING Venezuela Prediction Will STUN Egomaniac Trump. The Minneapolis battlefield continues…infant needs CPR after feds flash banged the family van with 6 kids inside. Big Baby Trump Steals a Nobel Like a Toddler Grabbing a Trophy. Plus Ukraine update with Phil Ittner.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Ecuador to Palestine, Worldwide Community, & Intentional Community: Spee & Jens Braun (00:55:00)
Few people have quite such wide roots across the globe, both the motivation & outgrowth of a life of compassionate work in many countries. Jens Braun grew up in Ecuador, the son of parents who had worked as missionaries and with the Peace Corps. After college in the US, his curious nose took him for a term to Ramallah Friends School, in the Palestinian West Bank, and his connection with Spee Beer there, eventually Spee Braun, led them to work in a number of countries, including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Sudan, Gaza, Iraq, Kenya, Zambia, and with organizations like Save the Children, and in other positions, close to the people & the realities of many nations. Further work include dedicated service to Connecticut Friends School, the Alternative to Violence Project (AVP), and the establishment of QIVC ” Quaker Intentional Village-Canaan. Their experience & service has been rich, including a bird’s eye view of the Middle East, and life-long energy to heal the world. They live in East Chatham, NY.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Quaker, UCC
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 12-13 (00:22:49)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: We Worry About Problems We Don’t Even Have (00:08:03)
An inspirational and profound speech from the late philosopher Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts – Taoist Way”
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The Plastic Fiber Fiasco (00:29:00)
Tiny plastic fibers, mostly from the clothes we wear, are ending up in our air, our food, and our own bodies. But there are solutions on the horizon. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the hidden costs of our dependence on fossil fuels, the EPA’s effort to reduce state and local control over pipelines and power plants, and how New England states are joining together to promote residential heat pumps. Then Dr. Lisa Erdle, Director of Science and Innovation at non-profit 5 Gyres, talks about how scientists are now identifying tiny fibers from our clothing as one of the major culprits in the worldwide plastic pollution problem.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, reporting, interviews and commentary.
More detailed episode notes will be posted when available – please check back!
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 01.18.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Jan 11 26 US invasion of Venezuela, international law, regional security (00:58:00)
What is the impact of the US invading Venezuela and kidnapping its president and first lady? How might it affect international law, regional security & the American reputation? Will the US invasion prompt Latin American leaders to embrace China as an alternative partner in the region?
What is the Monroe Doctrine and what does the current US interpretation of the “Donroe” Doctrine mean for international law and security?
EARTH RIOT RADIO #204: Only The Earth Can Stop The United States (00:29:00)
Only The Earth Can Stop The United States
The devilish “greatness” of our government, guided by profiteering and the very rich’s expanding circles of murderers will be culled by a giant gardener pulling a noxious weed, as the rise of the Earth against the fossil fuel toxins takes over the planet. I’m not just talking about the fire and flood and drought and sea-rise, which now threatens us, but also the power of life and love and evolution, the endless variety of new life running, flying, swimming, wriggling into being. The thousands of new-to-our-scientsts species that were discovered in 2025 is reviewed by Savitri D in the News from the Natural World in this week’s Earth Riot Radio. Listen in and you will be convinced that new life is vigorously alive.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Seven Days (00:28:00)
Barnaby Druthers: Seven Days is an audio theater Modern Druthers story taking place in modern day America and Canada. When Barnaby Druthers’ friend Mallon Holsey buys an antique book at a used bookstore and the first page says “You Have Seven Days”, Barnaby tries to support him as Mallon considers the concepts of the fragility of time and the choices made in life if he only has seven days remaining.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN: January 17, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We sit with Ryan Cooper, senior editor of The American Prospect. We discuss Trump’s threats against Greenland, and thus NATO. The Europeans are drawing up plans for actions in Greenland, which has a nuclear defense installation. We also discuss Trump’s attempt to bribe Greenlanders with services and things they already have, as part of the Denmark social net. We also discuss what is going on in Minnesota and ICE actions. The administration is citing “qualified immunity” for ICE, though that does not apply.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Aaron Rosenthal, Research Director at Northstar Action. We discuss the situation in Minneapolis after the shooting of Renee Good. Minneapolis has seen a surge in police cost of at least $2M due to the ICE occupation. This occupation is designed to instill terror in the populace of the city and state. The business community has been silent. The shooter, Jonathon Ross, is being rewarded through a Go-Fund Me campaign.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS January 15, 2026 (00:59:00)
Trump’s Resource Imperialism and Imperial Racketeering | The “Putinization” of American Foreign Policy | Israel and Gulf Allies Urged Trump to Pause Bombing Iran as US Naval Assets Head For the Region.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: When Trauma Leads to Transformation and Extraordinary Awakenings with Steve Taylor (00:59:00)
Steve Taylor is a writer and senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University in the UK and the chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. He blogs for Scientific American and Psychology Today and his articles & essays have been published in over 100 academic journals, magazines and newspapers, and he’s the author of many bestselling books, most recently Extraordinary Awakenings: When Trauma Leads to Transformation. In this interview we talk about individual transformation and the evolving transformation of humanity as a whole, in these times of existential crises.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Why We Angrily Post On Social Media and How We Can Lower The Temperature (00:58:00)
Why we angrily post on social media and how we can lower the temperature. On top of this, 2026 comes with its own challenges too…We are NOT prepared for an AI Global Emergency, AI Psychosis is rising among the human population and AI is even learning about self preservation which is alarming scientists who want fail safes to prevent an AI Global Emergency.
And more… 2026 is going to be intense.
SATURDAY 01.17.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Lora Kolodny from CNBC on Grok’s sexualized images (00:59:30)
On Twitter/X, a new AI feature called Edit Image allows users to create, and then publicly post, sexualized images of women and children. CNBC tech reporter Lora Kolodny discusses her coverage of the issue.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Democratic Socialist Solutions Embraced By Republicans in Upstate NY (00:57:41)
More and more people are coming to the conclusion that keeping power utilities in corporate hands no longer makes sense. Legislators in conservative places like Hudson Valley and Massena NY are passing laws to put ownership of power companies in public hands. As of now, what incentive is there to invest savings into needed repairs? A private power company is about guaranteeing shareholder profits but a socialized power company is designed to meet public needs. Another example besides power, our guest Liza Featherstone argues, is that for-profit health insurance is not a good fit for our needs. For example, with rural hospitals closing, it’s far cheaper to municipalize ownership than to have to fly low income heartland Americans on super expensive helicopters for their urgent treatment. Under public ownership, the only incentive for public utilities is to serve the public. Perhaps even Amazon has crossed over and now qualifies as an essential public utility.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Geriatric Physical Therapy (00:58:00)
When older people are recovering from injury or illness or experiencing chronic pain, physical therapy may be a therapeutic treatment of choice. Geriatric physical therapy isa specialized field focusing on treating older adults to help them improve movement, function, and independence.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: An Antique Tool Brings New Knowledge of Native Plants (00:29:00)
Herbariums, annotated collections of dried plant specimens first appeared in Italy almost 500 years ago. In todays Growing Greener, Lea Johnson, Director of Conservation at the Native Plant Trust discusses why they remain an essential tool for those who track and study native plant populations, and the new technologies herbariums facilitate.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Feminist Theology and Women in the Muslim World – Part Two (00:29:00)
Dr. Riffat Hassan, born in Pakistan and educated in England, taught theology in the US. Her feminist friends in Pakistan realized that they needed a theological argument to oppose anti woman legislation and asked her to help. She became, in the mid 1980s, the first trained theologian to take on, at personal risk, the misreading of the Koran with the explicit goal to help womens liberation.
Recorded on April 1, 1993, at UC Berkeley, this is a two part program that begins with an moving account of her personal journey and ends with a painstakingly researched account of the story of Adam and Eve common to Islam, Christianity and Judaism. This myth has been used to declare women secondary, subservient to men, and sinful. As it turns out this is not the original story.
This part ends with an interview with Riffat Hassan about her radical and inspiring re-interpretation of the significance of Eves acceptance of the apple.
THE BOPST SHOW: Don’t Be Mean (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear late-great soul singing sensation Jackie Wilson, AM radio music legends the Hoosier Hot Shots, and the hip hop sounds of Ultramagnetic MC’s as well as music by The Raincoats, Junior Byles and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #619 (00:58:00)
With the American republic hanging in the balance, Ralph calls on Democrats to pressure Republicans in the House and Senate to impeach Trump before the midterms or suffer the consequences. Then, we welcome Dino Grandoni, co-author of a Washington Post report on the surprising ways various species of animals and plants help advance our own the health and longevity.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 01.16.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday January 16, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Atlanta park doubles as a flood protection system (00:01:30)
During a heavy downpour, it fills with water, helping to keep nearby homes dry.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Homestead Strike Reimagined; Made by Labour (00:55:00)
Cultural critic Kathleen Newman takes us inside The Hidden Shift, a dramatic two-screen film installation inspired by the 1892 Homestead Strike – complete with a Pinkerton, a suspected murder, and questions of loyalty and solidarity. Historian Martin Wright (Made by Labour) joins us for a conversation on working-class history and memory. Plus, the latest labor arts news – including organizing wins across museums, bookstores, animation studios, and the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum – and a new Labor History in 2 on the founding of Britain’s Independent Labour Party.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Trump Wants an Insurrection (00:58:00)
Don’s Gestapo has been given orders meant to instigate a violent response. The gangster in the White House needs any excuse to become a dictator via the Insurrection Act and ultimately disrupt the midterm elections.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: The Bus Came By And I Got On: Bob Weir Tribute (00:29:00)
The environmental and counterculture movements of the 60s have been inextricably linked since day one. The hippies decried war on materialism while promoting love, kindness and care for the planet. And one of through-lines of this movement was music. This week on Sea Change Radio, we take some time to remember the life of the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, who recently died at the age of 78. For many of us, across several generations, the Grateful Dead has been more than a band – it’s a movement that’s all about expanding your community and your mind. We dig into the archives to hear from Weir’s longtime bandmate, Bill Kreutzmann, and listen to excerpts of two interviews we did with Bobby’s late songwriting partner, John Perry Barlow.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Alice Wong’s Legacy: How Disability Visibility Strengthens Every Liberation Movement (00:28:00)
Alice Wong lived longer than she expected, but not long enough. The celebrated disability activist lived by the principle that disability justice is integral to all liberation movements, and centered disabled stories with the Disability Visibility Project. When Alice Wong died on November 14 at the age of 51, people across social movements shared their grief and awe for her work, such as her bestselling 2022 memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life. She has been called an oracle, visionary, unapologetic and fearless, and our guests, Wongs dear friends and collaborators, are committed to lifting up her legacy. Sandy Ho is the Executive Director of the Disability & Philanthropy Forum and partner with Alice Wong and Mia Mingus in the Access is Love campaign. She was asked by Alice Wong to post her letter after she passed, where Wong writes . . . our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. Steven Thrasher is an acclaimed journalist, professor and author of The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality & Disease Collide. He was suspended from teaching classes after speaking out ” as Wong also did ” on Palestine. Join us as we celebrate Alice Wong and ask what is the work to be done when it comes to healthcare and civil rights for disabled people. Plus a commentary from Laura on imagining the next 100 years.
THE BOPST SHOW: Don’t Be Mean (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear late-great soul singing sensation Jackie Wilson, AM radio music legends the Hoosier Hot Shots, and the hip hop sounds of Ultramagnetic MC’s as well as music by The Raincoats, Junior Byles and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 1/15/2026 ‘A Cornered Rat is a Dangerous Rat’: Trump threatens MN, NATO, World, with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We’re joined today for our first horrifying and occasionally hilarious roundtable of the year with old-school bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Digby’s Hullabaloo, and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the Professional Left Podcast. We try to make sense of Donald Trump’s dangerous efforts to use ICE thugs to beat Minneapolis into submission; his tyrannical menacing of NATO ally Greenland and NATO itself; Trump’s capricious approach to major protests in Iran; and his corrupt, show-of-power invasion and takeover of Venezuela. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 01.15.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday January 15, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A new neighborhood shows off the advantages of life without cars (00:01:30)
In Tempe, Arizona, residents walk, bike, and ride transit instead of driving ” and say they feel more connected to each other.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (00:58:00)
“Climate change has already made the United States poorer” Arizona Economics Professor Derek Lemoine reports. How could carbon from our tailpipes make the sea acidic? Exactly how does that work? Tulane Chemist Bruce Gibb explains with a great 15 minute mini-lecture on Radio Ecoshock
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: A Casual Disregard of the Law of the Land (00:58:00)
Even as Trump floods blue states with murderous thugs, he’s bringing in immigrants to work at his winery and golf courses. Why is America not outraged that we have a criminal in the White House who delights in the violence of raw partisan power?
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-01-13 (00:58:30)
Sonali is out of town for one more week, dealing with a family emergency. THIS IS AN EVERGREEN SHOW.
This week, we’ll bring back some interviews from the Rising Up archives, specifically interviews with abolitionists featured in my latest book, Talking About Abolition: A Police Free World is Possible. First, well hear from Professor Melina Abdullah of California State University in Los Angeles, who is a leader in Black Lives Matter LA in a conversation about how participatory budgeting can lead toward divestment from policing. Then, food justice activist Leah Penniman joins me for an in-depth conversation linking our environment with the abolition of police and prisons. Finally, well hear a conversation with Gina Dent, abolitionist feminist at UC Santa Cruz. All three interviews are featured in my latest book, Talking About Abolition: A Police Free World is Possible, just published by Seven Stories Press.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 10-11 (00:27:16)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WINGS # 40-25 No GeoEngineering (00:29:00)
Geo-engineering the atmosphere is gaining fans as a quick and dirty way to reduce global warming. Naomi Klein addressed the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in 2011 about the hubris and the risks of geo-engineering – and how social movements must change the stories we tell each other about culture change and about the earth.
THE BRADCAST: 1/14/2026 ‘Mad King Trump in Venezuela (and Beyond) with Nicholas Grossman, U. of Illinois (00:58:00)
On today’s BradCast: In a significant escalation in tactics against constitutionally-protected press freedoms, Donald Trump’s FBI raided a Washington Post reporter’s home, claiming it was part of a ‘leak investigation’. The Trump Administration advised personnel at a U.S. airbase in Qatar to evacuate amid growing unrest in Iran and Trump’s threats against Iranian leaders. Less than two weeks ago, Donald Trump invaded Venezuela and deposed its leader, and now claims he ‘runs’ the country and controls its natural resources. Prof. NICHOLAS GROSSMAN, expert in international relations at the University of Illinois, discusses the ominous signs of destabilization in Venezuela after Trump’s attack, the risks to US national security and international relations, Trump’s senseless saber-rattling and threats of new imperial conquests of Greenland and other countries, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 01.14.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday January 14, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Scientists push back on climate myths (00:01:30)
A global network of experts at Science Feedback is correcting false claims about climate change and clean energy.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Mary Anne Cohen, Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders discusses why diets don’t work. Part 1 of 2 (00:28:00)
Did you know that weight loss is one of the most common resolutions for the New Year, but that restrictive dieting is a gateway to eating disorders? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Mary Anne Cohen, LCSW, psychotherapist and Director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders. Cohen, defines emotional eating, discusses why diets don’t work, and her latest book, Ozempic for Smarties: A Psychotherapist Tells the Straight Skinny.
Part 1 of 2
Related Websites: www.emotionaleating.org
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1972: Sophie B. Hawkins reads from Woolf and Hawkins + global LGBTQ news (00:28:59)
Singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins reads from an original work Not Beating Around the Bush, and from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway; more than 100 patrons are roughly arrested in an Azerbaijan gay bar raid, ten transphobes in France are convicted of cyberbullying First Lady Brigitte Macron, a U.S. federal judge okays teachers outing trans students to their parents, another U.S. judge allows parents to opt out their young children from any classroom activity that discusses the existence of LGBTQ people, Massachusetts bows to threats from 2 lawsuits by rejected Christian foster care applicants and the Trump administration and removes the requirement that foster parents support LGBTQ kids in their care, and her devoted wife Becca memorializes ICE-killed Minneapolis lesbian mom Renee Nicole Good.
All that and more this week when you choose This Way Out.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What to Know About the Intensifying Protests Shaking Iran (00:58:00)
Thom is joined by the Executive Director the National Iranian American Council, Jamal Abdi for insights into the protests in Iran and the possibility of regime change. Plus the real reason why Jonathan Ross shot Renee Good to death.
CIVIC CIPHER: ICE Shoots and Kills Woman in Minneapolis / January 6 is Being Rewritten / US Abducts Venezuelan President (00:59:00)
In the first half of the show, we discuss how an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.
In the second half of the show, we discuss how January 6th is being whitewashed by the United States Government and how the US abducted the president of Venezuela.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 8-9 (00:19:56)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: It Will Give You Goosebumps – The Eternal Now (00:09:43)
An inspirational and profound speech on the eternal now by Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts Limits of Language-2″ “Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal, for the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever….” – Alan Watts. (1915 – 1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4oI0Q62RkE&t=116s
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity & Re-Evaluating Failure, with Samuel West (00:28:00)
Curiosity gets a lot of credit for success. For me, that raises an interesting inverse question: what about curiosity and failure? Who better to invite into that conversation than Samuel West, creator of Museum of Failure, a collection of failed products and services from around the world? “If you’re interested in learning from failure, you have to be curious. You can’t just say, ‘Oh, it went wrong. It didn’t work. Okay, let’s move on…'” ~ Samuel West
THE BRADCAST: 1/13/2026 Things are Getting Weirder as Trump Keeps Losing (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump is a full-blown loser, and seems to be getting weirder. Trump warned ‘a day of retribution is coming’ for Minnesota. Since Trump took office, grocery prices have spiked. Federal court rejected Trump’s illegal halt of renewable energy grants to ‘blue’ states. Trump vetoed vital water projects supported by Colorado Republicans. Senate Budget proposal restores almost all science research funding cut by Trump. Five Senate Republicans joined Democrats to block military action in Venezuela. Seventeen House Republicans joined Democrats to restore ACA healthcare subsidies. Finance sector pushes against Trump Justice Department’s unprecedented criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Top DOJ prosecutors resigned in protest after DOJ refused to investigate the ICE killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Six MN prosecutors resigned over the DOJ’s attempt to investigate Good’s wife. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 01.13.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday January 13, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How one rancher beat drought, debt, and low cotton prices (00:01:30)
Grazing his flock at solar farms lets him raise sheep, earn a steady income, and keep the family legacy alive.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Getting Back in Your Hula-Hoop: Redirecting Worry Into What You Can Actually Control (00:29:00)
On this show we are getting back in our hula-hoop as we redirect worry into what we can actually control. Have you ever noticed how worry has a way of making itself very comfortable in your body? Like it doesn’t just visit your thoughts, it moves in, rearranges the furniture, and tightens your shoulders while it’s at it.
I’m not talking about the big, dramatic worries that show up once in a while. I’m talking about the everyday kind. The background noise. The constant mental tabs you keep open that never fully close.
MAKING CONTACT: Trade Shifts: Reflections on the Seattle WTO Protests | 30th Anniversary Capsule (00:29:00)
On November 30th, 1999, tens of thousands of people shook the streets of Seattle, Washington, in protest of the World Trade Organization. The WTO symbolized the corporate takeover of human needs and the environment. On this edition, we revisit the voices from that week. This episode, originally released in 2009, is part of the Making Contact Anniversary Capsule: celebrating 30 years of social justice journalism.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How Extrajudicial Killing Became Legal (00:58:00)
Interview with Christopher Armitage, Journalist. Criminal justice Researcher, former law enforcement officer, veteran, and author. If the federal government will not provide accountability, then states must provide it instead. Also Philadelphia police chief declares war on ICE and why we should all support her. Also It wasn’t Maduro or even Chavez who kicked the oil companies out of Venezuela: it was Donald Trump in 2020. When he met with the oil executives, he seemed not to remember that fact.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Reading to Dogs (00:53:00)
The Kids Crew spends this episode learning about a special library program called Read to the Dogs. Many kids feel nervous reading out loud, but therapy dogs help create a calm, friendly space where readers can relax and enjoy books. The crew shares stories about their own experiences reading to dogs and how much easier it feels to practice when the listener is gentle, quiet, and patient.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 7 (00:26:41)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Delicious Predator (half) (00:29:00)
The Chesapeake Bay is ballooning with an apex predator that can only be defeated with grease and breading ” blue catfish! They were introduced to Virginias freshwater rivers in the 70s and 80s for recreational fishing. Now, the Bay is teeming with 700 million to 1 billion pounds of blue catfish. Michael Schwarz says that we can restore balance to the bay by eating the fresh, white saltwater catfish filet. And its best served fried! And: Growing up, Maurica Bynum smelled the funk of the Franklin County paper mill and collected water samples with her parents who were water treatment operators. Now, she brings her childhood experience with public health and environmentalism to the classroom, preparing the next generation of public health experts.
THE BRADCAST: 1/12/2026 Guest: Former Police Chief Jim Bueermann of Future Policing Inst. on the ICE killing of Renee Good (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Trump Administration officials have blatantly lied about last Wednesday’s killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, defaming the victim and threatening additional violence, blaming ‘hateful rhetoric.’ Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal excoriated the actions of ICE agents that defy standard policing and public safety procedures. Former Redlands, CA Police Chief JIM BUEERMANN, founder of the Future Policing Institute, explains the stark differences in training and procedures between municipal law enforcement and the unsafe tactics carried out by ICE officials across the country. Bueermann also shares his concerns about federal officials blocking Minnesota state officials from the investigation of Good’s killing, and the Trump Administration’s apparent effort to crack down on free speech and peaceful protest. Callers weigh in. https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 01.12.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday January 12, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Satellites are now tracking big polluters around the world (00:01:30)
Climate Trace is mapping data from power plants, factories, and other industrial facilities.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #84: Simply Living (00:29:00)
Mahatma Gandhi Quote: Live simply so that others may simply live.
What’s the mission of Simply Living? Making a commitment to certain campaigns.
Explain a little about the history of Simply Living
How do we have a conversation about real sustainable living vs. home and garden show
Talk about how Blue Rock Station has worked with Simply Living:
Award for Community Engagement
What are the goals for re-framing Simply Living as the pandemic and a new normal begins to emerge?
There’s a need to create a county directory of Ohio Sustainable Businesses
Sustain Ohio’s Local Economies ” SOLE
Fabulous Friday newsletter
How donors and members and businesses can support social change through Simply Living
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The U.S. as a ‘Traumatised’ Society [January 8th, 2026] (00:29:00)
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Black Friday strikes against Amazon in Germany and against Zara in Spain, the rapid decline of New School University as an example of a deepening crisis in U.S. higher education, and a new U.S. national security paper that throws Europe under the bus, further signaling the end of the U.S. empire. The second part of today’s show features an interview with author, activist, and host of The Muckrake Podcast, Jared Yates-Sexton, on his political analysis and campaign for change in the U.S today.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Trump’s SS Can Now Track Your Phone (00:58:00)
ICE has announced that it has acquired technology that can keep up with whole neighborhoods of people to find out where persons of interest are going. Is all of this the start of a new dark age of lawless government and a servile public?
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Healthy Masculinity & Peaceful at Heart: Men & Mennonite Insights (00:55:00)
Don Neufeld’s decades of service in social work, in child welfare, and in private practice has deeply equipped him for insights into a wide variety of men’s (and society’s) issues, like violence, fathering, and masculinity – and more. He’s authored a number of books, including A New Hope and Living That Matters. Today we discuss with Don a book he co-edited with Steve Thomas, called Peaceful at Heart: Anabaptist Reflections on Healthy Masculinity. A lifelong Mennonite, the work of peace and justice has always been at his core, and his upcoming publication will be An Inquiry into a Theology of Men and Power. He has been active for years with Mennonite Men, including as their Canadian coordinator. He lives in Southern Ontario, Canada.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Mennonite
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 6 pt. 2 (00:16:52)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: 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
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Making a Healthy Home – Part Two (00:29:00)
Are you aware of all the possible chemical toxins in your home or apartment? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the serious health and environmental issues related to nuclear power and how plastic water supply pipes are contaminating our drinking water. Then Patti talks about chemicals lurking in personal care products and bedding, how to get rid of pests without pesticides, and why you should always turn your wireless router off at night. Tune in and learn how to make your home a safe and healthy place to live!
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 1/9/2026 Encore: Trump War on Venezuela is About Ego, Power, Creation of ‘Alien Enemies’ (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 1-5-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump launched an unlawful, stupid and senseless attack on Venezuela over the weekend, deposing and kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife. We cover what happened; why it is illegal; the lies told by Trump and his administration before, during and after; how clueless Trump is about what happens next; his threats to attack other countries; and the many reasons why Trump decided to attack Venezuela. Yes, it’s about oil and distracting from the Epstein Files and the Jack Smith testimony, but it’s also about at least two other reasons. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 01.11.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Dec 28 25 Science of compassion, WWI Christmas truce (00:58:00)
Why did soldiers on the front line (in Flanders on 1914 ) of one of the deadliest wars lay down their arms and play soccer with the very men they were supposed to shoot? Well revisit the Christmas truce of 1914 with Stanley Weintraub, author of, Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce.
Then, we explore the science of compassion. What is it and how does it impact society? Can we learn to be compassionate?
EARTH RIOT RADIO: 203 -LIVE at The Hollywood Bowl (00:29:00)
We celebrate the New Year with a special live performance, in its entirety. Reverend Billy & The StopShopping Choir get to the heart of the matter. Live at the Hollywood Bowl opening for Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts Sept 15 2025. Start to finish, up and down, this is the message. We are the Earth and whatever it is you do, make the Earth part of your work.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Cedric the Optimist, The Guest of Honor and You Don’t Know (00:28:00)
Three audio theater adventures:
Barnaby Druthers: Cedric the Optimist in which Barnaby Druthers (Humphry Rolleston) narrates a heartwarming tale that revolves around the doldrums of January. Then Barnaby Druthers: Guest of Honor (Barnaby meets Oscar Wilde and only one guest can be the life of the party) finally the short story that started it all, Barnaby Druthers: You Don’t Know “Jack” (the ripper)
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN: January 10, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We sit with Nora Gilbert, Professor of Literature and Film Studies at the University of North Texas. We discuss gaslighting, and how it is used in the political sphere to make people believe something contrary to the truth despite seeing/hearing that same truth with their own eyes. We used the film “Gaslight” as an example of how this kind of manipulation can skew reality.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Bill Curry and Ryan Cooper. We discuss the killing by ICE of Renee Green in Minnesota. We also discuss the piracy by the administration aimed at Venezuela.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: January 8, 2026 (00:59:00)
Trump’s Government Goon Executes the Kind of Person MAGA Hates, a Liberal White Woman | Did The Venezuelan Leadership Sacrifice Maduro and His Cuban Protectors in A Secret Deal With Trump and Rubio? | Trying to Make Sense of Trump’s Belligerent Bluster Over Greenland.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Being an Empowered and Responsible Empath in a Crazy World with Wendy De Rosa (00:59:00)
Wendy De Rosa is an internationally renowned intuitive healer and teacher. She’s the founder of the School of Intuitive Studies and the author of Becoming an Empowered Empath ” How to Clear Energy, Set Boundaries & Embody Your Intuition. In this interview we talk about the challenges of being an empath in this world, and the responsibilities that empaths and empathic healers have to address and help heal racism, inequity and other forms of systemic oppression in our societies, healing the wounded masculine that is responsible for narcissism and toxic patriarchy, and healing the wounded feminine that often feels powerless and victimized by toxic expressions of masculinity. And come to terms with our own often repressed feelings of shame and guilt, and to help heal the world and raise collective consciousness.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Why We Angrily Post On Social Media and How We Can Lower The Temperature (00:58:00)
Why we angrily post on social media and how we can lower the temperature. On top of this, 2026 comes with its own challenges too…We are NOT prepared for an AI Global Emergency, AI Psychosis is rising among the human population and AI is even learning about self preservation which is alarming scientists who want fail safes to prevent an AI Global Emergency.
And more… 2026 is going to be intense.
SATURDAY 01.10.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Ken Freedman and Mark discuss the year ahead (00:59:30)
The Techtonic tradition continues, as WFMU station manager Ken Freedman and Mark Hurst kick off the new year with a look at some of the weirdest, most unsettling tech trends and news stories that will shape our near future.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Historian Michael Kazin on Americas Enduring Actual Greatness (00:58:53)
There is in fact a lush garden of American greatness and it is not MAGA. Though less well known, there is a proud history of successful dissent which does make America great. Military power and straight white male domination is not greatness, its weakness. With us today is Georgetown history professor and author of some important books on the power and history of great American dissent, Michael Kazin. He says; Organizing is key: it means going to people who dont agree with you and finding ways to get them to your side. For greatness, see that history.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Tax Preparation (00:58:00)
While the 2025 tax filing deadline is three months away, it’s not too early to assemble financial documents for preparing your tax return. Tax experts expect this season to be more challenging due to complex tax law changes, government shutdown backlog, and reduced IRS workforce.
Nancye Lewis, tax preparer, Thurston CPA, talks about Federal and State tax information to help prepare 2025 tax returns, free tax preparation resources, and volunteer income tax assistance.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: How Your Garden Helped Drive the Deer Population Boom (00:29:00)
Dr. Elic Weitzel of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History describes the thousands of years of association between deer and people, how they long ago came to prefer human-created landscapes, and why their population has exploded
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Feminist Theology and Women in the Muslim World – Part One (00:29:00)
Dr. Riffat Hassan, born in Pakistan and educated in England, taught theology in the US. Her feminist friends in Pakistan realized that they needed a theological argument to oppose anti woman legislation and asked her to help. She became, in the mid 1980s, the first trained theologian to take on, at personal risk, the misreading of the Koran with the explicit goal to help women’s liberation. Recorded on April 1, 1993, at UC Berkeley, this is a two part program that begins with an moving account of her personal journey and ends with a painstakingly researched account of the story of Adam and Eve common to Islam, Christianity and Judaism. This myth has been used to declare women secondary, subservient to men, and sinful. As it turns out this is not the original story.
Part TWO ends with an interview with Riffat Hassan about her radical and inspiring re-interpretation of the significance of Eves acceptance of the apple.
THE BOPST SHOW: No More Kings (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 soulful goodness of Rueben Bell and the Casanovas, the heavy dub stylings of Jah Shaka, and the risqué blues of Agnes Riley as well as music by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Lisa Knapp, Sonora Carruseles, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #618 (00:58:00)
This week we focus on the Trump Administrations seizure of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro as Ralph welcomes legendary former ambassador, Chas Freeman, who calls it nothing more than a gas station stick-up. Then our resident Constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, lays out some of the legal ramifications of the whole affair.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 01.09.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday January 9, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A congressman’s climate pilgrimage (00:01:30)
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois travels to national parks to raise awareness about climate change.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: When Workers Tell Their Own Stories (00:55:00)
On The Labor Heritage Power Hour, labor organizer Eric Dirnbach talks with Dave Kamper about the post-pandemic union upsurge, followed by a report from Italys Working Class Literature Festival, where workers are occupying a factory and telling their own stories.
PLUS: The 1916 Youngstown Massacre and Carsie Blanton’s Little Flame.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Puppy Killer Noem Threatens Gov. Newsom (00:58:00)
Can the ICE agent be prosecuted who shot the women? Who should bear responsibility?
Renee Nicole Good Is Dead. Benjamin Franklin Warned Us This Would Happen Fascist Alert! Puppy Killer Noem threatens Gov. Newsom, “We’re coming for you.” The Depraved New White House Website Isn’t Just a Lie: It’s an Invitation. Plus, The Night Wolves: Russian Motorcycle Club Militia.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Judith Enck: The Problem With Plastics (00:29:00)
The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that each year a staggering 20 million tons of plastic waste is dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers, and lakes ” that’s the equivalent of about 2,000 garbage trucks dumped into the globes waterways every day. This week on Sea Change Radio we are speaking with Judith Enck, former EPA administrator and current professor at Bennington College. We discuss her recent book, The Problem with Plastics: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late. We examine some of the alarming stats associated with what seems to be a never-ending rise in plastics production and consumption, talk about how relatively little plastic is actually recycled, and delve into some policies and practices that can help stem the plastic tide.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Mobilizing Communities, Plant by Plant with Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer (00:28:00)
When was the last time you listened to the plants? Plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, a self-proclaimed student of the plants, has dedicated her life to helping people of all ages understand the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature. Her latest initiative Plant Baby Plant does exactly that, by mobilizing communities to restore plants while building collective power for the Earth. Kimmerer is a distinguished professor, MacArthur Fellow, mother and an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Her 2013 book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants emerged as a surprise bestseller with almost three million copies sold across 20 languages. In this enlightening episode, Robin Wall Kimmerer and Laura Flanders explore how nature can inform our language, our economy, our movements and more. As youll hear, our survival depends on it. Plus, a commentary from Laura on what it took to separate people from nature. Hint: it wasnt peaceful.
THE BOPST SHOW: No More Kings (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 soulful goodness of Rueben Bell and the Casanovas, the heavy dub stylings of Jah Shaka, and the risqué blues of Agnes Riley as well as music by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Lisa Knapp, Sonora Carruseles, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 1/8/2026 Trump to U.N., Rule of Law, World: DROP DEAD. Guest Jean Su, Center for Biological Diversity (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: With Donald Trump’s federal immigration thugs killing Americans in the streets, it’s clear that the rule of law at the federal level no longer exists. The White House announced Trump is withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the bedrock international treaty that provides the legal underpinning for international cooperation on numerous climate, environment and conservation agreements since 1992. JEAN SU of the Center for Biological Diversity explains the broad national and international impacts of Trump’s withdrawal, why it’s unlawful, how it harms Americans’ long term interests, and much more. Lower-court judges are pushing back against the Justice Department’s disrespect for the Constitution and unlawfully appointed U.S. Attorneys. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 01.08.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday January 8, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Confusing food labels are costing Americans a lot of money (00:01:30)
Were throwing away food that’s actually still good to eat.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Meet the Evil Twin (00:58:00)
New science shows ocean acidification has already passed the safety limit set by the Planetary Boundary Framework. We reached a founder in the field, recently retired NOAA Senior Research Scientist Dr. Richard Feely. That is coming up, but first an introduction from Biological Oceanographer and Lead Author Dr. Helen Findlay from the UKs Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Which Country is Next for Donald? (00:58:00)
In an unhinged rant, Stephen Miller says America can take over any country for its resources – Which country is next for Trump? Greenland belongs to its people: European leaders unite over Trumps threats to annex territory reports Sam Meredith. Meanwhile Miles Taylor offers a warning of unhinged Donald’s fixation on illegal annexation and occupation. The Colombian president taunts Trump.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-01-06 (00:58:30)
Sonali is out this week on a family emergency. This is an evergreen show originally broadcast on 2025-05-06.
This week, well set the record straight on the Trump Administrations claims about MS-13 via a conversation with acclaimed best-selling author, poet, and journalist Luis Rodriguez, best known for his 1993 book Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Then, ahead of Mother’s Day, well explore a Feminist Peace Playbook, a new initiative aiming to transform American military might and end U.S. militarism globally and at home. My guest will be Marie Berry, director of the Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Denver. Finally, cultural producer and podcaster RT Samuel joins me from India to discuss an exciting newly published anthology, called the Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF. Samuel will explore the pleasure and promise of South-Asian anti-caste speculative fiction, gathered in this unprecedented English-language collection of stories.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 6 pt. 1 (00:21:48)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: We Worry About Problems We Don’t Even Have (00:08:03)
An inspirational and profound speech from the late philosopher Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts – Taoist Way”
WINGS #39-25 Haitian Filmmaker (00:29:00)
Alexandrine Benjamin tells the story of how she made the short, award-winning film N Ap Boule for her thesis project, the saga of filming in Haiti during a disastrous and chaotic time. She summarizes the problems Haiti has due to its long history of international interference and the distrust and anxiety that permeate the whole society as a result. She recommends trauma therapy for everyone in the country.
THE BRADCAST: 1/7/2026 Guest: Election expert Marilyn Marks on ‘nonsense’ new claims about GA’s 2020 election (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump appears to be pushing the world into a collapse of the post-WW2 order after deposing the president of Venezuela and threatening several countries, including NATO ally Greenland. Trump also seems to recognize rising public disapproval of his policies in polls and recent special elections. January 7 marks the fifth anniversary of the notorious, unlawful breach of Georgia’s electronic voting system by MAGA operatives attempting to help Trump steal the 2020 election. Election security expert MARILYN MARKS of the Coalition for Good Governance debunks absurd new claims being circulated by rightwing outlets attempting to again cast doubt on Georgia’s 2020 election, and explains her real concerns about election security as we barrel toward the critical 2026 midterms, with control of Congress hanging in the balance.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 01.07.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday January 7, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A once-sparkling Alaskan river has turned a sickly orange color (00:01:30)
As permafrost melts, metals stored in rocks leach into the water, making it toxic for fish.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Mark Winne, MS, discusses his latest book, The Road to a Hunger-Free America: Selected Writings of Mark Winne. (Part 2 of 2) (00:28:00)
Did you know that as consumers, we are all stakeholders in our food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Mark Winne, MS, food policy expert, organizer and writer. The two will pick up their conversation from the week prior for a deeper dive into food justice and the importance of using our imagination to create a more just society, as told through stories from his latest book, The Road to a Hunger-Free America: Selected Writings of Mark Winne. (Part 2 of 2)
Related Websites: www.markwinne.com
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT 1971: A Queer History of 2025 – Part 3 (00:28:59)
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R
We conclude our review of some of the news and feature stories heard on this program in 2025, including the reauthorization of the U.N.s queer expert, escalating hate-filled book bans in the U.S., the Australian Football League welcoming its first openly-queer player, the U.S. Supreme Court considering bans on conversion therapy, the Netherlands electing its first openly-gay Prime Minister, and Professor Pomona Sprout celebrating her woke-ness, as This Way Outs 3-part Queer History of 2025 wraps up.
NOTE: NewsWrap returns next week.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Who Are the Real Patriots? (00:58:00)
On the anniversary of MAGA’s bloody attack on Capitol Hill, is the Republican majority draining away in Congress as the reality of Trump’s autocratic plans start to sink in?
REV. DR. RANDALL BALMER: The True Origins of the Religious Right – Emory University (00:35:30)
Originally Recorded at Emory University May 11, 2009 & posted to YouTube May 11, 2009
Author, historian and Emmy Award nominee the Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer, distinguished visiting professor at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, reveals groundbreaking research on the real impetus behind the rise of the Religious Right in this April 16, 2009 lecture, Mistaken Identity: Jimmy Carter, the Abortion Myth, and the Rise of the Religious Right. A scholar, documentary filmmaker, and Episcopal priest, Balmer is professor of American religious history at Barnard College, Columbia University and the 2009 McDonald Family Chair on the Life and Teachings of Jesus and their Impact on Culture at Candler School of Theology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gf4jN1xoSo
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.
https://archive.org/details/DontBeaS1947
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 4-5 (00:24:30)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: CheapNFreeDC: Curiosity, Passion & Purpose, with Estee Levine (00:28:00)
Research tells us that by leaning into externally-focused curiosity –“what do I notice that the world needs?”– and internally-focused curiosity –“How might I be able to contribute?”– we can find meaning and a sense of purpose in our lives. We can find what lights us up. Estee Levine did just that.
She got curious about where her passions might fill some of the gaps in her community and she set out to do something with that information. She created CheapNFreeDC, an Instagram account that features destinations and activities that are (you guessed it!) cheap and free in and around Washington, DC. It’s a celebration of people, creativity and community.
THE BRADCAST: 1/6/2026 Jack Smith’s Testimony on Trump’s Jan. 6 Crimes (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Today marks the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, when then-President Donald Trump got away with one of the most audacious crimes ever attempted in America: his failed effort to incite his supporters to steal the 2020 election and overthrow the U.S. Government. We share audio and notable revelations from Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s closed-door testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Dec. 17, 2025, detailing his two federal grand jury criminal indictments against Trump for inciting the insurrection, his theft of highly classified national security documents, and for obstruction of justice in both investigations. The death of Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) imperils the razor-thin GOP House majority. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 01.06.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday January 6, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Confusing food labels are costing Americans a lot of money (00:01:30)
Were throwing away food that’s actually still good to eat.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Rewrite the Role You Play: Before Life Gives You Proof (00:29:00)
On this show we’re talking about perspective. Did you know that the way we see ourselves quietly shapes the way we live, the choices we make, and the stories we believe are possible for us? So let me start by asking you something. Have you ever noticed how quickly you decide who you are in a moment? Something happens. A conversation doesn’t go the way you hoped. An opportunity slips by. A familiar pattern shows up again. And almost instantly, your mind fills in the story. Not just about what happened, but about what it means about you.
MAKING CONTACT: The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story (00:29:00)
In 2019 a well known romance writer began tweeting about other writers in her community and concerns about racism. It led to a huge reckoning within an organization called the Romance Writers of America, a microcosm of what’s been happening all over the US. This episode, originally released in June 2022, is part of the Making Contact Anniversary Capsule: celebrating 30 years of social justice journalism.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Imperial President Moves on Venezuela (00:58:00)
How do all the pieces fit together?- Xi and Putin’s spheres of influence, the “Donroe” doctrine, Trump’s lies- and promises to big oil.. Marco Rubio and his patron Paul Singer.. and his pending purchase of Citgo?.. Greg Palast and Malcolm Nance join Thom for a deep dive.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: World War II (00:53:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour, we take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago. World War II was one of the biggest conflicts in human history, changing modern humanity forever. Learn about WWII from Ms. Teresa Rand Bridges bilingual 5th grade class at Alvarado Elementary, a public school in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 3 pt. 2 (00:22:09)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Recovery (00:29:00)
Universities have been trying to curb dangerous binge drinking for years. Today’s students are glued to their phones, and Abby Braitman (Old Dominion University) and her colleagues are meeting them where they are for interventions. And: Meagan Brem (Virginia Tech) says that drinking is intertwined with a lot of the intimate partner violence that happens on college campuses.
THE BRADCAST: 1/5/2026 Trump War on Venezuela is About Ego, Power, Creation of ‘Alien Enemies’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump launched an unlawful, stupid and senseless attack on Venezuela over the weekend, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, and his wife. We cover what happened; why it is illegal; the lies told by Trump and his administration before, during and after; how clueless Trump is about what happens next; his threats to attack other countries; and the many reasons why Trump decided to attack Venezuela in the first place. Yes, it’s about oil and distracting from the Epstein Files and the Jack Smith testimony, but also at least two other reasons. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 01.05.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday January 5, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A once-sparkling Alaskan river has turned a sickly orange color (00:01:30)
As permafrost melts, metals stored in rocks leach into the water, making it toxic for fish.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #83: Holistic Health (00:29:00)
Tell us of your background:
Just what is Trager
Working with your immune system
How different than the traditional medical model
World view of this practice ” nature, ecology,
Food as medicine
Self care and pain
Looking to the future
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Center Cannot Hold (REPEAT) (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.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor Histor
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is the Day of Reckoning Coming? (00:58:00)
Social Security and Medicare aren’t abstract programs ” they keep millions of Americans alive. Critics warn Trump-backed policies could force seniors and disabled Americans to delay or skip lifesaving care. We break down what’s changing, who’s at risk, and why this could become a public health emergency. Executive Director of Social Security Works, Alex Lawson joins Thom to break it down.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Strategic Plan for a Full Earth-based Life (00:55:00)
(Originally aired 3/11/2023) In 1987 David & Lise Abazs bought and built their off-the-grid Round River Farm, in Finland, Minnesota, from the ground up, starting with a 30-year plan. Having completed that phase, and needing to create additional plans to allow them live sustainably on their land throughout their full lives, they created an updated 10-year strategic plan addressing aspects of energy, transportation, water, shelter, food, work/community, and spirituality. Their values, insights, & system can serve as inspiration for all environmentally-responsible people.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 3 pt. 1 (00:17:03)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4oI0Q62RkE&t=116s
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Making A Healthy Home (00:29:00)
Home is where we spend most of our time, so it’s important that our home be as healthy as possible. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the politics of ultra-processed foods, the Trump administrations support for Bayer in the fight over glyphosate, and how clothing in the EU will soon carry a digital passport showing its origin and chemical contents. Then Patti talks about the best ways to store food, clean your floors, do the laundry, and use personal care products, all without inviting toxic chemicals into your home.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 1/2/2026 Encore: Old Man Shouts At People, and Other End of Year Observations, with Heather Digby Parton and ‘Driftglass’ (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 12-18-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: In a primetime speech on Wednesday, Donald Trump yelled at Americans for 20 minutes, touting his record with lies and made-up numbers while blaming Joe Biden for his own failures. In a special state senate election in Kentucky, voters shifted to the winning Democratic candidate by 42 points. Polls show Trump’s approval ratings continue to fall. OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON, of Salon and ‘Digby’s Hullabaloo’, and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the ‘Professional Left Podcast’ try to make sense of Trump’s weird, lie-filled tirade; the growing cracks in his MAGA base; House Republicans’ disarray; the looming economic impacts of expiring Obamacare subsidies; the imminent release of the Epstein Files; and much more as we close out this tumultuous, dark year in America. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 01.04.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Dec 28 25 Science of compassion, WWI Christmas truce (00:58:00)
Why did soldiers on the front line (in Flanders on 1914 ) of one of the deadliest wars lay down their arms and play soccer with the very men they were supposed to shoot? We’ll revisit the Christmas truce of 1914 with Stanley Weintraub, author of, Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce.
Then, we explore the science of compassion. What is it and how does it impact society? Can we learn to be compassionate?
EARTH RIOT RADIO #202: Love Has Never Been A Popular Movement (00:29:00)
Love is a profit center. Love is a Hollywood slang word. Love is claimed by religions, which teach investment bankers to wage wars. Love is a song that we all sing while knowing that there is a responsibility that we are taking on with the use of Love, and so we walk away from our meaningful time with Love, because taken seriously we often attract Indifference, Disease and Hate. Love would have to be something that we all did at once. It’s possible. It’s absolutely necessary. It’s probably uncomfortable and often fatal. I love you.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers and the Stepney Devil (00:28:00)
An investigation of a murder of a London cabbie becomes an exploration of the effects of Barnaby Druthers’ public notoriety.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN: January 3, 2026 (00:59:30)
Today’s show is a panel discussion with Bill Curry, Susan Milligan, Stephen Pimpare and Aaron Rosenthal
The topics we covered:
We discuss some of the most pivotal events of 2025, and their effects on individuals and the nation. Including how climate change has become almost completely ignored by the US. The Trump administrations sudden intense interest in going to war with Venezuela. This on the heals of the self-proclaimed “peace” president. We then shift to the long settled idea that public services should be provided by government as its cheaper and more transparent for taxpayers.
In closing we land on the reality that Constitutional Government in the US as we knew it, has all but neutralized. Replaced by sycophants bought and paid for by the oligarch class, the citizenry of these United States are waking up to the cold hard reality that it is WE who must fight. After all, in order for the government to succeed, it needs the consent of the governed. It is time to organize and actively resist en masse. It is time to employ the tactics and means by which resistance movements have throughout history. Not to wage war, but to infuse chaos into the mechanisms of this run-away fascist administration.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTER January 1, 2025 (00:59:00)
A Hopeful Welcome to 2026 | Could 2026 Be the Beginning of the End of Trumps Reign of Ruin?
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: The Mysteries of Eleusis, Early Christianity & Psychedelic Initiatory Rites with Brian Muraresku (00:59:00)
This is my second conversation with Brian Muraresku, author of The Immortality Key – The Secret History of the Religion with No Name. Brian Muraresku is a classics scholar which includes the study of ancient languages and history, and the author of The Immortality Key – The Secret History of the Religion With No Name. Which reads like an archeological detective story putting together archeological discoveries and ancient classical scholarship particularly focusing around Ancient Greece through early Christianity, from the Mysteries of Eleusis to Dionysus and Jesus and into the first few centuries AD. And the discoveries that demonstrate that the great secret of the Mysteries was a psychedelic potion or brew that gave a beatific vision and union with the divine. And that this psychedelic potion went from the Eleusinian Temples of Demeter and Persephone to Dionysus and then to Jesus and the apostles who used these psychedelic spike wines to initiate many thousands of people into the great mysteries of the religion with no name, before Christianity became codified by the Church.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: A.I. Data Centers… IN SPACE!!! (00:58:00)
We have some longitudinal issues with data center expansion, and the year 2025 has been the year of a lot of different things… changes of governments, political strife, ongoing wars and escalations, and so much more…
However, regardless of strife or other issues, the rapid expansion of AI is arguably one of the most important, celebrated and worrisome happenings that humanity is facing in the next 20 years.
So, let’s break this down…. plus we catch up on news and so much more!
SATURDAY 01.03.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Tim Wu, author of The Age of Extraction (00:59:30)
The Big Tech monopolies have grown obscenely rich from extraction, the draining of value from people and communities. Tim Wu discusses his book “The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity.”
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Risings All Over the Country Against Data Centers (00:58:51)
Youve seen the ads on network TV:Huge data centers bringing life to hollowed out communities. But the reality is these huge projects suck electricity and water and provide virtually no lasting jobs. Not just people on the left but people who voted for the populism Trump promised are mighty angry. And they’re winning all across America, including in ruby red regions. On this show Ron Knox of The Institute for Local Self Reliance explains this new widespread manifestation of a real American populist movement. And this new movement gives rise to what the republic can look like.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Aging and Brain Health (00:58:00)
The brain is the most complex organ in our bodies. A healthy brain means having the ability to remember, learn, plan, concentrate, and maintain a clear, active mind. When older adults have dementia, it affects their brains cognitive health, and changes their memory and/or thinking skills severely enough to impair daily functioning.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Behold the Magic of Warm-Season Grasses (00:29:00)
In a conversation recorded in December of 2019 Shannon Currey, a leading educator in the native plants industry, describes how the unique adaptations of warm season grasses make them winners in an era of climate change as well as invaluable in the late summer garden.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Daniel Ellsbergs Pentagon Papers ” TUC Radio Archives ” TWO of TWO (00:29:00)
This is the second part of a talk by Daniel Ellsberg that he gave on December 18, 2007 in downtown San Francisco to a small group of members of the Republican Roundtable. Those were the George W Bush years and it was well known that Ellsberg campaigned against the threats of war on Iran. I had permission to film the event and was concerned about a possible confrontation. Half-way through this 29 minute segment Ellsberg responds to a statement that he was advocating treason ” to which he gives a legally and historically brilliant response that still applies today, to Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden and all whistle blowers. But in the end he received a good round of applause. This rebroadcast is part of a celebration of the work and life of Daniel Ellsberg.
He disclosed that he had pancreatic cancer and had only three to six months to live. He remained active and productive and wrote that his editor knew that he worked better under a deadline. And Ellsberg added: Quote: “It turns out that I also live better under a deadline!”
He died in June of 2023.
THE BOPST SHOW: Fussing and Fighting (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 DC rock reggae legends the Bad Brains, seminal American composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach, and the funky soul of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings as well as music by Gil Scott-Heron, P.P. Arnold and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #617 (00:58:00)
Steve, David, Hannah, Jimmy, Matthew. and Francesco give Ralph a well-deserved break and highlight some of the clips they want to revisit from another challenging, inspiring, fascinating, infuriating, and galvanizing year. Featuring interviews with Chris Hedges, Jon Merryman, Mike German, and more.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 01.02.26 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday January 2, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Tips for making climate-related resolutions that stick (00:01:30)
If you aspire to drive less, eat less meat, or save energy at home this year, try these ideas for staying on track.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Labor songs for the fightback (Updated encore w/bonus tracks) (00:55:00)
This week’s show: Chris and Elise spin labor songs to boost your spirits.
Playlist: Unaccountable – Elise Bryant & Steve Jones; Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall – Tom Russell; All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose – The Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey State Industrial Union Council; A Strike Song (VirginLV) ” Culinary Union; The Communists Have the Music – They Might Be Giants; What We Want – Shelby Bottom Duo; Union Conga – Al Bradbury; Bread and Roses-Women of the World; People Have the Power – Patti Smith; Time For A General Strike – Mike Stout; Have You Been To Jail For Justice – Anne Feeney.
1/2/26 Newly-added bonus tracks: No Contract No Coffee; Are You a Human or a Bot; Prompt Engineers; Waiting for AGI (Ai-Tsuno/Dave Rovics)
Original show aired 2/20/25.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What Kind of World Do We Want? (00:58:00)
It’s one of the greatest preventable mass deaths in modern history: around two people every minute of every day, day and night, week after week, soon to be year after year. Elon Musk has called USAID ” the agency administering programs like George W. Bush’s PEPFAR which have saved tens of millions of lives, most in Africa ” a criminal organization, adding that it was, Time for it to die. Why is the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest people?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Hansae Song: Korea, the Climate and Biomass (re-broadcast) (00:29:00)
In recent years Americans have suddenly begun paying attention to what Korea has to offer culturally: from K-Pop to television dramas, to mouth-watering Korean barbeque. But how many people know about Korea’s climate innovations and policy? This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to Hansae Song who works with the South Korean-based nonprofit, Solutions For Our Climate. We get a summary of Koreas involvement in fighting climate change, look at the country’s energy grid, and discuss South Korea’s recent decision to stop subsidies for biomass fuel. Then, we dig into the archives to learn a little bit more about biomass, also known as wood pellets, from Mongabay contributor Justin Catanoso.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Vessels of Revolution: Akinsanya Kambon on Art, Black Panther Legacy & Liberation (00:28:00)
With each glimmering piece he creates, artist Akinsanya Kambon brings suppressed histories of both colonization and liberation to life. His ceramic works depict struggle and survival across the African diaspora, and stepping into his studio is a spiritual experience, as Laura Flanders recently discovered. Kambon was a member of the Sacramento chapter of the Black Panther Party where he worked on the layout and illustration of the party’s famous paper and became lieutenant for culture, illustrating among other things the party’s ten point plan and works for young people. In 2023, he won the prestigious Mohn Award ” the top prize given by the Hammer Museum for his participation in their biennial Made in LA show, titled Acts of Living. His one-man show opened in Beverly Hills at Marc Selwyn Fine Art in April 2025. An exhibition of his work will open at the New York Sculpture Center in May 2026. In this unique conversation, Flanders asks Kambon about his own survival stories, including his polio diagnosis, getting drafted into the Vietnam War, and his year on death row. Kambon was arrested in connection with the killing of a police officer and was later acquitted from that high-profile Oak Park Four case. Join Flanders and Kambon as they discuss how art keeps spirits alive, and catch Flanders commentary on todays fight to control our nations stories.
THE BOPST SHOW: Fussing and Fighting (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 DC rock reggae legends the Bad Brains, seminal American composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach, and the funky soul of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings as well as music by Gil Scott-Heron, P.P. Arnold and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 1/1/2026 Encore: ‘Supreme Arrogance’ – John Roberts and His Stacked, Packed and Captured Supreme Court, with former DOJ official Lisa Graves (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 10-7-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The corrupted US Supreme Court began its new term this week after a long summer of largely granting Trump’s wishes, allowing him to get away with nearly everything, no matter how radical, unlawful or unconstitutional. Former Justice Department Deputy Asst. Attorney General and author, LISA GRAVES, delves into the history of how Chief Justice John Roberts and his rightwing supermajority ‘rewrote the Constitution and dismantled our rights,’ and much more. Graves argues that ‘we are in the midst of an unprecedented set of constitutional crises,’ how the Roberts Court has subverted longstanding precedent and justice, exposed its rank hypocrisy, and the long but viable path toward court restoration and reform, which she calls a ‘moral imperative.’ US Attorney General Pam Bondi demonstrated her deep unfitness for the job in a contentious Senate hearing.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 01.01.26 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday January 1, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Climate change could cost businesses big time (00:01:30)
The total climate-related financial risks top $6 trillion at 4,000 of the world’s large companies.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Lost the climate gamble! Now what? (00:58:00)
With record extreme cold and heat – in December! – leading scientists finally admit: “The world lost the climate gamble”. What comes after failure? Hear the latest in a full-length talk by Professor James Dyke from the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter. First, the best estimates of what to expect this year and next in the climate casino.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why Are Republicans Calling Control Over Women a Family Value? (00:58:01)
Michelle Goldberg warns that the modern Republican Party is slipping into open, unapologetic misogyny, and even Republican congresswomen are starting to say the quiet part out loud. Theyre learning theres a brutal difference between being useful to powerful men and being respected as an equal.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – Rising Up With Sonali – 2025-12-30 – EVERGREEN (00:58:30)
THIS IS A REBROADCAST – This week, well tackle the problem of plastic use and pollution with Judith Enck, the president and founder of Beyond Plastics, whose new book is The Problem With Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late. Shell explain if it’s possible to have a plastic-free holiday season. Then, Norman Solomon joins us to discuss how corporate Democrats paved the road to Donald Trump’s victories in 2016 and 2024, and how defeating Trump means ousting figures like Chuck Schumer and other unpopular liberals from power.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell Ch.2, pt. 2 (00:20:59)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences.(Summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: It Will Give You Goosebumps – The Eternal Now (00:09:43)
An inspirational and profound speech on the eternal now by Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts Limits of Language-2″ “Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal, for the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it exists forever….” – Alan Watts. (1915 – 1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4oI0Q62RkE&t=116s
WINGS # #38-25 Beyond Power, Part 2 of 2 (00:28:53)
Marilyn French’s 1985 nonfiction work, Beyond Power: Women, Men and Morals, is the basis for her major address at the First World Summit on Women and the Many Dimensions of Power in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in June 1990. In it she describes the rise of patriarchy that prioritizes power-over, and excoriates it for wrecking the viability of life on earth.
THE BRADCAST: 12/31/2025 Encore: Trump Is Losing One Battle After Another (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 12-11-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: A grand jury again rejected the corrupt Trump Justice Department’s revenge indictment of NY Attorney General Letitia James. Indiana Senate Republicans reject new gerrymandered congressional maps in defiance of Donald Trump’s demands. A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from ICE custody ‘immediately.’ DHS Sec. Kristi Noem and a top FBI official embarrassed themselves at a U.S. House hearing on the Trump administration’s immigration and domestic terrorism policies. U.S. Senate Republicans rejected a Democratic bill to extend premium subsidies, ensuring health care costs will spike for millions of Americans. Washington State pummeled by relentless, ‘catastrophic’ rains and flooding. Real estate app Zillow removed a feature informing home buyers of individual properties’ exposure to climate risks. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675