SUNDAY 07.31.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 7/29/22: Alissa Jean Schafer on massive dark money scandal engulfing Florida’s monopoly power company (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: A massive scandal unspooling in Florida highlights both corrupt media and corrupt power brokers. One American News (OAN), Donald Trump’s favorite ‘Big Lie’ fake news network, is on the brink of going out of business after being dropped by Verizon. Trump threatened to sue CNN, demanding they stop reporting on his ‘Big Lie’ attempts to steal the 2020 election. In Florida, a massive document leak has revealed shocking corruption by the state’s monopoly public utility company, Florida Power and Light (FPL). The documents show that FPL conducted a broad dark money campaign to create a murky web of third parties and shell companies to promote its propaganda and preferred (sometimes fake!) candidates, and attack critics. New reporting this week exposed how FPL contracted with a consulting firm to carry out its dirty work, mount disinformation campaigns, manipulate politics by running ‘ghost candidates’ to deceive voters, squash competition, dismantle residential rooftop solar, and secretly take control of a right-leaning media outlet to lobby for its interests and smear critics. ALISSA JEAN SCHAFER, Research Manager of the nonprofit utility watchdog group Energy and Policy Institute, offers insight and analysis into FPL’s multiple growing scandals and the dark money disinformation playbook used by powerful utilities around the country. Also today: former Daily Show host and veterans’ activist Jon Stewart has choice words for Republican senators who blocked legislation ensuring healthcare for sick and dying combat veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Fire Your God and Pray to the Earth (00:29:01)
Be grateful, even if our time is up. Gratitude we should have expressed long ago can be concentrated in a message to the forests that are still standing. Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanity’s most urgent issue — the planets Sixth Extinction. Made by “Earth-loving urban activists” from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and urges listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring News From the Natural World, a weekly gathering of climate changes latest science, and insightful interviews with radical leaders in environmentalism and activism.
TURN ON THE NEWS: Let The Coup Continue (00:28:00)
“Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “Let The Coup Continue.” This week the former president wants the coup to continue.
https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/93bbe3
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 7/29/22 (00:58:00)
part one: a conversation with Scott Braddock
Scott Braddock is a journalist and political analyst based in Austin, Texas.
He covers the Texas Legislature and politics in the Lone Star State by working with Austin legend Harvey Kronberg to produce the most successful political newsletter in Texas: The Quorum Report. In January of 2015, Scott became Quorum Report Editor as Mr. Kronberg assumed the role of Publisher and CEO. Scott served as the chief political reporter for the two biggest radio news operations in Texas: News radio 1080 KRLD in Dallas and News radio 740 KTRH in Houston. He has been honored with Edward R. Murrow and AP awards for investigative journalism and received recognition for excellence and fairness in political reporting from members of Texas Congressional delegation. topics: We discuss the lethality of current weapons carried by Americans, particularly the AR-15, and its successors. We talk about Gov. Abbott of Texas, and his various failures. Guns, the energy grid, property taxes, school funding, all were campaign promises, but no successes. No one can enumerate any successes.
part two: a conversation with Bill Curry and Lincoln Mitchell
Bill Curry an American lawyer and politician who has been a two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut and a White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton. He was head of Freeze Voter, a nuclear freeze group. Lincoln Mitchell teaches in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He covers the politics of NYC and San Francisco as well as International politics. He is the author of seven books and is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion, the San Francisco Examiner and Brussels Morning. The microchip manufacturing bill has passed. Buut social issues and culture wars continue to be contentious. The Defense of Marriage Act would be repealed by the Respect for Marriage Act. Joe Manchin has finally consented to a bill to improve climate spending, and many features of the Build Back Better bill proposed earlier. Manchin gets a pipeline through WV, and some manufacturing plants. Not clear if other Republicans will all go along. We discuss DeSantis, and his goal to dismantle democracy.
https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS (00:59:00)
The DOJ Prepares to Force Top Trump Officials to Testify About the Insurrection and Trump’s Role in It | Are We In A Recession Or Entering One? | Brazil’s Bolsonaro Poised to the Violently Contest an Election He’s About to Lose.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org/
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Guinevere King Arthur the Round Table & the Fae w Marguerite Rigoglioso (00:59:00)
Marguerite Mary Rigoglioso is a scholar and graduate & undergraduate teacher in the US and the UK. Shes the founding director of the Seven Sisters Mystery School, which is dedicated to restoring knowledge about the Sacred Feminine and empowering people on their own spiritual journeys. Shes the author of The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece & Virgin Mother Goddesses of Antiquity & The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception: Mary & the Lineage of Virgin Births, which we had a fascinating conversation about a year ago. In this interview we talk about Guinevere, King Arthur, the Round Table and the Faery Realm.
http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=232931&nav=&
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: The Five Laws of Disinformation (00:58:38)
This episode exemplifies the framework that disinformation falls into so that we may understand how incredibly harmful it can become to its target, by virtue of what it inherently is. There are other items but this deep dive is beyond important. DO NOT MISS this episode.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
SATURDAY 07.30.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 7/28/22: Breakthrough legislation on taxes, healthcare, climate and energy (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Unprecedented extreme weather continues to wreak havoc across the U.S. and the world, with Kentucky the latest victim of torrential rainfall and deadly flash floods. Senate Democrats surprised everyone with a deal between corrupt coal-state Sen. Joe Manchin and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to raise taxes on huge corporations, lower prescription drug prices, cap Medicare costs for seniors, extend health insurance subsidies for individuals via the Affordable Care Act, and make the largest investment in climate and clean energy in US history, cutting carbon emissions 40 percent by 2030. We delve into key details of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which is set to raise $739 billion in revenue from various sources and fund $433 billion in long-overdue investments (including at least $369 billion for climate) over the next 10 years. While the landmark legislation is smaller than President Joe Biden and Democrats had originally hoped, the question now is whether it will pass in both the House and Senate, likely next week, under special budget reconciliation rules that allow approval with a simple majority, bypassing a Republican filibuster. Senate Republicans, angry at being outmaneuvered, retaliated by blocking a bill expanding healthcare for dying veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service. If the bill passes, it could help Democrats in the upcoming critical November midterm elections. New polling and other data suggest the ‘conventional wisdom’ going into the November elections may be wrong in these decidedly UN-conventional times. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Nuclear Power is Racist, Sexist, and Ageist: You Gotta Listen (00:59:34)
The comfort of colonial powers relied on them not seeing the damage to exploited nations. So it is with mining and milling the uranium for nuclear power. Victims then as now are people without power, indigenous populations which are health care deprived. As Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter describes in this podcast, the politically powerful nuclear industry relied on a model called Reference Man “young and white” to argue nuclear was safe. Give a listen and see how the imagined solution of all of the above is wrong for a green future.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin with Julie Rovner, the Chief Washington Correspondent and host of KHNs weekly health policy news podcast, What the Health? A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book Health Care Politics and Policy A-Z. In 2005, she was awarded the National Press Foundations Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for distinguished reporting of Congress. Before working at NPR, Julie covered health policy for National Journals Congress Daily and for Congressional Quarterly, among other organizations.
Our discussion centers on the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade & Casey, the history of abortion in this nation and what we can do to protect and expand reproductive health on the state and federal levels.
Segment Two
The New Marriage Equality Bill Doesn’t Just Repeal DOMA. It Does Something Better. We talk with Mark Joseph Stern, Slates senior writer. We discuss the new Marriage Equality bill, which has passed in the House, and has a reasonable chance of passing in the Senate. It repeals DOMA, and requires that states honor other states’ marriage licenses. About 70% of Americans support same-sex marriage. There are some problems, in that it may divide some Americans by appeasing.
https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html
GROWING GREENER: The Real Story About Roundup (00:29:00)
Admirers of exotic garden plants have taken to claiming that their foreign-born treasures are just as good nutritionally for our North American pollinators. Proponents of native plants insist that their flora supplies a better diet. We ask Dr. Harland Patch of Pennsylvania State University for the facts.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/podcast
TUC RADIO: The End of the World is Just the Beginning – Mapping the Collapse of Globalization (00:29:00)
Today some of the consultants who are advising business, finance and the military, are warning that we are heading into an era of de-globalization with guaranteed disorder and scarcity. Thanks to Sam Harris for hosting a debate on some of the causes of de-globalization on his podcast: Making Sense. Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and New York Times best-selling author. Peter Zeihan founded the consulting firm Zeihan on Geopolitics. His clients include energy corporations, business associations and the US military. Ian Bremmer is president and founder of the Eurasia Group, a research firm advising investors and business decision-makers with offices in Washington, DC, London, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Singapore.
THE BOPST SHOW: And Here We Are Instead (00:54:35)
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 program, you’ll hear the sounds of yodeling British whistler Ronald Ronalde, Richmond, Virginia salsa explosion Bio Ritmo, the South African Tsonga disco of General Muzka as well as Japanese pop duo Dip In The Pool, the swamp rock of the late great Tony Joe White and many others outside mainstream consciousness.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #438 (00:58:00)
We welcome back our resident Constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, who gives us his take on the January 6th hearings, how they compare to the Watergate, and Iran Contra, why the Democrats seem to be holding back, and what the Department of Justice needs to do to live up to its name with regard to the crimes of Donald Trump.
FRIDAY 07.29.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday July 29, 2022
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
JUST SOLUTIONS: What’s Next for Reproductive Rights? (00:29:00)
The recent Supreme Court overturning of Roe V Wade and the numerous abortion bans that have come in its wake have left many wondering what’s next for reproductive rights. President of the National Organization for Women Christian Nunes says the fight must turn to the local, state and regional levels, with support for abortion rights candidates and ramping up pressure on state legislatures to act. NOW has launched a virtual, campaign training program to teach participants how to run for office.
COUNTERSPIN (00:28:00)
Vivek Shandas/extreme heat, Jamie Kalven/Laquan McDonald
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Free Trade Has Put America & Democracy At the Mercy of China (00:58:00)
Bringing our manufacturing back from overseas will reverse the 40-year-long slide of the American middle class and rebuild our nation’s security & economy. Author and radio host Laura Flanders warns that it can happen here: A White Supremacist Coup That Succeeded. Professor Marcia Pally reports that Christian Nationalism is on the march, and how we got here.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Daniel Nichanian on the Nuts and Bolts of Local Elections (00:29:00)
Anyone who paid attention to the ugly aftermath of the 2020 presidential election suddenly realized that a coterie of state-level bureaucrats had a whole lot more power than we ever imagined. And it was a huge wake up call for those who have chosen not to vote in past local elections. Elections matter, even small ones. This week on Sea Change Radio, we welcome political scientist and election expert Daniel Nichanian to discuss the importance of local elections in this country and how his new media venture, Bolts Magazine, intends to shine a brighter light on small, but increasingly vital races in all fifty states. We talk about the upcoming midterms, uncover arcane election laws in certain states and examine what’s on the ballot locally in the wake of the Supreme Courts reversal of Roe v. Wade.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Reforming Prosecutor Power – Especially After Roe (00:28:00)
Prosecutors are immensely powerful, especially now, after the overthrow of Roe. They decide which cases to bring, what charges to make and what sentences to ask for. Until this year, only internal committees could investigate misconduct, even after hundreds of exonerations and allegations of abuse. After years of grassroots effort, New York now has an independent commission, but the process was hard, and there’s still no power to punish. In this episode, reporter Kizzy Cox reports on how New York’s new Independent Commission on Prosecutorial Misconduct came to be, and Laura talks with Andrea James, executive director for the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, and Sakira Cook, Co-Interim Vice President at Color of Change, about what prosecutors can do, or not do, especially when it comes to implementing new abortion bans.
THE BOPST SHOW: And Here We Are Instead (00:54:35)
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 program, you’ll hear the sounds of yodeling British whistler Ronald Ronalde, Richmond, Virginia salsa explosion Bio Ritmo, the South African Tsonga disco of General Muzka as well as Japanese pop duo Dip In The Pool, the swamp rock of the late great Tony Joe White and many others outside mainstream consciousness.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/29/22 (00:55:33)
On the Show: The Gross Domestic Product falls for a second quarter in a row leaving many to wonder whether the United States is in a recession. Karl Rove questions where the Donald Trump campaign donations are actually going. Caller wonders what will happen if Trump is charged but not convicted. Caller talks about the federal criminal investigation into Trump. Caller admits to showering with glasses on and wiping them clear five times per shower. Caller doesn’t know if climate change can be fixed fast enough. Caller wants to know how to respond to wacky conspiracy theories. Caller asks if west coast states matter in American politics. David responds to viewer emails and social media messages.
https://davidpakman.com/
THURSDAY 07.28.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday July 28, 2022
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Is The Micro World In Trouble Too? (00:58:00)
The micro-world, as COVID swamps country after country. Explore with world expert microbiologist David Thaler an American scientist working out of Basel Switzerland. Visible plants and animals are in decline globally. Is the microbial world in trouble as well? We can’t live without it. Be ready to challenge your mind.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Now We know – Trump 2.0 is Mass Executions, Internment Camps and Martial Law (00:58:00)
It’s not about law and order, which interests Trump not at all. It’s about authority and brutality. But the most horrible thing is, there are buyers. Economist and Co-founder of Democracy At Work, Professor Richard Wolff explains how the catastrophic heat is affecting the economy and what the new Fed rate hike will do to the economy. Investigative journalist Mike Rothschild explores how QAnon themes burrowed deeper into GOP politics this year.
LOPATE AT LARGE: Bob Hennelly of Stuck Nation (00:52:44)
Robert “Bob” Hennelly is an award-winning, print and broadcast journalist. For more than 30 years, he has reported on a broad spectrum of major public policy questions, ranging from homeland security to the economy, environmental contamination to corruption, and occupational safety to homelessness. Join us when Bob Hennelly shares his investigative work–focusing on national labor issues and public policy, occupational safety and health, the New York City politics and civil service on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.
https://leonardlopateatlarge.com/
LITERATURE ALOUD: Call of the Wild ch. 7 (00:41:38)
Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love.
Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
https://librivox.org/the-call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london-2/
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
WINGS #15-22: Second Coming of Joan of Arc – Part 1 (00:28:50)
Joan of Arc led an army to victory at seventeen. At eighteen, she arranged the coronation of a king. At nineteen, she went up against the entire Catholic church and lost. In this one-woman play, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Joan returns to share her story with contemporary women. She tells her experiences with the highest levels of church, state, and military, and unmasks the brutal misogyny behind patriarchal institutions. This play is being revived at the Hollywood Fringe Festival through June 30, 2022.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/28/22 (00:00:00)
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WEDNESDAY 07.27.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday July 27, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Sharon Blackwell (00:09:29)
The latest episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Sharon Blackwell, a nurse and case manager at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare who recently was named a 2022 Health Care Hero by Hampton Roads Inside Business Journal, for a discussion of her work, hospital efforts to improve community health and reduce disparities through the Wellness Wednesdays program, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com. Or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW: Debunked – “Socialism Has Never Worked” (00:19:12)
With specific detail and solid historical evidence Pakman discusses the complexity of the word socialism and the widespread but false notion that “socialism has never worked.”
THIS WAY OUT #1791: The U.S. House Respects Marriage Equality & more global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
Bipartisan Congressional respect supports U.S. marriage equality; the European Commissionlosespatience with homophobic Hungary, Andorra approves marriage equality, a Taiwan court okays another bi-national queer marriage, a U.S. federal court blocks Biden’s trans protection plans, a Greek gay activist’s killer goes free after two months in prison, Russia’s top tennis woman Daria Kasatkina comes out, and Christian zealots zap Seoul’s Queer Culture Festival! Those stories ” and more this week ” when you discover “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Poison in the Bloodstream of Democracy (00:58:00)
Congress must act to get money out of politics- or heartless oligarchs and “Christian Nationalists” will continue to corrupt the secular democracy the founders so proudly created in America.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1505: Thad’s Ten Things (00:58:59)
This week Clay Jenkinson and Lindsay Chervinsky respond to a list of questions submitted by a listener about the paradoxes and inconsistencies of Thomas Jeffersons life including his ownership of enslaved people.
LITERATURE ALOUD: Call of the Wild ch. 6 (00:30:37)
Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love.
Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
MAKING CONTACT: Escape to Cairo from Kerning Cultures (00:29:00)
In October 1960, the walls were closing in for Patrice Lumumba. Months earlier, he had been celebrated as the Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister after decades of brutal colonial rule. But now, he had been overthrown in a coup and was being kept under house arrest by his political opponent. With Lumumba’s life at risk, the Egyptian government under Gamal Abdel Nasser proposed a dangerous and unusual plan to have three of Lumumba’s young children smuggled out of the country and away to the safety of Cairo. This week on Kerning Cultures; Patrice Lumumba’s children, and their escape to Cairo. This story originally aired on Kerning Cultures, a podcast telling stories from across the Middle East and North Africa and the spaces in between.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/27/22 (00:54:18)
On the Show: A new report claims Donald Trump is under criminal investigation by the Justice Department. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he is open to prosecuting Donald Trump. Donald Trump speaks at the America First Policy Institute event in Washington DC, spouting conspiracy theories, pretending to be transgender, and much more. A new report indicates that the Supreme Court leaker was likely conservative, hoping to prevent Bret Kavanaugh from changing his mind and voting to preserve Roe v Wade. CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan interviews supporters of Donald Trump in Arizona and it’s absolutely horrifying. Republicans will launch a massive investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci if they win the 2022 midterm elections. One America News host Alison Steinberg begs liberals to help save the network as Verizon has dropped it from its lineup. Voicemail caller is worried about MyPillow Mike Lindell’s mental health.
https://davidpakman.com/
TUESDAY 07.26.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday July26, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND: Loneliness: The Other Pandemic, Pt.3 (00:57:59)
Last week, Kevin and Niseema talked about a number of statistics about loneliness in America and worldwide. An epidemic of loneliness is confirmed by all social psychology studies. 18 of our listeners took the UCLA Loneliness Questionnaire that was posted on our website (www.tffpp.org), and 14 found out that they are very lonely, 4 were average and none were not lonely. This week, Kevin and Niseema talk about ways to recognize and cultivate Companionship and Belonging, the two themes of the Loneliness Scale questions. Did your parents have companions or felt a sense of belonging? If not, you may have a high tolerance for isolation and loneliness yourself. This is not something to judge yourself for. Loneliness can boil down to a lack of companionship and/or a lack of belonging. Kevin and Niseema also talk about the acronym EASE standing for Extend Yourself, Action Plan, Selection, and Expect the Best. By practicing these four simple steps any person can come from a sense of isolation and loneliness to a place of companionship and belonging.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour (00:57:59)
Guest host Jefferson Smith wants to know what you’re doing this summer to keep our Democracy alive? Patriotic Millionaires’ Morris Pearl is taking it to the people to figure out why they vote against their own interests. And author and activist David Daley shares how the folks at FairVote and elsewhere are doing their part.
THE CHIDREN’S HOUR: Twinkle (00:58:00)
This week on The Children’s Hour, we’re joined by the Lady Gaga of children’s music Twinkle! She’s an award winning, bilingual children’s musician, performer, voice actress and TV star. Twinkle is the host of Twinkle Time, with many videos on YouTube for kids and families. We’ll learn about her life as a child actress, what motivates her music, and how she produces every one of her songs in both Spanish and English. Twinkle is guest DJ-ing this show, and you’ll hear music from artists from around the world. Join us for a Twinkle Time Children’s Hour!
LITERATURE ALOUD: Call of the Wild ch.5 (00:35:05)
Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love.
Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
ALAN WATTS: How to Stop Thinking About Life (00:23:10)
Alan Watts asks a fundamental question. Why do you think so much? Why do you keep talking to yourself, and thus worrying about things that doesn’t exist at all? Alan Watts goes even deeper into this seminar, and talks about the teachings of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, and how their writings on Taoism helped us understand more about life in the present. How to live in the moment, and forget completely about the past and the future.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/26/22 (00:55:39)
On the Show: Jack Barsky, retired and reformed undercover KGB agent and author of the book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America, joins David to discuss his career and understanding of Russia in the context of Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3zbrpWb Republicans are now overtly becoming Christian nationalists, and it’s incredibly dangerous. Despite claims that they were eager to testify and “correct the record,” no one from Secret Service has testified under oath for the January 6 committee. Vice President Mike Pence’s former Chief of Staff, Marc Short, has testified before a federal grand jury, and makes some major claims about Matt Gaetz. Donald Trump absolutely rages at Fox News’ Fox N Friends for correctly reporting that Ron DeSantis is leading Trump in some recent 2024 polls. Convicted Steve Bannon calls for “4000 shock troops” to “deconstruct” government “brick by brick” in the latest indirect call for violence. Another Trump voter is found guilty of voter fraud, this time Barry Morphew, a suspect in his own wife’s disappearance, who submitted a fraudulent ballot in her name. Voicemail caller correctly points out that right-wingers are much better than the left at firing up their base with in person events, rallies, and more.
MONDAY 07.25.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday July 25, 2022
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE # 104: 10 Solar Innovations that will Change the World (00:29:21)
Solar energy is one of the most disruptive technologies in the history of mankind. It is about to displace the fossil fuel industry and change the world in ways we can barely imagine. So, what are some of the changes and technologies that are underway – often below the radar of most people’s experience. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the 10 new innovations and changes in solar energy that will change the world.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Twin Upsurges: Unionizing and Left Politics (00:29:00)
In this week’s show, Prof Wolff discusses the unionization efforts by post-doc medical researchers vote union, central bankers mislead on inflation, rising economic footprint and power of BRICS nations, and left victory in Colombia’s elections. The second half of the show will feature major discussions of (1) relevance of Marx’s Labor Theory of value, French politics shift leftward with wide ramifications.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Four Takeaways from the January 6 Hearing (00:58:00)
Trump’s 2024 coup plan to fill the government with America first zealots is already underway. Pennsylvania is refusing to count absentee ballots because they’re Democratic voters. One in five US adults condone justified political violence, mega-survey finds. Boston Globe’s Rhode Island reporter Amanda Milkovits looks into the growing signs of white nationalist recruitment across New England.
RADIO ART HOUR: A show where art is not just on the radio, but is the radio (00:58:00)
“Tapeloping” by Absolute Value of Noise, and “Natchez to New York” by Olu Dara. Absolute Value of Noise is the alias of artist Peter Courtemanche. In Tapeloping, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the first Absolute Value of Noise show on Vancouvers CITR-FM, Courtemanche used the generative audio mixing software that underpins many of his recent works to combine samples from 30 artists who have collaborated with him or otherwise provided inspiration in the past. In his description of the piece, Courtemanche asks us to imagine these audio contributions as tape loops that stretch out through the hallways of a radio studio, wrapping around mic stands and doorknobs on their way back to the mixing desk. Tapelopings semi-automated collage invites listeners into the center of Courtemanches decades-long practice where broadcast radio serves as a platform for exchange and experimentation among noise artists. Contributing artists include: Deanne Achong, Jim Andrews, Sean Arden, Steve Bates, Gvan Bel, Ian Birse, John Brennan, Hank Bull, Brian Charles (a ghost in the machine), Don Chow, Andrea Cserenyi (from the archives), DinahBird, Elisa Ferrari, David Floren, Anna Friz, Ken Gregory, Steve Heimbecker, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Eileen Kage, Laura Kavanaugh, Gene Kosowan, Sally Ann McIntyre, Brady Marks, Faith Moosang, Bill Mullan, Jem Noble + Milo Piccini Noble, Roberto Paci Dal, Anthony Roberts, Matt Rogalsky, Adam Sloan + Liam Sloan, Maia Urstad, Gregory Whitehead, Elisabeth Zimmermann. – Introduced by Wave Farm Radio Artist Fellow 2021/2022, Andy Stuhl. And also tune in “Natchez to New York” by Olu Dara. It’s one of those quiet evenings on the front porch in Natchez, Mississippi. Just crickets, the distant sound of a few cars, and a bluesy song for harmonica and guitar”as sweet as the sugar shack it talks about. But there’s trouble ahead as Neville, a down-home juke-joint man and Diana, who pursues a career at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, collide. In Neville’s words: “Good Lord woman, send Madam Butterfly back to bed. What’s left to eat? I can’t stand no opera on no empty stomach.” They sing and fight and sing and fight until eventually, they go together”from Nachez to New York. An improvisational work in a fixed form! Commissioned by New American Radio
LITERATURE ALOUD: Call of the Wild ch.4 (00:20:29)
Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love.
Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
THE MIDDLE WAY SOCIETY: The Mind at Work with Mike Rose (00:41:35)
A fascinating discussion, with Mike Rose reminiscing with great warmth and appreciation of his mother’s skill and social intelligence in her work as a waitress in a series of restaurants. I’m not sure that I accept his premise that such skills are undervalued or unacknowledged, although it’s perhaps the case that they may not attract the monetary rewards they deserve, and may not be reflected in the social status attributed to service or manual workers.
It’s my experience that skilled ‘blue-collar’ artisans are generally highly regarded, so that people who cut great suits or restore ancient furniture may enjoy high status, as do actors, musicians or sportswomen whose intelligence lies elsewhere than in the intellectual domains. Skill, be it socio-emotional, embodied or physical, equates with intelligence in contemporary society. Indeed, it might be argued that intellectuals tend to get a bashing these days, and many are rather poorly rewarded for their efforts. Mike Rose is a research professor in the department of education of UCLA and the author of several books including Why School, Back to School and Possible Lives. We’re going to be talking about education and some of the themes explored in these books but we’ll be focusing in particular on his book The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker which challenges the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. Recorded April 23, 2016
http://www.middlewaysociety.org/the-mws-podcast-93-mike-rose-on-the-mind-at-work/
PROJECT CENSORED: Rights of defendants diminished again / How the two “major” parties resist democracy (00:58:00)
Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s show. This past May, the US Supreme Court narrowed the protection of the Sixth Amendment, by ruling that a person convicted of a crime cannot cite ineffective legal representation in state court as grounds for appeal to the federal courts. In the first half of today’s program, attorney Mark Loudon-Brown explains the implications of that decision. Then in the second half-hour, Eleanor examines some of the ways big-party power brokers attempt to block third parties from the ballot, and constrain the influence of grassroots activists.
SUNDAY 07.24.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 7/22/22 (00:58:00)
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Outsourcing War: Making Atrocities Invisible (00:59:37)
Private Security Firms; just part of doing business, right? Blackwater was America’s version in Iraq; The Wagner Group is Russia’s today in Ukraine and Africa. Atrocities in the Donbass region of Ukraine? Russia cynically said, that’s not us, its little green men. History Professor Emeritus Dr. Lawrence Wittner on this show reveals the major role of mercenaries, soldiers of fortune in the pay of Russian oligarchs. And they boost their great wages with wholesale looting. The United Nations is not doing its job.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 7/22/22 (00:58:00)
part one: a conversation with Scott Braddock
Scott Braddock is a journalist and political analyst based in Austin, Texas.
He covers the Texas Legislature and politics in the Lone Star State by working with Austin legend Harvey Kronberg to produce the most successful political newsletter in Texas: The Quorum Report. In January of 2015, Scott became Quorum Report Editor as Mr. Kronberg assumed the role of Publisher and CEO. Scott served as the chief political reporter for the two biggest radio news operations in Texas: News radio 1080 KRLD in Dallas and News radio 740 KTRH in Houston. He has been honored with Edward R. Murrow and AP awards for investigative journalism and received recognition for excellence and fairness in political reporting from members of Texas Congressional delegation. We discuss the ongoing Uvalde controversy: the report has been made public, and Texas agencies are blaming each other for the outcome. 376 law enforcement officers were present outside while the children and teachers were being killed. Only 5 of those were Uvalde police officers, and they were sidelined by everyone else.
Obviously, poor leadership, and fear of the NRA are preventing the correct approach: take the guns away. From the Florida example, we know that eliminating guns will not hurt elected officials. We also discuss the Democratic convention held last week in Texas. No platform was developed. Beto O’Rourke has raised 24 M vs. Abbott’s 46 M.
part two: our monthly check in with Congressman Ro Khanna
Rho Khanna has taught economics at Stanford, served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration, and represented tech companies and startups in private practice. He is the author of Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us. Khanna assumed office in 2017, is one of a handful of members of congress who refuses to take PAC money and was one of the few Representatives to endorse Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. We discuss how the Democrats can get the American voters to trust government, and what is important to them. We need cost of living policies, pushback against overreaching SCOTUS, on-shore the manufacturing activities that have been outsourced. We need economic patriotism that will rebuild communities around meaningful work. The Democrats need to better publicize their successes around these goals: new factories and industries being built now, etc. Show the investments and how they will affect personal economic status for everyone.
GROUNDSWELL: Black and Indian Farmers (00:00:00)
Two historians, Ana Edwards Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality and @Kara Boyd of National Black Farmers Association and the Association of American Indian Farmers. Tune to WRIR.org at 11 am, Thursday to hear about land and property from their perspectives.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Part 2 Restoring The Kinship Worldview – 28 Indigenous Precepts with Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez (00:59:00)
This is part two of my interview with Wahinkpe Topa AKA Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez with a follow-up with Darcia Narvaez. Wahinkpe Topa AKA Four Arrows is a made relative and pipe carrier of the Oglala Lakota, and the author of numerous books on native indigeneity, and he is professor of educational leadership at Fielding Graduate University. Darcia Naraez is professor emerita of psychology at the University of Notre Dame and an award winning author of many books on indigenous wisdom and child development, as well as her work on the Evolved Nest. Together, they’ve created this wonderful and much needed new book Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth. In this interview/conversation we delve into how the dominant western worldview and the indigenous worldview inform and determine our behavior and relationship with each other and the world around us in very different ways. And the need to change the way we see and relate to the world if we are to have a chance of surviving the crises we are facing in the world.
http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=232640&nav=&
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: The Five Laws of Disinformation (00:58:38)
This episode exemplifies the framework that disinformation falls into so that we may understand how incredibly harmful it can become to its target, by virtue of what it inherently is. There are other items but this deep dive is beyond important. DO NOT MISS this episode.
SATURDAY 07.23.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 7/21/22: Sarah Lipton-Lubet of Take Back the Court (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more insane, 79-year old President Biden tested positive for COVID on Thursday and is experiencing ‘very mild symptoms.’ Will Fox News decide to carry Thursday night’s primetime hearing of the bipartisan House January 6 Committee investigating Donald Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and his many attempts to steal the 2020 Presidential election? New analysis finds far-right TV channel Newsmax is lying to its viewers, broadcasting at least 40 false claims about the House J6 Committee’s hearings. New polls show the public’s approval of, and confidence in, the Republicans’ packed-and-stolen US Supreme Court has hit an all-time low, plunging even further in the wake of the Court’s recent, unprecedented spate of radical rulings that are opposed by the vast majority of Americans. House Democrats are quickly passing bills codifying reproductive freedoms and rights to interracial/same-sex marriage and contraception into federal law, to protect them from the rightwing extremist Court. SARAH LIPTON-LUBET, Executive Director of the non-profit Take Back the Court organization, explains the need for the long-overdue expansion of the Supreme Court after Senate Republicans’ theft of two seats from the American people. Lipton-Lubet explains new legislation proposed by a group of House Democrats to expand the number of seats on the Court, issues and concerns surrounding court expansion, and why UN-packing the Court is critical to protecting our rights, freedoms, and democracy itself. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
EARTH RIOT RADIO: The Earth Cancels the Environmental Movement (00:29:00)
Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanitys most urgent issue — the planets Sixth Extinction. Made by “Earth-loving urban activists” from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and urges listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring News From the Natural World, a weekly gathering of climate changes latest science, and insightful interviews with radical leaders in environmentalism and activism.
TURN ON THE NEWS: Everything Is Awful (00:28:00)
“Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “Everything Is Awful.” This week the headlines are bad, again.
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin with Dr. Meg Autry, an obstetrician and gynecologist and a professor at the University of California San Francisco. She’s proposing a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico as a way to maintain access for people in southern states where abortion bans have been enacted. The idea is to provide a clinic aboard a ship in federal waters, and out of reach of state laws, that would offer first trimester surgical abortions, contraception and other care. We talk about the emerging need for this service, what’s involved in setting it up, and how it is likely to help primarily poor women and girls.
Segment Two
We then talk with Jasmine Green, who has written an op-ed for the Harvard Crimson, setting forth her reason for eliminating the “legacy” advantage to her potential children in the future. She cites many reasons, but one of the most important is that this practice perpetuates white supremacy and white nationalism.
GROWING GREENER: Drought-Proofing the Garden with Nancy DuBrule-Clemente (00:29:00)
Managing water is the crucial task of the summertime garden, especially as climate change boosts the heat and the frequency of droughts. Join Nancy DuBrule-Clemente, founder of the pioneering woman-owned landscape company and garden center, Natureworks, as she brings her organic gardening sensibility to bear on ways to reduce watering while weathering our warming summers.
GOT SCIENCE? : The Supreme Court’s Devastating Impacts on the EPA (00:29:00)
Energy and policy expert Julie McNamara explains the WV v. EPA court case and the potentially devastating effect it will have on our ability to fight global warming in the U.S.
THE BOPST SHOW: Watch Me Dance (00:55:00)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Sister Fa, Julius La Rosa, Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion, X Plastaz, Altai Kai, Nara, Koa Keri Koa, King Tubby, The Ohio Untouchables, Birdy, Zou Zou, The Dots, Atlas, Ranny Williams & George Regent, The Barriers, Clark Equipment, and Hailu Mergia & The Walias
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #437 (00:58:00)
The “Man Who Broke Capitalism” is the late and lionized CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, whose relentless pursuit of quarterly earnings and shareholder value at the exclusion of everything else influenced generations of CEOs and his approach could be the single biggest reason the U.S. finds itself in the precarious economic and political state it is. Ralph speaks with New York Times columnist, David Gelles, who wrote the book on Welch, The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America ” and How to Undo His Legacy. Plus, Ralph rails against the proposed congressional handout to the microchip industry and the Senate oversight committees lack of oversight of the Pentagon budget.
FRIDAY 07.22.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday July 22, 2022
LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND: Duron Chavis on Resiliency (00:27:34)
The 19th Happy Naturally Day will be August 27. Duron Chavis is so busy growing gardens and community that I can’t catch up with him, so I’ll share this joy filled conversation about resiliency gardens, raising food in the pandemic. Recorded this time of year in 2020, it is timely and you can hear the wind, which made it possible to sit in the sun on a July afternoon in Virginia.
COUNTERSPIN: Post-Roe Data Privacy, January 6 Insurrection (00:28:00)
Nora Benavidez on Post-Roe Data Privacy, Dorothee Benz on January 6 Insurrection.
This week on CounterSpin: The internet has changed the way we communicate, access information and even organize, which means concerns about digital privacy are concerns about privacy, period. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, allowing for the criminalization of abortion, our ability to safely access information and health care.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How Do We Stop The 27 Men Who Run America? (00:57:59)
In 1776 we declared independence from the worlds richest man and the planets largest corporation. Today, were again confronting a similar challenge
Professor Richard Wolff opines om why people are calling for the end of the Fed…what would the alternative be? Or, are they just crack pots? What exactly does the Fed do besides raise & lower interest rates? Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Dr. Trita Parsi explains why MBS is playing hardball with the United States, and the White House is just letting him win.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Indonesian Coal + Food For Soul (00:29:00)
This week on Sea Change Radio, we dig into the archives and listen to two very different stories about consumption. First, we speak to global journalist Nithin Coca who has written a series of pieces for Mongabay.com about Indonesias alarming headfirst dive into the coal industry. We discuss the high-level corruption that allowed coal to take off in Indonesia, examine the lax regulatory standards that imperil workers while allowing the country to keep export prices low and learn about the environmental degradation that the Indonesian coal boom is causing. Then we revisit our conversation with Lara Gilmore, who along with her husband, chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura, run the world-renowned Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy. In addition to running a three-star Michelin restaurant, Bottura and Gilmore have created a unique template for feeding the needy through their nonprofit, Food For Soul. Based on the concept of the Italian refettorio, a place where monks gathered together to share their meals, Food For Soul has elevated the soup kitchen to a whole new level, cooking and serving delicious meals in warm, elegant environments.
THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW (00:28:00)
Could a successful coup happen in the US? The ongoing Congressional hearings into the events of January 6 show that just a handful of election officials in several key states stood between Donald Trump and the overturning of the 2020 elections. While the insurrection unfolded, many Americans watched in shock, believing nothing like this had ever happened in United States history. But it has happened before ” more than a century ago in Wilmington, North Carolina when an armed mob removed a democratically-elected government by force, and turned a majority-Black town into a citadel of white supremacy. In this episode, we look at the parallels between that coup and the events in DC and visit the rural county of Columbus in the south west of North Carolina where a self-described former Oath Keeper acquired a massive arsenal of decommissioned military hardware in 2018 soon after taking office after a contested election. Laura also meets the residents and leaders from across the state who are clear that the future of multi-racial democracy in America is being decided in out-of-the way towns like theirs. What do the rest of us need to know about what’s happening there?
THE BOPST SHOW: Watch Me Dance (00:55:00)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Sister Fa, Julius La Rosa, Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion, X Plastaz, Altai Kai, Nara, Koa Keri Koa, King Tubby, The Ohio Untouchables, Birdy, Zou Zou, The Dots, Atlas, Ranny Williams & George Regent, The Barriers, Clark Equipment, and Hailu Mergia & The Walias
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/22/22 (00:53:38)
On the Show: President Joe Biden’s approval rating again hits a presidency low. Fox News guest claims Joe Biden getting COVID is “karma” for “pretending” to “have cancer,” which Joe Biden did not do. OAN anchor Alison Steinberg is gleeful that Joe Biden has COVID, while a Newsmax guest wishes Biden the best, “but,” and a Fox News anchor claims Biden had COVID in Israel last week. Caller asks if people should make an effort to pronounce difficult-to-pronounce names. Caller questions if a Donald Trump indictment would drive Republicans to the polls. Caller argues the left is pushing puberty blocker on trans kids. Caller plans to get a vasectomy in part over Roe vs. Wade getting overturned. Caller asks a number of questions and apologizes for previous calls. Caller wonders how Trump supporters would react to news that he’s been indicted. Caller talks about potential 2024 Democratic presidential nominees besides Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
https://davidpakman.com/
THURSDAY 07.14.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday July 14, 2022
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Extreme Heat #3 – It’s Here (00:58:00)
As warming ramps up, billions are suffering through extreme heat. Learn who, what, and why through our three scientists: from Hawaii, Camilo Mora, author of 27 Ways a Heat Wave Can Kill You; from Australia Mat Santamouris on extreme urban hotspots and how to cool cities; and from Italy Simone Russo, the science of increasing heat waves across the world. A new compilation.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: GOP Policy Wants Women To Die (00:57:59)
Counsel Member of the City of Austin, TX District 4 Jos Chito Vela explains how Austin is fighting back against the TX Abortion Ban. Also the Idaho GOP rejects platform change allowing abortion to save a person’s life – How can you call yourself pro-life when you are willing to kill women?
LOPATE AT LARGE: Who’s Counting? (00:50:49)
For decades, New York Times best-selling author John Allen Paulos has enlightened readers by showing how to make sense of the numbers and probabilities behind real-world events, political calculations, and everyday personal decisions. Who’s Counting? features dozens of his insightful essays, original writings on contemporary issues like the COVID-19 pandemic, online conspiracy theories, fake news, and climate change. With an abiding respect for reason, a penchant for puzzles with societal implications, Paulos clarifies mathematical ideas for everyone and shows how they play a role in government, media, popular culture, and life. He argues that if we can’t critically interpret numbers and statistics, we lose one of our most basic and reliable guides to reality. Join us when author John Allen Paulos shares his research on probability, and the philosophy of science on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.
LITERATURE ALOUD: Call of the Wild ch.3 (00:33:10)
Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love.
Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
WINGS #13-22 The Mother of Motherhood Studies (00:28:49)
Around 1997, Dr. Andrea O’Reilly began writing, editing, publishing, and organizing around the study of mothering and brought it forward as a new academic discipline. The subject, as old as humans ourselves, evokes controversy in academia, including within Women’s Studies. Among the specific topics are men’s mothering and radical motherhood movements.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/21/22 (00:52:02)
On the Show: Arthur Brooks, Harvard Professor, PhD social scientist, columnist at The Atlantic, and author most recently of the book “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life,” joins David to discuss happiness, mindfulness, satisfaction, and the overlap with politics. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3aSAwmT President Joe Biden has COVID-19. Right wing darling Charlie Kirk “destroys” a “crazy” “eco-nut” student, or does he? The January 6 committee has video of Donald Trump experiencing “extreme difficulty” with his speech recorded just after the January 6 Trump riots. The conversation about gas prices on Fox News gets even dumber. Joe Biden incorrectly appears to announces that he has cancer. A bizarre segment on GB News about the recent historic heat wave is indistinguishable from a scene in the satirical film “Don’t Look Up.”
Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani is ordered to testify in the Georgia election fraud investigation. Voicemail caller says that running for President will not save Donald Trump from being indicted.
https://davidpakman.com/
WEDNESDAY 07.20.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday July 20, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Laurel Aparicio (00:11:43)
This episode of VHHA’s #PatientsComeFirst #podcast features an interview with Laurel Aparicio, Director of Early Impact Virginia, for a discussion about the organization and its home visiting outreach with young families as part of efforts to improve clinical outcomes for parents and children, the work of affiliate organization Families Forward Virginia, and more.
http://www.vhha.com/communications/category/podcast/
INSIDE THE FBI: Combatting Terrorism (00:15:48)
On this episode of Inside the FBI, we examine the FBI’s counterterrorism mission, the changing nature of the terror threat, and how the public can help us prevent violence.
THIS WAY OUT #1790: Queerly Yours, Dorian Wood & global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
Queer artist Dorian Wood performs with urgent authenticity; a Russian M.P. seeks “no promo homo” expansion, a rare Russian court win clears a feminist artist of porn charges, Bucharest Pride defies a Romanian no promo homo bill, Iraqi lawmakers move to outlaw homosexuality, the Texas A.G. relishes a return of sodomy laws, Pennsylvania’s governor counts out a trans sports ban, Houston Drag Queen Brunch defenders devour delusional protesters, and a U.S. senators trans denial gets slammed in a post-Roe hearing! Those stories ” and more this week ” when you find “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How Do We Awaken White Americans To Racism’s Damage To Democracy? (00:58:00)
Barack Obama’s election in 2008 was the tipping point for racist Republicans trying to tear down our second Reconstruction. America today is in the midst of our second attempt at creating a truly pluralistic, multiracial democracy. The GOP is doing everything they can to sabotage the effort: can we pull it off despite their treachery?
Plus will Biden declare a Climate Emergency to get around Manchin? U.S. Intelligence expert, Malcolm Nance – Are Trump & trumpsters willing to kill Americans?
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1504: Talking Philadelphia (00:58:59)
In June, Clay Jenkinson was invited to give an endowed lecture on the humanities at the Library Company of Philadelphia, America’s first successful lending library and oldest cultural institution. It was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin. We discuss that lecture and Alexander von Humboldt, as well as the amazing artifacts Clay saw while in Philadelphia.
LITERATURE ALOUD: Call of the Wild ch.2 (00:22:41)
Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love.
Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
TEXT: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Call-of-the-Wild-by-Jack-London1/
MAKING CONTACT: How to Hold Back the Ocean (00:29:00)
As climate change melts the polar ice caps and raises sea levels, how will we adapt? We visit two locations: On Sapelo Island Georgia, the last remaining Gullah Geechee community fights to save their ancestral lands from the flood waters. Instead of leaving their land, or building a giant sea wall, they’ve chosen to use oysters to create what’s called a living shoreline. We take a look at how they’re built and if they’re working. Meanwhile, in New York, the Army Corps wants to construct sea gates to protect the city from another Hurricane Sandy. But, the gates could have massive ecological repercussions and, they might not even work. Scientists think there’s a better way to work with the local ecology and protect residents.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/20/22 (00:53:24)
On the Show: Secret Service is unable to provide the deleted text messages from January 6 to the Trump riot committee, raising the profile of this scandal significantly higher. Georgia’s fake electors from the 2020 election have been subpoenaed in the Georgia criminal investigation. Fox News visibly struggles to cover the historic heat wave taking place without making mention of climate change. Donald Trump reportedly called Wisconsin official Robin Vos last week to try to get the 2020 election results overturned. Fox News host Jeanine Pirro unleashes a deranged and unhinged attack on electric vehicles during a recent broadcast. Right wingers appear to be officially moving on to gay marriage now that Roe v Wade has been overturned by the Supreme Court. 2022 Trumpist Republican candidates continually cancel their interviews with David at the last minute. Openly gay Oklahoma Mayor Adam Graham has resigned his position in Village, Oklahoma over anti-gay threats and harassment. Homophobic pastor Jesse Lee Peterson, who is gay, causes a car accident while attempting to evade questions on the streets of Los Angeles. Voicemail caller asks whether Gavin Newsom can really win a presidential election given what the caller (wrongly) believes are weak results in California elections.
TUESDAY 07.19.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday July19, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND: Loneliness: The Other Pandemic, Pt.2 (00:58:00)
In Part 2 of our series on loneliness, Kevin and Niseema talk about the idea of having a “high” or “low” tolerance for loneliness based on your family heritage or genetic makeup. When you look at your own background can you see whether or not you have a high or low tolerance for loneliness? Does this make it easier for you to talk about loneliness in a non-judgmental, less shameful way? In the second part of the show, we talk about the physical effects of loneliness, and the wear and tear that it can take on both the heart and the immune system. John Caciopo in his book, “Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection,” unveils his pioneering research on the startling effects of loneliness: a sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only your thinking abilities and willpower but also your immune system, and can be as damaging as obesity or smoking. His book demonstrates that, as individuals and as a society, we have everything to gain, and everything to lose, in how well or how poorly we manage our need for social bonds.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Might Trump End Up President If Not Indicted Soon? (00:58:00)
When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won’t just be running for another term in the White House. He’ll be running away from legal troubles, possible criminal charges, and even the specter of prison time. Also watch out! The billionaires are already buying up the Midterm Elections. And what will you do when the GOP persecutes your wife, daughter, or sister? The Republican death cult is playing Russian Roulette with women’s lives. People will die because of this grotesque effort to court the vote of misogynist men and religious zealots.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Laurie Berkner: Queen of Kindie (00:58:00)
On this episode of The Children’s Hour we’re joined by the legendary children’s musician Laurie Berkner for a mini concert and conversation. Laurie talks with the Kids Crew about her career in music and with children, and plays some songs for us. Plus we’ll find out about what’s going on with albatrosses, and we learn about a newly discovered species of dinosaur, the Dineobellator notehesperus. Zen and Amadeus also talked about microraptors – click to learn more and the Zhenyuanlong dinosaur. We also featured the Extinction Diaries with a piece on albatrosses. This is produced out of KFOI-fm in Redding/Red Bluff, CA. The whole show is mixed with great music. Join us for an hour of fun with Laurie Berkner and The Children’s Hour!
LITERATURE ALOUD: Call of the Wild ch.1 (00:25:39)
Buck is living a happy life in California until he is sold to pay a gambling debt. Taken to the Klondike to become a sled dog, Buck must toughen up and learn the harsher rules of survival in the North. One of the first of these is how to deal with being harnessed in the same team as a dog that wants to kill him. Large, strong and smart, Buck toughens to his new life. But even the toughest dog can be worn down by constant work, and after 3,000 miles of pulling sleds, Buck nears the end of his rope. Cast away as no longer useful, Buck is acquired by greenhorns whose inexperience nearly kills him, but after being saved by John Thornton, he at last finds a man he can love.
Then on a remote gold-hunting expedition, Buck hears a call emanating from the woods and speaking to the wild heart of his distant ancestors. The lure of it almost balances the great love he bears for Thornton, but events take him away from his old life… and into legend. (summary by Mark F. Smith)
MAKING CONTACT: White Hoax: Racism, Divide-and-Conquer, and Politics (00:29:00)
On today’s episode anti-racism activist and author Tim Wise examines the concept of Whiteness and what he describes as the psychological wage of whiteness. Wise provides historical perspective on the current political and social climate. In his talk, Great White Hoax: Racism, Divide-and-Conquer, and Politics, Wise explores the ways in which white privilege and fragility have shaped our nation’s narrative around race and given way to the rise in white national hate speech and violence.
ALAN WATTS: The Illusion of Money, Time and Ego
Alan Watts. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York.
Full lectures: https://www.alanwatts.com/ Learn more: https://www.alanwatts.org/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/19/22 (00:50:50)
On the Show: YouTuber Marlena Stell was forced to carry her dead fetus for two weeks after a miscarriage due to the Texas abortion ban. Donald Trump’s former Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger will testify at the January 6 Trump riot committee. Russia reportedly has accidentally shot down one of their own fighter jets. Fox News now slams Joe Biden for taking credit for the notable decline in gas prices after spending months blaming him for gas prices increasing. Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says that non-biological parents are “dangerous” to children. A black man awaiting a kidney transplant was beaten by hospital security. Donald Trump’s former doctor, now Congressman Ronny Jackson, claims that Donald Trump was in better shape than 90% of people his age. Joe Rogan calls Donald Trump a man baby who was on drugs. Voicemail caller weighs in on the Donald Trump Jr / Kimberly Guilfoyle / Gavin Newsom triangle.
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MONDAY 07.18.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday July 18, 2022
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE (00:29:31)
Battery technology is the next great technical frontier. As we transition to renewable energy, we face the reality that the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow. So how do we store energy when it is abundant and use it when we need it. We are in the very beginnings of an industrial revolution that will transform our society in ways we can only barely imagine. Join Annie and Jay Warmke as they discuss the next big things in battery technology and how these innovations will soon change your life.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Swedish Socialism Undone (00:29:00)
In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on SCOTUS decisions, on the chaos of a declining capitalism, French elections and a strongly resurging French left, and on the meaning of recent collapse of the cryptocurrency markets. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Eleanor Goldfield, Swedish-US media activist, on why and how Sweden is not socialist.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour (00:57:59)
Senator Bernie Sanders joins the program to explain the betrayal of Sen Joe Manchin. The W. Virginia corporate Dem delivers a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Bidens ambitious economic agenda. Also, because we haven’t held Trump accountable, he is now forming a shadow government. And, are Lindsey Graham & Kevin McCarthy the most pathetic men in America?
RADIO ART HOUR: Hali Palombo, Shortwave Collective, Momus (00:57:57)
Today we hear two works from Hali Palombo’s “Radio Utah” album, one performance from the Shortwave Collective, and a radio play, or horspiel, from Momus. First, tune in Palombo’s “Antenna Construction & Los Angeles” and “Arizona Check Ins” from her 2020 album “Radio Utah.” The works sample shortwave radio. So does the Shortwave Collective, an international feminist group using the radio spectrum as artistic material that includes Alyssa Moxley, Brigitte Hart, Franchesca Casauay, Georgia Muenster, Hannah Kemp-Welch, Kate Donovan, Lisa Hall, Maria Papadomanolaki, Sally Applin, and Sasha Engelmann. Here, tune in their “Receive-Transmit-Receive” performance from a broadcast on Radiophrenia by Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts in Nov 2020, and as part of RAD Performance’s International Women’s #TakeBackTheStreets Soundride in Vienna on March 8, 2022. Finally, tune in “Summerisle Horspiel,” a radio play from Momus with Anne Laplantine.
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 13/13 (00:59:03)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=105715&nav=&
TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/18/22 (00:54:34)
On the Show: Republican Senator Rick Scott appears on Fox News to demand that America get “back to work” despite one of the lowest unemployment rates of the last 50 years. Secret Service agents reportedly deleted text messages related to the January 6 Trump riots after officials asked for them. Texas hospitals are refusing to treat serious pregnancy issues for fear of legal liability related to the Texas anti-abortion law. Fox News host Maria Bartiromo wildly suggests, without evidence, that Joe Biden is being “fed” drugs to keep him functioning and wonders who is “really” in charge at the White House. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom comes out swinging in a clear test of the 2024 waters, saying Democrats must be ruthless, ferocious, and must put Republicans on the defensive. Donald Trump is reportedly telling his team that he must become President in 2024 in order to avoid criminal prosecution. Legal expert Norm Eisen believes that Donald Trump is heading towards indictment. Donald Trump completely loses it on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon, posting unintelligible message after message. Fox News appears to be preparing to dump support of Donald Trump, instead favoring Ron DeSantis as the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Voicemail caller the Eggman faced antisemitism and calls for legal help while in prison.
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SUNDAY 07.17.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 7/15/22: Newsflash: Joe Manchin Still a Liar, GOPers Still Committing Election Fraud (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We warned for months that corrupt Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) – – whose family profits millions from coal every year, and who is the biggest recipient of fossil fuel industry campaign donations – – never had any intention of allowing any environmental measures to pass that would meaningfully address the climate crisis. After months of pretend negotiations, Manchin has now informed Democrats that he will not support passage of any climate/clean energy legislation. Republicans inappropriately blamed Joe Biden for high gas prices, so now that gas prices are falling, will Biden get any credit for it? The privatized, deregulated Texas electric grid is on the brink of collapse again amid record heat. The U.S. Secret Service claims it’s a coincidence that they accidentally erased all of their text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, right after the DHS Office of Inspector General requested them. An officer with the D.C. Metropolitan Police has reportedly corroborated key details of an alleged altercation between Donald Trump and Secret Service agents inside Trump’s limo when he demanded to be taken to the Capitol day. Corporate media raced to cover anonymous allegations casting doubt on the incident, but the corroboration has received almost no coverage. Indicted MAGA election fraud conspiracy theorist Tina Peters, the disgraced former county clerk of Mesa County, CO, is in more legal trouble after she left the state without court approval to speak at an election conspiracy conference. In New York State, several Republican candidates have been caught submitting tens of thousands of fraudulent petition signatures to get on the ballot. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Forgiveness (00:29:02)
All of us Earth activists are fighting the extinction blues…Today let’s consider FORGIVENESS. Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanitys most urgent issue — the planets Sixth Extinction. Made by “Earth-loving urban activists” from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and urges listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring News From the Natural World, a weekly gathering of climate changes latest science, and insightful interviews with radical leaders in environmentalism and activism.
TURN ON THE NEWS (00:28:00)
This week more and more comes out in a Jan. 6 Committee hearing. “Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “Tell Me More.”
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 7/15/22 (00:58:00)
Part 1:
We talk with Bob Hennelly about how the US could get ‘unstuck’ from the problems we now have.
The Democrats are slipping in the polls with Latino men, and working people. They have not delivered what people needed for their base. Everyone is still focused on the big lie. The only moderately bright spot is the rise in union activity.
Part 2:
We talk with Paul Glastris about the shift of working class and Latino men to Republicans. This population is more focused on economic, rather than social issues. The donor class has neutered the Democrats, and are more concerned with big business, rather than ‘main street’. There is a fake tradeoff between regulations and economic development.
BACKGROUND BRIEFING (00:59:00)
The Impact of the Video of Police Inaction While Children Were Being Slaughtered | The Oct. 31, 2020 Leaked Recording Of Bannon Making Predictions That Proved Eerily Accurate | The Crisis In Sri Lanka and the Default on Its $50 Billion Debt.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Restoring The Kinship Worldview – 28 Indigenous Precepts with Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez (00:59:00)
Wahinkpe Topa AKA Four Arrows is a made relative and pipe carrier of the Oglala Lakota, and the author of numerous books on native indigeneity, and he is professor of educational leadership at Fielding Graduate University. Darcia Naraez is professor emerita of psychology at the University of Notre Dame and an award winning author of many books on indigenous wisdom and child development, as well as her work on the Evolved Nest. Together, they’ve created this wonderful and much needed new book Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth. In this interview/conversation we delve into how the dominant western worldview and the indigenous worldview inform and determine our behavior and relationship with each other and the world around us in very different ways. And the need to change the way we see and relate to the world if we are to have a chance of surviving the crises we are facing in the world.
http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=232039&nav=&
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: How Facebook Will Kill Society (00:58:33)
Facebook is vastly reducing its ability to combat disinformation for the 2022 election and also illegally collecting healthcare data. We talk about and so much more. Don’t miss this important episode!
SATURDAY 07.16.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 7/14/22: Emptywheel’s Marcy Wheeler on ‘plenty of evidence’ to charge Trump (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Is the Garland Department of Justice moving forward on criminal investigations of Donald Trump and his cronies over their multi-pronged plot to steal the 2020 Election? A new op-ed from a bipartisan group of former top-level federal prosecutors and DOJ officials concludes that ‘evidence is now overwhelming that Donald Trump was the driving force behind a massive criminal conspiracy to interfere with the official January 6 congressional proceeding and to defraud the United States of a fair election outcome.’ They warn that ‘the damage to America’s future that would be inflicted by giving him a pass far outweighs the risks of prosecuting him.’ Andrew Weissman, federal prosecutor of high-profile crimes, worries that the DOJ’s investigation of the January 6 failed coup is moving too slowly. But independent national security journalist Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel.net, who has reported on every single indictment, court filing and every available shred of evidence more closely than anyone on the planet, contends otherwise. In a complex and far-reaching discussion, Wheeler, who has been far ahead of the curve on all of this for the past year and a half, argues that DOJ is conducting a much more comprehensive and sprawling investigation than big-time former federal prosecutors appear to have noticed. Wheeler also discusses the big picture of prosecutions for the January 6 insurrection, new revelations from the House January 6 Committee’s public hearings, the information gaps that remain in these investigations, and potential scenarios that could lead to the prosecution of Trump and his top cronies.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: “Conservatives” Are Disastrous to Civil Liberties (00:59:38)
The opposite of conservatism is a police state. Yet public figures who call themselves conservative are crushing many of our traditional civil liberties and our legal rights. This according to Jacob Hornberger founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation. The drug war, the national security state, cracking down on refugees. Our founders intended a limited government republic, not today’s national security state. Hornberger argues for an end to the drug war, abolish ICE, preserve our heritage of free movement of people. Conserve our republic, end the American empire. A very provocative discussion.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
ATTITIUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 7/14/22 (00:58:00)
Part 1: We talk with Bob Lord, senior advisor to Patriotic Millionaires. He is a tax lawyer and former Congressional candidate, is an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
We discuss the necessity to tax the very rich, primarily because great wealth is used to buy power. In the US, there are about 700 billionaires, whose wealth increased by $2 T during the pandemic. You don’t make a billion, you take a billion.
Part 2: We talk with Professor Jonathan Feingold, in class #3 of Race Class: Affirmative Action. We discuss how Affirmative Action is designed to produce neutrality in admission.
GROWING GREENER (00:29:00)
Looking at plants is one thing; learning to truly see them is another. Carrie Roy, Acting Curator of Art, introduces us to one of the world’s great collections of plant portraits, the Hunt Institute For Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and shares how the artists vision can delight and inform gardeners, changing the very way we see.
https://www.thomasc hristophergardens.com/
TUC RADIO: The Chris Hedges Report: Splinterlands Climate Dystopia (00:29:00)
With minimal edits here is an extraordinary conversation between Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize”winning journalist and former foreign correspondent forThe New York Times – and the novelist and playwrightJohn Feffer, who is also co-director at the Institute for Policy Studies. A lively and inspiring discussion between two well-read people. And thanks and credit to the Real News Network where this conversation was broadcast on July 8, 2022.In his dystopian novel, Splinterlands, Feffer looks at climate, refugees, collapsed states, militias and gangs battling over diminishing resources. Feffer begins with the fissures that are already around us. Splinterlands is the first book in the dystopian fiction trilogy of Splinterlands, Frostlands, and Songlands. Feffers latest book, Pandemic Pivot, reflects on the impact of the COVID pandemic and the potential for transformative change.
THE BOPST SHOW: Stand Still Blues (00:55:25)
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 program, you’ll hear the rare beauty of Ethiopian singer Asnake Gebreyes, late, great Richmond, Virginia rockers RPG, and jazz legend Charles Mingus as well as the no nonsense soul of Beverley Jones & The Prestons, the neofolk exploration of Ned Oldham’s group, Old Calf, and many others outside mainstream consciousness.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #436 (00:58:00)
Progressive economist, Robert Pollin, gives us his take on the causes and remedies of the current inflationary spiral, and what both the Fed and the Biden Administration can do about it. Then, Ralph welcomes back, Greg LeRoy, from Good Jobs First, the organization that tracks corporate handouts, to update us on taxpayer giveaways to the EV industry, billionaire sports franchise owners, and how the recent abortion bans may hurt those states economies.
FRIDAY 07.15.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday July 15, 2022
JUST SOLUTIONS: Democracy vs. The Big Lie (00:29:00)
The Big Lie about election fraud in 2020 continues to permeate and threatens to undermine our entire democracy. The reality is election experts say that mail-in voting is safe. Our guests today are Amber McReynolds, former Denver Elections Director and currently the chief executive of the National Vote at Home Institute. She has just been sworn in as the only female Governor of the Postal Service. Also joining us is Jesse Grace, one of the film makers behind a new documentary Democracy vs. the Big Lie: The Truth about Mail-In Voting. The film looks at how Colorado has led the way in secure voting by mail and how that system was attacked by former President Donald Trump before and after the 2020 election.
COUNTERSPIN: Abortion Rights & Reproductive Justice (00:28:00)
This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court’s reversal on abortion rights is so actually and potentially devastating that it’s hard to know where to look. It’s worth tracing things back—Katherine Stewart in The Guardian, among others, walks us through how, at a time when most Protestant Republicans, including the Southern Baptist Convention, hailed the liberalization […]
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: A Political Party With an Armed Paramilitary Wing Is Not Consistent with Democracy (00:58:00)
The NRA used to say, An armed society is a polite society. The truth is that an armed society is a fearful, dangerous, and ” eventually ” authoritarian society. In California – It looks like the gun industry can’t hide from accountability
Crazy alert! Is the new right wing “Trump’s tampering call to Jan 6th witness” theory that he “butt-dialed” accidentally? Really?! Also the right wing terror machine targets abortion doctor.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: The Revelators John Platt on Endangered Species (00:29:00)
Historian and philosopher Yuval Harari writes, When the first humans reached Australia about 45,000 years ago, they quickly drove to extinction 90% of its large animals. This was the first significant impact that Homo sapiens had on the planet’s ecosystem. It was not the last. This week on Sea Change Radio, we discuss extinction with longtime journalist and founder of the environmental news site, The Revelator, John Platt. We look at efforts around the planet to save endangered plants and animals, explore the plight of smaller, often overlooked creatures, and examine the effects of war on fragile ecosystems.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: The Dobbs Decision: a Death Sentence for Black Women? (00:28:00)
Is the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health a death sentence for women of color? The overturning of Roe v. Wade not only creates an abortion disaster for millions of Americans, it also exacerbates a maternal healthcare crisis thats alreadly deadly for women of color. African American women are shockingly likely to die or almost die ” in pregnancy and childbirth, New York Times contributor Linda Villarosa discovered, and thats true regardless of their health, education and wealth. Whats their future now that more women will be forced to carry more babies to term against their will? Linda Villarosas new book is Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation. Shes also a professor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York with a joint appointment at City College.
THE BOPST SHOW: Stand Still Blues (00:55:25)
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 program, you’ll hear the rare beauty of Ethiopian singer Asnake Gebreyes, late, great Richmond, Virginia rockers RPG, and jazz legend Charles Mingus as well as the no nonsense soul of Beverley Jones & The Prestons, the neofolk exploration of Ned Oldham’s group, Old Calf, and many others outside mainstream consciousness.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/15/22 (00:56:11)
On the Show: Donald Trump is absolutely terrified about the legal walls closing in around him, according to his niece Mary Trump. Newsmax host Greg Kelly disgustingly suggests that Joe Biden should pardon all January 6 Trump rioters to “unify” the country. MyPillow CEO and Founder Mike Lindell announces that he has new, very very big 2020 “cyber evidence” that will soon come out. Caller wonders what Donald Trump will do if he loses the 2024 Republican primary. Caller points out that the logic the right uses on guns isn’t something they apply anywhere else. Caller questions if therapists would have a duty to report clients leaving red states to get an abortion. Caller asks if there is anything the Biden administration can do to open up abortion access in states that ban the procedure. Caller believes young people are being brainwashed by right-wing ideology. Caller talks about whether we’ve entered the era of post-persuasion politics. Caller worries white supremacist rhetoric will become more mainstream in American politics. Caller asks if Jews having guns in Nazi Germany would have prevented the Holocaust. Caller asks if David is trying to get a show on MSNBC or CNN. Caller wonders if the Democratic Party will panic over Joe Biden’s low approval ratings. David reviews emails and social media messages from the audience
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THURSDAY 07.14.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday July 14, 2022
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Extreme Heat #2: How It Kills (00:58:00)
Deadly heat in India, unheard-of heat in France and USA. The Arctic is thawing out. Other places, from the U.S. Southwest to the Middle East, were merely unbearably hot. I have three experts to explain what we all need to know, in the second of my series on “Extreme Heat”.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Dear Millennials: I’m Sorry We Didn’t Stop Them (00:57:59)
Thom Hartmann asks Dr. Mary L. Trump, “Can you help us understand how your uncle came close to overturning democracy?” Also Thom’s Daily Take today is- “Dear Millennials: I’m Sorry We didn’t Stop Them. Your generation today holds only 4.6% of the nation’s wealth and you’re most likely struggling to own a home & are deeply in debt. What happened? In a word, Republicans” Prof. Richard Wolff returns to explain further – What again is quantitative easing & why should I care?
LOPATE AT LARGE: Industrial Hygienist Monona Rossol on Health Updates (00:52:04)
Chemist, artist and industrial hygienist Monona Rossol is the founder of Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety, Inc. A not-for-profit corporation dedicated to providing health and safety services to the arts. She is also the Health and Safety Director for the Local 829 union of the United Scenic Artists International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
Join us when, Monona addresses concerns of the COVID pandemic actually being over, health statistics, as well as new findings of Money Pox on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 12/13 (00:58:52)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=105715&nav=&
TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/14/22 (00:00:00)
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WEDNESDAY 07.13.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday July 13, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Dr. Joel Smith (00:12:12)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Joel Schmidt, a physician and U.S. Army veteran who is retiring from Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, about his military and private sector medical careers, his work with cystic fibrosis patients, his retirement plans, and more.
INSIDE THE FBI: Hate Crimes (00:17:37)
On this episode of Inside the FBI, learn how the FBI investigates hate crimes, and what we’re doing to support victims, encourage reporting, and build greater trust in minority communities.
THIS WAY OUT #1789: Affirming Friendship & Griner’s Letter & global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
How peer support can be lifesaving for abused queer teens; Brittney Griner pens a personal appeal to Biden from a Russian prison; Slovenian queer couples win marriage and adoption rights, Antigua and Barbuda frees consenting adults, an Iranian death sentence takes another gay man, Nigerian activists plea to prevent gay deaths by stoning, Singapore sidelines sodomy prosecutions but nixes repeal, dozens are arrested for “attempted Pride” in Ankara, an Irish drag queen reads right-wing story hour protesters, and a Berlin mosque unfurls the rainbow for Pride!
Those stories ” and more this week ” when you discover “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Will the Insurrection Hearings Finally Nail Trump? (00:58:00)
Polls are showing a large number of Republicans moving away from supporting Donald Trump. Will the latest hearings finally produce the smoking gun that the GOP will have to reckon with?
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1503: The Opposite of Apathy with Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky (00:58:59)
Lindsay Chervinsky and Clay Jenkinson discuss current events including recent Supreme Court decisions and the Second Amendment.
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 11/13 (00:58:56)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=105715&nav=&
TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/13/22 (00:56:01)
On the Show: Anthony Barnett, founding editor of open Democracy and author of “Taking Control! Humanity and America after Trump and the Pandemic” joins David to discuss the massive long term impact of the confrontation between Trump and Biden’s Americas. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3yub4vC Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney announces during the January 6 Committee hearings that Donald Trump attempted to call a witness to tamper with them, and the Department of Justice has been notified. January 6 Trump rioter Stephen Ayres testifies before the January 6 Committee, saying he regrets everything and was duped by Trump. Leaked audio from before the 2020 election exposes Trump adviser Steve Bannon explaining that Trump’s plan was to claim victory regardless of the election results. A judge has ordered Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to testify in Georgia’s Trump 2020 election fraud grand jury. Donald Trump explodes on Truth Social, spending the afternoon attacking Elon Musk after Musk called Trump a liar. The possible confrontation between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis looks increasingly likely as DeSantis has scheduled a fundraiser in Utah with Republican megadonors. Voicemail caller wonders whether the Department of Justice under Merrick Garland hasn’t charged anyone in connection with the January 6 Committee yet because they’re waiting to indict everyone all at once.
https://davidpakman.com/
TUESDAY 07.12.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday July12, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND: Loneliness: The Other Pandemic (00:57:59)
This week Kevin and Niseema talk about the other pandemic happening during Covid: Loneliness. How do you react when you hear the words, “I am lonely?” How do you feel when you feel that you are lonely? How hard is it for you to tell somebody, “I am lonely?” “Lonely” has become a dirty word in the English language. We are not allowed to say the words, “I am lonely.” Why is that? Loneliness is almost as pervasive as Covid-19. In the 1970s, 11% of Americans reported feeling lonely within the last 6 months. Pre-pandemic over 40% reported feeling lonely within the last 6 months. We don’t have the current statistics on loneliness, but we expect it to be well over 70%. Yet, we still can’t talk about it. Why is that? What is the one thing you would have to face for you to talk about your loneliness? What is the one thing you would have to give up to end your loneliness? Ending your loneliness can be as easy as telling somebody about it. In the second half of the show, Kevin and Niseema do an exercise that makes talking about loneliness as routine as talking about the weather. Since we all have it, we might as well start sharing it with each other.
THOM HARTMANN Hour 1 7/12/22 (00:58:00)
Where Did the Religious Nuttery Come From? PLUS, What Republicans Don’t Want Women To Remember
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: HipHop & Go-Go (00:58:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour we learn about the official musical style of Washington DC, GoGo and how it relates to HipHop, with “drumcussionist” and children’s media creator, Uncle Devin. He’s the founder of Weenation Radio which showcases performers of color to family audiences worldwide. Uncle Devin chats with the Kids Crew about HipHop & GoGo and what makes each musical style unique. He also guest DJs our show, so you can expect to hear great music the whole hour. Join us for a musical exploration of HipHop and GoGo with Uncle Devin!
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 10/13 (00:58:54)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
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TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/12/22 (00:00:00)
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MONDAY 07.11.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday July 11, 2022
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #93: Internet of Things (00:29:09)
For the past 30 years or so, the Internet has changed our lives in ways we could not have imagined. It connected 7.5 billion people together regardless of time or distance. But we ain’t seen nothing yet. The Internet of Things has already connected nearly 30 billion “things” together, and that number is poised to grow exponentially. Is this amount of data bombarding us constantly sustainable? Can our brains cope? And have we become so technologically dependent that we are hopelessly disconnected to the world that we live in? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of how the Internet of Things will change our lives and our society – for better and worse.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Great Replacement Theory (00:29:00)
In this week’s show, Prof Wolff discusses the replacement theory’s grain of truth amidst its mostly ideological function: to save capitalism from criticism. He analyzes why US capitalists deprived so many white, male, Christian workers of their jobs, incomes, and social standing over recent decades and why that analysis was largely silenced by Cold War taboos since 1945. Were a new US left-labor alliance now to offer that critical-of-capitalism alternative, replacement theory’s notion of a great conspiracy (largely by Democrats) to replace white, male, Christians with “others” would be far less socially influential.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Will the Supreme Court Wound American Democracy? (00:58:00)
Will a future Supreme Court ruling let Republicans throw out the vote when they lose? Are we seeing the start of the nightmare scenario for democracy? How does this all play out?
RADIO ART HOUR: Joseph Kamaru (00:58:00)
“Variations [Radiophonic]” by KMRU (Joseph Kamaru) is featured today. Joseph Kamaru (who styles his artist name as KMRU) is based in Nairobi and Berlin. In Variations, we hear field recordings from both these cities as well as from St. Petersburg. Voice announcements and mechanical sounds locate us clearly in airports and train stations across the three settings, but as the piece unfolds the sounds grow more rhythmic and less easy to place. Variations shares its name with Kamarus monthly music radio show and also with an installation work that spatializes this set of field recordings. In the radiophonic iteration of the work, a type of distance unique to broadcasting interacts with Kamarus compositional touch to shuttle us through the city’s atmospheres and through our ideas of transit itself. – Described by Wave Farm Radio Artist Fellow 2021/2022, Andy Stuhl.
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 9/13 (00:58:51)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
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TEXT: http://george-orwell.org/1984/0.html
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/11/22 (00:54:09)
On the Show: The pro-gun right wing explodes after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated in Japan with a homemade gun. Fox News’ new alarmist talking point is that there might be too many jobs, which could be bad for the economy. Donald Trump holds a rally in Alaska to go after Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, and it goes horribly wrong. Sarah Palin goes off the rails at Trump’s Alaska rally, at one point demanding that Alaska “chick” show others what a woman is. Alaska Trump rally attendees are just as unhinged as delusional as those in the contiguous 48 states. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks at Donald Trump’s rally in Anchorage, Alaska and claims that votes were “stoled” from Donald Trump. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg delivers a masterclass in responding to bogus questions during an appearance on Fox News. Democratic Senator Dick Durbin has absolutely no patience for the tired right wing talking point that Chicago has strict gun laws but lots of gun violence. Voicemail caller is upset that David makes comments during his coverage of Donald Trump rallies.
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SUNDAY 07.10.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 7/8/22 (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 6/28/2022. On today’s ‘BradCast’: It was one bombshell after another during Tuesday’s ‘surprise’ on Day 6 of the hearings by the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee investigating Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 insurrection and his many attempts to steal the 2020 Presidential election. Award-winning opinion columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON from Salon and Hullaballoo, and JOHN AMATO, founder of Crooks and Liars, offer insight and analysis on the remarkable hearing and its many disturbing revelations. Among a number of bombshells, former top White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified that the President of the United States lunged for the steering wheel of the presidential limousine, physically attacked a Secret Service agent and smashed dishes in fits of rage at key moments in the scheme. Members of Trump’s cabinet considered invoking the 25th Amendment. Rudy Giuliani and Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows sought pardons for their roles in Trump’s failed coup attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in U.S. history. Hutchinson’s testimony corroborated other J6 Committee evidence showing that Trump and Meadows not only knew that Trump’s infamous ‘fight like hell’ speech on the Ellipse was likely to spark violence, they appeared to be hoping for violence and did nothing to stop it. The J6 Committee also teased new information showing intimidating messages that have been sent to witnesses, suggesting more bombshells to come in future hearings.
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Forgiveness (00:29:02)
All of us Earth activists are fighting the extinction blues…Today let’s consider FORGIVENESS. Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanitys most urgent issue — the planets Sixth Extinction. Made by “Earth-loving urban activists” from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and urges listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring News From the Natural World, a weekly gathering of climate changes latest science, and insightful interviews with radical leaders in environmentalism and activism.
TURN ON THE NEWS: Youth Against Fascism (00:27:58)
“Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “Youth Against Fascism.” This week the march away from democracy continues.
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN (00:58:00)
part one:
A conversation about Texas with Scott Braddock, the editor of theQuorum Report, the voice of Texas, the dean of the Austin press corps. We discuss the proliferation of guns, and the nuances of changes to Beto’s position on gun control. Cornyn, after participating in the Senate negotiations around gun control, has lost favorability ratings among Republican primary voters. We discuss the importance of primary wins for candidates who want to make changes once elected.
Part 2:
We talk to Bill Curry and Robert Hockett. Bill Curry an American lawyer and politician who has been a two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut and a White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton. He was head of Freeze Voter, a nuclear freeze group. Robert Hockett is an American lawyer, law professor, and policy advocate. He holds two positions at Cornell University (the Edward Cornell Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and a Professor of Public Affairs), is senior counsel at investment firm Westwood Capital, LLC,[1]and was a Fellow at The Century Foundation think tank.[2][3][4]As of 2019, he is advising Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Green New Deal. We discuss the resignation of Boris Johnson, forced by the party in the UK. There were many reasons, none as egregious as Trump’s actions, but the system there allows the party to force the resignation. Johnson’s party rejected him. We discuss how everyone is waiting for Biden to do something. SCOTUS is out of control, and too powerful.
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS 7/10/22 (00:58:59)
Inside Trumpworld Civil War Looms in Our Deeply Polarized and Divided Country | The Need For the Democrats to Pay Attention to State Legislature Races.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Trauma, Death & Dying and Grief & Humanity on the Front Lines of Healthcare with Rachel Jones (00:59:00)
Rachel Jones is a journalist & freelance writer whose work has appeared in many well known publications, including The Lancet, the Columbia Journalism Review & Scientific American. She has a long standing interest in death and dying which she explores as a staff writer for Seven Ponds, a website and online magazine that informs the public about a wide array of issues related to the end of life. And she is the author of Grief on the Front Lines: Reckoning with Trauma, Grief & Humanity in Modern Medicine ” Perspectives from Healthcare Workers.
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DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: How Facebook Will Kill Society (00:58:33)
Facebook is vastly reducing its ability to combat disinformation for the 2022 election and also illegally collecting healthcare data. We talk about and so much more. Don’t miss this important episode!
SATURDAY 07.09.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 7/7/22: Encore: Special coverage of House J6 Hearing, Day 5 (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 6/23/2022. On today’s ‘BradCast’: In today’s hearing of the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, Chair Bennie Thompson explicitly stated, for the first time, that Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election. Day 5 of the gripping hearings detailed another pillar of Trump’s unrelenting, multi-pronged scheme to steal the 2020 Presidential election from the American people: his failed attempt to decapitate Justice Department leadership and install a low-level apparatchik named Jeffrey Clark to do Trump’s bidding. Their plot nearly succeeded in overthrowing the US government. In live testimony, three former DOJ officials detailed how the Justice Department investigated every absurd, easily-debunked conspiracy theory that Trump and Republicans dredged up from the internet; how they repeatedly informed Trump that Clark’s corrupt plan to weaponize the DOJ to publicly lie about the election was illegal; how only the threat of mass resignations thwarted Trump’s plot, narrowly averting an unprecedented constitutional crisis, and more. Award-winning opinion columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Hullabaloo, and LISA GRAVES, former U.S. Deputy Asst. Attorney General and Deputy Chief for the US Court system, now current Executive Director of True North Research, offer deep analysis and insight into the day’s proceedings. The House J6 Committee also revealed that at least six Republican members of Congress sought pardons from Trump, apparently recognizing their criminal culpability in the plot. Also today: the rogue, corrupt, stolen and packed rightwing US Supreme Court majority undermined states’ rights to regulate firearms in public, and undercut Miranda rights for those detained by law enforcement.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Today’s Supreme Court: Not All May Participate in Democracy (00:59:29)
Justice Scalia claimed to be an Originalist: did he mean only propertied white Christian men have rights? Perhaps the actual intent is still consent of all the governed. In the 21st century, are we not all entitled to participate in democracy? On this show, Professor David Schultz argues the current Supreme Court ignores and abuses history to erase our traditional rights. We the people clearly means more than rich white men, so despite today’s Supreme Courts intended erosion of rights, the future is up to us.
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Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 7/9/22 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We sit down with UNH Law Professor John Greabe, the director of the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service and is a professor of law at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. All rights are rooted in privacy. But the supreme court has made the decision to ignore privacy. Their most recent decisions do not take into account their far reaching effects. There is an abrupt dismissal of equal protection and stare decisis. The court has become arrogant and triumphalist in its rulings, and has shown that they are comfortable with minority rule.
Segment Two
We then catch up with professor Patrick A. Parenteau, and discuss the supreme court’s ruling limiting environmental regulation by the EPA. This ruling by the Supreme Court guts the law first created in the 1970s. The court now wants Congress to be explicit in perpetuity regarding the powers of agencies, rather than specifying the goal of agencies. In the process the court has appointed itself as the arbiter of science, and is making policy. This is a foreshadowing of what they plan in future: balkanizing all agencies created by congressional action, and thus arrogating to itself the power to make laws.
GROWING GREENER: Rebecca McMackin Bids Good-Bye to Brooklyn Bridge Park (00:29:00)
Rebecca McMackin, a visionary horticulturist, has spent the last decade supervising the transformation of Brooklyn Bridge Park, 85 acres of abandoned shipping piers, into a complex of functioning ecosystems that serve as havens for wildlife and an accessible means for city dwellers to reconnect with nature. Now she’s moving on to new adventures. In our conversation she reflects on the accomplishments of Brooklyn Bridge Parks remarkable horticultural staff, the acute need for such landscapes in a rapidly urbanizing world, and how gardening can influence not only our relationship with the natural world but also with each other.
GOT SCIENCE?: Reaching 100% Renewables by 2035 (00:29:00)
Community organizer Bridget Vial and energy analyst Paula Garcia discuss how some states can reach an equitable transition to 100% clean energy by 2035.
THE BOPST SHOW: You’re Just Another You (00:55:00)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Marjorie Noël, the Saints, the Soul Finders, John Dowie, Jean-Pierre Massiera, James Darren, Eugene Record, Josephine Foster, Elke Sommer, Peter Perrett, Eula Cooper, Butthole Surfers, Gershon Kingsley, Jimmy Castor, Jackie Mittoo, Au Pairs, Randy Van Horne & His Swinging Choir, the Night Raiders, and Majid Soula.
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #435 (00:58:00)
We welcome back Dr. Bandy X. Lee, editor of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President, to update us on her latest thinking about Trumps hold on his followers and the conflicts within her own profession over their duty to warn. Plus, Ralph and Steve discuss the January 6th hearings.
FRIDAY 07.08.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday July 8, 2022
LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND: Music, Justice, Cannabis Redux (00:27:35)
Music Justice and Cannabis about says it all. The last song is by a band of growers telling how the laws and corporations mess with the people.
COUNTERSPIN (00:28:00)
Chip Gibbons/Assange extradition, Adele Stan & Elliot Mincberg/John Roberts
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What Republicans Are Setting Us Up For (00:58:00)
As the GOP cranks up the propaganda around voting, will the lie that Democrats cheat grow larger than the truth that Republicans are going beyond gerrymandering and throwing out voters- to maybe throw out entire votes that don’t go their way? Will the interests of billionaire donors and corporations beat out the common good from now on? Plus- Poor People’s Campaign Reverend William Barber joins Thom.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Alex Gilbert on West Virginia v. EPA (00:29:00)
It seems like these days every sentence that begins with The Supreme Court finishes with truly appalling news ” another draconian ruling regarding privacy, guns, or basic, fundamental human rights. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to energy expert Alex Gilbert about a recent Supreme Court decision that many environmentalists were eyeing with dread. To Gilbert, though, things could have gone much, much worse in the West Virginia v. EPA case. We dive into the details of this ruling: its political ramifications, its practical implications, and what it suggests about this court’s future environment-related decisions.
THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Yellowstone at 150: Can Indigenous Stewardship Save Our Parks? (00:28:00)
150 years after Congress established Yellowstone National Park, it remains the jewel of a system that comprises some 400 national parks. But for Indigenous Americans, the history is bitter. Thousands were forced to leave, families were massacred, and the Army was brought in to exclude Native Americans. Today, as droughts, floods and fires threaten the parks, many are calling for Indigenous control. Indigenizing the National Parks wouldnt just be morally and legally right, but it just might be what saves the parks for future generations. Wes Martel of the Eastern Shoshone, and Valerie Grussing, Executive Director of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers ” fill Laura in on a recent Inter-Tribal Gathering that examined this question. And well hear closing remarks and a water prayer from Faith Spotted Eagle of Yankton Sioux Nation. Should non-Indigenous people even go to Yellowstone? Laura asks, and what do Indigenous people want for the future?
THE BOPST SHOW: You’re Just Another You (00:55:00)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Marjorie Noël, the Saints, the Soul Finders, John Dowie, Jean-Pierre Massiera, James Darren, Eugene Record, Josephine Foster, Elke Sommer, Peter Perrett, Eula Cooper, Butthole Surfers, Gershon Kingsley, Jimmy Castor, Jackie Mittoo, Au Pairs, Randy Van Horne & His Swinging Choir, the Night Raiders, and Majid Soula.
ROBERT REICH: What if we actually taxed the rich? (00:06:02)
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down seven ways to tax the rich and raise trillions in revenue. Watch More: 12 Myths About Taxing the Rich ►►https://youtu.be/pnoLAMHwf2I Income and wealth are now more concentrated at the top than at any time over the last 80 years, and our unjust tax system is a big reason why. The tax code is rigged for the rich, enabling a handful of wealthy individuals to exert undue influence over our economy and democracy. Conservatives fret about budget deficits. Well, then, to pay for what the nation needs — ending poverty, universal health care, infrastructure, reversing climate change, investing in communities, and so much more — the super-wealthy have to pay their fair share. Together, these seven ways of taxing the rich would generate more than $6 trillion over 10 years — enough to tackle the great needs of the nation. As inequality has exploded, our unjust tax system has allowed the richest Americans to hoard wealth, at the expense of the rest of us. It’s not radical to rein in this irresponsibility. It’s radical to let it continue.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/8/22 (00:57:10)
On the Show: Former FBI Director James Comey and his deputy Andrew McCabe faced intensive IRS audits allegedly at the direction of Donald Trump. Donald Trump signals that he’s running for president again in 2024. Caller asks if Democrats should infiltrate Republican primaries. Caller talks about Republicans refusing to discuss gun control after mass shootings. Caller discusses when life begins in the context of abortion rights. Caller points out that most Trump supporters would not pass a US citizenship test. Caller talks about the historian presidential rankings. Caller discusses gun safety measures. Caller is an ultrasound technician who talks about early pregnancy. Caller points out the undemocratic nature of the Senate. David reviews emails and messages from viewers.
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THURSDAY 07.07.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday July 7, 2022
GREEN STREET RADIO: How Corporations Lie to Protect Their Profits (00:28:20)
On this debut 28-minute program, Patti and Doug speak with Dr. Laura Vandenberg of the University of Massachusetts Amherst about her study of corporations and how they lie to protect their profits at the expense of your health and safety.
BETWEEN THE LINES (00:29:00)
Supreme Court Extremist Majority Deprives EPA of its Power to Protect Climate and Environment; On Independence Day in 60 Cities Activists Protest the End of Reproductive Rights; Minority Rule Appears to be Supreme Court’s Goal.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Will the Supreme Court Take a Shot at Free Speech? (00:57:59)
Clarence Thomas thinks you should be able to sue anyone who criticizes a public figure. Will he get what he wants? How far will the slide towards a fascist America go before We The People stop it?
LOPATE AT LARGE: Emma Chapman on First Light (00:51:10)
First Light Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time by Emma Chapman tells the story of the first stars, hundreds of times the size of the Sun and a million times brighter, that seeded the Universe with the heavy elements that we are made of and tells us how these stars formed, why they were so unusual, and what they can teach us about the Universe today. Emma Chapman a Royal Society research fellow and fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, based at Imperial College London incorporates the very latest research into this branch of astrophysics, this book sheds light on a time of darkness, telling the story of stars, hundreds of times the size of the Sun and a million times brighter, lonely giants that lived fast and died young in powerful explosions that seeded the Universe with the heavy elements that we are made of. Join us when Emma Chapman tells us how these stars formed, why they were so unusual, and what they can teach us about the Universe today, on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 8/13 (00:58:14)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
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DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/7/22 (00:5:37)
On the Show: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffers a major humiliation and will resign after losing his party’s support. Republicans are surprisingly not crediting Joe Biden for the recent sustained decline in gas prices, despite previously blaming him for the increase in gas prices. The pro-gun right is now blaming anti-depressants and marijuana for mass shootings. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says he will fight the court subpoena issued in Georgia for him to appear related to the Trump election fraud attempt. Republican Congresswoman Debbie Lesko says on the floor of the House that she would shoot her own grandchildren to protect them. Some Republicans, including Republican Congressman Jim Jordan, are already endorsing Donald Trump for 2024. Could Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene really be as ignorant as she appears to be? Right wing trucker leader David “Santa” Riddell has been arrested while protesting non-existent COVID mandates. Voicemail caller asks whether “9 month abortions” really exist.
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WEDNESDAY 07.06.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday July 6, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Rufus Phillips (00:18:26)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Rufus Phillips, CEO of the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, for a conversation about the network of 60 free clinics across Virginia and the services they offer, how Medicaid expansion and COVID-19 has impacted clinics, and much more.
ROBERT REICH: How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control (00:12:18)
Here it is: The full story of wealth inequality in America. The top 1% holds 15x more wealth than the bottom 50% combined. If you’ve never watched a video of mine, please watch this one. Watch More: Does Trickle-Down Economics Actually Work? ►►https://youtu.be/srJZHQHHT8g 00:00 The Second Gilded Age 01:17 The Basics 03:00 Why the Wealth Gap is Exploding 05:21 Why Wealth Concentration is a Problem 07:10 The First Gilded Age 10:20 How to Reduce the Wealth Gap #ElonMusk #WealthGap #TaxTheRich
THIS WAY OUT #1788: Queerly Yours, Admiral Rachel Levine & global LGBTQ news! (00:00:00)
Admiral Levine weighs in on Roe and trans healthcare; more than 500 Turkish activists have been arrested for “attempted Pride”, anti-queer assaults spoil Dublin Pride, impromptu Pride tributes honor Oslo mass shooting victims, Glasgow Pride defeats anti-LGBTQ Christian crusaders, South Americans celebrate Pride in Santiago, Bogota and Lima, Warsaw shares its Pride with Kyiv, Proud Boys invade Drag Queen Story Hours in Nevada, Indiana and Texas, and Floridians grapple with not saying “gay”!
Those stories ” and more this week ” when you choose “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour (00:58:00)
Civil society requires that its citizens feel safe in public spaces; destroy that generalized sense of safety and you will radically warp public opinion to the right. Also why is the media down-playing the gun terrorist was a mean Trumpster? Child rapist awarded joint custody – how was this kind of injustice even possible in America?
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR (00:58:00)
Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky and Clay Jenkinson present ten things about the Supreme Court.
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 7/13 (00:58:14)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
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DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/5/22 (00:56:38)
On the Show: Jeffrey Mandell, President and lead counsel at Law Forward, the law firm that filed the landmark lawsuit against the fraudulent 2020 electors in Wisconsin, joins David to discuss the fake elector scam. The mass shooter from Highland Park, Illinois, legally bought the guns used in the shooting after police had already seized numerous knives from him. Disgraced former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly absolutely loses his mind over “minorities” after the Highland Park, Illinois mass shooting. Donald Trump’s former lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, as well as Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, have been subpoenaed by the investigators of the Georgia election fraud attempt by Trump. Doctors are increasingly hesitant to treat pregnant cancer patients for fears they could be arrested for abortion-related “crimes.” Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers a relentless series of outrageous and unhinged comments at a recent religious event. Joe Rogan reveals that Donald Trump has tried to get on his podcast multiple times, and Rogan has declined. Alex Holder’s forthcoming docuseries about the Trump family, called “Unprecedented,” looks like it will be absolutely incredible. Voicemail caller asks David why he is “against” anecdotes.
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TUESDAY 07.05.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday July 5, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND: Delcaring Your Independence (00:57:40)
Hosts Kevin O’Donoghue and Niseema Dyan Diemer expand on the concept of declaring independence. Five tools are offered to take steps toward becoming independent from a boss, parents, siblings, partner or inner critic.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: As Overturning Roe Echoes Through the Land (00:58:00)
What will be the unexpected- or predictable- consequences be of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade? Are plan B, birth control, or even menopause drugs on the chopping block? Plus- is America a Christian nation?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (00:58:00)
This week on The Children’s Hour, we re-visit a show we recorded in April 2020 with one of the funniest storytellers of our time, Grammy winning singer, songwriter, and award winning author Bill Harley joins us in a mini concert from his studio in Massachusetts.
The Kids Crew interview Bill about his work, family life, and latest projects, and Bill performs songs and tells a story for us. We learn about his books, including the Charlie Bumpers series, and the book that kids might read as a class assignment, The Night of the Spade Foot Toads. It’s an hour of laughter, joy, and lightness for the whole family. Learn more about Bill Harley at his website: BillHarley.com and find his music, stories and books. Find this episode page at https://childrenshour.org/bill-harley/
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 6/13 (00:59:01)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
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DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/5/22 (00:55:55)
On the Show: After even more mass shootings on the 4th of July, most of which were outdoors, the focus shifts from doors to rooftops and ladders, rather than guns. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says he looks forward to not being mayor and being constantly worried about mass shootings at large events. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to believe that Joe Biden is going to run for re-election. Wyoming’s Republican primary debate for the House of Representatives goes horribly wrong, with Liz Cheney facing off against a number of candidates completely untethered from reality. Donald Trump freaks out over possible criminal charges coming his way as a result of the January 6 Committee, slamming Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney as “despicable.” A 10-year-old girl, pregnant due to rape, in Ohio, is being denied an abortion. Republican Governor of South Dakota Kristie Noem defends her state’s abortion ban when asked whether a 10-year-old should be forced to give birth. Jordan Peterson’s new show with The Daily Wire appears to be satirical, but it’s all too real. MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell testifies before a Louisiana Senate committee about so-called voter fraud and completely humiliates himself. Voicemail caller comments on radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene blaming antidepressants for mass shootings.
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MONDAY 07.04.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday July 4, 2022
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #85: When Energy is Free (00:29:32)
We are used to energy becoming more and more expensive over time. The cost of electricity has increased 7 fold since 1970. That same year a gallon of gasoline cost 36 cents. But solar energy has changed that assumption. The cost of a solar panel has dropped from over $100 per watt in 1975 to only around 25 cents today. If these trends continue – energy will soon be free. But that doesn’t mean you won’t pay for it. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station to discuss how energy will change over the coming decades and what that means to you and me.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Capitalist Corporation (00:29:00)
This program examines the structure and functioning of the large capitalist corporation dominating modern economies. We discuss their basic economics and influence on politics. We criticize rationales for corporate profits such as “risks” and “entrepreneurship” and explore parallels between corporate structures and monarchies.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Tucker Carlson is Two-Timing Orban with Bolsonaro (00:58:00)
Bolsonaro is something of an authoritarian figure who is up for reelection this year. He has tried to rewrite Brazils election laws to improve his prospects at the ballot box. He has stated that if he loses, the election will have been rigged against him.
RADIO ART HOUR: Edward Ruchalski, Shanna Sordahl, Suzan-Lori Parks, Helen Thorington (00:58:00)
Tune in today for radio art works released in 2022 from Jesse Kudler and Graham Stephenson and also English avant-garde guitarist Derek Bailey. First, Stephenson plays amplified trumpet, and Kudler performs on guitar, radios, transmitters, tapes, and electronics on the “Apposite Rejoinder” album, and we tune in to the “Liquid Assets” track here. Then we hear from Bailey, who died in 2005, but in the 1990s enjoyed playing along with jungle pirate radio stations. On the album’s liner notes, Bailey says, “So I’ve been listening to it, and I really like the way they do it on the radio – I have to say that in recent times it seems to have got softer, a lot less abrasive in some ways. There are more vocal samples, for example… But what I like about the radio is the live quality – although the stuff is records, they don’t leave them alone – they’ll talk over them, advertise gigs, order a pizza – the music’s constant but with interruptions. It’s very live – and with that sustained pace, which of course is inhuman… And it’s nice to play along with, particularly as opposed to free jazz situations where the pace is often very slow. I’ve found it fantastic to practice with. So for a long time I’ve been doing that… I’ve always liked the parts where the music stops and drifts along – you get some ridiculous string orchestra, then it just slips a bit, the pitch goes or they slow it down or something. Then the drums come back – it’s completely meaningless! I like that… What is a pain and can sometimes dilute it is the repetitive – looped or sampled – vocals… The funny thing is, I’ve never heard a jungle record, all I’ve heard has been off the radio….”
LITERATURE ALOUD: 1984 by George Orwell (1949) part 5/13 (00:59:02)
1984 is a dystopian novel about constant surveillance, news manipulation, conspiracy and control by fear. Written in 1949, George Orwell’s entire novel 1984 was read on-air by longtime Pacifica Morning show host Charles Morgan and June Foray in 1975. Few novels have had as much impact on our thinking and the English language as 1984 from the concept and phrase “Big Brother” to words like “newspeak” and “doublethink.”
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HARD KNOCK RADIO: 4th of July Mix Are We Really Free? (00:57:06)
We hear a mixture of music and speeches that raise the question of the US living up to her declaration of freedom and liberty.
SUNDAY 07.03.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST: Warning: The ‘Independent State Legislature’ Doctrine could legalize theft of our next presidential election! (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: A very serious warning for Americans about elections, American democracy, and the corrupt U.S. Supreme Court. Next year the Court will hear ‘Moore v. Harper’, a challenge to the state GOP’s racially-gerrymandered U.S. House maps. NC Republicans have asked the US Supreme Court to overrule the NC state Supreme Court by citing a phony, made-up fringe legal theory called the ‘Independent State Legislature’ doctrine. It argues that state legislatures have sole power to dictate the administration of federal elections, unchallenged by state courts, governors, election officials, state constitutions and ballot initiatives approved by voters. The theory was one of the failed arguments used by Donald Trump and supporters in 2020 election lawsuits demanding that state legislatures reject the will of the voters and substitute their own slate of Trump electors in states that Joe Biden won. The fringe theory has never been granted legitimacy by the US Supreme Court, or any court. But four of the radical Republican justices have expressed support, meaning the Court is just one vote shy of legitimizing it in 2023 in advance of the 2024 Presidential election. Pro-democracy Americans should be extremely concerned about this very dangerous new attempt to subvert free and fair elections, which experts say could portend the end of our democracy. Also today: rightwing activist Ginni Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, now refuses to testify to the House J6 Committee. Voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit can proceed against Rupert Murdoch and Fox News. California lawmakers reject unsecure internet voting. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Violent Supremes: “Ready? DIE!” (00:29:00)
We are recovering from “The Week from Hell” as the Supremes came in with their fearful decisions. Thursday we hosted a rally in Foley Square at the NY State Supreme Court. Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanitys most urgent issue — the planets Sixth Extinction. Made by “Earth-loving urban activists” from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and urges listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring News From the Natural World, a weekly gathering of climate changes latest science, and insightful interviews with radical leaders in environmentalism and activism.
TURN ON THE NEWS: Surprise, Surprise (00:28:00)
“Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “Surprise, Surprise.” This week the hearings are unexpected and totally predictable.
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 7/1/22 (00:58:00)
Part 1:
Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report and dean of the Austin Press Corps talks with us about the border in Texas, specifically, about the recent discovery of more than 50 bodies of migrants in a tractor trailer.
We discuss why people come to the US.
Gov. Abbott threatens to reinstate truck checkpoints, though the border patrol cannot actually go inside vehicles without search warrants. The only result would be to slow trucks, a border shutdown, with resulting commerce shutdown. It is also likely that the migrants likely got into the truck when they were already across the border.
The US needs to find a better solution. This is an economic problem, which was partially solved by NAFTA, but eroded under Trump. We also discuss the various new laws being proposed to limit women’s movements across state borders, as a way of limiting abortion travel.
Part 2:
We talk with Harold Meyerson, editor of The American Prospect, the Washington-based liberal magazine, oscillating between the positions of Editor at Large and Executive Editor (his current post). and Bill Curry, former two-time gubernatorial nominee in Connecticut, and aide to Pres. Bill Clinton. We discuss the discouraging rulings by the Supreme Court, and what can/should be done to discipline the Court. We now have minority rule, in the form of the filibuster, and privacy rights have been struck down. Some remedies might be term limits for the justices, and ethics code for the Court. It is the American dream vs. The Handmaid’s Tale for women.
We also touch on the evidence to prosecute and convict Trump.
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS (00:59:00)
Is Trump Blackmailing the GOP Into Submission Threatening to Run as an Independent? | What Can the Biden Administration Do to Mitigate or Undo the Supreme Court’s Assault on Women’s Reproductive Rights?
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Relieving and Preventing Back Pain and Joint Pain Without Medication with Saloni Sharma MD (00:59:00)
Saloni Sharma is a MD, Licensed Acupuncturist and is double board-certified in pain management and rehabilitation medicine. She is the medical director & founder of the Orthopedic Integrative Health Center at Rothman Orthopedics and has treated thousands of patients. Shes also co-chair of Pain Management and Spine Rehabilitation for the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and an award-winning clinical assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. And she is the author of a new book that offers natural and effective methods of pain relief, titled The Pain Solution: 5 Steps to Relieve & Prevent Back Pain, Muscle Pain and Joint Pain Without Medication.
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SATURDAY 07.02.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 6/30/22: Legal expert Mark Joseph Stern on SCOTUS gutting the EPA (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Today was the grand finale of a U.S. Supreme Court term like no other. The radical, rightwing activists on the Republicans’ stolen-and-packed super-majority ignored the text of written law and its own precedents to give a parting gift to the fossil fuel industry while the nation and globe burn. In a 6-3 decision in ‘West Virginia v. EPA,’ the rightwing majority invoked their wholly-invented ‘major questions’ doctrine to strip the EPA of authority to regulate climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. As predictable as it is corrupt, the ruling will not only restrict the EPA but also other federal agencies from carrying out their mandates, as well – – a huge success in Republicans’ decades-long war to ‘dismantle the administrative state,’ with the rest of humanity losing. The great MARK JOSEPH STERN, legal journalist and Constitutional law expert at Slate, delves into the ruling, the underlying policies and legal issues, and what it means going forward. Stern also explains several opinions released over the last week, including a moderately positive ruling on immigration policy; the gutting of Miranda rights; approval of Louisiana’s racist, gerrymandered maps that violate the Voting Rights Act; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s swearing in as the first-ever black female justice; and options for Supreme Court reform. Next year, the rightwing Court will consider the pretend legal notion called the ‘Independent State Legislature’ doctrine, which Stern warns would allow state legislatures to overturn the will of the voters, appointing electors of the losing presidential candidate to the Electoral College, as Donald Trump tried to do in his attempted coup in 2020.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Sex Classifications Are There to Serve The State (00:58:33)
In theory, the state in a republic serves its citizens. Traditional conservatives insist they want government out of such things as sex. Our guest today Professor Paisley Currah in his new book Sex is as Sex Does, Governing Transgender Identity points out that there is a real “democratic deficit” between the needs of the state and the freedom the public wants. One might think conservatives would seek less state control. But as he notes, transgender is the right’s new version of a Red Flag to crush. Progress is happening anyway.
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The Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN (00:59:30)
Segments One & Two
We talk with Silicon Valley’s representative, Congressman Ro Khanna. Ro Khanna has been called one of Congress most visionary technologists. He has taught economics at Stanford, served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration, and represented tech companies and startups in private practice. Our discussion centers on The Supreme Court’s agenda. Proof that the Court is very political, and thus illegitimate
Also, the problem of manufacturing in the US: everything has been off shored, and we are now dependent on very long supply chains. This has also caused a lack of opportunity in the US for production workers. The brain drain: we need investments in education and health care, and less in religious institutions, who are not paying taxes.
GROWING GREENER (00:29:00)
Born in North America in the 1980s, Rewilding has taken off in Europe, where it’s inspiring a return of broad tracts of marginal farmlands to functioning wild ecosystems. In this episode Canadian journalists Kat Tancock and Domini Clark discuss their new online magazine, Rewilding, which introduces readers to the basics of this fascinating worlwide movement, while helping them to apply its dynamics to their own back yards.
TUC RADIO: Terra Viva – To Rescue and Heal the Living Earth (00:28:58)
In a Zoom call on the summer solstice of 2022 in India and the winter solstice in Australia, the founders of Spiniflex Press celebrated the publication of Vandana Shivas most recent book: Terra Viva. Among her many prior books such as: Soil not Oil; Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature & Knowledge; or Oneness Vs. The 1%, this is the first that might be called a memoir. Her 50 years of activism and writing began with her volunteer work for the Chipko movement. Women in India embracing trees to save them from the running chainsaws of loggers, to taking on the World Bank, corporations such as Monsanto, and Bill Gates promotion of geoengineering and false climate solutions. Find the one hour video of this Zoom conversation on Youtube under the title: Terra Viva by Vandana Shiva – Online Book Launch. And thanks to the publishers of Spiniflex Press for the Australian edition.
In the US the book Terra Viva by Vandana Shiva will be available from Chelsea Green in October of 2022.
THE BOPST SHOW: Everybody’s Selling Out (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 program, you’ll hear the Laotian psychedelia of Sothy, B.T. P Folders’ 80s new wave pop, swanky lounge music by Piero Montanari as well as Marie Franklin’s rare funky soul, German experimental rock by Can, and many others outside mainstream consciousness.
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #434 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Peter Maybarduk director of Public Citizens Access to Medicines program to explain how tax payer supported research on Covid vaccines has been given over to Big Pharma, who are now creating worldwide vaccine apartheid, and Rick Claypool, also of Public Citizen, on the US Chamber of Commerce’s tantrum over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus effort to crack down on the Chambers members criminal activity.
FRIDAY 07.01.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday July 1, 2022
LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND (00:27:34)
Seed Libraries came to mind today as I contemplated the huge collection of seeds here amongst three friends sharing some ground. This led me to a great episode created in 2015, when Cindy Conner and Betsy Conner Trice joined me in our studios at WRIR. This is full of good, even necessary actions, and enough fun to make the half hour fly by.
COUNTERSPIN (00:28:00)
Dave Zirin/Kennedy v. Bremerton, Howard Bryant/Black athletes and activism
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Supreme Court has Lit Our Planet on Fire (00:58:00)
Longtime listeners to my program know that the Supreme Court has seized for itself extraordinary powers that the Framers of the Constitution never intended for it to have. The SCOTUS has used its ill-gotten power on behalf of the fossil fuel industry to cripple Americas ability to meet the challenge of climate change. It turns out treason is the most profitable business that Trump has ever engaged in.
(8pm only) TIME WITH FRED (00:00:00)
SEA CHANGE RADIO: John Fleck: Drought Dilemmas and the Colorado River (00:29:00)
Years of extreme drought have left the Colorado River at alarmingly low levels. Earlier this month, water management experts testified in front of a Senate energy and Natural Resources Committee that’s seeking ways for the Western United States to drastically cut back water usage. With all the recent reporting on the issue, it’s important to remember that this sad state of affairs has been a slow-moving disaster visible to all those willing to pay attention. This week on Sea Change Radio, we revisit our 2016 conversation with John Fleck, a water expert focused on the problems of the Colorado River and the author of Water is For Fighting Over: And Other Myths About Water in the West. We learn about the struggle over water rights in Arizona, discuss how Mexico and the US are cooperating over the Colorado River Delta and talk about the complexities of growing alfalfa in the desert.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Militarization and Uvalde: the Context Media Coverage Omits (00:28:00)
Whether its Buffalo, NY, Uvalde, TX or Philadelphia, PA ” we are witnessing an unprecedented wave of terror at the muzzle of a gun. But all mass shootings are not covered in the same way. What determines the nature of the coverage? And what is the media getting wrong ” or right ” on gun violence reporting? In this episode, Laura Flanders welcomes back Mitra Kalita and Sara Lomax-Reese of URL Media, a network of independently owned and operated Black and Brown media outlets, for this month’s Meet the BIPOC Press. Our returning guest Michelle Garca is a Texas-based journalist whose searing reporting in the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting honed in on the structures of militarization that devalue the lives of local residents.
THE BOPST SHOW: Everybody’s Selling Out (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 program, you’ll hear the Laotian psychedelia of Sothy, B.T. P Folders’ 80s new wave pop, swanky lounge music by Piero Montanari as well as Marie Franklin’s rare funky soul, German experimental rock by Can, and many others outside mainstream consciousness.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 7/1/22 (00:55:32)
On the Show: Shortages continue, including hot sauce, condiments, computer chips, nurses, airline pilots, and more. Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger slams Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert as the “Christian Taliban” for her recent comments attacking the separation of church and state. Republican Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says abortion should be illegal even for a 12-year-old rape victim carrying her own father’s child in the latest anti-choice insanity. Caller asks if we are on the way to Christian theocracy. Caller asks if the SCOTUS decision on Roe v. Wade will have electoral consequences. Caller asks if prayer during public school sporting events is coercive. Caller asks if the January 6th Committee will change anybody’s mind. Caller asks if football is disproportionately Christian. Caller asks if atheists can win elections in the United States. Caller asks if political violence is necessary. Caller has a question about tax policy. This week’s mailbag.
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