MARCH 2022 - TheWorkFM 93.9

THURSDAY 03.31.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 31, 2022

GREEN STREET RADIO: Listen to Your Smart Phone with Dr. Kent Chamberlin (00:57:00)

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with UNH professor Dr. Kent Chamberlin about his work on the New Hampshire Commission regarding RF radiation and its impact on human health.

https://www.greenstreetradio.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Evil Reason the GOP Will Exploit Every Crisis The World Is Facing (00:57:59)

Worldwide Democracy is under threat – not just as a result of Putins murderous war against Ukraine, but brewing since the 1980s and Reagans neoliberal revolution. Why is the GOP Pretending Everything Is Fine When Trump Is Guilty as Hell? Trump is guilty as hell on Jan 6 and Republicans still pretend all is good. Crazy Alert! In a Few Years Will You Travel to the First Space Hotel Instead of Mexico? Judd Legum – These 6 Corporations Are Funding the Attack on Women’s Reproductive Rights.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

LOPATE AT LARGE: Dr. Justin Gest on Majority Minority (00:51:43)

In Majority Minority, Dr. Justin Gest examines how societies respond to great demographic change. Dr. Gest discusses contemporary politics of the United States and other countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a majority minority milestone, where the original ethnic or religious majority loses its numerical advantage to one or more foreign-origin minority groups. During this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large, Dr. Gest suggests rather than yield to people’s prejudices, states hold great power to shape public responses and perceptions of demographic change through political institutions.

https://leonardlopateatlarge.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch. 10 “Their Religions and Our Marriages” (00:25:25)

Herland is a utopian novel written in1915 by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman author of the famous and influential short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” It describes the adventures and education of three men who land in an isolated and get schooled by a society comprised entirely of women who reproduce via asexual reproduction. Their matrifocal emphasis leads to an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination. It first appeared as a serial in Perkin’s monthly magazine Forerunner.

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Women’s History Month: Changing the Narrative, Women War and Peace II (00:28:00)

Making the future while surviving a war. In humanity’s never ending war stories, combat makes the news, but the macho gaze misses the complex reality and tends to ignore the role of women in war. To switch things up, we refocus the lens, with two of the award winning film makers behind the hit series, Women War and Peace II, that aired on Public Television in March of 2019 and continues to serve in shifting the narrative around women and war.

ALAN WATTS: Are You Tired of Playing the Social Game? (00:08:50)

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British writer and lecturer who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy and religion for a Western audience. Full lectures: https://www.alanwatts.com/ Learn more: https://www.alanwatts.org/

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/31/22 (00:56:42)

On the Show: Dr. Baland Jalal, researcher at Harvard University and Cambridge University and expert on sleep and sleep paralysis joins David to discuss dreams, sleep, and more. Russian troops recently withdrawn from Chernobyl are suffering radiation poisoning. There is indeed an investigation into Hunter Biden, but it has nothing to do with his supposed laptop. Notable discussions from the David Pakman Show subreddit, including about a no-fly zone in Ukraine, sexism, and massive audio problems recently plaguing live streams. Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social is quickly collapsing, with new signups down 93%. Despite Donald Trump claiming he has no idea what burner phones are, his former National Security Adviser John Bolton appears on CNN to say that Trump used the term regularly. The new cultural battle for the right wing media is that Disney wants to make children gay. Voicemail caller explains that he knows more about medicine than his doctors.

WEDNESDAY 03.30.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 30, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

BETWEEN THE LINES 3/30/22 (00:29:00)

Preconditions Necessary to End Russia’s War in Ukraine; US Weapons Feed Yemen War & Humanitarian Crisis; Campaign Pushes Back Against Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions rubber stamp of Fossil Fuel Projects.

THIS WAY OUT #1774: Judge Jackson Replies & Queer Youth at the Gates & more global LGBTQ news (00:28:58)

Misguided gatekeeping endangers queer youth; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judgment foils clueless Republican Senators; Singapore queries citizens on sodomy law repeal, Italy identifies Alex as non-binary, a Texas appeals court blocks investigations of trans kids families, the Lone Star A.G. calls Austin schools Pride plans “immoral, DeSantis dangles, then finally signs, Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill as protests proliferate, trans sports ban vetoes face overrides in Indiana and Utah, and an infamous marriage license-denying Kentucky clerk loses another court battle!
Those stories ” and more this week ” when you discover “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.

https://www.thiswayout.org/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: We Need the Covid Funding Now! (00:58:01)

“Coverup??” White House logs show 7-Hour gap in Trumps calls on Jan 6 – Nixon didn’t get away with this – Will Trump? The records turned over to the committee show no record of the former president being on the phone during the Capitol attack for some strange reason. Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding – WHO is Saying – It’s misinformation that Omicron is the last COVID-19 variant & there is a huge uptick worldwide – Is the political class done with Covid? Teri Mills’ – Nurses For America to Congress “Show Us the Money” for Covid Funding Now!! Will Oregon be becoming America’s first Assisted Suicide Tourism Capital? Oregon ends residency rule for medically assisted suicide. Callers respond with their own stories.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1488 Ten Things About Benjamin Franklin (00:59:00)

Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky and Clay Jenkinson discuss Benjamin Franklin. When Franklin was asked what the U.S. Constitution would provide, he answered, “A republic, if you can keep it.”

https://jeffersonhour.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch. 9 “Our Relations and Theirs” (00:31:15)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ySgRjuUwI&t=36s

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/30/22 (00:55:44)

On the Show: Democracy is in peril if Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections. Donald Trump is once again asking Russian President Vladimir Putin for help, this time asking for dirt on Hunter Biden. A list of some of the calls missing from the Trump White House January 6 call logs can be reconstructed from media reports. Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton remembers Trump using the term “burner phones,” despite Trump’s recent claim that he doesn’t know what burner phones are. Fox News anchor John Roberts calls out Republican Senator Rick Scott when Scott tries to lie and obfuscate about his own tax plan on live television. Fox Nation host Lara Logan suggests that Darwinian evolution might be a hoax funded by Jews. Donald Trump delivers a bizarre interview to Real America’s Voice. Republican Senator Ted Cruz makes a shameless appearance on Fox News’ Laura Ingraham show, claiming Democrats plan to claim fraud in the upcoming 2022 midterm elections. Voicemail caller is baffled by the response to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock.

TUESDAY 03.29.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 29, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

THE POSITIVE MIND: Hidden Wounds of the Enneagram, Part 3 (00:58:00)

Hosts complete this 3 episode journey with a discussion of the “Gut” Triad. The Challenger 8, focuses on challenging the rules and the people in their environment; The Peacemaker 9, lives to bring peace and harmony to their environment; The Reformer 1, focuses on what is imperfect in their environment and seeks to set it right.

http://thepositivemind.com/

THOM HARMANN Best of 1 Hour: Democrats Must Demand Justice Thomas Resign…and His Wife is Prosecuted (00:57:58)

Will the media amplify the voices of Republicans whore saying its really no big deal, trying to overthrow the government, and that Thomas should stay on the Court? Can Russia be de-Putinised? Didn’t Putin Call for Regime Change in America/2016? Crazy Alert Michael Flynn is claiming that Gates and Soros are planting under the skin tracking devices for the New World Order… Professor Richard Wolff – The War In Ukraine is taking place in the World’s 5th largest wheat producing nation – What will that mean socially and economically for America & the world?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Uno, Dos, Tres Andres (00:58:00)

This time on The Children’s Hour, we spend the hour with Cristina and Andres from Uno, Dos, Tres Andres, a bilingual indie band up for a Grammy this year for their release, Activate! They have been helping the children’s music industry in the United States shift toward focusing on educational songs in Spanish and English. We’ll hear some of their collaborations with other artists, and they’ll introduce us to Spanish language children’s musicians from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Columbia. This episode requires dancing! Join us for an hour of musical delight with Uno, Dos, Tres Andres!

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch. 8 “The Girls of Herland” (00:31:42)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

LONG NOW FOUNDATION: Continuity: Discovering the Lessons behind the World’s Longest-lived Organizations (00:25:47)

One of Long Now’s founding premises is that humanity’s most significant challenges require long-term solutions, including institutions that caretake and guide the knowledge and commitment needed to work over long time scales. However, there are a limited number of organizations that have managed to stay stable over many centuries, and in some cases, over a millennium. Long Now has been informally tracking these organizations for years, and in 2019 formed The Organizational Continuity Project to study long-lived institutions more formally. Alexander Rose, Long Now’s Executive Director, discusses how The Organizational Continuity Project hopes to discover the lessons behind these long-lived organizations and build a discipline of shareable knowledge that will help contemporary institutions, companies, and governments develop into robust, long-lasting structures. In turn, we hope these institutions will be better equipped to address civilizational-scale problems with multi-generational thinking. “Continuity: Discovering the Lessons behind the World’s Longest-lived Organizations” was given on April 20, 02021 as part of Long Now’s Seminar series. The series was started in 2003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world’s leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand.

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/29/22 (00:00:00)

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MONDAY 03.28.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 28, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #148: How Much does Solar Really Cost in 2022 (00:29:30)

As solar goes more mainstream, we are beginning to see solar aluminum siding salesmen knocking on doors and trying to sell homeowners systems that are overpriced and may or may not meet the needs of the household. We are seeing misleading advertisements claiming there are new incentive programs for your zip code that the utility companies don’t want you to know about. So how do you separate the truth from the BS? Every six months, the solar consulting company Energy Sage publishes a comprehensive study, asking solar installers around the nation questions about how the business has changed and what things really cost in the market today. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion what you should expect to pay should you decide to put solar on your roof.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/

ECONOMIC UPDATE: Christian Socialism (00:29:00)

This week on Economic Update, Prof Wolff presents updates on Amazon workers’ strike, the impact of US inflation, and the underappreciated economic aspects of Russia-Ukraine war. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Prof. Joerg Rieger on Christian Socialism, past and present.

https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Clarence Thomas Must Be Impeached… (00:57:55)

Looks like the Supreme Court Was Involved in the Jan 6th Coup? Texts Show Ginni Thomas, Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, Embracing Bizarre Legal Theories After 2020 Election ” Including Military Tribunals for Ballot Fraud Co-Conspirators Clarence Thomas Must Be Impeached… Mitch McConnell Is a No Vote on Judge Jackson – Beer Bong Brett and Handmaiden Amy Were Fine – But – A Black Woman – No Way! Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the founding grandfather of modern Russian fascism, died today in Moscow – I Have a Story About Him That Shows How Fragile Democracy Can Be. What Happened to Tulsi Gabbard? Tulsi is very concerned that Judge Jackson wouldn’t define what a woman is – What?! Geeky Science: The big question is what are Microplastics doing in our body? And are these levels sufficiently high to trigger disease?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

RADIO ART HOUR: Rachel Rosenthal, Michael Trigilio (00:58:00)

This week radio art works from Rachel Rosenthal and Michael Trigilio, and introduced by Wave Farm Radio Art Fellow Jess Spear, are featured. First, “filename:FUTURFAX by Rachel Rosenthal. Like the best of dystopian fiction, “filename:FUTURFAX” (1990) at first takes us in with the premise that the future is a technological utopia where problems of hunger, deprivation, uncertainty, and unhappiness have been solved forever. The narrator receives a fax from a future civilization after a great crash, sent through a time warp, written and clarified by a computer operated by a team of scientists sending good wishes. Whispers of uncertainty slip in when you hear that art is no longer made after being deemed superfluous and subversive by the lawmakers (they do tell jokes, however). Recalling 1984 and Brave New World, the future civilization is founded on total technocratic control and scientific progress, having become de-deified and losing religion because they control all the natural functions formerly ascribed to mysterious divinities. And then moral and social decorum are maintained thanks to the implants (should we say that?). Soon its revealed that some people suffer incredible fits of boredom, and some, labeled deviants, even escape to the world outside the domed structures of the SSC (self-sufficient communities). These deviants have set up a parallel civilization, one that our scientist reports with great astonishment appears to worship the very environment, in spite of the great hardships imposed by the natural world and the ruins of 20th century civilization. Humanity, at this unknown future date, is reduced to a population of comfortable citizens living in an environment where every element, including themselves, is controlled, and a group eking out an existence and sacrificing themselves in the work of making amends with the natural world, often becoming sick or dying during cooperative clean-ups of the ruins.
filename:FUTURFAX is emblematic of Rosenthal’s prominent themes of environmentalism and animal rights in her work, particularly the importance of preserving some areas of the earth from human impact and control. In spite of its initial optimistic feel, the work ultimately served as an expression of Rosenthal’s despair. When working on the piece, she said in a 1992 interview with OMNI magazine, I was continually sobbing and feeling absolutely depressed by and frightened at what I was saying…I can’t bear to see this extraordinary planet lose its wildness and become a human cybernetic machine as it will be if humans prevail. Indeed, the messengers from the future identify the 1980s as the last possible point for positive change, but also recognize that their message won’t change the future they live in. Its only in a post-script from the messaging computer that we learn the inhabitants of this future are all women, none capable of reproduction. The extinction of humanity is only a matter of time. – Introduced by Wave Farm Radio Artist Fellow 2020/2021, Jess Speer.
Then tune in “The Starve Zone” by Michael Trigilio. Neighborhood Public Radio is a project led by Lee Montgomery, Linda Arnejo, Michael Trigilio, and Jon Brumit that creates short-term microbroadcasting stations in communities and supports community and artist-created content for broadcast. The project’s name, acronym, and even logo are intended as critiques of National Public Radio, making the argument that truly non-commercial and community-based programming can be more powerful and meaningful to people than corporate-sponsored public content. In a 2005 interview with Punk Planet, founder Lee Montgomery admitted, on a certain level, what we are trying to emulate is what National Public Radio used to be, contrasting coverage of Vietnam War protests by National Public Radio in the 1970s in which reporters immersed in the protests letting the people around them tell their stories, to contemporary coverage of global protests against the Iraq War consisting of brief reports from journalists in different sites reporting from above the crowd and little more than estimates of numbers of people. The Neighborhood Public Radio project has riffed on other National Public Radio themes, producing a crowdsourced show called American Life that included broadcasts from Portable Radio Instruments (PRI), a riff on distributor Public Radio International and its popular show This American Life.
Since its founding in 2004, Neighborhood Public Radio installations have taken place in galleries, museums, art festivals, and store fronts in a wide array of cities including San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, and Hamburg, and were included as part of the Whitney Biennial in 2008. Installations often include partnerships with local community organizations and artists to create programming, workshops on creating transmitters and other electronic instruments, performances, and interactive broadcasting events that invite the community to be part of the stations content.
Over the course of the 2004 installation at Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco, artist Michael Trigilio as his alter-ego, a vitriolic common sense political commentator, Michael Starve, hosted episodes of a call-in political talk show called The Starve Zone. Topics included welfare, religion, poverty, homelessness, and the upcoming election between John Kerry and George W. Bush, including an episode in which he offered live commentary on a presidential debate. In this episode, Starve engages with callers about the lingering effects of war on individuals, societies, and political dealings, and rants about the stultifying effects of mainstream media, including National Public Radio and trivialities presented as front-page news. – Introduced by Wave Farm Radio Artist Fellow 2020/2021, Jess Speer.

https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/4mvmk6

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch. 7 “Our Growing Modesty” (00:24:28)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

TUC RADIO: Michael Parenti on Theocracy and Democracy, Political Uses of Religion (00:29:03)

Michael Parenti says that democracy can’t survive under religious rule “whatever that religion may be.”

Parenti’s warning in this archival recording is as timely and urgently expressed as it was when this speech was first given on April 12, 1987, during the 2^nd term of the Reagan administration. This talk is also very funny. With roots in a working class Italian district of New York City and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale, Michael Parenti has become an internationally known writer and lecturer and author of 23 books.

https://tucradio.org/?s=parenti+religion&submit=Search

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/28/22 (00:55:12)

On the Show: A deep dive into the origins and fundamental values underlying the right wing question “what is a woman?” Will Smith slaps Chris Rock in the face during the Oscars after Rock makes a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s hair. So-called “pro-life” Republicans in Texas are now debating whether woman how have abortions should be killed. Donald Trump delivers a stream of unconscionable lies to the smallest rally crowd in Georgia in the last six years. As crazy as the Trump rally attendees were, the participants, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, and Herschel Walker, might be the most unhinged. Trump rallygoers deliver conspiracy theories and outrageous statements with straight faces in Georgia. A transphobic viewer has finally unsubscribed from our show. Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton in a strange and sprawling lawsuit that will go absolutely nowhere. Voicemail caller suggests that transphobic individuals obsessing over the definitions and genitalia of men and women should be made out to be perverts.

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THE BRADCAST 3/25/22 (00:58:00)

On today’s ‘BradCast’: Corrupt Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he will vote to confirm President Biden’s nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, as the first black female Supreme Court Justice, but it’s unclear if obstructionist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) agrees. Justice Clarence Thomas has been released from the hospital, but calls are growing for the corrupt Thomas to be impeached after revelations that his far-right activist wife Ginni sent bonkers text messages to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, urging him to overturn the 2020 election at the same time that Justice Thomas was ruling on cases seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Thomas was the sole justice to vote against releasing the very White House records that revealed his wife’s involvement in attempts to steal the 2020 election. Because of this sort of corruption and more, the United States has fallen in the annual Freedom House report ranking freedom and liberty around the world. AMY SLIPOWITZ, Freedom House Research Manager and co-author of the 2022 annual report, ‘The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule,’ explains their findings showing a years-long decline in global democracy amid a rise in authoritarianism. Slipowitz discusses disturbing anti-democratic trends over the last two decades and the forces at work in the stunning decline in democracies as autocrats gain and consolidate power around the world. She also covers why the US has fallen so low, the January 6 Capitol Insurrection, new voter suppression laws, book bans, and more. Also today: the spike in gas prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is increasing Americans’ interest in electric vehicles, including at the US Postal Service.

https://bradblog.com/?cat=675

EARTH RIOT RADIO: Sex, Lies and Glyphosate (00:29:00)

The green spaces are supposed to be an escape to the natural world — away from the physical environment of lies that pervades our life. But the emissaries from Consumer World, unconsciously high from the 10,000 adverts that hit them daily. 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: Do Us A Favor Though (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: “Do Us A Favor Though.” This week the former president will give weapons to Ukraine if they do something for him.

https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/4mvmk6

ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 3/25/22 (00:57:33)

Part 1:
Serial entrepreneur Harvey Kronberg publishes two online news services, Quorum Report and the Texas Energy Report. We discuss how Texas politics work. Unfortunately, other states often follow Texas lead. We talk about the recent primary for Texas offices, and the effects of having Beto O’Rourke enter the race. Dan Patrick is weaker, Gov. Abbott is weaker. The lawsuit filed by Kelsey Warner has brought O’Rourke publicity, and has opened Abbott to discovery procedure.
Part 2:
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. Alex Sammon a staff writer at The American Prospect. He’s a former columnist and feature writer for the New Republic and former contributing politics writer at Pacific Standard. His work has also appeared in n+1, Wired, and Mother Jones. We discuss Sec. Albright, who has died. She was an example of recent diversity of government officials. We also discuss the current SCOTUS hearings for Judge Brown Jackson, as a candidate. These have amply demonstrated the racism of the Republicans, in the questions they have asked, and the manner in which they have behaved toward Judge Jackson. It seems that now that they have everything they wanted in government, they are giddy with their power. It is time for the Democrats to tell the truth as relentlessly as the Republicans lie.

https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html

BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS (00:59:00)

American Law and Government Are Under Attack by the Radical Right in Concert With Our Right Wing Supreme Court | Assessing U.S. Evidence of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine | In Stressing Steps He Will Not Take in Ukraine, Has Biden Emboldened Putin?

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: How Preparing for Death & Dying Makes Our Lives and the World Better (00:59:00)

Anne-Marie Keppel is a death doula who uses ancient and modern practices to help her clients create a comfortable environment to die in as well as helping them and their loved ones navigate the dying process, whether at home or not. As well as dealing with all the formal logistics during the dying process and after death. She is also the author of DEATH NESTING: Ancient & Modern Death Doula Techniques, Mindfulness Practices and Herbal Care. In this candid and insightful interview / conversation we talk about the importance of and how to prepare for dying and death in a healthy and empowered way, for our loved ones and for ourselves. And how this can contribute to making this a better world while we are alive.

http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=224453&nav=&

LAW AND DISORDER: Russia, Deescalation And Nuclear Disarmament (00:58:00)

If the U.S. nuclear policy doesn’t change immediately and rapidly we are in a lot of trouble. Seventy-seven years ago, the United States became the first, and so far the only, country to use nuclear bombs when we destroyed the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and then Nagasaki to frighten the Russians and secure an immediate and unconditional surrender of Japan in World War II. The dropping of these bombs was the first move against Russia that would devolve two years later in 1947 into the Cold War. The threat of nuclear war has never eased and it is now imminent with the fighting in the Ukraine which could draw the U.S. and NATO into a direct conflict with Russia. We are now in a new stage of this war. It has become hot and so perilous it threatens all of humanity, all of earths creatures, with annihilation. Any mistake, any miscalculation would quickly and irretrievably doom us all. This almost happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis where nuclear war was avoided, according to scholars, by luck and decent leadership. What has been the history of attempts to contain and roll back the threat of nuclear war? What has been tried and what is failed? What will it take to get the nine countries who possess nuclear weapons to give them up? The Veterans for Peace organization spelled it out clearly. There should be a no first use policy and nuclear missiles must be taken off hair trigger alert. The United States should rejoin the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, from which George W. Bush and Donald Trump withdrew, respectively. The U.S. should sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Our country should initiate negotiations to reduce and eventually eliminate all nuclear weapons, as required by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which the U.S. is a party. To start, there must be a cease-fire in the Ukraine, the withdrawal of Russian forces, and guarantees of Ukrainian sovereignty and Russian security. Guest ” Peter Kuznick is a professor of history at American University and directs the Nuclear Studies Program. at that institution. Peter and Oliver Stone wrote The Untold History of the United States and also produced a showtime documentary series based on the book.
World Peace Through Law: Replacing War with the Global Rule Of Law
In 1945, following World War I and World War II, wars that claimed millions of lives, the nations of the world enacted the United Nations Charter to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. The Charter prohibits the use of military force except in self-defense after an armed attack by another state or when the Security Council approves it. The five victors of World War II, who became the permanent members of the Security Council, agreed to the Charter because they each received a veto over matters of war and peace. The United States is a party to the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Nevertheless, it continues to violate the provision of that treaty that requires the parties to move toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. Although he won the Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obamas administration advanced a policy, which Donald Trump and Joe Biden continued, to develop leaner and meaner nuclear weapons. The proposed U.S. budget calls for nearly $2 trillion over the next 30 years to build two new bomb factories, missiles, planes, submarines and redesigned warheads. In spite of the UN Charter and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, we are now facing the most dangerous threat of nuclear war in the last 60 years.
Guest – James Ranney is a retired Adjunct Professor at Widener Law School, co-founder of the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center, a legal consultant to the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and a board member of the Project for Nuclear Awareness. Professor Ranney has written a book called World Peace Through Law: Replacing War with the Global Rule of Law. In this book, he calls for arms reduction, including the abolition of nuclear weapons, and global alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, with enforcement mechanisms.

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THE BRADCAST 3/24/22 (00:58:00)

On today’s ‘BradCast’: Weekly jobless claims have hit the lowest level since 1969, but did you hear about it? Likely not, as the corporate media is still failing to cover positive news on Biden’s booming economy, which may explain why Biden’s overall approval ratings remain low despite the vast majority of Americans supporting his response to Russia’s war on Ukraine. A group of Georgia voters are contesting the eligibility of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to run for re-election in a new legal challenge brought by government accountability group Free Speech For People, based on the 14th Amendment prohibition against anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding federal office. Far-right Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) has been un-endorsed by Donald Trump after urging Trump’s MAGA mob to accept the 2020 election results. Brooks says Trump continues to ask him to remove Biden from office, which may also qualify as sedition. The US Supreme Court remains silent on the condition and whereabouts of Justice Clarence Thomas one week after reporting his hospitalization. Washington Post reports that Justice Thomas’ wife, corrupt far-right activist Ginni Thomas, exchanged dozens of bonkers text messages with Trump’s White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, urging him to find ways to overturn the results of the 2020 election, even as her husband was ruling on lawsuits seeking to overturn the election. Justice Thomas was the sole vote against releasing Trump’s White House documents to the House Jan. 6 Committee investigation. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’

https://bradblog.com/?cat=675

KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: What It Took To Win; Maybe it Still Does (00:58:59)

America today is not the America of the past. But in his new book What it Took to Win, author and history professor Michael Kazin, there is a thread that still works. Among the varied demographics, people want the government to work for them. Today’s right plays on a sense that it works for those people, not us. This fear of insecurity has fed the right wing culture war. Americans are against corporate greed; but can there be social movements which make it safe for politicians to say that? Kazin says there can be and that thread is what he calls Moral Capitalism.

http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/

Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 3/26/22 (00:59:30)

Segment One
We begin with Kathryn Joyce, an investigative reporter at Salon, and the author of the book two books: “The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption” and “Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement. Ms. Jones discusses her latest project, a three-part series about Hillsdale Christian College who has as its goal the dismantling of public education in the US. Many of its graduates are at the Heritage Foundation, and were in the Trump administration, part of its 1776 Commission with the goal of pushing charter schools, heavy on western civilization. This is a coordinated movement across the US to siphon money from public education, to dominate US education, in order to win the country back by using teaching as our weapon.
Segment Two:
Next we catch up with Henry Grabar of Slate (dot) com. The talk of the town, Gas Tax Holidays. We talk about the pitfalls of these holidays as they’re not a good or effective way to use gasoline responsibly. The top quintile of US drivers spend 3 times as much as lower income brackets. Giving them a gas tax holiday will not help. Gas tax is useful, and pays for infrastructure items, such as roads. High gas taxes will encourage sustainable alternatives. Instead, using a child credit/gas tax would be more effective.

https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html

GROWING GREENER: Garden Healthy With GardenFit (00:29:00)

Gardening can be a prime source of aches and pains, from a bad back to tendonitis. Now GardenFit, the new public television series, combines inspiring visits to extraordinary gardens with professional advice on how to keep your gardening healthy. Join hosts Madeline Hooper and Jeff Hughes in their project to make your gardening more rewarding horticulturally and physically.

https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/

TUC RADIO: The Role of NATO in War and Peace in Ukraine: Noam Chomsky & John Mearsheimer (00:29:00)

On January 10, 2022, the author, linguist, and historian Noam Chomsky addressed the question: Was Ukraine invited to become part of NATO – and who did the inviting and when. Chomsky speaks on the risk of Europe being subordinated to US NATO politics. After a lifetime teaching at MIT Chomsky is now Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona; and still active as philosopher, historian, and author. On March 3, 2022, John Mearsheimer spoke on the topic of Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine. NATO membership VS neutrality has become the most contested factor in the attempts to bring peace to Ukraine. However, the history of the founding and subsequent expansion of NATO is redacted or unknown.

https://tucradio.org/

THE BOPST SHOW Blasting Disco Down Below (00:55:33)

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Guillermo Buitrago, Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra, Mike Sammes Singers, Electric Tickle Machine, E.T. Mensah & His Tempos Band, TC & Company, Ivy & The Teachers, Mighty Sparrow, Mel Henke, Hazy Osterwald, The Safaris, Dandy Livingstone, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Steel Drummers of Trinidad, Dead Kennedys, Thurl Ravenscroft, Edgar Alan & The Po’ Boys, and Christine Lebail.

podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst

RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #420 (00:58:00)

Ralph welcomes nuclear weapons expert, MIT professor Theodore Postol, to give us his insights into the possibility and the ultimate consequences of Vladimir Putin employing tactical nuclear weapons in the Russian conflict with Ukraine. And our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, weighs in on the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Plus, Ralph answers your questions about the latest Boeing crash and money in politics.

FRIDAY 03.25.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday March 25, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

JUST SOLUTIONS: Abortion Rights Under Attack (00:29:00)

Access to abortion is declining in an increasing number of states. The Texas Supreme Court has now effectively shut down a federal challenge to the states ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. It’s the most restrictive abortion law in the country and other states are following suit. Florida’s legislature passed a bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and in Kentucky, the state House has voted to pass new restrictions that could effectively shut down clinics in the state. Our guest today is Amanda Allen, Senior Counsel and Director with the Lawyering Project, one of the organizations that have been challenging the Texas abortion ban in the courts.

COUNTERSPIN: White Supremacy vs. Democracy (00:28:00)

What do we want? Multiracial democracy. When do we want it? Now. What stands in the way? White supremacy that has disregarded, derailed and violently defied that democracy at multiple turns. Those anguished over the Rittenhouse acquittal, depressed by racist police brutality, unnerved by the failure to take seriously the January 6 insurrection, and worried about systemic predations on voting rights are sometimes led to say: “This isn’t America!” If you attend to actual US history (importantly different from what you might’ve read in your history textbook, or what you might someday be allowed to read in your history textbook), you will understand that this is America. But that still doesn’t mean it has to be. This can be a turning point, if more of us understand that history isn’t something that happens to us, but something we DO.

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why Don’t Progressives Get That Seizing the Democratic Party is Our Best Chance to Power? (00:58:00)

In America, there is only one way for us to accomplish the progressive goals we’ve fought for all these years, and that’s through getting inside and seizing control of the Democratic Party. DeSantis eyes special session to target Florida’s Black-held congressional seats. The Republican governor running for reelection in November threatens to call back the Florida legislature.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

TIME with FRED (8pm only) (00:00:00)

THE TAXCAST: Butler Britain (00:32:53)

With Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, even the most hardcore let the planet burn believers can no longer deny that fossil fuel dependency is a national and an international security issue. We know the resource curse goes hand in hand with corruption. Is this a time like no other for the world to finally see that the key to it all is tackling financial secrecy?

https://www.thetaxcast.com/tag/ukraine/

SEA CHANGE RADIO: A Basket Case Study of Oil (00:29:00)

America loves to blame the President when gas prices but the fact is the U.S. President has very little control over the price we pay at the pump. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to oil expert Daniel Dicker to discuss the politicization of gas prices, how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is rattling global prices and, in a very useful lesson on the complex world of commodities, we learn how oil markets are not that dissimilar from buying hand-woven baskets in a Turkish bazaar.

https://www.cchange.net/

THE BOPST SHOW Blasting Disco Down Below (00:55:33)

podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst

DAVID

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/25/22 (00:56:18)

On the Show: MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell has another outburst when being interviewed by Steve Bannon, claiming that he has a way to essentially halt the 2022 and 2024 election Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene lies that the Biden administration is “paying off” TikTok influencers.

Caller discusses Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Caller talks about right-wing extremists. Caller suspects the Russian invasion of Ukraine provides an excuse for Joe Biden to do nothing domestically. Caller discusses Germany’s commitment to spend more money on the military. Caller asks about Joe Biden’s accomplishments so far. Caller wants to know how to speak to a Trump-supporting family member. Caller wonders if better health care in blue states will help Democrats. Caller questions how long Donald Trump supporters want Trump to be president. David responds to messages from the audience.

THURSDAY 03.24.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 24, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

RADIO ECOSHOCK: Oil Terrorism In Turbulent Times (00:58:00)

News from Extinction Rebellion, Ukraine. Journalist David Beers exposes darker myths behind Elon Musk. From Oil Change International, Lorne Stockman covers the risks & alternatives to fossil power – in machines and geo-politics.

https://www.ecoshock.org/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Psychoanalyst Reveals What Putin Will Do When Cornered (00:57:59)

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing proves all that the sold-out GOP has left is performance art. When will Republican voters figure this out? With right wingers believing Biden is illegitimate, when will Republican voters wake up? People who consider themselves the victim are generally the perpetrators who victimize others. Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science-George Washington University Dr. Justin A. Frank reveals what Putin will do when cornered. Geeky Science! Will rubies and sapphires be raining down on Earth?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

LOPATE AT LARGE: A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain (00:52:47)

In A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain, author, and neurologist Sara Manning Peskin examines extraordinary stories of the brain under siege. Sara Manning Peskin is an assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Join us, when Peskin covers the four main groups of molecules she reports have the power to sabotage our brains; and labels them as mutants, rebels, evaders, and invaders on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.

https://leonardlopateatlarge.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch. 6 “Comparisons Are Odious” (00:24:28)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION: Here’s Our Plan and We Don’t Know (00:35:46)

Renowned quantum physicist Richard Feynman once wrote, “It is our capacity to doubt that will determine the future of civilization.” In that spirit, this episode is a little different – because we’re talking openly about our doubts, with you, our listeners. It’s also different because it’s hosted by our Executive Producer Stephanie Lepp, with Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin in the hot seats. How have we evolved our understanding of our social media predicament? How has that evolution inspired us to question the work we do at Center for Humane Technology? Join us as we say those three magic words — I don’t know — and yet pursue our mission to the best of our ability.

https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/46-heres-our-plan-and-we-dont-know

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/24/22 (00:56:58)

On the Show: Daniel Pink, author of multiple New York Times bestsellers including most recently “The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward,” joins David to discuss regret and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3uqJCN7 Republican Senator Ted Cruz’ bizarre line of questioning during Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson included Cruz asking whether he could choose to be an Asian man for an hour. The prosecutor who recently resigned from the Trump criminal investigation, Mark Pomerantz, states that he believes Trump was “guilty of numerous felonies”…”beyond a reasonable doubt.” Former Donald Trump adviser Larry Kudlow says that Joe Biden doesn’t criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is a complete and total lie. Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon is still saying that states can and may soon “decertify” their 2020 election results, despite this not being a real mechanism available to states. A combination of recent studies confirm that, on average, Donald Trump’s supporters are not very smart, and we discuss the implications. Lead singer of the band “Staind,” Aaron Lewis, devolves into an unhinged conspiratorial rant during a recent performance. Voicemail caller crushes David, then realizes the message was meant for someone else and called back to apologize.

WEDNESDAY 03.23.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 23, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

PATIENTS COME FIRST: Sheryl Garland (00:13:28)

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Sheryl Garland, Chief Health Impact Officer at VCU Health, for a conversation about the work of the VCU Office of Health Equity and much more. Let me know if you need anything! Hope all is well.

TED TALK: How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day – Tristan Harris (00:17:00)

A handful of people working at a handful of tech companies steer the thoughts of billions of people every day, says design thinker Tristan Harris. From Facebook notifications to Snapstreaks to YouTube autoplays, they’re all competing for one thing: your attention. Harris shares how these companies prey on our psychology for their own profit and calls for a design renaissance in which our tech instead encourages us to live out the timeline we want. Check out more TED talks: http://www.ted.com

THIS WAY OUT #1773: Trans Turmoil in Texas and more global LGBTQ news! (00:29:00)

Texas terrorizes families of trans kids with abuse probes; the U.K. Privy Council upholds Bermuda and Caymans marriage equality bans, Kosovo’s Parliament is uncivil on a partnership proposal, Guatemala’s Congress kills a horrific anti-LGBTQ and abortion bill, Russia’s detention of the WNBAs Griner goes into overtime, Don’t Say Gay loses in a major U.S. opinion poll, Disney workers protest the Mouses bond with Republican rats, and New York students say gay international solidarity! Those stories ” and more this week ” when you discover “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.

https://www.thiswayout.org/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour (00:57:58)

Most of the countries of Europe & Asia (Australia, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan) have laws in place that guarantee a healthy middle class. Poverty, like in America, doesn’t haunt their dreams. Could it be that the GOPers don’t like Judge Jackson because she was a public defender? Crazy Alert! – Dog gets dumped at shelter for being “gay” – WHAT?! Senior Campaigner for Oil Change International & Oil Change U.S. Collin Rees warns that wealthy countries have 12 years to end oil & gas production. However, none have plans to do it! Colorado pro-Trump groups are sending armed members door to door to intimidate voters.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #148 In Pursuit of Jefferson with Derek Baxter (00:58:59)

Clay Jenkinson welcomes Derek Baxter to discuss his recently published book, In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father. To write the book, Baxter spent eight years doing research and traveling to sites in Europe that Jefferson visited.

https://jeffersonhour.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch.5 “A Unique History” (00:30:10)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

MAKING CONTACT: Generation Putin, Ten Years Later (00:29:00)

This week Jessica Partnow offers a look at the state of Russian youth activism from 2012 to today. She revisits her reporting from Ukraine and Russia and speaks with the people in those stories against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. First, she shares the story of re-connecting with her childhood pen pal Sasha, a Ukrainian boy who witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union and is now fighting to protect his country from the Russian invasion, through the eyes of his sister Anna who now lives in the US and is desperately trying to stay connected with her Ukrainian family and friends under siege. Later, we meet Vassily, a Muscovite who has always been proud of his country but is now grappling with a grim view of its future.

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/23/22 (00:55:27)

On the Show: By any objective measure, Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is eminently qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee asks Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about whether babies are racist, how religious she is, what her religion is, whether there are differences between men and women, and what the definition is for the word “woman.” Republican Senator Mike Braun says he would be okay leaving the legality of interracial marriage to states to ban if they so choose, and then walks it back shortly thereafter. Donald Trump gives a bizarre interview to Fox’s Stuart Varney during which he talks about the “n-word,” is asked about policy which goes horribly wrong, and tells numerous lies. Donald Trump reportedly asked right wing musician Kid Rock for foreign policy advice, and his opinion on political tweets. Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is hilariously under investigation for voter fraud. An argument and almost a physical fight break out at an Ohio Republican Senate primary debate between candidates Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons. Actual doctor Karen Berg explains how things work to anti-abortion Republicans in Kentucky. Voicemail caller York explodes in racist tirade against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

TUESDAY 03.22.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 22, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

THE POSITIVE MIND: Hidden Wounds of the Enneagram, Part 2 (00:057:57)

Hosts continue the journey through the points of the Enneagram finishing the Heart Triad with Type 4 (the Artist) and continuing with The Mind Triad Type 5 (the Investigator), Type 6 (the Loyalist), and Type 7 (the Enthusiast) to validate how children adopt behaviors to manage fear and insecurity in very different ways. Recognizing the type of person you have become or are in relationship with gives you the opportunity to relate to yourself and others with compassion and empathy.

http://thepositivemind.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is America Facing the Doom Loop of Democracy? (00:58:00)

Some democracies fall apart because of invasion by a neighbor, terrorism, or a natural disaster, but most are being taken down by their own greedy oligarchs. The “Unthinkable” is Happening & Scientists are Shocked as Polar Temperatures Soar 50 to 90 Degrees Above Normal. Finland Confronts America for it’s Role in Putin’s Invasion Will the Hague Bring Putin to Account for His War Crimes? War in Ukraine: Gordon Brown backs Nuremberg-style trial for Putin. The Hague Tribunal: What will Russia be tried for and how?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Parasites (00:58:00)

This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about parasites. What makes a creature a parasite, and how do parasites find their hosts? Parasitologists Dr. Matt Bolek, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University, and Dr. Sarah Bush, Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah join our Kids Crew for a lively discussion. Explore different types of parasites, including the dreaded and dangerous Guinea Fire Worm. Are viruses parasites, and are viruses even living organisms or are they just a collection of chemicals? We plunge into this controversy and more with the Kids Crew. Mixed with great music, discover more than you ever knew about parasites with us this week!

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch.4 “Our Venture” (00:26:24)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

PEACE TALKS RADIO: Finding Peace, Sustaining Peace (00:29:00)

On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we talk with Noga Harpaz, an Israeli, and Raed al-Hadar, a Palestinian, who are part of Combatants for Peace. The group is committed to nonviolence and was launched in 2006 by former combatants who believe the cycle of violence can only stop when Israelis and Palestinians join forces. Also, Peter T. Coleman, a psychologist with the Teachers College at Columbia University and director of the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation & Conflict Resolution. He and his team are studying peaceful societies in a quest to understand how peace is sustained.

https://exchange.prx.org/series/15918-peace-talks-radio-weekly-hour-long-episodes

TUESDAY 02.22.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday February 22, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

THE POSITIVE MIND: Hygge: The Danish Art of Feeling Good (00:58:00)

Hosts talk about the Danish word “Hygge,” which is a way of creating comfort and ease in your life. It is amazing how many ways we can create more comfort and ease in our daily rituals, from how we wake up in the morning, to how we live our day, to how we go to sleep. In the winter season, there are so many ways to add pleasure to our lives, like wearing cozy wool socks, to making a cup of hot apple cider or hot chocolate. For the Danish, Hygge is a way of life, which explains why they are one of the happiest countries in the world.

http://thepositivemind.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What’s the right response to Putin? (00:58:00)

As Putin makes his move in Ukraine, what is the right response? Is it time to shoot the crippling sanction threat? Callers respond. Debate!! Conservative pundit Julio Rivera Vs Thom – What’s Wrong With a “No Fly” List for Dangerous Passengers?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Musical Black History (00:58:00)

This time on The Children’s Hour we explore black history through music. We’ve put together a special playlist of songs to educate about a few of the people who made significant contributions to technology, culture, and the quest for justice and equality. Sing-along with us while we hear about black people in STEM, film, music, and more. We’ll learn about Harriet Tubman, what was meant in her message to “follow the drinking gourd.” We honor Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., heroes of the American Civil Rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s.
The Children’s Corner has a book review for us on the autobiographical story, Ruby Bridges, This is Your Time.
Get ready to dance and learn with us on The Children’s Hour’s Musical Black History special.

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 1 (00:25:56)
A classic work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological treatments in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

OUR EARNEST STRUGGLE: Rochester’s Frederick Douglass Monument and the Battle Over Public Memory (00:30:00)

Rochester, New York is home to the first ever civic monument to honor an African American: the 1899 statue of Frederick Douglass. The famed abolitionist called Rochester home for 25 years. But beneath the surface of the often told story of Douglass’s time in Rochester lie hidden histories… of the hotel waiter who made the monument a reality, of the racism Douglass’s family endured in Rochester…The past is a battleground, and what we choose to remember (or forget) shapes our future.

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 2/22/22 (00:54:17)

On the Show: Vladimir Putin’s Russia invades Ukraine shortly after recognizing the “independence” of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the basis of pro-Russian separatists being there. Fox News quickly attempts to blame Joe Biden for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an effort that is foiled by some of Fox News’ own reporters. Former Democratic Presidential Candidate and former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard goes so overboard on Fox News with her pro-Russian propaganda that even Sean Hannity has to slow her down. Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson sides with Vladimir Putin literally as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is starting. Fox News host Neil Cavuto calls out his own audience for their anti-vaccine sentiment after returning from the COVID ICU hospitalization to host his show. Donald Trump faces a “five year felony” according to Glenn Kirschner over his theft of classified documents. Former Democratic Presidential Candidate and former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard will speak at the radical right-wing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this weekend. Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene insists that she is not crazy. The Eggman calls in to ask about the updated pronunciation of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city.

MONDAY 03.21.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 21, 2022

WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #145: Emotional Resiliency (00:29:05)

Increasingly there is a growing awareness that the world is in crisis. Four years of Trump, two years of Covid, the outbreak of war in Europe… people are reaching an emotional breaking point. Well clearly the sad reality is that difficult and troubling things happen in each of our lives. But how do some seem to deal with this stress better than others? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of how to create emotional resiliency in your life.

https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/

ECONOMIC UPDATE: Ukraine, Race and Class (00:29:00)

This week’s show on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff talks about the emerging new world order, Ukraine and inflation, and the economics of sanctions. On the second half of the show, Wolff is joined by Prof. Adolph Reed, Jr. to discuss race, class and the US left.

https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Could Putin Be Failing Because of a Lack of Democracy? (00:057:58)

Sinclair Lewis was wrong. It happened there, and it can also happen here. Is Putin celebrating with a North Korean style rally or a Trump styled rally? Or both? Roger Stone has a plan to put Trump back in the White House without being Elected! Trekkie Alert! Stacey Abrams appears in the new Star Trek series as president of Earth! Great Minds Conversation: Civil & Human Rights Activist Joe Madison describes his new book, Radio Active: A Memoir of Advocacy in Action, On the Air and In the Streets.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

RADIO ART HOUR: Short Waves / Long Distance pt. 2 (00:58:00)

https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/4mvmk6

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch. 3 “A Peculiar Imprisonment” (00:27:23)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

WINGS #49-21 Food Sovereignty (00:28:50)

The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of “productivity” at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability, loss of biodiversity, and local loss of control. The Green Foundation based in Karnataka state started by encouraging local seed-saving and has built a network of women farmers who also process their own crops locally – a growing trend in opposition to multinational corporate ag. Featured Speakers/Guests: Singer and farmer: Jayamma, from Therubeedi village near Bangalore; Vanaja Ramprasad, founder, Green Foundation; Sumathi, a longtime organic farmer who heads the Maruthi Oil Press Group in the village of Maralwadi; VijayaKumari and Sarvamangala from the Mahadeshwara Seed Producers Group.

http://www.wings.org/

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/21/22 (00:54:54)

On the Show: A “themed show” on Critical Race Theory, what it is, what it’s not, and why the right-wing claims to be so against it. Despite being absolutely furious about Critical Race Theory, it appears many right-wingers have absolutely no idea what it is. In a clip emblematic of the fabricated culture wars in the US today, a man interviewed by The Good Liars says that Critical Race Theory is the most important issue in the Virginia election, but has no idea what Critical Race Theory is. Audience Question: Is critical race theory “dangerous?” Newsmax invites radical right wing radio host Michael Savage for an interview during which he claims teaching critical race theory is equivalent to the Holocaust. An absolutely terrible Critical Race Theory protest in Ashburn, Virginia goes embarrassingly wrong. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, goes on an instantly-viral rant about studying Critical Race Theory in the military. Texas school official Gina Peddy is caught on an audio recording saying that lessons about the Holocaust should include “opposing” views. Audience Question: Why do Republicans talk about culture war issues and not actual policy?

SUNDAY 03.20.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 3/18/22: Nicole Sandler with Elie Mystal (00:58:25)

Guest host Nicole Sandler speaks with Elie Mystal, Justice Correspondent for The Nation, and author of the new book, Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution. She also shares the st ory of her new friendship with a woman from Kyiv, Ukraine, with whom she’s been corresponding for the past three weeks as Russia has been waging war on her country.

https://bradblog.com/?cat=675

EARTH RIOT RADIO: The Naked Environmentalist (00:29:00)

Follow this message and find out where it goes. The words are: You are being poisoned. Mass death is accelerating from putting carbon in the atmosphere. You can no longer live your life as planned. 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: Russian Dressing (00:28:00)

This week: “Russian Dressing.” This week the Russians are getting gussied up for their victory parade.

https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/93bbe3

ATITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 3/18/22 (00:00:00)

Part 1:
Joe Jowarski, candidate for TX attorney general, talks with us about the problems in Texas that he hopes to help solve. There is a culture war in Texas, and in the US. Texas is a one-party state, with mismanagement and cronyism. Mail in ballots have been discarded in the last primary election. This is particularly problematic for older voters, who tend to use mail in ballots more. The Texas National Guard mobilized by Governor Abbott has been found to be acting as private security for wealthy Texans. Rural hospitals are closing. Texas is no longer business-friendly. The bullying behavior of AG Paxton is obvious. Schools are now political battlegrounds..
Part 2:
Robert Hockett teaches legal, financial and some philosophical subjects at Cornell University in New York, where he is the Edward Cornell Professor of Law and a Professor of Public Policy. He is also Senior Counsel at Westwood Capital, a socially responsible investment bank in midtown Manhattan, and a Fellow of The Century Foundation.
Bill Curry, is a lawyer, former two time nominee for gov of CT, was Counselor to the President and served as domestic strategist in the Clinton White House from February 21, 1995 until January 20, 1997 and served as the head of Freeze Voter, a nuclear freeze group. We discuss Zelenskyy’s speech before the US Congress, which was very impressive. It is obvious that the battle in Ukraine is a battle for democracy as a whole, not just the country alone. This is a struggle against a war of naked aggression, launched by a despot. Going forward, it will be important to defend democratic values explicitly.

https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html

GROUNDSWELL: Long Time Veterans (00:57:36)

This episode of Groundswell covers a wide range of military and life experience. As is true of most of those who’ve been in battle, these men believe military force should be the last resort in any conflict. Nobody walks away from combat unchanged.

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Telling Our Stories – Race & Place in a Culture of White Supremacy pt. 2 (00:59:00)

This is Part 2 of The Telling Our Stories Project with Herukhuti Sharif Williams, featuring four more stories of race and place, and the challenges of being a person of color in our white dominated culture.

http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=224059&nav=&

DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW (00:58:33)

Solomiia Bobrovska is a Member of Ukraine’s Parliament, the Secretary of Committee on Foreign Affairs and Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to NATO as well as former Acting Governor of Odesa Region. Do not miss this important interview. We also start the program with an interview with Dale Buckner, CEO of Global Guardian. Private security forces like Global Guardian are actively in Ukraine and helping out in their own ways live in the warzone. Don’t miss this episode!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658

SATURDAY 03.19.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 3/17/22 (00:00:00)

On today’s ‘BradCast’: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a dark and ominous warning to Russian citizens who dare to voice criticism of his horrific, escalating invasion of Ukraine. Kremlin experts say Putin is becoming more erratic and unpredictable as his war against Ukraine bogs down and Western sanctions pummel the Russian economy. Ukraine cut off another pressure point from Russia by fully connecting to the European Union electric grid. But the European Union remains heavily dependent on Russian fossil fuel imports, which in turn fund much of Russia’s economy and its war machine. Environmental author, journalist and activist BILL MCKIBBEN, founder of Third Act.org and publisher of ‘The Crucial Years’ newsletter, has an ingenious solution that helps fight fascism and climate change, while adding jobs, beefing up U.S. manufacturing and securing Europe. McKibben discusses his proposal, which is gaining steam among Democratic policymakers, to replace tens of millions of Europe’s fossil fuel-burning furnaces and gas boilers with new, next-generation electric heat pump technology made in America. McKibben explains the win-win-win concept: how cutting Europe’s fossil fuel dependence permanently undermines Putin’s ability to use energy as a weapon, how President Biden can use executive authority and create jobs by ramping up US manufacturing and a domestic supply chain for heat pumps, help the U.S. and the E.U. meet climate targets, reduce fossil fuel pollution, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’

KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: New Cold War Same As The Old One (00:59:02)

A dangerous addiction to war is a result of what our guest retired Lt Col. William Astore calls victory disease. He actually served at the nuclear trigger under 2000 feet of granite. Reagan fired up the desire for conquest, but what the real new morning in America we need now is to be a normal country in normal times. Astore worries that our re-awakened cold war attitude is a serious threat to democracy at home. Peace is a frightening threat to the military-industrial-congressional complex. And for those who think peace is only for dreamy liberals, remember Trumps 2016 message of ending foreign entanglements resonated for a win.

http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/

Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 3/19/22 (00:59:30)

Segment One
We begin with Harvey Wasserman, a co-author of Killing Our Own: The Disaster of Americas Experience with Atomic Energy, the author of Solartopia and the soon-to-be released Peoples Spiral of U.S. History. He also edits nuke free. We discuss the state of the atomic power plants in Ukraine. There are 15 nuclear reactors in Ukraine, that provide 50% of the electrical power to the country. They are vulnerable, and two have already been overrun by the Russian army. Russian troops were in fact marched through the dead zone of Chernobyl, with no special shielding or care. We can consider the power plants in Ukraine as Putin bombs since they are in effect pre-deployed weapons of a mass apocalypse, nuclear threats that need no additional delivery to be destructive, and threaten all of Europe. The US has 93 nuclear power plants, all of which could be replaced by wind, solar batteries, and efficiency in a relatively short time frame, at much cheaper cost. In west Texas, where wind energy is abundantly available, it is too cheap to meter.
Segment Two:
Next we catch up with Robert Hockett and Bill Curry. Robert is the Senior Counsel at Westwood Capital, a socially responsible investment bank in midtown Manhattan, and a Fellow of The Century Foundation. Bill Curry, is a lawyer, former two time nominee for gov of CT, and former Counselor to the President Clinton. We discuss Zelensky’s speech before the US Congress, which was very impressive. It is obvious that the battle in Ukraine is a battle for democracy as a whole, not just the country alone. This is a struggle against a war of naked aggression, launched by a despot. Going forward, it will be important to defend democratic values explicitly.

https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html

GROWING GREENER (00:29:00)

Jeanine Scheffert, co-chair of the Community Seed Network details the ways in which her organization can help gardeners to achieve success in seed saving and sharing and join a community of like-minded gardeners.

https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/

TUC RADIO: War Profiteers are Fueling the Crisis in Ukraine (00:29:00)

On March 4, 2022, Marc Steiner talked with Chris Hedges about the path that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and about the corporations that benefit from the expansion of NATO and the current war. The five largest weapons makers are all American. In first place Lockheed Martin – followed by Raytheon Technologies, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics. Chris Hedges is the former Middle East bureau chief of The New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a columnist at ScheerPost. Marc Steiner came from FM Radio beginning in 1993. In 2018 he started The Marc Steiner Show on The Real News Network – where he also works as a host and an author.
My thanks go out to Chris Hedges, Marc Steiner and The Real News Network, TRNN. Please go to their respective websites for more information – including the printed transcript of this conversation – and please find a way to support them and publicize their work. therealnews.com; and therealnews.com/?s=marc+steiner
And scheerpost.com

https://tucradio.org/

THE BOPST SHOW The Devil’s Fish Law (00:56:20)

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 music by Japanese artist Yama Warashi, Australian beat pop duo Bobby & Laurie, the London-based experimental post-punk of Bas Jan as well as Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, Texan singer-songwriter Molly Burch and many others outside mainstream consciousness.

podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst

ALAN WATTS: Relief of Anxiety (00:05:08)

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.

RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #419 (00:59:00)

Ralph invites his old friend, The Black Eagle activist and radio host Joe Madison, to discuss the hunger strike he endured to advocate for the recent voting rights bill and what the Democrats need to do to finally get the job done. Then, Richard Winger, publisher of Ballot Access News updates us on the fight to get break the stranglehold the two major parties have on our elections by restricting access to a candidate’s ability to get on a ballot. Plus, Ralph answers a listener question.

FRIDAY 03.18.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday March 18, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND: Sylvia Clute on Creating Unitive Communities (00:27:34)

Destroying the school to prison pipeline is crucial. Unitive Justice has the potential to break it. Listen to Sylvia Clute tell how to implement that power.

JUST SOLUTIONS: Media Coverage of War (00:29:00)

How is the corporate media covering the war in Ukraine? The hypocrisy of coverage of this war compared to other wars is being laid bare. In contrast to the coverage of civilian casualties in Ukraine, there has been scant coverage of civilian death when it was the U.S. military launching the invasions. Our guest today is author and media critic Jeff Cohen, founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, founder of the media watch group FAIR. His recent article in Common Dreams examines how major American media outlets oppose military aggression… unless the United States is doing it.

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What About the Zelenskyys Proposal to Protect Democracies Around the World? (00:57:59)

Zelenskyy’s proposal is an important conversation to engage, and the American press, by ignoring it, does a disservice to the cause of world peace. Is Putin taking lessons from Tucker or is it the other way around? In Good News – Denver has sent mental health teams instead of cops over 2000 times. No police back-up needed. Ever! What Should America Do about the Pro-Russian Trolls and Tik Tok War?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

TIME with FRED (8pm only): Denise Wester (00:36:39)

How did she survive feeling adequate, a divorce, bankruptcy, a car accident, being on welfare, multiple lay-offs to finding fulfillment in life? Listen to this episode of the TIME with Fred podcast as my special guest, Denis Wester shares lessons that will inspire you. To learn more about Denise, visit www.denisewester.com.

SEA CHANGE RADIO: Adam Sobel: A Climate Science Midlife Crisis (00:29:00)

Imagine you go to graduate school for a bunch of years, conscientiously studying the nuanced interactions of the variables that underlie the globe’s climate. Then, as you publish findings that demonstrate what’s happening to our planet, you hear your work debated and unheeded by legislators across the country who couldn’t tell a stratospheric temperature profile from a hole in the wall. This week on Sea Change Radio we speak with climate scientist, Adam Sobel, a professor at Columbia University, to get a glimpse into the mind of a climate scientist. We learn about the difference between climate adaptation and climate mitigation, talk about extreme weather events in the context of climate change, and look at ways the science community can fight back against political hemming and hawing.

https://www.cchange.net/

COOL SOLUTIONS: Old Doctors Take On New Patient: The Climate (00:28:00)

Bill McKibben launches new climate group for seniors. Doctors devoting their retirement years to climate work talk about what motivates them and how they found their place in the movement. Their activities range from registering low income patients to vote to getting arrested over pipelines. Bill McKibben introduces Third Act, a new climate organization for seniors and explains why this demographic is key to climate action.

https://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Cool+Solutions

THE BOPST SHOW The Devil’s Fish Law (00:00:00)

podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/18/22 (00:56:20)

On the Show: Donald Trump and his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn have both called for violence in the last week, but the corporate media is not paying it any attention. Republican Missouri State Senator Elaine Gannon asks 14-year old transgender girl Avery Jackson about her genitals. Caller asks what the most likely outcome of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is. Caller wonders if performers and actors make successful politicians.

Caller questions how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect NATO and the European Union. Caller wonders why only some conflicts get international attention. Caller discusses Occam’s Razor. Caller wonders how the Russian invasion of Ukraine will impact apologists of Vladimir Putin. Caller discusses his experience living in Ukraine. Caller wants to know how to deal with Trump-supporting family members. David responds to some of the latest viewer emails and social media messages.

THURSDAY 03.17.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 17, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

GREEN STREET RADIO: Let’s Make Plastic Polluters Pay! with Judith Enck (00:56:40)

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug welcome form EPA Region II administrator Judith Enck to talk about plastic pollution and how Extended Producer Responsibility laws can help stem the tide of plastic pollution.

https://www.greenstreetradio.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: 40 Years of the Reagan Revolutions Libertarian Experiment Have Brought Us Crisis & Chaos (00:58:00)

Please name one country, anywhere in the world, any time in the last 7000 years, where libertarianism has succeeded and produced general peace and prosperity? Congress Should Be Regulating the Corrupt Supreme Court? Where Are They? Public outrage is building: the Courts approval rating is now around 40% – Congress needs to act, before an entire branch of government sinks into an irredeemable Trump-fueled muck of corruption
Joe Manchin is Joining the GOP in Tanking Biden’s Fed Nominee & Oh by the way – Manchin Doesn’t see the Need for Electric Cars. Investigative journalist, Greg Palast explains how billionaires picked Putin as Russia’s Pinochet.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

LOPATE at LARGE: Tyranny from Plato to Trump (00:52:02)

In Tyranny from Plato to Trump: Tyrants, Sycophants, and Citizens, noted philosopher Andrew Fiala looks to uncover the true implications of a tyrant. He asks what is a tyrant and what makes a tyrant possible? He states, when tyrants rise to power, sycophants blindly follow, and the entire nation suffers; The solution can be found through legal frameworks such as the Constitution, and educational efforts aimed at cultivating civics and wisdom.
On this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large Andrew Fiala will discuss power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots which make for tantalizing fiction, but when that drama becomes a reality similar to the January 6 Capitol riot, Fiala suggests models from the past as the best solution.

https://leonardlopateatlarge.com/

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/

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch. 2 “Rash Advances” (00:26:51)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

WINGS #47-21 Raging Grannies Sing On (00:28:46)

In 1987, the Raging Granny movement was born in Victoria BC. Two of their earliest members and many other Raging Grannies from newer groups describe their activism, laugh, and sing their political songs. Interviews and audio are from 2012, 2017, and 2022. Featured Speakers/Guests: Founding Raging Grannies Fran Thorburn and Alison Acker, from Victoria BC; other Grannies from Edmonton Alberta, Peterborough Ontario, Occupy Washington DC, Menlo Park California; delegates from the unconvention in Windsor Ontario; and Vancouver Grannies at the Women Transforming Cities launch; plus, Dr. Carole Roy, author of the book The Raging Grannies: Wild Hats, Cheeky Songs and Witty Actions for a Better World.

http://www.wings.org/

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/17/22 (00:55:52)

On the Show: President Joe Biden announces a new $800 million round of military assistance to Ukraine, including drones. Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton explains the real reason Vladimir Putin didn’t invade Ukraine while Trump was President. Americans fall for disinformation just as easily as Russians, despite what some claim. Republican Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Janice McGeachin is confronted by KTVB reporter Brian Holmes over her participation in the white nationalist conference AFPAC. Donald Trump rules out Mike Pence as a potential Vice Presidential running mate for 2024. Republican Congressman Jim Jordan invites leaders of the US trucker convoy to his office, and one explains that truckers are the “new scientists” in America. New COVID case records are regularly being set this week as another US spike appears imminent. Right wing media is tearing itself apart over its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and others. Voicemail caller dubs David “book boy.”

WEDNESDAY 03.16.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 16, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

THIS WAY OUT #1772: Florida: Saying the Gay Away? and more global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)

The fight to say “gay” in Florida; Guatemala’s president rejects a constitutional marriage equality ban, courage and calamity for Ukrainian queers, activist hackers strike Bulgaria broadcasters with a Putin clown image, U.S. congress members worry about basketball star Griner’s detention, Texas & Biden clash over the state’s anti-trans witch hunt, Idaho & Oklahoma bills target young trans gender healthcare, and South Dakota & Tennessee catch “don’t say gay” fever! Those stories ” and more this week ” when you choose “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.

https://www.thiswayout.org/

BETWEEN THE LINES RADIO NEWSMAGAZINE (00:29:00)

Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation; Climate Activists Confront the Formidable Influence Wielded by the Alabama Power Company; Starbucks Union Drive Catches Fire Across the US.

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Does Russia Want Alaska? (00:58:00)

Does Russia Want Alaska? How Trump’s Call To Ukraine Helped Putin. Why Is America Ignoring the Increasing Violent Rhetoric From the GOP? Trump Calls All Trumpers to Lay Down Their Very Lives To defend US Against CRT – Is Trump now the Grand Wizard of the KKK? Has anyone done more for racism than Trump?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1486: 10 Things About Crossing the Delaware (00:58:59)

Clay Jenkinson and Lindsay Chervinsky discuss ten things about an event rather than an individual: the crossing of the Delaware River by George Washington and the Continental Army in a surprise attack on Christmas night, 1776.

https://jeffersonhour.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ch.1 “A Not Unnatural Enterprise” (00:25:37)

https://librivox.org/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman
Text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herland

MAKING CONTACT: She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (00:29:00)

We present the documentary, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, a reflection on the rise of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the United States, between 1966 and 1971. She’s Beautiful explores the emergence of political thought that challenged systems of patriarchy.

https://www.radioproject.org/

HOW MUCH MONEY IS ENOUGH? – The Story of the Mexican Fisherman (00:05:20)

This is one of my favorite stories. It’s about an American businessman and a Mexican fisherman. A lot of people want to make more money so they can live a better life. They tell themselves: “Once I make enough money, then I’ll go live the life I want.” But that’s a mistake. Living the life they want should be accomplished now, not later. They spend the majority of their lives working, but along the way, they often forget what they’re working for. They start to prioritize work and making more money without a reason, and that’s a problem. They just want to have more and more, with no apparent end goal. The Mexican Fisherman story is here to remind you to take a step back, and think about what you’re actually working for, and what you already have. Every so often, you should reflect on and reevaluate your priorities. There is more to life than just work and money after all. So how much is enough?

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/16/22 (00:00:00)

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/16/22 (00:57:53)

On the Show: Justin Gest, Associate Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University and author of several books including most recently “Majority Minority” joins David to discuss societal reactions to changing demographics. Get the book: https://amzn.to/37CiByL

Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden, Jen Psaki, and others are sanctioned by and banned from Russia. Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski has been killed by Russian forces while covering the invasion of Ukraine. There is video of a Trump riot planning meeting between the leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers from January 5, 2021. Fox Nation host Lara Logan pushes outrageous and deranged Russian propaganda, including claims about the “occult.”

Trump-endorsed Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker questions evolution by asking “why are there still apes” if evolution is real? The Republican National Committee is suddenly desperate to keep email records from the House Committee investigating the January 6 Trump riots. Voicemail caller points out that the right-wingers have become the very same “communist sympathizers” that they claim to be opposed to.

TUESDAY 03.15.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 15, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

THE POSITIVE MIIND: Hidden Wounds of the Enneagram, Part 1 (00:58:00)

Hosts deepen the exploration of the effects of childhood trauma on adult behavior and habits.
Using the Enneagram personality typing system, they review the 9 Types and go into depth about the wounds of the 2 (The Helper), and Type 3 (The Performer/Achiever). Understanding the core essence that got lost under the pain is a way to transform your relationship to yourself and others. Tune in next week to learn about the Type 4 (the Artist), Type 5 (the Investigator/Observer), Type 6 (the Loyalist), and Type 7 (the Enthusiast).

http://thepositivemind.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Death of Nature & the War On Ukraine are Part of the Same Thing (00:57:59)

If we don’t start listening to our screaming planet, Covid and Ukraine may be the least of our worries. Should We Have Mask Mandates At All? Or Should We Be On our Own? Are you going to continue wearing masks or have you thrown caution to the wind? Should China Be Sanctioned for Helping Russia?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Kid Pan Alley (00:58:00)

Kid Pan Alley is an organization that empowers kids around the United States to write their own songs. We’re joined this time on The Children’s Hour by Paul and Cheryl Reisler who have written more than 2,500 songs with more than 70,000 children over the last 30 years. We’ve asked Paul and Cheryl to show us how Kid Pan Alley works, and to share music they’ve co-written with schools. Together with our Kids Crew, Paul and Cheryl will show us how we can help write the lyrics for a song of theirs that needs a bridge. Exploring the fundamentals of music education through creativity and participation, Kid Pan Alley will leave us all humming along.

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 14 (00:26:21)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

LONG NOW FOUNDATION: Continuity: Discovering the Lessons behind the World’s Longest-lived Organizations (00:25:47)

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/15/22 (00:56:34)

On the Show: Thomas Homer-Dixon, Executive Director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University in British Columbia and author of the book “Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril,” joins David to discuss his recent writing that the US could be a right wing dictatorship by 2030. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3iaOFfa COVID cases are rapidly rising in Germany, the UK, Finland, and many other countries, suggesting the US will soon see a massive spike of coronavirus infections. A new report from the Secret Service raises the alarm on the terrorist threat from incels, those who are involuntarily celibate. Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard calls for Senator Mitt Romney’s resignation after he accuses her of spreading Russian propaganda. Radical Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn wrongly quotes the Bible in another criticism of Ukraine. Dangerously ignorant and unhinged Trump rally attendees are interviewed in Florence, South Carolina. Eric Trump, Donald Trump’s son, appears on Fox News with Sean Hannity to try to praise his father and criticize Joe Biden around the topic of Russia, Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin. Voicemail caller is a perfect example of why the United States isn’t a better country.

MONDAY 03.14.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 14, 2022

WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE # 146: the Environmental Impact of Lawns (00:29:25)

Ah, the suburban dream. A lush, freshly cut lawn stretching as far as the eye can see. But as far as the planet is concerned, that lawn is an ecological disaster, a toxic polluting wasteland devoid of biodiversity. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the resources consumed and the environmental problems unleashed when we pursue the perfect lawn. And what are some alternatives that are a bit gentler on Mother Earth?

https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/

ECONOMIC UPDATE: What Marx & Marxism Offer us Today (00:29:00)

This week’s show features a discussion of what Marx offers in the way of a basic critique of capitalism and an alternative economic system that would be better for most people, and how this differs from mainstream economics.

https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour (00:58:00)

The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy. Geeky Science! Covid May Cause Brain Changes According to a New Study. Kristin Urquiza, MPA. Co-Founder & Chief Activist-Marked By Covid / she is the daughter of Mark Anthony Urquiza who died from Covid-19 in June (“…his only underlying condition was believing Donald Trump.”)

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

RADIO ART HOUR: Short Waves / Long Distance pt. 1 (00:58:00)

Wave Farm, Montez Press Radio, and The North American Shortwave Association presented Short Waves / Long Distance, an open call for works exploring the sonics of the shortwave radio spectrum (2-30 mHz), and the experience of long distance listening on March 4, 2022. This is Part One of two parts.
Selected Works:
Stephen Bradley’s freeze.THAW. In my recent sonic composition, freeze.THAW, I investigate a virtual SDR dynamic filter to detune the signals of distant webSDR shortwave signals as a form of an audio readymade, grounding the shortwave soundscape within a universe of modulating low and mid-frequencies.
Chelidon Frame’s A Circle Has No End
My sound explorations are divided between electroacoustic composition – with the use of radio noises, found sounds, and synthesizers – and data signification, where code interprets data and turns it into sound. A Circle Has No End is part of the audio project FLATLINE VOYAGES, where I explore the connections between drone music and short wave radio fragments, collected during lockdown.
Jeff Economy’s Orthicon Ghost
My piece is titled Orthicon Ghost. An orthicon tube is a bit of television imaging equipment from the 1950s, I first learned of them from a punchline on Ernie Kovacs show. I may be conflating TV and radio paradigms here, but to me it’s all one big signal ” the difference is that with radio, you make your own pictures. Broadcast signals often compete for dominance, but in the end the hand on the tuner ” the house ” always wins.
Jonny Farrow’s CircuitsWaves
CircuitsWaves is comprised of a mix of various shortwave radio recordings captured in the United Arab Emirates. In one sense the work is location specific, but it is also outward reaching, defying the curvature of the earth. The act of tuning a shortwave receiver allows one to directly connect to the global, the cosmic, the electromagnetic. As an artist working with this material I am just as much interested in what is between broadcasts as the broadcasts themselves.
Jill Freidberg’s El trabajo y la paz
This is a composition I made using recordings from Radio Sandino, the night that Somoza surrendered and left Nicaragua. I chose the Radio Sandino shortwave recording because it reminded me of the year I spent documenting a popular uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2006, when a peoples movement occupied several radio stations and used them to organize and mobilize people all over the state. We listened to the occupied radio stations day and night, and the sound would often blend with the sounds of rural and urban Oaxacarain, birds, farm animals. It’s such a strange and comforting experience to listen to something urgent and human while, at the same time, hearing the undisturbed sounds of a natural environment. I also did a lot of reading about the clandestine radio stations of Central American resistance movements in the 80s (Radio Sandino, Radio Venceremos), and learned that they often broadcast from very remote locations, literally hiding in the jungle, and the communities that tuned in to their broadcasts were also often in remote, rural locations. The composition Ive put together is what I imagine it might have sounded like that night that Somoza left Nicaragua, as people all over the country tuned in from their communities, celebrated, listened to the rain, and wondered what would come next. This composition includes recordings I made of accordion and water harp using a LOM Geofon seismic microphone.
Glass Salt’s Shooting Star
Glass Salt is an experimental music and sound duo consisting of singer, producer and improviser Caylie Staples and artist, engineer, and musician Johann Diedrick. Shooting Star is an excerpt from their piece Cove, an hour long radiophonic piece created in December 2021 during their artistic residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Canada. In this excerpt, Glass Salt plays music on the beach and using radio transmitters to broadcast the sounds of the Harvester, a custom hand-held sampler and synthesizer, as well as interacting with the different snippets from radio stations captured on this beach at the tip of the island just south of Toronto. These radio transmissions are accompanied by the sounds of the immediate environment- quiet singing, waves from Lake Ontario, and planes flying overhead. The piece uses radio waves to both receive and interact with transmissions coming from a long distance, as well as to make the sounds they create in their immediate environment audible – short waves revealing what is present both near and far.
Magz Hall’s Waves of Resistance Tonnta Friotaochta Radio Art without Boundaries
Waves of Resistance (Radio Art without Boundaries) is in Galiac and English, and was recorded in Canterbury UK and on the Celtic explorer marine ship out on the Atlantic Ocean off the Irish coast. It features the voices of Mairead Ni Chroninin and Alexandra Jueno and was originally commissioned by Louise Manifold for Galway 2020 as a micro broadcast across the Aran island of Innis Orr. Waves of Resistance considers how radio helps us with forced isolation and how visible and invisible boundaries can be broken via radio waves as an act of resistance. And was inspired by the kitchen table broadcasts of Galway womens pirate radio activist Margareta D’Arcy.
Gregory Kramer’s Remote Regions
Remote Regions was composed by Gregory Kramer (Philadelphia, PA) using shortwave radio recordings, and two synthesizers, including a homemade, drone remote control-housed synth which receives infrared remote control signals. The remote control synth was also built by Gregory.
Ian Moorhead’s Shortwave (Part 2)
Shortwave is a new work inspired by coded and clandestine radio broadcasts in Australia, including: Cherry Ripe – a number station that transmitted from the Northern Territory until 2009; Radio Maubere – a Timorese radio station that communicated with activists in Darwin following the invasion of East Timor; and JN-25 ” coded Japanese messages intercepted by radio units across northern Australia during WW2.

https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/4mvmk6

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 13 (00:37:53)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (00:16:03)

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into over 500 languages.

http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

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DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/14/22 (00:58:4)

On the Show: The usual suspects, including Jordan Peters, Pierre Kory and John Campbell are pushing another COVID Ivermectin “study,” but even the study’s co-author says it is being misused and misinterpreted. American journalist Brent Renaud has been killed by Russian forces while covering the invasion of Ukraine. A leaked memo from the Russian Kremlin tells Russian state media to regularly feature the commentaries of American Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson. Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson is desperate to defend Russian President Vladimir Putin, most recently pushing a conspiracy theory about so-called bioweapons labs in Ukraine. A visibly swollen and disheveled Donald Trump delivers an unhinged rally speech in Florence, South Carolina to a crowd of sycophants. Donald Trump’s rally in Florence, South Carolina is riddled with outrageous crowdgoers, headlined by MyPillow CEO and Founder Mike Lindell. Former Democratic Congresswoman and CPAC speaker Tulsi Gabbard starts openly spreading Russian propaganda about Ukrainian biolabs. Tucker Carlson invites right-wing UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell, who recently delivered a fact-free screed about Ukraine, onto his show. Trumpist voicemail caller is furious with David’s coverage of the recent Donald Trump rally in Florence, South Carolina.

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THE BRADCAST 3/11/22: Shortwaves for Freedom’ to counter Russian propaganda (00:57:00)

On today’s ‘BradCast’: Russia has adopted a new censorship law in the wake of its unjustified invasion of Ukraine, and has now criminalized protests and all news reporting that does not reflect Kremlin-approved propaganda. Western media outlets are withdrawing their reporters from the country, and the Kremlin has blocked internet access to websites of foreign state-run media outlets like Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, the BBC and Deutsche Welle. But for most Russians, there is very little access to independent, outside reporting to counter the official state media narrative falsely telling them that Russia’s barbaric military assault on its sovereign neighbor’s civilian population is a minor, ‘special military operation.’ But a new grassroots effort is underway to pierce through the media blackout of Putin’s new Iron Curtain by utilizing shortwave radio, which served as a lifeline to many in the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. Attorney KATE NEISWENDER and longtime Voice of America employee and shortwave enthusiast KIM ANDREW ELLIOTT explain their grassroots campaign, dubbed #ShortwavesForFreedom on social media, which is trying to fill the gap by broadcasting into Eastern Europe and Russia via shortwave transmission, beginning from WRMI Radio Miami International in Florida. They are crowdsourcing the effort to expand to other stations with a fund raiser at Fundrazr.com/RadioWaves. Also today: Some cracks may be beginning to appear in the Kremlin-approved television news. Plus: a fascinating story about the former managing editor of Russia’s state-owned television outlet Russia Today, who resigned her post last week in protest of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

https://bradblog.com/?cat=675

EARTH RIOT RADIO: Planet Earth Assassinates Putin! (00:29:00)

We continue to pretend that the Earth is not a conscious force; that it is not creating the events of our lives — from a baby’s first breath to the melting of the Himalayas…This is the reason that we are oblivious to the danger we are in. We can’t imagine that the Earth is alive. We experience the natural world through the prism of our toxic dust and YouTube clips of lions devouring leopards. The average city dweller with a computer experiences 10,000 ads per day. Yes, there is the occasional super storm that pokes through our bubble, but the storms and floods aren’t thought of as coming “from an Earth”. They are “natural disasters” — mysterious uprisings of the elements, with no source at all. We wander on, as the ads circle us… and the Extinction accelerates.

TURN ON THE NEWS: Russian Transmissions (00:28:00)

This week a war continues, with a communication breakdown. “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: “Russian Transmissions.”

https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/93bbe3

ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 3/11/22 (00:58:00)

Part 1: We talk with Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report, dean of the Austin Press Corps, about events in Texas. The Texas Primary elections took place, with much confusion. New voting rules and restrictions disqualified many voters from participating, likely with the most impact on rural, older voters who would prefer to vote by mail. New rules also require voters to supply more personal information, which makes them uncomfortable.
Gas prices are high and rising. The Democrats blame Putin’s war, though there are many reasons. The pain will be greater for those who can afford it the least. But high oil prices hurt many other industries. For Texas, optimum oil prices are likely in the $60-80/barrel. Currently prices are at around $100/barrel.
Part 2: We talk with Lincoln Mitchell and Bill Curry about public opinion about the war in Ukraine. Almost universal condemnation of Putin. This may lead to a realignment of the world powers. Post war, Russia is likely to emerge as a China client. However, China is experiencing a rise in Covid cases, which will affect their economy, and the world. The US must be able to cope with the inflation caused by these factors, and blunt the force for its population. Some suggestions include a wealth tax, to finance child tax credits and energy credits paid to the populace, eliminate price gouging, and cutting student debt. All of these would help American working people. In addition, concentrating on sustainable energy developments would reduce dependence on oil and the oil thugs around the world.

https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html

SOJOURNER TRUTH: The interconnection between unwaged worker rights & protecting our environment (00:58:17)

Today on Sojourner Truth we focus on the inter-relationship between caregiving and environmental protection. Family, unwaged caregivers-most of whom are women, including mothers and grandmothers- and the most impoverished women on welfare provide care for relatives, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities. Caregivers are expected to pick up the slack without any acknowledgement of the value or resources for their work. The International Labor Office has estimated that women do two-thirds of the world’s work for five percent of the income. And according to a report released by Oxfam in January 2020, women around the world perform 12.5 billion hours of unpaid labor every day. Overall, the work of unwaged caregivers has been estimated to contribute at least $11 trillion to the global economy, according to a Human Development Report. Meanwhile, Indigenous peoples who are protecting the forests and natural farmers around the world are showing the way amid the ongoing climate crisis. Many of them are unwaged caregivers, who are providing both for people and the environment. They point out that in order to address the main cause of the climate crisis, we must transform our relationship with the natural world, beginning with agriculture. The interaction of soil, water and sun generates the water cycle on which the climate and all life depend. This forms part of the broader soil regeneration movement, which can help to reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity ” resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle. Imagine a world where unwaged caregivers would be compensated for regenerating our soul and protecting our planet, instead of money going to governments and corporations. During today’s show, we bring you audio from a recent webinar hosted by the Global Women’s Strike, titled Care Income for People and Planet: Why Our Future Lies in the Soil. We hear from speakers around the world, helping us better understand the interconnections between the movement for the rights of unwaged caregivers, and the need to protect our environment through progressive new methods, such as soil regeneration.

http://sotrueradio.org/

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Telling Our Stories – Race & Place in a Culture of White Supremacy (00:59:00)

This two part series begins with an in depth conversation with Dr Herukhuti Sharif Williams about race and place, and the challenges of being a person of color in our culture of white supremacy. It also presents the first of five stories of people of color living in this culture. Next week, part two continues with four more stories of being a person of color in our white dominated culture.

http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=223589&nav=&

NICK ESPINOSA INTERVIEW: How can we keep Ukrainians safe online? (00:32:45)

An interview with humanID founder Bastian Purrer.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658

COOL SOLUTIONS: Farewell to Factory Farms (00:28:00)

Former contract poultry farmers talk about why they quit CAFOs and how they are transitioning to crops and pasture based production. For regenerative farmers, a cooperative is more profitable than going it alone. An animal welfare group helps farmers turn confinement barns into greenhouses.

SATURDAY 03.12.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 3/10/22: Accountability for 2020 ‘Election Fraud’ Fraudsters and Dupes (00:58:00)

On today’s ‘BradCast’: The latest news in Russia’s unjustified, barbaric invasion of Ukraine is grim, and US officials warn it is likely to get much, much worse in the days ahead. US Attorney General Merrick Garland says his Justice Department will ‘not shy away from cases that are controversial or sensitive or political’ in response to questions about whether top-level plotters in the January 6 Capital Insurrection like Donald Trump will ever face accountability. Tina Peters, a Colorado elections official who promoted Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, has been indicted on 10 criminal counts related to elections tampering. A New York judge has rejected an attempt by Fox ‘News’ and a number of their top anchors to dismiss a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit, filed by voting system company Smartmatic, over the cable network’s repeated broadcasting of patently absurd allegations about the 2020 election, citing ‘reckless disregard for the truth’. New data shows that in the Texas primary last week, an extraordinary 27,000 mail ballots were rejected, from both Democrats and Republican voters, under the state’s new voter suppression law. The law was passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature to erect new barriers to voting in response to fake concern over Trump’s false claims about a stolen 2020 election. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’

https://bradblog.com/?cat=675

KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Ukraine: A Genuine Conservative Take (00:59:22)

Both establishment parties are competing to look toughest on the Ukraine crisis. But the fact is Americas founders were solidly non-interventionist. Our constant search for new monsters to destroy; where has that gotten us? More peace and justice? Our republic and democracy better preserved? On this show Jacob Hornberger, president of the Future of Freedom Foundation argues that as the power of the national security state grows, Americans lose more of our rights and liberties. And we are demonstrably less secure. This moment is, he argues, a time for introspection.

http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/

Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 3/12/22 (00:59:30)

Segment One: We begin with Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report, dean of the Austin Press Corps, about events in Texas. The Texas Primary elections took place, with much confusion. New voting rules and restrictions disqualified many voters from participating, likely with the most impact on rural, older voters who would prefer to vote by mail. New rules also require voters to supply more personal information, which makes them uncomfortable.
We then shift to the cost of gas. Prices are high and continue to rise. The Democrats blame Putins war, though there are many reasons. The pain will be greater for those who can afford it the least. But high oil prices hurt many other industries. For Texas, optimum oil prices are likely in the $60-80/barrel. Currently prices are at around $100/barrel.
Segment Two: We then chat with Lincoln Mitchell and Bill Curry about public opinion about the war in Ukraine. Almost universal condemnation of Putin. This may lead to a realignment of the world powers. Post war, Russia is likely to emerge as a China client. However, China is experiencing a rise in Covid cases, which will affect their economy, and the world. The US must be able to cope with the inflation caused by these factors, and blunt the force for its population. Some suggestions include a wealth tax, to finance child tax credits and energy credits paid to the populace, eliminate price gouging, and cutting student debt. All of these would help American working people. In addition, concentrating on sustainable energy developments would reduce dependence on oil and the oil thugs around the world.
https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html

GROWING GREENER: The View from Federal Twist (00:29:00)

James Goldens new book, The View from Federal Twist: A New Way of Thinking About Gardens, Nature and Ourselves delivers in full everything the title promises. In this conversation, the author discusses the birth and evolution of his remarkable garden, and how it changed him and his relationship to his landscape.

https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/

GOT SCIENCE?: War in Ukraine: The Russian Threat of Nuclear Weapons (00:26:15)

Dr. Tara Drozdenko, physicist and national security expert, explains why nuclear weapons should never be on the table in a global conflict.

https://ucsusa.org/resources/russian-threat-nuclear-weapons-ukraine

VOX: How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history (00:06:55)

The United Daughters of the Confederacy was a significant leader of the “Lost Cause,” an intellectual movement that revised history to look more favorably on the South after the American Civil War. They were women from elite antebellum families that used their social and political clout to fundraise and pressure local governments to erect monuments that memorialized Confederate heroes. They also formed textbook review committees that monitored what Southern schoolchildren learned about the war. Their influential work with children created a lasting memory of the Confederate cause, and those generations grew up to be the segregationists of the Jim Crow Era in the South.

THE BOPST SHOW: Watch Me Dance (00:55:00)

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst

RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #418 (00:58:00)

Boeing whistleblower, Ed Pierson, joins us to tell us about the report he wrote entitled Boeing 737 MAX ” How Is It Really Going? that paints a troubling picture of current problems with the notorious plane that includes reports of forty-three malfunctions and failures and six flights where U.S. pilots declared emergencies. Plus, constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, stops by to talk about how the NATO Treaty should override the US Constitution, the misuse of the state secrets law, and an ongoing U.S. war crime from the Vietnam era.

FRIDAY 03.11.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday March 11, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND: War is not a useful solution (00:27:35)

Peter Reynolds is a veteran of everything that happened since 1924, and is here to say that war is not a useful solution.

ESPINOSA INTERVIEWS: Dale Buckner, CEO of Global Guardian who has private forces in Ukraine (00:30:42)

Private security forces are actively in Ukraine and helping out in their own ways. Don’t miss this rather insightful conversation with Dale Buckner, CEO of Global Guardian.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: New GOP Plan to Raise Taxes on Working People & End Social Security & Medicare (00:58:00)

For the majority of Americans who are so poor they barely have to pay income taxes, Scott’s plan is just the latest in a 40-year barrage of assaults and insults coming from the GOP. A Decline in Hate Groups Shows How Deeply Extremism Has Spread. As US Education Secretary Warns Florida on Don’t Say Gay Bill Passage: All Schools Must Follow Federal Civil Rights – a Florida MAGA Senator Speaking in Support of Don’t Say Gay law says LGBT Is Not a Permanent Thing. Executive Director-Florida Reading Corps / Former Chemistry Teacher Shevrin “Shev” Jones PhD – Don’t Say Gay Bill Passes…now what?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

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TIME WITH FRED: Dan Hodges (8pm only) (00:29:56)

Messy and complicated are a couple of words he uses to describe his life. My special guest on today’s podcast was not only born blind. He had a few other disabilities as well. Because of this, people told him he would never accomplish much in life. Yet, he went on to defy the odds and graduated with his law degree. He also started peacesofme.org, a nonprofit to help others with disabilities overcome the obstacles that keep them from reaching their potential. His story will inspire you.

COOL SOLUTIONS: Farewell to Factory Farms (00:28:00)

SEA CHANGE RADIO: What Are Environmental Protections Protecting? (00:29:00)

Historian T.J. Jackson Lears once said, “All history is the history of unintended consequences.” This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Ted Nordhaus, the Founder and Executive Director of The Breakthrough Institute, about when laws designed to protect the environment are misused in order to block efforts that would combat climate change. We look at some recent examples where wealthier communities have exploited environmental regulatory loopholes, stymieing progress toward renewable energy and thwarting the protection of vulnerable populations.

https://www.cchange.net/

THE BOPST SHOW: Watch Me Dance (00:55:00)

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/11/22 (00:00:00)

On the Show: One of Donald Trump’s former White House Press Secretaries, Stephanie Grisham, apologizes for working for Trump, calling him a “con man. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell opposes an extension to free school lunch programs for public schools. Donald Trump’s former election “fraud” lawyer Sidney Powell may be disbarred in Texas, as the state is evaluating whether her bogus legal challenges were misconduct. Caller asks what should happen to those who organized the Trump insurrection. Caller wonders if people in Taiwan should be worried about a Chinese invasion. Caller is challenging Thomas Massie’s seat in Congress. Caller suspects Vladimir Putin won’t back out of Ukraine quietly. Caller questions how Donald Trump would have dealt with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Caller discusses demand-side economic. David responds to some of the latest viewer emails.

THURSDAY 03.10.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 10, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

GREEN STREET RADIO: Let’s Make Plastic Polluters Pay! with Judith Enck (00:56:40)

https://www.greenstreetradio.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Trump, Putin & Saudi Connection to Raise Oil Prices Exposed (00:58:00)

The Trump, Putin & Saudi Connection to Raise Oil Prices Exposed – Want to know why gas costs so much? Trump may be long out of power, but the impact of his corrupt treachery lives on…As Russian oil Sanctions Were Put Together, Fox & Friends repeated the network’s top 4 lies about gas prices. MAGA Lawmaker Wants Bill Banning Women From Leaving Missouri to End Pregnancies. Fox Newsers Love Rick Scotts Radical GOP blueprint – His plan that would raise taxes on most Americans and put Social Security and Medicare at risk.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

LOPATE AT LARGE: Conquer Your Diabetes (00:51:00)

Martin Abrahamson, MD and Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, MD have collaborated to create Conquer Your Diabetes: Prevention, Control, Remission. Deepak Chopra, MD says “If you want your wellness to include mastery over diabetes, this book is a must-read”. Drs. Abrahamson and Chopra are renowned master clinicians and teachers at Harvard Medical School, with decades of extensive clinical experience. In their book they tell us everything we need to know about diabetes from the basics (e.g. the difference between Type 1 and Type 2, and the role genetics, diet, and exercise play in each) to recent advances in preventing, managing, and even curing the disease. In addition to being incredibly current, the information is encouraging. On this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large the authors will put all the pieces of the diabetes puzzle together, including a concise history of the disease, underlying types and causes, pre-diabetes, obesity, weight loss, pregnancy, mental health, type 2 diabetes prevention and remission, and latest treatments.

https://leonardlopateatlarge.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 12 (00:25:36)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

LONG NOW FOUNDATION: Continuity: Discovering the Lessons behind the World’s Longest-lived Organizations (00:25:47)

One of Long Now’s founding premises is that humanity’s most significant challenges require long-term solutions, including institutions that caretake and guide the knowledge and commitment needed to work over long time scales. However, there are a limited number of organizations that have managed to stay stable over many centuries, and in some cases, over a millennium. Long Now has been informally tracking these organizations for years, and in 02019 formed The Organizational Continuity Project to study long-lived institutions more formally. Alexander Rose, Long Now’s Executive Director, discusses how The Organizational Continuity Project hopes to discover the lessons behind these long-lived organizations and build a discipline of shareable knowledge that will help contemporary institutions, companies, and governments develop into robust, long-lasting structures. In turn, we hope these institutions will be better equipped to address civilizational-scale problems with multi-generational thinking. “Continuity: Discovering the Lessons behind the World’s Longest-lived Organizations” was given on April 20, 02021 as part of Long Now’s Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world’s leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand.

ALAN WATTS: Conquering Fear (00:14:32)

Conquering Fear by Alan Watts. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British writer and lecturer who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy and religion for a Western audience. Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on subjects important to Eastern and Western religion, introducing the then-burgeoning youth culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In Psychotherapy East and West (1961), Watts proposed that Buddhism could be thought of as a form of psychotherapy and not a religion. He considered Nature, Man, and Woman (1958) to be, “from a literary point of view—the best book I have ever written.” He also explored human consciousness and psychedelics in the essay “The New Alchemy” (1958) and in the book The Joyous Cosmology (1962).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8y3IVgcrpo

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/10/22 (00:55:49)

On the Show: Thom Hartmann, host of the Thom Hartmann Program and author of the new book, The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy, joins David to discuss surveillance, privacy, and more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3vTUbuu Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has inadvertently unified and strengthened the West. A Russian airstrike hits a Ukrainian maternity hospital. Fox News reporter Peter Doocy is completely humiliated by Joe Biden’s White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki while trying to play gotcha with gas prices and the Keystone XL pipeline. Donald Trump appears on Ronna McDaniel’s new podcast and sets a record for lies per second. Pro-Trump election clerk Tina Peters is indicted for alleged election tampering. Radical Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn is charged for a second time for driving without a license. The San Antonio Troll leaves another blistering voicemail critique of something David never said.

WEDNESDAY 03.09.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 9, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

PATIENTS COME FIRST: Dr. Henry Rozycki (00:15:07)

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Henry Rozycki, a neonatologist and Vice Chair for Research at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, for a conversation about his work as Director of the Child Health Research Institute and the recent experience of becoming a two-time Jeopardy winner after being a longtime fan of the popular game show.

TED TALK: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here’s why I left Megan Phelps-Roper (00:15:17)

What’s it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing … everyone else? Megan Phelps-Roper shares details of life inside America’s most controversial church and describes how conversations on Twitter were key to her decision to leave it. In this extraordinary talk, she shares her personal experience of extreme polarization, along with some sharp ways we can learn to successfully engage across ideological lines. TED Talks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate

THIS WAY OUT #1771: Ukraine’s Queer Warriors & U.S. Trans Wars & more global LGBTQ news! (00:29:00)

On the frontlines with Ukrainian queers; “Red states” flood the U.S. with transphobic bills; Singapore’s top court dismisses a sodomy repeal case, an “indeterminate” Colombian wins a non-binary government I.D., Yucatan finalizes marriage equality, Australia’s Morrison calls targeting trans youth “terrific”, and queers wont “be there” for Chinas “Friends” fans! Those stories and more this week when you discover “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.

https://www.thiswayout.org/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Economics of an Oil Embargo (00:58:00)

The Economics of an Oil Embargo. And, Are We Seeing a New Swastika Emerge in Russia? – Just like We Have a Trump Problem – Russia has a Putin Problem. Are We Watching the Downfall of Putin & Could It Happen Within 6 Months? Can the World Learn from the Failure of the Budapest Accords? Debate: Thom Vs The Freedom Convoy – People Are Dying In Ukraine to Defend Real Freedom & You Guys Are Burning Tons Of Diesel Fuel to Complain About Masks? How Pathetic Is that?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1485 HMS Endeavour with David Nicandri (00:58:59)

David Nicandri joins us to discuss the possible discovery of the HMS Endeavour, Captain James Cook’s famous research vessel. The ship was used by Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1771.

https://jeffersonhour.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 10-11 (00:53:41)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/9/22 (00:55:04)

On the Show: Concerns grow that Vladimir Putin might use nuclear weapons in his invasion of Ukraine, a complicated scenario given Russia’s supply of tactical battlefield nukes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy receives a standing ovation from British parliament as the UK joins the American ban on Russian oil. President Joe Biden vow that Russia will never take Ukraine during a statement announcing the US ban on Russian oil imports. Fox News’ “invasion expert” Douglas MacGregor is actually a Trump-appointed Putin apologist with a checkered past. Neo-fascist Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is arrested in his underwear for his involvement in the January 6, 2021 Trump riots. Radical Republican Senator Ted Cruz claims that airline pilots and flight attendants regularly hug him for his opposition to vaccine requirements. Former Trump Attorney General William Barr says that Donald Trump was “detached from reality” and genuinely believed he would get four more years in the White House after the 2020 election. David attempts to engage with a Twitter troll, and it does not go well. Voicemail caller wants stock market advice.

TUESDAY 03.08.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 8, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

THE POSITIVE MIND: The Awakened Brain with Dr. Lisa Miller PhD Pt 2 (00:57:29)

Guest, Dr. Lisa Miller, Ph.D., author of, “The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest For An Inspired Life,” returns this week to explain how depression can be the key to a spiritual awakening. Dr. Miller says that the hallmark experience of depression is marked by a loss of connection to self and others but it is also a sense of not being held by a force or presence greater than yourself. Depression can be treated as something we wrestle with, or it can be viewed as an invitation to a reigniting of our “awakened brain,” by connecting with ourselves and those around us. Join Kevin, Niseema, and Dr. Miller as she leads us through two visualization exercises that help us experience our “awakened brain,” providing an opportunity for spiritual growth.

http://thepositivemind.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Shock of Autocrats, Money & Corruption (00:58:00)

Joe Cirincione – Warning of ‘large-scale ecological disaster.’ Ukraine Again Shows Why Decentralized Energy is Essential. So we lost 45 years to the fossil fuel billionaires and their GOP toadies, whove kept us dependent on fossil fuels to keep their profits high – But still they want more, more, more….

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Fungus Among Us (00:58:00)

On this episode of The Children’s Hour we explore mushrooms with mycology educator and author Peter McCoy. Learn about how the fruits of fungi are the smallest parts of these incredible organisms, which can be found everywhere in nature from the tops of mountains to the bottom of the sea, and how they are a part of all living and dead creatures on Earth. This episode comes with a companion Learn-Along guide that meets US National education standards. Find it at https://ChildrensHour.org/Fungus-Among-Us We will also find out about myco-remediation experiments using fungi to help clean up pollutants in rivers, the ocean, on land, and in our soils.

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 9 (00:44:14)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

DJ Stryder’s SONIC TONIC 1.7 (00:12:30)

A thought provoking and suggestive audio collage of clips from movies, news, advertisements, historical recordings and other sonic sources.

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/8/22 (00:56:24)

On the Show: Alexandra Hudson, award winning journalist, author, and speaker, joins David to discuss her book “Against Politeness: Why Politeness Failed America and How Civility Can Save It.” The United States will stop buying Russian oil, a major move against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and one that will increase American gas prices even more. Despite his claims that Donald Trump’s election lies were BS, and that Trump had a “clown show” of lawyers, William Barr says he would still vote for Trump in 2024 over a Democrat. The US trucker convoy has gotten close to Washington DC, and interviews with the truckers are so outrageous, they are indistinguishable from a parody or skit. UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell explodes in a bizarre and delusional right-wing rant. Donald Trump is reportedly furious about the cartoonish failure of his new social media app, Truth Social. MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell makes another impossible promise, claiming that soon, all voting machines will be banned in the United States. New voicemail caller makes all sorts of absurd claims, sprinkled with attacks on David in the middle.

MONDAY 03.07.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 7, 2022

WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #145: 145 ” High Tunnels (00:29:10)

In case you hadn’t noticed, the climate is changing and plants are dying. How can homesteaders cope with extreme weather events and a changing ecology. Well, one way is to create an environment for their garden that they can control to a certain extent. This is where high tunnels come in. A high tunnel, or hoop house is a greenhouse like structure where plants can be cultivated and raised under more controlled conditions. Join Annie and Jay Warmke from Blue Rock Station for a discussion on their experience with high tunnels, building it, the grant process with the government, and plans for how they intend to use it in the future.

https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/

ECONOMIC UPDATE: Green Party vs 2-Party Monopoly (00:29:00)

On this week’s show, Prof. Wolff talks about the UK selling visa to the rich, why “non-profit” is really “un-taxed,” Apple’s CEO’s 2021 pay of $99 million, AOC and NYPD arrests for stealing diapers and kids’ medicines, cleaning products. Green Party leaders Gloria Mattera and Michael O’Neil join Wolff in the second half.

https://economicupdate.libsyn.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How Is the Pro-Putin Movement connected to the Flat-Earthers? (00:58:00)

Conversations with great minds: Kelly Weill, Journalist-The Daily Beast / Author of the new book, Off The Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything. Ukraine/Trump/Authoritarianism – Are you feeling a Sense of Doom or Hope? Why Big Oil & the GOP are Sabotaging Ukraine, America, Our Atmosphere & Our Next Generation.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

RADIO ART HOUR: Edward Ruchalski, Shanna Sordahl, Suzan-Lori Parks, Helen Thorington (00:58:00)

This week tune in a couple songs from Edward Ruchalski’s 2022 album “Radio Inventions” which uses shortwave signals. And Wave Farm Radio Art Fellow Andy Stuhl introduces “Subterranean” from Shanna Sordahl. Plus, a monologue from Suzan-Lori Parks is set to a haunting, cinematic sound score by Helen Thorington on “Loco-Motive” from New American Radio in 1991.

https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/4mvmk6

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 8 (00:53:03)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/7/22 (00:55:15)

On the Show: Russian forces have bombed at least one Ukrainian nuclear power plant as fears of a major disaster grow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has now survived three assassination attempts in one week. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham suggests assassinating Russian President Vladimir Putin, and then walks it back to “arresting” Putin the following day. Donald Trump tells professional golfer John Daly, during a bizarre phone call, that he previously threatened Putin with bombing Moscow when he was President. Donald Trump’s former Attorney General William Barr says that he told Trump at the time that his 2020 election lies were BS, and refers to Trump’s former lawyers as a “clown show.” Total MAGA lunatic caught on video threatening the life of Democratic Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak. It is revealed that prosecutors investigating Donald Trump in New York resigned because the District Attorney indicated that charges against Trump would not be forthcoming. Radical Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz gets a modest reality check on live television about his claims that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Voicemail caller says he has noticed fewer right wing trolls on social media since Russian sanctions began.

SUNDAY 03.06.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 3/4/22: Quincy Institute’s Anatol Lieven, on paths to peace in Ukraine (00:58:00)

On today’s ‘BradCast’: Dramatically good jobs numbers show that some 678,000 new jobs were created in February, with new revisions to monthly data from December and January adding an additional 100,000 to the already record-breaking job creation numbers. Unemployment last month hit just 3.8 percent, falling below the pre-pandemic rate, at 3.8 percent, with a record 6.6 million jobs created over the past year. Experts say the strong economy is due in large part to President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, passed by Democrats without any Republican support. Yet new polls show the American public is completely clueless about the booming economy because the corporate media is failing to inform the electorate about basic economic facts. Russia’s horrific, unprovoked war on Ukraine now includes a Russian military attack on the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, a dangerous escalation. ANATOL LIEVEN, Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, explains his latest article, ‘How to get to a place of peace for Ukraine.’ Lieven, an expert on Ukraine and Russia, offers deep insights into the history of the region and other Eastern European conflicts, potential outcomes from Russia’s war on Ukraine, and a roadmap to peace – – including difficult choices that may come with it.

https://bradblog.com/?cat=675

EARTH RIOT RADIO: The Earth Cancels the Environmental Movement (00:29:00)

Our activism for the Earth has been so ineffective that we begin to wonder if we know where we live. 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: Viva Ukraine! (00:28:00)

https://wavefarm.org/radio/wgxc/schedule/93bbe3

ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 3/4/22 (00:58:00)

Part 1: We check in with Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report, about the results of the recent Texas primary. Republicans have stuck with Abbott for Governor, no surprise. Paxton will be in a runoff with two other candidates. Paxton already attacking the other candidates as too liberal. The turnout was a bit higher than expected. There was a lot of confusion for voters, because of recent changes in voting laws, particularly around mail-in voting. Among the Democrats, more progressive candidate won their primaries.
Part 2: We talk with Stephen Greene, professor of Political Science, about the amount of hidden money held by the very rich. This is difficult to pin down, because both parties in the US are beholden to the very rich for political contributions. We also discuss some of the topics of the State of the Union speech, such as police reform. This will be a big problem, unless the police unions can be reformed. Biden did not raise issues of importance to Black citizens, which we consider to be a mistake. We anticipate some inflation and price gouging due to the war, and also just plain greed.

https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html

GROUNDSWELL: Defenders Radio Hour Charles Brown (00:57:37)

This special episode features the work of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality in a Defenders Radio Hour. Guest Host Ana Edwards has been a reliable source for LOTG and Groundswell over the past few years, because of her historical perspective on racial matters, which she explains with clarity and vision. Her guest is Charles Brown, a union activist who visited Cuba recently, and talks about color and workers and policing in a place where everyone does time in the military or law enforcement. Hint: It changes the dynamic a lot.
Joseph Rogers cohosts, and Phil Wilayto provides the geopolitical backstory on the current awkwardness between Russia and Ukraine.

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: James Baldwin – Remember This House – Black in America (00:59:00)

This show features Remember This House (I Am Not Your Nigger) a project that James Baldwin was working on at the time of his death. Followed with a little Chris Rock and Richard Pryor at the end.

http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=223085&nav=&

DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Exclusive: The Ukraine Crisis with Ukraine Member of Parliament Inna Sovsun (00:58:40)

Inna Sovsun is a member of Ukraine’s Parliament and in Kyiv as the Russians are closing in. After a few days of harrowing messages where she dropped off for hours and we all feared the worst, Nick Espinosa of the Deep Dive Cybersecurity Show was able to sit down and talk with her over Zoom. Here is that uncut interview about how the Ukrainian people and their government are doing, what they are experiencing and what they want to tell the world.
Nick also interviews Dan Diaczun, who is President of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America-Illinois Division, in order to get the perspective Ukrainians living outside of Ukraine and watching the horror their loved ones are enduring. You do not want to miss this show.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658

SATURDAY 03.05.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 3/3/22: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern on US Supreme Court developments (00:58:00)

On today’s ‘BradCast’: Some good-ish news in Russia’s war on Ukraine, as a second round of peace talks resulted in a ‘possible, temporary’ ceasefire to establish safe corridors to allow humanitarian aid and evacuations of civilians in some areas of Ukraine. The U.N. says 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine in one week, a record, and warns that millions more could flee the unspeakable violence in coming weeks. The International Criminal Court has reportedly opened an investigation into Russian war crimes and atrocities. Russian troops have taken control of the major Ukrainian city Kherson. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for more international assistance to his country. In the U.S. House, three far-right Republicans voted against a non-binding resolution supporting the people of Ukraine and its sovereign territory and condemning Russia’s aggression. Slate’s legal journalist MARK JOSEPH STERN reports on a number of new developments at the U.S. Supreme Court, with incisive analysis on President Biden’s new nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson; the disturbing role of dark money that is now affecting judicial appointments and has poisoned the U.S. judicial system; the rightwing court majority’s push to create a free-speech exemption to anti-discrimination laws; a bonkers ruling giving a single, unelected, Trump-appointed federal judge control over the Navy’s special operations forces, and a stunning challenge brought by GOP-controlled states to strip the EPA of authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, that Stern warns could ultimately undermine the long-established regulatory authority of all federal agencies. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’

https://bradblog.com/?cat=675

KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: How the Kennedys Got to Be Dynasty (00:57:58)

As with many success stories, an impoverished, unknown yet powerful woman made it happen. In his new book, The First Kennedys, The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty author Neal Thompson tells us about the Ireland they fled and the matriarch Bridget Murphy, and her dockworker son who became a political organizer in Boston, among others. The anti-immigrant fervor of their time served as a playbook for today’s nativist hatred of non-Protestant arrivals. There are good reasons Americans are still fascinated and connected with this family.

http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/

Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 3/5/22 (005930)

Segment One: We begin with Maurice Cunningham, JD, PhD, a retired associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the author of “Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization.” about the recent assault on public education. We discuss various sham grass roots groups, well funded by the Koch organization, and others, and how they are subverting public schools and teachers. Teachers’ unions find it very hard to counter them because of the money being spent, all with one goal: to pull budgets away from public education.
Segment Two: We then welcome Chuck Collins, who is the Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. Our chat is about the push to impose economic sanctions on Putin and the oligarchs who support him. However, the government has to first find their assets. It is estimated that 85% of their assets are offshore, not in Russia, but in locations in other countries, such as the US, England, and others. In the US, several states, including Delaware, South Dakota, and New Hampshire are repositories of ‘wealth storage units’ such as luxury residential properties, anonymous trusts, etc. There are 750 billionaires in the US, whose wealth has increased by $2 Trillion in the last 2-3 years, by profiteering and price gouging. Fifty of those billionaires have paid no estate taxes. It is important that we have the political will to stop these practices, and reform our systems.

https://www.wnhnfm.org/the-attitude-w-arnie-arnesen.html

GROWING GREENER: Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Garden (00:29:00)

According to horticulturist Jessica Walliser, just 1% of insects pose a threat to our plants; the rest play varied and positive roles in the life of the garden. Learn how to work with these garden allies from Jessica’s award-winning book: Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, a Natural Approach to Pest Control.

https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/

GOT SCIENCE?: Tips for Buying an Electric Car (00:29:00)

Engineer and electric vehicles expert Dr. David Reichmuth answers burning questions for first-time EV buyers.

https://ucsusa.org/resources/tips-buying-electric-car

THE BOPST SHOW: “Anytime” (00:55:32)

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 music by Hawaiian singer Ethel Azama, little known 80s new wavers the Books, Dutch comedy duo De Clicheemannetjes as well as reggae singer Delroy Denton, the late Nigerian singer, composer and actress Nelly Uchendu and many others outside mainstream consciousness.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst

ALAN WATTS: Relief of Anxiety (00:05:08)

RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #417 (00:58:00)

Ralph welcomes professor John McWhorter, linguist and author of Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America and also Father Al Fritch to talk about his long project mapping and celebrating the various ethnic groups that make up the United States.

FRIDAY 03.04.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday March 4, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND: David Wray on Military Mental Health & Substance Use (00:27:31)

Retired Navy Captain David Wray is our guest. A veteran of 29 years in the Navy, his work included serving as Drug and Alcohol Program Adviser on an aircraft carrier. His career has shown him the world, and allowed him to help others regain a foothold on theirs. David tells how over decades, the military’s view of addiction, substance abuse and comorbidities such as depression, moral injury, PTSD, and seeking counseling has changed over recent decades.

COUNTERSPIN: Student Debt, Trans Youth Rights (00:28:00)

Braxton Brewington on Student Loan Debt, Andy Marra on Trans Youth Rights

https://fair.org/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: As the Fourth Great Turning Unwinds, Ukraine has become the George Floyd of the World (00:57:59)

The Fourth Great Turning and a new geopolitical era is here. It’s small comfort as we watch Ukrainians slaughtered live on television, but history tells us these turning points are real. Will Russia’s war damage Ukraine’s 15 Nuclear Power stations or Chernobyl? Radioactive Waste Specialist, from Beyond Nuclear, Kevin Kamps joins Thom Hartmann. With the war in progress, why is nobody talking about the dangers of one or more stations being hit by Russian firepower? Or rockets hitting nuclear waste storage in Ukraine? The results could make Chernobyl look like a firecracker.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

TIME with FRED: Andrea Lende (8pm only) (00:30:58)

On this episode of the TIME with Fred podcast, my special guest Andrea Lende shares her story about how she found the hope and strength to move on when her career as a pilot got upended by sickness.

CREATING A PREFERRED FUTURE: 2045 A Paradigm Shift Odyssey (00:58:00)

The story is basically a recipe for Paradigm Shift, thinly disguised as a short fiction story.
2045 is based on current trends; extrapolations, real life experience, projects and places; plus imagination.
The story describes a different world in 2045. Gains have been made towards a preferred future, with a big help from a set of obscure articles published in a small circulation eco magazine in 2019. [this is real]
The author of the articles was invited to present at the celebrated Futures Conference where he laid out an outline for paradigm shift. The outline was surprisingly simple. A critical part was for progressive organizations of all kinds to recognize they were all on the same team, each with their own niche, dealing with some kind of damage caused by capitalism and the consumer Culture. Those organizations began to educate their memberships about how to prioritize and manage their own time and money to help bring about a preferred future. The presentation resonated among a wide range of demographics. In the early 2030’s, the timing was right. Social, economic, political and economic conditions are very different. The articles’ content found a much more receptive audience than ten years earlier. Real social and economic progress was in the early going. Was this the beginning of the mythical paradigm shift? But there remain challenges. Some interests in 2045 would like nothing more than to return to glory days of their own power and privilege, when capitalism ruled the world. They were particularly worried about an initiative in the newly elected Oregon State Legislature that was calling for a phasing in of full cost accounting. They were even more worried about the prospects of the Movement as they were reported to be laying the groundwork for a national Truth, Reconciliation and Accountability process – a sort of capitalism on trial.

http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=221448&nav=&

THE BOPST SHOW: “Anytime” (00:55:32)

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 music by Hawaiian singer Ethel Azama, little known 80s new wavers the Books, Dutch comedy duo De Clicheemannetjes as well as reggae singer Delroy Denton, the late Nigerian singer, composer and actress Nelly Uchendu and many others outside mainstream consciousness.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/4/22 (00:56:20)

On the Show: US and British governments believe that the Russia-Ukrainian war could potentially last 10-20 years.

Russian policy adviser Andrey Kortunov appears to break ranks with Putin, calling the invasion of Ukraine embarrassing and shocking. Republican Florida Governor bullies high school students into taking off their masks during a recent public appearance. Caller asks how Donald Trump would have dealt with the invasion of Ukraine.

Caller talks about teaching financial literacy. Caller wonders why Democrats aren’t good at talking about issues. Caller discusses Joe Biden’s State of the Union. Caller asks why people are drawn to authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin. Caller questions why NATO hasn’t sent troops into Ukraine. Caller wonders why union members often vote Republican. David responds to some of the latest viewer emails.

THURSDAY 03.03.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 3, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

GREEN STREET RADIO: The Havana Syndrome with Dr. Beatrice Golomb (00:57:06)

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with Dr. Beatrice Golomb of UC San Diego about the Havana Syndrome and its underlying causes.

https://www.greenstreetradio.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: 5 takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union speech (00:58:00)

The president took a Covid victory lap, made a coded plea to Joe Manchin and enjoyed moments of bipartisan applause on Ukraine and a call to “fund” the police. Thom Hartmann shares 2 -5 takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union speech.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

LOPATE AT LARGE: Amy Zegart on Spies, Lies, and Algorithms (00:52:16)

Author Amy Zegart provides an analysis of her latest publication — Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, in which she draws on decades of research and hundreds of interviews with intelligence officials. Zegart provides a history of U.S. espionage, from George Washingtons Revolutionary War spies to todays spy satellites. She examines how fictional spies are influencing real officials and gives an overview of intelligence basics and life inside Americas intelligence agencies. Zegart has been featured by the National Journal as one of the ten most influential experts in intelligence reform. She has served as a commissioner on the 2020 CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force and has advised the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. She served on the Clinton administrations National Security Council staff and as a foreign policy adviser to the Bush 2000 presidential campaign. She has also testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and advised senior officials on intelligence, homeland security and cybersecurity matters. Amy Zegart is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Tune in to Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI 99.5FM to hear Zegart separate fact from fiction, as she offers an engaging and enlightening account of the past, present and future of American espionage as it faces a revolution driven by digital technology.

https://leonardlopateatlarge.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 7 (00:45:30)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

WINGS #46-21 Afghan Media and Women (00:28:50)

Ayubi gives a history of media rights in Afghanistan, the problem of losing reporters, her discussion with Taliban negotiators, and a plea to world media and civil society to help convince Taliban to let up on oppressing women. Part 1 was released last week in WINGS.

http://www.wings.org/

TED TALK: Lessons From A Cult Survivor – Claire Ashman (00:08:36)

Claire Ashman was born, raised, and birthed 9 children in a cult. She shares how the prevalence of cults and cult-like thinking affects everyday people. In Australia there are over 3000 cults, with some 600,000 members, meaning we all know, or have had contact with at least one person who is a member of a cult. Cults and secretive groups fill certain voids that all people feel at some point in their lives. Everyone has had a time in their lives when they’ve felt vulnerable or directionless. For some people, it’s easier to have someone give you the answer than living through the pain.

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/3/22 (00:55:50)

On the Show: Kelly Weill, journalist at The Daily Beast and author of “Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture and Why People Will Believe Anything,” joins David to discuss conspiracy theories, conspiratorial thinking, overlaps between conspiracism and political extremism, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3MktZiv

Russian forces have seized their first major Ukrainian city, Kherson, a city of about 300,000 people. There are increasingly reports of Russian troops surrendering in Ukraine without a fight, many crying and asking for food while trying to call home. The January 6 Trump riot committee has released a list of possible criminal charges committed by former President Donald Trump. Donald Trump, in his latest deranged interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, takes credit for Ukraine’s ability to fight against Russia thanks to the weapons he sent them. A stunning new poll from CBS/YouGov shows that 78% of those who watched Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this week approved of it. Republican Congressman James Comer refuses to condemn fellow Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert yelling out to heckle Joe Biden earlier this week during his State of the Union address. Radical Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert defends her heckling of President Joe Biden during this week’s State of the Union address. Voicemail caller asks David to defending communism, even though David is not a communist and doesn’t defend communism.
https://davidpakman.com/

WEDNESDAY 03.02.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 2, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/

PATIENTS COME FIRST: Dr. Graham Walker (00:21:23)

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with California-based emergency physician Dr. Graham Walker for a conversation about his work, social media engagement in the misinformation age, the evolution of the MDCalc platform he helped create, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com

ROBERT REICH: The Monopolization of America (00:11:03)

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich looks at antitrust laws and corporate giants.
Watch More: 3 The Failure of Trickle-Down Economics ►► https://youtu.be/cABuFmA3nhY

THIS WAY OUT #1770: U.S. Supreme Court Queer Interconnections & global LGBTQ news! (00:29:00)

Will the top U.S. court Roe away queer rights? Putin’s Ukraine invasion may include anti-LGBTQ hit squads, queer Chechen siblings are jailed for youthful internet activism, India’s Medical Commission calls for prosecution of conversion therapists, a non-binary Mexican wins the country’s first NB birth certificate, Florida’s House won’t say gay; and pardoned presidential con man Steve Bannon and mercenary maven Erik Prince explain why it’s right for the U.S. right to love Putin’s Russia! Those stories ” and more this week ” when you choose “This Way Out”: the worlds audio oasis for queer news and culture.

https://www.thiswayout.org/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Psychoanalyst considers if Putin has lost his mind (00:58:00)

Why Does Everything the GOP Touches About Death & Dying? Turns out this is about more than the GOP just embracing policies that lead to disease and death – those same policies also win elections while making the morbidly rich campaign funders even richer. The EU approves Ukraine’s request for membership, at least initially. Plus – Mass walkout at the UNHRC meeting when Lavrov speaks. Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Dr. Justin A. Frank, MD considers if Putin has lost his mind or is this just how all Oligarchs become?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THOMAS JEFFRSON HOUR: #1482 Dead Pool with James L. Powell (00:58:59)

Clay welcomes James L. Powell, author of Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West. They discuss whether there will be enough water to sustain the great desert cities of the American Southwest, and some citizens reluctance to accept scientific facts about global warming. Powell explains his alarm about the urgent threat saying that it will come not from the rising of the seas, but from the falling of the reservoirs.

https://jeffersonhour.com/

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 6 (00:36:23)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF WAR 1943 PROPAGANDA FILM: “Don’t Be A Sucker” (00:22:49)

The audio from this surprisingly relevant video portrays a conversation between an American citizen immigrant and a man born in the US. This short drama reveals that anti-immigrant speech may sound persuasive but is ultimately only divisive – an un-American.

https://archive.org/details/DontBeaS1947

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/2/22 (00:56:40)

On the Show: Heath Druzin, creator and host of the podcast Extremely American joins David to discuss his time with various right-wing militias across the country, their politics, their goals, and much more. President Joe Biden delivers his first “true” State of the Union address, touch on Ukraine, COVID, domestic policy, and much more. Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are openly vile and disrespectful to Joe Biden during his State of the Union address, including Boebert yelling things at Biden as Biden spoke about his military son who died of cancer. A plot to assassinate the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was foiled, reportedly in part thanks to rogue members of Russia’s FSB. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is interviewed from his bunker in Ukraine as the Russian invasion continues. Why do so many American right-wingers love Russian President Vladimir Putin? Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell refuses to condemn Donald Trump’s statements that Vladimir Putin is “smart” and “genius.” Voicemail caller is confused about something David said about rents and mortgages on a previous episode.
https://davidpakman.com/

TUESDAY 03.01.22 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 1, 2022

https://www.democracynow.org/shows

THE POSITIVE MIND: The Awakened Brain with Dr. Lisa Miller PhD Pt 1 (00:58:00)

Following up on the last week’s show on Hygge, the Danish art of feeling good, Hosts welcome Dr. Lisa Miller to talk about how the brain responds to Hygge and other pleasurable experiences. In her book “The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest For An Inspired Life,” Dr. Miller shows us that when a person talks about a spiritual experience or a feeling of connection, fMRI scans show an increase in blood flow and the brain takes on a reddish color. Conversely, when participants were asked to tell a sad or depressing story, blood flow in the brain was constricted. Dr. Miller explains that the reddish brain reflects a kind of awareness called “Awakened Awareness,” and that the brain is capable of shifting states and feelings based on what you are thinking and experiencing.

http://thepositivemind.com/

THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The GOP Is Trying To Turn America Into Putin’s Russia (00:58:00)

Greg Palast – Thom & Greg Do a Roundup On Ukraine. Putin Is Dropping Immoral & War Crime Cluster Bombs that Kill Children in Karcev – Is he killing children as a negotiating strategy? Press Run Media’s Eric Boehlert – The GOP Bromance Of Putin Revealed. The GOP Is Trying To Turn America Into Putin’s Russia. All for the same reasons Putin talks about: blood & soil (white nationalism), harass & demonize LGBTQ people, hold tight control over schools & media, and rig elections – to end democracy itself.

https://www.thomhartmann.com/

THE CHIILDREN’S HOUR: Manatees (00:58:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about Manatees, the gentle giants of the sea. In a visit with Andrea Hermann from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, the Kids Crew and Katie discuss the current ecological status of manatees, plus we find out all about their lives in the seas around Florida and elsewhere in the world. This episode comes with a Learn-Along guide to explore even more. The guide meets national education standards. You can find it at https://ChildrensHour.org/manatees Manatees are unique creatures because not only are they massive and friendly, they have no predators whatsoever in the ocean. Manatees are facing unprecedented die-offs in the last year, and conservationists are working hard to understand the best ways to save them. We’ll learn what the Conservation Marine Aquarium is doing to help save manatees, and educate boaters about watching for manatees in their habitats. We’ll hear a baby manatee talking to its mom, and some great music celebrating these elephants of the ocean.

LITERATURE ALOUD: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois ch. 5 (00:23:18)
A classic work of African-American literature by scholar-activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the text is also one of the first sociological explorations of black culture written in America. Published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is comprised of several essays about race first published in The Atlantic magazine. Based on his own experiences DuBois develops this foundational work on being African-American in American society with creativity and style.

https://librivox.org/souls-of-black-folks-by-web-du-bois/

TEXT: https://libcom.org/files/DuBois.pdf

ROBERT REICH: Politics are Polarized, But Not for the Reason You Think (00:02:46)

In the last 50 years, I’ve moved further to the left of center without changing my political views at all. How? The right has moved dangerously close to fascism. Watch More… The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It ►► https://youtu.be/sP0pRIBRcDk

TUC RADIO: Alex Carey – Corporations and Propaganda, parts 2 (00:29:00)

Alex Carey wrote that the people of the US have been subjected to an unparalleled, expensive, 3/4 century long propaganda effort designed to expand corporate rights by undermining democracy and destroying the unions. The 20th century, he wrote, is marked by three historic developments: the growth of democracy via the expansion of the franchise, the growth of corporations, and the growth of propaganda to protect corporations from democracy. Careys unique view of US history goes back to World War I and ends with the Reagan era. Noam Chomsky dedicated his book Manufacturing Consent to the memory of Alex Carey. Chomsky says that the Australian sociologist would have written the definitive history of propaganda in the US, had he lived to complete his work. This is a fairly complex production with many voices, historic sound clips, and source material. The program has been used by writers and students of history and propaganda. Alex Carey: Taking the Risk out of Democracy, Corporate Propaganda VS Freedom and Liberty with a foreword by Noam Chomsky was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1995.

http://tucradio.org/new.html

DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 3/1/22 (00:56:56)

On the Show: Ukrainian President Zelensky delivers a defiant speech to the United Nations, receiving a minute-long standing ovation, as the future of the Russian invasion is unclear. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations, suggest that if Putin has a death with, he simply shoot himself dead like Hitler did rather than ruining so many lives with his invasion. Speculation grows that Vladimir Putin’s strange behavior could be a result of being terminally ill, although it remains mere speculation at this time. Right-wing reactionaries love to use imaginary slippery slopes as rhetorical tools, and it’s important not to fall for them. Donald Trump attempts to take credit for NATO, which he previously wanted to withdraw from. Donald Trump is furious that Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis continues to climb in 2024 Presidential polls, hitting 28% in the recent CPAC straw poll. David delivers the State of the David Pakman Show 2022 address, hours ahead of Joe Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address. Televangelist Pat Robertson says that Vladimir Putin was compelled by God to invade Ukraine because of something related to Israel and ushering in the “end times.” Eric Trump tells his father that he loves him, and Donald Trump responds “have a good weekend.” Voicemail caller points out that the new US trucker convoy and others are protesting so-called “mandates” that do not even exist in the United States.
https://davidpakman.com/

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