TUESDAY 03.31.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 31, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Should we add a Category 6 to hurricane ratings? (00:01:30)
An atmospheric scientist at the National Taiwan University says storms with winds above 184 miles an hour deserve their own category.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Where Is Your Time Going? Reclaiming Meaning in the Moments That Matter (00:29:00)
On this show were exploring where your time is really going, and how to reclaim meaning in the moments that matter before they quietly slip past you. Have you ever had that moment where you look up and think wait, how is it already this late this far along this season of life? Like you just sat down to take care of a few things, maybe answer a couple emails, run a few errands, get through the day and suddenly the day is gone. The week is gone. And somehow, the year is already starting to feel like its behind you instead of in front of you.
MAKING CONTACT: American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (Encore) (00:29:00)
On today’s program we honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs through the lens of the documentary film American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs. The film plunges us into Boggs lifetime of vital thinking and action, traversing the major U.S. social movements of the last century; from labor to civil rights, to Black Power, feminism, the Asian American and environmental justice movements and beyond.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Are You Feeling Tripled Squeezed? (00:58:00)
Thom returns after his break with many news stories and great takes on the latest happenings. ICE May Stay at Airports Permanently. Tom Homan Said “We’ll See.” This is how normalization works. Are you feeling tripled squeezed? Is the GOP going to cut your healthcare to pay for bombs?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: The Moon (00:53:00)
Next time on The Children’s Hour, were going to The Moon with Commander Reid Wiseman from NASAs Artemis 2 mission. The Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait teaches us how the moon was formed, and we learn what happens to the lunar rocks back on Earth from Dr. Chip Sharer. Comes with a learning guide – and mixed with great music!
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 53 (00:10:35)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: Alan Watts Opens Up About Religion (00:17:54)
This summarised lecture by Alan Watts is from the Alan Watts Library at https://alanwatts.org. The image of Jesus is owned by the church traditions and authorities. He has been moulded to fit the interests of the church patriarchs for centuries, so much so that the prevailing image of Jesus is now so far removed from what he truly represented. Namely an energy from the future who came to earth to bring illumination and knowledge to humanity. The reason why the Jesus/Jeshua personality came to earth was to create an opening or doorway to a different state of consciousness. He wanted to set an example of the possibilities that are available to each human being. He wanted to hold up a mirror to human beings and remind them of their own divine origin and the dormant potentials they carried within. The potentials for peace, freedom and mastership over oneself. Speech extract from “Jesus: His Religion” by Alan Watts, courtesy of https://alanwatts.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4oI0Q62RkE&t=116s
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: HBCU’s Past, Present, and Future (00:29:00)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities are powerful American institutions. Cheryl Mango and Lisa Winn Bryan explore the culture, currency, and legacy of HBCUs.
THE BRADCAST: 3/31/2026 Encore: Trump’s Dumb Iran War Makes the National Security Case for Renewable Energy, with The Prospect’s Ryan Cooper (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 3-18-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: There were many notable election results in the Illinois statewide 2026 primary on Tuesday; the primary was absolutely inundated with a tidal wave of campaign cash, much of it from dark money organizations hiding their true ideological purpose behind innocuous-sounding names. Predictably, many legacy media outlets downplayed the flood of money in favor of a narrative suggesting division between progressives and establishment Democrats, which was not supported by voting data. Fossil fuel prices are skyrocketing due to Donald Trump’s War on Iran, even he has gutted renewable energy production and manufacturing in the US. Ryan Cooper of ‘The American Prospect’ explains how the rest of the world is catching on to the fact that domestically-produced, cheap renewable energy is now a national security imperative for every nation (including ours), and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 03.30.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 30, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Retiring farmers find a new way to pass on their land (00:01:30)
A national nonprofit helps transfer farmland into community ownership and ensures it will be managed sustainably.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #95: Gig Economy (00:29:00)
What is the gig economy? (est 36% are gig employed ” Gallup) 53% age 18 to 34, 75.7% would not quit their gigs for a full-time job. 79% happier
What’s the dark side?
What are the advantages?
What just happened in CA with voting against people getting some benefits from companies like Uber?
Do you have plans for balancing a gig economy job with your future plans?
Transitioning to being a farm intern to learn more about soil, livestock management etc.
What’s your goal in making this transition?
What are your thoughts for how to comment rural areas to city’s?
Where do we go from here?
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Reality, Hype, and Danger of A.I. (00:29:00)
On this episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff provides updates on job losses in February 2026 in the U.S. economy, how California unions are actively protecting immigrant workers from ICE, capitalist crashes and politics (1929 vs. today), and Europe’s economic dead end. In the second half, Professor Wolff interviews journalist-critic (and Bernie Sanders’ speechwriter) Richard “RJ” Eskow about AI.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Don’t Be Distracted by the Noise (00:58:00)
Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast helping us understand the choices that we still have and how not to be distracted by the noise. Also Jeff’s dad Joe Smith returns for the popular segment News With My Dad.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Jamie’s Corner: Health, Compassion, Animal Liberation, Environment & Lingerie (00:55:00)
We have an amazingly creative, thoughtful, and passionate guest with us today. Jamie Logan produces media to move our consciousness toward veganism and animal liberation. The wide diversity of video productions Jamie has created is truly impressive, both in the videos she created with Jordan Ehrlich, as part of Cavelight Films, and in the separate work she has done as Jamie’s Corner and available on her website itsjamiescorner.com. Touching on issues like health, compassion, animal liberation, environmental issues, and women’s lingerie, Jamie finds fruitful ways to move us toward peace and wholeness along with all of our fellow travelers on this globe.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 51-52 (00:26:25)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The High Cost of Toxic Fashion (00:29:00)
Synthetic fabric clothing is not only contaminating our world with microplastics, but it’s also impacting our ability to reproduce. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the environmental legacy of war, state efforts to ban artificial food dyes, and what kinds of chemicals are often found in baby mattresses. Then investigative reporter and author Alden Wicker talks about fast fashion, synthetic fabrics, and how our throw-away relationship with cheap clothing is not only exacerbating the worldwide plastic crisis impacting but our own health in ways we never expected.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 3/27/2026 Encore: Trump uses ‘wartime’ authority to reopen CA oil pipelines, with Talia Nimmer, Center for Biological Diversity (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 3-16-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump’s war of distraction against Iran is not going well, as Iran continues its entirely predictable effective shutdown of the vital Strait of Hormuz. New developments over the weekend include Trump lifting sanctions against Russian oil, despite Russia reportedly helping Iran target US assets. Trump is also using his failure overseas as cover to target, endanger and threaten Americans on the home front. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to force the re-opening of a deteriorating oil pipeline that is responsible for one of the worst oil spills in California history back in 2015. Attorney TALIA NIMMER of the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity explains why the move to pre-empt state law for a single company is unprecedented, why it’s a bad idea to restart pipeline and other decrepit oil infrastructure, and much more. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 03.29.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: March 22, 2026 Lebanon war (00:58:00)
Recent escalations in Israel’s war have killed or wounded the equivalent of one classroom of children every day, according to the deputy chief of the UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF). The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said on Thursday that it had recorded more than 10,000 air and ground violations inside Lebanese territory since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect at the end of 2024. Israel’s attack on Lebanon has created both a humanitarian crisis and a potential collapse of the Lebanese government. We explore this attack, the role of Hezbollah, and the future of Lebanon from two different perspectives.
Our guests join us from Lebanon.
EARTH RIOT RADIO #214 – Woke Monsters From Deep In The Earth (00:29:00)
We Are Woke Monsters from Deep in the Earth. We have learned that a hidden violent strategy to reduce the natural world to one large profit center is underwayThe Trump policy on climate change is to call it a hoax. In this weeks Earth Riot we are the Hoax Released! We have the talented and powerful assistance of Puma, Loon, Kookaburra, and Howling Monkeys. They will join the Stop Shopping Choir,howling for the natural world to flourish in all its glorious complexity. All the Woke Monsters will defeat the AI robots and their corporate toadies. Thats the Armageddon at the End of the World, WOKE EARTH MONSTERS VS. BILLIONAIRE AI ROBOTS.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Harper Thorne and Ghost Bride of Greton Hall (00:28:00)
Barnaby Druthers narrates this Harper Thorne adventure. When a mysterious figure haunts a community theater, Harper Thorne is called in to investigate.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Bob Lord, Senior Advisor, Tax Policy, to The Patriotic Millionaires. We discuss the proposal now being brought to Congress, The Working Americans Tax Cut Act, which is legislation that would cut income taxes for working people. One part of it proposes to exempt the first $46,000 from any tax, since this is the basic cost of living for a single person with no children. other parts of this proposed change to the tax code would raise some income taxes for persons whose income is above $1M. Overall, for the government, this would be revenue neutral. This proposal has support from the AFLCIO, AFT, and other unions.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen, Ph.D., Fellow for Middle East at the Baker Institute. We discuss the effects on the energy markets as a result of the US attacks on Iran. This conflict has spread to the whole Middle East, as as Iran attacks other oil and gas producing countries in the region. The world economy is affected as a whole. Israel wants to extend the war as long as possible in order to destroy Iran as a possible aggressor in future. But this is causing irreversible and lasting damage all around. Negotiations do not seem to be feasible, due to the lack of trust.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: (00:59:00)
No Kings and 11 Attempts by Democrats to Fund TSA Blocked by Trump As He Tries To Force His SAVE Act on Senate Republicans | Will Congress Balk at Hegseth’s Extra $200 Billion and Trump’s Extra $500 Billion on Top of a $Trillion Defense Budget? | Trump Postpones His Summit With Xi While Cutting Off Persian Gulf Oil China Depends On
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Magicians of the Gods – The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization with Graham Hancock (00:59:00)
Graham Hancock is a journalist and best selling author of Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilizations, that brings ancient history, archeology, cosmology, legend and mythology together in this fascinating book which presents the latest geological and archeological discoveries and evidence for a major cataclysmic event that occurred almost 13,000 years ago, along with archeological evidence that indicate the presence of an ancient technologically advanced civilization that established agriculture, medicine and architecture around 11,000 years ago at the time of a second great cataclysmic event. Find out how the latest geological, archeological and cosmological discoveries confirm events that were previously the stuff of legend and mythology, and is completely rewriting history.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: How Iran Will Retaliate Against the US (00:58:00)
Iran has a long history of asymmetrical responses to the United States over the years but some news that was reported about a week before the US and Israel launched this war underscores just how serious and problematic the Iranians will be when they start attacking the inside of the USA. We also cover so much more in the critical deep dive. Don’t miss it!
SATURDAY 03.28.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Janet Vertesi, founder of the Opt Out Project (00:59:30)
This week’s show features Janet VertesI, a Princeton University sociology professor, NASA ethnographer, and founder of the Opt Out Project which provides resources for evading surveillance capitalism and adopting privacy-focused, alternative technologies.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: A wealth tax boosts the economy and democracy. (00:58:38)
It’s a long term necessity, but tragically, short term policy-makers put off a solution essential to a strong economy and restoration of our republican form of government. As of today, both the economy and democracy are in a downward spiral. A wealth tax is necessary to reverse this economic and political nosedive. Our guest today, Josh Bivens, chief economist with the Economic Policy Institute, argues that while were far from being there politically, taxing the top .1% is a fair and just solution we cannot put off forever. The problem is that many fear taxing the ultra-wealthy will mean they’ll get hit too. Its still a political problem but we are getting closer with more democratic left leaning candidates winning.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Long-Term Care Insurance (00:58:00)
Long-term care insurance helps cover costs of care provided when an older adult has a chronic medical condition, disability, or disorder. For those who have long-term care insurance, filing a policy claim requires completion of numerous documents and following a detailed process to receive benefits. Natalie Vayo, CEO, Family Solutions for Care, https://familysolutionsforcare.com/, talks about purchasing long-term care insurance, deciding best policy coverage, and finding assistance when filing a long-term care insurance claim.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Make Your Lawn a Low-Maintenance Contributor to Biodiversity and Landscape Beauty (00:29:00)
As Dan Jaffe Wilder Wilder says you can grow a lawn which is a whole bunch of green stuff. Or you can grow a lawn that is a whole bunch of low-growing green stuff with some yellow, some blue, some white, some pink and some red mixed in. Which do you choose? Join the conversation with this native plant expert and learn how you can make your lawn not only colorful but also easier to maintain and supportive of the local wildlife and native flora
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Michael Parenti – The Face of Imperialism (00:29:00)
“The Face of Imperialism will be hated by those who run the Empire, and it will be loved by people around the world – many of them indigenous peoples – who are defending themselves against the Empire.” That’s what the author Andre Vltchek wrote for the jacket of Dr. Michael Parenti’s most recent book.
THE BOPST SHOW: Neighboring Tribes (00:55:48)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide variety of music that knows no one genre era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear timely 70s punk from La Vie En Rose, throwback garage rock stylings of Vivian Girls, and beat poet William S Burroughs as well as tunes form Fanny Mpfumo, Willie Nelson, as many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #630 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes Wes Bryant, a retired Air Force special operations master sergeant and former analyst at the Civilian Protection Center who talks to us about how civilians, either through incompetence or negligence, are not being protected during American missile strikes. Then our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, joins us to break down his latest op-ed The Power to Declare War Belongs to Congress Alone.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 03.27.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday March 27, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The cargo ship that gets most of its power the old-fashioned way (00:01:30)
The cargo ship that gets most of its power the old-fashioned way.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: The Singing TradesWoman (00:55:00)
High tower crane operator and singer/songwriter Sammy Cossairt talks with poet and master electrician Susan Eisenberg about life in the trades and her new song TradesWoman; a Labor Landmarks visit to Seattles historic Labor Temple with Conor Casey; plus stories of women-led struggles – from the 1929 Elizabethton Rayon Strike to Michigan’s Big Annie Clements.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Reverse Engineering Conspiracy Theories (00:58:00)
Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast. Amongst the angst of watching an illegal war unfold, survivors of the Epstein nightmare still not receiving justice and so many agonies of thinking Americans, Jeff explores the hidden revelations of conspiracy theories.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Meera Subramanian: A Novel Graphic Novel (00:29:00)
This week on Sea Change Radio we speak with environmental journalist Meera Subramanian about her new YA graphic novel on climate change, A Better World Is Possible, written in partnership with illustrator Danica Novgorodoff. We talk about the need to educate and entertain young people on current events, and discuss the challenges of engaging young readers on heady topics like economics, religion, and science.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: What a Mamdani Victory Signals for the Nation (00:28:00)
Wherever you are in the country, you’ve probably heard the name Zohran Mamdani. New York City’s mayoral race is a national story, and its hard to overstate the significance of the leading candidate in this moment. If elected, Mamdani would become the first Muslim-American and only the second Democratic Socialist Mayor of the largest city in the U.S. His victory, on a promise to make New York affordable for working people, would have implications for politics everywhere. The race is already garnering both excitement and anxiety. President Trump is threatening to withhold federal funding for New York City if Mamdani wins. From Chicago to Dearborn, Michigan, journalists are watching. In this installment of Meet the BIPOC Press, Laura Flanders speaks with Felipe De La Hoz, investigative immigration and policy reporter whose work has been featured in The Intercept, The Washington Post, New York Mag and The Nation; Osama Siblani, publisher and founder of The Arab American News, the largest Arab American newspaper in the U.S., and Asha Ransby-Sporn, organizer and writer for In These Times and co-founder of Black Youth Project 100, where she led the group’s national organizing program. Join us as we explore what a Mamdani victory would signal for the nation. (original air date Oct 31, 2025)
THE BOPST SHOW: Neighboring Tribes (00:55:48)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide variety of music that knows no one genre era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear timely 70s punk from La Vie En Rose, throwback garage rock stylings of Vivian Girls, and beat poet William S Burroughs as well as tunes form Fanny Mpfumo, Willie Nelson, as many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 3/26/2026 Encore:’Short-Term Pain for Long-Term Gain’ in Iran? With David Faris of Roosevelt Univ (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 3/11/2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: In Tuesday’s primary and special elections, Democrats continued to outperform their 2024 election results by significant margins, flipping a state assembly seat in New Hampshire and forcing a runoff in a Georgia special election to replace retired GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene. Fort Worth, Texas poll workers express serious concerns about unverifiable electronic voting machines causing long voting delays in recent elections. Donald Trump’s disastrous War on Iran continues to wreak global havoc with no end in sight, as the White House tries to convince struggling Americans that ‘short-term pain is necessary for long-term gain.’ Roosevelt University political scientist and Middle East expert DAVID FARIS discusses the foreign and domestic implications of Trump’s war and potential impacts on the critical 2026 midterm elections.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 03.26.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 26, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Illinois invests in large-scale battery storage (00:01:30)
The goal is to store excess wind and solar energy, reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: While You Were Thinking Of Something Else (00:58:00)
While record heat pummels the West, two great scientists explain the speeding heat pump pushing us hotter in steps. Dr. Kevin Trenberth Distinguished Scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research explains ocean heat storage, El Nino – the way the world works, unseen from land. Then from Columbia University Dr. Suzana Camargo on the future of hurricanes, typhoons or cyclones. They cause more than fear and damage. Big storms change weather and drive heat and water toward the Poles. Tropical cyclones are bigger than we thought.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How We Can Utilize the Levers of Power (00:58:00)
Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast shares his working Grand Unified Theory of challenging existing power to help regular people realize the own abilities. Electoral Math, Psychology and Persuasion, Money, Media and more. Jeff also reads the poem “One Vote” by Aimee Nezhukumatathi.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-03-24 (00:58:30)
This week, well examine the US-Israel war in Iran through the lens of the global oil-based economys vulnerability to military conflict. My guest Andy Rowell of Oil Change International helps answer the question of whether reducing oil reliance could undercut wars. Then, well analyse how and why the state of Washington just enacted a new tax on millionaires and how other states could follow. Marco Guzman, Senior Analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy will be my guest. Finally, Brandon Wolf, an LGBTQ+ civil rights activist and gun safety advocate will join me to discuss the upcoming No Kings demonstrations and protests nationwide this Saturday March 28.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 49-50 (00:22:23)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: The Purpose of Life Is Not In The Future (00:06:04)
Welcome to Way of Thinking! Alan Watts talks about how we sometimes think that happiness, awakening, spirituality or joy is in the future. Making us chase every kind of things and in the end realizing that everything was a lie and “joy” “love” “peace” is here and now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21VTKiEgAvw
WINGS # 50-25 Agenda to Save the Planet, Part 1 (00:29:00)
The World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet was held in Miami, Florida, November 8-12, 1991, to produce a Women’s Action Agenda for the June 1992 Earth Summit. and to build an international network to ensure a strong women’s voice on all issues pertaining to environment and development.
Speakers in part 1 of this documentary:
Bella Abzug, former US Congresswoman and founder of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization; Peggy Antrobus of Barbados, reading excerpts from the conference conclusions; Marjorie Walden reads the greeting of a Cherokee clan chieftainess; Meenakshi Raman, Malaysian environmentalist, reads the testimony of a native woman against logging and a group of women in the forefront of a fight against Mitsubishi chemicals’ dumping of radioactive waste, asking “why do we have to pay the price for the consumption of the elite few of the world?”; Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Canadian environmental scientist, on the repurposing of toxic military products to market as domestic solutions; Magda Renner, Brazilian environmentalist, activist, and ecologist, reads from testimonies of Pacific indigenous women exposed to nuclear testing; Dagmar Thorpe, writer and advocate for American Indian affairs, explains that humans are an interrelated part of the natural world; Laila Takla, former chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Egyptian Parliament, called for a global code of corporate ethics; Meena Rahman of Malaysia (again) calling for cooperation among developed and developing nations to achieve sustainability; Jocelyn Dow of Guyana, a founder of the Red Thread Women’s Development Organization, and chair of the Guyana Forestry Commission, says countries need the right to choose the economic and political models best suited to their situation and not be forced through militarization to change to the American model of development.
THE BRADCAST: 3/25/2026 Trump Over a Barrel in Iran, with guests Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: A stunning victory in Donald Trump’s home district in Florida, where Democratic candidate Emily Gregory flipped a long-held Republican state assembly seat, continuing the trend of Democrats flipping red seats to blue across the country. Trump insists he is ‘winning’ the war he launched against Iran, even as he sends thousands more US troops to the region and is flailing in attempts to broker any kind of ceasefire agreement. Iran demanded reparations for war damage by the U.S. and control of the Strait of Hormuz before considering any deal. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the Professional Left Podcast offer insight, analysis, context, history, and hilarity on Trump’s ill-advised war, the looming danger to the global economy, the 2026 midterm elections, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 03.25.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 25, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Home energy upgrades can help older residents stay in their homes (00:01:30)
Senior Services Plus in Illinois is helping older residents lower energy costs with free insulation, heating upgrades, and other improvements.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Lee Evslin, MD, pediatrician, and author of Breakfast at Monsanto’s: Is Roundup in our food making us sicker, fatter, and sadder? (Part 1 of 2) (00:28:00)
Did you know that even low-level exposures to commonly used pesticides pose harm to vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Lee Evslin, MD, FAAP, board-certified pediatrician, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, former hospital CEO, and author of Breakfast at Monsanto’s: Is Roundup in our food making us sicker, fatter, and sadder. Evslin discusses his work in Hawaii which spurred a state ban on the neurotoxic pesticide, chlorpyrifos, and how the chemical industry attempts to discredit even physicians. (Part 1 of 2)
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT: Anas Nin Writes of the New Woman (00:28:59)
The Cuban-French essayist and novelist reads from the first volume of her Diary of Anais Nin, presented in commemoration of Women’s History Month by poet and Anas Nin Foundation Chair Steven Reigns.
The Rainbow Rewind remembers the March birthdays of Alexandra Billings, the first female transgender actor to portray Mama Rose in Gypsy, and gay playwright Tennessee Williams, recalling his first meeting with Marlon Brando. Plus the founding of ACT-UP, Bisexual Health Awareness Month, International Transgender Day of Visibility and more.
And in NewsWrap: India’s anti-trans proposal sparks protests, New South Wales acts to stop dating app ambushes, Olympics sex testing plan outrages rights advocates, Trump’s new visa rules call neutral X passports gender fraud, California and New York lead U.S. states fighting Health and Huma
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Are Huge Airport Lines a Flashpoint for Democrats to Surge? (00:58:00)
Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast helping us realize the hidden opportunity for activism with the horrendous airport waiting lines. Also Jeff’s dad Joe Smith returns for the popular segment News With My Dad.
CIVIC CIPHER: Raven Schwam-Curtis Discusses the Political Intersection of Black and Jewish Americans Under Trump (00:59:00)
Raven Schwam-Curtis is a Black and Jewish content creator, advocate, and speaker. An academic turned content creator, Raven is an alumna of Cornell University and Northwestern University, and her work uniquely blends personal storytelling with social justice advocacy. She elevates important conversations around intersectionality, political activism, and systemic change. Her contributions have been featured in major outlets like Glamour Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, POLITICO, and Buzzfeed. And She is our guest today!
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 48 (00:54:41)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
THE BRADCAST: 3/24/2026 Guest: Mark Joseph Stern of Slate on SCOTUS arguments to block late arriving mail ballots (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: In a bizarre development in California, a Republican sheriff-turned-gubernatorial candidate seized 650,000 ballots to conduct an ‘investigation’ into baseless fraud allegations in the state’s Prop 50 redistricting special election. Trump-backed North Carolina Republican state senate leader lost the GOP primary by 23 votes. Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida then falsely attacked voting by mail. Slate’s great court reporter MARK JOSEPH STERN explains what happened in US Supreme Court oral arguments on Monday, in which the Republican National Committee is suing to block state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots. Stern discusses the absurd legal arguments and hypotheticals raised by the far-right justices, why states include grace periods, the implications for the critical 2026 midterm elections, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 03.24.26 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 24, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Cold winters are no match for modern cold-climate heat pumps (00:01:30)
In fact, several chilly Nordic countries lead the world in heat pump adoption.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Before You Ask AI: Rediscovering Curiosity, Creativity, and Your Own Voice (00:29:00)
On this show were exploring what happens to curiosity, creativity, and even our sense of self when we start asking AI before we ask ourselves. Have you ever caught yourself reaching for an answer before you even let the question fully form? Maybe it’s something simple. What should I say in this message? How do I respond to this situation? What’s the best way to handle this? And before the thought even has time to stretch its legs we outsource it.
MAKING CONTACT: Flemmie Kittrell and the Preschool Experiment from Lost Women of Science (Encore) (00:29:00)
Dr. Flemmie Kittrell was a Black home economist whose research in the field of early childhood education shaped the way we think about child development and contributed immensely to programs like Head Start ” even though her name is often left out of the history. We’ll hear more about her life and work in a story from the podcast _Lost Women of Science.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Twelve Million Strong Makes the Difference (00:58:00)
Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast. As the next NO KINGS rally approaches this weekend we review even more of the reasons that the tyrannical regime must come to an end.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: The Children’s Hour is Kids Public Radio (00:53:00)
Manatees are large, gentle mammals that live in warm water. On this episode of The Children’s Hour, the Kids Crew travels to Florida to learn how these slow-moving plant eaters survive in rivers, coastal waters, and springs. Manatees can grow more than ten feet long and weigh over a thousand pounds, yet they spend much of their time quietly grazing on seagrass. Andrea Herman from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium joins us to answer the Kids Crews questions. We learn why manatees are related to elephants, how mothers care for their calves, and why they gather in warm water during winter. The Crew also explores the dangers manatees face, including boat strikes, red tide, cold stress, and the loss of seagrass habitat. We even hear underwater recordings of a mother and baby manatee communicating.
This episode includes a learning guide that meets national education standards. Find it at childrenshour.org and look for Manatees. Our podcasts and guides are designed for classroom and home learning.
Listen to Manatees wherever you get your podcasts.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 47 (00:33:55)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Having a Ruff Day (00:29:00)
Dogs have co-evolved with humans for thousands of years. They’re uniquely adapted to us. Its why our dogs are more than pets, they’re family! Tanya Mitropoulos studies how dogs can pick up on our workplace stress. Also: If you’re online too much like me, you’ve probably heard of the phrase Sunday scaries. But for experts like Molly Sloan, its known as affective rumination – or the act of dwelling on work during non-work hours. She says it’s one of the biggest drivers of low employee wellbeing.
THE BRADCAST: 3/23/2026 FCC Chair Approves Unlawful Media Mega-Merger, Undermines Media Diversity; Guest: John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump chickened out of this threat to bomb Iran’s civilian power plants if they didn’t open the Strait of Hormuz trade route, claiming talks with Iran were going well. Iran says there are no talks. Trump issued a classless, degenerate statement celebrating the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, a war hero and decades-long public servant. JOHN BERGMAYER of nonprofit watchdog Public Knowledge explains the corrupt Trump FCC’s new decision to waive longstanding limits on corporate media ownership to justify approving an unlawful merger between two massive networks, Nexstar and Tegna, which will allow the new, conservative-leaning mega-conglomerate to reach an unprecedented 80% of American homes. Bergmayer explains how the merger could raise costs, limit Americans’ access to diverse viewpoints, damage democracy, and more. Callers weigh in
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 03.23.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 23, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: As heat pumps gain popularity, winter electricity demand is growing (00:01:30)
But efficiency upgrades and demand response programs can help keep costs down.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #94: Resiliency in Isolation (00:29:00)
Adjust your self-talk
Notice the good in the world
Limit social media and COVID conversation
Stick to a routine
Develop a self-care toolkit.
Stay hydrated and eat well.
Find your own retreat space.
Find something you can control.
Help others…
Get out of your environment
Find a long-term project to dive into:
Find lightness and humor in each day.
Reach out for help
Remind yourself daily that this is temporary.
Find the lesson.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com/
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Trumps Tariff Policies: A Critique (00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff explains how and why Trumps tariff policies add uncertainties to global trade that undermine the very benefits he promised tariffs would bring. He also explains why the United States has never truly been a democracy, but rather an authoritarian society whose current shift is from a polite authoritarianism to a blunt, unvarnished one. The core argument is that the workplace “whether a factory, office, or store” is organized in a fundamentally authoritarian way, and that this structure then extends to and infects the rest of society.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Finding the Power to Keep Resisting (00:58:00)
Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast helping us realize the hidden power that we receive ourselves from thankfulness. Also Jeff’s dad Joe Smith returns after his marriage at age 90, surviving a heart attack and defeating cancer for the popular segment News With My Dad.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Minnesota Uprising with Billy Bragg, Anne Hills, Peter Mayer, Mary Gauthier: Part 3 of Songs Arising (00:55:00)
In the third installment of songs inspired by the Minnesota Uprising, the songs are harvested from Minnesota, Nashville, Bethlehem, PA, and the Southern coast of England. All four musicians and songs you’ll be hearing are energy & affirmation for the valiant community of the Twin Cities of Minnesota, and a spotlight on the vile government force the community has stood up against. Billy Bragg has a few decades of resisting the system under his belt, reaching all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Peter Mayer lives a scant 30 or 40 minutes from Minneapolis, examining the world through a wonderful microscope of science & spirituality. Mary Gauthier inhabits the warmer climes of Nashville, TN, and she shares a song she co-wrote with Eliza Gilkyson. Anne Hills broadcasts her musical blessing with a keen eye for love in motion. We’ll have a 4th episode soon.
All featured music is written & performed by the artists, as listed:
Heroes – by Peter Mayer
Soldier of Fortune – by Mary Gauthier (co-written with Eliza Gilkyson)
Here Comes Love – by Anne Hills
City of Heroes – by Billy Bragg
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 46 (00:16:17) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: Understanding The Synchronicity Of The Universe (00:12:37)
Alan Watts. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York.
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT EMR SYNDROME (00:29:00)
Are you one of the growing number of people who suffer debilitating physical symptoms from exposure to wireless radiation? In the news this week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about how toxic chemicals widely in food are contributing to mental health decline in young people, and the legal battle over whether the EPA failed to warn farmers about PFAS chemicals in biosolid fertilizers. Then Ruth Moss, founder and President of EMR Syndrome Alliance, talks about her personal quest to find out what was causing her physical symptoms, and why she has now founded the new online resource for individuals and their physicians, EMRSyndrome.org.
THE BRADCAST: 3/20/2026 Encore: Trump FCC Chair’s New ‘Threat’ to Broadcasters, with guest Harold Feld of Public Knowledge (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 2-24-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: New reporting confirms that FBI documents from the Epstein Files are missing from the trove released by the Justice Department under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which detail serious allegations against Donald Trump. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee confirm that the DOJ ‘appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews,’ and announced a new parallel investigation, calling it ‘the single largest cover-up in modern American history.’ HAROLD FELD of the non-profit group Public Knowledge explains new authoritarian actions by Trump’s FCC Chair Brendan Carr, instructing broadcasters to air ‘pro-America’ programming; threats that have intimidated major networks into changing their programming; why he feels ‘this is a critically dangerous moment for our First Amendment freedoms’; and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 03.22.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: March 15 26 US- Iran war, war crime analysis, powerful lack empathy (00:58:00)
First interview: The Israeli/American War on Iran continues. On today’s show we wrestle with the question of the war’s legality. Is the war legal and are the targets being destroyed legal? In doing so, we reject US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s assertion that the US will fight this war with “no stupid rules of engagement,” “no politically correct wars,” and “no nation-building quagmire.” But while he rejects the importance of the rules and law of war, we do not. So we will ask, is this war legal? Is the manner in which the US and Israel have fought the war legal? Has Iran’s response been legal? Second interview: Studies show that powerful people feel less empathy. What does that mean for societies?
EARTH RIOT RADIO #213 – Life Is Watching (00:29:00)
There comes a moment when we are wise and loving enough to notice that the Earth that we are attacking is alive and watching the whole thing. The killing of fellow humans, of all the animals and plants, all life, known and unknown, even varieties of bacteria are going extinct on our watch. They are all witnessing us.We are creating an unbelievable phenomenon that the billionaire media is hushing up: this 3 year old global heatwave that our economy manufactures. The living Earth is watching our fire and flood, and the Earth is struggling to extend life beyond the time of the humans.But we are life too, and we are watching too
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Second Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Question of the Library (00:28:00)
Barnaby Druthers: Second Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Harper Thorne: Question of the Library
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN March 21, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Mechelle Dickerson, Prof. of Law at the University of Texas. We discuss how the changes made in the period after WWII have created the America middle class. This group is now under assault, and fragile. American workers are constantly in danger of falling off the economic cliff into poverty. They have been conditioned to look “sideways and down” at other workers as the causes of their economic fragility, rather than “up” at the bosses, who are responsible. And what are some possible ‘fixes’ for the situation that now exists.
Segment Two
We then catch up with writer, reporter, Sasha Abramsky. We discuss the movement of the US to a Christian nationalistic theocracy, led by people who are not Christians, but are using the rhetoric to control their followers. They revel in war atrocities, control aspects of religious lives, and create economic anxiety. Experts in governance have been eliminated, and we are now reaping the results of the politics of idiocy.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS March 22, 2026 (00:59:00)
Contradictory Signals From Trump to Wind Down the War While Sending in More Marines | The Winner of the Iran War Putin Prepares For a Spring Offensive in Ukraine While His Bootlicking Friend Trump Rewards Him With Extra Revenue | Celebrating the Iranian New Year Under Bombardment From Abroad and Repression at Home
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: The Promise of Information Medicine with Dr Nisha Manek (00:59:00)
Nisha Manek is a medical doctor and recognized internationally as a leader in the field of integrative medicine. She’s also a protege of physicist William Tiller, and the author of Bridging Science and Spirit: The Genius of William A Tiller’s Physics and the Promise of Information Medicine. In this second conversation with Niisha we talk about information medicine and some of the latest discoveries and insights underlying that.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: How Iran Will Retaliate Against the US (00:58:00)
Iran has a long history of asymmetrical responses to the United States over the years but some news that was reported about a week before the US and Israel launched this war underscores just how serious and problematic the Iranians will be when they start attacking the inside of the USA. We also cover so much more in the critical deep dive. Don’t miss it!
SATURDAY 03.21.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: A visit to Repair Cafe El Barrio (00:59:30)
Repair cafes, staffed by volunteer repair coaches, allow people to get free repairs for appliances and clothing items. Mark visited Repair Cafe El Barrio, in New York’s East Harlem neighborhood, and talked to coaches and guests.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: The Iran War A Catastrophe for the US-Israel Alliance? That’s a Good Thing (00:00:00)
Did we give up on our president when 9/11 happened? Of course not, we rallied round the flag. Same thing is happening in Iran. Both Democrats and Republicans have forever bent over backwards for Israel, and today as a result of our support for the genocide in Gaza, and our joint war in Iran, the almighty AIPAC has become a curse word. This impulsive war on Iran has no explanation and this moment may be a unique hinge in history, so says guest Jack Mirkinson, senior editor of The Nation.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Money Management (00:58:00)
As personal financial matters become more complicated, finding time to focus on daily tasks of money management may be difficult. Daily money managers (DMMs) deliver essential financial services to older adults and their families to ensure financial and other obligations will be met.
Kay Bransford, Professional Financial Advocate & Fiduciary, MemoryBanc. https://memorybanc.com/, talks about services provided by DMMs, how these services help older adults remain independent and assist their families, and what to know when hiring a DMM.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: A Gardeners Introduction to Fungi and Their Essential Support for Plants (00:29:00)
Estimates of fungi diversity range into the millions of species, yet the vast majority remain unknown. What is clear, says mycologist Gabriela DElia, is that your garden plants depend on the services provided to them by the indigenous fungi.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Michael Parenti: The One Percent Pathology And The Myth Of Capitalism – Part TWO (00:29:00)
Dr. Michael Parenti (1933-2026) gave this keynote speech for the 4th Annual Peoples Movement Assembly at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington in October, 2012. He talked about economics, neo-liberalism, globalization and the history of capitalism. Parenti spoke and wrote about these topics long before most other academics dared mention ” and much less critique “capitalism, the chosen economic form in the US, and really the world.
Raised in a working class Italian family in East Harlem, New York City, Parenti went on to receive his Ph.D. in political science at Yale in 1962. His academic career was cut short by his dismissal after he was arrested for protesting the US war on Vietnam. Parenti became an independent scholar, lecturer and author of over 20 books. And he remained an activist as well.
Thanks to Ed Mays from Pirate TV, Seattle, for this recording. You can see the film of this talk at
THE BOPST SHOW: Unlock That Funky Chaindance (00:55:37)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear 80s Richmond instrumental group Alter Natives, minimalist hip hop duo Detroit Grand Pubahs, and Haitian artist Freedom as well as music by The Liminanas, Dianne and Carole & The Latin Whatchamacallits, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #623 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes international human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber to discuss the U.S. and Israel’s illegal war on Iran. Then, Ralph speaks to investigative reporter David Cay Johnston about the finances of Donald Trump.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/
FRIDAY 03.20.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday March 20, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Hawaii teens take on the state – and win (00:01:30)
Young plaintiffs helped secure a landmark climate settlement with the Hawaii Department of Transportation.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: The Hidden Labor Story Behind the Oscars (00:55:00)
We announce this year’s Labor Oscar winner and take a look at the little-known backstory at how union organizing prompted Hollywood bosses to create the Academy Awards.
Plus, the IWW relaunches a grassroots labor film series in Bellingham, Washington; and musician Tom Kastle brings Joe Hills story to life in a NYC performance this Saturday.
Also: labor arts news, spring chorus concerts, and Labor History in 2:00 on the 1968 KMPX radio strike.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: People-Powered Movements Are How We End Authoritarianism (00:58:00)
Ezra Levin, Co-Founder, Indivisible explains that each time we show up, we disrupt President Trumps attempts to rule through repression and remind the country, and the world, that people power is our path to a truly free America. Plus one billionaire just admitted what they all know: This System Is Going to Break. And check-up on Bob Kennedy. They ignored 99% of the safety data before pulling kids COVID protection. Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works reminds us that our data was stolen, and no one is talking about it. Musk is to blame, but was he behind the whole thing?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Alexis Normand of Greenly on F1’s Carbon Footprint (00:29:00)
Even casual fans of Formula One, or F1 Racing may have noticed that the popular motor sport has annual grand prix events spanning the globe, from Baku to Shanghai to So Paulo. And this calendar, our guest on this week’s Sea Change Radio argues, comprises a larger portion of F1’s greenhouse gas emissions than the racing itself. Today we speak with Alexis Normand, the CEO of Greenly, to discuss his company’s new report assessing the annual carbon footprint of F1 racing. We compare Greenly’s sustainability report with F1’s own internal one, look at some of the problems with F1’s methodologies, and talk about ways to lessen the sport’s environmental impact.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: No Kings to Hungary: Ezra Levin & Laszlo Upor on Fighting Fascism, Trump & Orban (00:28:00)
If you care about resisting autocracy and building democracy, the U.S. has much to learn from Hungary. While Donald Trump rails against Europe, he and Hungary’s strongman leader, Viktor Orban, have praised each other for years. Anti-democratic, anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-queer – Orban and Trump came to power on parallel tracks with similar values. In their first interview together, Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisible (the group behind No Kings!) and Lszl Upor, a leader in one of Hungary’s most creative and visible resistance efforts, share their experiences of resisting authoritarianism. Upor is former Vice Rector and Acting Rector of the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest ” the one university that fought back when the Orban administration began taking control of Hungary’s universities. Levin is the co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible, the grassroots movement behind such historic protests as the historic Hands Off and No Kings rallies. From the principles of their organizing to frog suits and caution tape, todays episode is a masterclass in creative resistance. Plus a commentary from Laura.
THE BOPST SHOW: Unlock That Funky Chaindance (00:55:37)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear 80s Richmond instrumental group Alter Natives, minimalist hip hop duo Detroit Grand Pubahs, and Haitian artist Freedom as well as music by The Liminanas, Dianne and Carole & The Latin Whatchamacallits, and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 3/19/2026 New World Democracy Report Warns U.S. Facing ‘Unprecedented Autocratization’ Under Trump (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: New report on democracy around the world warns that authoritarianism is on the rise everywhere, and the speed with which American democracy is currently being dismantled is ‘unprecedented’ in modern history. The report found that elections provide a pivotal opportunity to stop autocracy, and ‘the first electoral cycle was often decisive.’ The Trump Administration has a new strategy to kill U.S. wind energy: pay an offshore wind company $1 billion in public funds to NOT build any wind farms — during an energy crisis. Judge orders Trump Administration to restore Voice of America to the airwaves around the world and reinstate more than 1,000 VOA employees. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard tried to dodge senators’ questions on whether Iran posed an ‘imminent’ threat. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 03.19.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 19, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How to help your garden withstand climate change (00:01:30)
Healthy soils and diverse, perennial plants can help your garden beds survive extreme weather like floods and droughts.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: The Awful Bright Side of War? (00:58:00)
Could the closure of the Strait of Hormuz help save us from Hellish climate change? At least 20 percent of the worlds oil and gas has been shutdown. What does it mean? The awful bright side of this crazy war – or is it? Then two scientists with unseen stories of climate change, from Greenland to global sea life. Plus: songs for dark times.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: FCC chair Threatens Broadcasters Over Coverage of Iran War (00:58:00)
Craig Aaron, President & Co-CEO of the original Free Press reports that a massive Coalition calls on Democratic leadership to stand firm against Stephen Millers plans to reauthorize dangerous government spying. Is Kash Patel Setting Us Up for Another 9/11? Does Trump ever tell the truth? Trump Said a Former President Backed His War. Every Single One Just Called Him a Liar.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-03-17 (00:58:30)
This week, while I continue to be out on medical leave, I’m pleased to bring you two brand new recorded interviews. First you’ll hear an in-depth conversation with Ibram X Kendi, one of the world’s foremost historians of racism and a leading antiracist scholar. He is Professor of History at Howard University, and the founding director of the Howard Institute for Advanced Study. Hell discuss his new book, just out now, called Chain of Ideas: The Origins of our Authoritarian Age. The book explores the global proliferation of the so-called Great Replacement Theory thats at the heart of Donald Trump’s agenda. Then, well meet a member of an anonymous guerilla artists collective thats been plastering the walls of Los Angeles buildings with digital animated graphics focused on political statements against billionaires, politicians, and immigration enforcement agents. Kenny, whose real identity will remain hidden, will join us to explain how and why he and his fellow artists create this subversive art and how anyone can join them and use the same digital graffiti on buildings around the nation.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 45 pt. 4 (00:21:37)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: We Worry About Problems We Don’t Even Have (00:08:03)
An inspirational and profound speech from the late philosopher Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts – Taoist Way”
WINGS #49-25 Kerala Healthworker Strike (00:29:00)
ASHA stands for accredited social health activists. They are part of a government of India scheme to provide health services at the village level. Originally volunteers, the women promote public health in the villages, especially children’s and women’s health. India’s central government pays states to give an incentive, and state governments decide on additional honoraria. Since the scheme took off in 2008, the state of Kerala made very little increase in incentives but added huge increases in work load and rules. In 2025, ASHA workers in Kerala led a protracted strike for better pay, retirement benefits, and working conditions. The state government disrespected them and even concealed national increase in benefits. Public widely supported the strike.
THE BRADCAST: 3/18/2026 Trump’s Dumb Iran War Makes the National Security Case for Renewable Energy, with The Prospect’s Ryan Cooper (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: There were many notable election results in the Illinois statewide 2026 primary on Tuesday; the primary was absolutely inundated with a tidal wave of campaign cash, much of it from dark money organizations hiding their true ideological purpose behind innocuous-sounding names. Predictably, many legacy media outlets downplayed the flood of money in favor of a narrative suggesting division between progressives and establishment Democrats, which was not supported by voting data. Fossil fuel prices are skyrocketing due to Donald Trump’s War on Iran, even he has gutted renewable energy production and manufacturing in the US. Ryan Cooper of ‘The American Prospect’ explains how the rest of the world is catching on to the fact that domestically-produced, cheap renewable energy is now a national security imperative for every nation (including ours), and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 03.18.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 18, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Can soccer fans mobilize for climate action? (00:01:30)
Heat waves are already harming the sport, one advocate says.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Kelly Verel, Co-Executive Director at Project for Public Spaces, describes the impacts of SNAP cuts to farmers markets and public health. (Part 2 of 2) (00:28:00)
Did you know that cuts to SNAP will affect farmer’s incomes, rural economies and the ability of underserved populations to access fresh, local food at farmers markets? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her continuing conversation with Kelly Verel, Co-Executive Director at Project for Public Spaces, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing public spaces to life through planning and design. Verel further describes assorted types of public markets and the ways markets boost economic resilience and public health. (Part 2 of 2)
Related Websites: Benefits of public markets: https://www.pps.org/article/the-benefits-of-public-markets
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT # Kestrel Gaians The Boy From Elsewhere (00:28:59)
In a genre-bending story about a quest to conquer evil and save the world, the young-adult characters of Kestrel Gaians The Boy From Elsewhere take a trek through the multiverse where nothing is quite what it seems. The poet, playwright, essayist, composer and author discusses the importance of queer visibility in young adult fiction in a conversation with This Way Outs David Hunt.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is Russia’s Internet Blackout a Preview of America’s future? (00:58:00)
Mobile internet access has been disabled in Moscow in recent days after similar outages in dozens of regions, reports the Wall Street Journal. Could it happen here? Plus the slogan that promised efficiency was really a blueprint to dismantle public government and hand its power “and money” to the billionaire class. And the superpower of cats is only recently understood by scientists. Plus six years later, Epstei’s ranch finally gets searched. And a judge decides how a woman can deliver her own child.
CIVIC CIPHER: Jolly Good Ginger Discusses What White People Still Need to Learn About White Supremacy (00:59:00)
Russell “Jolly” Ellis, known as Jolly Good Ginger, is a North Carolina-born social media activist and former contestant on *Survive the Raft*. With millions of followers across social media, he focuses on deconstructing his upbringing in a racist, white supremacist household to educate others, advocating for racial justice and accountability across American systems.
He’s not a standard political creator. He’s a loud, profane, unapologetic, anti-racist white Southern man who uses humor, anger, and authenticity to call out white supremacy and MAGA extremism from inside the culture that created it. He’s rare. He’s needed and He is our guest today
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 45 pt. 3 (00:23:25)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity & The Humane Space, with Lauren Henkin (00:28:00)
I don’t know about you, but sometimes the curiosity just isn’t there for me.
I “fake it until I make it”– I act like I’m curious. I behave in curious ways, in hopes the feelings will follow.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were an app for that?
Enter The Humane Space. Lauren Henkin created the lifestyle company and first-of-its-kind app to help people find greater meaning in life through curiosity, wonder and awe.
“Curiosity is the articulation of our truest selves.” ~ Lauren Henkin
THE BRADCAST: 3/17/2026 Deteriorating Don; Collapsing TrumpWorld; DOGE Bros Exposed (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Bizarre weather extremes are pummeling the U.S., including torrential rains that swept away homes in Maui, Hawaii. In California, a judge upheld an injunction blocking the restart of a decrepit oil pipeline, but the Trump Administration ignored the court and state law to force it open again. All four living former US presidents deny Donald Trump’s claims that one of them expressed support for his attack on Iran. Trump absurdly claims ‘nobody expected’ Iran would retaliate after being attacked. US allies declined Trump’s demand to help him out of his predictable, self-inflicted mess in Iran. In newly-released depositions, arrogant and self-entitled DOGE Bros struggle to explain what ‘DEI’ means and why they killed vital grant funding under the National Endowment for the Humanities. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 03.17.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 17, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How data could help protect city trees in the Chicago area (00:01:30)
Researchers are using satellites to spot stress in urban forests.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: When the Roles Reverse: Caring for the Parents Who Once Cared for Us (00:29:00)
On this show were exploring what happens when the roles in our lives quietly reverse, and we find ourselves becoming the decision-maker, the encourager, the steady voice for the very people who once guided us. Have you ever had a moment where you suddenly realized that the dynamic had shifted? That somewhere along the way, the person who used to reassure you was now looking to you for reassurance?
MAKING CONTACT: How The First Home Pregnancy Test Was Born (Encore) (00:29:00)
In 1965 Margaret Crane was a young designer creating packaging for a pharmaceutical company when a scientist gave her a tour of the lab. Looking at the long rows of pregnancy tests she thought, well anyone could do that test at home! So she set about designing a prototype for Americas first home pregnancy test. While the design of the prototype was simple, convincing the company, the medical community and conservative social leaders that at-home pregnancy testing was safe and necessary was an uphill climb for Crane, who is only now receiving credit for her contributions to the industry. This story was originally produced in 2014, and first aired on Making Contact in February 2024.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: So Far the Illegal War is Costing A Billion a Day (00:58:00)
Who’s paying for this war? You are.. At $11,500 a second. If the road to Tehran required the sons and daughters of the billionaire & political class to march beside everyone elses kids, would we still be there?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Money Smart (00:53:00)
How does money work? In this episode of The Children’s Hour, the Kids Crew explores earning, saving, budgeting, borrowing, and investing. With guidance from KidVestors co-founder Courtney Petway and New Mexico State Treasurer Laura Montoya, listeners gain practical skills for making thoughtful financial decisions.
This episode comes with a free Learning Guide. To download, go to www.childrenshour.org and search for ‘Money Smart’.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 45 pt. 2 (00:40:04)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: Accept Yourself (00:19:22)
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.
THE BRADCAST: 3/16/2026 Trump uses ‘wartime’ authority to reopen CA oil pipelines, with Talia Nimmer, Center for Biological Diversity (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump’s war of distraction against Iran is not going well, as Iran continues its entirely predictable effective shutdown of the vital Strait of Hormuz. New developments over the weekend include Trump lifting sanctions against Russian oil, despite Russia reportedly helping Iran target US assets. Trump is also using his failure overseas as cover to target, endanger and threaten Americans on the home front. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to force the re-opening of a deteriorating oil pipeline that is responsible for one of the worst oil spills in California history back in 2015. Attorney TALIA NIMMER of the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity explains why the move to pre-empt state law for a single company is unprecedented, why it’s a bad idea to restart the pipeline and other decrepit oil infrastructure, and much more. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 03.16.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 16, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Have a disability? Know your rights before a disaster strikes (00:01:30)
Hurricanes, floods, and wildfires often leave people with disabilities especially vulnerable.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #93: Internet of Things (00:29:00)
What is the Internet of Things
Growth of connections (27 billion devices in 2019 ” 75 billion by 2025)
$19 trillion market
smoke detectors, door locks, street lights, heart monitors, thermostats)
heating and AC can save 20%
location tracking
home security
water/nutrient for plants
traffic flow (stop lights, parking spaces (30%)
garbage cans
targeted advertising
inventory control
the Downside
Information overload
Privacy issues (you are the product)
Tracking everything!
Disconnect from the world
tech dependent (GPS disruption) ” jammers for $50 on eBay
expansion of crime (global)
subject to hacking
artificial intelligence, voice video interface (dumbing down of people)
the New Luddite (18th century textile workers)
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The US Housing Crisis Today (00:29:00)
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the history of highly successful government-built and-operated housing launched in 1918, the gains won by UAW workers in the first contract at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, TN, and the story of the three-year strike by the Newspaper Guild against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which was finally won – only for the paper’s owners to shut it down. The second half features an interview with Rob Robinson about housing, affordability, and homelessness in the U.S. today.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Word-Class Hustlers (00:58:00)
Elections, favors, nuclear secrets, federal land- it’s all for sale. Washington is in the grips of a cabal of billionaires, stealing us blind while drowning the average person in a flood of propaganda and distraction.
Plus – Thom reads from ‘The Meat Racket’ by Christopher Leonard
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Paradigm Shift Asks – Baby Gloomers or Baby Bloomers? (00:55:00)
Our guest-host today is Jan Spencer, bringing with him insights and guidance about sustainability and what he calls A Primer for Paradigm Shift. Jan has been at this for some decades, observing others moving toward sustainability, learning various systems, ideas, and techniques to support the transition, and experimenting with it on his own suburban property in Eugene, Oregon. In this episode, Jan takes a look at 5 organizations that teach values, principles & actions that are a perfect fit for paradigm shift. Then he’ll share a story about Benicia, a city in the NW corner of the San Francisco Bay area, which is in the process of losing its most single important employer and source of taxes, a sprawling oil refinery. The Primer describes a choice Bernicia could take, moving the people and the city toward sustainability and financial well-being. In addition to the Primer website, you can track down many of Jan’s insights via his YouTube videos and on his website (www.suburbanpermaculture.org/podcasts.html), and those in Eugene Oregon may be able to hear his broadcasts via KEPW.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Anglican, Non-affiliated
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 45 pt. 1 (00:15:42)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: Exploring Your Dark Side (00:12:43)
Alan Watts was a British writer who explored Eastern Philosophy for a western audience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32MiAPR2S4g
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Oh, Baby! What’s In That Food? (00:29:00)
You would think that baby food would be among the safest things a human could eat. Not necessarily. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about health effects of exposure to wireless radiation, how the EPA is opening the door for states to sue over climate change, and why recent cuts to SNAP-Ed are negatively impacting families who need it most. Then Dr. Elizabeth Dunford of the George Institute for Global Health in Australia talks about the study she and her colleagues recently conducted on the actual ingredients in baby food, and why new parents need to read labels carefully.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 3/13/2026 Encore: Why Are We In Iran and How Do We Get Out, with Middle East expert, Prof. Juan Cole (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 3-4-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The crucial 2026 midterm elections are underway in earnest with the first primaries in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas. Notable results include longtime GOP Senator John Cornyn forced into a runoff with corrupt Republican sleazeball, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, for the US Senate. Popular Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico narrowly defeated the progressive firebrand, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, for US Senate amid election night chicanery from AG Paxton. Univ. of Michigan historian and Middle East expert, Prof. Juan Cole, discusses Trump’s ill-advised War on Iran that is spreading throughout the Persian Gulf region; the history of how we got here; the administration’s obvious lack of planning and clear objectives for the conflict; rising risks to the global economy; how the war could ultimately accelerate the transition to renewable energy; and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 03.15.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: March 15 26 US- Iran war, war crime analysis, powerful lack empathy (00:58:00)
First interview: The Israeli/American War on Iran continues. On today’s show we wrestle with the question of the wars legality. Is the war legal and are the targets being destroyed legal? In doing so, we reject US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s assertion that the US will fight this war with “no stupid rules of engagement,” “no politically correct wars,” and “no nation-building quagmire.” But while he rejects the importance of the rules and law of war, we do not. So we will ask, is this war legal? Is the manner in which the US and Israel have fought the war legal? Has Irans response been legal?
Second interview: Studies show that powerful people feel less empathy. What does that mean for societies?
EARTH RIOT RADIO #212: EARTH! We Ask You, Can We Stay? (00:29:00)
The Earth is entering her 4th year of the Global Heat Wave. Mass mortality – the silencing wave of life forms – is sweeping through mountains and valleys and cities. But we don’t see it. This show is a warning – we must develop the sensitivity needed to feel this heat – and to the agony of WAR, the hottest crime against the Earth – and a moment with Joan Baez, and then a deep lesson about this ancient place Iran that the Great USA wants to control with more heat, and finally an old stoop story with a child and a neighbor as Super Storm Sandy takes the city. Earthalujah!
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers The Vicar’s Widow (00:28:00)
The unintended result of a prior Druthers/Thorne case returns with a vengeance.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
ALAN WATTS: We Worry About Problems We Don’t Even Have (00:08:03)
An inspirational and profound speech from the late philosopher Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts – Taoist Way”
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN March 14, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Bill Curry and Robert Hockett. We discuss the Iran war, and the results in the Middle East. The “video game” war prosecuted by Hegseth is dangerous for the US and the Middle East. Is this a war to restore lost empires?
Segment Two
We then catch up with Arthur Allen, of KFF Health News. Mr. Allen describes the informal health care networks that have developed in the face of ICE actions, which caused many people to be afraid to leave their homes for health care, school, food shopping, or other tasks. This was especially true in Minneapolis. Should this be replicated in other cities when under this kind of siege?
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: March 15, 2026 (00:59:00)
Trump’s War of Choice Rattles Allies While Rewarding Russia | Our Commander-in-Chief is a Senile Old Man Who is Losing His Mind | Trump’s Cynical SAVE America Act Will Not Save Republicans in November.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Bridging Science and Spirit, and the Genius of Physicist William Tiller. with Nisha Manek (00:59:00)
Nisha Manek is a medical doctor and recognized internationally as a leader in the field of integrative medicine. She’s also a protege of physicist William Tiller, and the author of Bridging Science and Spirit: The Genius of William A Tiller’s Physics and the Promise of Information Medicine.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Trump Administration Is Building A Secret National ID For Everyone (00:58:00)
Also, why are they using Russian hacking tools?
The Trump Administration has been quietly building a de facto national ID for citizens, using our biometric information and data from various departments. On top of that, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been using Russian hacking software to break into phones.
We also cover that also Mark Zuckerberg’s recent testimony at the landmark social media trial.
Here are the questions the attorneys should have asked this terrible human.
We cover this and more. Don’t miss this important episode
SATURDAY 03.14.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Jon Leidecker from Negativland (00:59:30)
Jon Leidecker (aka Wobbly) from Negativland talks about sampling, collage, and “fair use” – and how that’s changing in the age of generative AI.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: With “Smart” Everything, Your Data Will be Used Against You (00:58:37)
In a world of smart homes and cities, data is the coin of the realm. Everyone is vulnerable, nothing is too private. We consumers are unintentionally paying for our own surveillance. The fourth amendment is taking a beating in the mid 21st century. And most courts say you don’t need a warrant to follow information from smart devices. Nothing on Google is private. Our guest law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson says we should assume a tyrant can use all the massive data being collected. But there are new legislative and judicial steps we can take to protect our freedom on democracy.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Silver Screamers Documentary (00:58:00)
When a group of older adults is invited to create their own horror film, a touching story about recovering creative autonomy and lifelong learning follows. Each participant draws from a life filled with experience, loss, skill, and perspective, and affirms that anyone can try something new at any age.
Sean Cisterna, Canadian film director and producer, talks about creating a heartwarming and inspiring feature documentary called Silver Screamers, a film production that allowed older adult participants and younger crew members to learn from each other, and challenged assumptions about aging, creativity, fear, and who gets to tell stories later in life.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: A Brazilian Genius of the last Century Created Invaluable Lessons for Todays Ecological Gardeners (00:29:00)
James Lord speaks of his mentor and inspiration Roberto Burle Marx, the painter, sculptor, musician, and botanist who found in Brazil’s native plants the basis for a new style of landscape architecture and a language to celebrate the distinctive beauty of his homeland.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
ALAN WATTS: How to Enjoy Life (00:05:44)
Buddhist teacher Watts reflects on life. 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. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. Pursuing a career, he attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he received a master’s degree in theology. Watts became an Episcopal priest in 1945, then left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies. Watts gained a large following in the San Francisco Bay Area while working as a volunteer programmer at KPFA, a Pacifica Radio station in Berkeley. 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=GOoxOwjwHiE
TUC RADIO: Michael Parenti: The One Percent Pathology And The Myth Of Capitalism – Part ONE (00:29:00)
Dr. Michael Parenti (1933-2026) gave this keynote speech for the 4th Annual Peoples Movement Assembly at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington in October, 2012. He talked about economics, neo-liberalism, globalization and the history of capitalism. Parenti spoke and wrote about these topics long before most other academics dared mention ” and much less critique “capitalism, the chosen economic form in the US, and really the world.
Raised in a working class Italian family in East Harlem, New York City, Parenti went on to receive his Ph.D. in political science at Yale in 1962. His academic career was cut short by his dismissal after he was arrested for protesting the US war on Vietnam. Parenti became an independent scholar, lecturer and author of over 20 books. And he remained an activist as well.
THE BOPST SHOW: Something to Do (00:55:53)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear legendary singing duo Nancy Sinatra and Lee Halewood, the 70s funky goodness of BT Express, and modern reggae from Luciano as well as tunes by Jean Jaques Perry and Harry Breuer, Watoo Watoo, as many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #628 (00:58:00)
Ralph spends the whole hour with progressive activist, Corbin Trent, former communications director for Alexandria Ocasio Cortez to discuss the lack of vision and the spineless leadership in the corporate Democratic Party.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 03.13.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday March 13, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A sacred Minnesota food is in decline (00:01:30)
Wild rice, central to Anishinaabe culture, is shrinking as climate change and pollution take a toll.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Union Women Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (00:55:00)
Elise Bryant’s International Women’s Day special, featuring conversations with labor leaders and activists about women’s organizing, labor history, and the ongoing fight for workplace justice and equality.
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.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Existentialist Republic (00:58:00)
Substack’s Christopher Armitage joins Thom- is there anything more powerful than action- or will the despair win out? Also- veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner joins Thom from Kiev, Ukraine.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Matt Simon: The Case For Fake Meat (00:29:00)
This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a closer look at the alternative meat industry with Matt Simon, a Senior Writer at Grist. We look back at some of the initial stumbles from companies such as Impossible Foods, what they’re doing now to make their products more appealing to consumers, examine the prospects of some of the fresher faces in the business of lab-grown meat like Mission Barns and discuss the sustainability benefits of this burgeoning segment of the food industry.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Trump’s Military Deployments Spark Concerns Over Constitutional Authority (00:28:00)
The U.S. military is sworn to serve the Constitution, but that’s getting complicated under Donald Trump. The President has deployed National Guard troops to half a dozen U.S. cities against the wishes of local officials and ICE agents are roaming around communities acting under unclear rules. Now the President is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act. What difference would that make? Laura’s guests are U.S. House Representative Pramila Jayapal and Marine veteran Janessa Goldbeck, who say it’s time to reject authoritarianism and uphold the Constitution. Congresswoman Jayapal is the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement and represents Washington States 7th Congressional District. She has been at the forefront of congressional oversight and opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Captain Goldbeck is CEO of Vet Voice, a national nonprofit that mobilizes veterans and military families to shape American democracy and defend the values they swore to protect. What can Congress, veterans and the general public do to stop the militarization of our cities? Join us for this powerful conversation, plus a commentary on the other times that the U.S. government has turned its military inward.
THE BOPST SHOW: Something to Do (00:55:53)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide variety of music that knows no one genre, era, or inspiration. On this edition, you’ll hear legendary singing duo Nancy Sinatra and Lee Halewood, the 70s funky goodness of BT Express, and modern reggae from Luciano as well as tunes by Jean Jaques Perry and Harry Breuer, Watoo Watoo, as many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 3/12/2026 ‘Disaster in the Making’: Pretend Drones Off California’s Coast are the Least of Our Worries (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Corporate media is failing to cover Donald Trump’s disastrous War on Iran as the generational calamity that it is. Extreme heat and storms are pummeling the US. Iran’s new Supreme Leader vowed to avenge the deaths of Iranians in Trump’s war. The FBI irresponsibly reported an ‘unverified’ alert of potential Iranian drone strikes from off the coast of California. Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ legislation to fund agencies in DHS except ICE and CBP, choosing instead to keep the Coast Guard shut down. Republicans also refused to fund CISA, the nation’s cybersecurity watchdog, even as an Iranian-linked hacker group carried out an attack on a US company. Terrorism expert Robert Page warns of a ‘disaster in the making,’ and that Trump’s bombing of Iran has likely dispersed Iran’s nuclear materials. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 03.12.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 12, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Why offshore wind could help the grid (00:01:30)
Offshore turbines generate electricity reliably at night and in the winter.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: War Against the Atmosphere – Iran (00:58:00)
What will this frivolous burst of masculine violence in the Middle East cost the future? Experts warn about the climate cost of modern war. Dr. Patrick Bigger, Research Director at Climate and Community Institute, joins us. Then Neta Crawford co-director of the “Costs of War” project at Brown University. Neta’s books include The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions. From a panel on Iran and climate hosted by well-known journalist and author Mark Hertsgaard we hear Giles Trendle, former Managing Director of Al Jazeera English and Co-Chair of the CCNow steering committee. It’s a full load for this climate emergency, getting hotter all the time.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Trump Stepped in It (00:58:00)
As the Epstein investigations roll on, Iran is showing no inclination to settle for peace after the violent and underhanded American and Israeli attacks. Is there any kind of exit strategy, or is it possible Trump is actually hoping for a terrorist-style attack on US soil so he can declare a state of emergency?
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-03-10 (00:58:30)
This week, Ill be on medical leave and am bringing you two inspiring book interviews from the Rising Up archives. First, well hear from philosophy professor Michael Brownstein whose book is called Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change. Professor Brownstein’s hopeful view is that connecting with one another is in itself a radical act that can lead toward greater change. Then, Jonathan Rosenblum, who worked as a staffer with Seattle’s former socialist city councillor, Kshama Sawant, will discuss his new book, We’re Coming for You and Your Rotten System: How Socialists Beat Amazon and Upended Big-City Politics.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 44 pt. 2 (00:38:17)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
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
THE BRADCAST: 3/11/2026 ‘Short-Term Pain for Long-Term Gain’ in Iran? With David Faris of Roosevelt Univ. (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: In Tuesday’s primary and special elections, Democrats continued to outperform their 2024 election results by significant margins, flipping a state assembly seat in New Hampshire and forcing a runoff in a Georgia special election to replace retired GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene. Fort Worth, Texas pollworkers express serious concerns about unverifiable electronic voting machines causing long voting delays in recent elections. Donald Trump’s disastrous War on Iran continues to wreak global havoc with no end in sight, as the White House tries to convince struggling Americans that ‘short-term pain is necessary for long-term gain.’ Roosevelt University political scientist and Middle East expert DAVID FARIS discusses the foreign and domestic implications of Trump’s war and potential impacts on the critical 2026 midterm elections.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 03.11.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 11, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The arid Rio Grande basin could become even drier (00:01:30)
Climate-change-driven drought is hitting the river hard, contributing to water shortages.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Kelly Verel, Co-Executive Director at Project for Public Spaces, describes the multiple benefits of public markets. (Part 1 of 2) (00:28:00)
Did you know that public market spaces, including farmers markets, are vital for regional economic resilience and public health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Kelly Verel, Co-Executive Director at Project for Public Spaces, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing public spaces to life through planning and design. Verel discusses the multiple benefits of public markets, market challenges and successful models. (Part 1 of 2)
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1980: Dating App Ambushes & global LGBTQ news (00:28:59)
Anti-LGBTQI hate crimes are on the rise in Australia. In New South Wales nearly 200 violent incidents have been reported since 2023, many involving men lured by gay dating apps (Michael Brown reports from Sydney).
And in NewWrap: Russian repression strikes again with the designation of the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Coming Out as an extremist organization, deviant culture is how a new Deputy Minister in Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahims government wants to refer to LGBT people, Maryland parents who sued their local school district over LGBTQ-themed storybooks are now one and a half million dollars richer, the international music, art and cultural festival KOLFEST is being targeted by Kyrgyzstan officials based on its alleged promotion of LGBTQ life, and more international LGBTQ news.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: A Deep Dive with Lev Parnas (00:58:00)
The Soviet-born associate of Rudy Giuliani was there for many of Trump’s dealings with Putin- what does he think is going on behind the scenes? And- did talking to Putin make Trump back down on Iran?
CIVIC CIPHER: Non-Citizen Voting Cases Used to Justify Changes to Elections / Viral Video of Police Profiling / The NFL is a Socialist Enterprise (00:59:00)
First Half:
In the first half of the episode, we discuss the purported justification for sweeping changes to U.S. elections using data from right-wing think-tanks. We also discuss a viral video of a Black woman being profiled by police as a crack dealer when she was handing a cup of coffee to her child.
Second Half:
In the second half of the show we discuss how religion has begun to infiltrate the command structure of our military and the implications thereof. Finally, we discuss how the NFL is a socialist enterprise
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 44 pt. 1 (00:28:47)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Chronolog & Time-Lapse Curiosity, with Ky Wildermuth (00:28:00)
Chronolog is a way to generate time-lapse images of Earth, powered by your camera — and your curiosity.
Used by organizations worldwide to monitor the environment and inspire our stewardship of our natural resources, this nifty citizen science effort capitalizes on our casual interest. Pretty clever.
“It’s prohibitively expensive to set up some sort of monitoring system, but we can leverage the curiosity and kindness of these strangers in order to contribute a very small thing that adds up to something much larger.” ~ Ky Wildermuth
THE BRADCAST: 3/10/2026 Trump’s Never-Ending, Very-Soon-Ending War on Iran (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump knows his War on Iran is a disaster, and is both claiming that his war is ‘going to be ended soon’ but also will ‘go further.’ US history suggests high oil prices are very bad news for the party in power in the White House in midterm elections. Trump’s War has distracted the media from covering the Epstein Files; a new investigation corroborates key details of a woman’s allegations that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was 13. Trump’s FBI subpoenaed Arizona election records regarding his loss in the 2020 election. China is profiting from Trump’s war on electric vehicles — with a new breakthrough EV battery with a 620-mile range that charges in six minutes and is surprisingly inexpensive, but won’t be sold in the US. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 03.10.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 10, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Some people are getting trapped in place as the climate changes (00:01:30)
Research shows that the poorest may be least able to move away from harm.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Flip the Record: Finding the B-Side Perspective (00:29:00)
On this show we are exploring the power of the B-side perspective and why sometimes the idea that changes everything is the one we almost ignored.
Have you ever been absolutely convinced you were right about something only to realize later there was another way to see it? Today I want to explore what happens when we get curious enough to flip the record in our thinking.
MAKING CONTACT: Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, America’s First Black Female Public Health Pioneer (00:29:00)
Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman to become a physician in the United States. We’ll trace the course of her remarkable life and work with in a story brought to us by the podcast Lost Women of Science.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Echoes of Vietnam (00:58:00)
Trump is talking about putting American soldiers on the ground in Tehran. Could this war spiral out of control- even as far as a nuclear exchange- or just become an endless quagmire? Plus- are you aware that Republicans passed a law to reactivate the draft just a few months ago?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Do Something (00:53:00)
What should you do if you see someone being bullied? On this episode of The Childrens Hour, the Kids Crew learns how to take action when something is not right. Bullying can happen at school, online, or in public places, and it can feel hard to know what to do in the moment. This show helps kids understand safe ways to step in and support others.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 43 pt. 3 (00:31:13) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Ultimate Enforcers (00:29:00)
Democratic constitutions are social contracts. And sometimes, what’s on the page is more stunning than what comes to life. Mila Versteeg says that citizens are the ultimate constitutional enforcers. They have to make it expensive for a government to break the social contract.
THE BRADCAST: There’s Plenty of Money for War, But Not Enough for You (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Happy Beginning of Daylight Saving Time Day to those who celebrate. A Reagan-appointed judge ruled that Kari Lake, who led Donald Trump’s effort to dismantle Voice of America, was illegally appointed, and reversed her mass layoffs. In Trump’s War on Iran, new evidence indicates the U.S. military is responsible for a deadly missile strike on a girls’ elementary school. Iran chose Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his assassinated father as Supreme Leader. Global oil prices soar as production grinds to a standstill in the Middle East. President Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 called skyrocketing defense spending a type of theft from a nation’s citizens. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) notes there’s always plenty of money for war, but never enough for you or your needs. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 03.09.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 9, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Why inclusive disaster planning can be lifesaving (00:01:30)
The aftermath of Hurricane Maria showed that people with disabilities can get left behind during an emergency.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #92: Thanks for Nothing (00:29:00)
History of Thanks for Nothing (month, season)
Some of our experiences in non consumption
Paying bills
Menu – food
Energy
Transportation
Lighting
Hot Water
Solar Generators
What to do if something broke
Livestock issues
Happiness Factor
Security, resilience
Meaningful work
Abundance
Education
Friends, community, family
Health
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Militarism and Decline in Europe and the U.S. (00:29:00)
On this weeks episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff breaks down the simultaneous huge spending increases on the military in the U.S. and Europe, suggesting a shared crisis leading to a shared self-protective solution found by the ruling classes both in Europe and in the US. The shared end of colonialism plus the rise of global competition from China and the BRICS plunges their ruling classes into parallel crises, for which they prepare their last node of self-protection, namely building up domestic military. Europe does so in disguise and for self-protection against Russia. The U.S. does it by claiming self-protection from China, plus the rest of the world.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Ukraine Response to Bombing in Iran (00:58:00)
Veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner reports from Kiev, Ukraine. Will Iran surrender or will this war burn the world down? and some people will die. That’s your president speaking of Americans. Prominent UAE billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor just published an open letter to Trump. Its brutal. Plus Kristi Noem is thrown out and an MMA fighter takes her place.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Bodies of Change: From Global Equity to Queer Horror (00:55:00)
Peterson Toscano is guest-host today, and he’s leading across a vast tapestry of people & subjects, starting with issues surrounding Period Poverty & Menstrual Cups. This and more is discussed as Peterson talks to 4 remarkable women: Christine Garde Denning is founder of Could You?, a global nonprofit providing menstrual cups, malaria prevention tools, and practical pathways out of extreme poverty, Mary Maker, who is the force behind Could You?’s community work across Africa, Fran Stoffer, who is Chair of the Northwest CT Community Foundation Women & Girls Fund, and Mona Norfleet, who is a community advocate, YMCA leader, equity organizer, and member of local anti-racist initiatives. Peterson will also have the former Poet Laureate of Mississippi, Catherine Pierce, share her celebrated poem, Anthropocene Pastoral. And finally he’ll be visiting with Queer author Ryan La Sala, sharing from the queer horror story, The Dead of Summer. Enough of me, let’s welcome guest-host Peterson Toscano.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 43 pt. 2 (00:32:41) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: NUCLEAR INTELLIGENCE (00:29:00)
The nuclear industry is pushing hard to be part of our energy future, but the realities of massive cost, long construction times, and radioactive waste just can’t be wished away. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the words we use to describe environmental poisons, marketing of junk food to communities of color, and how the oil industry is quietly supporting the push for AI data centers. Then nuclear scientist Dr. Gordon Edwards explains some of the history of the nuclear industry, the basics of nuclear fission, and why small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced nuclear reactors are more hype than fact.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: Encore: Antisemitism Rising Inside MAGA, with investigative journalist Art Levine (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 2-18-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: After Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to rewrite Equal Time rules for late-night talk shows, the venerable CBS television network, now owned by rightwing billionaires, immediately surrendered, barring ‘Late Show’ host Stephen Colbert from broadcasting his interview with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX). The move backfired, with the interview on Youtube garnering many millions more views than it might have otherwise. Journalist Art Levine discusses his deep dive documenting the rise in blatant, public antisemitism in the Republican MAGA movement that is causing a slow-motion implosion. Levine also covers nutty MAGA conspiracy theories about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, how the Trump Administration weaponized campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza to extort universities and other organizations, and much more.
SUNDAY 03.08.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: March 1 26 Challenge to racism in films, legal challenge to school de-segregation of Mexican-Americans in CA (00:58:00)
In the 1960s and 70s, a group of black filmmakers at UCLA used techniques they learned to make some great films to challenge Hollywood. The LA Rebellion presented films with uniquely black stories. What was this movement? And what did it accomplish? California’s historic segregation of Mexican-Americans contrasted with the South’s version of segregation. In California, who did this segregation serve? Our guest says it was the interests of “citrus capitalism” in Orange County. The famous Supreme Court Case Broad v Board of Education challenged segregation in public schools. But there was another precedent, the Mendes et al case, that challenged segregation and education in California against Mexican-Americans. What brought that case and what happened?
David-James Gonzales is the author of the book we are discussing. It is Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, CA. He is host of the podcast New Books in Latino Studies .
EARTH RIOT RADIO #211 The Revenge Of The Hoax (00:29:00)
We have new resolve as the single thing that humans do against the Earth – WAR – is unleashed, we escape from that hoax trap, that branding, that lie.We pray for the people of that far away place that receive our violence.We sorrow with you.We didnt take care of our American flaw.We always knew.If you attack the Earth, then you attack people too.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: The Mueller Carousel plus The Cotswold Spectre (00:28:00)
The will of Frederick Mueller has an unusual contingency: The fortune will be bequeathed to the one who could name in one guess Fredericks favorite figure on the Mueller carousel.
Harper Thorne: The Cotswold Spectre
(Alone in a graveyard, Harper Thorne investigates unusual circumstances that may place her life in danger)
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. We discuss how Trump and Hegseth are portraying the Iran war as a kind of “holy war” meant to bring on the coming of Jesus, and thus, the Apocalypse. This infringes on the rights of service members and their religious freedom. The MRFF exists to defend the religious freedoms of ALL service members, despite the efforts of the christo-fascists.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Mark Joseph Stern, writer for Slate. We discuss the latest calls for the impeachment of Trump, given his unconstitutional wars of aggression, and his ignoring court orders. Congress has abdicated its responsibilities.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: March 8, 2026 (00:59:00)
1. How Relying on Regime Decapitation Could Backfire | As Evidence Mounts That the War on Iran Is a Disaster, We Will Look For Some Kind of “Success” | Our Gen Z Reporter on the Texas Senate Race as Republicans Panic Over the Talented Young Talarico.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Grieving While Black – An Anti-Racist Take on Oppression and Sorrow with Breeshia Wade (00:59:00)
Breeshia Wade is a Buddhist chaplain in the Natal ICU, a birth doula, and a grief coach. She’s the author of Grieving While Black: An Anti-Racist Take on Oppression and Sorrow, which explores the range of grief that many of us experience throughout our lives, and goes into the additional grief and trauma that black people, Native Americans and LGBTQ+ people experience continually in our society. And how to be with and take responsibility for our grief so we don’t harm others with our unrecognized and unresolved traumas and issues. And that there is power and even joy inside our grief if we have the courage to honestly face our grief.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Trump Administration Is Building A Secret National ID For Everyone (00:58:00)
Also, why are they using Russian hacking tools?
The Trump Administration has been quietly building a de facto national ID for citizens, using our biometric information and data from various departments. On top of that, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been using Russian hacking software to break into phones.
We also cover that also Mark Zuckerberg’s recent testimony at the landmark social media trial.
Here are the questions the attorneys should have asked this terrible human.
We cover this and more. Don’t miss this important episode
SATURDAY 03.07.26 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Paula Bialski, author, “Middle Tech” (00:59:30)
Author Paula Bialski studied an anonymous software company for years. She discusses her findings in her book “Middle Tech: Software Work and Culture of Good Enough.”
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Trump’s “Farms First” Now Beginning to Revolt (00:58:46)
Even Fox News is openly admitting that Donald Trump’s policies are destroying the American farm industry. The agricultural heartland has been solidly ruby red for Trump but as farmer and advocate Anthony Flaccavento writes in The Nation, theres a Farmers Revolt rising. They’re in constant debt, chaotic tariffs are killing them, and they are disallowed from repairing their own equipment. And as American farmers like to be independent of handouts, Trump wants to buy off their support with a selective $12 billion compared to $40 billion for farms in autocratic Argentina. And America First seems to really mean China first. Since the days of FDR, farmers had been a solid base for Democrats, and on this show Flaccavento tells what Democrats can do now to re-connect with the massive farm vote. Now is a time when trust can be rebuilt at the rural grassroots level.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Healthcare Advocacy (00:58:00)
Older adult patients and their families may often need a health advocate who can look out for their best interests and help navigate a complex, often confusing healthcare system. Healthcare advocacy offers individualized assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to help overcome health care system barriers and facilitate timely access to quality health and psychosocial care.
Nicole Rochester, MD, Pediatrician, Professional Health Advocate, and Founder/CEO, Your GPS Doc, https://yourgpsdoc.com, talks about navigating the health care system, health care advocate services, and health-related issues about which an advocate can provide advice and assistance.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: A British Horticultural Ecologist Challenges the U.S. Consensus (00:29:00)
Citing European studies, British horticultural ecologist James Hitchmough, a leader of the ecological gardening movement in his country, rejects the superiority of native plants over exotic garden imports for supporting insect diversity in the garden.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: In Memory of Robert Fisk ” His Warning, in 2002, of the Pending War on Iraq (00:29:00)
Robert Fisk, the award winning war correspondent and dean of Middle East journalists died in Dublin on October 30. He was only 74.
Robert Fisk won more British journalism awards than any of his peers, including British Foreign Reporter of the Year seven times and the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in 2002. The New York Times described him as probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain. And that in spite of his principle of speaking truth to power.
Fisk reported for the London Independent on Israels invasion of Lebanon, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, without sparing responsibility of the United States and his native Britain for so much of the carnage.
He became one of very few Western foreign correspondents to interview Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, years before the Saudi-born al-Qaeda founder became globally famous. And you will hear him in the upcoming program describe that experience.
In this talk, recorded in November 2002 he talks about the hidden reasons of the Bush administration for going to war against Iraq, about the 911 connection to future wars, and about the aftermath of Afghanistan and his meeting with Osama bin Laden.
THE BOPST SHOW: Which Side Are You On? (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear new music from Katy & the Nulls Sets, Latin dance floor inspirations from Los Gatos, and instrument funk by the Harlem Experiment as well as music by Maynard Guy, Pete Seeger and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #627 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes sociologist and historian Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi to discuss the United States’ war of aggression on Iran.*Episode 626 was a mid-week special about the war in the middle east. It is not available on Audioport.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 03.06.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday March 6, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How carbon dioxide traps heat (00:01:30)
CO2 levels are at their highest in human history ” and warming the Earth dangerously fast.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Can the Victims of Slavery Save Democracy? (00:55:00)
SEIU President April Verrett on worker power and democracy, The Pitt star Noah Wyle on unions, Kathy Newman on Pittsburgh labor history, Sean Duffy’s favorite labor song, Labor History in 2:00 on Frances Perkins, plus the latest labor arts news and events.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is ICE Tracking Your Phone Without a Warrant? (00:58:00)
Are we going to be able to fight this war and still retain the capacity to stop Russia or China in Ukraine or Taiwan? Is ICE Tracking Your Phone Without a Warrant? Attorney and commentator Dean Obeidallah breaks down Trump’s refusal to be honest with the American people on why Trump really went to war with Iran.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Chris Nelder: Petrostates v. Electrostates (00:29:00)
Oil is not the stated justification for the recent US-Israel joint attack on Iran. The ensuing war is, however, expected to cause major disruptions to the global oil and gas supply. Which brings us to our topic this week on Sea Change Radio: energy transitions. Today we are talking about pivots undertaken by some of the world’s largest economies – we are joined by Chris Nelder, an energy expert and the host of The Energy Transition Show podcast. We discuss the problems facing Japan and its growing energy needs 15 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, examine Chinas impressive moves away from fossil fuel dependency, and talk about Germanys nimble reinvention of its energy grid after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: The People’s Network for Land & Liberation: Finding Practical Paths To Economic & Social Justice (00:28:00)
People across the country are resisting authoritarianism in creative and powerful ways, and this is just the start. The folks at The People’s Network for Land & Liberation (PNLL) say the forces that got us here are bigger than one bad leader; entire systems must be taken down. Building a brighter future requires a vision of economic and social justice ” and lots of practice. Today on Laura Flanders & Friends, we look at some of those practical experiments and paths for radical change, and discuss why theyre just as important as resistance. The members of PNLL, a multiracial, multiethnic consortium of six community-based organizations, are doing politics and economics differently in real places across the U.S. right now. Joining us are Edget Betru, an attorney, activist and Coordinator of the Peoples Network for Land & Liberation; David Cobb, PNLL staff person and Co-coordinator of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network; and Blair Evans, Founder and Executive Director of Incite Focus, a production and training lab based in Idlewild, Michigan. Find out how to build for the future ” even in the toughest circumstances. All that, plus a commentary from Laura on William Morriss News From Nowhere.
THE BOPST SHOW: Which Side Are You On? (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear new music from Katy & the Nulls Sets, Latin dance floor inspirations from Los Gatos, and instrument funk by the Harlem Experiment as well as music by Maynard Guy, Pete Seeger and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: Noem ICEd at DHS (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fired by Donald Trump today for unclear reasons. Noem was justifiably excoriated in blistering House and Senate hearings this week that delved into her blatant corruption, lack of oversight of out-of-control federal ICE and CBP agencies, the murders of US citizens in Minneapolis by her federal immigration thugs, and much, much more. A federal judge denounced the Trump Administration’s ‘abhorrent and illegal’ immigration enforcement practices in a scathing ruling denouncing the Kafka-esque treatment of a legal U.S. resident. Sleazy Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) withdrew his re-election bid just minutes before the legal deadline and endorsed his hand-picked successor in a corrupt scheme to block other candidates from filing in time. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 03.05.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday March 5, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: This effort aims to protect 60 million acres of the Amazon rain forest (00:01:30)
The partnership empowers Indigenous people to steward the land by growing the markets for goods like acai, Brazil nuts, honey, and sustainable rubber.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Smoky Twilight (00:58:00)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: the international order is broken. Is international climate cooperation done for? What now? Political Science Professor Matthew Hoffman talks us through it. But we begin with the biggest under-rated climate killer in America: wildfire smoke. Shocking new science with Dr. Chris Callahan. Plus scientist Sarah Berk: cities are getting hotter faster. Welcome to Radio Ecoshock, let’s go.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Do We Now Know Why We Went to War with Iran? (00:58:00)
Can Democrats Keep Flipping Red Seats? Thom reviews the interesting recent election results. Also what’s up with the Epstein Walk of Shame Near the White House? Kash Patel ousted FBI staff with Iran expertise right before Trump declared war on them. Say what?! Plus ~ Can Sci Fi help save the future? Information Scientist Martin Halbert, PhD reveals the meaning of Helmsman: Book One of the Sojourner Saga.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-03-03 (00:58:30)
This week, well examine the US-Israeli war on Iran, a war launched without Congressional approval, that has already killed hundreds of children and Iran’s top leadership, sparking a wider war in just days. Kaveh Ehsani, associate professor of International Studies at DePaul University will be my guest. Then well go to Cuba to speak with Havana-based journalist Ed Augustin, to ask the question of whether the Caribbean island will be Donald Trump’s next military target and how the people of Cuba are surviving decades of US sanctions. Finally, best-selling author Steve Phillips joins me to discuss the Rev. Jesse Jacksons legacy of multiracial political organizing and why it remains so relevant today.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 43 pt. 1 (00:38:55)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: Be Silent Enough to Hear Your Inner Voice (00:20:59)
Alan Watts talking about meditation, silence and other concepts of reality and life.
THE BRADCAST: 3/4/2026 Why Are We In Iran and How Do We Get Out, with Middle East expert, Prof. Juan Cole (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The crucial 2026 midterm elections are underway in earnest with the first primaries in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas. Notable results include longtime GOP Senator John Cornyn forced into a runoff with corrupt Republican sleazeball, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, for the US Senate. Popular Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico narrowly defeated the progressive firebrand, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, for US Senate amid election night chicanery from AG Paxton. Univ. of Michigan historian and Middle East expert, Prof. Juan Cole, discusses Trump’s ill-advised War on Iran that is spreading throughout the Persian Gulf region; the history of how we got here; the administration’s obvious lack of planning and clear objectives for the conflict; rising risks to the global economy; how the war could ultimately accelerate the transition to renewable energy; and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 03.04.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday March 4, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How data centers could delay climate progress (00:01:30)
More dirty gas and coal plants could be turned on to generate the electricity that powers AI growth, polluting the air and harming the climate.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Melanie Betz, MS, RD, The Kidney Dietitian discusses how to prevent and treat kidney stones through diet (00:28:00)
Did you know that each year, more than 500,000 Americans visit the emergency room due to kidney stones; its estimated that approximately 1 in 10 people will develop a kidney stone in their lifetime? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Melanie Betz, MS, RD, The Kidney Dietitian, who will explain the reasons why the incidence of kidney stones is rising and discuss how to prevent and treat kidney stones through diet. Shell also bust myths regarding traditional dietary approaches for preventing stone formation. She has written extensively on this topic: https://www.kidney.org/kidney-topics/six-easy-ways-to-prevent-kidney-stones
Related Websites: https://www.thekidneydietitian.org/category/blog/kidney-stones/
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1979: Dr. Darnell digs queer Egyptians & global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
Dr. Colleen Darnell discusses ancient Egyptian androgyny; Uganda lesbians face life in prison for kissing in broad daylight, Senegals P.M. pushes increased anti-queer penalties, Malaysia expels immoral gay dating apps Grindr and Blued, a pause in puberty blocker trials persecutes UK trans minors, and Kansas trans-men challenge the states revocation of gender-corrected drivers licenses and other government documents.
Those stories and more this week when you find This Way Out.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: MAGA Extremists Are Trying To Seize The Midterm Elections (00:58:00)
Trump has made many promises that he can’t keep. Will that remain true for the midterms? Plus Fox News has duped HALF The Nation with their FAKE NEWS! How did we get here? Writer, policy advisor, litigator, and 25 year federal trial lawyer, Sabrina Haake gives her take on our “news” today.
CIVIC CIPHER: Ronald Reagans Impact on Black America / DEI Helped White Women More Than Other Groups (00:59:00)
First Half:
In the first half of the episode, we discuss the impact of the Raegan administration on Black Americans and explain the harms that are still being felt today.
Second Half:
In the second half of the show we explain how DEI positively and disproportionately impacted White women relative to other groups.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 42 (00:15:54)
Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: We of Action: Curiosity in Activism, with Micaela Pond (00:28:00)
Teacher Micaela Pond felt called in yet another direction following the first election of Donald Trump.
She soon emerged as a formidable community organizer. I asked her to reflect on curiosity in the work of fighting authoritarianism through community action.
“I’ve learned along the way is that people don’t need to be convinced to care. They already do. What they need is permission to start where they are. And curiosity gives us that permission.” ~ Micaela Pond
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, reporting, interviews and commentary.
More detailed episode notes will be posted when available – please check back!
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 03.03.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday March 3, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The Youth Climate Justice Fund empowers young people to lead the climate fight (00:01:30)
The fund has awarded more than 4 million dollars to youth-led groups in the last few years.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Stepping Forward or Staying Safe: The Psychology of Visibility (00:29:00)
On this show we are exploring the psychology of visibility and asking why some of us instinctively step forward while others choose to stay safely in the background.
Have you ever been in a room where a question was asked and you felt that internal nudge? That tiny spark that said, Raise your hand. And in that same moment, you felt the counterforce. The voice that whispered, Dont. What if youre wrong? What if its awkward? What if its easier to just let someone else speak?
MAKING CONTACT: I Am Not Your Negro (Encore) (00:29:00)
Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwins original words and flood of rich archival material.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is Cuba Next? Who Can Stop Him? (00:58:00)
The plans for Trump to take over the midterms are underway. Will Trump declare a national emergency just in time for the midterms? Russia claims Trump untied our hands. What does that mean? Ill explain. Is Cuba next? Who can stop him?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Storytime With Joe Hayes (00:53:00)
What makes a great story? Spend time with legendary storyteller Joe Hayes, who has been telling stories for more than fifty years, sharing tales passed down through families, cultures, and communities of the American Southwest. Joined by the Kids Crew at the Outpost Performance Space, Joe explains why stories matter, how listeners help shape every story, and why imagination is such an important part of listening.
This episode comes with a free Learning Guide. To find it, go to www.childrenshour.org and look for ‘Storytime With Joe Hayes’.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 41 (00:20:58) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Ruling Women (00:29:00)
In fascist Italy, resistance took surprising forms. Maura Hametz shares the story of one woman who stood up to the regime – by refusing to change her name. And: Numbers of Black women legislators have increased dramatically in the last decade. Jatia Wrighten argues that the success and drive of these leaders is rooted deep in history.
THE BRADCAST: 3/2/2026 Trump Attacks Iran in ‘Operation Epstein Fury’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump has launched another foreign regime change war, illegally under both U.S. and international law, and he and his administration are offering up a shifting array of justifications for their new war of choice. Trump ran for office while lying repeatedly that he was against such wars, with Vice President JD Vance, cabinet members, top staffers and congressional Republicans similarly falsely claiming he would not launch new wars. Trump has failed to negotiate a new Iran nuclear deal to replace the agreement he tore up, and is choosing to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on another foreign interventionist war instead of funding roads, bridges, schools, etc. in the US. Is it a gambit to disrupt attention on new allegations in the Epstein Files, or his dreadful approval ratings? Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 03.02.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday March 2, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Deconstruction Academy teaches people how to reduce construction waste (00:01:30)
Doors, sinks, windows, floors, and cabinets often end up in a landfill when a building is torn down. A Minnesota-based company is trying to change that.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #91: Local Electric Choice (00:29:00)
Tell us about yourself and your work.
Director of Marketing Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council
Collection of local governments under one specific issue/cause ” electric utility services, buy electricity in bulk for involved communities, 18 member communities ” villages, mostly in Athens County
What about broadband? Mobile hotspots
The future of electricity ” too cheap to meter
The ideal future with things that already exist
-local control
-clean energy economy
-free electricity
-true costs
Green new deal locally ” national spending package
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Jeffrey Epstein Class February 26th, 2024 (00:29:00)
On this weeks episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff provides updates on the shared significance of three major strikes: New York City nurses, San Francisco teachers, Kaiser Permanente health workers in California; the cause of U.S./European discord at the 63rd annual Munich Security Conference in Germany in February. The second half of todays show features an interview with a New York City psychotherapist on the social significance of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Ukraine Is Taking Charge With Their Drone Force (00:58:00)
Veteran War Reporteer Phil Ittner based out of Kiev, Ukraine is on the front lines and explains the latest news on the Russian War. Lindsey Graham takes a cue from Joseph Stalin by proposing a law that would lock up critics of Orange Julius. Trump is CREATING the enemy to fuel his road toward fascism.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Minnesota Uprising, Part 2 – More Songs Arise (00:55:00)
Today we’re sharing part 2 of songs inspired by the Minnesota Uprising, and today’s songs were birthed in West Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina, highlighting the heart & spirit threads that knit the diverse regions of our country together with a shared passion and activism. Chris Haddox is a musician, but also an Associate Professor of Sustainable Design at West Virginia University. John McCutcheon is Wisconsin-born, attended college in Minnesota, but has lived in Virginia and then Georgia for some 5 decades. John is amazingly prolific, with more than 45 albums, and amazingly creative, funny, serious, & moving. Our third guest is David Wilcox who found a home for his body, heart, and guitar, in Asheville, NC, while biking the Blue Ridge Mountains. Last week we shared visits and music, with Panka Jane, Anna Fritz, Charlie King, Martin Kerr, and we’ll have a 3rd episode with more guests and music about the Minnesota Uprising soon.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Presbyterian, Jewish, Nature, Meditation, Catholic, Quaker
All featured music is written & performed by the artists, as listed:
The Wannabe King – by Chris Haddox
Immigrant – by John McCutcheon
Her Name – by John McCutcheon
Avalanche – by David Wilcox
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 40 (00:22:13) Clearly frustrated at the refusal of his contemporaries to recognise the iniquity of society, Tressell’s cast of hypocritical Christians, exploitative capitalists and corrupt councillors provide a backdrop for his main target — the workers who think that a better life is “not for the likes of them”. Hence the title of the book; Tressell paints the workers as “philanthropists” who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. The hero of the book, Frank Owen, is a socialist who believes that the capitalist system is the real source of the poverty he sees all around him. In vain he tries to convince his fellow workers of his world view, but finds that their education has trained them to distrust their own thoughts and to rely on those of their “betters”. Much of the book consists of conversations between Owen and the others, or more often of lectures by Owen in the face of their jeering; this was presumably based on Tressell’s own experiences. (summary by Tadhg)
https://archive.org/details/ragged_trousered_philantropists_th_librivox
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ragged_Trousered_Philanthropists
ALAN WATTS: We Worry About Problems We Don’t Even Have (00:08:03)
An inspirational and profound speech from the late philosopher Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts – Taoist Way”
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Our Chemical Food System with Jay Feldman (00:29:00)
Our chemically-dependent food system may be great for petrochemical companies, but it’s taking a serious toll on our health and the environment. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the synergistic impacts of wireless radiation and environmental chemicals, and a new survey showing when it comes to food, Americans don’t trust their government or food manufacturers. Then Jay Feldman, Executive Director of non-profit Beyond Pesticides, talks about the administrations baffling plan to increase production of the toxic pesticide glyphosate (RoundUp) and how it reflects our governments approach of putting profits over health.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: Encore: ‘SAVE America Act’ Designed to Disenfranchise Voters, Undermine Democracy, with election integrity advocate Jennifer Cohn (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 2-17-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The critical 2026 midterm elections are now underway with early voting for primaries in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas. Civil rights leader and voting rights advocate Rev. Jesse Jackson passed today at 84. Polls show Donald Trump sinking to new lows in public opinion. Congressional Republicans’ voter suppression law, the deceptively named ‘SAVE America Act’, would make it much harder to register to vote and much easier to purge legal voters from the rolls, using a notoriously inaccurate database. Election integrity advocate JENNIFER COHEN explains what’s really in the GOP’s voter suppression law, the ‘sneaky’ ways it ensnares legal voters and erects new barriers to the ballot box, how voters can act to protect their voting rights, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 03.01.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: March 1 26 Challenge to racism in films, legal challenge to school de-segregation of Mexican-Americans in CA (00:58:00)
In the 1960s and 70s, a group of black filmmakers at UCLA used techniques they learned to make some great films to challenge Hollywood. The LA Rebellion presented films with uniquely black stories. What was this movement? And what did it accomplish?
California’s historic segregation of Mexican-Americans contrasted with the South’s version of segregation. In California, who did this segregation serve? Our guest says it was the interests of “citrus capitalism” in Orange County. The famous Supreme Court Case Broad v Board of Education challenged segregation in public schools. But there was another precedent, the Mendes et al case, that challenged segregation and education in California against Mexican-Americans. What brought that case and what happened?
David-James Gonzales is the author of the book we are discussing. It is Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, CA. He is host of the podcast New Books in Latino Studies .
EARTH RIOT RADIO #210: What Earth Do We Live On? (00:29:00)
Meterologists didn’t believe climate change science until about ten years ago when they had to: History-making storms forced them to believe. But even still, with the current strongest storm in many years, our Meteorologists can’t report that category 4/5 storms are multiplying, with 2025 a record year? No global perspective. “No Earth please, we’re Consuming. On TV I kept hearing about bad driving conditions. But car and truck exhaust is what manufactured this 80 mph wind! Let the Earth out, people!
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Spilling Tea (00:28:00)
In this Modern Druthers short story, a widower has agreed to a visit from Druthers and Thorne and if he makes no mistakes, will he get away with murder?
Malcolm MacDuff: Ghostlight
Malcom investigates the mystery during the pre-production of a play version of Canterbury Ghost
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN: February 28, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Naomi Bethune, who writes for The American Prospect. We discuss her most recent article, Whitening American History. And how the current administration is erasing the histories and contributions BIPOC people have made throughout American history.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Ivan Oransky, a physician, medical researcher, and journalist, founder of Retraction Watch. We discuss how retractions should alert us to new findings, and to the findings of research that was not done correctly. We also discuss the role of whistleblowers.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS February 26, 2026 (00:59:00)
With the President of the United States Accused of Raping a 13 Year-Old Girl, the Brazen and Shameless Hypocrisy of Mike Johnson’s Christian Nationalists and the MAGA Movement | Sasha Linden Cohen With Heather Ann Thompson on a Crucial Turning Point When Rupert Murdoch Stoked White Rage in the Reagan 80’s
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Bayo Akomolafe and Sophie Strand – Cultivating New Gods in These Urgent Times (00:59:00)
This is a fascinating out of the box conversation between Bayo Akomolafe and Sophie Strand.
Sophie Strand is a poet and writer who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, mythology, storytelling, and ecology. She likes to think of herself as a neo-troubadour animist. Sophie is the author of Love Song to a Blue God, and The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine which comes out in November.
Bayo Komolafe is an eco-philosopher, professor of psychology, executive director of the Emergence Network, fugitive neo-materialist com-post-activist and Yoruba poet. And the author of The Wilds Beyond These Fences: Letters to My Daughter.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: The Surveillance State is Expanding…(00:58:53)
This is an episode of FOUR deep dives into how we are losing our human rights…
And we are helping it happen.
Facial Recognition is becoming in escapable and Meta is about to make that problem a thousand times worse. On top of this, an open communications platform was blocked by a government and the overall expansion of surveillance in the USA is getting cover from the legal system. We also cover so much more and you do not want to miss this episode.