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.
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: (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
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.