WEDNESDAY 05.14.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday May 14, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Despite war, Ukrainian students take action on climate change (00:01:30)
Students in Vinnytsia participate each year in a six-week program that teaches young people around the world how to work on climate solutions
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & the Insighters May 4 2025 Science denial and disinformation (00:58:01)
Science is under attack. Who and what are behind the attacks? While we face catastrophic climate change and other pending disasters, how can we restore the publics understandings about scientific realities? We explore disinformation and ways to communicate with non-scientists to loosen the grip the disinformants have on so many people
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Trump’s Tariff Terror Negotiations (00:57:59)
Deals are being cut, but will the tariff roller coaster benefit or only damage the American economy? What would a smart tariff policy look like? Plus- when did the GOP become the Ministry of Propaganda?t
CIVIC CIPHER: Joy Ann Reids Dissection of Trump 2.0 (00:59:00)
Our guest is Joy-Ann Reidthe self-described writer, podcaster, documentary filmmaker, professional blerd, fan of democracy and OG hater of fascism and apartheid, who is best known as an American political commentator and television host. In today’s episode, we discuss her recent fireside chat known as Journalism Under Fire. We naturally discuss life under Trumps second term in office so far. We explore the challenges that she faced in losing her MSNBC show as well as the challenges this administration presents to American journalism. We discuss her future plans in the media space, and what people on the ground can do to resist the oppression they feel under this administration.
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
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Question Formulation & Cultivating a Collaborative Culture of Curiosity, with Patty Gomez (00:28:00)
Patty Gomez is a teacher and chair of the World Language Department at an Among her many classroom tools is the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a curiosity-centric thinking protocol from the Right Question Institute.
Seeing the model’s success in her classroom, Patty imagined its potential for her department as well. This is a lovely conversation about the rewards of being brave, the advantages of agreed-upon processes, and the joys of collaborative discovery.
THE BRADCAST 5/13/25 Guest: Former White House budget adviser Bobby Kogan on House GOP’s ‘profoundly evil’ cuts to Medicaid (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: While we are all distracted by Donald Trump’s endless, lawless idiocy, Congressional Republicans have been quietly preparing some ‘profoundly evil’ cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more to pay for massive tax cuts to the richest Americans, while vastly increasing the deficit. BOBBY KOGAN, Senior Director for Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress, breaks down the cruel cuts at the heart of Trump’s and Republicans’ budget and tax agenda for his second term, including the largest cuts to Medicaid and food assistance in US history, and — sadly — much more. Kogan details actions concerned citizens can take to help prevent the madness. Also today: federal judges are receiving chilling threats at their homes. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 05.13.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday May 13, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Ocean warming is accelerating, scientist warns (00:01:30)
He says its important for the world to act quickly.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Take Your Own Medicine: Practicing What You Preach for Personal Growth (00:30:00)
On this show we are making a commitment to take our own medicine and practice what we preach to achieve authentic personal growth. Have you ever caught yourself dishing out great advice – maybe even life-changing advice – only to realize you’re not actually taking it yourself? You’re not alone. For me, this became very real when I paused and thought, wait a minute am I applying the very same healing and growth tools I’ve spent years teaching others? It’s easy to guide, encourage, and support someone else’s transformation – it feels great, even! But when it comes time to turn that spotlight inward, it can get a little uncomfortable. Personal accountability doesn’t come with a script. There’s no applause when you do the hard inner work in private. Just you, your truth, and the mirror.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
MAKING CONTACT: Seeing Signs from Queens Memory Podcast (Encore) (00:29:00)
For AAPI Heritage Month, we bring you an encore of our 2023 episode “Seeing Signs.” With help from the Queens Memory Podcast, we’ll learn about Little Manila, a Filipino neighborhood dating back to the 1970s that still struggles to find its political footing. This episode first aired on Making Contact in May 2023.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Will the Heartless Truly Kill Democracy? (00:57:07)
A government without empathy is only a conspiracy to elevate the powerful over the weak. America’s moral collapse is on a plane to Libya. It is in the living rooms of the disabled abandoned by our federal government- and in the corrupt financial plundering for the sake of the billionaires, all while cloaking itself in Republican dogma and lies.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Migration (00:53:00)
Why do animals travel long distances every year? On this episode of The Children’s Hour, we learn all aboutmigration – how it works, why it happens, and which creatures migrate the farthest. From the skies to the seas, well explore the incredible journeys that animals take in search of food, warmth, and safety.
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.
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: In a disturbing escalation of the Trump Administration’s authoritarian tactics, masked federal thugs arrested Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka as he peacefully waited for three members of Congress outside a federal immigration detention center that is reportedly operating without proper permits; DHS is now threatening to arrest the congressmembers, as well. A federal judge ordered the release of Tufts University grad student, Rumeysa Ozturk, 45 days after she was snatched off the street by masked federal goons for exercising her right to free speech. ABC News reports Donald Trump intends to accept a $400 million gift of a jet from the government of Qatar, which experts say is wildly unconstitutional and violates the Emoluments Clause. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 05.12.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday May 12, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The climate-friendly way to heat your shower (00:01:30)
Heat pump water heaters are efficient and they run on electricity.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #48: Plastic Bottle Greenhouse (00:28:58)
Reuse those old two-liter plastic bottles to build an interesting and functional greenhouse. For over 15 years Blue Rock Station has used their plastic bottle greenhouse to start plants and keep plants thriving well into the cold weather. A great project for school groups ” demonstrating reduce, reuse and recycle.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Twin Failures of Capitalism – The Homeless and Housing Crises (00:29:00)
This week’s Economic Update focuses on Trump’s attacks on Harvard, Trump’s “antisemitism” maneuver against educational institutions, and US universities becoming ever more ” business-like.” as well as looking into the economics of US dollar depreciation since Jan 20, 2025. Also featured is an interview with Mr Rob Robinson, to be awarded an honorary doctorate from the City University of New York at its Commencement, June 10, 2025, recognizing his multiple contributions to fighting homelessness and inadequate housing in the US.
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: Understanding the Tearing Down of America (00:58:00)
Thanks to the Republicans the established faith in American norms is being eroded from the inside-out. Guest-host Jefferson Smith of The Democracy Nerd Podcast takes a deep dive, and brings his dad along for the ride!
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Listening, Sound, and Art: Transforming Climate Anxiety into Hope (00:55:00)
Our guest-hosts today are Peterson Toscano & Elise Silvestra of Citizen’s Climate Radio, bringing together voices exploring how emotional honesty, sound, and art can open pathways from climate despair to collective action. Guests include Kate Schapira, a writer and educator from Rhode Island who has run the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth, inviting people to share their fears and hopes about the climate crisis since 2014. Kate’s new book is Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth. Next guest is Barbara Wankollie, a Liberian student at Bucknell University, who created a moving climate-themed soundscape as part of a course connecting music and climate studies. Final guest is Carrie Ziegler, a community-engaged artist in Olympia, WA, sharing the story of the Chrysalis Project: Transforming Together, an online collaborative climate art campaign. The final segment is a good news story from Tucson, AZ, where students passed a school district climate resolution – proof that youth leadership makes a difference. To learn more about Citizens Climate Radio, visit their blog at https://cclusa.org/radio Learn how you can engage in meaningful climate work by visiting Citizens Climate Lobby at https://cclusa.org. Learn more about Peterson at his website, https://www.petersontoscano.com
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
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: (00:28:59)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about how microplastics are affecting our health, especially in the urinary tract, and how some states are refusing to ban styrofoam food containers despite the known health risks. Then certified water expert Paul Trafas talks about what’s in our drinking water, and the various filter systems that are used to remove toxins and impurities, with varying degrees of success.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 5/9/2025 Encore: Joyce Howell, 30-year EPA vet, on Trump gutting of EPA Environmental Justice office (00:57:30)
Encore: original airdate 4-30-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump lost in three different federal courtrooms, in three different civil rights-related law suits, as judges blocked his mandate requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote and his Education Department’s attempt to rescind federal funding for schools with anti-discrimination or DEI programs. The new head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is reportedly turning civil rights law upside down, including firing senior officials who oversee voting rights. JOYCE HOWELL, 30-year veteran EPA senior attorney and Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)’s Council 238, explains the broad, disturbing impacts of the Trump Administration’s firing of most staff at the Office of Environmental Justice, which helps marginalized communities disproportionately burdened by industrial pollution, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 05.11.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #86: Art Therapy (00:58:00)
Amelia discusses the multifaceted nature of art therapy, its significance in mental health, and her personal journey into the field. She shares insights on adapting art therapy practices to the digital realm, discussing her recent book, The Art of Thriving Online. Amelia emphasizes the role of creativity in personal and collective healing, the value of both online and in-person communities, and how we can navigate our world more mindfully.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: ARE WE STRANGE ENOUGH TO CHANGE ENOUGH??? (00:29:00)
We can only defeat CLIMATE CHANGE ON PURPOSE and RACIST-WARS-EVERYWHERE-ALL-THE-TIME – if we are a lot weirder than our current crop of criminal clowns. There’s a good reason that Philip K. Dick, Octavia Butler, and Ursula Le Guin are so popular. Science fiction can glimpse a kind of moral life so strong it can overthrow the ethno-state. The nonfiction of Mussolini & Hitler & Stalin is sobering. But then you add the Sixth Extinction, and you have an update on government by Laugh-and-Cry-Out-Loud-Cruelty. Trump casts desperate people in their role as stateless migrants so he can demonize them and then kill them as they wander the Earth looking for livable, good weather. You and I are way over here on the horizon, pulling weeds from our little garden. We know we must get some serious personal wildness before the sun goes down.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Murder Can Be Deadly (00:28:00)
The Viscountess regales her servant Zadie of a tale where Barnaby and Harper investigate a murder mystery at the home of Lord Litchbury (a farce).
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 May 10, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with We talk with Bill Curry and Jamie Rowen. Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. Dr. Rowen is an associate professor of Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the founding director of U-Mass’ Center for Justice, Law, and Societies. We discuss the corruption endemic to the US now with the Trump White House leading the way. NH has now adopted a crypto currency reserve into its budget, the first in the nation to do so, likely to be followed by other states. While cuts to research projects under NIH and other agencies has created a pool of “Research refugees” who are leaving for other countries to continue their research. This will have dire consequences for US leadership in many technologies in futures.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Julie Su, a nationally recognized workers’ rights and civil rights expert who served in President Biden’s cabinet as the Acting Secretary of Labor where she successfully led efforts to build worker power and union strength, negotiate historic contracts, and expand good jobs for all. We discuss the information skimming that that the DOGE boys are doing. Different government agencies have data about US residents, most of it private. However DOGE is pushing for access to ALL data, by unauthorized individuals who are part of DOGE, with no controls or oversight. This data can be used in many ways to exploit in many ways detrimental to us.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS May 8, 2025 (00:59:00)
The 267th Pope is an American and a Peruvian Citizen Who Spent 2 Decades in Peru as a Missionary | A Roman Catholic Woman Priest of The Men-Only Cardinal’s Choice of Pope Leo XIV | Is It Same To Fly After Musk Gutted the FAA and a Reality TV President Chose a Reality TV Secretary of Transportation?
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Play, Creativity & Non-Linear Science in Psychotherapy & A Neurosurgeon on the Mysteries of the Brain & Heart (00:59:00)
This show features two fascinating interviews. The first with psychotherapist and author Terry Marks-Tarlow, about play, creativity, metaphor, nonlinear science and mindfulness in healing and psychotherapy. The second interview is with Neurosurgeon James Doty, author of Into The Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Brain and The Secrets of the Heart. We talk about the implications and application of the latest neuroscientific discoveries into our own lives.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Why the CVE Is Important to You And the World (00:58:38)
You may not know what the CVE Database is but it helps the entire world identify virtually ALL of the threats hackers use against us… and the Trump Administration was about to defund the entire project!!
This beyond important episode dives into just how important the CVE and what it means the entire planet if it’s killed without thought. We also catch up on news and breaches. You Don’t want to miss this one!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
SATURDAY 05.10.25 PROGRAM Notes
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EXPLORATION with Michio Kaku: Aging (00:58:44)
What is aging? Why do we have to die? Can we live forever?
We ask gerontologist Dr. Jay Olshandky about aging.
https://mkaku.org/home/category/radio
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Mental Health Essential for National Security (01:00:03)
May is Mental Health Month, and the Trump/Musk regime is pouring gasoline on our already widespread national crisis. The police-state ICE raids are indicative of a strategy to create fear. On this show Mattea Kramer and Dr. Sean Fogler share some surprisingly positive news they found in current American attitudes, and they believe that from todays darkness there is opportunity for new, positive strides
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Home-Based Care (00:58:00)
One of the greatest health care challenges today is ensuring older adults with aging related health conditions remain as independent as possible. Doing so requires understanding the value of home-based care and guaranteeing older clients will be assured of receiving needed services. Lance A. Slatton, The Senior Care Influencer, and Host, All Home Care Matters podcast, https://lanceaslatton.com/, talks about home-based care services, hiring and working with a home care agency, and scope of home care assistant skills.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: A Local Activist With a National Impact (00:29:00)
Co-founder of Pollinator Pathway, Louise Washer saw this project go viral, spreading from one Connecticut community to nationwide in just 8 years. Listen as she shares the approach that has made her other environmental activism so effective.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Trump in Panic: Yemen Sinks a U.S. Fighter Jet (00:29:00)
The shocking status of U.S. military power has been exposed by Yemen forcing an F-18 to sink off the USS Harry Truman to the bottom of the Red Sea. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and former Chief of Staff Col. Lawrence Wilkerson call this the crisis facing America’s waning empire – and here are their comments – recorded on April 30.
THE BOPST SHOW: An Idiot King (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the soulful R&B of Swamp Dogg, legendary Richmond shock rockers GWAR, and British musical chameleon Barry Adamson as well as tunes by Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, Primal Scream and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #582 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes back Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires, to update us on that groups latest efforts to save American democracy by lobbying to raise wages for workers and tax the rich. Plus, according to our resident constitutional expert, Bruce Fein, the count of Trumps impeachable offenses is now up to twenty-two and rising faster than a Space X rocket.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 05.09.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday May 9, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Elm trees return to Rockport, Massachusetts (00:01:30)
Resident Nathan Ives remembers the elms of his childhood ” and hes determined to bring them back.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Electrify, Amplify, Organize (00:53:07)
Tim Lawson spotlights the IBEWs electrifying photo contest; Tabitha Arnold talks with Australian cartoonist Sam Wallman about art, labor, and organizing; and Samantha Smith shares the forgotten story of Las Vegas showgirls fighting to unionize. Plus, music from the DC Labor Chorus Spring Concert with Joe Jencks and SongRise DC.
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: Congressman Mark Pocan (00:58:00)
Long time Progressive stalwart in the house, Mark Pocan takes listener calls from across the nation.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Talking Truths and Fictions with Steve Almond, Pt. 2 (00:29:00)
This week on Sea Change Radio, the second half of our discussion with author Steve Almond. In this episode, we delve further into how to navigate the choppy seas in a new age of political uncertainty and social unrest and chat about a couple of areas of pop culture near and dear to Almond, namely – candy and rock music. Then, we hear a bit from our 2012 conversation with Steve Almond where he talks about the right wing’s predilection for magical thinking.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Masha Gessen & Jason Stanley: Is it Doomsday for U.S. Democracy? (00:28:00)
What will it take to reject fascism, before its too late? Masha Gessen and Jason Stanley are two leading experts on autocracy, and they’re sounding the alarm. They and their families have escaped totalitarian regimes and oppressive governments; today Gessen and Stanley are pulling back the curtain on the attacks against DEI, trans bodies, civil rights, higher education and more. Is authoritarianism here? Masha Gessen is an acclaimed Russian-American journalist, a Polk Award winning opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of “Surviving Autocracy” and The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. Forced to leave Russia twice, in 2024, a Moscow court convicted them, in absentia to eight years in prison for their reporting on the war in Ukraine. Jason Stanley is a best-selling author and professor whose books include Erasing History and “How Fascism Works”. He recently left his teaching position at Yale University to relocate to Canada with his family; noting that he is a child of Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany. In this historic conversation ” the first interview between Gessen and Stanley ” the two explore how to be bold in our movements and envision a multi-ethnic democracy. Plus, a commentary from Laura.
THE BOPST SHOW: An Idiot King (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the soulful R&B of Swamp Dogg, legendary Richmond shock rockers GWAR, and British musical chameleon Barry Adamson as well as tunes by Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, Primal Scream and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 5/8/2025 Blowing Smoke: At the Vatican and at the White House (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Habemas Papam! All signs so far indicate that new Pope Leo XIV may be a good one, even if he’s American. Donald Trump’s much-touted trade ‘deal’ with the U.K. isn’t actually much of a deal. The deal that Trump signed last week with Ukraine, to share in some of the profits from Ukraine’s mineral wealth, is actually a very good deal for Ukraine. California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom called Trump’s bluff, countering his threatened tariffs on films made overseas with the first-ever federal tax credits for U.S.-made films. Kari Lake, election fraud fraudster appointed to lead Voice of America, announced she will replace its non-partisan programming with far-right wingnut propaganda from One America News Network (OAN). Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 05.08.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday May 8, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: New children’s book helps kids explain climate science to adults (00:01:30)
How to Explain Climate Science to a Grown-Up breaks down global warming in a kid-friendly way.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Black Start (00:58:00)
John Timmer, Senior Editor of Ars Technica explains why they can’t just switch the power back on. Going from a “black start” it can take days. After reviews and on-the-ground reporting from the blackout in Spain and Portugal, we’ll get you out – to Shangri-La. A world expert on Deep Time Professor Robert Spicer joins us. Is there a warning there too?
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: What Kind of President? (00:58:00)
A new Republican-sponsored law in Congress would cement Trump’s crypto scam- but that’s just a tip of the corruption iceberg. So why won’t the media call it what it is?
YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali – 2025-05-06 (00:58:30)
This week, well set the record straight on the Trump Administrations claims about MS-13 via a conversation with acclaimed best-selling author, poet, and journalist Luis Rodriguez, best known for his 1993 book Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Then, ahead of Mother’s Day, well explore a Feminist Peace Playbook, a new initiative aiming to transform American military might and end U.S. militarism globally and at home. My guest will be Marie Berry, director of the Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Denver. Finally, cultural producer and podcaster RT Samuel joins me from India to discuss an exciting newly published anthology, called the Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF. Samuel will explore the pleasure and promise of South-Asian anti-caste speculative fiction, gathered in this unprecedented English-language collection of stories.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 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
MO GAWDAT: Managing Social Media (00:21:11)
Gawdat explains how we can manage our social media for our benefit.
THE BRADCAST 5/7/2025: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, reporting, interviews and commentary.
(episode notes posted when available)
WEDNESDAY 05.07.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday May 7, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A 2024 heat wave decimated corals in Australias Great Barrier Reef (00:01:30)
A team of scientists tracked more than 400 corals that experienced intense ocean heat last year. More than half the corals died.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THIS IS SCIENCE: The Age of Unreason (00:29:00)
UCS Center for Science and Democracy Director Dr. Jennifer Jones joins Jess to discuss what the second Trump presidency means for science, and what you can do to defend science.
https://www.ucsusa.org/science-jess-phoenix-podcast
THIS WAY OUT #1936: Poetic Duet: Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde & LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
Poet-warriors Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde still speak truth to power; a trans former judge takes the U.K. to the EuroCourt, U.K. sports associations comply with the Supreme Court anti-trans ruling, the Equality Act is reintroduced in the U.S. Congress, the top U.S. court ponders the right to PrEP, a U.S. Health Department report derides pediatric gender-affirming care, Polands last LGBT Free Zone surrenders, and I Kissed A Girls Jill Sobule bids farewell with a burn for Vance.
Those stories and more this week when you discover This Way Out.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Seven Mountains Mandate (00:58:00)
Why are some right wing pastors claiming Trump was ‘chosen by God’, when the lying grabber-in-chief is clearly the least Christian American president yet? Plus- Alex Lawson on the latest moves to continue to dismantle Social Security.
CIVIC CIPHER: Human Rights Attorney Yannick Gill on How Trumps First 100 Days Affected Marginalized Communities (00:59:00)
Our guest, Yannick Gill is a human rights lawyer based in Washington D.C. Yannick worked in Congress with 2 progressive members of the House of Representatives. He is an accomplished human rights advocate defending marginalized people across the United States and abroad. In the first half of the show, we cover the impacts of Trumps executive orders on Black and Brown communities. We discuss the attacks of DEI programs in the private and public sector. We also cover the destruction of USAID and the Department of Education. In the second half of the show, we talk about the disappearances to El Salvador, the suppression of immigrant and college student voices, and the attacks on law firms and nonprofits.
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
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity & the World Peace Game, with John Hunter (00:28:00)
The World Peace Game is the brainchild of educator John Hunter. He describes it as “learning to live and work comfortably in the unknown.” It’s hard to imagine a more curiosity-centric undertaking.
A three-dimensional, hands-on political simulation, the World Peace Game explores the interconnectedness of the global community through economic, social, and environmental crises and the imminent threat of war. The goal is to extricate all the countries from those dangerous circumstances and achieve global prosperity, with the least amount of military intervention.
And its played by 4th graders.
“Every question, every comment, every action has to be more deeply questioned. Critical thinking in every student has to go through the roof [to] examine carefully and critically everything that is said.” – John Hunter
THE BRADCAST: 5/6/2025 Trump Judge Blocks NC GOP’s Attempt to Steal 2024 State Supreme Court Election (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: A federal judge ordered the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the Democratic incumbent’s victory in a contested State Supreme Court race, blocking North Carolina Republicans and the GOP-controlled State Supreme Court from disenfranchising thousands of voters to give the election to the losing Republican challenger. Newly-released U.S. Intelligence Community report finds no evidence that Venezuela is controlling or ‘directing’ an invasion of the U.S., debunking Donald Trump’s legal justification for invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants and deny them due process. Federal judge enjoined the Trump Administration from moving migrants detained under the Alien Enemies Act. Elon Musk’s Twitter and Tesla are cratering around the world in the wake of Musk’s turn to the far right. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’ https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 05.06.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday May 6, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Scientists use AI to track rapid glacier loss in Arctic Norway (00:01:30)
They found that the melt rate has accelerated in the past two decades.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Take Your Own Medicine: Practicing What You Preach for Personal Growth (00:29:00)
On this show we are making a commitment to take our own medicine and practice what we preach to achieve authentic personal growth. Have you ever caught yourself dishing out great advice “maybe even life-changing advice” only to realize you’re not actually taking it yourself? You’re not alone. For me, this became very real when I paused and thought, Wait a minute am I applying the very same healing and growth tools I’ve spent years teaching others? It’s easy to guide, encourage, and support someone else’s transformation – it feels great, even! But when it comes time to turn that spotlight inward, it can get a little uncomfortable. Personal accountability doesn’t come with a script. There’s no applause when you do the hard inner work in private. Just you, your truth, and the mirror.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
MAKING CONTACT: The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore) (00:29:00)
Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamentally abolitionist project, explores the structures of systemic racism and the prison industrial complex.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: This Week in American Autocracy (00:58:00)
Kissing Dear Leader’s ass is mandatory as Trump’s firehose strategy continues to ‘flood the zone’ with his autocratic agenda.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: For Mom – Mother’s Day Special (00:53:00)
This week on The Children’s Hour, were celebrating one of the most important people in our lives – our moms! This special episode, called For Mom, is filled with love, laughter, and appreciation for everything mothers do.
You’ll hear from kids on our Kids Crew and from listeners who share sweet, funny, and heartfelt messages for their moms. They talk about the ways their moms help, support, and care for them, whether its through hugs, making dinner, or cheering them on when things get tough.
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
THE BRADCAST 5/5/2025: (00:57:00)
Independent, investigative news, reporting, interviews and commentary.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 05.05.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday May 5, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Rising temperatures are contributing to the Great Salt Lakes decline (00:01:30)
The shrinking of the lake threatens ecosystems, industries, and even Utahs lake-effect snow.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE. #47: Factory Farms (00:29:24)
Meat. What is it and where does it come from? Once again our food system has morphed over the years from small farms that raise limited amounts of food stuff ” to a vast mechanized factory farm. Animals are crowded into unsanitary and inhumane conditions ” kept barely alive through antibiotics ” fed food-like substances that they would never eat in nature ” then served up on your dinner table. Join Annie and Jay Warmke for a discussion about sustainability and how it affects our lives.
What is factory farming ” animals and corn/soy
What are the pros and cons?
How did we get into this mess?
How does government encourage it?
Industry concentration
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Resisting Trump’s Restoration Project (00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Kaiser Permanente mental health workers’ strike unfolding in California and the function of tariffs as an economic weapon that also undermines the living standards of U.S. workers. In the second half of the show, Professor Wolff sits down with Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, to discuss Trumps controversial “restoration” agenda and the growing resistance against it.
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: Doubling His Net Worth? (00:58:00)
Is Trump the first president to act like a businessman?- as in, making himself very rich at the expense of everybody else…
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Harvard’s DEI Refusal & Their Joyful Ex-Prisoner Chaplain: John Bach (00:55:00)
President Trump has been wreaking havoc in so many corners of our country, including the disruption caused by his executive order to dismantle all DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) programs throughout the country. Harvard has been the most prominent school to refuse the order, causing joy & celebration among many. Today we’re talking with John Bach about Harvard’s policies and ethics from his perspective as a Harvard chaplain. As a Quaker, John’s credentials are experiential instead of academic or educational, including his work with the Civil Rights movement, his time in prison as a draft refuser, and his work as a house painter. John is also author of Short Time: A Seasons Prison Journal, around John’s short stint in prison for civil disobedience.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: UCC, Quake
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
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The Science on Cell Phones and Cancer with Dr. Ronald Melnick (00:29:01)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the Trump administrations effort to intimidate non-profit organizations working on environmental issues, and the new World Health Organization report confirming the links between cell phone radiation and cancer. Then Dr. Ronald Melnick who designed and oversaw the landmark National Institute of Health study on cell phone radiation talks about how the study was designed and why so many people have never heard about it.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 5/2/2025 Encore: Media Action Center’s Sue Wilson on FCC plan to gut media ownership rules (00:57:30)
Encore: original airdate 4-23-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: The Trump Administration has launched a full-scale attack on press freedom in America. The veteran producer of the venerable news program ’60 Minutes’ resigned, citing pressure from CBS News’ corporate owner, which is seeking administration approval for a billion-dollar merger and wants to get rid of Donald Trump’s ridiculous $20 billion lawsuit against the program. A federal judge has reversed the administration’s shut down of Voice of America and its international sister organizations, ordering full restoration. Broadcast news veteran SUE WILSON explains how Trump’s far-right FCC Chairman is colluding with the nation’s largest owner of local TV stations to eliminate caps on how many local media outlets a single company can own, and misleading their viewers into helping them. Wilson details how to take action by registering an official comment (comments still accepted after deadline).
SUNDAY 05.04.25 PROGRAM Notes
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RADIO 2050 Episode #85: Reclaim Your Mind (00:58:00)
Jay discusses his journey from a curious child interested in technology and mental health to becoming an expert in the intersection of mindfulness and technology. He shares insights and strategies for fostering a healthy relationship with technology, emphasizing the need for mindfulness in our digital era. The discussion also touches on nonprofit models in technology, personal growth, and the challenges of engaging with neurodivergent children.
https://radioparadise.com/radio2050
EARTH RIOT RADIO: SHOP BOMB SHOP BOMB SHOP (00:29:00)
Just a spoonful of shopping makes the bombs go down the bombs go down the bombs go down. War is an active loss of our memory of the Earth. The pilots and crew of bombers are sighting the ordinance into the side of the Earth and losing their Earth Love. But you and I paying for it? What are we losing? Consumerism’s wars have saturation advertising on one end of families on fire on the other. The bombing of the Earth breaks our own memory of being within the world of the Earth. Our shopping attacks memory, too, while selling the past as false nostalgia. Stop Shopping, Stop Bombing.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: The Hatton Garden Incident (00:27:05)
When the lights go out at a post office in the heart of London’s jewelry district, a stolen dispatch of diamonds, sapphires, and more requires an investigation from Harper Thorne and Barnaby Druthers. Audio theater, radio play, community radio, community radio theater, old time radio, new old time radio, Barnaby druthers, Humphry Rolleston, J. Timothy Quirk, Harper Thorne
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 May 3, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Carrie N. Baker, JD, PhD, is the Bauman Professor of American Studies and chair of the Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Smith College. She is the author of Abortion Pills: U.S. History and Politics, available through open access from Amherst College Press. How Reproductive Freedom Advocates Outsmarted the Anti-Abortion Movement Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions is up because of tele-health and the free sharing of Mifepristone and Misoprostol.
Segment Two
We then catch up with John Nichols, who is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the New York Times best seller It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism. We discuss, in detail the recent arrest of Milwaukee judge Dugan in her courtroom on what appear to be specious charges. Trump is at was with the judiciary, and this appears to be an intimidation tactic. This is likely to have an chilling effect on the rule of law in the US. Sympathy is currently with the judge.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS May 1, 2025 (00:59:00)
Trump’s Reality TV Reshuffle of His National Security Team | SCOTUS Appears Poised to Smash Through the Wall Separating Church and State to Force Taxpayers to Subsidize Religious Indoctrination | On This May Day, How Unions Would Be the Only Way Reindustrialized American Factory Workers Could Make a Living Wage to Support a Family.
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: The Yogi’s Way: Transform Your Mind, Health & Reality with Reema Datta (00:59:00)
Reema Datta is the founder of the Yogis Way, a holistic method that integrates movement, breathing and consciousness practices with a focus on emotional well-being. Since 2002, she has taught yoga trainings and retreats in over twenty countries all over the world. Born into a family deeply rooted in yoga tradition, she was first taught by her parents and grandparents. Her students have included Sting, Edie Brickell, Paul Simon and thousands of other practitioners globally. And her new book that we talk about is The Yogis Way: Transform Your Mind, Health & Reality. People often lament that life doesn’t come with an operating manual. Well, this book is a comprehensive and practical operating manual from the ancient Vedic tradition of India that makes it all easily accessible and easy to understand.
TUC RADIO: Alex Carey – Corporations and Propaganda, parts 1&2 (00:58:00)
Alex Carey wrote that the people of the US have been subjected to an unparalleled, expensive, 3/4 century long propaganda effort designed to expand corporate rights by undermining democracy and destroying the unions. The 20th century, he wrote, is marked by three historic developments: the growth of democracy via the expansion of the franchise, the growth of corporations, and the growth of propaganda to protect corporations from democracy. Careys unique view of US history goes back to World War I and ends with the Reagan era. Noam Chomsky dedicated his book Manufacturing Consent to the memory of Alex Carey. Chomsky says that the Australian sociologist would have written the definitive history of propaganda in the US, had he lived to complete his work. This is a fairly complex production with many voices, historic sound clips, and source material. The program has been used by writers and students of history and propaganda. Alex Carey: Taking the Risk out of Democracy, Corporate Propaganda VS Freedom and Liberty with a foreword by Noam Chomsky was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1995.
SATURDAY 05.03.25 PROGRAM Notes
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EXPLORATION with Michio Kaku: The genius of technology (00:58:46)
How Thomas Edison revolutionized society. Will Quantum Computers do the same miracle?
https://mkaku.org/home/category/radio
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Musk’s Chain Saw Does Not Think (00:58:06)
If he really aims to cut waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal bureaucracy, there’s a lot of low hanging fruit. But Elon Musk has prioritized eliminating one of the smallest yet most effective programs: USAID. Poverty stricken people of developing nations enthusiastically welcome the food and survival assistance from US Agency for International Development. Cutting it off will only create anger. Building friendships with the people of the world, soft power, often serves our national security more effectively than expensive and wasteful hard power. On this show Skip Isaacs talks about what Musk might learn from the experience of one USAID professional, whose career demonstrates a reality of which Musk apparently knows nothing.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Patient Priorities Care (00:58:03)
When providing healthcare, clinicians usually treat diseases separately, following one-size-fits-all evidence-based practices, rather than focusing on individual patient priorities. This approach stresses efficiency and adherence to guidelines, often ignoring what matters to each patient. Mary Tinetti, MD, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, talks about a concept called patient priorities care, https://patientprioritiescare.org/ in which patients identify their health goals and preferences to guide their healthcare decisions and treatment plans. She discusses how health care providers use patient priorities care to improve patient’s health outcomes.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: A Low-Cost Swimming Pool that Saves Energy and Serves Biodiversity (00:29:00)
Jennifer Campbell, a sustainable landscape designer in New Hampshire, built herself a natural swimming pool that saves energy, nurtures native plants, serves wildlife, and cost her only $10,000 to install.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: How to bring peace to Ukraine – a war between two versions of history (00:29:00)
In April/May 2025 the possible end to the war in Ukraine has world attention. But the peace agreement requires an accepted reading of history – and the two sides are still far apart. Here is an amazing debate over the end of the Soviet Union, the expansion of NATO, nuclear weapons, prior attempts to end the invasion, and even the reminder that Crimea has been the home of Russia’s naval base since 1783. Professor Klaus Larres teaches at the University of North Carolina. Professor Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. In spite of their differences of opinion, Professor Larres introduces Jeffrey Sachs as a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development.
They spoke on April 22, 2025, and here are excerpts from their 90 minute conversation.
Thanks to the University of North Carolina where this discussion was held on April 22, 2025. You can find the 90 minute video on YouTube under the title: Who Rules the New Global Order?
THE BOPST SHOW: Long Division (00:55:14)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the modern garage psychedelic pop of Mattiel, the Nigerian trances of Tal National and the 70s funk of Dennis Coffey as well as music by Dr. Alimantado, 5 All-Star Guitars and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #582 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes back Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires, to update us on that groups latest efforts to save American democracy by lobbying to raise wages for workers and tax the rich. Plus, according to our resident constitutional expert, Bruce Fein, the count of Trumps impeachable offenses is now up to twenty-two and rising faster than a Space X rocket.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 05.02.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday May 2, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Scientists develop climate-friendlier rice (00:01:30)
Rice fields are a major source of planet-warming methane, but a new variety could help change that.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: We Remember, We Sing, We Fight: May Day Voices (00:55:00)
This week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour celebrates May Day with stories of struggle, song, and solidarity. We preview Lilly, the DC Labor FilmFest opening night film about equal pay champion Lilly Ledbetter, and go behind the scenes of Labors Martyr, a new musical about Joe Hill. Plus: a visit to the American Mural Project and the story behind the labor song Dig a Hole.
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 the Minerals Deal a Smokescreen? (00:58:00)
Will the US under Trump ever provide any meaningful security guarantees to a free and democratic Ukraine?
Plus- the latest emergency- kids using litter boxes in the classroom??
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Talking Truths And Fictions With Steve Almond, Pt. 1 (00:29:00)
This week on Sea Change Radio, the first half of our two-part conversation with author Steve Almond – an astute observer of politics, pop culture, and all things American. In this wide-ranging discussion, we talk about Almonds latest novel which reveals some of the horrors that immigrants to this country face far too often, look at the painful reality of paying taxes in the age of Trumpism and examine the seeds of this present day authoritarianism sown under Ronald Reagan.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Democracy & Capitalism: A Failed Experiment? (00:28:00)
Is the Wests experiment with social democracy over? Is survival of the richest our fate? In this episode, sisters Laura and Stephanie Flanders hold their annual check-in, this time from St. James Park in London, to delve into the details of the many politico-economic issues dominating and driving the news. Stephanie Flanders, an economics expert of renown, is the Head of Economics and Government at Bloomberg and the host of Trumponomics, the weekly Stephanomics podcast that looks at the president’s economic policies and plans. Join Laura and Stephanie as they discuss how business impacts every aspect of our lives. Are we going backwards, or are there models like community wealth building that we can look to for economic transformation?
THE BOPST SHOW: Long Division (00:55:14)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the modern garage psychedelic pop of Mattiel, the Nigerian trances of Tal National and the 70s funk of Dennis Coffey as well as music by Dr. Alimantado, 5 All-Star Guitars and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 5/1/2025 Trump Losing Streak Continues into Second Hundred Days (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump fired his National Security Advisor Mike Waltz over the Signal group chat national security scandal then reassigned him to be UN Ambassador. Federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to restore full funding to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Trump-appointed judge barred Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportations, in first major ruling on the legality of using the act. Shareholders of Coca-Cola rejected proposals to abolish the company’s anti-discrimination programs. Former Vice President Kamala Harris (D) criticized Trump’s attacks on democracy and American values. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) delivered a stem-winder of speech defending the rule of law and democracy and taking on Trumpers and centrist Democrats. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 05.01.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday May 1, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Scientists knew about global warming in the 1950s (00:01:30)
The climate change consensus dates back decades.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Fear and Loathing in the Atmosphere (00:58:00)
Professor Antonio Lazcano: repression of science in the U.S. through the lens of political strongmen in Latin America. What can science-killing in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico tell us about the Trump repression? Plus latest news – like Goddard Institute for Space Studies building shut down soon. Naomi Klein asks “Which side are you on?” & sea level expert Robert Kopp. Sounding the General Alarm is not alarmism
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 Much News!! The Economy, Election Integrity, and Trump’s Detestable Lies (00:58:00)
Attorney, columnist and radio host, Dean Obeidallah explains why Trump’s collapsing poll numbers matter. Does CNN disappoint you as much as me? Their so-called-news people speak at Trump rallies about “owning the libs”? Crazy Alert! Tucker Carlson says America’s “anti-white system” is “much more comprehensive” than Jim Crow. Say what?!
YES! Presents: Rising Up with Sonali – 2025-04-29 (00:58:30)
This week, Ill be out of town for a writer’s residency and am bringing back some interviews from the Rising Up archives, specifically interviews with abolitionists featured in my latest book, Talking About Abolition: A Police Free World is Possible. First, well hear from Professor Melina Abdullah of California State University in Los Angeles, who is a leader in Black Lives Matter LA in a conversation about how participatory budgeting can lead toward divestment from policing. Then, food justice activist Leah Penniman joins me for an in-depth conversation linking our environment with the abolition of police and prisons. Finally, well hear a conversation with Gina Dent, abolitionist feminist at UC Santa Cruz. All three interviews are featured in my latest book, Talking About Abolition: A Police Free World is Possible, just published by Seven Stories Press.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell ch. 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
WINGS #03-25 International Feminism (00:28:58)
Enloe points out the infinite variety of women and feminisms around the world, and suggests what can be learned from them. Her many books include Bananas, Beaches and Bases; and Seriously! Investigating Crashes and Crises as if Women Mattered.
THE BRADCAST: 4/30/2025 100 Daze of Trump’s ‘Fascist Death Spiral’ with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Wednesday marked Donald Trump’s first 100 days as president. Trump’s approval ratings are plummeting with a majority of the public on virtually every single issue. Trump’s violent, reckless immigration policies and his attack on due process are also backfiring. The U.S. economy is taking a serious hit from his global tariff trade war, as new economic data show that our previously booming economy shrank in the first quarter after he implemented his policies. Salon opinion columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the ‘Professional Left Podcast’ give their assessment of Trump’s 100 Days benchmark, bringing insight, context, history and hilarity as we take stock of what may or may not be Trump’s ‘fascist death spiral.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675