FRIDAY 05.08.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday May 8, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Solar drying towers could reduce food waste, researcher says (00:01:30)
A drying system could rescue surplus or damaged crops before they hit the landfill.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: LIVE with Amy Goodman at Steal This Story, Please! (00:54:59)
highlights from last weekend’s sold-out screenings of Steal This Story, Please! at the DC Labor FilmFest, featuring Amy Goodman, Tia Lessin, and voices from WPFWs powerful post-film Q&A. From the station that helped launch Democracy Now! to today’s fight for independent, audience-funded media, we explore what it means to never sell out. Plus, Labor Arts News on the Ball Without Billionaires, SEIUs cultural organizing under April Verrett, major union updates from IATSE and SAG-AFTRA, and a new newsroom union in Madison. We head to the University of Maryland’s letterpress studio, where workers can print their own strike signs, and dig into the legacy of the Haymarket Affair with historian Peter Cole who asks: who controls history?
We also feature the May 5 Bay View Massacre in Labor History in 2:00, and a story from the Peoples 250 campaign reminding us that working people’s history is still being written.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How it Looks to Primala Jayapal (00:58:00)
The House Progressive leader joins Thom on the issues of the day- Iran, Cuba, Medicare for All.. are the American people ready to rally behind Democrats to face down Trump and the Epstein class? Plus – Phil Ittner with the view from Ukraine.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Contracts, culture and the power to make change (5/8) (00:02:00)
The International Labour Organizations Future of Work podcast examines how job contracts and workplace policies shape safety and justice on the job. In labor history, 1863 Brotherhood of the Footboard constitution ratified. Quote of the day: Elizabeth Tang.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
SEA CHANGE RADIO: John Stoehr: Gut Check Time For Dems (00:29:00)
The recent Supreme Court ruling Louisiana v. Callais not only eviscerated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and allowed states to enact discriminatory maps with impunity, it was also a brutal reminder that despite record low approval ratings for the current president, reversing the negative impacts of this administration will be a big job. This week on Sea Change Radio, we enjoy a wide-ranging political conversation with John Stoehr of The Editorial Board. We discuss why holding Trump administration actors accountable should be a primary short-term goal for Democrats, look at how the illegal US/Israeli war against Iran is a bridge too far for many progressives, and touch upon the upcoming Senate race in Maine between Graham Platner and Susan Collins.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Activists Dolores Huerta & Ellen Gavin explore storytelling as an organizing tool (00:28:00)
People are taking to the streets and calling out fascism in bold, unique ways, but were not all there yet. If you need some encouragement, watch “The People, United” ” a gripping short film about everyday Americans standing up to ICE and winning through nonviolent resistance. Created by Ellen Gavin and presented in collaboration with the Dolores Huerta Foundation and People for the American Way, the video is a powerful example of storytelling as an organizing tool. In this episode, lifelong activists and old friends Ellen Gavin and Dolores Huerta join Laura Flanders to explore how narratives help break through our silos and fears under this second Trump administration. Gavin’s works as a writer, director and producer have brought millions of views to social justice storytelling; she is also founder of Gavin Creative Collab and founding artistic director of Brava! for Women in the Arts. Huerta is co-founder of the United Farm Workers with Csar Chvez and founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Still organizing at 95 years old, she is recognized as one of the most influential labor organizers of the twentieth century and coined the iconic rallying cry Si Se Puede. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. Find out how narratives shatter fear and build movements, plus a commentary from Laura.
THE BOPST SHOW: All You Fascists Bound to Lose (00:55:05)
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 the soothing, easy listening sounds of Perry Como, folk from Richmond native Aimee Man, and the spiky punk of the Television Personalities as well as tunes form Silver Jews, Sonny Terry and Woody Guthrie, as many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 5/7/2026 Republicans Seek Immunity for Big Oil, with guest Laura Peterson of Union of Concerned Scientists (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: As Mississippi grappled with yet another destructive tornado outbreak, a Donald Trump-appointed panel endorsed his goal of gutting funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and forcing states to shoulder the burden of disaster management. Tennessee’s Republican-controlled state legislature rammed through new voting maps that eliminate the state’s only Black-majority district, prompting a legislator to call for Memphis to secede from the state. LAURA PETERSON of the Union of Concerned Scientists explains Congressional Republicans’ shocking new Big Oil shield law to grant the oil industry permanent immunity from all climate liability lawsuits, current and future, that seek to hold the industry liable for the rising costs and damages of climate impacts, and for knowingly deceiving the public about climate science. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 05.07.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday May 7, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: How an army of volunteers is fighting climate misinformation online (00:01:30)
Instead of arguing with trolls, they’re amplifying the truth.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Climate: Hunger & Famine Stalk World (00:58:00)
The forecast is: record-breaking heat, wildfires in the West, and extreme rainfall mayhem across the world. Maybe the strongest El Nino in 150 years. Following breaking climate news, we explore a return to mass famine – including real hunger in the UK and America. Food riots in the next few years are possible. Aled Jones. Cambridge: UK food riots past and future. American scientist Joshua Elliot warns risk of American food shock. Will the monsoons that feed a billion people fail? Gayatri Kathayat reports from India.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: WPFW; Where Democracy Now! began (5/7) (00:02:00)
The Labor Heritage Power Hour features Amy Goodman on WPFWs roots and Steal This Story, Please! Q&A clips. In labor history, 1867 Knights of St. Crispin formed. Quote of the day: Mary Harris “Mother Jones”.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: No President is Ever Above the Law (00:58:00)
Author of ‘The Existentialist Republic’ Substack- Christopher Armitage- thinks there a massive case for invoking RICO that could bring down the entire Trump operation.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2026-05-05 (00:58:30)
This week, you’ll get a special report from May Day in Los Angeles – it’s the latest episode in our on-going series Rising Up in the Streets. I’ll bring you the voices of activists, union members, clergy and more, reflecting on labor power, stopping billionaires and their wars, and what it would take to actually achieve a general strike. Then, Ill turn to two experts reflecting on the Supreme Courts recent death blow to the Voting Rights Act. Kimberly Smitherman will join me from Selma, Alabama, where she leads the organization Foot Soldiers Park, and David Daley of Fair Vote will be my other guest. David Daley is the author of Antidemocratic: Inside the Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections, a history of John Roberts, the Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) by George Orwell ch. 9-11 (00:31:13)
Most famous for his influential and ever-relevant dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell’s first full-length publication was Down and Out in Paris and London. After quitting his post as the elephant-killing policeman of Burma, this is Orwell’s memoir of his subsequent experiences of poverty, gig employment and life on the road in Europe of the early 1930s. A vividly detailed and engaging narrative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03hRZDpvsc
TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London/0.html
WINGS #04-26 Sharing Law (00:29:00)
Janelle Orsi authored the book Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy, published by the American Bar Association. Next, she co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), which facilitates the growth of sustainable and localized economies. She spoke to Kellia Ramares-Watson in 2014 about the creation of Sharing Law as a category, the growth of community law as a field of practice, and the uses of this new legal field- for instance for establishing worker-owned businesses and housing cooperatives. She also names the US states that allow people to become lawyers through apprenticeships. The US and Australia are leaders in this movement, as are many women. The SELC has expanded its reach in many ways. Website for more info: http://www.theselc.org/
THE BRADCAST: (00:58:00)
Independent, investigative news, detailed reporting, interviews and snarky commentary.
More detailed episode notes will be posted when available – please check back!
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 05.06.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday May 6, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Surgeon warns that climate change can disrupt cancer care (00:01:30)
Wildfires, storms, and floods can lead to missed appointments and hospital closures ” with life-and-death consequences.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Ami Zota, ScD, Professor, Columbia University discusses phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals in our food supply. (00:28:00)
Did you know that fast food products and ultra processed foods that contain toxic compounds such as phthalates, are more heavily marketed to people of color? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Ami Zota, ScD, Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Zota describes and discusses phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals in our food supply through a health equity lens and discusses the disproportionate burden of toxic chemical exposures among communities of color.
Related Websites: Project TENDR: https://projecttendr.org/
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT: The Global Rise of Anti-LGBTQ Laws pt.1 (00:28:59)
In part one of a two-part series, This Way Outs Ebony Joseph examines a growing global wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation “from Africa to Eastern Europe and Central Asia” where governments are increasingly criminalizing queer identity under the guise of morality, tradition, or child protection. Featuring insights from Neela Goshal of Outright International, Gurchaten Sandhu of ILGA World, and Polish advocate Annamaria Linczowska, the report connects these laws to political power plays, colonial legacies, and rising authoritarianism, while highlighting their real-world consequences – from increased violence to the silencing of advocacy. Despite legal shifts in some regions, the piece underscores the ongoing struggle for safety, visibility, and basic rights, and the critical role of grassroots movements in pushing back.
And in NewsWrap: Russia escalates its campaign against LGBTQ communities, as courts label advocacy groups extremists, a U.S. appeals court upholds West Virginias ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgeries, raising concerns about broader limits on transgender healthcare nationwide, transgender Idaho residents sue the state over what some are calling the harshest bathroom ban in the country, human rights groups issue travel warnings ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America citing risks for LGBTQ people and other marginalized communities, and Pope Leo XIV weighs in on same-sex marriage, emphasizing unity over doctrine as debate continues within the global Church – and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Joe Boehnlein and Tanya Kane-Parry (News Writer Ebony Joseph, News Producer Brian DeShazor).
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Data center jobs and community wealth (5/6) (00:02:00)
Blue Collar News highlights how data centers drive construction jobs and local wealth on the Labor Radio Podcast Network. In labor history, 1937 Richmond tobacco stemmers strike. Quote of the day: Albert Einstein.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is Trump’s DOJ Now Big Oil’s Personal Law Firm? (00:58:00)
Why Is Trump Calling the Top Black Democrat a Thug? Trump Will Soon Regret His Flagrantly Racist Meme Calling Hakeem Jeffries a LOW IQ THUG as reported by News Corpse. Did Trump Just Buy the Supreme Court Over Dinner? Is Trump’s DOJ Now Big Oil’s Personal Law Firm? Plus How Trump, Republicans, and Their Billionaires Took Your Money and Then Sold You Hate.
QR CODE: Culture. Opinions. Dialogue. Entertainment. (00:59:00)
Main Segment 1 CULTURE (10 mins): Sharptons Message to Billionaires / Obamas Response to Trump
Main Segment 2 OPINIONS (10 mins): Should Essence Fest Leave New Orleans?
Better Do Better (6 mins): Trump Administration Decides What Professions Get Student Loan Assistance
Q Wards Clapback (7 Mins): Not the Same and Thats the Point
Main Segment 3 DIALOGUE (10 mins): What is Your Idea of a Good Life?
Main Segment 4 ENTERTAINMENT (10 mins): Tatyana Ali Shares Details of Traumatic Childbirth
https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/qr-code
LITERATURE ALOUD: Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) by George Orwell ch. 6-8 (00:36:32)
Most famous for his influential and ever-relevant dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell’s first full-length publication was Down and Out in Paris and London. After quitting his post as the elephant-killing policeman of Burma, this is Orwell’s memoir of his subsequent experiences of poverty, gig employment and life on the road in Europe of the early 1930s. A vividly detailed and engaging narrative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03hRZDpvsc
TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London/0.html
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: There Are Clues Everywhere, with Amber Wiley (00:28:00)
I’ve been wanting to do a show about curiosity and community engagement in urban planning for a long time.
Amber Wiley’s book Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital is a fascinating, densely-researched look at how Black Washingtonians drove urban planning and design policy for public education.
It is, as one reviewer put it, “a stirring lesson in how the built environment records the hopes and frustrations of its society.” What role does — or might — curiosity play in all of that? “Do people actually care about this? Are they curious? Yes. No. Maybe. When it comes to the fore, people have thoughts and ideas — and questions.” ~ Amber Wiley
THE BRADCAST: 5/5/2026 The Corrupt Hypocrisy of the SCOTUS Majority; ‘Project Deadlock’ in Persian Gulf (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump’s disastrous, unlawful War on Iran remains deadlocked, mired in confusion and chaos, as his administration gaslights the public and tries to pretend it is not blatantly violating the War Powers Act. The corrupted rightwing U.S. Supreme Court supermajority is abusing its own so-called Purcell Principle, a manufactured ‘doctrine’ that they use to block states from making last-minute changes to voting laws. The Court supermajority corruptly ignored their own precedent when they gutted the last vestiges of the Voting Rights Act last week, allowing GOP-controlled states to redraw their US House voting maps even though voting is already underway. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
TUESDAY 05.05.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday May 5, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Your donated clothes might end up here (00:01:30)
Millions of garments flood a Ghana market ” and much of it becomes waste.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: As You Think, So You Become: Finding Balance Between Mind and Heart (00:29:00)
Your thoughts are powerful, but they are not always true. In this episode, we explore the idea that as you think, so you become, and what it means to bring balance between your mind and your heart. If you’ve ever felt stuck in a pattern of thinking that seems to shape everything around you, this conversation will help you pause, question, and gently shift your perspective so you can move through life with more clarity and intention.
MAKING CONTACT: A History of Traditional Root Healing (Encore) (00:29:00)
On today’s episode we look at plant and herb medicines through the lens of Michele Elizabeth Lee the author of Working The Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African-American Healing.
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: We’re not working, we’re not spending (5/5) (00:02:00)
Work Stoppage channels a boycott and resistance message on the Labor Radio Podcast Network. In labor history, machinists met in 1888 and launched what became the International Association of Machinists. Quote of the day: John Sweeney.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Trump Goes Full Pirate as Diplomacy Walks the Plank (00:58:00)
American former youth pastor and author, John Pavlovitz explains that good people don’t still support Donald. Plus Trump Is Making Khrushchev’s “We Will Bury You” Real for Putin. Why? And Trump Goes Full Pirate” Diplomacy Walks the Plank. Gas prices go up.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Mom (00:53:00)
Celebrate Mom with The Children’s Hour in a musical Mother’s Day special. We feature some of our favorite songs by Kindie artists honoring mothers, and we hear poetry about the special bond between kids and our moms. Happy Mothers Day to all who celebrate from The Children’s Hour.
LITERATURE ALOUD: Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) by George Orwell ch. 3-5 (00:33:07)
Most famous for his influential and ever-relevant dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell’s first full-length publication was Down and Out in Paris and London. After quitting his post as the elephant-killing policeman of Burma, this is Orwell’s memoir of his subsequent experiences of poverty, gig employment and life on the road in Europe of the early 1930s. A vividly detailed and engaging narrative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03hRZDpvsc
TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London/0.html
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Music That Speaks (half) (00:29:00)
If you’re looking for new music, you might turn to youtube, spotify, social media – basically, the internet. In Cuba, internet access is so limited that music is passed through a USB network called Sneakernet. Mike Levine explains how Sneakernet helps spread the rhythms “and politics” of reparto music. And: What does it sound like when trees sing? Or rocks? Or city waterworks? Sara Bouchard is a sound artist who often works with data from objects and nature to make music.
THE BRADCAST: 5/4/2026 (Billionaires Spending Millions to Lie to Voters About CA’s Proposed, One-Time Billionaires Tax, with Harold Meyerson of ‘The Prospect’) (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Oil and gas prices continue rising as Donald Trump’s War on Iran remains unresolved. The Trump Administration ignored the 60-day deadline to seek congressional approval for the Iran War. After several states recently enacted wealth taxes on millionaires, a proposed initiative in California to levy a one-time wealth tax on the state’s billionaires has qualified for the November ballot. But Google co-founder Sergey Brin and fellow billionaires are funding a wildly misleading, opposing measure to negate it. The American Prospect’s HAROLD MEYERSON explains how wealth taxes work, who benefits, pros and cons, and much more. GOP-controlled states move quickly to eliminate majority-Black districts from their U.S. House maps after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Plus a warning for California voters about late-arriving mail-in ballots.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 05.04.26 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday May 4, 2026
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The downside of perfect green lawns (00:01:30)
They look beautiful, but they consume a lot of water and fuel. Here’s an alternative.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #101: Socially Responsible Investing (00:29:00)
Joined by Hylie Voss , President of the Sugar Bush Foundation
Introduce yourself and tell a bit about the fund.
How was the foundation formed
Goals of the organization
Examples of projects funded
Challenges met along the way
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Marx’s Relevance for Today [April 30th, 2026] (00:29:00)
In response to questions about Marx’s relevance today, this week’s Economic Update explains how Marx’s criticism of capitalism was unique (more a micro-focused than a macro-focused analysis). It shows how Marx’s critique of capitalism differs from his critique of slave and feudal class systems, on the one hand, and from post-capitalist (“socialist” or “communist”) class systems, on the other. Marx’s analysis is shown NOT to prioritize the private vs public enterprises dichotomy that has been debated as “the issue” over the last century. Instead Marx’s relevance for today lies in arguing for a post-capitalist system that is different from the slave, feudal, and capitalist class systems it seeks to replace.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Let the People Speak (5/4) (00:02:00)
Working People spotlights a worker-led vision for Philadelphia and a May Day push to ratify it. In labor history, the 1886 Haymarket massacre. Quote of the day: Albert Parsons.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why Trump’s Iran War Is Now More Unpopular Than Vietnam (00:58:00)
Reflections on Beltane and the Spring rites of the ancients. Veteran war correspondent, Phil Ittner reports on the latest news fromKiev Ukraine. New polling shows rising opposition to the Iran conflict, with approval dropping sharply as economic pressure builds and public frustration grows. Plus callers speak on the meaning of May Day.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Living Better, Longer, with Community Transformation of Blue Zones (00:55:00)
Through the suggestion of one of our Northern Spirit Radio board members, Janine Thull, I decided to attend a presentation last week here in Eau Claire by the Blue Zones Project crew, and my eyes were opened. I”ll let their Vice President, Business Development, Margaret Brown, spell it out, but what I think I learned about was a thoughtful and brilliant mechanism to help us live longer and better, to help grow a community into well-being and health. It’s something that’s been done in many communities already, and hopefully soon on my home turf, with the help of Dave Markquart and his new organization, TrueWellness.org. But, I must note, that will only happen with many local minds and hands joining in the process, so I hope you will all–wherever you are, but particularly here in Eau Claire, WI–learn about Blue Zones and be part of using their powerful insights and tools to revolutionize our community intelligence for the good of all. Margaret Brown joins us from Camden, South Carolina.
LITERATURE ALOUD: Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) by George Orwell ch. 1-2 (00:24:32)
Most famous for his influential and ever-relevant dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell’s first full-length publication was Down and Out in Paris and London. After quitting his post as the elephant-killing policeman of Burma, this is Orwell’s memoir of his subsequent experiences of poverty, gig employment and life on the road in Europe of the early 1930s. A vividly detailed and engaging narrative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03hRZDpvsc
TEXT: http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London/0.html
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Nuclear Le$$ons from Georgia (00:29:00)
Nuclear energy is the most expensive form of energy ever developed, and the customers of Georgia Power can prove it! This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about proposed new federal standards for microplastics in drinking water, and a new law in Louisiana that makes it illegal to use economical air monitors to collect pollution data. Then Patty Durand, founder of Georgians for Affordable Energy, talks about the $35 billion dollar Vogtle nuclear facility that was recently completed, and how utility customers in Georgia will be paying sky-high energy bills for the next 60 years to pay for it.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 5/1/2026 Encore: US Middle East ‘War Crimes’ Then and Now, with attorney Keith Barber (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 4-16-2026. On today’s ‘BradCast’: John Eastman, one of the architects of Donald Trump’s fake electors scheme, has been officially disbarred by the State of California for his role in organizing the effort to steal the 2020 election and foment the January 6, 2021 insurrection. In Minnesota, prosecutors charged a federal ICE agent with assault under state law for threatening civilians during Trump’s authoritarian immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Attorney and retired U.S. Army captain KEITH BARBER explains the striking contrasts between the first Persian Gulf War under President George HW Bush compared to Trump’s Iran War, and examines the central allegations of war crimes in each conflict and their legality under international law. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 05.03.26 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: May 3 26 Prosecuting war criminals (00:58:00)
The end of the Second World War held promise for prosecuting war crimes and the crime of aggression. While this promise was never realized, justice for war crimes has become even more challenging.
Some leaders have been indicted for war crimes, but it’s unlikely they will ever face prosecution. Can this change?
The lack of enforcement of international law has undercut the promise of Nuremberg. What was the promise of Nuremberg? Do we have the current structure necessary to implement this law? Can we see justice through prosecutions for war crimes? And how do today’s current challenges compare
EARTH RIOT RADIO # 219-Going Where the Corporations Dare Not Tread (00:29:00)
Oh yes, the bank that invests in more climate toxicity than any other, doesn’t like those immigrant vendors. None of the 14,000 workers inside the monster bank works remote, not ever. Bossman Jamie Demon is strict on this issue. Work here, where I can see you. There are falafels and espressos and hot dogsfor sale inside the Demon’s monstrous building. In fact there are 19 restaurants, and food is delivered to your desk, so you can keep working. In this hollow dark dead street the Stop Shopping Choir loves to sing, “Breaking Into Public Space!”
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers and the Mesmer King (00:28:00)
When a mysterious figure uses his uncanny power for thievery, only Barnaby and Harper can unravel the mystery to stop him in this classic audio theater adventure!
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN May 2, 2026 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Bill Curry and Jamie Rowen. We discuss the latest SCOTUS ruling regarding voting rights and racial discrimination. What could remedy this? We also discuss the waste exhibited by the administration. While people in the country are struggling with high costs for everything, Trump is pushing for his ballroom, and other wasteful activities, like the ‘forever’ war in Iran
Segment Tw
We then catch up with Alex Sammon, feature writer at Slate who has written about the huge issue of the orange crop failures in Florida, and how this has impacted the agricultural businesses in Florida. This is an epidemic that is striking the citrus business, a huge proportion of agriculture in Florida, with no solution in sight. What will be the long term effects on the population of Florida and the effects on the US?
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: May 3, 2026 (00:59:00)
The Deadly, Delusional Amateurism of Trump’s On and Off Talks With Iran As He Now Threatens to “Blast the Hell Out of Them” | The Rise of Left Wing Populism After a Devastating Era of Right Wing Populism Perpetrated By a Criminal Fraudster in the Service of a Greedy Oligarchy | May Day 2026 and What Kind of Nation Will We Be?
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: In Search of Pure Lust – A Radical Lesbian Feminist Memoir with Lise Weil (00:59:00)
Lise Weil is a writer, professor and founder of Trivia: A Journal of Ideas, an award-winning radical lesbian feminist literary and political magazine; and the editor of Dark Matter: Women Witnessing. She is the author of IN SEARCH OF PURE LUST: A Memoir. In this dynamic fun interview, Lise and I talk about her experience from her early lesbian feminist literary days and childhood and bring it into the context of the present.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: US National Cybersecurity Is Failing (00:58:34)
The US National Cybersecurity Defense is vastly weaker now that it was in January of 2025. We are more susceptible to attacks from foreign governments, other threat actors and more. If we don’t fix this soon, we could start seeing mass casualty events… and that’s not hyperbole. We also cover so much more in the critical deep dive. Don’t miss this.
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, author, “Your Data Will Be Used Against You” (00:59:30)
Everything you do online is available to the police with a single warrant. All your emails, search engine queries, social media activity, and Alexa and Ring data are exposed with a warrant. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson discusses his book “Your Data Will Be Used Against You.”
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Is The Trump Madness Media Dam Starting to Break? (00:55:11)
The national media was accused of hiding Bidens age related slippage, but they’ve been positively sheepish on what the world sees as an autocrat gone mad. Not just Republicans have been made to fear Trumps power. His decline has thus far not received the attention it deserves. According to Boston Globe columnist Jill Abramson, that may be changing; the press may finally be starting to examine his mental fitness.
AGING MATTERS: Gerontological Occupational Therapy (00:57:59)
Older adults are living longer than ever, with 60-year-olds today often living into their 80s or 90s. Gerontological occupational therapy isa specialized rehabilitation service that helps older adults maintain independence, safety, and quality of life as they age.
Carol Siebert, OTD, FAOTA, Founder/President, The Home Remedy, PLLC/Occupational Therapy, talks about gerontological occupational therapists, services they provide, practice settings, and how they help older adults remain at home as long as possible.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: The Million Orchid Project Turns Urban Areas into Sanctuaries for Critically Endangered Native Species (00:29:00)
Dr. Jason Downing of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden turns rare orchid propagation into an educational adventure for Miami area students, beautifies the cityscape, and rescues native Floridian species from the brink of extinction.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: Michael Parenti: Ideology and Conspiracy Part One (00:29:01)
In this entertaining talk, rich with historic references, Parenti describes the right-wing agenda of dismantling social democracy while calling anybody who describes this as a purposeful strategy a conspiracy theorist. He shows that this strategy began right after World War II but culminates now as powerful segment of right wing media and the GOP have moved so far to the right that they have overshot their popular base. Meanwhile democrats, including Obama, unable or unwilling to formulate the social democratic alternative, still talk of bipartisan approaches.
THE BOPST SHOW: Little Monsters (00:55:07)
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 former Richmond, Virginia resident and former 6-string wizard for the Residents John Cook with his new music project NifNar, jazz whistler Toots Thielemans, and Congolese group Orchestre Lipua Lipua as well as tunes form the Singing Loins, Gary Clail & On-U Sound System and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #635 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes six authors to discuss their books: Beyond Nuclear founder Linda Gunter; trial lawyer Sean Simpson; law professor Elizabeth Burch; naturalist David Schmidt; industrial hygienist Marc Axelrod; and educator and advocate Jonathan Kozol.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 05.01.26 PROGRAM Notes
6-hour loop begins at NOON, repeats until following noon
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday May 1, 2026
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The little-known group that decides your electricity prices (00:01:30)
Most Americans don’t know these regulators exist, but they control rate hikes.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: From Union Hall to Art Studio; Building Worker Power (00:55:00)
On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour, we preview the 2026 DC Labor FilmFest “already drawing packed houses” with classic strike documentaries and sharp new films tackling layoffs, automation, and life in the modern workplace.
We also head to Detroit for a new UNITE HERE arts residency that gives union members paid time to develop their creative voices – an innovative effort to build solidarity and expand the reach of labor storytelling. (Deadline to apply: May 15!)
Plus, we dig into labor history with labor historian Rudy Batzel talking with Americas Workforce Radio Podcast about how race, class, and strikebreaking shaped the movement – and still do today. As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, historian Joe McCartin introduces the #Peoples250 campaign, lifting up working-class stories and inviting everyone to help tell a more complete history of the United States.
This week’s Labor Landmark takes us to Birmingham, Alabama, where two Black union leaders stopped a Ku Klux Klan bombing – an extraordinary act of courage rooted in labor and civil rights organizing. And in Labor History in 2, we look at the ongoing fight for workplace safety.
Our music this week is Hope by Carsie Blanton, a reminder that solidarity, courage, and care – put into collective action – are what keep the movement moving forward.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Another Massive Tax Giveaway to the Rich? (00:58:00)
Republicans want to effectively lower what very wealthy people pay even further by tweaking the tax code- is there anything the rich want that the Republicans won’t deliver for them?
LABOR RADIO PODCAST DAILY: Pick it up off the shelf and make it yours (5/1) (00:02:00)
Union Bug reflects on how past struggles can inspire todays organizing. In labor history, millions joined the 2006 Day Without Immigrants protests. Quote of the day: The Internationale.
https://www.laborradionetwork.org
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Wonder Materials: Bryan Guido Hassin of DexMat (00:29:00)
Copper and steel were pivotal to the industrial revolution. But these days, it’s clear that continued reliance on these substances as our key building materials has devastating environmental implications, including habitat destruction from open-pit mining, water toxification from acid mine drainage, and air pollution from sulfur dioxide emissions. Fortunately, there’s an emerging array of cutting-edge materials that hold promise for eco-conscious developers. A company named DexMat has developed a material called Galvorn, which is fantastical stuff right out of Spider-Man. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Bryan Guido Hassin, the CEO of the Houston-based DexMat, to learn more about Galvorn. Hassin explains how Galvorn is made, what makes it different from conventional materials, and the many exciting potential applications of this futuristic stuff that could get your radioactive blood pumping.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Special Report: Petrochemical Boom Threatens Communities Already Battered by Katrina (00:28:00)
Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to strike the United States, killing 1,833 people, displacing hundreds of thousands more and causing more than $100 billion in damage. Louisianans wanted change and climate action, but 20 years on, a state ravaged by climate disasters is now ground zero for a whole new kind of storm: liquified natural gas facilities. The Trump administration okayed several new LNG plants on the Gulf this year, but residents are still picking up the pieces after the first LNG plants entered their neighborhood under Democratic administrations. In this episode, Laura speaks to Louisianans whose lives have been turned upside down by the expansion of LNG exports, and an expert who says minority communities benefit little from the jobs in the petrochemical facilities that surround them, yet suffer disproportionate pollution effects. Their message? Climate refugees exist in the U.S., and there will be more: Wake up, open your eyes!
THE BOPST SHOW: Little Monsters (00:55:07)
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 former Richmond, Virginia resident and former 6-string wizard for the Residents John Cook with his new music project NifNar, jazz whistler Toots Thielemans, and Congolese group Orchestre Lipua Lipua as well as tunes form the Singing Loins, Gary Clail & On-U Sound System and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 4/30/2026 Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ on SCOTUS VRA ruling, ‘Weekend at Donnie’s’, and more (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Congressional Republicans finally ended the longest government shutdown in US history, agreeing with Democrats to reopen all critical DHS agencies except for the out-of-control ICE and CBP. Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills ended her US Senate campaign, leaving popular but controversial candidate Graham Platner to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Gas prices spiked again due to Donald Trump’s War on Iran, and his public approval ratings fell further. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and “DRIFTGLASS” of the Professional Left Podcast bring insight, analysis, context, history and hilarity on all of these topics and much more as we try to make sense of the growing madness of King Donald. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675