WEDNESDAY 11.30.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 30, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Charlie Anne Xavier (00:25:13)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Charlie Anne Xavier, an entrepreneur, mother, and wife, for a conversation about the tragic accident that left her with severe burns over much of her body, the extensive treatment she received at the Evans-Haynes Burn Center at VCU Health, the will and spirit that has propelled her recovery, and what lies ahead for her.
THIS WAY OUT #1809: Capote’s “One Christmas” – James Gavin & Colorado Springs Update (00:28:59)
After a brief update from Colorado Springs, Colorado on the Club Q massacre; our special show for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday break features famed writer-biographer James Gavin (most recently of George Michael) reading Truman Capote’s classic seasonal short story “One Christmas.” It’s our first holiday gift to you this week when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why is MTG embracing Nazis while controlling Kevin McCarthy? (00:58:00)
Did you know SCOTUS is hearing arguments on expanding the definition of lobbying & bribery? Was Russia waiting for a red wave? Will the GOP give in to Trump? What is going on with the bizarre stories coming from Ukraine?
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1523 Core Principles (00:58:59)
President Jefferson shares his core principles. During the out-of-character segment, Clay Jenkinson addresses some of the extreme contradictions between what Jefferson said he believed in and what he actually did.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) pt. 70 (00:23:03)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 2 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Be an Askable Adult (00:28:00)
What makes someone “askable”? Arlington, Virginia has launched an “Askable Adult” program to build adults’ capacity to be nonjudgmental and approachable resources and supports for youth. Program proponents believe that everyone has a role to play in supporting the health and well-being of children and youth in the community. And on their short list of key skills that make adults more askable? Be a curious co-pilot!
ALAN WATTS: Exploring Your Dark Side (00:12:43)
Alan Watts was a British writer who explored Eastern Philosophy for a western audience.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/30/22 (00:00:00)
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TUESDAY 11.29.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 29, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND: Listening to Ecstasy: The Transformative Power of MDMA pt. 2 (00:57:49)
Listening to Ecstasy: The Transformative Power of MDMA is now on audiobooks. To celebrate that release, we asked Charley back for a more in-depth personal view of how he continues to “listen to ecstasy” in both his professional and personal life. Charley talks about a recent New York Times article that discusses FDA approval for the use of medical MDMA for treatments of PTSD, substance abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, eating disorders, depression, end-of-life anxiety, and social anxiety in autistic adults. The FDA is currently in Phase 3 clinical trials that are expected to clear the way for legal use by 2023. In his third appearance on the show, Charley reads pivotal passages that describe the physical and emotional responses that MDMA creates, as well as its bonding effects in both his relationship with his spouse and some courageous couples who are exploring MDMA as an option. We invite you to listen as Kevin, Niseema, and Charley discuss why he calls MDMA “The Chemical of Connection.” Guest – Charley Wininger, LP, LMHC, is a licensed psychoanalyst and mental health counselor specializing in relationships and communication skills. Recognized as The Love Doctor by the New York Times and Newsday, he’s been treating couples and individuals in his Manhattan and Brooklyn offices for 30 years.
“Wininger’s book can throw open cosmic windows in even the most mundane reader”, Tom Robbins, author of nine novels including Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is Freedom In America Just Freedom To Exploit? (00:58:00)
Will we continue to hold the notion that being free means getting lousy pay, no union, being broken by healthcare expenses and putting our kids to bed hungry? That enforcing freedom means LGBTQ people, racial and religious minorities, and pregnant women live in fear? Should schools teach propaganda? Pompeo and the GOP think so and are looking to strip American schools of every resource that doesnt promote conservative heterosexual lifestyles.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Our Changing Climate (00:58:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about climate change from Dr. David Gutzler, professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico in the Earth and Planetary Sciences department with a specialization in climate science.
We learn what causes climate change, and what we can expect in the future if we make no changes. It is especially concerning to children that many adults are not taking the actions needed to stop catastrophes. Dr. Gutzler helps us understand why changing behavior and technologies to address the warming planet, is so difficult for many to adopt.
The Kids Crew wanted to know how they can help save animals from extinction due to climate change, and how they can get global decision-makers to address the crisis of their lifetimes. We also find out about melting ice sheets, and how the added water to our oceans will impact communities worldwide. Kids are leaders in the climate change movement today. We hear music honoring our beautiful planet, the activists who are standing up for future generations. This show is mixed with inspiring music to motivate listeners to care about our Planet Earth.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) pt. 67-69 (00:33:37)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 2 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
INSIDE THE FBI: UFOs (00:11:56)
On this episode of Inside the FBI, we uncover the truth about some of our noteworthy cases involving unidentified aerial phenomena.
AMERICA WORKS: Henrietta Ivey, Home Health Care Professional. Detroit, Michigan (00:10:05)
Henrietta Ivey, a dedicated home health care professional, is interviewed in her Detroit home by Michigan State gerontologist Clare Luz and her colleague, epidemiologist Khalid Ibrahim, as part of an Archie Green Fellowship documenting the occupational experiences of home healthcare professionals throughout the state of Michigan. Ivey talks about how much she loves her profession and the pride she takes in making it possible for her clients to stay in their own homes safely and with comfort and dignity. She also expresses frustration about the lack of respect and challenging work environments often encountered by home healthcare professionals.
HOW MUCH MONEY IS ENOUGH? – The Story of the Mexican Fisherman (00:05:20)
This is one of my favorite stories. It’s about an American businessman and a Mexican fisherman. A lot of people want to make more money so they can live a better life. They tell themselves: “Once I make enough money, then I’ll go live the life I want.” But that’s a mistake. Living the life they want should be accomplished now, not later. They spend the majority of their lives working, but along the way, they often forget what they’re working for. They start to prioritize work and making more money without a reason, and that’s a problem. They just want to have more and more, with no apparent end goal. The Mexican Fisherman story is here to remind you to take a step back, and think about what you’re actually working for, and what you already have. Every so often, you should reflect on and reevaluate your priorities. There is more to life than just work and money after all. So how much is enough?
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/29/22 (00:00:00)
On the Show: Doctor John Krystal, psychiatrist and Yale University Professor best known for the discovery of the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine, joins David to discuss depression, SSRI’s, treatment with ketamine, and much more. Absolutely insane Arizona hearing about the 2022 election goes completely off the rails. Cochise County in Arizona is refusing to certify its election. Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter is no longer enforcing its COVID disinformation policy. Failed former President Donald Trump explodes at 2:30am, demanding that Kari Lake, who lost the Arizona gubernatorial election, be “installed” as governor. Donald Trump’s presence has become so toxic to Republican candidates that he isn’t being allowed anywhere near Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign events. Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker says that people who protest should be arrested if they continue protesting after 5pm. MyPillow CEO and founder Mike Lindell says he is running for Republican Chairman, challenging Ronna McDaniel. Voicemail caller seems to think David is still talking about Bernie Sanders.https://davidpakman.com/
MONDAY 11.28.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 28, 2022
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #53: Battle of the Currents (00:28:33)
The history surrounding the early days of electricity involved backstabbing, double dealing, huge egos battling it out in public ” the electrocution of horses, dogs, people, and even elephants. Dubbed the battle of the currents, this dis-information campaign pitted Thomas Edison against Tesla (and his boss, Westinghouse). Another in our Dead White Scientists series ” find out what happened just over 100 years ago that led us to the electrical system (largely unchanged since then) that we use today.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Persuasion vs Polarization (00:29:00)
In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff discusses the massive strike of Canadian public employees; economics of the unemployed; business owners, executives and lawyers dominate US state legislatures; and how rising interest rates push the most vulnerable to the margins of US capitalism. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Anand Giridharadas on his new book, The Persuaders.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Did the GOP only take back the house due to court-backed gerrymandering? (00:58:00)
The Republicans on the Supreme Court call it free speech but every other nation in the world knows its simply naked, criminal, political bribery. Geeky Science! Will the world need to dim the sun to save the planet? And – will it work?
RADIO ART HOUR: Gregory Whitehead (00:58:00)
American radio artist Gregory Whitehead is featured this week. First we hear his “Shake, Rattle, Roll” work, a radio manifesto dating from 1993. He writes: “I used every category of material at my disposal, and every compositional and editing technique, explored in shorter castaways; digital audio tape was part of my studio by then, used in tension and interplay with my workhorse Otari reel-to-reels. To decay or not to decay, among my questions. Made during a very intense period of two weeks for New American Radio, the hybrid assemblage explores themes of structural entropy in relation to free play; the living dancing with the dead; the bottomless cave mixed with the ephemeral utopia; songs collapsed into screams and scrambles; language elucidated and on the verge of disintegration.” Second tune in “Song For a Headless Apache,” a bit of toy theater from Whitehead from 2004. And finally, “The Bottom of the Mind,” a conversation between a Host and a conjured revolutionary cyclotherapist Guest. Originally broadcast on the BBC as part of the late-night series “Talk to Sleep,” it was commissioned by John Dryden/Goldhawk in 1999 and is an exploration of the ubiquitous radio interview format, yet with Whitehead playing host, guests. and all band instruments.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) pt. 66 (00:35:21)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 2 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
ALAN WATTS: Stop Thinking about Life -1968 full lecture (00:22:56)
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. Pursuing a career, he attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he received a master’s degree in theology. Watts became an Episcopal priest in 1945, then left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies. Watts gained a large following in the San Francisco Bay Area while working as a volunteer programmer at KPFA, a Pacifica Radio station in Berkeley. Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on subjects important to Eastern and Western religion, introducing the then-burgeoning youth culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In Psychotherapy East and West (1961), Watts proposed that Buddhism could be thought of as a form of psychotherapy and not a religion. He considered Nature, Man and Woman (1958) to be, “from a literary point of view—the best book I have ever written.” He also explored human consciousness, in the essay “The New Alchemy” (1958), and in the book The Joyous Cosmology (1962). Towards the end of his life, he divided his time between a houseboat in Sausalito and a cabin on Mount Tamalpais. Many of his books are now available in digital format and many of his recorded talks and lectures are available on the Internet. According to the critic Erik Davis, his “writings and recorded talks still shimmer with a profound and galvanizing lucidity.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/28/22 (00:51:11)
On the Show: Producer Pat Ford fills in for David. Donald Trump has an eventful dinner at Mar-a-Lago with well-known anti-Semites Kanye West and Nick Fuentes. Democrats have only a few short weeks left to get legislation passed before Republicans take over the House. President Biden delays student loan payments again as his debt relief plan remains held up in the courts. Kevin McCarthy does not have an easy path to becoming the next Speaker of the House. Protests erupt across China over harsh COVID-19 restrictions. Right-wingers respond to the Club Q shooting by blaming the victims and asserting the shooter is non-binary. Republican-created voter fraud task forces come up empty after the 2022 midterms. Elon Musk will relaunch the Twitter verification system after making a series of mistakes since taking over the company. Elon Musk is backing Ron DeSantis in the 2024 presidential election.
SUNDAY 11.27.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 11/25/22 (00:58:00)
Encore: Original air-date 11/10/2022. On today’s ‘BradCast’: If the Republican Party wins a narrow majority in the U.S. House following this week’s nowhere-near-a-red-wave midterm elections, will it have been because of gerrymandering? Redistricting expert and author DAVID DALEY, Senior Fellow at FairVote, explains how if Republicans gain the majority, it will be thanks to gaming the electorate through both partisan and racial gerrymandering, with the help of corrupt courts. Daley describes the history of aggressive, frequently unlawful and unconstitutional gerrymandering by GOP legislatures in several ‘red’ states, aided by corrupt rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and several GOP-dominated state supreme courts. Daley discusses how Republicans have also hijacked independent redistricting commissions in several states, successfully gaming the system to take more House seats than fair maps would allow them in their quest to entrench themselves in permanent minority rule. Also today: New data indicates inflation appears to be easing, which is good news for American families, but it’s bad news according to Fox ‘News’. Control of Congress next year and several other key, high-profile races remain undecided as tabulation continues, some with razor-thin margins. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Whatever it Takes to Break the Trance (00:29:00)
The riddle of our time is, “How can we be passive in the face of the Earth’s crisis?” The answer is, we are in a trance state induced by extreme Consumerism. We are coming to understand that Consumerism, the enforcement arm of Capitalism, is deadly.
TURN ON THE NEWS: The Show They Can’t Play On The Radio (00:29:00)
“Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “The Show They Can’t Play On The Radio.” The words in this show are not allowed on the radio.
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 11/25/22 (00:58:59)
Segment One
We begin with David Dayen to talk about the proliferation of “dollar stores” in the United States. There are more than 35,000 dollar stores in the country, and they all take advantage of the increase in the number of people who are ‘downscaling’ their purchases. Where cheap and shoddy goods are a replacement for quality. This is part of a trend which includes ‘minute clinics’, and similar kinds of establishments. This is an example of the stratification of wealth and the proliferation of private equity acquisitions that are consuming huge parts of the American economy.
Segment Two
We then catch up with with Jesse Eisinger to discuss how wealthy people avoid paying taxes. There are many strategies, but the outcome is the same; the very wealthy pay far less than their fair share of taxes. This undermines function of government as well as society.
http://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
GROUNDSWELL: Anti-War Teach-in (00:00:00)
The Defenders’ AntiWar Teach In helped at least this one person understand that I’m not imagining that all war is wrong. It was well organized and the speakers were compellingly informed, and it all fit in an hour.
Ayame Rogers extracted the Teach-In audio and passed it to me; we produced what can only be called a Defenders Radio Hour!
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Herbie Hancock on Breaking the Rules and the Ethics of Jazz (00:59:00)
This show features the legendary innovative jazz musician Herbie Hancock on the ethics of jazz and breaking the rules. Herbie Hancock talks about breaking the rules in jazz and in life, when it’s necessary to disrupt the statis quo to create new music and new ways of being in the world.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Why Twitter Will Die (00:58:34)
The Deep Dive Cybersecurity Show with Nick Espinosa is about all things Cybersecurity, Cyberwarfare and Technology related. Learn how to defend yourself online while we discuss hacking and tech news, both local and international, review all the breaches that happened this week as well as taking a deeper look into serious issues around the world in terms of Cybersecurity, hacking, technology and more! Questions from the audience are always welcome too!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-dive-radio-show-and-nicks-nerd-news/id1262505658
SATURDAY 11.26.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 11/24/22: ‘BradCast’ 11/24/2022 Data expert Tom Bonier on getting the 2022 election results right (00:57:30)
Encore: original air-date 11/11/2022. On today’s ‘BradCast’: It’s not a surprise that Fox ‘News’ deluded itself and its viewers into believing that the 2022 Election would be a ‘red wave’ for Republicans. But it is surprising and disappointing that the corporate media got the story so badly wrong, as well, failing or choosing not to see the ground-level election data clearly. TOM BONIER of the Democratic data research firm TargetSmart got it right. Over the last several months, on this show and elsewhere, Bonier spelled out his analysis of the data, which showed growing Democratic voter engagement, driven by backlash against Republicans and rightwing extremism, the rightwing supermajority on the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, and Trump-backed 2020 election deniers, ultimately boosting Democrats across the nation. Bonier explains how a flood of sketchy Republican polling in the last month of the campaign clearly warped polling averages, influencing the corporate media’s narrative in ways that benefitted Republicans, the potential affect that had on voter turnout in key races, and his frank assessment of the structural forces that pushed the corporate media into getting it all so very wrong. Also today: A look into the ‘red tsunami’ and other ultimately false narratives about crime and inflation relentlessly hyped by Fox ‘News’ and establishment media. Plus the latest reported results out of still-undecided critical races for U.S. Senate and state offices in Arizona and Nevada…
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: The Struggle to Rule American Democracy (00:59:33)
The right tools from history are useful today: Democracy and oligarchy, since our founding it’s been a long balancing act. In his new book Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy, author historian Timothy Shenk tells of how very diverse people like Mark Hanna and Phyllis Schlafly helped hammer out what makes capitalism and democracy coexist. This history provides tools useful today.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 11/24/22 (00:57:29)
Our special program today is called Ask A Transgender Person Anything. Our guests are Chloe LaCasse, Alex McEntee, and Emmett LeBlanc, a trans women, a trans man, and a non-binary person. We hear their different perspectives about when and how they realized they were trans or non-binary, how their family and friends handled the news, and how their lives were affected (school, jobs, relationships). In addition to discussing each person’s recognition of their own authentic selves, we ask how their love and sexuality changed as well. Finally, we hear from Palana, an advocate with the ACLU, regarding new legislation (proposed and enacted) that relates to people’s gender identities and sexual identities. This program was originally broadcast on June 12, 2019.
http://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
GROWING GREENER: An Ancient Farming Practice Benefits the Contemporary Garden (00:29:00)
Join Collin Thompson, the Farm Manager at Johnnys Selected Seeds, as he discusses how planting cover crops in your garden can benefit not only the health of the soil and the plants you grow on it but also enhance pollinator populations and curb weeds, all while reducing your carbon footprint and fighting the spread of plant pests and diseases.
TUC Archives – The Underground History of the Gold Rush (00:29:00)
This is part of the history of a city, grown from 16 houses on sand dunes in 1850 to the largest city on the Pacific Coast in only 30 years. The book, Imperial San Francisco by Dr. Gray Brechin, is one of the few examples of a scholarly dissertation that becomes a very popular book. Imperial San Francisco brings to light the huge sacrifices extracted from the surrounding land by large cities, from Babylon to the Italian city states to the instant cities of North America. This program focuses on the Gold Rush and the early conflicts between mining and farming. Next week well talk about the valleys flooded and the rivers diverted to bring water to SF. Was it worth it? And really also by extension – what was it worth and for whom. This is a provocative, intriguing and unusual way at looking at a city. Especially at one everybody loves – San Francisco the beautiful the dream of travelers and immigrants.
This interview was recorded on August 11,2000, and and comes with an update that shows how contemporary many of the issues are. Gray Brechin is visiting scholar in the UC Berkeley Department of Geography and has embarked on a new project that continues to give him pleasure and inspiration. He and a team of researchers are chronicling the often forgotten works of the 1930s and 40s New Deal. The website of the livingnewdeal dot org shows the record of a lost society of a once intensely public spirited America. They have so far mapped more than 17,000 sites across the US and now, in 2022, it amounts to more than 100 sites in every state. All this both in contrast as well as inspirations to the current New Deal.
THE BOPST SHOW: The Love Will Remain (00:55:13)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Bárbara Eugênia, Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited, Alan Tew Orchestra, The Pigs, Joy Unlimited, Coconot, Sia, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Deadbeat, Dennis Bovell & Janet Kay, Martina Topley-Bird, Alessandro Alessandroni, Dr. Feelgood, Rodolfo, and O Terno.
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RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #455 (00:58:00)
On this week of Thanksgiving, Ralph welcomes two distinguished anti-war activists and Nobel Peace Prize nominees, Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODE Pink to discuss her book War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict and David Swanson of World Beyond War to not only put the conflict in Ukraine in context but also to reveal the financial incentives that drive endless war.
FRIDAY 11.25.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 25, 2022
LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND: Kathy Marshal Demystifies Richmond’s Combined Sewer System (00:27:33)
Ever Wonder about Water? Kathy Marshal PE, CCM is Project Delivery Leader with RK&K, a Maryland based LLP contracting with the City of Richmond to repair and improve the Combined Sewer System which overflows into the James River during heavy weather events. Richmond Resident Jack R. Johnson brought this timeless topic, conducted the interview, and produced the audio you hear now. Thanks, Jack!
COUNTERSPIN: Milton Allimadi on media in Africa (00:28:00)
This week on CounterSpin: According to Techcrunch, before its ignominious flameout, the cryptocurrency firm FTX had acquired more than 100,000 customers in Africa. Evidently, FTX—led by wunderkind–turned–object lesson, with not much actual learning in evidence in between—Sam Bankman-Fried built a following in part by capitalizing on unstable banking access on the continent. Media like the New York Times and Bloomberg abetted Bankman-Fried’s scheming, with rose-colored stories describing him as a kind of “Robin Hood.”
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Will GOP Voters Choose Donald Again Over Republican Victory? (00:58:00)
Looks like the GOP is Facing “Sophie’s choice” – Trump either runs as the top GOP or runs independently – What should they do? Geeky Science! New study suggests the average person only really trusts five people. Congressman Ro Khanna fields caller questions in a National progressive Town Hall Meeting.
SEA CHANGE RADIO (00:29:00)
While much of the world turns its gaze to the first World Cup held in the Middle East, there was recently another important international gathering on the environmental front nearby. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to Andrea Thompson of Scientific American to get a better understanding of what was discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference known as COP27 that just took place in Egypt. We look at the hurdles that need to be overcome by the major emitting countries, examine the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and talk about the irony that one of the least eco-friendly countries was hosting a global climate summit.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Busting the Thanksgiving Myth: Native Sovereignty & the Red Road (00:28:00)
Pilgrims, Indians, the myth of the grateful colonized person ” its been at the core of a persistent but false Thanksgiving narrative that has distorted the true relationship between Indigenous Peoples and white colonizers dating back to Plymouth Rock. As many of us observe Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples Day, the new federal holiday, Judith LeBlanc, executive director of the Native Organizers Alliance, reminds us that people are questioning. In the midst of a national reckoning with white supremacy and colonial history, Indigenous people are demanding a new relationship with DC ” honoring the traditional, legal, and moral rights of Native nations. In 2021, a group of Native organizers invited Laura to travel with a 25-foot totem pole from the Lummi Nation in Washington State to Washington D.C. stopping for ceremonies in communities under threat and gathering messages for the Biden-Harris administration. In DC they held a historic meeting with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. In this episode, we hear what happened in that meeting, how Native movements are changing, among other myths, the Thanksgiving story, and where a Red Road to the future might lead us ” if we followed it. November is National American Indian Heritage Month.
THE BOPST SHOW: The Love Will Remain (00:00:00)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Bárbara Eugênia, Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited, Alan Tew Orchestra, The Pigs, Joy Unlimited, Coconot, Sia, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Deadbeat, Dennis Bovell & Janet Kay, Martina Topley-Bird, Alessandro Alessandroni, Dr. Feelgood, Rodolfo, and O Terno.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
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.
THURSDAY 11.24.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 24, 2022
RADIO ECOSHOCK: COPPING OUT Of Climate Action (00:58:00)
From Johannesburg, Professor Patrick Bond exposes the Just Transition and dirty deeds done. Two reports from COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh Egypt, Daphne Wysham and Paul Beckwith call in. Daphne, former host of Earthbeat Radio, now heads methaneaction.org. Paul is a Canadian climate scientist with COP experience.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Time to Call Mass Shooters – and Those Who Inspire Them – Terrorists (00:58:00)
In America, hate is all too often triggered by politicians who then sanctimoniously offer thoughts and prayers when random (or stochastic) terrorists to do their evil work for them. Also will you disagree at the dinner table this Thanksgiving or get along? Here goes the right-wing on victim blaming on climate change again & ignoring the impact of policy.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Profitable Panic: Busting Sex Workers At Qatar World Cup (00:59:05)
At the World Cup and other global sporting events, all kinds of workers are exploited. And under the guise of rescue and saving souls involved in the sex trade, evangelical, business interests, politicians, and police make out quite well. Harm to the sex workers is unaddressed if not worsened. Give a listen as the games kick off.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) pt. 64-65 (00:37:14)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 2 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
WINGS #32-22 SEWA – Ela Bhatt’s legacy- Part 2 (00:28:55)
Part 2 of 2. SEWA [pronounced SAY vah] is a sisterhood of about 2 million women, organized locally and by trades. It operates in at least 16 states of India, plus other countries. Their philosophy is based on Ghandian values of simplicity, truthfulness and non-violence, and on non-hierarchical growth. This program covers examples of their projects, ranging from challenging employers and government to include home-based workers in social protection schemes, to identifying cleaning the trash off the road as part of the care economy. They also start community radio stations!
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/23/22 – repeat (00:55:46)
On the Show: Wasting no time, right-wing media is already blaming the victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fox News stories about violent crime drop by 50% immediately after the 2022 midterm elections, mirroring 2014 with Ebola and 2018 with migrant caravans. The Supreme Court will not prevent the House from receiving Donald Trump’s tax returns, now putting them in the hands of many potential leakers, as Donald Trump flips out over it on Truth Social. Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is accused of threatening suicide after impregnating one of the women who he subsequently urged to get an abortion. Herschel Walker says that this “erection” is about the people during a wacky Fox News interview, flanked by Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham. MyPillow CEO and founder Mike Lindell is willing to lose everything over the machines. Caller talks about stochastic terrorism and the Club Q shooting. Caller wants to raise taxes on corporations. Caller talks about screen addiction. Caller discusses fentanyl addiction and immigration. Caller wonders why so many Trumpist candidates lost in the 2022 midterms. Caller questions why more Republicans aren’t talking about Kari Lake’s election loss and claiming fraud. Caller talks about young voters and the concept of one vote mattering. David reacts to viewer emails and social media messages.
WEDNESDAY 11.23.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 23, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Colin Greene (00:21:33)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Colin Greene, State Health Commissioner with the Virginia Department of Health, for a conversation about his military service, the work of VDH, recent lessons he’s learned about leadership since joining the statewide public health agency, and more.
RVA SOUNDSCAPE 1 Ralph White (00:09:17)
This is an original DJ Stryder collage of the sounds of Richmond, VA includes sonic selections both natural and man-made and it concludes with a brief explanation of the environmental impact of the Falls of the James by former James River Parks Manager Ralph White.
THIS WAY OUT #1808: US Marriage Respect & AUS Marriage Recalled & global LGBTQ news! (00:29:00)
The U.S. Senate moves marriage respect down the aisle; Australians mark five years of marriage equality; Italian moms win the right to not be “fathers”, a Texas federal judge allows caregivers to refuse LGBTQ patients, World Cup teams bring diversity messages to Qatar, Melbourne basketballer Isaac Humphries comes out, the animated gay voice of “Batman”, Kevin Conroy, is silenced by cancer, and a mass shooting at a Colorado queer bar kills five.
Those stories ” and more this week ” when you choose “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour (00:59:00)
Walker promotes hate attacking transgender people right after the shooting – how do we handle the deplorables? Why Is AARP boosting Medicare privatization? Kanye West anti-semetic tweets are profitable – it shows hate is profitable Is Disney showing how comfortable business is with fascism?
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1522: Thankful (00:58:59)
Clay and David discuss the history of Thanksgiving and why Jefferson didn’t endorse it, and they also express how grateful they are for the listeners of the Jefferson Hour.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) pt. 63 (00:25:56)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 2 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Conspiracy Theories, Magical Thinking & Curiosity, with Eric Oliver (00:28:00)
One of the appeals of conspiracy theories is that it takes the anxiety we feel from uncertainty — and it validates it. ~ Eric Oliver. Curiosity theories abound. How might curiosity contribute to their growth and attractiveness ” and how might it be an antidote? What happens when genuine curiosity is applied to these theories? Political scientist and University of Chicago professor Eric Oliver joins me to explore what happens when curiosity goes down the rabbit hole.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/23/22 (00:55:46)
On the Show: Wasting no time, right-wing media is already blaming the victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fox News stories about violent crime drop by 50% immediately after the 2022 midterm elections, mirroring 2014 with Ebola and 2018 with migrant caravans. The Supreme Court will not prevent the House from receiving Donald Trump’s tax returns, now putting them in the hands of many potential leakers, as Donald Trump flips out over it on Truth Social. Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is accused of threatening suicide after impregnating one of the women who he subsequently urged to get an abortion. Herschel Walker says that this “erection” is about the people during a wacky Fox News interview, flanked by Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham. MyPillow CEO and founder Mike Lindell is willing to lose everything over the machines. Caller talks about stochastic terrorism and the Club Q shooting. Caller wants to raise taxes on corporations. Caller talks about screen addiction. Caller discusses fentanyl addiction and immigration. Caller wonders why so many Trumpist candidates lost in the 2022 midterms. Caller questions why more Republicans aren’t talking about Kari Lake’s election loss and claiming fraud. Caller talks about young voters and the concept of one vote mattering. David reacts to viewer emails and social media messages.
TUESDAY 11.22.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 22, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND (00:58:00)
Charley Wininger, LP, LMHC, is a licensed psychoanalyst and mental health counselor specializing in relationships and communication skills. Recognized as The Love Doctor by the New York Times and Newsday, he’s been treating couples and individuals in his Manhattan and Brooklyn offices for 30 years. “Wininger’s book can throw open cosmic windows in even the most mundane reader”, Tom Robbins, author of nine novels including Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: If You Want To Die Young – Take the Red Pill (00:58:00)
As giddy as Republicans are about owning the libs, the citizens they govern pay a tragic price for the sport. Also is Jack Smith a total bad ass? And did the GOP only take back the house due to court-backed gerrymandering? Senior Fellow at Fair Vote and former editor-in-chief at Salon, David Daley joins the show to explain what we learned from the midterms & what we can do about it.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Grateful Thanksgiving (00:58:00)
Coming up on The Childrens Hour, we’ve got a lot of gratitude this year, for our health, well-being, families, food, homes, and so much more. We’re celebrating Thanksgiving with a musical special in recognition of how thankful we are. You’ll hear from independent children’s musicians like Laurie Berkner, Dan Zanes, Aaron Nigel Smith, Pierce Freelon, Lucy Kalantari, Falu, and so many more. We hope you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving holiday full of family, laughter and great food. Here at The Children’s Hour, were thankful for you, our listeners.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) pt. 61-62 (00:44:49)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 2 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
AMERICA WORKS: Dolores Fortuna, Professional Potter. Galena, Illinois (00:10:26)
The respected profession potter Dolores Fortuna, head of Fortuna Pottery in Galena, Illinois, is interviewed in her studio by folklorist Meredith McGriff. Fortuna, whose career includes teaching at the Art Institute of Chicago, talks about how she discovered her love of pottery as a student at University of Chicago. She recalls how she was instrumental in creating cooperative networks and studio spaces for artists in Chicago and Virginia, and how, when she moved to Galena about 20 years ago, she worked with the area’s large community of potters to establish annual “pottery tours.” These tours bring members of the public—who are also potential customers–directly into scores of potters’ studios. She speaks eloquently about what being an artist means to her. As Fortuna speaks, you can hear the gentle hiss of her kiln as it cycles on and off in the background.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/22/22 (00:00:00)
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MONDAY 11.21.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 21, 2022
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #41 – Opting Out (Everything they ever told you is Wrong) (00:29:08)
Society tells us to aspire to certain ideals. We should own a big house, drive a nice car, go for that next promotion… eat this, drink that. What happens when you reject these as goals? How do you form your own path in a world that judges you against fairly rigid guidelines? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the realities of sustainable living.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: The Terminal Crises of Global Capitalism (00:29:00)
In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on students’ solidarity with workers at Smith College; US car industry manipulates supply/demand to inflate prices, profits; Teamsters strike, solidarity defeat Sysco Systems; Starbucks provokes its 250 unionized stores, and why rising wages do not “cause” inflation. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Prof. William I Robinson on global capitalism and its multiple crises he calls “terminal.”
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Humans are wired to share…how do we fight against privatization and for the common good? (00:58:00)
Guest: Donald Cohen, Executive Director, In the Public Interest and co-author of The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back. Executive Director of Bridge Meadows, Derenda Schubert, PhD explains how to build communities where children, families and elders flourish together. And how to cope with Seasonal Depression (Seasonal Affective Disorder). Guest: Anthony Alvarez…Mind Blowing Brain Facts.
RADIO ART HOUR: Nicholas Collins (00:58:00)
This week “The Radio Art Hour” features the work of Nicolas Collins, born March 26, 1954 in New York City, a composer of mostly electronic music and former student of Alvin Lucier. He received a B.A. and M.A. from Wesleyan University. Tune in for his “The Spark Heard ‘Round the World” from the New American Radio archives (at wavefarm.org), and also for a 2014 interview with Collins about his “Pea Soup to Go” app. “The Spark Heard ‘Round the World” is a sonic portrait of the world as revealed through electromagnetic phenomena. It is shaped out of the tremendous buzz, hum, and squawk of the international communications systems: commercial FM and AM, short-wave and long-wave transmissions, HAM and CB radio, public service bands, Morse code, telex and other coded signals. Later hear about “Pea Soup To Go,” a free streaming audio web application that generates an ever-changing domestic sound art installation on any computer. Premiered in 1974, “Pea Soup” creates a self-stabilizing feedback network of microphones and speakers that tunes itself to the architectural acoustics of the space and responds to events “instrumental performances, ambient sounds, human movement, even air currents” with swooping flights of sound.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) pt. 58-60 (00:32:23)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 2 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
BETWEEN THE LINES RADIO NEWSMAGAZINE (00:29:00)
Midterm Election: A Major Battle in America’s Political Cold War; The Youth Vote was Critical in Blocking GOPs Predicted Red Wave; Supreme Court Challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act Threatens Native Culture and Survival.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/21/22 (00:54:17)
On the Show: A new batch of explosive COVID vaccine disinformation spreads, related to a study that is 8 months old, but has been fixated on by a number of content creators. Failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake says that the “fight” against “what happened” will continue, even though what happened is that her opponent received more votes. Marrick Garland’s Department of Justice announces a special counsel to investigate Donald Trump’s possible crimes. Failed former President Donald Trump absolutely loses it in a speech about the announcement of a special counsel to investigate him. As the December 6 Georgia Senate runoff approaches, Republican candidate Herschel Walker is increasingly incoherent, while Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock is increasingly measured and coherent. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kari Lake are now very clearly lobbying to be Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential running mate in 2024. A new editorial from Keigh Naughton argues that Donald Trump may not even make it to the 2024 Republican primaries unless things change dramatically. Donald Trump has been unbanned from Twitter by new owner Elon Musk. Voicemail caller asks David whether he is spanking his daughter, or his wife (David is not married).
SUNDAY 11.20.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 11/18/22: Election 2022 – Dems win control of U.S. Senate; 2020 GOP election liars lose (00:58:00)
Encore: original air-date 11/14/2022. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Although key races in the critical 2022 Election remain undecided, including control of the U.S. House, the Democrats have held on to their razor-thin, 50-50 U.S. Senate majority, thanks to victories for Sen. Mark Kelly in AZ and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in NV. Political strategist Dante Atkins explains why Democrats must win the upcoming senate run-off election in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R), and why a 51-49 Senate is crucial for the Biden Administration to enact even more policies to help working families and fortify democracy. Voters around the country also rejected all Trump-endorsed 2020 Election liars running for Secretaries of State in battleground states. We also call out the Republican Party, corporate media, and even some on the lazy far-left who ignored the data to insist the election would result in a ‘red wave’. Callers weigh in on what last week’s lack of ‘red wave’ means for both Democrats and Republicans, and whether Republicans will ever break free of Donald Trump’s spell, which is destroying them and our democracy along with it. But not this week, at least.
EARTH RIOT RADIO: How To Handle COP27: Despair, Panic & Cunning (00:29:00)
The investor class is not just callous and probably criminal. They seem to have no idea what Justice means.
The nations and tribal people of the global south, struggling with drought, floods, fires, mudslides, sea-rise, aka Climate Chaos… are in Egypt calling out to the toxic profiteers in the north and getting endless negotiations and debt-trap loans. They are an echo from centuries of colonization and slavery. The rich countries cannot understand why Justice is necessary. They remind me of Tsar Nicholas. Power has made them so uncurious that they won’t see the revolution coming.
TURN ON THE NEWS: The Lonesome Loser (00:28:00)
“Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “The Lonesome Loser.” Have you heard about the guy running for president again?
ATTITUDE WITH ARNIE ARNESEN 11/18/22 (00:58:00)
Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas. We discuss the governor’s race, which ended with Abbott’s victory. Much of the credit goes to Dave Carney, campaign strategist, who was successful in rebranding Beto O’Rourke as the loser. O’Rourke was weak, and did not fight back. Voter suppression was also a big factor.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Robert Hockett about Biden’s viability for 2024, against Trump or another, stronger Republican candidate for the presidential run. Although Biden has been very successful in passing needed legislation and installing competent agency heads, the Democratic leadership in total is not progressive enough. Biden as a person is not very dynamic. The House is going to be Republican controlled, and Biden will need to be perceived as stronger, personally. His age is against him.
http://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
BACKGROUND BRIEFING 11/17/22 (00:59:00)
Nancy Pelosi’s Former Chief of Staff on Her Career and Legacy | Trump is Now Effectively in Control of the US House of Representatives | Convictions of Those Responsible For Downing a Malaysian Airliner Over Ukraine | The World’s Population Has Skyrocketed in Less Than a Century From 2 Billion to 8 Billion.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Elderhood & Hagitude – Reimagining the Second Half of Life (00:59:00)
Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer and an internationally recognized teacher whose work sits at the interface of psychology, mythology and ecology, and focuses on the development of the mythic imagination and on the relevance of myth, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, social and environmental problems we face today. Sharon is the author of five books of fiction and nonfiction, including the eco-feminist bestseller If Women Rose Rooted and her new book is Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life, which is the subject of this interview/conversation.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Why Twitter Will Die (00:00:00)
The Deep Dive Cybersecurity Show with Nick Espinosa is about all things Cybersecurity, Cyberwarfare and Technology related. Learn how to defend yourself online while we discuss hacking and tech news, both local and international, review all the breaches that happened this week as well as taking a deeper look into serious issues around the world in terms of Cybersecurity, hacking, technology and more! Questions from the audience are always welcome too!
SATURDAY 11.19.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 11/17/22: Allison Gill of ‘Mueller, She Wrote’ updates Trump’s many criminal/civil cases (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Although some races remain undecided, the media projects Republicans will win back the U.S. House majority next year with a razor-thin margin. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she will stay in Congress but not seek a leadership role next session, passing the torch to a new generation of leaders. Progressive Rep. Karen Bass will be the first female mayor of Los Angeles. But potential accountability for disgraced former Pres. Donald Trump will have to wait until after the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia on December 6, because Dept. of Justice guidelines barring overt action in politically-related cases are still in effect. DR. ALLISON GILL, of the notorious ‘Mueller, She Wrote’ Twitter account and podcast, delivers a status update on the many criminal and civil probes, indictments and lawsuits against Trump – – far too many to list here – – and new court developments that were buried by the tsunami of news over the last weeks of the 2022 midterm elections. Dr. Gill explains the litigation timeline and next steps for each of the multiple Trump investigations, why it is likely to be a matter of weeks or even months before any potential indictments can be brought against Trump, and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: The American Tradition of a Christian Left (00:59:40)
Though the angry white supremacist right grabs today’s news, the truth is the Christian Left has much deeper roots in American history. According to the Reverend Quardricos Bernard Driskell, the religious left has always been part of the fabric of America. Counter to the rights practices, Jesus was about justice, compassion, and empathy. As the intolerant right keeps shedding believers, there’s a renewal starting on the religious left.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 11/19/22 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas. We discuss the governor’s race, which ended with Abbott’s victory. Much of the credit goes to Dave Carney, campaign strategist, who was successful in rebranding Beto O’Rourke as the loser. O’Rourke was weak, and did not fight back. Voter suppression was also a big factor.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Alex Sammon of Slate(dot)com and discuss the Patrick Maloney campaign in New York, and how his campaign failed. We also talk about the increasing rise of progressives within the Democratic party, and how this will change the outlook in the future.
http://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
GROWING GREENER: Transplanting Hedgerows to the American Garden (00:29:00)
Hedgerows, informal borders of intermingled shrubs and trees, are a familiar feature of the British countryside, serving not only to enclose farmers fields but also providing a refuge for wildlife and a source of foods for humans, birds, and pollinators alike. Dr. Annabel Renwick, the curator of native plants at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, North Carolina, describes how she is using southeastern shrubs and trees to translate this environmentally beneficial, beautiful, and useful feature to American Gardens.
GOT SCIENCE?: Barriers to EV Ownership Among Communities of Color: Survey Shows Why
(00:29:00)
Dr. Quinta Warren, associate director of sustainability policy at Consumer Reports and Dave Cooke, senior vehicles analyst at UCS discuss a recent survey of electric vehicle adoption among minority consumers.
THE BOPST SHOW: This Hustling World (00:55:00)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Gervasio, Clube De Balanco, The Adverts, Barrington Levy, Ellie Greenwich, Shugo Tokumaru, Eddie Kay Octet, Ernie Tucker, Martina Camargo, Ebenezer Obey, Dengue Fever, Six Finger Satellite, and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #454 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes back old friend and Americas Number One Populist, Jim Hightower to hash out a whole range of topics including what happened with Beto ORourke in the recent governor’s race in Texas, the battle between corporate Dems vs. progressive Dems and much, much more. Plus, Ralph warns again about falling for the relentless corporate pitch for Medicare (Dis)Advantage and gives us an update on the ongoing Boeing Max 8 litigation.
FRIDAY 11.18.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 18, 2022
LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND: Talking Turkey with Logan Tweardy (00:27:37)
This is an old fashioned episode of Lightly on the Ground, one such as you might’ve heard back when Sunny Gardener’s mission was to simply cover the food system. I met Logan Tweardy of Shirefolk Farm selling poultry and eggs at the Birdhouse Farmer’s Market. We got to talking, I heard that deep story about our Virginia growers and our economy. Shirefolk Farm is among Virginia’s legendary small family farms who supply so much clean wholesome food to our communities through farmers markets, producer owned cooperatives, natural products stores and even mass retailers.
COUNTERSPIN: Lula’s Victory in Brazil (00:28:00)
Brian Mier discusses the election victory of Lua da Silva.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Democratic Expression…Canada Can Do It, Can We? (00:58:00)
Filling for Thom is guest-host Jefferson Smith. What can we learn from the Canadian model to improve our democracy? Jeff speaks with Peter MacLeod, CADE Chair and principal for MASS LBP – based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Also Justin Krebs, Campaign Director-MoveOn.org reviews themidterm results, what’s next, how do we keep the momentum going, etc?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Ian Power + Brent Constantz: Don’t Take The Planet For Granite (00:29:00)
This week on Sea Change Radio, we dig into the archives and take a look at two mineral-based innovations. First, we speak to Ian Power, an assistant professor at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, who is working on a breakthrough in manufacturing a CO2-absorbing mineral called magnesite in a fraction of the time that it forms in nature. We talk about his team’s research, learn about the methods they used, and talk about this unusual minerals potential to fight climate change. Then, we hear from Brent Constantz, the founder of Blue Planet Systems, a company that has developed innovative carbon-capturing methods for concrete production. We discuss Blue Planets latest projects, look at the industry as a whole, and examine some encouraging concrete recycling solutions.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW (00:28:00)
Were grassroots activists able to defend democracy in 2022? For this post-election roundtable, Laura convenes organizers to discuss some of the critical takeaways from this year’s election. What have grassroots activists on the frontlines of our democracy learned from this significant midterm election when so many of their issues have been weaponized ” from criminal justice, the Native vote, womens self determination and racism. Laura is joined by Sakira Cook, the Co-Interim Vice President of Color of Change, who works to overhaul the criminal justice system and safeguard democracy; Jacqueline DeLen is an enrolled member of the Isleta Pueblo and is an attorney with the Native Rights Fund where she helped lead field hearings across Indian Country on Native American voting rights, and Heidi Sieck, the co-founder of #VOTEPROCHOICE and an organizer in the reproductive rights and feminist movement for over 30 years. Democrats had high expectations on how the GOPs rollbacks on many fronts would mobilize voters. What worked, and what didnt? Music Spotlight: Can’t Stop the Movement by Groove Junkies and Scott K. featuring Steve Connell courtesy of More House Recordings.
THE BOPST SHOW: This Hustling World (00:55:00)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Gervasio, Clube De Balanco, The Adverts, Barrington Levy, Ellie Greenwich, Shugo Tokumaru, Eddie Kay Octet, Ernie Tucker, Martina Camargo, Ebenezer Obey, Dengue Fever, Six Finger Satellite, and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/18/22 (00:57:47)
On the Show: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she will be stepping down from Democratic leadership. Fox News starts targeting John Fetterman’s wife, Gisele Fetterman, including with conspiracy theories. Is Fox News actually turning on Donald Trump? Caller talks about the launch of Artemis 1 and space exploration. Caller asks why some countries imprison former leaders and some don’t. Caller wonders if the 2022 midterm results and the lackluster Trump 2024 announcement are reassuring. Caller has a friend who believes in conspiracy theories. Caller explores the possibility that Trump loses the Republican primary and then runs third party. Caller talks about foreign influence in elections. Caller points out the realities of Trump’s economy. David responds to viewer emails and social media messages.
THURSDAY 11.17.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 17, 2022
RADIO ECOSHOCK: UNBROKEN NEWS: Why Is the Arctic Suddenly Burning? (00:58:00)
Guest Dr. David Gaveau on newly seen Arctic feedback. Alex rants on COP27 Climate Conference. Al Gore’s COP27 opening remarks: we are failing – and no one believes we will do anything to stop emissions.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why Did One Million Mail-in Ballots Disappear in Georgia? (00:57:59)
Why was the total number of mail-in votes down so much in Georgia between 2018 and 2022? How can this be explained? How will Brian Kemps grand jury testimony affect the fate of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate for 2024? Investigative reporter Greg Palast explains. Grace Adcox, Polling Analyst from Data for Progress reviews the polling revelations from the midterms.
LOPATE AT LARGE: David Fenton on The Activist’s Media Handbook (00:52:11)
David Fenton has been the driving force behind some of the most important and history-making campaigns of the last 50 years, from the No-Nukes concerts with Bruce Springsteen in 1979, to the campaigns to free Nelson Mandela and end apartheid in the late 1980s, exposing the dangers of toxic chemicals in our food, the long battle to legalize marijuana and end racist drug laws, the misinformation in Washington during the Bush era in the 2000s, and recent campaigns that successfully banned fracking in New York and alerted the public to the climate crisis, including the environmental impact of Bitcoin. Join us when, David tells the fascinating story of how he developed the strategies and that have made him a successful media agitator and shows how these tools can be used by anyone to advance their cause on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 57 (00:29:21)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
WINGS: #31-22 SEWA – Ela Bhatt’s legacy- Part 1 (00:28:57)
In Gandhi’s birthplace, in 1972, a labor lawyer named Ela Bhatt [pronounced Eela But] gave birth to a union comprised of home-based workers, market vendors, cart-pullers and head-load carriers, agricultural and construction laborers, and other unrecognized forms of work done by women. Two producers from Bangalore travelled to Ahmedabad to cover this movement for WINGS. Ela Bhatt died November 2, 2022, but her legacy lives on.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/17/22 (00:00:00)
On the Show: Rick Sanchez, veteran journalist and Emmy Award-winner who is the co-founder, CEO and President of Agua Media, joins David to discuss Latino voters and lack of Latino representation in the media. Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections. Almost twice as many Republicans died from COVID compared to Democrats, raising questions about how this could have affected the midterm election results. Former Vice President Mike Pence participates in a bizarre, cringeworthy town hall with CNN, hosted by Jake Tapper. Mike Pence seems to officially abandon Donald Trump, saying on Fox News that there will be “better choices” than Trump in 2024. Radical failed Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn has stopped working, already leaving his Washington DC office, despite still being a Congressman until January. Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is completely incoherent at his latest campaign event, ranting about vampires and werewolves. Ivanka Trump is refusing to participate in Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. A homophobic and transphobic voicemail caller is upset at being called homophobic and transphobic.
WEDNESDAY 11.16.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 16, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Yetty Shobo – Healthcare Workforce (00:13:33)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Yetty Shobo, PhD, Director of the Healthcare Workforce Data Center at the Virginia Department of Health Professions, for a conversation about healthcare workforce shortages and efforts to address those challenges, her work and career, and more.
ALAN WATTS: Accept Yourself (00:19:22)
Alan Watts. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York.
THIS WAY OUT: U.S. midterms LGBTQ Report & more global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
U.S. midterm elections bring historic queer wins; Poland’s top court finds no bar to foreign same-gender marriages, World Cup fans are freaked by Qatar’s homophobic “welcome”, Netanyahu’s return concerns Israeli activists, Justin Trudeau guest stars on Canada’s Drag Race, Russia moves Brittney Griner to a hard labor camp, a Supreme Court ruling pays off for job rights plaintiff Gerald Bostock, Florida bans gender-affirming care for trans minors, and a New York Marathon winner salutes those trans kids in the “Don’t Say Gay” state! Those stories ” and more this week ” when you find “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Jefferson Smith Debriefs the Election (00:58:00)
Adam Green from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee shares his bird’s eye view as the dust settles on the midterms. Will Joe Manchin shoulder some of the blame for losing the house by stopping gerrymandering reform that would have cost Republicans at least five seats? Would passing Build Back Better a year earlier have made a difference in many of the close races?
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR: #1521 The Day After the Election with Lindsay Chervinsky (00:58:59)
On November 9th, the day after the midterms, Clay Jenkinson and Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky share their early impressions and insights on what occurred during the 2022 election. Most administrations lose many congressional seats in off-year elections, but it didn’t happen this year. They speculate on what message this sends to both political parties and discuss issues that affected the results.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 56 (00:30:34)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: The Right Questions for Legal Empowerment, with Naomi Campbell (00:28:00)
“I think people assume that you must be curious in order to ask questions. We actually see that it’s the reverse: that when people come up with their own questions they become curious.” ~ Naomi Campbell
The Right Question Institute (RQI), works to build a more just and equitable democracy by strengthening people’s ability to ask questions and participate in decisions that affect them. As RQI puts it, “When people of all ages learn to ask the right questions, it leads to feeling a new sense of agency, confidence & power.” Naomi Campbell directs RQI’s Legal Empowerment program, leading RQI’s efforts to promote the adoption of the Right Question Strategy in legal practice settings serving low-income communities. The work is aimed at offering a simple way to integrate capacity-building into practice at the micro-level, as part of a systemic change strategy at the macro-level. That sounded to me like a serious curiosity practice in service of community transformation and I wanted to know more.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/16/22 (00:56:04)
Failed former President Donald Trump announces his 2024 presidential run at Mar-a-Lago, repeating many of his tired tropes in front of a visibly bored audience. Donald Trump’s 2024 announcement was so boring, people tried to leave the room but were blocked by Mar-a-Lago staff. Donald Trump’s 2024 announcement was so horrible, even Fox News cut away. Ukraine has accidentally fired missiles at Poland, presumably intended to strike Russia or Russian forces. MyPillow CEO and Founder Mike Lindell is even more off the deep end over the 2022 election results. Yet another poll shows Ron DeSantis leading Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination. Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is confronted about Donald Trump’s 2022 endorsement losses, and her answer is priceless. Former Democratic Congresswoman and former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard completes her transformation as she is hired by Fox News. Fox News propagandist Sean Hannity’s sulking admission that Kari Lake lost her 2022 election. Voicemail caller asks why left-to-right political awakenings result in people going off the deep end, while right-to-left awakenings bring people to reason.
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 15, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND (00:57:59)
Hosts close this year talking about focusing on one particular strength and how with practice that strength can improve mental and emotional health. They focus on three of the 24 positive psychology strengths of gratefulness, hope and appreciation of beauty as vehicles for transforming depression or anxiety into a sense of well being.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Cool Democracy Autumn (00:58:00)
Filling in for Thom, Jefferson Smith asks the big questions and gets some fascinating answers from listeners across the nation.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Coyotes (00:58:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about a canine that is thriving across North America: coyotes. They may look like wild dogs, but we learn from biologist Zoe Rossman that they are quite different from our friendly house pets. Coyotes are opportunists, and will eat whatever they can: from garbage to cats. Originally from the desert southwestern United States and Mexico, coyotes are now found in every city in America. Their haunting barks, yips and eerie howls sound spooky at night. But coyotes serve an important role in our ecosystem, including helping keep rodents in check. The wily ways of coyotes have inspired stories for thousands of years, and one from the Pueblo of Santa Ana in New Mexico has been turned into a story by Emmett “Shkeme” Garcia, illustrated by Victoria Pringle. Beth from our Kids Crew reviews the book, Coyote and the Sky: How the Sun, Moon, and Stars Began. This episode is mixed with great music, and loaded with facts about coyotes.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 54 – 55 (00:34:15)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
INSIDE THE FBI: Technology and Espionage (00:25:58)
On this episode of Inside the FBI, we discuss some of the ways the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party threaten the economic well-being, national security, and democratic values of the United States.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/15/22 (00:56:13)
On the Show: Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at University College London and author of five books, including “Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death,” joins David to discuss his work, consciousness, metabolism, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3O7YxFy Republican Arizona Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake loses, and Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs will be the next Governor of Arizona. Almost beyond parody, Kari Lake and Fox News host Jesse Watters are once again talking about “dumps” of ballots. At the end of the day, only extremists, like Kari Lake herself, were insisting she would ultimately win her election. Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks completely incoherently at his latest campaign event. Kelly Loeffler, who lost a Georgia Senate election in 2021, says she will be helping Herschel Walker in his campaign. New polls have Ron DeSantis leading Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination for the first time. Donald Trump claims his announcement tonight will hopefully be “one of the most important days in the history of the United States.” Donald Trump is brutally scamming his own followers with a supposed Herschel Walker fundraising email
MONDAY 11.14.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 14, 2022
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #033 – Living a Net Zero Lifestyle (00:29:22)
We have heard of net zero energy. Net zero construction. But the heart of sustainability is seeking to live a net zero life. How do you get through this life with as little adverse impact on the generations that follow. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the realities of sustainable living.
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Nomi Prins on the Distorted US Financial System (00:29:00)
In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff talks about a new Congress report on huge US wealth inequality; Angela Merkel on relying on Russian oil and gas, the irrationality of 20,000 immigrants dumped on NYC, and Harvard exploiting its tax-exempt status. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Nomi Prins, former Goldman Sachs director, on the distorted US financial system and its social effects.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: How ugly would a MAGA America be? (00:58:00)
If America descends into one-party rule, it will be much worse, much uglier, than what we see in today’s Hungary. Should Dems lift debt ceiling before 2023 to defend social security?
RADIO ART HOUR: Rami George and J. Midden (01:00:04)
“Virtues for Broadcast” by Rami George and J. Midden is featured today. Created while in residence at Wave Farm in Fall 2022, “Virtues for Broadcast” is a new radio work in the expanded Virtues project by Rami George and J. Midden. Inspired by a series of sonic interpretations of esoteric line drawings produced by the Samaritan Foundation”a new age spiritual cult Ramis family was involved with in the early 1990s”Virtues for Broadcast combines pre-existing Virtues material with new broadcast explorations, remixed material, and narrations exploring the Samaritan Foundation.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 52 – 53 (00:29:58)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
JUST SOLUTIONS: How We Win the Civil War (00:28:00)
In his new book How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good, best-selling author Steve Phillips charts the way forward for progressives and people of color after four years of Trump, arguing that Democrats must recognize the nature of the fight were in, which is a contest between democracy and white supremacy left unresolved after the Civil War. Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color and host of the podcast of the same name. In his new book, he argues that the time has come to finish the conquest of the Confederacy and all that it represents.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/14/22 (00:00:00)
On the Show: Despite endless predictions from Republicans about an inevitable 2022 “red wave,” Democrats have retained control, at minimum, of the Senate. The Georgia runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker is now about making Senator Joe Manchin irrelevant. 18-29-year-old voters saved democracy in 2022, canceling out the right-leaning vote of the 65+ group. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis now leads Donald Trump in the 2024 betting markets on the question of who will be the 2024 Republican Presidential nominee. Former President Mike Pence fully turns on Donald Trump, now that it is convenient to do so, saying Trump was “reckless” on January 6 and “endangered” his family. Extremist lunatic Republicans pray for a new election at polling places in Arizona in response to the likely loss of Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake. Fox News propagandist suggests a conspiracy theory so insane, even Kari Lake only sort of accepts it. Donald Trump appears to admit to a major crime during a meltdown about Ron DeSantis, claiming he “sent in the FBI.” Donald Trump demands a new election in Arizona during a misspelled rant about the “electron.” Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker makes a number of incoherent statements after learning his race would go to a runoff on December 6. Christian Walker, Herschel Walker’s son, correctly points out the absurdity of Donald Trump’s 2022 endorsements. Voicemail caller obsessed with COVID believes David should be imprisoned for coverage of masks and vaccines.
SUNDAY 11.13.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 11/11/22 (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: It’s not a surprise that Fox ‘News’ deluded itself and its viewers into believing that the 2022 Election would be a ‘red wave’ for Republicans. But it is surprising and disappointing that the corporate media got the story so badly wrong, as well, failing or choosing not to see the ground-level election data clearly. TOM BONIER of the Democratic data research firm TargetSmart got it right. Over the last several months, on this show and elsewhere, Bonier spelled out his analysis of the data, which showed growing Democratic voter engagement, driven by backlash against Republicans and rightwing extremism, the rightwing supermajority on the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, and Trump-backed 2020 election deniers, ultimately boosting Democrats across the nation. Bonier explains how a flood of sketchy Republican polling in the last month of the campaign clearly warped polling averages, influencing the corporate media’s narrative in ways that benefitted Republicans, the potential affect that had on voter turnout in key races, and his frank assessment of the structural forces that pushed the corporate media into getting it all so very wrong. Also today: A look into the ‘red tsunami’ and other ultimately false narratives about crime and inflation relentlessly hyped by Fox ‘News’ and establishment media. Plus the latest reported results out of still-undecided critical races for U.S. Senate and state offices in Arizona and Nevada…
EARTH RIOT RADIO: A Forest Lets Out the Liberators in Jails (00:29:00)
Brittney Griner and Alaa Abd el-Fattah speak to us in this Earth Riot, and two women from New Zealand follow up: India and Leila…My attempt to translate the Earth’s language is guided by these special teachers. First, I try to leap over Trump’s wall, where I have been trapped by my name – William. And later in the riot I look for a new kind of media for the message of the Earth. I discovered this media in the people in Times Square listening to us sing and preach. The people can carry the echo of our message because this crowd is as full of colliding life as a forest clearing.
TURN ON THE NEWS: “Happily Divided.” (00:27:53)
“Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.” This week: “Happily Divided.”
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 11/11/22 (00:58:00)
Part 1:
We talk with Scott Braddock, dean of the Austin Press Corp, about voting in Texas. Suburbs were more favorable for the Democrats, though turnout was low. This can be explained, in part, with the disgust that people feel for all politicians, and the toxicity of politics.
Part 2:
We talk with Harold Meyerson and Bill Curry about the elections. Trump may be gone, but there are likely more genial examples of his ilk. For Democrats, it is important for them to listen to voters, learn what they want.
http://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
BACKGROUND BRIEFINIG with IAN MASTERS (00:59:00)
How Europe is Adapting to a Cutoff of Russian Energy and Moving Towards a Green Energy Future | Cliffhanger Races in Arizona and Nevada and California Congressional Races Will Determine Who Controls the Senate and House | Apart From the Absence of the “Red Wave”, the Other Big Election Story is Court-Sanctioned GOP Gerrymandering.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race (00:59:00)
Peter Fiekowsky is an MIT-educated physicist and engineer, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and social innovator. He’s worked at NASA and taught at MIT. He worked to irradicate hunger, getting worldwide immunizations up from about 8% to 85%, and solve the HIV crisis. A decade ago, Peter began working on climate restoration & created The Foundation for Climate Restoration which works with scientists, innovators, policymakers, activists and students to further climate restoration and has been instrumental in the adoption of climate restoration as a goal by the Vatican and the UN. As well as other nonprofit organizations dedicated to reducing atmospheric carbon and methane concentrations to pre-industrial levels. He’s a founding member of the Stable Planet Alliance, which is working to frame the next set of UN Development Goals to achieve a healthy, sustainable population by 2100. And he is the author of the new book Climate Restoration: The Only Future that Will Sustain the Human Race.
In this interview Peter explains why eliminating CO2 emissions by 2050 will not stop climate catastrophe, and that we need to restore the climate to pre-industrial levels. And he explains the existing technology that can actually restore the climate to a safe habitable level for humanity by 2050, and that it’s very affordable and will have the beneficial side effects of restoring the health of our oceans and fish and whale populations. And more.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Virtual Reality Is The Next Privacy Nightmare (repeat) (00:58:30)
Facebook and Apple are pushing hard for Virtual Reality but that means they’ll be data mining us at levels humanity has never seen before! We deep dive into that plus catch up on how Instagram has violated children’s privacy and how TikTok has profited off of human suffering. We also catch up on data breaches affecting ALL of us! You DO NOT want to miss this important show!!
SATURDAY 11.12.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 11/10/22: Redistricting expert David Daley on how SCOTUS helped steal the U.S. House for Republicans (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: If the Republican Party wins a narrow majority in the U.S. House following this week’s nowhere-near-a-red-wave midterm elections, will it have been because of gerrymandering? Redistricting expert and author DAVID DALEY, Senior Fellow at FairVote, explains how if Republicans gain the majority, it will be thanks to gaming the electorate through both partisan and racial gerrymandering, with the help of corrupt courts. Daley describes the history of aggressive, frequently unlawful and unconstitutional gerrymandering by GOP legislatures in several ‘red’ states, aided by corrupt rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and several GOP-dominated state supreme courts. Daley discusses how Republicans have also hijacked independent redistricting commissions in several states, successfully gaming the system to take more House seats than fair maps would allow them in their quest to entrench themselves in permanent minority rule. Also today: New data indicates inflation appears to be easing, which is good news for American families, but it’s bad news according to Fox ‘News’. Control of Congress next year and several other key, high-profile races remain undecided as tabulation continues, some with razor-thin margins. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Instead of a Red Wave, One of Common Sense? (00:58:20)
Its echoing everywhere: Trump was the biggest loser of the 2022 elections. Recorded two days after the votes, our guest today, veteran political news person John Kosinski sees what so unexpectedly happened as a wake up call. Could it be that what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature may be breaking through the recent times of manipulated fear and hate? Caring about democracy as you do, you’ll want to listen to this discussion.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 11/10/22 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin with Luke Goldstein, of the Open Markets Institute about Elon Musk’s influence with respect to communications in the US and internationally, and the use of StarLink. With Twitter, this is a form of vertical integration. In future, there will be more need of satellite services. How can Musk’s influence be minimized, and prevented from dominating everything? The US government, and other governments, must enforce the anti monopoly laws.
Segment Two
We then talk with Stephanie Hanes about energy storage, specifically storing the earth’s energy in the form of ‘sand batteries’. Using the earth’s energy as a shared heat source, the heat can be used to produce other energy. This involves drilling deep holes, to capture the earth’s heat. We discuss experiments now being done.
http://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
GROWING GREENER: A Convincing Case for Rooftop Farms (00:29:00)
Dr. Leigh Whittinghill of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is extending that storied institutions research into a new landscape: the rooftops of Connecticut’s city neighborhoods. Enhancing city-dwellers diet can also benefit the local environment.
TUC RADIO: Yanis Varoufakis – Techno-Feudalism & the Death of Capitalism (00:29:00)
Varoufakis is a Greek economist and politician who was the acting Minister of Finance in Greece during their debt crisis in 2015. Varoufakis defines Techno Feudalism and how corporations have appropriated our identity and convinced us to consume things that we neither need nor want – creating environmental destruction. Also covered in this interview: why 2008 is a waterhed moment for Capitalism; block chain VS bit coin; Universal Basic Income; and the question of democratic control of our technologies. The host of Singularity Radio, Steven Parton, has focused on how technology is impacting the human condition and society as a whole. These are excerpts from the original podcast published on Sept. 23, 2022 on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWeosALmRjo
THE BOPST SHOW This Hustling World (00:55:02)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Gervasio, Clube De Balanco, THe Adverts, Barrington Levy, Ellie Greenwich, Shugo Tokumaru, Eddie Kay Octet, Ernie Tucker, Martina Camargo, Ebenezer Obey, Dengue Fever, Six Finger Satellite, and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley.
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #453 (00:58:00)
Ralph invites political psychologist Dr. Drew Westen back to the program to give his analysis of what happened in the midterm elections. What the Dems did right and what they still do wrong. And we also welcome back labor journalist, Steve Early, co-author of Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends, and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affairs.
FRIDAY 11.11.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 11, 2022
LIGHTHLY ON THE GROUND: Veterans and Quaker House (00:27:38)
Veteran’s Day is November 11, every year. How we keep adding to their numbers is beyond me, so I just share stories. Here are some stories from a service organization. Quaker House provides counseling and support to service members who are questioning their role in the military; educates them, their families, and the public about military issues; and advocates for a more peaceful world.
COUNTERSPIN: Affordable Housing, Inflation and Workers (00:28:00)
Gene Slater/affordable housing, Rakeen Mabud/inflation and workers.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The new Trump war – Mine is bigger than yours (00:58:00)
Arizona is defying court order and ballot counting! Michael Cohen on Trump’s future. Why didn’t Mike Pence warn America when he knew Trump’s plan? Can we stop extremists from recruiting our youth through video games? The latest privatized Medicare scandal. Geeky Science? Is mindfulness as good as drugs for anxiety?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Rod Graham: The End of Affirmative Action? (00:29:00)
With the right-leaning US Supreme Court poised to eliminate affirmative action in higher education around the country ” this seemed like an opportune moment to take stock of how effective affirmative action has been since President Kennedy instituted it in 1961. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to Rod Graham, a sociology professor at Old Dominion University to examine who will actually be affected by the seemingly inevitable change, what the right wing might do once affirmative action is gone, and how this decision may affect other selection preferences in college admissions.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: D.A. Larry Krasner Facing Impeachment: Criminal Justice Reform in the Crosshairs (00:28:00)
Can a predominantly white state legislature overturn the votes of a predominantly Black city? Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s District Attorney was elected in 2017 on a reform agenda and has been targeted by a GOP backlash ever since. This October, on the last day of business before the 2022 midterms, Republican State Rep. Martina White filed articles for impeachment. If the initiative wins a majority in the GOP-dominated state house, Krasner will have to stand trial in the Senate. To discuss the effort to impeach Krasner, the threat posed to democracy, and how, despite the news reporting, Krasner’s reform initiatives work, Laura is joined by the D.A. himself, along with Sara Lomax-Reese of URL Media and Charles Ellison, host of WURD Radio’s Reality Check program. How has the GOP weaponized the issue of violence to smear criminal justice reform and the Democrats pushing for change? And what is being done about the disregard being shown to Black voters who voted heavily for the DA and largely continue to support Krasner’s work? And Laura’s closing commentary on how the story’s being covered ” or not. Music Spotlight: Love One Another by Crystal Waters and Soul Central from Quantize Recordings.
THE BOPST SHOW This Hustling World (00:00:00)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Gervasio, Clube De Balanco, THe Adverts, Barrington Levy, Ellie Greenwich, Shugo Tokumaru, Eddie Kay Octet, Ernie Tucker, Martina Camargo, Ebenezer Obey, Dengue Fever, Six Finger Satellite, and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/11/22 (00:56:00)
On the Show: Failed former President Donald Trump is reportedly looking for ways to imprison journalists critical of him if he were to again become President in 2024. MyPillow CEO and founder Mike Lindell now claims Democrats stole “everything” in the 2022 midterm elections. Eric Trump attends a disgusting Reawaken America event that shows the significance of mental illness in the United States. Caller wonders if Ron DeSantis can beat Donald Trump. Caller thinks Democrats should portray Republicans as anti-freedom. Caller wonders if Trump will back out of announcing his 2024 run because of the midterm results. Caller wonders if the 2022 midterms will affect whether Trump is charged. Caller talks about the youth vote. Caller discusses the possibility of splitting up the country. Caller talks about the elections in Georgia. David responds to emails and messages from the audience.
THURSDAY 11.10.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 10, 2022
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Your Body Is Partly Plastic. So Is Everything Else (00:58:00)
Wired science journalist Matt Simon on his new book A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies. Julian Cribb author and science hunter: the 10 game-ending threats to humanity.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Our Next Struggle: DeSantis Inheriting Trump’s Fascist Mantle (00:58:00)
In democracy, the people choose their leaders; in fascism, The Leader chooses his people. But the one thing I know for sure is that history tells us a nation that fails to excise fascism before it seizes full control is doomed to a generation of chaos and pain. Thom and his callers reflect on the recent election.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Legitimacy From Above: Easier than Democracy (00:59:54)
Why do Americans love royalty so much? For one thing, its much less effort than tedious democracy to just accept legitimacy being handed down. On this show, from the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, Suzanne Schneider explains how todays fascination with British royalty and reverence for military trappings displays a hunger for divine intervention, as democracy takes a big very dangerous hit. But history shows it doesn’t have to.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 50 – 51 (00:30:01)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
WINGS: #30-22 Enslaved in Kuwait (00:28:49)
Believing recruiters’ lies, “Karine,” “Susan” and “Cynthia” flew to Kuwait for well-paying jobs, only to find themselves as housemaids forced to work 18 hours a day, locked in with no means of communication, beaten, hungry, sexually advanced on, robbed of their possessions, and sleeping on the floor. They tell how they got there and how they escaped.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/10/22 (00:55:51)
On the Show: Anand Giridharadas, journalist, commentator, and author of the new book “The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy,” joins David to discuss changing minds, persuasion, and much more in today’s political climate of disinformation. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3Ek9OPD With neither candidate reaching 50% of the vote, the Georgia Senate election will go to a runoff between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker on December 6. Radical Trumpian Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert pleads the blood of Jesus in a desperate attempt at savings her re-election as votes are still being counted in her race against Democratic challenger Adam Frisch. The Murdoch family appears to be abandoning failed former President Donald Trump, publishing a “Trumpy Dumpty” cover in the News Corporation-owned New York Post. Pennsylvania ends up being Donald Trump’s biggest and most acute humiliation. Donald Trump’s former Press Secretary, now a Fox News contributor, visibly panics and tells Donald Trump he should delay announcing his 2024 candidacy at least until the December 6 Georgia runoff is complete. Donald Trump reportedly furious over his humiliating 2022 losses, is blaming his wife Melania Trump. Donald Trump flips out within hours of the 2022 election results, already attacking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in what could be the tone for the entire 2024 Republican primary. Voicemail caller asks whether Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker even understands how runoff elections work.
WEDNESDAY 11.09.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 9, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: The Super antibodies of John Hollis (00:14:24)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with John Hollis, a Virginia man who unwittingly discovered he is one of the rare humans who has super antibodies that make him largely impervious to COVID-19 and many other respiratory viruses, for a conversation about that discovery and his life since then, his past work in sports journalism, and more.
ALAN WATTS: Conquering Fear (00:14:32)
Conquering Fear by Alan Watts. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British writer and lecturer who interpreted and popularized Eastern philosophy and religion for a Western audience. Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on subjects important to Eastern and Western religion, introducing the then-burgeoning youth culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In Psychotherapy East and West (1961), Watts proposed that Buddhism could be thought of as a form of psychotherapy and not a religion. He considered Nature, Man, and Woman (1958) to be, “from a literary point of view—the best book I have ever written.” He also explored human consciousness and psychedelics in the essay “The New Alchemy” (1958) and in the book The Joyous Cosmology (1962).
THIS WAY OUT #1806: The Big Lie & Early RuPaul & global LGBTQ news! (00:26:59)
RuPaul’s “Starrbooty” before his “Race”; queer kids learn to lie for the holidays; Malaysia’s religious cops bust 20 at a Kuala Lumpur Hallowe’en party, Brazilian voters reject Bolsonaro’s hate, Pride overcomes obstacles in Johannesburg and Taipei, Tokyo queer couples get partnership certificates, a fond farewell to the original “Lavender Cowboy”, and beauty queens crown each other in wedded bliss! Those stories ” and more this week ” when you find “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Republicans See Today as an Opportunity to Set Up the End of Democracy in 2024 (00:57:59)
The GOP wants to install their very own version of Putin, Duterte or Orbn in the White House in two years, regardless of what the majority of Americans want. Investigative Journalist, Author & Filmmaker, Greg Palast (LIVE from Georgia) with the latest film is Vigilante: Georgias vote suppression hitman (VigilanteMovie.com) Executive Director – Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Alan Minsky explains why the election is so important the Gen-X perspective – see Alan’s article on Common Dreams.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1520 History Rhymes (00:58:59)
President Thomas Jefferson shares his thoughts on the proper role of government and the election of 1800. In that year, members of the Federalist Party encouraged a movement to deny Jefferson the presidency through a means of delaying the transition of power and keeping then President John Adams in office, despite the fact that Jefferson had won the Electoral College vote.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 48 – 49 (00:29:00)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS Urbanism and Seeing with Fresh Eyes, with Luca Gattoni-Celli (00:27:37)
Local housing advocate Luca Gattoni-Celli joins me for a conversation about urbanism – the study of the built environment and how people interact with it – and learning to view the world with fresh eyes.
How differently might we see things if we throw a little curiosity into the mix?
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/9/22 (00:53:43)
On the Show: MAGA Trumpism is humiliated as the predicted 2022 red wave fails to materialize, and as of the time of today’s show, Republicans have not yet secured control of either the House nor the Senate, with key losses including Mehmet Oz, Doug Mastriano, Tudor Dixon, Sarah Palin and many others. Fox News hosts and guests absolutely melt down over the collapse of the expected red wave, including Brian Kilmeade and guest Marc Thiessen. The right wing machine activated with false claims of “voter fraud” in Arizona during yesterday’s election day. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis blocked election monitors from three counties in Florida during election day. Donald Trump has an insane meltdown over the 2022 election disaster for Democrats. Elon Musk has quite a day, in which he shares a Nazi meme and then tells his followers on Twitter to vote Republican. Republicans widely slam and blame Donald Trump for the 2022 results, with many saying it’s time ti move on from Trump. Failed former President Donald Trump plans to announce his 2024 Presidential candidacy at an event at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Tuesday, November 15. Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene starts a campaign to be Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential running mate in 2024. The Good Liars interview a woman who believes that Doctor Anthony Fauci, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton are all currently in jail at Guantanamo Bay. MyPillow CEO and Founder Mike Lindell has a psychotic episode on live television.
TUESDAY 11.08.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 1, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND: Short-Circuit Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience (00:58:00)
This week Kevin and Niseema talk with Dr. Jen Wolkin PhD., Neuropsychologist, and author of the book Quick Calm: Easy Meditations to Short-Circuit Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience. We start the show with the sound of ocean waves that helps illustrate how quickly we can achieve a sense of calm when we just focus our attention on a particular sound. Dr. Jen shows us how to start a mindfulness practice by teaching diaphragmatic breathing that can have the same effect as the sound of the ocean. We talk about how to bring mindfulness to something as mundane as washing the dishes and being present in the moment. There are 25 five-minute mindfulness exercises in this book that can reduce stress and enhance your life throughout the coming year.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The 3 Megatrends Hitting Democracy Like a Tornado (00:58:00)
We now have two years to prepare for what may be American democracy’s final act. Whatever the outcome of the midterms, don’t expect Republicans to return to normal. Guest: Emily Paterson is one of three women who interrupted SCOTUS oral arguments to protest for women’s rights for access to safe abortions and got arrested.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Watersheds and Fire (00:58:00)
This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn what watersheds are, and how they are impacted by forest fires.
All over the world, people rely upon watersheds for drinking water, irrigating farmland, and for ecosystems. We are joined by educators from the New Mexico Watershed and Forest Restoration Institute, Natalia Shaw and Raymundo Melendez, along with educator and ecologist Dr. Krista Bonfantine. How do watersheds get cleaned after a forest fire? What can we do to help keep our watersheds pristine? Mixed with great music! Learn about watersheds and fire with us this time on The Children’s Hour.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 46 – 47 (00:27:57)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
INSIDE THE FBI: Holiday Scams, Revisited (00:08:49)
On this episode of Inside the FBI, we’re resharing information on holiday shopping scams and tips to shop safely and smartly online.
AMERICA WORKS: Thomas Sink (Popcorn the Circus Comic). Circus Worker, Professional Clown. Mead, Oklahoma (00:09:40)
Thomas Sink, who is better known to his many fans as “Popcorn the Circus Comic,” is interviewed by oral historians Tanya Finchum and Juliana Nykolaiszyn as part of their AFC-sponsored Archie Green Fellowship to document traveling circus workers who for decades have “wintered over” and settled in and around Hugo, Oklahoma. Popcorn talks about how, for more than thirty years, he entertained people, young and old, throughout the Midwest. He speaks about his love of his profession, the rush he would get when audiences applauded his routines, and how his pride of being part of the circus community was balanced by the hardships and challenges of being constantly the road.
AMERICA WORKS: Kira Fobbs, Elementary School Teacher. Madison, Wisconsin (00:10:22)
Kira Fobbs, an elementary school teacher who has devoted her life to teaching 3rd and 4th graders and Special Ed students in the schools of Madison, Wisconsin, is interviewed by folklorist Mark Wagler. Teaching is one of America’s largest professions, yet the voices of classroom teachers are rarely heard. Proud of her own heritage–which includes African American, Swedish and German-Jewish ancestors–she is an innovative, enthusiastic and dedicated teacher. She speaks poignantly about how her personal experiences have helped shape her teaching career.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/8/22 (00:57:28)
On the Show: Andrew Seidel, civil rights and constitutional attorney with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and author of the new book “American Crusade: How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious Freedom,” joins David to discuss the weaponization and politicization of the Supreme Court. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3Efvvk8 The future of the United States of America is at stake in today’s 2022 midterm elections. The pollsters this year in particular really do not know what is going to happen in today’s 2022 midterm elections. Republicans are already suing to have mail-in ballots thrown out in multiple states. Donald Trump’s lawyer Christina Bobb admits that they are going to claim fraud at the first opportunity as election results come in today and tomorrow. Fox News doctor Marc Siegel wildly claims that Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman will either have another stroke or die in office if elected to the US Senate. Donald Trump holds his final rally before the 2022 midterm election in Ohio in support of JD Vance, and it is truly horrifying. Anti-transgender activist Matt Walsh appears on the Joe Rogan program and is confronted with facts when spreading obvious lies. Voicemail caller asks whether our correspondent Luke Beasley is safe going to Donald Trump rallies to interview people.
MONDAY 10.07.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 7, 2022
WHEN THE BIOMASS HIITS THE WIND TURBINE #112: Adapting to Climate Change (00:29:24)
If you have been paying attention, you will notice that the climate is changing. Plants and trees that used to thrive are dying off. Pollinators are disappearing. The seasons seem to arrive early – or late. It is too wet, then too dry.
Climate change is real and it is here now. So how can we adapt our property, gardens and forests to deal with this new reality? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the various challenges and complexities of living a sustainable life.
ECONMIC UPDATE: Capitalism vs Socialism is NOT Markets vs Planning (00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Profl Wolff shows how the economics of existing capitalist and socialist economies make use of both markets and planning. The opposition of markets and planning is largely false and has worked to distract students and observers of economic systems from better differentiations such as how they differently organize their workplaces: hierarchical in the case of capitalist, democratic in the case of worker cooperatives. Some major implications of this critique of the “planning versus market” obsession are discussed in relation to the US, Soviet Union, and China.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Is It Time to Nationalize Big Oil? (00:58:00)
With inflation being driven in large part by corporate price gouging, is it time to make the big oil companies operate for the public good by allowing the federal government to buy them? Dr. Richard Wolff gives his opinion.
RADIO ART HOUR: Manuel Rocha Iturbide, Rachel Rosenthal (00:59:12)
“Hieros Logos” by Manuel Rocha Iturbide (2010), introduced by Jos Alejandro Rivera, and Rachel Rosenthal’s “Search for the New World Pataphysical Order”A Meditation in Time of War” are featured today. First, in 2010, Manuel Rocha Iturbide created “Hieros Logos,” a radiophonic sound work originally commissioned by Radio Clsica of Spain in collaboration with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofa. The piece was presented at the Alicante Music Festival in 2010 and was also broadcast on Kuntstradio in 2011. At its core, the work sources the human voice as material for an abstract and imagined landscape, that begins with the sounds of a baby, an old man, and a woman. The piece then flows into field recordings and rhythmic bits, where isolated syllables contribute to what Rocha Iturbide calls, invented electroacoustic sound poetry. “Hieros Logos” displays Rocha Iturbides masterful treatment of granular synthesis, where snippets of vocals pan seamlessly from left to right, swarming around the listener. Clouds of phonetic elements and beds of time-stretched drones emerge, all of which transform any meaning of language into its musical, emotive, and intuitive elements. The arc of the piece moves from the individual voice to collective instances that include those of group prayer, labor songs, and poetry. Possible opportunities to decipher the content of these interactions are presented; however, any signification of meaning remains just out of reach. This is perhaps due to the large spaces that the voices were recorded in, the layering of multiple conversations, and the electronic processing with filters, delays, and reverbs. Alternatively, listeners are led down long corridors of melody and feeling, lined with shifting, sonic exchanges that fade delicately into a distant nothingness. In essence, Hieros Logos questions the sanctity of the word as the supreme container of knowledge, and instead, highlights the spiritual undertones of the voice that exist before the word is given meaning. – Introduced by Wave Farm Radio Art Fellow 2022, Jos Alejandro Rivera. Also featured is Rachel Rosenthal’s “Search for the New World Pataphysical Order, A Meditation in Time of War” from the New American Radio archive. What has happened to us? After the promise of 1990, we find ourselves catapulted back to the time when brute force solved all problems. 1991 is an historic blight. Rosenthal goes on a tour of her own mind in an attempt to discover the seeds of universal folly. The “New World Order” promises to fall in step with Pere Ubu, wading and waddling in his Pataphysics philosophy, shouting “merde!” at the scud fragments raining on the sands of Eden, as Mere Ubu knits little sweaters for crude coated cormorants. All voices and sounds by Rachel Rosenthal with sound design by Dain Olsen. Commissioned by New American Radio.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 44 – 45 (00:29:52)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
GREEN STREET RADIO: Trees; Survival Tool for a Changing Climate with Dr. Andy Reinmann (00:28:20)
On this edition of Green Street Patti and Doug talk with Dr. Andrew Reinmann, Assistant Professor in the Advanced Science Research Center at Hunter College about how trees can not only sequester carbon but protect, shade, cool and inspire us as we face a warming climate.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/7/22 (00:55:27)
On the Show: In a new poll, 44% of voters say there is a “secret cabal” which is in control of the government. Pennsylvania Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro delivers a viral speech alongside former President Barack Obama in advance of his election against Republican candidate Doug Mastriano. Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is completely incoherent during a recent appearance on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo. Failed former President Donald Trump holds a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in support of Doug Mastriano and Mehmet Oz which goes so poorly that half the crowd was seen leaving while Trump was still speaking. Our correspondent Luke Beasley went to the Donald Trump rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and his interviews with Trump rally attendees are a total horror show. A soaking wet failed former President Donald Trump delivers an unhinged speech in support of Marco Rubio at a rally in Miami, Florida. Donald Trump is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2024 on November 14, although Trump teases that it might happen as soon as tonight. A furious voicemail caller accuses David of never having shot anyone, which is true.
SUNDAY 11.06.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 11/4/22: Guest: Alan Minsky of Progressive Democrats of America on saving democracy (00:57:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: As we have covered extensively, the critical 2022 midterm elections next Tuesday, November 8, could be the last fully free and fair elections in America. The last jobs report released before next week’s elections shows a robust economy with strong jobs growth that is slowing slightly due to the Federal Reserve raising interest rates to combat inflation. But the corporate media’s sole focus on temporary inflation has failed to inform voters about the pernicious threat to democracy itself in the midterm elections, with survival of American democracy quite literally on the line in the 2022 elections and the 2024 Presidential election. Hundreds of Republican election deniers are running for key offices across the country and openly plotting to engineer the GOP into permanent minority rule by subverting free and fair elections. But many progressive voters don’t appear to fully grasp the stakes or the historic nature of this moment and the need to push back against authoritarianism. ALAN MINSKY, Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America and a longtime Bernie Sanders supporter, explains why he believes no person of conscience can sit out this midterm election. Minsky warns that reactionary Republicans are now ’emboldened to take down American democracy in their efforts to create a permanent ruling party,’ and makes the progressive case for voting for the (decidedly imperfect) Democratic Party to preserve both democracy and the economy. If young voters turn out in similar numbers to 2018 and 2020, then ‘we can change this country for the better. But we have to preserve our democracy to leave that opportunity open,’ Minsky says. ‘We have to preserve democracy now and strengthen it. Let’s win this thing.’
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Whatever it Takes to Break the Trance (00:29:00)
The riddle of our time is, “How can we be passive in the face of the Earth’s crisis?” The answer is, we are in a trance state induced by extreme Consumerism. We are coming to understand that Consumerism, the enforcement arm of Capitalism, is deadly.
TURN ON THE NEWS: Hammer Horror (00:27:54)
This week: “Hammer Horror.” Some tool starts the political violence. “Turn On The News” is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in “Turn On The News” each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides — good and evil — every time you “Turn On The News.”
ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN 11/4/22 (00:00:00)
Part 1:
We discuss Texas voting patterns with Scott Braddock. Turnout is relatively low.
We also discuss the fallout from Uvalde, where more facts are being released.
Part 2:
We talk with Robert Hockett and Bill Curry about the economy and its inflation.Inflation is mostly in the price /profit sector, not labor.
http://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS (00:59:00)
The Person Most Responsible For Hate, Delusion, Threats and Acts of Violence in Our Politics | With Inflation the GOP’s Main Election Issue and the Fed’s Cure Worsening it, Who is Most to Blame? | How Will Israel and Saudi Arabia React to Reports Putin Will Help Accelerate the Breakout Period For an Iranian Nuclear Bomb?
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Real Dialogue – Developing Effective Communication Skills (00:59:00)
Polly Young-Eisendrath PhD is the founder of Dialogue Therapy and Real Dialogue which transform chronic, repetitive hostilities into open communication and mutual discovery. In this conversation we talk about the Real Dialogue method of communication that reduces the feeling of emotional threat during conflict and uncomfortable conversations, so that we can truly hear each other and communicate effectively in all of our relationships.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Combating Disinformation For The Midterms (00:58:31)
The 2022 US Midterm Election is gearing up to be the most contentious in US history. One of the core drivers of this deep, and potentially violent, divide is Disinformation and Misinformation on the internet. We’re going to examine the two largest offenders of Disinformation delivery and discuss ways they can fix this and how we all can help come back together!
SATURDAY 11.05.22 PROGRAM Notes
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THE BRADCAST 11/3/22 (00:57:30)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Forewarned is forearmed, and it’s important that you, the American public, and corporate media understand what is going on before the fog of chaos overwhelms all of us next Tuesday. We continue our focus on next Tuesday’s critical midterm elections with new reporting that underscores Republicans’ national strategy to create chaos in the 2022 election. Republicans have launched an organized, coordinated campaign to wreak havoc in the 2022 elections around the nation, manufacturing chaos that in turn they will use as a patina of ‘evidence’ to launch legal challenges to overturn election outcomes they don’t like. The coordinated strategy is a re-run of and improvement on their 2020 election theft playbook, and is operated by the same Trump cronies and grifters who fomented the post-election chaos in 2020 that led to the January 6 insurrection. They have been training MAGA Republicans to canvass door-to-door to intimidate voters in at least 23 states, collecting information that can be used to challenge individual voters’ qualifications, ways to monkey-wrench the voting process at polling places, other actions to help create extra-long lines on Election Day, and ways to challenge tallying and reporting of results. Also today: Illinois Republicans sued to block the tabulation of perfectly legal military and overseas ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive within two-weeks as allowed by state law. Some new developments in several court cases and investigations involving Donald Trump. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest ‘Green News Report.’
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: This is the Best Analysis of the Coming Election (00:59:44)
Thinking with history; on this show political broadcast veteran John Kosinski demonstrates how so many people running just want to be showmen on TeeVee. He explains why so many are drawn to Trumpism: a desire to be heard and respected. Democrats often miss that. Included are many remarkable audio samples from the past illustrating the key points. Racism today is more overt than ever. Can we ever restore our founders’ vision of the common good? And yes it’s a heavy lift!
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
Best of ARNIE ARNESEN 11/5/22 (00:59:29)
Segment One
We begin with Diana Green Foster about her research on the effects of abortion, and the effects of being unable to obtain abortion. The effect on women and their families is profound: there is lower self-esteem, higher anxiety, and depression among women who are denied abortion when they request it. This is in addition to the economic effects: higher poverty rates for the women and their children. They also suffer instability, and have a higher exposure to violence.
Segment Two
We then catch up with Michael Mitchell of the Groundwork Collaborative, about how data should be gathered and used, when discussing the economy. Currently, the data does not reflect the quality of workers’ lives. Workers themselves should be asked about their struggles, and what kinds of factors are are important, not just the ‘captains of industry.
http://www.arniearnesen.org/WP/
GROWING GREENER: Developing Meadow and Sustainable Lawn Solutions Coast to Coast (00:29:00)
Do you want a regionally adapted meadow or sustainable lawn solution but cant find a local supplier? Mike Lizotte, the Seedman of American Meadows and High Country Gardens can cook up a blend for anywhere in the lower 48.
GOT SCIENCE?: Progress Toward a Healthy Food System (00:29:00)
Food and agriculture expert Karen Perry Stillerman unpacks provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act that can set the US on the right path for a healthy and just food system.
THE BOPST SHOW: A Stupid Trick of God (00:55:02)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Lucho Silva Y El Gato Con Ritmos, Sandra Wright, Jim White, Kim Jiyoen & the Revival Cross, Pat Morrissey, Fruit Bats, Green Velvet, Jstar, Liam Bailey, El Din, Trio Caribe, Bustan Abraham, and Reyna Tropical.
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #452 (00:58:00)
Counterpunch’s Joshua Frank joins Ralph to discuss his new book, Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State” the Cold War plutonium manufacturing facility that even after a $677 billion taxpayer clean-up bill still leaks radioactivity. And immigration lawyer extraordinaire, Susan Cohen, regales us about her experience representing asylum seekers and refugees as chronicled in her book Journey From There to Here: Stories of Immigrant Trials, Triumphs and Contributions. Plus, Ralph makes one final pitch before the midterms for Winning America.
FRIDAY 11.04.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 4, 2022
LIGHTLY ON THE GROUND: David Wray on military mental health and substance use (00:27:35)
Today’s guest is a veteran of 29 years in the Navy, his work included serving as Drug and Alcohol Program Adviser on an aircraft carrier and much time in Iraq. His career has shown him the world, and allowed him to help others regain a foothold on theirs. David tells how the military’s view of addiction, substance abuse and co-morbidities such as depression, moral injury, PTSD, and seeking counseling has changed over recent decades. As is true of most who’ve been in battle, David Wray believes military force should be the last resort in any conflict. This would be after all other recourse is exhausted: Diplomatic, Information, Military and Economic. Nobody walks away from combat unchanged. Despite the damage sanctions inflict on civilians, that is preferable to a shooting war. When a shooting war starts, you lose all control over who’s going to get hurt. When you explode things in proximity to humans, often the wrong humans get hurt. This hurts both the soldier and those euphemistically called collateral damage.
COUNTERSPIN: Haiti Intervention, Harvard Affirmative Action (00:28:00)
Jake Johnston on Haiti intervention, Jeannie Park on Harvard affirmative action
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Its Critical to See what a Fascist America Looks Like, Before it’s Too Late (00:58:00)
This election may well seal or determine the fate and future of democracy in the United States and, by extension, most of the rest of the world. Did the coup chain go from John Eastman to Ginni to Clarence Thomas? Dark money and why this election is important with Jamie McCleod Skinner, Oregon candidate for Congress. MSNBC’s Ali Velshi reports on the election deniers running for secretaries of state in various states and the threat they pose to democracy.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Bugging Out: Anne Carlson of Jiminy’s + Chef Bun Lai (00:29:00)
Do you have environmental food guilt? There’s no actual definition for that (because we just made it up), but many of us definitely know how it feels: that regretful pang we get, knowing that much of the food we either eat or feed our pets is doing harm to the environment. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to two people cultivating alternative food sources in order to help the planet. First, the founder and CEO of Jiminy’s, Anne Carlson, discusses how their company makes insect protein-based pet food. Then, we speak to acclaimed chef and sustainable food pioneer Bun Lai to learn about his vision for making both Mother Earth and her human inhabitants healthier by incorporating insects and invasive species into dining experiences.
LAURA FLANDERS SHOW: Sarah Jones on Sex & Making an Unorthodoc (00:28:00)
Sarah Jones, Tony Award-winning performer and comedian, is making a different kind of documentary. She calls it an unorthodoc about sex, power, race, and our economy and how you even talk about such things in today’s polarized and commercial media world. “Sell/Buy/Date expands on Jones’ acclaimed 2016 off-Broadway solo production of the same name. She plays herself in the film along with four different characters that she’s created, as well as real people whom she interviews, including people in the sex industry with an array of opinions about it. You will see activists of all kinds alongside celebrities. Rosario Dawson and Bryan Cranston make an appearance. And of course, there’s Sarah’s own mom. The film, produced by Meryl Streep, is in some theaters now and starts streaming November 8 on Amazon Prime. Join Laura, Sarah, and a few unexpected guests for this honest (and hilarious) conversation.
THE BOPST SHOW: A Stupid Trick of God (00:55:02)
Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Lucho Silva Y El Gato Con Ritmos, Sandra Wright, Jim White, Kim Jiyoen & the Revival Cross, Pat Morrissey, Fruit Bats, Green Velvet, Jstar, Liam Bailey, El Din, Trio Caribe, Bustan Abraham, and Reyna Tropical.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/4/22 (00:56:37)
On the Show: Republicans and many independents seem to care more about the price of gas than protecting democracy. Tucker Carlson asks stupid questions about the attack on Paul Pelosi. MyPillow guy Mike Lindell goes wild with conspiracy theories on Lindell TV. Caller asks when the right will start accepting election results and stop encouraging violence. Caller wants to know how to convince people about the legitimacy of elections. Caller wonders what the right would say if a left-winger attacked Melania Trump. Caller talks about children who have Trump-supporting parents. Caller is worried the right wing is going to make America a dictatorship. Caller wants to see the 2022 midterm ballot early. Caller discusses conspiracy theorists and reality deniers. David responds to viewer emails and social media messages.
THURSDAY 10.14.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday October 14, 2022
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Racing to Climate Disaster (00:58:00)
Three U.N. Agencies warn of climate disaster. Science finds dark future approaches. Canadian climate scientist Paul Beckwith joins Alex to cover the latest. From the Land Institute in Kansas, author and plant breeder Stan Cox talks climate and food in destabilized times. Alex wonders if we live in a clown universe.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Greg Palast’s “Vigilante Movie” (00:58:00)
A new film about Republican voter suppression is available online from investigative reporter Greg Palast. Can it make a difference with the midterms less than a week away? Plus, Progressive leader Mark Pocan joins Thom to answer listener questions.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Why Do They Fear Curiosity? (00:57:43)
The pressure to prevent active curiosity is a curious thing in a democracy. Our guests today are authors Perry Zurin and Dani Bassett whose new book is Curious Minds, The Power of Connection. As they say, acquiring information is insufficient, real knowledge is a network of interconnections. The Trumpist right is actively repressing curiosity which makes us human and enables growth and connection. But there is reason for optimism. Give a listen.
http://keepingdemocracyalive.com/
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 42 – 43 (00:29:28)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
WING #29-22: Outside In – a political memoir (00:28:50)
From 1980 until 2015, Libby Davies represented the political interests of her neighbours, on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, including homeless and under-housed people, sex trade workers, low-waged workers, and people with addictions. In July 2022, she talked and read from her memoir titled Outside In, about her six terms in city politics and six in Parliament with Canada’s New Democratic Party. Issues she raised, like legalizing safe injection sites, decriminalizing sex work, raising minimum wage, and funding a national housing strategy, affected policies and continue to do so today. She also offered a workshop on Lobbying.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/3/22 (00:58:24)
On the Show: Saul Kassin, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Williams College in Massachusetts, and author of DUPED: Why Innocent People Confess – And Why We Believe Their Confessions, joins David to discuss why innocent people frequently confess in the American justice system. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3DzKl37 President Joe Biden devastates MAGA and the anti-democracy movement in a primetime speech to the nation. Fox News hosts are absolutely furious about President Joe Biden’s speech to the country defending democracy, including Sean Hannity, Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy and Jesse Watters. Former President Barack Obama slams Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, as well as Donald Trump, during a campaign rally in Arizona. Former President Bill Clinton perfectly sums up 2022 Republicans’ strategy, which is to anger voters, and then blame Democrats for the things Republicans themselves later destroy while in power. Republican candidate Don Bolduc is confronted about his numerous repetitions of the bogus story that cat litter boxes are being placed in school bathrooms for students who identify as animals. Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan refuses to back down from a Fox News mob audience during a town hall and is actually able to turn them around in real time. Donald Trump’s newest spokeswoman once again raises the bar for delusional and dangerous comments. Voicemail caller praises David’s lack of paywalls and reminds the audience that YouTube subscriptions are free.
WEDNESDAY 11.02.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 2, 2022
PATIENTS COME FIRST: Rodrigo Perez (00:15:50)
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Rodrigo Perez, a Bon Secours staff member who serves as an athletic trainer for the Richmond Kickers professional soccer club, for a conversation about sports medicine, his professional journey, and more.
TED TALK: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here’s why I left. – Megan Phelps-Roper (00:15:17)
What’s it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing … everyone else? Megan Phelps-Roper shares details of life inside America’s most controversial church and describes how conversations on Twitter were key to her decision to leave it. In this extraordinary talk, she shares her personal experience of extreme polarization, along with some sharp ways we can learn to successfully engage across ideological lines.
THIS WAY OUT #1805: Leslie Jordan Tribute & global LGBTQ news! (00:28:59)
Lessons in laughter and love from the late Leslie Jordan; Mexico finally becomes a marriage equality country, India’s top court is now headed by an LGBTQ ally, Slovakia’s Parliament rejects registered partnerships, P.M. Sunak is as bad as Truss for U.K. queers, Russia’s Duma passes “no promo homo” expansion, persecuted Chechen brothers and WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner each lose appeals of harsh Russian prison sentences on trumped-up charges, and U.S. midterms feature queer candidates in all 50 U.S. states. All that ” and more this week ” when you discover “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: The Harpoon Pointed at the Heart of American Democracy (00:58:00)
When did Republicans start flooding the zone with lies about voter fraud, and why does it work so well for them? Will Fox-funded GOP-friendly polls be used to falsely claim Democrats are voting illegally ‘by the busload’? And what can we learn from the example of Ecuador?
THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR #1519 Election of 1800 with Lindsay Chervinsky (00:58:59)
Lindsay Chervinsky and Clay Jenkinson discuss the election of 1800 in which Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied with 73 electoral votes each. This resulted in the vote being decided in the House of Representatives after 36 ballots. They discuss Federalist plans to delay the process and keep John Adams in office, along with threats of troops being used to contest the election.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 39 – 41 (00:35:40)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curiosity, Science & Humor Walk into a Bar…, with Kasha Patel (00:27:50)
Kasha Patel is a triple threat: scientist, journalist and stand-up comedian, the perfect person to join me for a conversation about the rich alchemy of leaning into all three. Kasha Patel is the deputy weather editor for the Capital Weather Gang at The Washington Post, covering weather, climate change and the environment. Before joining The Post, she produced news stories, videos and features about the Earth sciences, climate change and satellite research for NASA. And, she’s a stand up comedian. Funny, smart, with a vision for how curiosity, science and humor can help us all, wherever we are.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/2/22 (00:57:09)
On the Show: In a stunning continued polling decline, Democrats are no longer favored to maintain control of the Senate in the imminent 2022 midterm elections. A judge orders armed Arizona poll watchers to stand at least 250 feet away from the dropboxes. Supreme Court temporarily blocks the release of Donald Trump’s taxes to the House of Representatives committee investigating him. Donald Trump appears on The Chris Stigall Podcast and utters complete nonsense about Paul Pelosi and Kanye West. Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is accused of giving an ex-girlfriend an abortion ultimatum, and said that the girlfriend and potential child would “not be safe.” A supporter of Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker writes off his multiple paid abortions as a youthful indiscretion despite Walker being 50 years old at the time. Former President Barack Obama campaigns in Nevada for Catherine Cortez Mastro and clearly explains the risk of violent Republican rhetoric. MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell is back on television with arguably his most unhinged rant yet. Voicemail caller does not like or agree with David’s commentary about the overlap between Kanye West’s mental illness and his antisemitism.
TUESDAY 11.01.22 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 1, 2022
THE POSITIVE MIND: Hygge: The Danish Art of Feeling Good (00:58:00)
Hosts talk about the Danish word “Hygge,” which is a way of creating comfort and ease in your life. It is amazing how many ways we can create more comfort and ease in our daily rituals, from how we wake up in the morning, to how we live our day, to how we go to sleep. In the fall/winter season, there are so many ways to add pleasure to our lives, like wearing cozy wool socks, to making a cup of hot apple cider or hot chocolate. For the Danish, Hygge is a way of life, which explains why they are one of the happiest countries in the world.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Will the Billionaire’s Risky Bet Pay Off? (00:58:00)
They’re betting no one will notice the GOP is increasing their wealth & lowering their taxes while manipulating white male anger and violence against women, immigrants, liberals, and people of color… Author Robert Draper describes his new book and explains when the Republican Party lost its mind. The Paul Pelosi attack shows how the GOP’s limitless lying endangers Americans. Writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history, and host of The Witch Wave podcast, Pamela “Pam” Grossman opines on the demonization and cancellation of women. What are the parallels between witches and the women’s movement?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Little Free Libraries (00:58:00)
This week on The Children’s Hour, Katie and the Crew learn about the Little Free Library network with Shelby King, program director and coordinator of the Impact Library Program. Little Free Library is based in Hudson, Wisconsin, but has over 100,000 Libraries in over 100 countries. More than 200,000,000 books have been shared through Little Free Libraries worldwide. Their program champions access to all, diversity through their Read in Color Program, and working with the community. Find the nearest Little Free Library near you and find plans and help to create your own! Airdrie reviews Rowen And The Rascal Lion, and Evan gives us a review of A Wolf Called Wander. Plus, the kids in the Extinction Diaries educate us about the critically endangered Maui dolphin.
Mixed with excellent music celebrating books, libraries, and reading.
LITERATURE ALOUD: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (1925) ch. 36 – 38 (00:38:21)
Loosely based on the story of a 1908 murder, this is the tale of upwardly mobile Clyde Griffiths. Having been raised in a family of street evangelists, his job as a luxury hotel bell boy makes him realize that money and influence can get him the finer things in life. Eventually he begins dating and having to choose between the poor but virtuous Roberta, and Sondra the wealthy socialite. Come along as we join Clyde on his path to the American Dream.
This is volume 1 of 2.
TEXT: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184846
ALAN WATTS: Be Silent Enough to Hear Your Inner Voice (20:54)
Alan Watts talking about meditation, silence and other concepts of reality and life.
DAVID PAKMAN SHOW 11/1/22 (00:56:41)
On the Show: Angelo Carusone, President and CEO of Media Matters, joins David to discuss the right wing echo chamber, Trump’s absence from Fox News, the future of networks like Newsmax and OAN, and much more. In light of the attack on Paul Pelosi, we review data that confirms once again most political violence is right win. David DePape, the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi, admits to his political motives and debunks all recent right wing conspiracy theories about the attack. Trumpists are absolutely deranged in response to the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi, claiming the real issue is violence in Democratic-run cities. Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom correctly blames political violence, including the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi, on right wingers. Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson amplifies Elon Musk’s recent conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi. Kanye West continues his unhinged antisemitic tirades, now claiming that a Jewish doctor could have killed him with the medication that was prescribed to him. Donald Trump is completely unhinged in a new interview with conservative Latino media outlet Americano Media. Donald Trump’s interview with friendly host Sebastian Gorka is so bad, even Gorka himself can’t save Trump. Donald Trump is begging the Supreme Court to hide his taxes.