FRIDAY 11.14.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 14, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Colorado community solar program helps low-income residents save money \ (00:01:30)
Households are saving an average of $15 a month.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Bernie, Debs & the Sound of Solidarity (00:55:00)
On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: Senator Bernie Sanders accepts the Eugene V. Debs Award in Terre Haute, celebrating Debs legacy of solidarity and social justice ” and reminding us that Debs vision still guides the labor movement today. Then, from the Solidarity Works podcast, meet California musician Johnny Miller Jr., who’s keeping labors musical traditions alive with songs of struggle, hope, and community.
Plus music from The Local Honeys.
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Why Does the Epstein Stuff Matter? (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast pondering the impact and importance of the newly revealed Epstein evidence. Jeff’s dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment “News With My Dad” and shares a public safety announcement.. Does the Epstein stuff really matter? Is it just salacious click-bait or is it truly significant?
SEA CHANGE RADIO: Dr. Keneiloe Molopyane: Cradle of Humankind (re-broadcast) (00:29:00)
Those of us who studied anthropology in the latter half of the 20th century most likely learned that the birthplace of humankind was East African countries such as Tanzania and Kenya. But for much of that same period, the apartheid regime in South Africa largely prohibited archaeological excavations, at least in part because it didnt want to unearth any evidence that Blacks and Whites shared common ancestors. This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a look at some of the stunning archaeological discoveries that have emerged from South Africa over the past fifteen years. Our guest today is Dr. Keneiloe Molopyane, an archeologist who leads research in an area known as the Cradle of Humankind. In our wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Molopyane, we get a quick anthropology lesson, learn more about discoveries from the region, and explore the historical context of these prehistorical finds.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: How to Break the CYCLE of Police Killing? Listen to Survivors (00:28:00)
Would we know from our media that over 1,000 people are killed by police every year in the U.S.? The stories of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are exceptions, but for the victims we don’t hear about, there’s CYCLE. The newly-released investigative feature documentary from LionArt Media focuses on the 2019 killing of Tyrese West, an 18-year-old Black teenager from Racine, Wisconsin who was shot to death after being pulled over by a Mount Pleasant police officer for riding a bicycle with no headlights. No videos were taken, the details of Wests death were withheld from the community and the subsequent police report. Made in close collaboration with Wests mother, Monique West, the film follows the story of Tyrese’s death and the lawsuit that ensued. CYCLE is an invitation, . . . to interrupt the silence that follows so many cases that never go viral ” cases where there’s no footage, no public pressure, and no accountability, say director Laura Dyan Kezman and co-director William Howell, both Racine natives. Dyan Kezman is an award-winning director, DP, and editor, and the founder of LionArt Media committed to telling bold, socially driven stories that examine justice, culture, and civic engagement. Howell is a cinematographer, editor, and director based in Milwaukee. He was the cinematographer of The Rise and Fall of Coo Coo Cal and the director of the 2020 film You Dont Know Me. Join the CYCLE directors and Laura Flanders for this powerful conversation on police accountability and community action, plus a commentary on the media quiet about Trumps massive military build-up in the Caribbean.
THE BOPST SHOW: Push Together (00:55:32)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear the mashup wizardry of Dunproofin’ (and a set of mashups first heard on the Bopst Show in 2018 on WCLM 1450 AM), British revolutionaries Serious Drinking, and the sweet vocal harmonies of the Versatiles as well as music by Stark Reality, Glam Shanks and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 11/13/2025 Trump DOJ Takes Stand for Voting Whites in CA (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The corrupted Trump Justice Department joined a Republican Party lawsuit to block California’s new congressional map, which was approved by voters and generated as a response to Texas lawmakers’ scheme to gerrymander their heavily-gerrymandered state; the fight could shape control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections. DOJ hilariously claims that California’s new maps disenfranchise white voters. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over, at least until the end of January. Donald Trump’s approval numbers continue to plummet. Seattle voters elected democratic socialist Katie Wilson as their new mayor. The wreck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 inspired major, life-saving changes and weather forecasting reforms by NOAA. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 11.13.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 13, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: From battlefields to beehives (00:01:30)
At Texas solar farms, veterans are finding calm, community, and new purpose through beekeeping.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Sink or Swim (00:58:00)
Everybody pushing biofuels to save climate. Guest Cian Delaney from European NGO hub T&E finds these green alternatives could be worse than the fossil fuels they replace. With extreme wildfires, heatwaves, and hurricanes author and researcher Susannah Fisher on her new book SINK OR SWIM: How the World Needs to Adapt to a Changing Climate. Hard choices this week on Radio Ecoshock.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Union Most Sublime (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann today is guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast. Jeff’s dad Joe Smith joins the show for the popular segment “News With My Dad” and shares an extraordinary announcement. For the book club Thom reads from “Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing” by Robert Wolff.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-11-11 (00:58:30)
This week, well do a post-mortem on Zohran Mamdanis campaign for New York City mayor and how its lessons can apply more broadly. My guest is Yashica Dutt, a Brooklyn-based journalist who has covered the high-profile mayoral candidacy since April. Then, well go to Belem, Brazil where the COP30 climate meeting is taking place. My guest, Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network will discuss how a comprehensive legal framework called the Rights of Nature, can help stave off climate change. Finally, Gabrielle Oliviera, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education will share stories from her new book, Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Childrens Education, and Dreams for a Better Life.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 8 (00:20:54)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
WINGS #31-25 Environment Stories (00:28:46)
Environment stories from the grassroots perspective are the special interest of Shilpi Chhotray. In this interview, she speaks about relationships with environmental activists around the world, with emphasis on minorities and indigenous people. The program includes excerpts from some of her interviews and productions, as well as her advice on how we must tackle environment issues from the ground up.
THE BRADCAST: 11/12/2025 Mamdani’s ‘Surprisingly Affordable’ Affordability Agenda for NYC, with Zero Hour’s Richard Eskow (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson finally allowed the US House back into session, swearing in new Rep. Adlita Grijalva (D-AZ) who immediately signed on to a discharge petition that will force a vote on the release of the Epstein Files being covered up the Trump Justice Department. House Democrats released previously-unseen emails from sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that discuss Donald Trump. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ran on an ‘Affordability Agenda,’ including a rent freeze, free universal childcare, free buses, and more. The Zero Hour’s RICHARD (RJ) ESKOW did the math, and explains his analysis showing how and why Mamdani’s plans are ‘surprisingly affordable’; why the billionaire class spent so much attempting to defeat Mamdani; and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 11.12.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 12, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The McKenzie Project helps trans Floridians weather storms (00:01:30)
The projects Hurricane Response Team, or HRT Hub, provides emergency supplies after storms.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy institute, discusses immigration policy and our food system. (00:28:00)
Did you know that immigrant labor is critical to our food system, and most of the food that gets to our plates was grown, harvested and processed by the hands of immigrants? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Daniel Costa, JD, attorney, and Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy institute. Costa explains details of immigration policy, our dependence on immigrants for economic growth, and policies that affect immigrants’ quality of life. Costa was featured on the Investigate Midwest webinar on immigrant labor in the food system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbqm6J1jAEA. If you’d like to comment on immigrant work visas, go to the Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/10/2025-17390/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-revision-of-h-2a-temporary-agricultural, and if you’d like to better understand how Trumps anti-immigrant policies could collapse the U.S. food industry, see this recent article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/17/how-many-immigrants-food-industry-workers
Related Websites: https://www.epi.org/people/daniel-costa/
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1963: Elections and Insurrections & global LGBTQ news & more! (00:28:59)
Rainbow celebrations set sail on a U.S. blue tsunami; remembering the San Francisco assassinations in November 1978 that shocked the world; Tasmania approves reparations to anti-queer sex law victims, U.S. Supremes let Trumps X gender passport ban stand, a federal appeals court lets Texas continue to ban drag, British actor/dancer Jonathan Bailey becomes the first out gay to be named People Magazines Sexiest Man Alive, the U.S. Supreme Court rejects a challenge to marriage equality, and more LGBTQ news from around the world.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Where Should We Focus Our Anger? (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast examines the response from the public after the shutdown ordeal and posits the question, “Where Should We Focus Our Anger?” Will Chuck Schumer stay as senate leader? Should he?
CIVIC CIPHER: The New Class of Democratic Female Leadership / Do Ex MAGA Deserve Forgiveness? (00:59:00)
In the first half of the show, we discuss the newly elected female Democratic leadership, several reasons people dislike Trump, and how the president has been flip-flopping with his position on whether or not to allow SNAP benefit payouts. In the second half of the show, we discuss a DL Hughley interview with TMZ and ask Do ex-MAGA deserve forgiveness? We also discuss a forthcoming nationwide economic boycott blackout scheduled to start Nov. 25th. We give the reasons behind the move, the potential impact, and how to be most effective with boycotting in general.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 7 (00:30:13)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Curious in Body & Mind, with Qudsiya Naqui (00:28:00)
How might understanding the experiences of disability help us be more curious about our own and others’ minds and bodies? And, most importantly, how might any of that help us be kinder and more patient with ourselves and each other? I’m profoundly grateful to legal scholar and disability media-maker Qudsiya Naqui for proposing today’s topic. “The thing that I have found most striking, for me, about the experience of coming into disability community is realizing and questioning the way in which we do life.” ~ Qudsiya Naqui
THE BRADCAST: 11/11/2025 It’s the Elections, Stupid; Dem shutdown fallout; Trump pardons 2020 accomplices (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: Fallout and voter anger is growing over the capitulation by seven rogue Senate Democrats and one independent to vote with all Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown, receiving almost nothing in return. But the majority of Congressional Democrats in both chambers did NOT capitulate, and seem to be learning to fight in the Trump era. A Utah state judge rejected state Republicans’ heavily gerrymandered US House map, and implemented a fairer one. Donald Trump’s approval ratings plummet further after last week’s blowout election results for Democrats. Trump issued full pardons for 77 accomplices who tried to help him steal the 2020 election. The rightwing US Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Mississippi’s mail-in voting laws. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 11.11.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 11, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Reinsurance: Meet your insurance company’s insurance company (00:01:30)
Insurance companies turn to reinsurance companies when they have to pay out many claims at once, like after a hurricane or other disaster.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
ENCOURAGEMENTOLOGY: Question: Are You Giving as Much as You’re Taking? (00:29:00)
On this show were flipping the script and asking, are you giving as much as you’re taking? Have you ever felt like life just isn’t fair? Like you’re stuck playing the hand you were dealt while others seem to coast through with a royal flush? Maybe you’ve caught yourself thinking, Why do they get all the breaks? or When is it my turn? It’s easy to feel that way when were hyper-aware of what we’re not getting, but how often do we pause to consider what we’re giving?
MAKING CONTACT: The Way Home (Encore) (00:29:00)
This week we’ll hear two stories about communities working with food to revitalize identity and ancestry. First, we speak to Mariah Gladstone and Kenneth Cook in Blackfeet Nation in Montana about their online cooking show Indigikitchen and follow them into the field as they harvest a bison. Then, we talk to Dr. Keitlyn Alcantara about the Tlaxcala, an indigenous tribe living in central Mexico who were able to survive the expansive Aztec empire in the period just before colonization, and visit the Healing Garden at Hilltop in Bloomington, Indiana, where diaspora members connect with familiar plants, the earth and each other. This show first aired in August 2022.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Was It Worth It? (00:58:00)
Sitting in for Thom Hartmann, guest-host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd podcast reviews with the audience the meaning of the shutdown and actions of the Democratic leadership. The base is enraged but what is the real lesson?
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Breakfast (00:53:00)
What do you eat to start your day? The Kids Crew and Katie Stone explore breakfast – the meal that gives us energy for everything we do. They talk with Patty Keene, a registered dietitian and nutritionist, who explains what makes a healthy meal in the morning and why eating breakfast really matters.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 6 (00:26:36)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair/
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
WITH GOOD REASON Weekly Half Hour: Into the Sun (00:29:00)
Into the Sun is a new musical featuring the poems of British war poets and soldiers who were killed in World War I. Co-author Mike Gubser (James Madison University) says the title is from Wilfred Owens 1918 poem Futility, where soldiers try to awaken their fallen comrade with the warmth of the sun.
Move him into the sun. Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown.
Always it woke him, even in France,
Until this morning and this snow.
https://withgoodreasonradio.org/
THE BRADCAST: 11/10/2025 Election 2025 Victories for Democracy with Bolts’ Alex Burness; Also: 7 Senate Dems Vote to End Shutdown (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: The 2025 Election brought democratic and Democratic victories across the nation, from the major topline contests you may have heard about to hundreds of other, under-the-radar elections in more than 30 states. Journalist ALEX BURNESS of Bolts Magazine delves into those lesser-known races that will reverberate going forward, on critical issues like mail voting, felon disenfranchisement, mid-decade gerrymandering and more, with very good news for voters and free and fair elections. In the US Senate, seven moderate Democrats and one independent (none up for re-election) broke ranks to vote with Republicans to end the government shutdown, getting almost nothing in return toward Democrats’ efforts to restore healthcare assistance for millions of Americans. Callers weigh in.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 11.10.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 10, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The solar panels Germans are plugging into their walls (00:01:30)
Plug-in solar technology is making it easier for renters and low-income households to harness the power of the sun ” but they aren’t yet allowed in many places in the U.S.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #75 Where have all the Birds Gone (00:29:21)
General questions for Why birds matter?
Introduce yourself a bit: Where you live and what you do for a living.
What did you want to be when you were a little girl and how has that translated into what you’re doing now?
Discuss recent report about decline of 3 billion birds since 1970
Reasons for the decline
As the editor of Bird Watcher’s Digest what have you been able to do to work towards the loss of bird species and populations?
How does the birding industry work to influence climate change and the many challenges bird populations face?
What can we as individuals and small business owners do to deal with these issues?
How can we encourage birders to use the power of their numbers and purses?
What’s the best advice you ever received?
How can we contact Bird Watchers Digest?
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Global Housing Crisis – Rights and Realities (00:29:00)
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Italian dockworker unions refusing to load or unload Israeli cargo, the broadened national general strikes in Italy demanding the end of the Italian government’s support for Israel because of Gaza, and a discussion of the return of socialism into U.S. politics after 80 years. The second half to the show features an interview with Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Professor at M.I.T. and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Making My Life Count as a Muslim Feminist (00:58:00)
Author Ani Zonneveld explains her new book, An Unlikely Social Justice Warrior: Making My Life Count as a Muslim Feminist. Also agents surrounded Abayomi Daramola in his front yard, just 3 weeks after his wife gave birth to their third child. Green card be damned. The election was bigger than we thought: we even won school boards in Texas! Also Thom announces that he will be on break for two weeks to celebrate 53 years of marriage to Louise. Jeff Smith will be filling in.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Relief for the World – A Jewell in Clear Water (00:55:00)
One of my great delights is the growing number of folks from around the world that I can can find right here is my city, Eau Claire, WI, of about 75K people. Though the university plays a big part in that, an inspirational contributor to the diversity is the newly opened offices of World Relief – Wisconsin, and our Chippewa Valley offices. Today we meet in person with the local community engagement specialist, Jodi Jewell, to talk about the work of caring for our refugee neighbors, providing them a safe and secure welcome, after a long & challenging road to our door.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Baptist, Non-denominational Christian
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 4 (00:27:36)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer (00:29:00)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the amount of plastic being fed to farmed fish, and how big banks are financing the destruction of the forests in the Amazon. Then Dr. Robin Dodson and Dr. Kristin Knox from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their work uncovering the links between the chemicals found in everyday consumer products and increased risk of breast cancer.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 11/7/2025 Encore: Weak ‘Strongman’: Trump underwater in states he won; Under-the-radar contests in Tuesday elections (00:58:00)
Encore: Original airdate 10-30-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump desperately wants to be a strongman, but reveals he is incredibly weak with each passing day. Trump’s approval numbers are crashing, even in states he won in the 2024 election. China played Trump in trade deal negotiations, while nuclear weapons experts debunked his lie-filled claims about resuming nuclear weapons testing. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) called out the lies of the Trump Administration and Republicans and their use of ‘food as a political weapon’ in refusing to fund federal food assistance for millions of low-income Americans. Next Tuesday, voters will decide important contests and ballot issues in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California, while Republicans hope to enact new voting restrictions in Maine and Texas, and take the majority on the critical Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
SUNDAY 11.09.25 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Nov 2 25 Environmental impact of US military (00:58:00)
We spend the hour looking at the environmental impact of the US military. How much does the US military pollute the environment? what is its role in climate change causing green house emissions? The military has taken some measures to reduce its impact on the environment and green gas emissions, but our guests say these measures do little to assuage the militarys bigger effects on climate change. What are these effects and what can be done about them?
EARTH RIOT RADIO #194 – Can We Be Strange Enough to Change Enough? (00:29:00)
Everything happens at once, too much going on so fast, so violent, more violence, more violence, we can’t respond. Sitting in my chair in the American state of shock. The White House is a Sopranos social club, helicopters drop on Chicago children screaming in pajamas, fishing boats on the sea facing aircraft carriers, jets built to crash in the Gulf of America. But we defend ourselves. Yes! 7 million us turn into frogs, giraffes, monkeys, tigers, and polar bears. There is room for humans to re-enter the future’s ecosystem! But are we strange enough to change enough?
BARNABY DRUTHERS: Barnaby Druthers: Lorelei and Piranhas in a Barrel (00:28:00)
The first story, Lorelei, is a Modern Druthers tale (Barnaby in Modern day America) where he is smitten by a woman he meets in New Orleans. Where does true emotion and our own mythologies converge and diverge?
Then in a classic Druthers short story, Piranhas in a Barrel, Barnaby addresses unfavorable press.
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN November 8, 2025(00:58:00)
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: (00:59:00)
Mounting Evidence the MAGA Spell Has Been Broken | As a Blue Wave Looms, What Will Trump Do to Rig the Next Election? | Nancy Pelosi’s Former Chief of Staff on Her Decision to Retire
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Walk – Slow Down, Wake Up & Connect at 1-3 MPH with Jonathon Stalls (00:59:00)
Jonathon Stalls is a walker, activist and writer. He spent 242 days walking across the US in 2010 and has continued to walk alongside thousands of people for thousands of miles. He describes himself as a Walking Artist. He advocates and organizes for racial, economic and social justice, identifying as queer and gay. He’s currently the creator of Intrinsic Paths, and the Pedestrian Dignity campaign, and the founder of Walk2Connect. And he’s the author of WALK: Slow Down, Wake Up and Connect at 1 – 3 MPH.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Amazon Is Expanding The U.S. Surveillance State (00:58:00)
In the age of shifting governmental norms, this is BEYOND important….
A Deep Dive double header! First, Amazon appears to be working overtime to build the largest federal surveillance network thanks to the Ring Doorbell that millions have attached to their homes. Second, Amazon has a seriously alarming history of never disclosing what they’re doing, even when regulators demand it.
We explore this mess and so much more.
SATURDAY 11.08.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Aram Sinnreich, co-author, “The Secret Life of Data (00:59:30)
The surveillance state is tracking you every day, everywhere you go. Data about you will be recorded, archived, analyzed, and combined . . . without your awareness or consent, according to Aram Sinnreich, co-author of The Secret Life of Data.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Do We Really Want to Get Back to Americas Founding Ideals? (00:57:13)
This book actually changed my view of US History. The author says the Confederates and the January 6th assault are the inheritors of the original intent! He argues that the standard story is not the truth. The surprising reality of Americas founding shows we were intentionally created for insider rule, a stable hierarchy. On this show UPenn Law School professor Kermit Roosevelt III discusses his eye opening book The Nation That Never Was in which he argues the Gettysburg Address was the pivotal moment and should be the basis for how we move forward to the nation we can become. Isnt it time to leave that unjust hierarchical model behind?
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Medicare Update (00:58:00)
Michelle Thomas, MPA, Coordinator, Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program, talks about the basics and resources of Medicare, how beneficiaries can enroll, and where to get advice about the program.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Edwina von Gal Closes the Loop (00:29:00)
Everything that grows on your property ” its biomass ” should remain there even after death, says this award-winning garden designer and founder of the Perfect Earth Project. Fallen branches, leaves, even tree trunks as they decay reactivate a cycle essential to Natures health, and are an opportunity for a different kind of beauty.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: The Quest for Water and the American West (00:29:00)
This is Part TWO of the history of San Francisco. The town that grew from 16 houses on sand dunes in 1850 to the largest city on the West Coast in only 30 years. Gray Brechin explains in the first chapter of his book Imperial San Francisco how the gold rush connected two major factors for city building: A swelling of the population and the growth of investment capital.
THE BOPST SHOW: Which Side Are You On? (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear new music from Katy & the Nulls Sets, Latin dance floor inspirations from Los Gatos, and instrument funk by the Harlem Experiment as well as music by Maynard Guy, Pete Seeger and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #608 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm to discuss his new book “The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics.” Then, Ralph shares some quick takes on current events.
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
FRIDAY 11.07.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Friday November 7, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Major hurricanes likely pushed a small Bahamanian bird to extinction (00:01:30)
The Bahama nuthatch was already threatened by habitat loss and non-native predators when Hurricanes Matthew and Dorian came along.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR: Strikes Across Time ” Casa Bonita to the Washington Post to Ancient Rome (00:55:38)
On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: three stories of strikes and solidarity in the arts. Casa Bonita performers in Denver walk out for fair pay and safety; journalist Pete Tucker revisits the 1975 Washington Post pressmen’s strike; and historian Sarah Bonds book Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire uncovers how Roman workers used collective action thousands of years ag
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Armed ICE Thugs Bully Families (00:58:00)
Beyond Cruelty Alert. Armed agents drive off with toddler after detaining her father. Get this – They got in the car with the toddler, after they dragged off the dad, with their guns and masks (very scary for a child) and drove off… This is who we are now. ICE stalked and detained U.S. citizen for 7 hours after she photographed agents in Oregon…WTF? Veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner reports from Ukraine. Author Danny Goldberg explains his new book, Liberals with Attitude.
SEA CHANGE RADIO: David Kieve of EDF Action (00:29:00)
We often hear the expression we don’t negotiate with terrorists, but what happens if the terrorists control all three branches of government? This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk to David Kieve, the president of EDF Action, an offshoot of the Environmental Defense Fund that focuses on public policy and political advocacy. We try to unpack some of the more deleterious policies of the current administration with a focus on rising energy prices and take a brief look at the landscape of Big Conservation.
LAURA FLANDERS AND FRIENDS: Congresswoman Jayapal & Marine Veteran Goldbeck: Standing Together Against the Administrations War on Civilians (00:28:00)
The U.S. military is sworn to serve the Constitution, but that’s getting complicated under Donald Trump. The President has deployed National Guard troops to half a dozen U.S. cities against the wishes of local officials and ICE agents are roaming around communities acting under unclear rules. Now the President is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act. What difference would that make? Laura’s guests are U.S. House Representative Pramila Jayapal and Marine veteran Janessa Goldbeck, who say it’s time to reject authoritarianism and uphold the Constitution. Congresswoman Jayapal is the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement and represents Washington States 7th Congressional District. She has been at the forefront of congressional oversight and opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Captain Goldbeck is CEO of Vet Voice, a national nonprofit that mobilizes veterans and military families to shape American democracy and defend the values they swore to protect. What can Congress, veterans and the general public do to stop the militarization of our cities? Join us for this powerful conversation, plus a commentary on the other times that the U.S. government has turned its military inward.
THE BOPST SHOW: Which Side Are You On? (00:55:00)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear new music from Katy & the Nulls Sets, Latin dance floor inspirations from Los Gatos, and instrument funk by the Harlem Experiment as well as music by Maynard Guy, Pete Seeger and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
THE BRADCAST: 11/6/2025 Election 2025: ‘Light at the end of the tunnel, with Heather Digby Parton of Salon, ‘Driftglass’ of ‘Pro Left Podcast’ (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: We’re joined by OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and Digby’s Hullabaloo and ‘DRIFTGLASS’ of the Professional Left Podcast to analyze Tuesday’s remarkable election day across the country, in which voters delivered a crystal clear rebuke to the failed first year of the second Donald Trump presidency. Pro-democracy ballot initiatives and Democratic candidates — from the left to the center — handily won in virtually every jurisdiction in about 30 states across the nation. Digby and Driftglass delve into the election results and the fallout, what it means for the nation and the Democratic Party, and deliver context, history, and hilarity on major developments this week in politics, the courts, the media, the future of democracy and much more. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
THURSDAY 11.06.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Thursday November 6, 2025
https://www.democracynow.org/shows
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Why talking to your state and local leaders matters (00:01:30)
These officials make key decisions about climate solutions, and they can be easier to reach than federal leaders.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
RADIO ECOSHOCK: Thousand Year Storms (00:58:00)
In the world of storms, there is before and after Melissa. Jamaica, insurance, hard times and lucky breaks this week on Radio Ecoshock. Hurricane Melissa with famous meteorologist John Morales in Miami and hurricane blogger Dr. Jeff Masters. Plus a short clip from Kerry Emanuel on big storms recorded last year on Ecoshock.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Dems Big Election Win Sweats GOP (00:58:00)
Trump is preparing an anti-voter executive order. What will be in it? Attorney and columnist Dean Obeidallah asks what do we do about the Supreme Court? And so it begins. What does Trumps response mean? Crazy Alert! Heres what happens when you embrace the conspiracy, antisemitic nuts. – Many MAGAs wont vote until the Kirk killing is resolved.
RISING UP WITH SONALI – 2025-11-04 (00:58:30)
This week, Ill examine how and why the Trump administration is randomly bombing ships in the Caribbean and killing dozens under the dishonest claims of combatting drug trafficking. My guest will be Guillaume Long, senior research fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Then, well turn to Tom Moore, at the Center for American Progress, whose white paper on how to void the Citizens United ruling at the state level, will see its first real-world test. Moore will explain how Montana voters in 2026 will likely see a ballot measure redefining what a corporation is in order to salvage democracy. Finally, Jean Su, energy justice director of Center for Biological Diversity will discuss a new report about how AI data centers are spewing carbon emissions at an alarming rate and what communities can do about it.
https://risingupwithsonali.com
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 3 (00:33:10)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
WINGS #30-25 The Language of MA (00:29:00)
Over the course of more than 40,000 years, there have been millions of statues representing female figures created – and found – around the world. Dutch scholar Annine van der Meer, founder of the Pan Sofia Institute, collected many of their images and unraveled what she and other scholars have determined was – and in places still is – a ritual connecting generations of mothers with their ancestors and clan mothers. She mocks the conclusions of archaeologists that these are sex symbols or mere portraits, and calls for them to consult with anthropologists such as Maria Gimbutas. References to images of body parts use only formal language.
THE BRADCAST: 11/5/2025 Dems Win Everything Everywhere All at Once; Guest: John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ on Election 2025 (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: In the 2025 off-year elections on Tuesday, Democrats won nearly every contest on the ballot in about 30 states. Voters issued a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump and Republicans in high-profile and under-the-radar down-ballot races, seizing the first opportunity they’ve had to register their opinions at the ballot box in several states at once. New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a barn-burner of a victory speech, among the most effective political speeches in US history. The Nation’s JOHN NICHOLS analyzes the results, the remarkable near-clean sweep by Democrats in races across the country, why it happened and what message Dems should learn from it, and much, much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
WEDNESDAY 11.05.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Wednesday November 5, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Disasters are growing more common. Safeguarding your documents is critical (00:01:30)
Preparing copies of insurance documents, passports, and more in advance can help you access care, file claims, and rebuild faster if the worst happens.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
FOOD SLEUTH RADIO: Leo Horrigan, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, and author of What if Soil Microbes Mattered? Our Health Depends on Them (00:28:00)
Did you know that soil health is integral to life on earth? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Leo Horrigan, MS, Food System Correspondent for the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, and author of What if Soil Microbes Mattered? Our Health Depends on Them. Horrigan explains how and why successful farming starts below ground. He describes the symbiotic relationship between soil microbes and plants to support human and planetary health. He also explains how common practices used in conventional/chemical agriculture (synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and tillage) harm soil microbes. On a positive note, regenerative/organic agriculture offers great potential for a brighter farming future.
Related Websites: https://clf.jhsph.edu/sites/default/files/2025-08/what-if-soil-microbes-mattered-1.pdf%20
https://foodsleuth.transistor.fm
THIS WAY OUT #1962: Queer Journalism on a Mission & global LGBTQ news & more! (00:28:59)
Queer journalists find silver linings in news clouds; the latest Rainbow Rewind recalls early November histories; Dutch voters choose their youngest-ever and first gay Prime Minister, a raid on an alleged gay wedding nets 25 in Nigeria, Queenslands trans youth care ban is off and on again, religious Texas judges are allowed to snub queer weddings, the UKs first LGBTQ military memorial gets flowers from the King, and more LGBTQ news from around the world
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Americas Redistricting Fight (00:58:00)
Pam Bondi is attempting to terrify voters with a show of force on election day – will it work? Can we all be brave in this important moment? Americas redistricting fight: how could the US congressional map shift? Republicans hold a 219-213 majority in the House, but they could lock in more seats if reapportionments go their way. Trump is demanding the GOP kill the filibuster to secure permanent Republican power. Good News Alert! Burgerville is offering a free meal to kids on SNAP.
CIVIC CIPHER: Dr. Carrie Sampson on the Importance of U.S. Education Policy and Schoolboard Politics (00:59:00)
Today’s Guest is the author of the book Navigating School Board Politics and an associate professor at Arizona State University. Dr. Carrie Sampsons research focuses on K-12 educational leadership, policymaking and equity, with particular emphasis on school boards, districts, and community advocacy. She serves as a fellow for the National Education Policy Center and the Black Education Research Center. In the first half of the show, Dr. Sampson explains the importance of local politics especially as it relates to school boards and the education system at large in the United States. In the second half of the show, Dr. Sampson walks us through the terms that have been coopted and misinterpreted by the political right.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 2 (00:27:44)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
CHOOSE TO BE CURIOUS: Cultivating Curiosity: Move, Think, Rest, with Natalie Nixon (00:28:00)
Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon has a fresh take on productivity and our ideas about time. She makes the case for leaning into joyful movement, deep thinking and the pause of a strategic speed bump to tap into — and cultivate — our creativity and curiosity. “Our society would benefit, I think — especially right now — from mindsets that are a bit more comfortable with ambiguity and the liminal space that asking great questions take us to.” ~ Natalie Nixon
THE BRADCAST: ‘BradCast’ 11/4/2025 Republican Thuggery While Americans Vote (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: It’s Election Day for major contests in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, California, with statewide and local races in about 30 other states. Some polling places in New Jersey temporarily closed due to bomb threats. Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84. The Trump Administration fired the Inspector General of the Federal Housing and Finance Authority for following the law in bogus criminal investigations targeting Donald Trump’s political foes. Attorney General Pam Bondi attempted to retroactively fix big problems with those weaponized political indictments. California’s Sec. of State debunked Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) considers entering the Gerrymandering Wars started by Trump. Federal judges block Trump’s dumb executive orders attempting to interfere in elections. Plus Desi Doyen has our new ‘Green News Report.’
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
TUESDAY 11.04.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Tuesday November 4, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: A costume to chill for (00:01:30)
Energy efficiency advocate Brendan Haley highlights the benefits of heat pumps ” which heat and cool homes ” by dressing as one for Halloween.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
INTERVIEW: Ghazala Hashmi (00:17:27)
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.
MAKING CONTACT: Criminalized Survival (Encore) (00:29:00)
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, so we are revisiting a show from our archives about criminalized survival, the criminal justice systems long practice of imprisoning survivors of intimate partner violence when they fight back against their abusers. This show first aired in July 2023.
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: Just Another Day in Trumpistan (00:58:00)
As Trump continues to steal from us all, have we forgotten his hugely illegal scam to sell the top secret documents he pilfered from the White House at the end of his last term? Now he’s getting revenge on the FBI agents who investigated him…
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR: Lemurs (00:53:00)
Lemurs are some of the most amazing primates in the world. These furry animals are only found in Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. On this episode of The Children’s Hour, the Kids Crew and Katie Stone meet Faye Goodwin, an educator from the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina. Together they explore what makes lemurs unique, how they live, and the challenges they face in the wild.
LITERATURE ALOUD: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair – ch. 1 (00:57:04)
It is the end of the 19th century. Like thousands of others, the Rudkus family has emigrated from Lithuania to America in search of a better life. As they settle into the Packingtown neighborhood of Chicago, they find their dreams are unlikely to be realized. In fact, just the opposite is quite likely to occur. The family, naïve to the ways of Chicago, quickly falls prey to con men and makes a series of bad decisions that lead them into wretched poverty and terrible living conditions. All are forced to find jobs in dismal working conditions for their very survival. The main character Jurgis, broken and discouraged, eventually finds solace in the American Socialist movement. This novel was written during a period in American history when “Trusts” were formed by multiple corporations to establish monopolies that stifled competition and fixed prices. Unthinkable working conditions and unfair business practices were the norm. The Jungle’s author, Upton Sinclair, was an ardent Socialist of the time. Sinclair was commissioned by the “Appeal To Reason”, a Socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. Going undercover, Sinclair spent seven weeks inside the meatpacking plants gathering details for his novel. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
https://librivox.org/the-jungle-by-upton-sinclair
TEXT: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm
THE BRADCAST: 11/3/2025 (Last Call(s) Before Election Day; Latest dispatches from the Gerrymandering Wars (00:58:00)
On today’s ‘BradCast’: It’s Election Day tomorrow, in the first major elections since Trump’s disastrous second term in office began ten hellishly long months ago. Voters will decide statewide elections for Governor and state legislature in Virginia and New Jersey; the New York City mayoral race; and the anti-gerrymandering Prop 50 ballot initiative in California, among other contests of note. Virginia Democrats in the state legislature cleared another critical step in their effort to counter the Gerrymandering Wars launched by Donald Trump and Republican-controlled states to rig the 2026 midterm elections and hold on to power. Ohio moved to further gerrymander its maps to benefit Republicans. Callers weigh in and make their case on the last day before Election Day.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
MONDAY 11.03.25 PROGRAM Notes
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Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman
Monday November 3, 2025
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: New surrealist play explores climate justice themes (00:01:30)
Rishi Varmas Sulfur Bottom centers on a family living next to a toxic waste site.
www.YaleClimateConnections.org
WHEN THE BIOMASS HITS THE WIND TURBINE #74: Innovations in Battery Technology (00:29:31)
If we are in the floppy disk age of solar, then we are in the abacus age of batteries. Battery technology is the missing link needed to transform society from the age of fossil fuels the the age of renewable energy.
And the battery revolution has begun. From lead acid batteries (which have been around for hundreds of years, to lithium ion to flow batteries to salt water batteries that contain no toxins and no pollution.
This transition will not be without its problems ” the the future implications of the current technology boom are amazing. Imagine a grid powered entirely by solar and wind and supported by hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles ” plugged into the grid, not only drawing power but also supplying power with wind and solar are not available. This is not only possible ” but it is already beginning.
https://bluerockstation.podbean.com
ECONOMIC UPDATE: Union Organizing in Today’s US (00:29:00)
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the impending U.S. recession, JP Morgan admits failures of the neoliberal period as it turns nationalist, and the causes of mass shootings in the U.S. In the second half of todays show, Professor Wolff interviews two young U.S. union organizers and their organizing method of “workers inquiry”: Alex Pyne of the Blue Bottle Independent Union and Anastasia Wilson of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
https://economicupdate.libsyn.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
THOM HARTMANN Best of 1 Hour: When the CIA Becomes Trump’s Attack Dog (00:58:00)
Donald Trump could be using the CIA as an attack dog to get revenge on his enemies according to Miles Taylor and Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno of Represent-dot-US. Also Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner -reports from Ukraine.
SPIRIT IN ACTION: Healing Nature & Ourselves: Gary Eldred & The Prairie Enthusiasts (00:55:00)
Gary Eldred is a founder of The Prairie Enthusiasts, and he joins us today to talk about his newly released book, Healing Wounds: Giving Back to Nature. While the book comes completely from Gary’s words, it was brought into existence though the scribing work of Mark Leach who, among other things, does a weekly program, Ecotopia Soon, which will be occasionally featured in the near future on this show. Both Gary & Mark are here today, in person, to talk about prairie restoration, healing the Earth, healing ourselves, and much more. Gary was inducted into Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame in 2021, a capstone to his decades working with Wisconsin’s DNR, with a plant nursery, as a Forestry Technician, and a lifetime of volunteer work on all kinds of prairies. Mark Leach, author of several other books, has both the professional credentials and the volunteer ardor related to his conservation & ecological work, including his PhD and his teaching in related topics at 3 different universities.
INTERVIEW: Ghazala Hashmi (00:17:27)
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.
GREEN STREET with PATTI and DOUG WOOD: Plastic in Our Water (00:29:01)
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about why recycled plastic contains more toxins than virgin plastic, how government energy positions are increasingly filled with former oil execs, and the first discovery of mosquitoes in Iceland. Then Dr. Christy Tyler, professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology talks about her work uncovering the sources of plastic pollution that end up in our water.
https://www.greenstreetnews.org
THE BRADCAST: 10/31/2025 Encore: Republican Partisan Buys Dominion Voting Systems, with election security expert Susan Greenhalgh (00:58:00)
Encore: original airdate 10-22-2025. On today’s ‘BradCast’: Donald Trump is unlawfully demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House to make room for his enormous, garish, 90’s-era Vegas casino-style ballroom, after lying that the new addition wouldn’t interfere with the current building. A newly-formed company owned by the former Republican election director of St. Louis has purchased Dominion Voting, the nation’s second largest voting machine vendor and the target of false 2020 election denier conspiracy theories. Very little information is available about who funded the surprise purchase, but the CEO also owns the nation’s largest electronic pollbook vendor. What could go wrong? Election security expert SUSAN GREENHALGH delves into the many serious concerns over the purchase of Dominion by a self-declared partisan, the new company’s plans for the 2026 election, the lack of oversight and transparency, our badly broken and opaque election system industry, and much more.
https://bradblog.com/?cat=675
SUNDAY 11.02.25 PROGRAM Notes
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SCHOLARS’ CIRCLE & THE INSIGHTERS: Oct 26 25 US attacks on Venezuelan vessels (00:58:00)
Are the US Navy attacks on ships off the coast of Venezuela and Colombia legal? And are they unprecedented? On today’s show we explore the legality of these attacks and the precedents for them under the global war on terror and the war on drugs.
EARTH RIOT RADIO: Planet Earth Stops Donald Trump (00:29:00)
That’s the headline that flashes through the paper and pixels. Someone finally defeats Trump and it is the Earth, who is the guardian of life itself, the captain of evolution, the giver of love. Today’s Earth Riot is led by Theodore Roszak, who identified the “Vast Wasteland” of the media culture that poor Donald loves so much, and who gave us the gift of “Eco-Psychology” the healing from the miracle that we call the Earth. We can call it healing, but the word healing is a half-built phrase, it could mean anything. Call what the Earth gives us LOVE. Now we’re getting somewhere. LOVE TAKES DOWN DONALD TRUMP.
BARNABY DRUTHERS: The Mesmer King (00:28:00)
In this episode of the acclaimed audio theater program, a sinister figure is hypnotizing Londoners in positions of power and influencing them to commit acts of thievery, and when Harper Thorne sets a trap, Barnaby could be the next victim!
https://www.barnabydruthers.com
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
Best of ATTITUDE with ARNIE ARNESEN November 1, 2025 (00:59:30)
Segment One
We begin the show with Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar at Center for Study of Genocide and Human Rights, at Rutgers University. We discuss the questions posed by many protesters, such as “what’s next” and “what do we do now?” The types and kinds of tactics that should be used by people who want to support pro-democracy actions and movements. Here’s a list of 10 kinds of actions that anyone can choose to participate in. A must listen!
Segment Two
We continue our conversation with Shelley Inglis. In this segment we round out the ‘To Do’ list of effective actions that voters can take beyond protesting to change government policies.
https://www.arniearnesen.org/WP
BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS: November 1, 2025 (00:59:00)
The Man With His Finger on the Button Doesn’t Know What He is Talking About When it Comes to Nuclear Weapons | Trump Doesn’t Need a Reichstag Fire, Mike Johnson Has Already Shut Down the Legislature | An Iranian Journalist Banned by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence on Her Book on the Third Anniversary of the Women, Life, Freedom Movement
https://www.backgroundbriefing.org
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR: Earth Centered Living & Healing in a Time of Crisis Through Mirrors in the Earth with Asia Suler (00:59:00)
Asia Suler is a writer, teacher, herbalist, earth intuitive and ecological philosopher who has guided over 20,000 students all over the world through her immersive online programs in herbalism, animism, ancestral healing, and earth centered personal growth. Where she helps people embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world, and she is the author of Mirrors In The Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing From the Living World.
DEEP DIVE CYBERSECURITY SHOW: Bot Networks Are Dragging US Corporations Into The Culture War (00:58:30)
Remember the Cracker Barrel logo outrage? That was driven by bot networks controlled by foreign and hyper partisan radicals that pushed it to the rightwing of this country. We are seeing the social media networks overrun with that which is killing our society. We explore this important topic and so much more this week.
SATURDAY 11.01.25 PROGRAM Notes
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TECHTONIC with MARK HURST: Widening inequality and Big Tech surveillance, featuring Dan Currell (00:59:30)
A recent piece in the New York Times discusses widening inequality, using Disney World as an example. Surveillance and data analytics create a two-tier system at the park: the ultra-rich and everyone else. Dan Currell, explains what’s going on.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE: Why is There So Much Fear in the Strongest Country in the World? (00:59:50)
Fear of the other. Fear of woke, of LGBTQ+, of Black liberation, and of course the old big fear: Communism. In the age of the Cold War, right after WWII, Americans believed the Soviet Union was bankrolling worldwide liberation movements, when they could barely rebuild themselves. Longstanding institutional racism led to our anticommunism: the Black Lives Matter movement was labeled as dangerous extremism as the FBI ignored genuine dangers from the right. Has Trump become our Stalin? On this show history professor Denise Lynn reveals what anticommunism is really about. Has it turned us into what we feared?
LABOR HISTORY IN 2:00 – On This Day in Labor History
https://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/labor-history-in-200
AGING MATTERS: Atrial Fibrillation ” Knowing the Basics (00:57:59)
Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, affects more than 2 million adults in the U.S. and is one of the most common types of irregular heart rhythms. Risk of developing AFib increases with age, which means that as average age increases, more people will be affected by this condition.
https://www.agingmattersonline.com
GROWING GREENER: Pollinators of the Night (00:29:00)
Overlooked by many gardeners, moths are actually more efficient as pollinators than bees and are the basis of the food chain for everything from bats and songbirds to grizzly bears.
https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com
TUC RADIO: 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.
THE BOPST SHOW: Life’s What You Make It (00:57:37)
The Bopst Show, the critically acclaimed music radio show hosted by artist, musician, writer, DJ and founding member of GWAR, Chris Bopst, features a wide assortment of audio stimulations from a myriad of genres, eras and inspirations. On this week’s show, you’ll hear Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim, Mash-up champion DJ BC, and the lo-fi rockabilly of Dale Vaughn as well as music by Genn, Peaking Lights and many others locked out of the nation’s largest terrestrial bandwidths.
podomatic.com/podcasts/chrisbopst
RALPH NADER RADIO HOUR #608 (00:58:00)
Ralph welcomes infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm to discuss his new book “The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics.” Then, Ralph shares some quick takes on current events.