Thursday, March 14, 2024

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 03-15-24



12 AM

Alan Watts

Mysticism and Morals

Part 1



1:00 AM

The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein

Returning Home to Our Bodies: Reimagining the Relationship Between Our Bodies and the World w Abigail Rose Clarke

Abigail Rose Clarke is a somatic educator, writer, and artist. She's the creator of The Embodied Life Method which she has been teaching in the US and internationally since 2014, which aims to help people return to their bodies to find ease and comfort, even when life is difficult and the changes are extreme and fast approaching, and helping people navigate conflict in ways that transcend the models of domination and control many of us have been taught. She is also the creator of The Somatic Tarot and The Body Oracle deck. And her new book is Returning Home to Our Bodies: Reimagining the Relationship Between Our Bodies and the World.



2:00 AM

The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps from Kings College London

Or Does It Explode? – Lorraine Hansberry

Double Jeopardy – Black Feminism



2:45 AM

Old Radio Break

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

The McCormack Matter episode 1 with Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

Opening episode of a serial with the intrepid insurance investigator



3:00 AM

Visionary Activist Caroline Casey

THE LAND IN OUR BONES

Dark o Moon – before New Moon and Ramadan… Land Sovereignty….



Weaving guiding myth with Fund Drive show, honoring The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai by Layla K Feghali…

also learning about, and dedicating to composting, the planned illegal sale of West Bank property in NJ and NY synagogues…

In The Land in Our Bones, Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty steward, and cultural worker Layla K Feghali offers a layered history of the healing plants of Cana’an (the Levant) and the Crossroads (“Middle East”) and explores ways we become free from the wounds of colonization and displacement. Recounting vivid stories, Feghali shares lineages of folk healing and eco-cultural stewardship — including those passed down by matriarchs, plants and practices of prenatal and postpartum care, mystical traditions for spiritual healing, earth-based practices for emotional wellness, plant tending for bioregional regeneration, medicinal plants and herbal protocols, cultural remedies and recipes, and more.

Edited down as this was a KPFA fund drive episode with extensive pitching by Caroline Casey and Laura Privas.


Layla K Feghali’s website: https://www.riverroseremembrance.com/



4 – 6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Thom’s progr

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 03-14-24


12 AM

For the Record with David Emory


Continuing Dave’s archival interview on the continuation of Hitler’s Nazi apparatus within the Western national security state apparatus post World War II, at Dave’s request. He hopes to resume new content production soon, but feels this background is important for listeners who are not fully aware of it.




1 AM

Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate’

Part 1: The Genocide Democrats: Max Blumenthal speaks at WNDC

At the Woman's National Democratic Club in Washington DC on March 7, 2024, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal discussed the crisis within the Democratic Party as the party grassroots revolts against President Joe Biden's vehement support for Israel's rampage in the besieged Gaza Strip, where at least 30,000 have been killed to date - mostly women and children.

Blumenthal points the finger at the Democratic Party establishment for crushing any and all iterations of antiwar politics, and illustrates how its most prominent figures have been bought off by the Israel lobby.


Part 2: Assange's brother: "Julian could receive the death penalty" if extradited

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Gabriel Shipton, film producer and brother of Julian Assange, during his latest visit to Washington DC, where he was pushing lawmakers to oppose the Biden administration's prosecution of the jailed Wikileaks publisher.




2 AM

The Final Straw Radio

This week, featuring three segments. First up, you’ll hear a chat with organizers of the 2024 Heart of the Valley Anticapitalist Bookfair which ran its first iteration in Corvallis, Oregon from January 19-21st. A zine of their experiences will appear on that blog soon.

Then, you’ll hear a brief segment updating listeners on the conspiracy case against six anarchists and antifascists in Russia known as the Tyumen case (for where it initiated). The six anarchists, some of whom barely knew each other, were tortured into confessions of conspiracy to further anarchist ideology and damage the Russian war machine. Transcription at our website

Finally, we spoke with Aster, a European anarchist involved in the counter-surveillance and anti-repression project known as the No Trace Project which works to share information about known methods and cases of state surveillance. The project does this in order to improve and expand our collective knowledge, tools and abilities at evading state crackdowns as we organize and act. This interview was conducted via encrypted messages and Aster's portion is being read by an unrelated volunteer. Transcript at our website

If you plan to visit their site, we suggest at least running a VPN (riseup.net has a free one) and using an anonymized browser. One method is to download the tor browser (find your device/operating system at ssd.eff.org for some tips) and visit the NoTrace Project tor address. Their website can also be found at https://NoTrace.How


Tyumen Links

Tyumen Case Support Crew's Russian-language Telegram: https://t.me/tumenskoedelo


Articles on the case and individuals on Avtonom: https://avtonom.org/en/taxonomy/term/1761


Music by some of the imprisoned men appear in a compilation to fundraise for their legal funds: https://blackploshad.bandcamp.com/album/music-of-antifascist-prisoners-tortured-by-the-police-tyumen-case


Featured Tracks:

( Deserter's Day) by Rasputin, (Melancholy) by Rocker Balboa




3 AM

Covert Action Bulletin

Millions Mobilize for Palestine

Millions of people took to the streets around the world on March 2nd in solidarity with the people of Gaza as Israel is reportedly preparing an invasion of Rafah later this week, just before the start of Ramadan. In New York City, Havana, Albuquerque, Caracas, British Columbia, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and beyond, the massive day of mobilization shows that the movement against the Israeli genocide in Palestine will not slow down until the attacks are over.

Even the Democratic Party is being forced to shift its rhetoric in the face of mounting pressure, though it remains steadfast in its support for Israel. Biden’s recent statements about increasing aid to Gaza, and Kamala Harris’ comment that we need an “immediate cease-fire for at least six weeks” come while the U.S. continues to veto ceasefire resolutions in the UN. But new surveys show that more than two thirds of the people in the U.S. support the call for a permanent ceasefire and de-escalation of violence.

And in a brand new Center for Economic and Policy Research/YouGov study, 62 percent of respondents who voted for President Biden in 2020 agree with the statement, “The U.S. should stop weapons shipments to Israel until Israel discontinues its attacks on the people of Gaza.”

We’re joined by Miriam Osman, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement.

Rachel Hu is a journalist with “BreakThrough News,” a new independent media project, where she hosts the podcast “It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism.” She is also a host on WBAI 99.5FM in NYC and has been an anti-war and anti-racist activist with the ANSWER Coalition for the last decade. Rachel can be reached at: rachel@wbai.org.

Chris Garaffa has been an anti-imperialist and social justice organizer since joining the movement against the Iraq war in 2003. Chris is a weekly guest on Sputnik Radio’s “By Any Means Necessary,” and co-hosts the podcast “The Reboot,” focusing on the intersection between technology and human rights. Chris can be reached at: chris.garaffa@gmail.com.

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/03/06/covertaction-bulletin-millions-mobilize-for-palestine/




3:30 AM

Sprouts: Josephine Baker: The Spy Who Hid in Plain Sight

During WWII, the glamorous entertainer, Josephine Baker, worked as a spy for the French Resistance, while “hiding in plain sight” as a renowned night club performer and recording artist. Ursula Ruedenberg, head of the Pacifica affiliates unit, talks with author Christopher Klein about Josephine Baker's course from humble beginnings to international superstardom, and her unexpected turn in aiding the war effort against the Nazis. Sprouts revived this episode for Black History Month, but it certainly applies for Women’s History Month as well. Baker was a Black expatriate from the US, who renounced her citizenship and became French. She won the Croix de Guerre for her wartime exploits with the Resistance. More about Baker here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker




4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann program
Final two hours from earlier broadcast on 3-13-24

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Monday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening 03-12-24



12:00 AM

Creative Frontline

Water and Power

Robert Lundahl interview biologist and botanist Pat Flanagan, following up on last week’s episode about Cadiz. Water and Power tackles 10 years of solar development in the desert and its ever-expanding water usage profile in addition to a comparison and contrast with the Cadiz Inc. operation, examples of encroachment and settler disruption of Indigenous cultural norms and practices. Produced by Robert Lundahl and Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone.

Several springs in the Mojave Trails National Monument are connected to an underground aquifer being drawn upon for a water marketing scheme. Meanwhile, on the surface, lands graded for Utility Scale Solar, located on pristine desert require massive amounts of water to "tamp down" sand and dust that have buried homes in Daggett and other rural communities.

Springs are sacred to the Chemehuevi and Paiute peoples. Bighorn sheep and other protected species depend on these remote springs for life and habitation. Pat gives us the dirt on the development of these remote and beautiful natural ecological treasures. Individual rain fed springs exist in a water cycle of evaporative transpiration potentially disrupted by Cadiz Inc.'s "billion dollar" water for profit plan.

Water and power are "gold" in California

More info: https://CreativeFRONTLINE.com; https://Agence-RLA.com



12:30 AM

Between the Lines

Radio newsmagazine with Scott Harris

Ongoing Gaza Catastrophe Rouses Michigan Primary Voters to Send Biden a Message; The World and Americans Must Hold all Israeli Institutions Accountable for Occupation, Apartheid, and Genocide; Review of Trump's Total Immunity Claim, Effectively Delays Jan 6 Trial Until After Election.

Guests: James J. Zogby PhD, co-founder and president of the Arab American Institute; Ofer Neiman, a Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid activist living in Jerusalem; Thomas G. Moukawsher, a former Connecticut complex litigation judge.



1:00 AM

Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer

Historian Donna Murch, author of Living for the City, takes on some myths about the Black Panther Party. Then Saadia Toor and Rabia Mehmood discuss what’s happening in Pakistan, where Imran Khan’s party bested the military- and US-backed politicians. More information here: https://uncpress.org/book/9780807871133/living-for-the-city/ and here: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/saadia-toor, https://twitter.com/Rabail26



2:00 AM

Project Censored

On this week’s program, Mickey Huff talks with communications professor and filmmaker Roger Stahl about his most recent documentary, Theaters of War: How The Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood. They discuss how the military entertainment complex works, showcasing its vast propaganda influence on mass media.

Legal analyst and author Barbara McQuade joins the show to discuss her new book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America. McQuade gives an overview of the increasing challenges we face around information integrity and suggests what we need to do about it.

Speaking of solutions around fake news moral panics, media scholar Nolan Higdon returns to the show to highlight why we desperately need more critical media literacy education in the US and also critiques the reprise of Russia-gate type McCarthyism as the election season picks up pace.

Roger Stahl is Professor of Communication at the University of Georgia, an author, and a documentary filmmaker. His 2022 film, Theaters of War, is available from the Media Education Foundation. Barbara McQuade is a law professor at the University of Michigan, and a former U.S. Attorney. Nolan Higdon is a lecturer in Education at the University of California Santa Cruz campus, and a prolific author on media issues; his books include The Anatomy of Fake News and the forthcoming edited volume, Censorship, Digital Media, and the Global Crackdown on Freedom of Expression.



3:00 AM

Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI

Two segments: a) Veterans Call for Criminal Investigation of Illegal Biden Weapons Transfer to Israel; and b) Protestors arrested for Taking On the Pro-Israel Lobby AIPAC and the Senators They Fund to Support Genocide.



4 – 6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours from the non-commercial broadcast earlier on 3-11-24