Monday, April 15, 2024

Monday Night

Program Notes, 4-16-24



12 AM

Creative FRONTLINE

How To Save the Planet/Savimbo The Jungle Speaks

Conversation continues with Amazonian indigenous shamans about their efforts to preserve the jungle and rain forest based on their sovereignty, and through economic policies and thereby to help save the world. Bilingual Spanish and English, the hosts speak mainly in English, the shamans speak in Spanish and are translated.



12:30 AM

Between the Lines radio newsmagazine with Scott Harris

Israel's Attack on Iran's Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War; The Supreme Court May be Poised to Weaken Federal Anti-Corruption Laws, Legalize Bribery; Trump, GOP, Rightwing Media Weaponize Disinformation on Immigration.

Guests: Melvin Goodman, a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, Former CIA Analyst; Katya Schwenk, a journalist reporting for The Lever; Phillip HoSang, FAIR intern, Masters student NYUs Media, Culture & Communications Program.



1:00 Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer

Heidi Matthews on the World Court and the cases against Israel pending there • Elijah Wald, author of Jelly Roll Blues, on Jelly Roll Morton and the hidden history of early blues



2:00 AM

Project Censored

Press Freedom and the Assange appeal; Green colonialism, Tribal consent & the Climate crisis

Britain’s High Court of Justice has ruled whether Julian Assange can appeal an extradition order that would send him to the U.S. Independent journalist Kevin Gozstola, author or Guilty of Journalism, explains to Mickey the implications of the order, and whether the US might file new charges against the Wikileaks publisher if it finally gets its hands on him. They also discuss the significant consequences for press freedom should the case move forward. Then, Eleanor spoke with independent journalist Hilary Beaumont about her recent reporting on solar geo-engineering and tribal consent. Hilary outlines how this technology represents yet another example of green colonialism, the negative and positive potential and effects of such methods, and the paltry attention corporate media give to issues such as Indigenous rights and the climate crisis.



Notes:

Kevin Gosztola is an independent journalist and author. He has covered the Julian Assange legal proceedings in the UK from their beginning, as well as other press-freedom and whistleblower cases. He has been a frequent guest on the Project Censored Show. His book on the Assange case, Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange was published in 2023. Gosztola is also the editor of the Dissenter newsletter. Hilary Beaumont is a California-based independent investigative journalist who covers the climate crisis, indigenous rights, and immigration. Her work has been published by The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and High Country News.



3 AM

Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister stations WBAI and WPFW

Remembering Paul Robeson



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours of Thom's non-commercial broadcast from 4-15-24

Can the right wing keep Biden off the ballot in some states? Voters want tax day to look different for billionaires.

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 04-11-24



12 AM

For the Record with David Emory

Plus ça Change - The more things change, the more they are the same

Archival interview with Roy Tuckman, Roy of Hollywood, that Dave Emory asked us to run near the yahrzeit or anniversary of Roy's passing a year ago this month.



1 AM

Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate'

Ghost Kitchen

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss Israel's massacre of aid workers from the US-supported World Central Kitchen, its attack on an Iranian consular facility in Damascus, and the horrifying revelations of its massacre at al-Shifa hospital - all on the same day.



1:58 AM

American Democracy Minute

Election official Turnover

National Study of Elections Officials Confirms Turnover from Harassment, But Also Finds An Aging Workforce and Increasing Workloads are Factors.

Disinformation spread about the 2020 election by candidates & partisan groups mobilized extremists to harass or threaten election officials. Many of those officials resigned. But a large national study also found other reasons for large-scale turnover, and some hope for the 2024 election



2 AM

Final Straw Radio

SCI Rockview is a prison in central Pennsylvania where incarcerated comrades have been facing repression for demanding justice in the face of impunity by racist COs and following a year of prisoner deaths due to institutional toxicity and guard violence. We speak to an outside supporter about the situation at Rockview, the reactions of administration, inside / outside relationships and solidarity that have flared up. We hope that this conversation contributes to increased and thickened ties between folks on both sides of the walls. You can read some recent posts about this situation at AbolitionistStudy.com and PHLAntiCap.NoBlogs.org and you can find audio from the wives of prisoners at SCI Rockview on In The Mix Prisoner Podcast.



This conversation was conducted via encrypted messages and recorded by a comrade Golem and Ash from the MolotovNow! Podcast, so a big thanks is due to them.



3 AM

Covert Action Bulletin with Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa

Seven Decades of War and Occupation on the Korean Peninsula - End the Korean War

The Korean War has never ended: Despite the U.S. government’s attempts to portray it as a long-ago victory, it has never signed a peace agreement with North Korea. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops continue to be stationed on the Korean peninsula, first as part of the Cold War and now as part of the New Cold War encirclement of China. The devastating Korean war killed 4 million Koreans and left much of the North absolutely devastated. Peace activists continue to fight for a true and just end to the conflict.

We’re joined by Monica Kim and Christine Hong of the Ending the Korean War Teaching Collective to talk more about the Korean War and the day of action that took place in Washington, DC on April 5th, starting at Noon on the National Mall.



3:55 AM

Politics or Pedagogy? with John Cromshow

.Interview with educator Bill Kelleher



4-6 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours of the prior day's non-commercial broadcast

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 04-09-24



12 AM

Creative Frontline

The Mysteries of Ayahuasca

Creative Frontline follows up on last weeks conversation with an Amazonian shaman with one of their most mysterious shows. "And one of our best!" says producer Robert Lundahl. The Mysteries of Ayahuasca with Fernando Lezama and Jhonny Lopez from the Columbian Amazon. Learn About The Eagle and the Condor Prophesy and the Unity of Peoples, North and South. Tonight's Program is very special. The opportunity to sit down and speak with Fernando and Johnny is a relatively rare yet necessary step in intercultural communications, about Nature, Biodiversity and the Environment . We hope it opens minds and raises consciousness about ourselves and the planet, the animals and the people!



12:30 AM

Between the Lines radio newsmagazine with Scott Harris

Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot, with Dr. Kristyn Brandi, previous board chair of the group Physicians for Reproductive Health;

Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War, with Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford Catholic Worker;

Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing Coverage of Gaza War, with Arvind Dilawar, independent journalist



1:00 AM

Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer

Trita Parsi explains why Israel is trying to expand its war to Iran and Hezbollah. Parsi is a distinguished scholar on Iran, whose father was imprisoned by both the Shah and Khomeini and fled as a political refugee.

Natasha Lennard analyzes the Zionist appropriation of leftish “safe space” discourse to shield Zionist supporters from criticism. Lennard is associate director of the of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research.

Stefan Yong explores the structure of the global shipping industry in light of the Baltimore bridge disaster. Yong is a Ph.D. candidate and lecturer in the graduate program at UC Santa Cruz.



2:00 AM

Project Censored

The business of war and the cost of US delusions about its "Exceptionalism"

In the first half of the show, researcher and US military veteran Christian Sorensen joins Eleanor Goldfield to discuss the business of war, the mapping of it, the remarkable spread of it, and the very real ability and need to shift this trillion dollar industry to something more sustainable and peaceful. Sorensen explains how the military industrial complex in this country is the classic definition of fascism, and why confronting this uncomfortable fact is quite simply necessary for a livable future.

Later in the show, we welcome Professor Richard Wolff back on the show, this time to articulate the dangerous delusions of American Exceptionalism that are not only hurting us, but our allies in Europe as well. Professor Wolff outlines extreme miscalculations vis a vis Russia, China, and Israel, how right-wing fear mongering is failing, and hope on the horizon thanks to leftist organizing and campaigning.



3:00 AM

Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI

Land day demonstration and municipal workers and Physicians for National Health Care Program opposing privatization of Medicare through private insurers' "Medicare (Dis)Advantage" programs.



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours from yesterday's non-commercial version broadcast on 04-07-24

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 04-09-24



12 AM

Creative Frontline

The Mysteries of Ayahuasca

Creative Frontline follows up on last weeks conversation with an Amazonian shaman with one of their most mysterious shows. "And one of our best!" says producer Robert Lundahl. The Mysteries of Ayahuasca with Fernando Lezama and Jhonny Lopez from the Columbian Amazon. Learn About The Eagle and the Condor Prophesy and the Unity of Peoples, North and South. Tonight's Program is very special. The opportunity to sit down and speak with Fernando and Johnny is a relatively rare yet necessary step in intercultural communications, about Nature, Biodiversity and the Environment . We hope it opens minds and raises consciousness about ourselves and the planet, the animals and the people!



12:30 AM

Between the Lines radio newsmagazine with Scott Harris

Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot, with Dr. Kristyn Brandi, previous board chair of the group Physicians for Reproductive Health;

Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War, with Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford Catholic Worker;

Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing Coverage of Gaza War, with Arvind Dilawar, independent journalist



1:00 AM

Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer

Trita Parsi explains why Israel is trying to expand its war to Iran and Hezbollah. Parsi is a distinguished scholar on Iran, whose father was imprisoned by both the Shah and Khomeini and fled as a political refugee.

Natasha Lennard analyzes the Zionist appropriation of leftish “safe space” discourse to shield Zionist supporters from criticism. Lennard is associate director of the of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research.

Stefan Yong explores the structure of the global shipping industry in light of the Baltimore bridge disaster. Yong is a Ph.D. candidate and lecturer in the graduate program at UC Santa Cruz.



2:00 AM

Project Censored

The business of war and the cost of US delusions about its "Exceptionalism"

In the first half of the show, researcher and US military veteran Christian Sorensen joins Eleanor Goldfield to discuss the business of war, the mapping of it, the remarkable spread of it, and the very real ability and need to shift this trillion dollar industry to something more sustainable and peaceful. Sorensen explains how the military industrial complex in this country is the classic definition of fascism, and why confronting this uncomfortable fact is quite simply necessary for a livable future.

Later in the show, we welcome Professor Richard Wolff back on the show, this time to articulate the dangerous delusions of American Exceptionalism that are not only hurting us, but our allies in Europe as well. Professor Wolff outlines extreme miscalculations vis a vis Russia, China, and Israel, how right-wing fear mongering is failing, and hope on the horizon thanks to leftist organizing and campaigning.



3:00 AM

Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI

Land day demonstration and municipal workers and Physicians for National Health Care Program opposing privatization of Medicare through private insurers' "Medicare (Dis)Advantage" programs.



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours from yesterday's non-commercial version broadcast on 04-07-24

Friday, April 5, 2024

Thursday Night

Program Notes Somethings Happening April 5, 2024



12 AM

Alan Watts

Philosophies of Asia: Ecology and Religion parts 1 and 2

Appropriate for the month featuring Earth Day and in the face of the on-going climate crisis, Watts meditates about connections between Eastern religion/philosophy and ecological consciousness. These are from the Internet Archive, pardon the sound quality, which is a little coarse.

The collection cites Watts’ own declaration about copyright: "Things can be copyrighted, thoughts cannot be copyrighted, and certainly meditations cannot be copyrighted. They are not things of the marketplace. Nobody can monopolize anything. But perhaps the West cannot understand the difference between an objective commodity and an inner experience. For ten thousand years the East has been meditating and nobody has put trademarks upon meditations.” If you want to support the son of Alan Watts who recorded all these then please buy it from https://www.alanwatts.org/

and if u want to do meditations then discourses https://t.me/oshoturiya

https://archive.org/details/alanwattscollection



12:30 AM

Old Radio Break

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE

Episode 1: Stamped for Murder

Nero Wolfe first appeared on radio on July 5, 1943 on the NBC Blue Network in The Adventures Of Nero Wolfe. This series didn't last long and starred Santos Ortega as Wolfe and Luis Van Rooten as Archie. The second series was during 1945 on the Mutual network in The Amazing Nero Wolfe. This lasted only until December 15, 1946 and starred Francis X. Bushman and Elliot Lewis as Archie.

The third series was known as The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe. Starting on October 20, 1950 it lasted only until April 27, 1951. It starred Sidney Greenstreet, who played the villain in The Maltese Falcon film, as Nero Wolfe. The part of Archie was played by Lawrence Dobkin for the first twelve shows. Gerald Mohr took over for the next four shows after making a guest appearance in the twelfth show. Harry Bartell was Archie for the remainder of the series.

Nero Wolfe, also known as the galloping gourmet, was an armchair detective. He rarely left the house; instead, his assistant, Archie Goodwin, would do the “gumshoe-ing”, collect the facts and report back. Nero Wolfe would probably not have taken on many cases had he not needed the clients' money to pay for his two true passions: fine food and the collecting of orchids. Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's male secretary, prodded him into taking cases whenever the bank balance got a little low. The radio versions were based on a series of novels by Rex Stout, whose other claim to fame was developing the system of weekly savings accounts for children in NYC schools with the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, where schoolkids could save five or ten cents a week into a savings account.



1 AM

Sounds True w/ Tami Simon

Anita Moorjani: Embodying Love in a Fear-Based World

How do we stem the tides of fear and aggression sweeping over our divided world? How can we spread the love that heals and uplifts everyone? Sharing insights from her bestselling book, Dying to Be Me, and her latest work, Sensitive Is the New Strong, Anita Moorjani offers her hope-giving answers to these questions of compelling urgency for our times.

Tune in for this remarkable teacher’s inspiring (and in many ways utterly mind-blowing) conversation with Sounds True’s founder, Tami Simon, as they discuss: a nonlinear understanding of time; living fearlessly; how to attune to the helping beings that surround us at all times; raising your vibrational frequency; the practice of asking for signs; following your intuition; how humanity’s belief in scarcity is contributing to our self-destruction; the root cause of the divisiveness in today’s world, and why we need a new way of defining “strength”; moving beyond limitations inherited from our families and cultures; the consequences of repressing oneself; becoming unapologetically who we are; the body as a reflection of our state of consciousness; multiple lives, one soul; embracing your gifts as an empath; and more.

Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

Anita Moorjani is a renowned author and spiritual speaker known for her transformative journey beyond the brink of death. While living in Hong Kong, Anita battled end-stage cancer before experiencing a remarkable near-death experience (NDE) that shifted her perspective on life. Her bestselling memoir, "Dying to Be Me," chronicles her profound journey and miraculous healing. It’s popularity established her as the premier NDE expert. A beacon of inspiration, Anita travels the world sharing her insights on self-love, consciousness, and the interconnectedness of all things. Her teachings empower others to embody the highest version of themselves and live vibrant, authentic lives. Anita continues to be a guiding light in the realm of spiritual exploration.

Visit www.AnitaMoorjani.com to find out more.



2 AM

Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein

Part 2 - The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science & Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the World w Jeremy Lent

This is the second half of Tonio’s interview with Jeremy Lent from last week. There's a follow up interview coming soon.

Jeremy Lent has been described as one the greatest thinkers of our age. Hes the founder of the nonprofit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering an integrated worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on the Earth and he's the author The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning, and his new book is The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe.



3 AM

Visionary Activist Caroline Casey from sister station KPFA

MUSIC AS MEDICINE FOR THE WORLD

Caroline hosts her long-time deep joy-ful co-cahooter….Amikaeyla…..Chantress, drummer, calling in the Orishas, Executive Director / Founder, ICAHSI – International Cultural Arts & Healing Sciences Institute

“Amikaeyla Gaston is an amazing vocalist and percussionist who comes from the Washington DC area. She has studied, recorded with, and shared the stage with many award winning artists, including Take 6, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Baba Olatunji, Mickey Hart, Gil Scott Heron, Wyclef, Ubaka Hill, Ferron, Vicki Randle, Linda Tillery, Chris Williamson, and Pete Seeger.” And Me!

More info at https://amikaeyla.com/

Amikaeyla organized the upcoming Music As Medicine Festival on tonight (5-8pm) at East Side Arts Alliance & April 6th (11-8pm) at Laney College in Oakland, CA.

https://musicasmedicinefest.com/



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

The final two hours from Thom’s non-commercial broadcast on 4/4/24

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 04-04-2024


12 AM

For the Record with David Emory

Interview with Peter Levenda, author of "Ratline"

Dave has begun producing some new programs which we will start next week, but recommends running this archival episode, a follow-up interview with Peter Levenda, author of "Ratline", which Dave characterizes as a prequel to "Hitler's Legacy", the subject of the interviews the past few weeks. Dave says, "I recommend airing FTR#864, with some important information (recorded in 2015) about Donald Trump as an ideological successor to the Nazi view on immigrants, then airing the new shows."



1:00 AM

Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate'

Licensed to Kill part 2

Max and Aaron continue their discussion and analysis from last week of the apparently Islamist terrorist attack in Moscow, and about the use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, a war crime that is resulting in widespread famine, reinforced by Israeli civilians physically blocking humanitarian aid shipments.



2 AM

The Final Straw Radio

Books Through Bars

This week, you'll hear our chat with David Mac Marquis, one of the editors and contributors to the recently published new book Books Through Bars: Stories From The Prison Books Movement out from University of Georgia Press. We talk about prison books projects, what they say about conditions inside, some of the value of this inside-outside organizing and what you can expect to find in the book. David "Mac" Marquis

The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world. Since 2010, we've been broadcasting from occupied Tsalagi land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humorous) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain.



3AM

Out-FM from sister station WBAI

What you always wanted to know about transgender but were afraid to ask

The program includes some pitching for WBAI, please support KPFK if you can.

Transgender identity is often thought of as a relatively recent phenomenon and right-wing trans-phobes like to characterize it as a 'trendy' fad; but in fact, there are people who anticipate contemporary transgender identities going back millennia.

Veteran transgender activist Pauline Park talks with Naomi Brussel and Stahimili Mapp about what transgender is and isn't and why right-wing Republicans are pushing an unprecedented wave of legislation in state legislatures across the country to limit and roll back the rights of trans people and especially trans youth.


Topics to be discussed:

1) Why are we doing this show?

2) Trans can be defined: legal, sex designation, biology, genetics, chromosomes.

3) Historical background

4) Concentric circles diagram & terminology

5) Trans as an umbrella term

6) Socially acceptable questions re gender identity, trans identity, hormones & surgery, etc.



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program - final two hours from yesterday's live broadcast

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 04-02-24


12 AM

Creative Frontline

The Rights of Nature from Robert Lundahl and Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone

Our conversation today with Drea Burbank set the stage for a deeper dive into the lives and cultural practices of Amazonian Shamans, the Forest they’ve united to protect, and the innovative financial structures they’ve created to compete head on with oil, mining, and logging companies and the western systems which favor and support them.


They’re healers and leaders in a movement known as the Rights of Nature movement, which treats our life giving, and biodiverse natural world as a living and conscious being, one with legal, moral, and ethical rights…

…that ecosystems and species have legal rights to exist, thrive and regenerate.



12:30

Between the Lines radio news magazine



1 AM

Old Radio first Mondays

John Steinbeck’s “Lifeboat”

Introduced by director of the film version, Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Marlene Dietrich, reprising her role from the anti-fascist World War II drama about the survivors of a ship scuttled by a Nazi torpedo sharing a lifeboat and seeking to determine who might be a Nazi saboteur in their midst.



2 AM

The Adventures of Phillip Marlowe

Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled but complex detective, portrayed by Dick Powell, Robert Mitchum, and Humphrey Bogart on the big screen (and much later Elliott Gould and others in more recent adaptations) made it onto the radio. Murder My Sweet was responsible for Marlowe's first appearance on radio when it was presented on Lux Radio Theatre on June 11, 1945 starring Dick Powell and Clair Trevor.


Marlowe was a more complex character than some of his hard-boiled brethren. Sure he could handle a gun and take a beating. But, he was more than just a tough guy, he had gone to college, could play chess, and appreciated classical music. He also had his own strong ethical standards and turned down jobs that didn't measure up to those standards.


In April, 1947 the New York Times announced that the summer replacement for Bob Hope would be a new adventure-mystery series, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe. Airing on NBC at 10:00 p.m. on June 17th, the show starred Van Heflin with a script by Milton Geiger based on the stories of Raymond Chandler. Most radio shows had live audiences in the studio. The Philip Marlowe producers decided against the common practice because they thought audiences might detract from the show. However 19 of Los Angeles' top detectives were in the studio during the airing of the first show.

Two episodes tonight: “Who Shot Waldo?” and “The Red Wind”



3:00 AM

Equal Rights & Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI

Haiti: A Crisis caused by US imperialism and its oligarchic cronies

Interviews with Jean Saint-Vil, “Jafrikayiti”, co-founder of AKASAN; jaku Konbit, a political analyst and radio host, and Prof. Amy Wilentz, author of The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier. The West, including the US and France, the former colonial power, have never forgiven Haiti for its successful slave rebellion and successful war for independence, defeating Napoleon, 120 years ago, and have continued to bleed, impoverish, and prop up dictators In Haiti ever since.



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours of the non -commercial version of Thom’s show from earlier on April first.












Friday, March 29, 2024

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 03-29-24



12 AM

Alan Watts

The Symbolic and the Real



12:45 AM

Old Radio Break

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with Bob Bailey

The McCormack Affair Episode 2



1:00 AM

The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein

The Web of Meaning, part 1: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the World – Discussion with Jeremy Lent

Jeremy Lent has been described as one the greatest thinkers of our age. Hes the founder of the nonprofit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering an integrated worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on the Earth and he's the author The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning, and his new book is The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe. Part 2 next week.



2 AM

The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Africana Philosophy from Kings College, London

Knowing the Difference; Marginal Comments

Final two episodes in our Women’s History Month review of the philosophical contribution of a number of Black women thinkers and doers – Audre Lorde, noted for her saying that you can’t dismantle the master’s house with the master’s tools; and then bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins



3 AM

Visionary Activist Caroline Casey from sister station KPFA


MAY CO-OPERATION ECLIPSE DOMINATION

May Co-operation Eclipse domination

Caroline welcomes Erica Gies – to guide our rogue species back to collaborative Earth Citizen manners (aka animism)…. by asking “what does water want?” ….

Erica Gies is an award-winning independent journalist who writes about water, climate change, plants and critters for Scientific American, The New York Times, Nature, The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, The Economist, Washington Post, bioGraphic, Wired, and more. Erica is a National Geographic Explorer, served as a staff editor at various publications, and cofounded and edited two environmental news startups, Climate Confidential and This Week in Earth. She has received the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism, lectures at the University of Victoria Southam, and was a finalist for the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year Award.

Erica is the author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an age of drought and deluge. The book begins by asking a revolutionary question: What does water want? Most modern development has erased water’s slow phases — wetlands, floodplains, high altitude grasslands and forests — that soften flood peaks, store water for droughts, and keep natural systems healthy. What water wants, say water detectives exploring this question, is a kind of un-engineering that reclaims these slow cycles, offering us greater resilience.


Water Always Wins website: https://slowwater.world/, Erica Gies: www.ericagies.com



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours of Thom’s earlier live non-commercial broadcast from3-28-24

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 03-28-24



12 AM

For the Record with David Emory

Daves wraps up his (archival) interview with Peter Levenda, author of Hitler’s Legacy, about the incorporation of Nazis and Nazism into the military, espionage and other apparatuses of the national security state of the US and NATO after the end of World War II.



1 AM

Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate’

Programmed to Kill

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the worst terrorist attack in Moscow in two decades, and who or what could be behind it. They will then cover the latest from Gaza, where famine looms as Israel finds itself in a military and political boondoggle. They will also discuss Jeremy Loffredo's shocking video on the grassroots Israeli aid blockade, and Hekmat Aboukhater's undercover report exposing the anti-Syria lobby's latest push in Congress.



2 AM

The Final Straw Radio

Hani Almadhoun on Conditions in Gaza

First up, a conversation with Hani Almadhoun, a Palestinian-American journalist from Gaza and living in Virginia. Mr Almadhoun is also Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA, an independent charity to support the UN organization by the same name. In the chat, he speaks about conditions generally and for his family specifically in Gaza as well as the soup kitchen that his brother founded in north Gaza (https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily , on Instagram at @GazaSoupKitchen ).

Hani Almadoun on:

Instagram: @myhanitizer

Facebook: @alkabeer.alhani

Jay Ward Struggles To Be Released

Then, you’ll hear from James "Jay" Ward, a long-time abolitionist who has been incarcerated in Ohio for over half his life, since he was 15. Over the years, he has participated in the national prison strike of 2018, various hunger strikes, and other movements against the abuse and mistreatment of incarcerated people.

One of his major political goals is to educate the public about the struggles he and other prisoners face to create systemic change. Without a sentence reduction, Jay will likely spend the next 25 years in prison as well. Jay is currently raising funds to pursue post-conviction relief so that he can reunite with friends and family and begin a new life on the outside. Despite Jays best efforts, he was not able to visit his mother before she died of an illness in 2022. He would like the chance to spend time with his father, who is also in poor health, before he passes.



Jay's links:

GoFundMe link is here: https://gofund.me/60f1291b

His ID # is A517461 for those who want to connect via GettingOut.

Twitter / X: @DecarcerateUS

His mailing address is:

James Ward

A571461

P.O. Box 788

Mansfield, OH 44901



3 AM

Out-FM with John Riley, Stahamili Mapp and others from sister station WBAI

TRIBUTE TO JOAN GIBBS, BLACK LESBIAN MOVEMENT GIANT


Tribute to Joan Gibbs (1953-2024), Black Lesbian Attorney, Activist and Movement Giant


On Tuesday, March 26, Out-FM will present a tribute to the late Black /African-American lesbian leader and lifelong human rights stalwart, Joan Gibbs, who passed on March 14 at age 71. Joan was a brilliant strategic thinker and doer who was a forerunner of the intersectional action that’s now widely considered essential to progressive social change. We will hear several voices explaining her monumental significance to multiple movements. We will also hear Joan talk about her own history

and her views on the activist groups in which she played key roles. This will include her reflections on:

the importance of the late 70s/early 80s group DARE (Dykes Against acism Everywhere), which she co-founded and which, as she explained, fought both racism in the lesbian/gay movement and homophobia in the Black movement.

her representation of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) members at protests and in courtrooms. She considered ACT UP “one of the best expressions of progressive politics in its practice that has existed since the Civil Rights Movement.”


Joan was also an occasional contributing producer to Out-FM and a dear friend whom we miss tremendously. Joan Gibbs, Presente!

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Just a few highlights of Joan's long and illustrious career (thanks to Rosemari Mealy, Karen D. Taylor, and other colleagues for this information):


Over the years Joan Gibbs worked at the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and for 28 years was general counsel for the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College. In the

1970s, she was a key member of the National Lawyers Guild’s Grand Jury Project defending activists against intense grand jury abuse. Later, she became a leader in the National Conference of Black Lawyers and was co-chair of the Brecht Forum (sponsor of leftist educational and organizing events and courses) during the 2000s-2010s.


She not only litigated cases involving gender and racial justice, she represented organizations and political activists such as ACT UP (the overwhelmingly queer AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and Black Liberation leader Herman Ferguson. As an independent attorney, she also represented former members of the Black Panther Party such as Sundiata Acoli (co-defendant of Assata Shakur) in their efforts to overturn unjust convictions. In the 1990s, she played a key role in the legal and

political defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal, at a time he was facing execution.


Look for an announcement later about plans for a memorial in May.


Send messages of condolence to the family c/o: Maferefun (Mafe) Lavezzari, 487 Lincoln Place-Apt. 1D, Brooklyn, NY 11238



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Thom’s earlier live broadcast of his non-commercial version from 3/27/24

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Tuesday Night

Holistic health focus


Prog Notes S H 03-27-24



12 AM

About Health from sister station KPFA

Letting Go

Nurse Rona Renner discusses facing death and helping loved ones do so. Her anticipated guest turned out not to be available to discuss his book on the topic, so she took listener calls on the matter. Note: She gave a trigger warning at the start that there might be discussion of suicide.



1 AM

Herbal Highway

Allergies

Host Emiliano Lemus discusses allergies and herbs that can be used to deal with symptoms like itchy eyes and skin.



2 AM

Grassroots (formerly Green Street News)

H2O

We all need clean water. This week, after the headlines, Patti and Doug speak with attorney and Environment America's water specialist John Rumpler about water quality, the Clean Water Act, Congress, lead pipes, PVC, PFAS and other things that threaten our water supply.



2:30 AM

Food Sleuth Radio

Heavy Metals in our Foods

Did you know that heavy metals are present in a wide variety of our foods? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Conrad Choiniere, Ph.D. Director, Office of Analytics and Outreach, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Choiniere discusses common heavy metals in our food supply, and specifically the recent investigation into lead-contaminated cinnamon applesauce. Choiniere chairs FDA's Toxic Elements Working Group, which prioritizes the Administration's efforts to reduce exposures to lead, arsenic, and other heavy metals from foods to the greatest extent feasible.

Related website: Closer to Zero: https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/closer-zero-reducing-childhood-exposure-contaminants-foods

https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigation-elevated-lead-chromium-levels-cinnamon-applesauce-pouches-november-2023



3:00 AM

Whole Mother from sister station KPFT

Marya Axner has spent the past 30 years as an activist working against oppression of all kinds and also working as parent educator. She speaks and leads workshops on the topic of anti-Semitism and racism, at social justices organizations, worker organizations, and religious institutions. She currently is active in Fix the Grid, a network of organizations trying to make the governance of our electric grid in New England more democratic and more responsive to climate change issues. She has been the Director of a parents’ program in the Somerville Public Schools, supporting parents to be involved in their children’s education. More recently, she was the Director of the New England Jewish Labor Committee, where she organized the Jewish Community to stand up with workers for their rights.


Marya Axner has taught listening skills through Re-evaluation Counseling for many years. Axner has also been active in Sustaining All Life (SAL) and United to End Racism (UER) both projects of Re-valuation Counseling. She leads Family Workshops for Sustaining all Life (SAL) whose mission is to end human caused destruction of the environment and end the exploitation and oppression of people most affected by climate change. She leads workshops on how to use listening tools to empower people in the Climate Change movement.



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Thom’s non-commercial version from the earlier broadcast on 3-26-24

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 03-26-24



12 AM

Creative Frontline

“The Water Cycle”

Robert Lundahl and Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone are excited to present this week's further expression and exploration of what may be a new landscape to some.

It's a surprisingly rewarding journey, as the desert itself puts Biodiversity under a "microscope." The intricacy of species and their biological niches, their interdependence and dependence on systems interactions revealed, guide us in our steps forward, gaining new knowledge, moving into a world of adaptation to climate change and into our own ever evolving thinking.

With the brilliant and fascinating Andy ZDon.



12:30 AM

Between the Lines radio newsmagazine with Scott Harris

Biden's Contradictory, Deadly Gaza Policies Prioritize Rhetoric Over Action; US, Other Nations Intervene Again in Haiti to Address Crisis They Helped Create; Elder Climate Activist Risks Freedom and Health in Mountain Valley Pipeline Protest

Guests: Jack Mirkinson, The Nation senior editor and cofounder of Discourse Blog; Jake Johnston, Center for Economic and Policy Research senior research associate; Karen River Bixler, 81-year-old Vermont climate activist



1:00 AM

Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer

Three interviews on this episode: David Moore on how AIPAC is using GOP contributors’ money to go after progressive Dems; Meron Rapoport on how Schumer and the ICJ are being received in Israel; Jamieson Webster on the social/societal aspects of mental disorders among young people.


Interlude: Rick Smith with Labor History in 2:00 Minutes



2:00 AM

Project Censored

Banned Books Back! Project, and “We are All Sacrifice Zones”

In the first half of the show, Libertie Valance and Cindy Barukh Milstein join host Eleanor Goldfield to talk about how a small coop bookshop in Asheville, NC came to be the keeper of more than 20,000 youth books banned in Florida, the emergence of the Banned Books Back! initiative, and how a growing connection of people across state lines are finding creative ways to circumvent the rise of book bans.

Next up, professor, author and organizer Nicole Fabricant joins the show to talk to us about Curtis Bay: a sacrifice zone microcosm, one that is mirrored all over the nation and indeed the world. Nicole highlights how primarily black and brown communities are overburdened not just by pollution and corporate malfeasance but by the need to become their own scientists, doctors and advocates. She shares powerful stories of autonomous youth organizing, and how we are in fact, all sacrificed to corporate greed.


Libertie Valance and Cindy Barukh Milstein work at Firestorm, an anarchist co-op bookstore in Asheville, NC. Their bookstore accepted 22,500 copies of books banned from Duval County elementary schools and are donating the books to families in Duval County. Many of the banned titles feature Black, Brown, Asian, Indigenous or LGBT characters. More information is available at the bookstore’s web site, https://firestorm.coop/.


Nicole Fabricant teaches at Towson University in the Baltimore area. She’s the author of Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity and the Rise of Youth Activism In Baltimore.



3:00 AM

Equal Rights & Justice with Mimi Rosenberg of sister station WBAI

“Haiti: The Revolution Continues” – Pierre Labossiere of the Haiti Action Committee and Christian Lemoine of Batay Ouvriye discuss years of US support for corrupt regimes in Haiti connected to the PHTK Party, and the resultant current political and economic crisis in Haiti.

Then, a conversation with Prof. Rashid Khalidi, author of “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine,” about the US-Israeli war on Palestine as ethnocide, in which “They’re killing our children, body and spirit to steal our future.”



4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours from the earlier non-commercial broadcast on 3/25/24

Friday, March 22, 2024

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 03-22-24



12 AM

Alan Watts

Eastern Orthodox Spirituality



12:30 AM

Old radio break

The Lone Ranger

The Origin of Tonto



1 AM

The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Africana Philosophy:

Silvia Winter and the birth of philosophy in the African past

Sun Ra, Afro-futurism and Octavia Butler (opens with musical interlude by Sun Ra – Strange Worlds Black Myth)

1:55 AM

Your Health Kit with Dr. Rebecca Hoffman, MD

Intermittent fasting



2 AM

The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein

Facilitating & Making Psychedelic Medicine Available for Marginalized Communities with Rebecca Martinez

Rebecca Martinez is a Xicana writer & community organizer whose work explores the intersections between collective healing, systems design and expanded states of consciousness. She’s a student of transformative justice, emergent strategy, and somatic abolitionism. She’s the founder and executive director of Alma Institute, a nonprofit educational institution that equips students from marginalized communities to become legal psychedelic facilitators. She worked on the Measure 109 campaign that produced the Psilocybin Services Act, the first ever state program to provide community-based, legal access to psilocybin services. She served as an advisor to the National Psychedelics Association, the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association, and the Plant Medicine Healing Alliance, and is a prominent voice on psychedelic justice. And she’s the author of a new book we discuss in this interview, Whole Medicine: A Guide to Ethics and Harm Reduction for Psychedelic Therapy and Plant Medicine Communities.coyo

In this interview we talk about all aspects around facilitating psychedelic medicine journeys, from the tremendous benefits and risks involved, to consent and creating safety & reducing the chance of harm, and training facilitators from marginalized communities to serve those who may not usually be able to access psychedelic medicine services.

The Magical Mystery Tour is a show that dives into the heart of things exploring new ideas and new ways of seeing and being in this wondrous crazy world we share together. New shows are available weekly by Monday. Feel free to contact me at 802-229-5123 or tonio@together.net



3:00 AM

Caroline Casey, Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA

St Patrick*Stormy Daniels*Equinox*Eclipse-

Caroline re-re-re cahoots with Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue, as the Celtic Car Talk Gaias, with this week’s puzzler (so many)

Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue is an herbalist, writer, and teacher, and an initiated Priest in two traditions. He lives in the mountains of western Maine. Seán’s approach to healing weaves together the insights of traditional western herbalism and contemporary science. He regards physical, spiritual, and emotional healing as deeply intertwined.

Prior to becoming an herbalist, Seán was a political organizer in movements for peace, human rights, and global economic justice, and a freelance journalist documenting the human and ecological impacts of U.S. policies in Latin America.

He grew up near Boston, a short distance from where his great-grandparents first landed when they arrived from Ireland. Since childhood, he has been an avid student of Irish history and folklore. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1996 with a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. https://otherworldwell.com/



4-6:00 PM

The Thom Hartmann Program

The final two hours from Thom’s earlier live non-commercial broadcast on 03-21-24