Friday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-28-23

12 AM

Alan Watts

Buddhist Mysticism

Truth or Relativity




1 AM

Caroline Casey, archival episode as KPFA is in fund drive, so this week’s program focuses on a premium

off tied to an earlier recent broadcast.

NATURE, CULTURE, AND THE SACRED – Nina Simons of Bioneers

From MARCH 23, 2023

Let us be Dance partners in the Choreography of Creation

Offering Ourselves as Accomplices to Nature’s Guiding Genius

Caroline welcomes, convener of Woofy Women (Council of Unreasonable Women), Culture Doctor, co-

founder of Bioneers, Constellator of Community-

Nina Simons!

perfectly! as Pluto enters Aquarius. Guides us to remember the origin of life is Community (Bruce

Dahmer) & Symbiotic Mutualism are our manners. Now! the Community of all Beings, conjures and

implements the bio-mimicry resolutions to all we humans have imposed on our kin…

Some trickster genius is scheduling us… Nina be our Guest today, as the Moon, exalted in Taurus is

exactly where it was when Nina was born — It’s image: “An electrical storm illumines the skies, and

forest below… Balancing with Natural Forces.” Woo-hoo!

www.Bioneers.org

www.ninasimons.com

preview introduction https://bioneers.org/ncs/

2 AM

Sounds True – Tami Simon

Conversation with Steven Hayes, Ph. D. prof of psychology at U of Nevada, author of “The Self-

Acceptance Project” and Acceptance-Commitment Therapy (ACT)

2:45 AM

Old Radio Break

Batman Mystery Club (pilot of a 1950 Batman radio serial that never aired)

As for Batman, this show is the only one. They tried to spin Batman off in his own series in 43, but it

never made air; The script for that does exist but that's as far as it went. Other than that, we have this

episode which never aired and no others were completed. You'll see some people try to pass off

episodes of The Adventures of Superman as a Batman series, but don't let them fool you.




Sorry to leave you hanging, but there is no episode with the second half of the story – you’ll just have to

remain in suspense – or write some fan fiction and a concluding episode of your own.

3 AM

Magical Mystery Tour

Ecosomatics: Embodiment Practices for a World in Search of Healing with Cheryl Pallant Part one of two

Tonio Epstein in conversation with Cheryl Pallant.

Cheryl Pallant is an award-winning writer and poet, energy healer, somatic coach and dancer. Shes

published more than 200 articles on dance, writing, healing, somatics and spirituality, and is the author

of several books, including Writing and the Body in Motion, and Contact Improvisation. She teaches at

the University of Richmond and leads workshops around the world. Her new book is Ecosomatics:

Embodiment Practices for a World in Search of Healing.

We talk about somatic or embodied awareness and intelligence, and how to thrive by connecting and

grounding in our bodies, even in times of cataclysmic crises. And how the embodied practice of thriving

in difficult times is also the best medicine for the environment and the planet, as well as each other.

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.

4-6 AM

Final two hours of Hartmann’s non-commercial version from today

Thursday Night

Something's Happening

12 AM

Alan Watts



Buddhist Mysticism

Truth or Relativity





1 AM

Caroline Casey, archival episode as KPFA is in fund drive, so this week’s program focuses on a premium off tied to an earlier recent broadcast.

NATURE, CULTURE, AND THE SACRED – Nina Simons of Bioneers

From MARCH 23, 2023



Let us be Dance partners in the Choreography of Creation

Offering Ourselves as Accomplices to Nature’s Guiding Genius

Caroline welcomes, convener of Woofy Women (Council of Unreasonable Women), Culture Doctor, co-founder of Bioneers, Constellator of Community-



Nina Simons!



perfectly! as Pluto enters Aquarius. Guides us to remember the origin of life is Community (Bruce Dahmer) & Symbiotic Mutualism are our manners. Now! the Community of all Beings, conjures and implements the bio-mimicry resolutions to all we humans have imposed on our kin…



Some trickster genius is scheduling us… Nina be our Guest today, as the Moon, exalted in Taurus is exactly where it was when Nina was born — It’s image: “An electrical storm illumines the skies, and forest below… Balancing with Natural Forces.” Woo-hoo!

www.Bioneers.org

www.ninasimons.com

preview introduction https://bioneers.org/ncs/



2 AM



Sounds True – Tami Simon





2:45 AM

Old Radio Break

Batman Mystery Club (pilot of a 1950 Batman radio serial that never aired)



As for Batman, this show is the only one. They tried to spin Batman off in his own series in 43, but it never made air; The script for that does exist but that's as far as it went. Other than that, we have this episode which never aired and no others were completed. You'll see some people try to pass off episodes of The Adventures of Superman as a Batman series, but don't let them fool you.



Sorry to leave you hanging, but there is no episode with the second half of the story – you’ll just have to remain in suspense – or write some fan fiction and a concluding episode of your own.

3 AM

Magical Mystery Tour

Ecosomatics: Embodiment Practices for a World in Search of Healing with Cheryl Pallant Part one of two



Tonio Epstein in conversation with Cheryl Pallant.



Cheryl Pallant is an award-winning writer and poet, energy healer, somatic coach and dancer. Shes published more than 200 articles on dance, writing, healing, somatics and spirituality, and is the author of several books, including Writing and the Body in Motion, and Contact Improvisation. She teaches at the University of Richmond and leads workshops around the world. Her new book is Ecosomatics: Embodiment Practices for a World in Search of Healing.



We talk about somatic or embodied awareness and intelligence, and how to thrive by connecting and grounding in our bodies, even in times of cataclysmic crises. And how the embodied practice of thriving in difficult times is also the best medicine for the environment and the planet, as well as each other.



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.



4-6 AM

Final two hours of Hartmann’s non-commercial version from today

Wednesday Night

Something's Happening Program Notes 07-27-23




12 AM



Dave Emory – 1300

The Collapse of Credit Suisse



1 AM

Project Censored

Raza Rumi, director of the Park Institute for Independent Media at Ithaca College in NY, joins Mickey for a wide-ranging conversation about the importance of non-corporate media and media literacy. Rumi notes that in most of the important social movements in US history, journalists played important roles within the movements, rather than staying on the sidelines in the name of “objectivity.”



Then Nolan Higdon reports on legislation in the California state Assembly (AB 873 and AB 787) that would require media-literacy instruction in the state’s public schools. Higdon notes that technical facility with media and devices by itself does not build a critically media literate public. He warns about the overt influence from Big Tech on policy and not enough input from educators and relevant nonprofits regarding how media literacy curriculum for public education may be implemented at the classroom level.



Notes:



Raza Rumi is a professor, journalist, author, and policy analyst. He is currently Director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College in upstate New York. Originally from Pakistan, he worked in both the print and broadcast media in his home country. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics. His most recent book is Being Pakistani: Society, Culture, and the Arts.



Nolan Higdon is a lecturer in education at the University of California Santa Cruz campus. He’s also the author of the book The Anatomy of Fake News and a co-author of The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People, as well as other works of media analysis. He is a frequent guest on the Project Censored Show.



2 AM



CounterPunch Radio

Ilya Budraitskis interviewed by Eric Draitser

This time Eric chats with Ilya Budraitskis, a Russian historian, political activist, and author of “Dissidents among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics, and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia.” Ilya explains his decision to leave Russia in the days following the invasion of Ukraine, and provides an analysis of the early antiwar protests forcibly suppressed by the Kremlin. From there, Ilya provides an analysis of the Russian Left, including the reactionary Communist Party of Russia, and explains the various dynamics at play in Russia. The final portion of the discussion centers around the questions of Russian imperialism and the ideological war Putin has waged on the history and legacy of Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution.



3 AM



Explorations – Science and Society with Michio Kaku

The Origins of Humanity – Oppenheimer in the News – theory of Black Hole formation leads to trigger for the plutonium nuclear bomb (Nagasaki as opposed to uranium Hiroshima bomb).



4-6 AM



Final two hours of Thom Hartmann

Tuesday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening 07-25-23




12 AM

Creative FRONTLINE

Preston Arrow-Weed, Indigenous elder, on the struggle to protect sacred lands and burial or massacre sites from corporate exploitation of minerals; Austin Ringelstein on “The Archaeologist’s Dilemma” regarding respecting cultural meanings and rights in working for the government in the Santa Monica Mountains. First in a new podcast series looking at Indigenous land protectors opposing extraction of minerals like lithium and uranium. Produced by award winning film maker Robert Lundahl and Tracker Quinone, an Apache woman activist and researcher.



1 AM

Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer

https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html

Gabriel Hetland, author of Democracy on the Ground, on contrasts in popular participation between Bolivia and Venezuela • Leigh Cowart, author of Hurts So Good, on seeking out pain for pleasure



2 AM

Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg

Interview with Dr. Walter Greason, chair of History Dept. at Macalester College and Danian Darrell Jerry, of the University of Memphis, about their book “Illmatic Consequences: Clapping Back at the Opponents of Critical Race Theory”.



3 AM

Scholars’ Circle

https://scholarscircle.org/

Scholars’ Circle – Insights into Private Military Corporations, their function and deployment by State and international corporations – July 23, 2023



Private Military Corporations have become a growing element of the warfighting landscape. States have historically had a monopoly on the use of military force. But private corporations challenge this monopoly. How much do they increase the lethality and likelihood of war? How much can private corporations be regulated? And what are the challenges to regulation? We are exploring the political, military, legal, and socioeconomic implications of private military corporations. [ dur: 58mins. ]


Ori Swed is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Texas Tech University. He is the editor of The Sociology of Privatized Security with Thomas Crosby. He is the author of The Afghanistan War’s Legacy: The Reimagining of the Outsourcing of War and Security and No Accounting for Bad Contracting: Private Military and Security Contracts and Ineffective Regulation in Conflict Areas.

Sorcha MacLeod is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen and member of the United Nations Working Group on the use of Mercenaries. She is the author of Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights?, Defining private security accountability and Regulating human rights in the context of outsourcing military logistics and armed security.

Christopher Kinsey is Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King’s College London. He is the author of International Law and the Control of Mercenaries and Private Military Companies, Turning war into business: Private security companies and commercial opportunism and the book Corporate Soldiers and International Security: The Rise of Private Military Companies.

Anna Leander is Professor and Chair of the International Relations and Political Science Department at the Geneva Graduate Institute. She is the author of The Power to Construct International Security: On the Significance of Private Military Companies and Militarization matters: rhetorical resonances and market militarism. She is co-editor of Handbook of Private Military-Security Companies with Rita Abrahamsen. This program is produced by Ankine Aghassian, Doug Becker, Melissa Chiprin and Sudd Dongre.