Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 10-13-23



12 AM

Alan Watts – Karma the Law of Retribution

Watts reflects on the Buddha’s understanding of karma and the way it is seen by ordinary Indians more as a kind of causality related to suffering in one incarnation being related to actions in a prior one.



12:30 AM

Sounds True (Tami Simon) – Michael Singer podcast

“Experiencing Love and Joy instead of Fear and Desire”

“When your personal self isn’t taking over,” teaches Michael Singer, “your heart is full and your mind is clear.” So what stops this from happening? Our fears and our desires.

https://resources.soundstrue.com/podcast/s3-e5-experiencing-love-and-joy-instead-of-fear-and-desire/

In this episode, Michael shows us how to replace the never-ending pursuit of what you think will make you OK with that which will actually fill you with unconditional love and joy.



Michael A. Singer is author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Untethered Soul and the New York Times bestsellers The Surrender Experiment and Living Untethered, all of which are published worldwide. He had a deep inner awakening in 1971 while working on his doctorate in economics and went into seclusion to focus on yoga and meditation. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a now long-established yoga and meditation center where people of any religion or set of beliefs can come together to experience inner peace. Along with his nearly five decades of spiritual teaching, Singer has made major contributions in the areas of business, education, health care, and environmental protection.



1:30 AM – Old Radio break

The Green Hornet – Torpedo on Wheels



2 AM

The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein

“Psychedelics in Human Evolution”

Terence McKenna was a mathematician and ethnobotanist, and a brilliant out of the box thinker. He was a very prolific speaker and author of Fruit of the Gods. In this fascinating presentation he talks about how psychedelics likely played a crucial role in the most major advances in human evolution, and how we are currently at another critical juncture in our history and how psychedelics may be the only way that humanity will be able to change its thinking and how it relates to the world quickly enough to avoid extinction.

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 host Tonio Epstein at 802-229-5123 or tonio@together.net



3 AM

Caroline Casey – Visionary Activist

“LIBERATING LIGHTNING” with guest Mary K Greer

Caroline hosts Mary Greer, long-time, since 1971, divinatory ally, to honor her colleague, Rachel Pollack, whose book, The Beatrix Gate, KPFA was offering as a pledge incentive. (Not available from KPFK).

Mary K. Greer is one of the world’s leading Tarot scholars and experts, famous for her Tarot blog. She is an author, teacher, and professional tarot consultant known for her innovative teaching techniques.

https://marykgreer.com/

Rachel Pollack, Transgender Activist and Authority on Tarot, Dies at 77 (NY Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/arts/rachel-pollack-dead.html

“Each card seemed a frozen moment in a story,” Ms. Pollack wrote in a 2015 essay for the Tarosophy Tarot Association. “The cards originated as images, not doctrines or the set of meanings we attach to them. This allows them to pull together strands and possibilities, to create stories that are meaningful in people’s lives.”

In 1993, Ms. Pollack created DC Comics’ first transgender hero: Kate Godwin, also known as Coagula.

(the attached photo is Mary Greer, the guest)



4-6 AM The Thom Hartmann Program – final two hours from 10-12-23

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10-12-23





12 AM

Dave Emory – For the Record #1311

https://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr1311-how-many-lies-before-you-belong-to-the-lies-part-26/

excerpts:

Introduction: The war in Ukraine has served to make the normalization of Nazis almost routine. This broadcast highlights that normalization, places it in a broader historical context and sets forth essential background information that fleshes out understanding of the phenomenon.



Points of Analysis and Discussion Include:



1a.–The program begins with review of a critical insight made by Glenn Pinchback, an officer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This insight encapsulates an ideological dynamic that has, in part, resulted in the normalization of Nazis via the Ukraine war.

1b.–Exemplifying the normalization of Nazis is the whitewashing of the Plast organization by the New York Times, which presents it as a normal summer camp.



2.–A more accurate portrayal of the Plast organization was presented by Scott Ritter: “ . . . . Plast is to Ukrainian nationalists like the Hitler Youth was to German Nazis. . . .”



3.–The whitewashing of Plast can be seen as deriving from the cultivation of Ukrainian and other Eastern European fascist groups by the Gehlen organization.



4.–For the second time this year, Azov Nazis were feted as heroes at Stanford University.



5.–Stanford fellow and conservative luminary Francis Fukuyama was among those who celebrated the Azov Nazis.



6.–Azov’s Nazis evolved directly from the Third Reich collaborationist government of Ukraine. Roman Svarych, WWII Ukrainian Nazi satrap Yaroslav Stetsko’s personal secretary in the 1980’s, was instrumental in the spawning of Azov. Svarych was the Minister of Justice of Ukraine under three different administrations. (That is the equivalent of U.S. Attorney General.)



7.–Ukrainian revisionist Volodymyr Viatrovych served as Minister of Education in Ukraine.



8.–Ukrainian school children are now taught the doctrine of fascist and anti-Semitic ideologue Ulas Samchuk.



1 AM

Covert Action Bulletin with Chris Garaffa and Rachel Hu

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/10/11/covertaction-bulletin-eyewitness-gaza-why-the-resistance-is-justified/

On October 7th, the Palestinian resistance launched its Al-Aqsa Flood uprising against the decades-long occupation by Israel. Despite $3.8 billion every year in military aid from the U.S. and a vast military and surveillance state, the Israeli government seemingly had no warning to this carefully-planned advance.



In response, Israel has declared a “total war” on Gaza. It’s shut down access to electricity and the Internet and more. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, “There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting animals and we act accordingly.” Israel has bombed the Rafah crossing into Egypt, leaving Gazans with no way to exit.



Within 4 days, the Israeli bombardment has left nearly 200,000 more people displaced in the Gaza strip, according to the UN, which also warns of a deepening of the already disastrous water crisis in Gaza. Western politicians in the U.S. and EU have been quick to condemn the Palestinian resistance and pledge their support to Israel. But across the United States and the world, protests have broken out in support of Palestine and the right of people to resist occupation and apartheid.



We’re joined by Yara Shoufani, a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), which is a transnational organization with chapters across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, that is struggling for the liberation of Palestine. Find PYM on social media and at their website palestinianyouthmovement.com



For an on-the-ground report from Gaza, we are also joined by Wafa Aludaini, a Gaza-based journalist and activist and the 15th October Media Group’s manager. Wafa also works as an international correspondent with several international publications. Trimmed from their podcast to fit within radio format. See the website for the full program.



2 AM

It’s Going Down

Interview libertarian socialist/anarchist author and YouTuber Zoe Baker

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/zoe-baker



3 AM

The Final Straw Radio

This week, were sharing an interview with Matthew N Lyons of Three Way Fight blog about the political legacy of Lyndon LaRouche, cultic leftist turned fascist US political figure from the 1970s through his death in 2019. For the hour, Matthew and I talk about the network of organizations and publications of the LaRouche movement, some of their approaches toward peeling adherents from the left, antisemitic conspiracy theories he innovated, methods his movement used to control followers and some of the ripples of LaRouche you can find today. We also speak briefly about the Three Way Fight book due out in the spring via Kersplebedeb and PM Press.



Our past interview with Matthew on Christian Nationalism(s): https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2022/11/20/matthew-lyons-on-christian-nationalisms/



Lyons’ articles on LaRouche (in addition to the chapter in Insurgence Supremacists on the movement):

"The LaRouche Network's Russia Connection" (July 2015) -http://threewayfight.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-larouche-networks-russia-connection.html



"Meditations on a Dead Fascist" (March 2019) - http://threewayfight.blogspot.com/2019/03/meditations-on-dead-fascist.html



Books critiquing LaRouche from an antifascist position:

Dennis King’s Lydon Larouche and the New American Fascism: https://web.archive.org/web/20160307091850/http://lyndonlarouche.org/newamericanfascism.htm



Kevin Coogan’s (as Hylozoic Hedgehog) Smiling Man From A Dead Planet: The Mystery of Lyndon LaRouche: https://archive.org/details/smiling-man-from-a-dead-planet-the-mystery-of-lyndon-la-rouche-by-hylozoic-hedge



Some current political figures appearing to relate to the legacy of LaRouche’s red-brown politics:

Jackson Hinkle: https://breadtube.fandom.com/wiki/Jackson_Hinkle



showing how he publishes with EIR, a LaRouchite journal: https://twitter.com/MaupinAFA/status/1537791876106952705



Caleb Maupin: https://breadtube.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Patriotic_Socialists



Related:

A longer study of red-brown politics on LibCom: https://libcom.org/article/investigation-red-brown-alliances-third-positionism-russia-ukraine-syria-and-western-left



Sophie From Mars on left conspiracy theories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZyIjBxxpTY



Sophie speaking on I Don’t Speak German podcast about this topic: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/idontspeakgerman/IDSG_Ep120_Caleb_Maupin_and_the_Conspiracy_Left_with_Sophie_From_Mars.mp3



brief write-up about the Rage Against The War Machine rally from IGD: https://itsgoingdown.org/dungeons-dugin-red-brown-alliance-interview/



The Right Podcast talking about RATWM rally: https://audioboom.com/posts/8249669-rage-against-the-war-machine-explained



Vice covering the idea of #MAGACommunism: https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qk4b/what-the-hell-is-magacommunism



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.



4-6 AM The Thom Hartmann Program – final two hours of non-commercial version from 10-11-23

https://youtu.be/aZyIjBxxpTY

Tuesday Night

Prog notes S H 10-11-23



12 AM

About Health with Rona Renner, RN from KPFA

Interview with Dr. Rachel Zofness of UCSF about pain as a bio-social-psychological phenomenon.

More information here: https://www.zoffness.com/ and here: https://aapainpsychology.org/team/rachel-zoffness-phd/

Rachel Zoffness PhD is a pain psychologist, medical educator, consultant and author. She is a Visiting Professor at Stanford and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine. Dr. Zoffness co-hosts the podcast “Pain Points” with ZDoggMD, and serves on the Board of Directors of USASP and the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine. She is the author of The Pain Management Workbook, a treatment protocol for adults living with chronic pain; and The Chronic Pain and Illness Workbook for Teens, the first pain workbook for youth. She also writes the Psychology Today column “Pain, Explained.” Dr. Zoffness conducts workshops for multidisciplinary healthcare providers, and consults on the development of integrative pain programs around the world. She served on the AAPP board for 5 years, and is the founder of AAPP’s Pediatric Division.

About Health is a program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts who understand traditional and non-traditional medicine, health, and well-being. If you have suggestions for programs or questions about KPFA, please contact Rona Renner, RN, at Rona@NurseRona.com or Dr. David Feldman, PhD, at davidf@kpfa.org.



1 AM

Herbal Highway with Sarah Holmes from KPFA

A discussion of kidney and bladder support with herbs and other forms of holistic self care and awareness.



2 AM

Green Street News from the Pacifica affiliates

This week on GSN Patti and Doug talk about burning tires to power cryptocurrency data mining, tax breaks for plastic manufacturing, and PFAS in fast food. Then scientist Cheri Peele from Toxic Free Future talks about the array of chemicals in everyday products and how some retailers are helping to reduce our body burden.



2:30 AM

Food Sleuth Radio with Melinda Hemmelgarn, dietition and nutritionist

Did you know that childrens health is dependent upon their environmental conditions? Join Melinda Hemmelgarn, Registered Dietitian and Food Sleuth Radio host for her interview with Nse Witherspoon, MPH, Executive Director of the Childrens Environmental Health Network and co-leader of the science and health arm of the Cancer Free Economy Network. Witherspoon describes the Eco-Friendly childcare initiative that protects children in daycare settings, and explains why and how protecting children from pesticides and other toxins is critical to their lifelong health and well-being.

Note: October is Child Health Month; and, October 12th is Childrens Environmental Health Day.

Related website: Childrens Environmental Health Network: https://cehn.org/

Cancer Free Economy Network: https://www.cancerfreeeconomy.org/



3 AM

Whole Mother from KPFT with Pat Jones

Gabriela Gerhart



Gabriela Gerhart was born in a small mountain village in the Czech Republic. She is an entrepreneur,

speaker, author, and the Founder and President of Motherhood Center. She has always loved babies and children and knew from an early age that it would influence her career path. Due to Gabriela’s love of children and helping others, she pursued degrees in both pediatric nursing and physical therapy from 1991-1997. When Gabriela moved to the US she began working as an au pair to four boys, ranging from newborn to elementary age, from 1998-1999.

Gabriela soon noticed there was a void in the market for families of newborns and young children looking to find nannies for their children. She then realized the even greater need – a place where pregnant women and new mothers could go for advice, classes, and support. It was from this realization that Motherhood Center was born in 2000, and it has served more than 40,000 clients and counting since its beginning. Over twenty years have passed and it is still Gabriela’s passion project. She is constantly working to customize the Motherhood Center’s services and working to collaborate with others to best serve mothers and their families in our surrounding community and all over the world. Her goal is to build a cohesive network of support for new parents to turn to – the ultimate village, if you will.

Gabriela is recognized as an expert in the field of pregnancy and early-stage child development. She has intimate knowledge of the childcare and newborn care industry, as well as in-home staffing (nannies,

family assistants, and newborn care specialists), massage, yoga, and pregnancy education. She recently

launched Motherhood Network which allows families virtual access to the services and classes offered at Motherhood Center. This was a dream of Gabriela’s since she started the Motherhood Center and she is beyond elated to be able to extend support to families across the country and world.

Gabriela is passionate about supporting her community and regularly provides donations of pregnancy and parenting services and products to countless causes around Houston to assist with fundraising efforts and to better the community as a whole. To name just a few, she has supported the Children’s Museum, Junior League, The Women’s Fund, Crime Stoppers of Houston, L.I.F.E. Houston, and many elementary and preschools in and around Houston.

Gabriela is excited to have recently published her first book titled, “After the Fall,” a memoir in which she shares her journey growing up amidst communism, coming to America, and living the American dream.



4-6 AM Final two hours of Thom Hartmann Program from earlier on 10-10-23

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 10-10-23

12 AM

Creative Frontline:

Film-maker and journalist Robert Lundahl interviews Chemehuevi NuWu Elder and Leader. Also known as Matthew Leivas, Sr. Environmental Whistleblower and Protector of the Colorado River. Part 1 of 2. The interview can also be found on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg8I9FN9a7g

The Indian Reservation he is describing, and where he protects the Colorado River, begins on the California side and continues for 30 miles on the California side to approximately one mile south of the

Havasu Palms Resort. We will air part 2 of this interview next week.

To round out the hour, we will rerun an interview with Mahlee Yellowfeather, an Apache descendant of Geronimo, about the struggle over Oak Flat, which an act of Congress “exchanged” to Resolution Copper for the exploitation of an enormous copper deposit.

According to an article in The Intercept, “The legislation in question — the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act — was the product of a proposal then-Arizona Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake added to a must-pass defense authorization bill late one night in 2014. The addendum, known as a rider, incurred no congressional debate. Described by the San Carlos Apache as a “midnight backroom deal,” the law transferred Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a British-Australian concern jointly owned by the extractive giants Rio Tinto and BHP, both of which had sought access to the wildly lucrative ore deposit for years.

“The project centers on a 2,200-acre area known as Oak Flat Campground, part of the Tonto National Forest, that has served as a centerpiece of Apache religious ceremony and cosmology since before settler expansion into the West. To access the ore underneath, Resolution Copper will use a technique known as block cave mining, which over several years will turn the sacred mountain into a two-mile-wide crater deep enough to hide a skyscraper.”



1 AM

Resistance Radio with John Kane from WPFW

Native broadcaster John Kane examines issues related to Indigenous Peoples Day. New York school districts are suing to keep their Native mascots right as we head into Indigenous Peoples Day.



2 AM

Project Censored:

https://www.projectcensored.org/unveiling-mauis-unheard-voices-indigenous-and-mutual-aid-activists-speak-out/

You’ve likely heard a lot about Maui in recent weeks, but chances are you haven’t heard a lot from Indigenous or frontline mutual aid activists working to protect and support their communities in the dearth of government support and protection.

In the first half of the show, Native Hawaiian Kamiki Carter joins the show to talk about the impact of the fires as well as the impact of widespread community organizing with Maui Rapid Response.

In the second half of the show, mutual aid and land stewardship organizer Summer Starr joins the show to discuss the censored sources of the fires, namely capitalism and colonialism. She explains the predatory push of disaster capitalists and how folks on the ground are instead pushing for decolonization and land back.

For more on community organized aid efforts in Maui, visit Maui Rapid Response: https://mauirapidresponse.org/



3 AM

Equal Rights and Justice – Radio Rally to Free Leonard Peltier, with Mimi Rosenberg

Join our radio/rally to Free, Free, Leonard Peltier, who just turned 79; Indigenous warrior for equal rights and justice, and the longest held political prisoner in the country, behind the walls for 48 years. Leonard Peltier and his long walk to freedom, a case of innocence!

SPEAKERS for EQUAL RIGHTS & JUSTICE RADIO/RALLY:

Paulette D’Auteuil-Robideau, thejerichomovement.com

Cousin of Leonard Peltier, Ad Hoc Committee, Jericho Movement to free all political prisoners

Dan Battaglia dpbattaglia@outlook.com

Assistant Director - Official Leonard Peltier Ad Hoc Committee & Leonard's adopted nephew

Joelle Clark Kills Crow Indian joelle.clark@gmail.com

Director - Official Leonard Peltier Ad Hoc Committee & Member of Lakota tribe

Dawn Lawson dawn@allfiredup.blue

Secretary - Official Leonard Peltier Ad Hoc Committee, Leonard Peltier's Personal Assistant, writer and community advocate

Jenipher R. Jones jenipherj@dolawllc.com Counsel for Leonard Peltier