Prog notes S H 12-22-23
12 AM
Alan Watts
The Art of Psychoanalysis, part 1
Beginning a three-part Watts lecture on the theme of the art of psychoanalysis. Watts reads in an ironic tone, an article on the subject by Dr. Jay Haley in the publication Et Cetera, supposedly based on research conducted in the US by a visiting student from the UK, based on participation in Freudian psychoanalysis as a patient and a practitioner. Watts leaves us with the question, Is Dr. Haley spoofing psychoanalysis in his article, or promoting and endorsing it, a question Watts will address in subsequent lectures.
1 AM
Sounds True-Insights from the Edge with Tami Simon
Gabor Maté: Healing Principles to Embody in a Traumatized World
Why do we suppress our authenticity? How do we reconcile the need to accept things as they are with a desire to change them? What is the pathway to healing in a world that’s breaking our hearts? In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with renowned physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté about these profound questions, and how the approach he calls Compassionate Inquiry can help us find the answers within ourselves.
Listen in to this informative, inspiring, and at times “fiery” conversation exploring how to bridge the gap between understanding and embodiment; the “full heart beneath a broken heart”; paying attention to tension; growth, not perfection; the neuroscience of emotions; the connections between sensitivity and addiction; activism and advocacy as an element of healing; the dance of acceptance and agency; psychoneuroimmunology; the search for truth and where it emanates from; 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.
Dr. Gabor Maté is an author, speaker, and physician who specializes in addiction, stress, and childhood development. His many books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and When the Body Says No. His signature psychotherapeutic approach, Compassionate Inquiry, reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world.
2 AM
Old Radio Break: Lux Radio Theater
“It’s a Wonderful Life”
Just in time for Christmas, the radio dramatization of the film that introduced Bert and Ernie before they became muppets, showed us how angels got their wings, and depicted a very prophetic post World War II Potterville – overcome by anti-capitalist human kindness and solidarity and a little heavenly intervention in the film, but perhaps not so much in reality.
3AM
Caroline Casey, Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA
THE GUIDING STORIES FOR NECESSARY MIRACLES!
Caroline Welcomes Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb
CWC: “The Guiding Stories for Necessary Miracles!” Rabbi Lynn “Okay. This will be a conversation about revolutionary nonviolence.”
Lynn Gottlieb, one of the first women to become a rabbi in Jewish history, is a pioneer Jewish feminist, activist, writer, visual artist, ceremonialist, community organizer, master storyteller and performing artist. She is co-founder of Shomeret Shalom Global Congregation and teacher of the path of the Torah of Nonviolence. Currently, Lynn is director of Youth and Family Programs at Chochmat HaLev Congregation in Berkeley, CA. (The name translate roughly as “Wisdom of the Heart”)
Rabbi Gottlieb is the author of She Who Dwells Within, “a practical guide to nonsexist Judaism,” published on March 3, 1995. Drawing on Gottlieb’s own experiences as well as on traditional and feminist midrash (stories that comment on Biblical texts), the book combines thoughtful essays on gender and Judaism with new rituals for the important moments in Jewish women’s lives. The title is taken from a translation of the word Shekhinah, traditionally understood as the feminine manifestation or aspect of God.
http://www.rabbilynngottlieb.com
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4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from earlier on 12/21/23
Friday, December 22, 2023
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Wednesday Night
Prog Notes S H 12-21-23
12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
At Dave’s suggestion because of some personal and technical issues, we are running two further parts of his archival material regarding Daniel Hopsicker, who passed away recently. Dave hopes that new episodes will be available soon. The flashdrive of many hours of his interviews with Jim De Eugenio, who wrote the script for and worked with Oliver Stone on JFK Revisited, is still available as a thank-you premium for a $100 donation to KPFK
1 AM
The Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate
Max and Aaron have adapted their popular podcast into a radio show at the request of KPFK and now offer it to Pacifica stations and affiliates. We now carry it as part of the inter-generational anti-fascist block of programming on Something’s Happening, Wednesday overnight to Thursday, along with David Emory’s long running “For the Record”, and the followed by the new generation of anti-fascists and anti-authoritarians represented by Its Going Down and The Final Straw Radio (both of whom also blog and podcast their content).
2 AM
The Final Straw radio
This week, we dig into the pre-trial hearings and jury selection for Ayla King, Stop Cop City movement's first and only co-defendant so far to be granted a speedy trial. We're joined by Silver, an on-the-ground correspondent among many in Atlanta focused on supporting the collective defense against the State of Georgia's RICO indictment. Stay tuned for future coverage of the trials as they unfold.
We will be focusing on the pretrial proceedings of defendant Ayla King, who has bravely flexed their right to a speedy trial and whose case we will be following more in-depth when opening arguments begin on January 10th. To help us unpack some of the media and legal intricacies in this case we will hear from Jewel, a North Carolina based lawyer (member of NLG Mass Defense) followed by an interview with Matt from Atlanta Community Press Collective. Jewel will help us understand some of the strategy of exercising a right to speedy trial while Matt will speak as one of the only members of local media to actively cover jury selection.
First, some background to this case for listeners less familiar:
- On August 29th the State of Georgia filed an indictment against 61 people in the movement to Stop Cop City and defend Weelaunee people's park. The state alleges that music festival attendees and protestors engaged in racketeering, domestic terrorism, arson and money laundering-- all as part of a so called mob conspiracy to halt construction of the massively unpopular expansion of police traning grounds in Southeast Atlanta-- also known as Cop City.
- This indictment follows a years-long, powerful and popular struggle against the city of Atlanta and their Police Foundation's attempts to build the 90 million dollar training grounds. The expansion of this site not only follows the widespread anti-police movements of 2020 but further bolsters US backed military training such the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (aka GILEE) - a direct exhange program between Atlanta police and the Israeli Occupational Forces, who are currently waging genocide in the occupied Gaza strip of Palestine.
- We have experienced the unrelenting and escalating criminal charges (such as domestic terrorism charges for so called trespassing on public land, racketeering charges for mutual aid), raids of collective organizing and healing spaces, and even the assassination of a beloved comrade, Tortuguita. Not only have these atrocities failed to stop the movement against Cop City, but they have inspired renewed resistance and solidarity from across the country and across the world.
3 AM
Covert Action presentation at The Left Forum in NYC
"Covert Action: Persistent U.S. Attacks against 'Democracy and Freedom,' Past and Present" was the topic of a Left Forum panel in 2018 which makes up this program. It was presented by Covert Action Magazine which has relaunched recently. We hear Chris Agee, yes the son of Philip Agee, Lou Wolff, one of Covert Action's founders, and author, historian, and U.S. foreign policy critic Wiliam Blum.
3:30 AM
Wider View Radio interview with Jeremy Kuzmarov of Covert Action
Jeremy Kuzmarov is back on Wider View. Jeremy has taught in history in colleges, written 4 books including Obama's Unending Wars: Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State with Glen Ford, and The Russians Are Coming, Again: The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce with John Marciano, and was recently named Managing Editor of Covert Action Magazine.
Wider View originates in Eugene, Oregon. We interview activists, academics, and analysts who present perspectives not found in the mainstream media. Our focus is on the United States role in the world and the political stagnation in our country that maintains that role.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
The final two hours from Thom’s non-commercial broadcast earlier on 12-20-23
Picking up on the anti-fascist theme of this overnight, Thom talks with Michael Tomasky of The New Republic, hardly a radical or left publication, who talks about the distinct possibility that democracy will die in the US in his lifetime.
12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
At Dave’s suggestion because of some personal and technical issues, we are running two further parts of his archival material regarding Daniel Hopsicker, who passed away recently. Dave hopes that new episodes will be available soon. The flashdrive of many hours of his interviews with Jim De Eugenio, who wrote the script for and worked with Oliver Stone on JFK Revisited, is still available as a thank-you premium for a $100 donation to KPFK
1 AM
The Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate
Max and Aaron have adapted their popular podcast into a radio show at the request of KPFK and now offer it to Pacifica stations and affiliates. We now carry it as part of the inter-generational anti-fascist block of programming on Something’s Happening, Wednesday overnight to Thursday, along with David Emory’s long running “For the Record”, and the followed by the new generation of anti-fascists and anti-authoritarians represented by Its Going Down and The Final Straw Radio (both of whom also blog and podcast their content).
2 AM
The Final Straw radio
This week, we dig into the pre-trial hearings and jury selection for Ayla King, Stop Cop City movement's first and only co-defendant so far to be granted a speedy trial. We're joined by Silver, an on-the-ground correspondent among many in Atlanta focused on supporting the collective defense against the State of Georgia's RICO indictment. Stay tuned for future coverage of the trials as they unfold.
We will be focusing on the pretrial proceedings of defendant Ayla King, who has bravely flexed their right to a speedy trial and whose case we will be following more in-depth when opening arguments begin on January 10th. To help us unpack some of the media and legal intricacies in this case we will hear from Jewel, a North Carolina based lawyer (member of NLG Mass Defense) followed by an interview with Matt from Atlanta Community Press Collective. Jewel will help us understand some of the strategy of exercising a right to speedy trial while Matt will speak as one of the only members of local media to actively cover jury selection.
First, some background to this case for listeners less familiar:
- On August 29th the State of Georgia filed an indictment against 61 people in the movement to Stop Cop City and defend Weelaunee people's park. The state alleges that music festival attendees and protestors engaged in racketeering, domestic terrorism, arson and money laundering-- all as part of a so called mob conspiracy to halt construction of the massively unpopular expansion of police traning grounds in Southeast Atlanta-- also known as Cop City.
- This indictment follows a years-long, powerful and popular struggle against the city of Atlanta and their Police Foundation's attempts to build the 90 million dollar training grounds. The expansion of this site not only follows the widespread anti-police movements of 2020 but further bolsters US backed military training such the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (aka GILEE) - a direct exhange program between Atlanta police and the Israeli Occupational Forces, who are currently waging genocide in the occupied Gaza strip of Palestine.
- We have experienced the unrelenting and escalating criminal charges (such as domestic terrorism charges for so called trespassing on public land, racketeering charges for mutual aid), raids of collective organizing and healing spaces, and even the assassination of a beloved comrade, Tortuguita. Not only have these atrocities failed to stop the movement against Cop City, but they have inspired renewed resistance and solidarity from across the country and across the world.
3 AM
Covert Action presentation at The Left Forum in NYC
"Covert Action: Persistent U.S. Attacks against 'Democracy and Freedom,' Past and Present" was the topic of a Left Forum panel in 2018 which makes up this program. It was presented by Covert Action Magazine which has relaunched recently. We hear Chris Agee, yes the son of Philip Agee, Lou Wolff, one of Covert Action's founders, and author, historian, and U.S. foreign policy critic Wiliam Blum.
3:30 AM
Wider View Radio interview with Jeremy Kuzmarov of Covert Action
Jeremy Kuzmarov is back on Wider View. Jeremy has taught in history in colleges, written 4 books including Obama's Unending Wars: Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State with Glen Ford, and The Russians Are Coming, Again: The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce with John Marciano, and was recently named Managing Editor of Covert Action Magazine.
Wider View originates in Eugene, Oregon. We interview activists, academics, and analysts who present perspectives not found in the mainstream media. Our focus is on the United States role in the world and the political stagnation in our country that maintains that role.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
The final two hours from Thom’s non-commercial broadcast earlier on 12-20-23
Picking up on the anti-fascist theme of this overnight, Thom talks with Michael Tomasky of The New Republic, hardly a radical or left publication, who talks about the distinct possibility that democracy will die in the US in his lifetime.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Tuesday Night
Prog notes S H 12-20-23
12 AM
About Health
Taking Care of Our Hearts
Dr. David Feldman conducts an interview with Dr. Anuradha Lala-Trindade, cardiologist, about both the physical and emotional aspects of the heart, and about her personal story in becoming a cardiologist.
Dr. Anuradha Lala-Trindade (Anu Lala)’s clinical interests encompass all aspects of management of heart failure including the care of patients with mechanical circulatory support devices and heart transplantation as well as genetic cardiomyopathies and perioperative management of high risk cardiac surgical cases. She believes in a patient-centered approach, where each individual’s unique needs and preferences are essential components of developing a personalized treatment plan. Dr. Lala seeks to implement guideline directed medical and device-based therapies while integrating emotional and spiritual aspects of care.
In addition to caring for patients, she serves as the Director of Heart Failure Research and as Data Coordinating Center leadership for the NHLBI Cardiothoracic Surgery Network.
More information here:
https://profiles.mountsinai.org/anuradha-lala-trindade
1 AM
Herbal Highway
Fatigue and Chronic Stress
Archival episode from early this year on plants useful in dealing with fatigue and chronic stress. (KPFA has been in fund drive as well, and we can’t use their fund drive special programming as we do not have access to the thank-you premiums they offered.) Join Sarah Holmes and her guest Tesia Love for a discussion of the inter-relationship between fatigue and chronic stress and the plants to support us in dealing with them. Tesia is an Ayurvedic practitioner, herbalist and body worker based in Charlotte, NC. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.
2 AM
Green Street News
PLASTIC IS KILLING US! WITH DR. LEO TRASANDE
This week on GSN Patti and Doug talk about obesity research, synthetic turf disposal and EPA's regulation of PFAS. Then Dr. Leo Trasande of the NYU School of Medicine talks about the health impacts of exposure to the chemicals in plastic, the economic impacts, and why the world needs to turn off the plastic tap now.
2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Benefits of Organic Agriculture
Did you know that the USDA’s new Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards will help promote animal welfare? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Harriet Behar, organic farmer, inspector, educator, and Farmer Services Consultant for the Organic Farming Association. Behar describes the multiple benefits of organic agriculture and explains how USDAs new organic livestock and poultry standards benefit farmers, inspectors, and consumers.
Related website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic-livestock-and-poultry-standards
https://organicfarmersassociation.org/
3:00 AM
Whole Mother with Pat Jones from sister station KPFT in Houston
Debbie Hull, CLD, CCCE, CAPPA
Debbie Hull began learning about birth in 1996 after the birth of her first baby and has been serving Houston area families since 1999. She is certified with CAPPA as a new parent educator, labor doula, and childbirth educator, is honored to be on CAPPA faculty for both labor doula and childbirth educator, and is the Senior Program advisor for CAPPA’s labor doula training program. Debbie believes that it is the most precious and sacred of honors to be invited to care for a family during their childbearing season and is very proud to have the opportunity to speak into the work of the next generation of birth professionals.
Her work has taken her places she never expected to go, including portraying Jillian in all the Houston productions of Karen Brody’s play, Birth, but only with the fingerprints of her beloved midwife/friend all over her back. They say the birth sounds she made there, on a stage in front of hundreds of people, sounded real. She profoundly hopes so. Debbie designed and developed the curriculum for an innovative, interactive childbirth class and began offering classes that even dads report enjoying! She believes that we learn best when we are laughing, so her childbirth classes and professional training courses are designed to be enjoyable and memorable.
Debbie is most proud to be the mother of two amazing formerly breastfed and home-schooled young adults, the youngest of whom has been on a nursing strike for over 20 years. When she is not working on her feelings about that, Debbie enjoys movies, reading, and game nights, even when she loses.
debbiehull.doula@gmail.com
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of his non-commercial broadcast from earlier on 12-19-23
12 AM
About Health
Taking Care of Our Hearts
Dr. David Feldman conducts an interview with Dr. Anuradha Lala-Trindade, cardiologist, about both the physical and emotional aspects of the heart, and about her personal story in becoming a cardiologist.
Dr. Anuradha Lala-Trindade (Anu Lala)’s clinical interests encompass all aspects of management of heart failure including the care of patients with mechanical circulatory support devices and heart transplantation as well as genetic cardiomyopathies and perioperative management of high risk cardiac surgical cases. She believes in a patient-centered approach, where each individual’s unique needs and preferences are essential components of developing a personalized treatment plan. Dr. Lala seeks to implement guideline directed medical and device-based therapies while integrating emotional and spiritual aspects of care.
In addition to caring for patients, she serves as the Director of Heart Failure Research and as Data Coordinating Center leadership for the NHLBI Cardiothoracic Surgery Network.
More information here:
https://profiles.mountsinai.org/anuradha-lala-trindade
1 AM
Herbal Highway
Fatigue and Chronic Stress
Archival episode from early this year on plants useful in dealing with fatigue and chronic stress. (KPFA has been in fund drive as well, and we can’t use their fund drive special programming as we do not have access to the thank-you premiums they offered.) Join Sarah Holmes and her guest Tesia Love for a discussion of the inter-relationship between fatigue and chronic stress and the plants to support us in dealing with them. Tesia is an Ayurvedic practitioner, herbalist and body worker based in Charlotte, NC. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.
2 AM
Green Street News
PLASTIC IS KILLING US! WITH DR. LEO TRASANDE
This week on GSN Patti and Doug talk about obesity research, synthetic turf disposal and EPA's regulation of PFAS. Then Dr. Leo Trasande of the NYU School of Medicine talks about the health impacts of exposure to the chemicals in plastic, the economic impacts, and why the world needs to turn off the plastic tap now.
2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Benefits of Organic Agriculture
Did you know that the USDA’s new Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards will help promote animal welfare? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Harriet Behar, organic farmer, inspector, educator, and Farmer Services Consultant for the Organic Farming Association. Behar describes the multiple benefits of organic agriculture and explains how USDAs new organic livestock and poultry standards benefit farmers, inspectors, and consumers.
Related website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic-livestock-and-poultry-standards
https://organicfarmersassociation.org/
3:00 AM
Whole Mother with Pat Jones from sister station KPFT in Houston
Debbie Hull, CLD, CCCE, CAPPA
Debbie Hull began learning about birth in 1996 after the birth of her first baby and has been serving Houston area families since 1999. She is certified with CAPPA as a new parent educator, labor doula, and childbirth educator, is honored to be on CAPPA faculty for both labor doula and childbirth educator, and is the Senior Program advisor for CAPPA’s labor doula training program. Debbie believes that it is the most precious and sacred of honors to be invited to care for a family during their childbearing season and is very proud to have the opportunity to speak into the work of the next generation of birth professionals.
Her work has taken her places she never expected to go, including portraying Jillian in all the Houston productions of Karen Brody’s play, Birth, but only with the fingerprints of her beloved midwife/friend all over her back. They say the birth sounds she made there, on a stage in front of hundreds of people, sounded real. She profoundly hopes so. Debbie designed and developed the curriculum for an innovative, interactive childbirth class and began offering classes that even dads report enjoying! She believes that we learn best when we are laughing, so her childbirth classes and professional training courses are designed to be enjoyable and memorable.
Debbie is most proud to be the mother of two amazing formerly breastfed and home-schooled young adults, the youngest of whom has been on a nursing strike for over 20 years. When she is not working on her feelings about that, Debbie enjoys movies, reading, and game nights, even when she loses.
debbiehull.doula@gmail.com
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of his non-commercial broadcast from earlier on 12-19-23
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Monday Night
Prog notes S H 12-19-23
12 AM
Creative Frontline
Interview with Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff
Filmmaker Robert Lundahl has Ilarion Merculieff tell stories from his Pribilof Island homeland of St. Paul and St. George Islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, 250 miles north of the Aleutians. He expresses concerns about Arctic ecosystems generally, and in specific as related to multiple species of birds, marine mammals, and fish, including the Yukon River and its salmon.
He discusses TKW, Traditonal Knowledge and Wisdom, and the role it plays in resource management, and the structural thought process behind it as a science. Update on the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.
The erosion of shorelines & the thawing of permafrost in many Alaska Native villages, is making them increasingly vulnerable to flooding & landslides. Several villages have had to relocate to higher ground. The exact number of villages that have had to move is not clear, it is estimated that at least 31 villages in Alaska are currently facing the threat of flooding & erosion & many more are at risk in the future.
• What is the public health cost for climate change related trauma & rising subsistence expenses for Alaska natives?
The impacts are significant, such as flooding & erosion that can disrupt traditional ways of life & lead to emotional & mental stress, including depression & anxiety. Subsistence hunting & fishing are also affected by changes in weather patterns & the loss of sea ice, leading to food insecurity & malnutrition. These factors can contribute to a range of physical & mental health problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, & suicide.
• What costs for public health can be avoided by early & sufficient federal investments in health, infrastructure energy & food production in Alaska native villages?
Early & sufficient federal investments in health, infrastructure, energy, & food production in Alaska Native villages could help to mitigate many of the public health costs associated with climate change. For example, investments in infrastructure such as sea walls, shoreline protection, & water and sewer systems can help to protect villages from flooding and erosion. Investments in renewable energy sources can help to reduce dependence on fossil fuels & improve air quality, which can have positive health impacts. Investing in local food production through programs such as community gardens & greenhouses can help to improve food security & reduce dependence on expensive, imported foods. Additionally, investing in mental health & counseling services can help to support individuals & families affected by climate change-related trauma.
This help can protect & improve the health & well-being of Alaska Native communities, & reduce the long-term public health costs.
• How can Educational Programs help native communities change federal policies benefiting tribes & supporting climate equity?
Here are a few important roles in helping Native communities change federal policies that benefit tribes & support climate equity:
1. Community Engagement & Education:
Raise awareness & educate community members about the impacts & climate equity.
2. Leadership development:
Training & leadership development opportunities for community members, helping to build capacity within the community to advocate for policy changes at the local, state & federal level.
3. Research and Data:
Research that documents the impacts of climate change on Native communities, & provides data to support policy changes that benefit tribes & support climate equity.
4. Networking & Coalition Building:
Connect native communities with other organizations, researchers, & advocacy groups working on climate equity and environmental justice, help build a stronger more cohesive movement for change.
5.Law & Policy Education:
Training on laws related to climate change & environmental justice, empowering knowledge.
©Copyright Agence RLA, LLC, Robert Lundahl. 2021. All Rights Reserved, All Media, Across the Known Universe.
Note: When Merculieff says, “At that time, our people were slaves of the federal government,” he is referring to the fact that when the US under Lincoln purchased Alaska from the Tsarist Russian Empire, the Indigenous population were being oppressed as serfs by that Empire, and the US regime that took over did not abolish that condition of serfdom for decades until the New Deal-World War II era under FDR. The names of many of the people and locations, and the presence of the Russian Orthodox Church, are manifestations of the earlier Russian empire.
1 AM
Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer/Jacobin
Joel Schalit, editor of The Battleground, on what it is in Israeli politics and society that’s behind the carnage in Gaza. https://thebattleground.eu/ Schalit is an Israeli-American left journalist, now living in Turin, Italy. The Battleground focuses on political, economic, social and cultural struggles in the European Union.
Amy Schiller, author of The Price of Humanity, on what’s wrong with philanthropy and how to fix it.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720859/the-price-of-humanity-by-amy-schiller/
2 AM
Project Censored
The Jewish National Fund sounds nice enough, especially with their quaint tree-planting campaigns, but as our guest, Palestinian organizer Abdullah Elagha, points out, this green-washed front hides a myriad of atrocities, from ecocide to ethnic cleansing.
Elagha outlines the history and present of the organization, a recent fundraising for Israel conference in Colorado, the growing movement for Palestine, and more.
Next up, you might know that fracking stinks – but did you also know that it’s highly radioactive? Investigative journalist and author Justin Nobel joins the show to talk about his nearly decade-long research project quite literally digging to the dark and toxic depths of radioactive fracking waste, what this means for communities and workers, and the vital collaboration between investigative journalists and frontline activists.
3 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Gazan attorney Ahmed Abofoul, representative in the Hague of the Ramallah-based legal and human rights groups Al-Haq, talks about the use of starvation and dehydration as genocidal weapons of war against Palestinians in Gaza.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom’s non-commercial broadcast earlier on 12/18/23
12 AM
Creative Frontline
Interview with Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff
Filmmaker Robert Lundahl has Ilarion Merculieff tell stories from his Pribilof Island homeland of St. Paul and St. George Islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, 250 miles north of the Aleutians. He expresses concerns about Arctic ecosystems generally, and in specific as related to multiple species of birds, marine mammals, and fish, including the Yukon River and its salmon.
He discusses TKW, Traditonal Knowledge and Wisdom, and the role it plays in resource management, and the structural thought process behind it as a science. Update on the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.
The erosion of shorelines & the thawing of permafrost in many Alaska Native villages, is making them increasingly vulnerable to flooding & landslides. Several villages have had to relocate to higher ground. The exact number of villages that have had to move is not clear, it is estimated that at least 31 villages in Alaska are currently facing the threat of flooding & erosion & many more are at risk in the future.
• What is the public health cost for climate change related trauma & rising subsistence expenses for Alaska natives?
The impacts are significant, such as flooding & erosion that can disrupt traditional ways of life & lead to emotional & mental stress, including depression & anxiety. Subsistence hunting & fishing are also affected by changes in weather patterns & the loss of sea ice, leading to food insecurity & malnutrition. These factors can contribute to a range of physical & mental health problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, & suicide.
• What costs for public health can be avoided by early & sufficient federal investments in health, infrastructure energy & food production in Alaska native villages?
Early & sufficient federal investments in health, infrastructure, energy, & food production in Alaska Native villages could help to mitigate many of the public health costs associated with climate change. For example, investments in infrastructure such as sea walls, shoreline protection, & water and sewer systems can help to protect villages from flooding and erosion. Investments in renewable energy sources can help to reduce dependence on fossil fuels & improve air quality, which can have positive health impacts. Investing in local food production through programs such as community gardens & greenhouses can help to improve food security & reduce dependence on expensive, imported foods. Additionally, investing in mental health & counseling services can help to support individuals & families affected by climate change-related trauma.
This help can protect & improve the health & well-being of Alaska Native communities, & reduce the long-term public health costs.
• How can Educational Programs help native communities change federal policies benefiting tribes & supporting climate equity?
Here are a few important roles in helping Native communities change federal policies that benefit tribes & support climate equity:
1. Community Engagement & Education:
Raise awareness & educate community members about the impacts & climate equity.
2. Leadership development:
Training & leadership development opportunities for community members, helping to build capacity within the community to advocate for policy changes at the local, state & federal level.
3. Research and Data:
Research that documents the impacts of climate change on Native communities, & provides data to support policy changes that benefit tribes & support climate equity.
4. Networking & Coalition Building:
Connect native communities with other organizations, researchers, & advocacy groups working on climate equity and environmental justice, help build a stronger more cohesive movement for change.
5.Law & Policy Education:
Training on laws related to climate change & environmental justice, empowering knowledge.
©Copyright Agence RLA, LLC, Robert Lundahl. 2021. All Rights Reserved, All Media, Across the Known Universe.
Note: When Merculieff says, “At that time, our people were slaves of the federal government,” he is referring to the fact that when the US under Lincoln purchased Alaska from the Tsarist Russian Empire, the Indigenous population were being oppressed as serfs by that Empire, and the US regime that took over did not abolish that condition of serfdom for decades until the New Deal-World War II era under FDR. The names of many of the people and locations, and the presence of the Russian Orthodox Church, are manifestations of the earlier Russian empire.
1 AM
Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer/Jacobin
Joel Schalit, editor of The Battleground, on what it is in Israeli politics and society that’s behind the carnage in Gaza. https://thebattleground.eu/ Schalit is an Israeli-American left journalist, now living in Turin, Italy. The Battleground focuses on political, economic, social and cultural struggles in the European Union.
Amy Schiller, author of The Price of Humanity, on what’s wrong with philanthropy and how to fix it.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720859/the-price-of-humanity-by-amy-schiller/
2 AM
Project Censored
The Jewish National Fund sounds nice enough, especially with their quaint tree-planting campaigns, but as our guest, Palestinian organizer Abdullah Elagha, points out, this green-washed front hides a myriad of atrocities, from ecocide to ethnic cleansing.
Elagha outlines the history and present of the organization, a recent fundraising for Israel conference in Colorado, the growing movement for Palestine, and more.
Next up, you might know that fracking stinks – but did you also know that it’s highly radioactive? Investigative journalist and author Justin Nobel joins the show to talk about his nearly decade-long research project quite literally digging to the dark and toxic depths of radioactive fracking waste, what this means for communities and workers, and the vital collaboration between investigative journalists and frontline activists.
3 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Gazan attorney Ahmed Abofoul, representative in the Hague of the Ramallah-based legal and human rights groups Al-Haq, talks about the use of starvation and dehydration as genocidal weapons of war against Palestinians in Gaza.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom’s non-commercial broadcast earlier on 12/18/23
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