Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 02-13-24



12 AM

Creative FrontLine

The Rivers of Southern California

Following up on last week’s look at the dismantling of a dam on a river in Ventura County, Robert Lundahl and Tracker Gina Marie Rangel Quinone look at the extensive network of rovers and channels in Southern California and the way riparian and wetlands areas have been systematically isolated concrete storm drains and the like.

Dam removal on California's rivers is a highly visible and inspiring recognition of the benefits of natural services provided by healthy ecosystems.


Tracker picks up where we left off as she reviews and reports on the progress of LA River rewilding.
We discuss the role of tribal communities and efforts led by women to restore and rebalance, in light of Governor Newsom's recent announcement supporting removal of three additional dams in the state alongside ongoing efforts to free the Klamath.


https://youtu.be/WHJTTKgqtUo
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12:30 AM

Old radio break: Destination Freedom

The Denmark Vesey Story

"The Story Of Denmark Vesey". Produced in co-operation with The Chicago Defender. The story of Denmark Vesey, who fought for the end of slavery twenty years before the Civil War. Denmark Vesey fought for the end of slavery twenty years before the Civil War even began. They said a gamble was the start of it, and the winner was Denmark Vesey, a slave. He won $4000 that night, and on returning to the ship of his slave master Captain Vesey, he asked once again if his master was willing to sell him. Captain Vesey finally agreed, and released him for $2000. It is the beginning of a long journey for Denmark, for he is remembered as the man most famous for planning the slave rebellion of 1822.



1 AM

Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer

Ajay Singh Chaudhary talks about his new book, The Exhausted of the Earth: Politics in a Burning World. Then Matt Notowidigdo, co-author of this paper, https://users.nber.org/~notom/research/FNSZ_Great_Recession_jan2024.pdf discusses how recessions increase life expectancy.



2 AM

Project Censored with Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield

In the first half of the show, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with attorney Art Belendiuk and media activist and journalist Sue Wilson to talk about the poisoning of our airwaves with propaganda. Art and Sue outline a case in Baltimore that highlights how media corporation Sinclair is trying to control what we hear and see, and how the FCC is failing in its responsibility to regulate media giants to serve the public interest.

In the second half of the show, Eleanor Goldfield quotes from a recent conversation with Yemen-based freelance journalist Ahmed Abdulkareem about what’s happening in his home country, the reasoning behind it, how the people feel, and what the future might hold, particularly in terms of US hegemony in the region.

Sue Wilson is an award-winning journalist, and the producer of the documentary Broadcast Blues. She also leads the Media Action Center. Her recent in-depth article about the Sinclair scandal can be read here. Art Belendiuk is a communications-law attorney with decades of experience. Ahmed Abdulkareem is a freelance Yemeni journalist.

Correction: Sinclair has close to but not more than 39% of the national audience, but they do dominate more local stations in dozens of markets than FCC rules allow.



3 AM

Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg of sister station WBAI in NY

Mimi continues her interview from last week with Ward Churchill and Ronnie Kasrils about resistance to genocidal settler colonialism from South Africa to Palestine to the US.



4-6 AM
Final two hours of Thom Hartmann program from earlier on 2/12/24