Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 08-31-23

12 AM



Dave Emory

How Many Lies will it take Before you are part of the Lie? Part 25

https://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr1303-how-many-lies-before-you-belong-to-the-lies-part-25/

(The website offers many links to content from Moon of Alabama about “astro-turfing” – fake “grassroots” activity sponsored and produced by state agents.)

Introduction: Updating the Ukraine war, this program highlights a number of considerations: The phenomenon of “Astroturfing” to generate increased support for the war; the casting of a Belarus veteran of the Nazi Azov formations as a political martyr; the western regime-change institutions’ support for such persons; the New York Times’ shifting coverage about Nazis in Ukraine; Russian warning at the U.N. in October of 2022 about Ukraine’s plans to blow up the Nova Khakovka dam; Washington Post’s December, 2022, article about Ukraine’s trial assaults on the dam; examination of the distinct possibility that a British Storm Shadow missile was used to blow up the dam. (58:50)

1 AM



Its Going Down

Interview with Violet (they/them) of the Colorado Springs (CO) Anti-fascists, regarding the “Alphabet Boys” podcast, and the issue of law enforcement infiltration, surveillance and harassment of left social movements in Colorado Springs. It’s Going Down website and blog, as well as their radio program produced for KPFA, our northern CA sister station, are one of the primary communications media for contemporary anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian activists and organizers. (57:13)

2 AM

Covert Action Bulletin with Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/08/23/covertaction-bulletin-privatization-and-dollarization-will-argentina-fall-to-the-right/

In Argentina, the far right-wing Libertarian candidate Javier Milei of the Liberty Advances party won 30% of the country’s presidential primary, calling for an end to “Kirchnerism”—really, a call to end the social programs fought for and won by the Argentinian people. We dive deeper into the analysis of how we got here, and what this surge in popularity of libertarianism really means.



Meanwhile in Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León of Movimiento Semilla (Seed Movement) won the presidential election on August 20th and will be sworn in on January 14th of 2024. His defeat of the center-right Sandra Torres, candidate of the National Unity of Hope (UNE) party, by a margin of 58% to 37%, is a sign of change against the “pact of the corrupt”.



We’re joined by Zoe Pepper Cunningham, Co-Editor of People’s Dispatch to get a deeper understanding of what these results mean for their respective countries, for Latin America and more. (52:59)



Rachel Hu is a journalist with “BreakThrough News,” a new independent media project, where she hosts the podcast “It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism.” She is also a host on WBAI 99.5FM in NYC and has been an anti-war and anti-racist activist with the ANSWER Coalition for the last decade. Rachel can be reached at: rachel@wbai.org.



Chris Garaffa has been an anti-imperialist and social justice organizer since joining the movement against the Iraq war in 2003. Chris is a weekly guest on Sputnik Radio’s “By Any Means Necessary,” and co-hosts the podcast “The Reboot,” focusing on the intersection between technology and human rights. Chris can be reached at: chris.garaffa@gmail.com.





3 AM



Out-FM

At least 175 transgender people were killed across the United States between 2017 and 2021. Only 28 cases resulted in murder convictions. Sixty-one cases remain unsolved. Last November, Insider -- an international, large-scale digital news platform -- published its comprehensive investigation into those homicides, the most in-depth examination of killings of transgender people in the U.S. to date, titled "Deaths in the Family." Based on a year of public records battles and countless conversations with grief-stricken communities and intransigent police and prosecutors, this huge under-reported story was assembled by a dozen reporters. They spoke with friends, family, and communities across the country to uncover stories of people killed by partners, parents, dates, clients, and police officers.



The reporting team was led by longtime queer journalist and former host of WBAI's Beyond the Pale program, Esther Kaplan, who is now the Investigative Editor at insider.com. The series covered law-enforcement killings, hate crimes, intimate-partner violence, the vulnerabilities of sex workers, unsolved cases, the ways transphobia colors the criminal-justice system, the troubled history between the police and the transgender community, and the fatal attack on an LGBTQ nightclub, Club Q, last November.



Esther noted, "Homicides spiked just as states accelerated their introduction of anti-trans legislation." This year, the Insider series has been named a finalist for honors by GLAAD, the largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, as well as the National Association of Black Journalists, the Association of LGBTQ Journalists, and the Online News Association. Esther Kaplan Investigative Editor at insider.com (57:55)



Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show originating on listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/NY, and heard on KPFK/LA, both part of Pacifica Radio.

Hosts: Naomi Brussel and Bob Lederer

4-6 AM

Final two hours of Thom Hartmann Program non-commercial version from earlier on 8/30/23

Wednesday Night

Program Notes

12 AM

About Health – The Vagus Nerve

About Health is 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, please contact Rona Renner, RN, at Rona@NurseRona.com or Dr. David Feldman, PhD, at davidf@kpfa.org.

https://kpfa.org/episode/about-health-august-28-2023/

There has been a lot of talk about the Vagus Nerve these days. It can help us during times of stress or illness, and it’s one of the longest and most important of 12 cranial nerves in our bodies. It connects our brain to our gut (and our gut to our brain), and affects our mood, digestion, heart rate, immune response, and much more. Join Nurse Rona and her guest Amelia Barili, PhD, to learn about the Vagus Nerve and ways it can help us in these challenging times. See also: https://www.nurserona.com/



1 AM

Herbal Highway – Digest part 2 – Gut

https://kpfa.org/episode/the-herbal-highway-august-15-2023/

Join Sarah Holmes @blueotterschool for the next episode of her series on digestion. Learn more about how your body works and the herbs to support us when our bodies aren’t working so well. In this week’s episode, Sarah moves down the digestive tract and focuses on the gut, what is happening in the small and large intestines and herbs to support optimal health. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @theherbalhighway.



2 AM

Food sleuth Radio

Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners "think beyond their plates," connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth.

Steven Lawrence, film-maker on “The Invisible Extinction” (overuse of antibiotics)

Did you know that the misuse of antibiotics can disrupt our gut microbiome, and contribute to a range of diseases? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Steven Lawrence, award-winning film maker and co-producer of the documentary, The Invisible Extinction. Lawrence discusses his personal experience with the side effects of antibiotics, and the making of a film that takes audiences on a global journey to understand the far-reaching impacts of our gut microbiome on health and disease, as well as the creation of a microbial preservation vault. 28 min

Related website: https://www.theinvisibleextinction.com/



2:30 AM

Martin Blaser MD on the Human Microbiome

Did you know that the overuse of antibiotics can disrupt our microbiome, and contribute to diseases such as asthma, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and more? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Martin Blaser, M.D., Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome at Rutgers University, author of Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, and featured in the documentary film, Invisible Extinction. Blaser discusses the relationship between the human microbiome, health and disease, and the cumulative effects of exposure to antibiotics. 28 min

Related website: https://www.theinvisibleextinction.com/



3 AM



Whole Mother with Pat Jones

Home birthing and midwifery

Jackie Griggs, RN, CNM, and Abby Henson, CLC, SM

https://wholemothershow.com/allshows/

Jackie Griggs, CNM, has been a Nurse Midwife in the Houston area for the past 30 years. She is a mom of 5 grown sons, 3 born at home with the help of midwives. She owns a birth center in Beaumont, and helps with babies at home in Houston and the birth center in Beaumont. She has been on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Birth Centers, until just recently, and still is a very big advocate for midwifery care at a birth center or home, for the women of this country.



Abby Henson is a student midwife studying at the National College of Midwifery, currently apprenticing in Houston with Jackie Griggs. After working for 10 years as a business consultant, Abby’s interest in midwifery began when she had each of her two children with midwives. After each delivery, Abby’s interest in birth work and midwifery grew stronger, and in 2022, she decided to leave consulting and become a midwife. She is excited to dedicate her work to empowering parents through the birthing process. Abby is also a Certified Lactation Consultant.



4-6 AM Final two hours of The Thom Hartmann Program from earlier on 8/29/23

Tuesday Night

Something’s Happening Program Notes August 29, 2023



12 AM



Creative Frontline – "Mining and Monuments" with Patrick Gonzales-Rogers



Pat Gonzales Rogers is a distinguished lecturer at the Yale University School of the Environment (YSE) and the former Executive Director of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition. Raised in Hawaii by a single mother, Pat Gonzales-Rogers operates from a cultural and moral precept. Gonzales-Rogers explained that the Hawaiian word “kuleana” loosely translates to mean "responsibility." You have a responsibility to your people, and regardless of your position, there’s always a place for you. “If I’m not in this position,” Gonzales-Rogers said, “I’m probably called to another, and there’s a place for me. We all have a call to serve.”



When asked about his journey to his current position, Gonzales-Rogers credited being surrounded by strong, deliberate, intentional women very early in his life.



He is teaching a tribal resources and sovereignty clinic hosted by the Yale Center for Environmental Justice (YCEJ), which is open to students from YSE, Yale Law School, Yale School of Management, and Yale Divinity School.



Producer Robert Lundahl says: “It's a very strong capstone for all the prior episodes and an introduction to what is to come, including exposes of SLAAP Suits and dirty deals.”



Introduction to the Creative Frontline series by Preston Arrow-Weed.



1 AM



Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer, from Jacobin Radio



August 24, 2023 Lisa Corrigan, author of a Nation article, on the savage program and staff cuts at West Virginia University and what they mean for higher education • Taylor Lorenz, author of Extremely Online, on the social history of the internet



2 AM Equal Rights & Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from WBAI



The New Nuclear Danger with Dr. Helen Caldicott, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, PSR which won the Nobel Peace Prize, founder and president of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, dedicated to redirecting budgetary dollars from nuclear arms and energy. Her newest book is “Sleepwalking to Armageddon.”



3 AM Scholars’ Circle

Prosecuting Presidents Around the World

https://scholarscircle.org/

The criminal indictments of former President Trump have created a political crisis in their unprecedented nature. Historically, U.S. presidents have not faced criminal charges even in cases where there is a high likelihood of guilt, in large part due to respect for the office. Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon embodies this norm.



What can the U.S. learn from other countries that have prosecuted former presidents? And what can we learn from American history about the prosecutions of political figures? Is the prosecution of former heads of state simply the weaponization of justice mechanisms? And how common is this political charge?



Jeremi Suri is Professor in the Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office and his latest book Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight For Democracy. He hosts the podcast This is Democracy.



Tom Ginsburg is Leo Spitz Professor of International Law and Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School. He is the author of the books The Endurance of National Constitutions, Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes, and co-author of the paper The Comparative Constitutional Law of Presidential Impeachment.



Ezequiel González Ocantos is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations, and a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Shifting Legal Visions: Judicial Change and Human Rights Trials in Latin America, The Politics of Transitional Justice in Latin America: Power, Norms and Capability Building, and co-author of Prosecutors, Voters, and the Criminalisation of Corruption in Latin America (w/ Paula Muñoz, Nara Pavao & Viviana Baraybar).



4-6 AM

Final two hours of Thom Hartmann Program from earlier on 8/28/23




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Thursday Night

Something’s Happening program notes 08-25-23



12 AM


Alan Watts – two episodes: Reconciliation of Opposites, Bus or Tram





1 AM


Sounds True – Tami Simon -solo podcast on being a Spiritual Entrepreneur

https://resources.soundstrue.com/podcast/tami-simon-being-a-spiritual-entrepreneur/

A magazine article about Sounds True founder Tami Simon referred to her as a “spiritual entrepreneur.” At first, Tami wasn’t sure about the label. Yet over time, she came to appreciate and embrace it. Today, the art of spiritual entrepreneurship is a central facet of Sounds True’s Inner MBA® program.



In this host-only episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami shares her thoughts and feelings about what it means to lead a company dedicated to the well-being of its employees as equally as it is to business success. For anyone looking to bridge their innermost values with how they make a living, Tami reveals seven principles of the spiritual entrepreneur, with insightful guidance on honoring the voice of the heart; leading with presence; why relationships need to come first; creating a culture of care, engagement, and well-being; alternating between high performance and good rest; how to embrace challenges as growth opportunities; claiming our personal agency and doing the work of “cleaning up”; business as a means to address real social needs; maintaining trust in the unfolding process; making a commitment to “lift each other up” in the way we do business; recognizing our interdependence; and more.



Tami Simon started Sounds True at the age of 22 with a dream and a tape recorder. Though she had no experience running a business and only a vague idea of what she wanted the company to be, Tami had her guiding principle strongly in place: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Over its 36-year history, Sounds True has grown into a multimedia publisher that has produced over 6,000 titles, has been included twice in the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing companies, and is North America’s leading publisher of spoken-word spiritual teachings.



One of the world’s very first organizations to focus on multiple bottom lines as part of its founding mandate, Sounds True has expanded steadily over the years while staying true to its original mission. Partnering with the leading spiritual teachers of our time, Sounds True now has a successful book publishing program (distributed by Macmillan) and has grown to produce events, certification programs, and transformational online learning experiences.



Tami hosts the popular Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge, which has now been downloaded more than 20 million times. She is also the founder of the Sounds True Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing spiritual education to people who would otherwise not have access. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, and in British Columbia with her wife, Julie Kramer, and their two spoodles, Raspberry and Bula.





2 AM


Magical Mystery Tour hosted by Tonio Epstein (via Pacifica Affiliates Unit)

Three Ways of Cultivating Revolutionary Love

This show features Valarie Kaur talking about revolutionary love; Mona Haydar on the ecstatic universe, and Pavi Mehta on giv-tivism or gift-ivism. Three powerful ways we can change our perspective and cultivate powerful change in the world and in our own lives.



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 AM


Caroline Casey, Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA: Biomimicry

https://coyotenetworknews.com/radio-show/

BIOMIMICRY RE-PLAY

“Biomimicry,” as sine qua non for life on planet… OMG most fantabulous show! with Janine Benyus,

Describes herself as “Scientist, animist, poet.” Founder of “Biomimicry Institute”


“Let’s learn democracy from bees! Before our arrogance destroys the bees, who truly know how to vote.” “Range voting.” Grief and ingenuity…innovation & limits



From Fall 2008 – but so powerfully pertinent to now…

www.JanineBenyus.com





4 – 6 AM

Final two hours of Thom Hartmann from earlier on 8/24/23

Wednesday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening 08-22-23




12 AM


Creative Frontline

What is environmental justice – Bradley Angell (1+33)





12:30 AM

Green Street News (29 min)

ENVIRONMENTAL WHISTLEBLOWER - WITH KYLA BENNETT

How PEER protects environmental whistleblowers

This week on GSN, Patti and Doug discuss PFAS in fracking, how Coke Influences science, and the plastic waste problem. Then Kyla Bennet of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) talks about her own career as a whistleblower at EPA and how PEER helps other whistleblowers like her.





1 AM


Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer (53 min)



August 17, 2023 Sohrab Ahmari, author of Tyranny, Inc., on the dictatorship of capital • Erin Reed, aka Erin in the Morning, on the state of trans politics





2 AM


Equal Rights & Justice with Mimi Rosenberg (58 min)

An Open Letter To The People Of Japan - No More Hiroshima, No More War –opposing the release of radioactive nuclear waste-water into the Pacific from Fukushima; Was The Killing Of Fernando Villavicencio, Ecuadorian Presidential, Anti-Corruption Candidate, State Sanctioned? Interview with Jake Johnston, co-author of Ecuador: A Decade of Progress Undone!





3 AM

Scholar’s Circle

Economic War (58 min)

The economic conflict between Russia and the West started before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. How has the war in Ukraine affected it?

How have the intense sanctions against Russia altered this economic war? Will the West remain unified in confronting Russia in this economic war?

We discuss a new book by Maximillan Hess, Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West.

Maximilian Hess is a Central Asia Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the founder of the London-based political risk firm Enmetena Advisory.


https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/economic-war/





4 – 6 AM Final two hours of The Thom Hartmann Program which aired earlier on Monday 8/21/23.

Tuesday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening 08-22-23



12 AM

Creative Frontline

What is environmental justice – Bradley Angell (1+33)





12:30 AM

Green Street News (29 min)

ENVIRONMENTAL WHISTLEBLOWER - WITH KYLA BENNETT

How PEER protects environmental whistleblowers

This week on GSN, Patti and Doug discuss PFAS in fracking, how Coke Influences science, and the plastic waste problem. Then Kyla Bennet of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) talks about her own career as a whistleblower at EPA and how PEER helps other whistleblowers like her.





1 AM



Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer (53 min)



August 17, 2023 Sohrab Ahmari, author of Tyranny, Inc., on the dictatorship of capital • Erin Reed, aka Erin in the Morning, on the state of trans politics





2 AM



Equal Rights & Justice with Mimi Rosenberg (58 min)

An Open Letter To The People Of Japan - No More Hiroshima, No More War –opposing the release of radioactive nuclear waste-water into the Pacific from Fukushima; Was The Killing Of Fernando Villavicencio, Ecuadorian Presidential, Anti-Corruption Candidate, State Sanctioned? Interview with Jake Johnston, co-author of Ecuador: A Decade of Progress Undone!





3 AM

Scholar’s Circle

Economic War (58 min)

The economic conflict between Russia and the West started before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. How has the war in Ukraine affected it?

How have the intense sanctions against Russia altered this economic war? Will the West remain unified in confronting Russia in this economic war?

We discuss a new book by Maximillan Hess, Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West.

Maximilian Hess is a Central Asia Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the founder of the London-based political risk firm Enmetena Advisory.


https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/economic-war/




4 – 6 AM Final two hours of The Thom Hartmann Program which aired earlier on Monday 8/21/23.

Friday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening 08-18-23



12 AM

Alan Watts – two lectures:

The Useless in Art

A Problem of Strategy



1 AM

Caroline Casey, the Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA

https://coyotenetworknews.com/radio-show/

COOPERATING WITH GUIDING AUGURIES

Guiding Auguries Cooling out the conflagration…. Caroline re-welcomes fellow anarcho* entheo* Mytho* animist Sean Padraig O’Donoghue, herbalist, Bard, wizard, writer, part of our Rapid Metaphoric Response Team…



https://otherworldwell.com



“Nae King, nae Quin, we willna be fooled agin,” sayeth the Wee Free Men (via Terry Pratchett).



2 AM

Sounds True with Tami Simon

Conscious business - Jeremy Hunter: Untaught Essentials for Business Humans

https://resources.soundstrue.com/podcast/jeremy-hunter-untaught-essentials-for-business-humans/

How do you transform your mind, and how do you do it in real time amidst the challenges of work and life? How do you remain openhearted and generous in a competitive or even cutthroat environment? These aren’t usually the kinds of questions that businesspeople ask themselves. Yet it’s become Jeremy Hunter’s mission to help today’s entrepreneurs and organizational leaders realize the incredible value of asking—and answering—these deep questions.



In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with the core faculty member of Sounds True’s Inner MBA® program and a renowned authority on mindfulness and leadership about the “untaught essentials for business humans,” discussing the lifesaving practice of meditation; training our perception (and not just our intellect); why managers must learn how to manage themselves; placing a high value on attention and presence; examining how you construct your experience; using spiritual tools and teachings to create real business results; unconditional love; developing somatic intelligence; why it’s so important to be grounded as a leader; setting the emotional tone for the group you work with; activating our collaborative superpowers by caring about and meeting each other’s needs; transforming fear and anxiety into vitality and joy; pleasure, enjoyment, and recovering from “Frivolity Deficiency Syndrome”; acknowledging what is beautiful in your world; gratitude vs. appreciation; the opportunity for businesspeople in our times of uncertainty and accelerating change; creating a relationship with solidity; letting go of the beliefs and behaviors that no longer fit; 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.



3:00 AM (approximately, Tami Simon episode above runs over an hour in duration)

Old Radio break

Destination Freedom: Shakespeare of Harlem- Langston Hughes



4-6:00 AM

Final two hours of the Thom Hartmann Program from earlier the prior day

Thursday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening 08-17-23



12 AM

Dave Emory’s For the Record

At Dave’s suggestion, we are running an archival edition of the program that he pulled up because of the atomic bomb anniversaries and the interest in the realities behind the recent film release “Oppenheimer” by Christopher Nolan. This focuses on research about an explosion at Port Chicago. Please note that the email address given in the audio, portchicago.org, is no longer valid; it leads to a Japanese language site which doesn’t appear to relate to the topic at hand. Dave recorded the original in February and cited the connection to Black History Month, which will become evident in the program; appropriate then to run it not only in relation to the atomic bomb anniversaries, but during Black August, a month of commemoration and remembrance of Black freedom fighters, martyrs, and incarcerated political prisoners.



FOR THE RECORD (58+ min)



FTR#1307 Interview with Peter Vogel (Reprise of FTR#444 Because of the Attention Generated by the Movie “Oppenheimer”)

POSTED BY DAVE EMORY ⋅ AUGUST 12, 2023



FTR#1307



Introduction: Following up information presented in Miscellaneous Archive Show M23 and FTRs 129, 163, this broadcast features the landmark research of Peter Vogel on the Port Chicago explosion of 7/17/1944. One of the largest man-made disasters in history, the Port Chicago explosion claimed the lives of 320 sailors, 220 of them African Americans. Subsequently, African-American sailors refused to continue loading ammunition at Port Chicago and were convicted of Mutiny. Officially the explosion of conventional munitions aboard an ammunition ship, the E.A. Bryan, the Port Chicago blast was actually the test of an early atomic weapon, the autocatalytic uranium hydride lateral implosion experimental device—named the Mark II. After relating Peter’s long odyssey exploring the explosion and the official dissembling that surrounds the event, the program relates the fascinating documentary trail confirming the nature of the explosion and the chronology of this early, significant step in the development of the atomic weapons.



Program Highlights Include: Peter’s proof that a sufficient amount of fissionable material for testing a fission weapon was available in 1944 (despite official pronouncements to the contrary); the negative reactions of Edward Teller (father of the H‑bomb) and Donald Kerr (director of Los Alamos National Laboratory) to Peter’s inquiries about Port Chicago; the tremendous interest of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in this (supposedly conventional) explosion; the background of Captain William Parsons (the point man for the Los Alamos research on Port Chicago); the characteristics of the explosion that pinpoint it as being a nuclear fission blast; correspondence among some of the principals in the Manhattan Project confirming that the Port Chicago explosion was a test of the Mark II; indications that the Germans were working on a uranium hydride weapon; Soviet espionage on the Manhattan Project that indicated awareness of the test of Mark II; the possible significance of the Port Chicago explosion for the revocation of Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance; the significance of the Port Chicago explosion in the history of African-American civil liberties.



Note: This description is formatted by presenting the questions that Dave asked Peter Vogel, and then a synoptic overview of Peter’s response. For more detailed information about the Port Chicago explosion, see The Last Wave from Port Chicago: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Last_Wave_from_Port_Chicago/xaWstgAACAAJ?hl=en





1 AM



Vic Gerami of “The Blunt Post with Vic” interviews Rabbi Avidan Freedman of the Israeli organization Yanshoof (see https://yanshoof.org/en/homepage-en/ ).



Rabbi Avidan Freedman is the co-founder and director of the organization, which is dedicated to stopping Israeli arms sales to human rights violators, including the particular case of Azerbaijan, which is currently attacking Armenians in Artsakh (also known by the Soviet-era name of Nagorno-Karabakh). He is an educator at the Shalom Hartman Institute’s high school and post-high school programs. He lives in Efrat with his wife, Devorah, and their five children.



2 AM



Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer

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

Two interviews related to imperialist economic and military interventions in Africa:

August 10, 2023 Francisco Pérez of the University of Utah on the CFA franc (a holdover currency remnant of French colonialism, used in 14 francophone African countries) • Caitlin Chandler, author of this Harper's magazine article, on US interests in Niger (where a recent military coup threatens French and US interests in Niger’s extensive uranium deposits, the main supply for France’s nuclear weapons and nuclear power)




3 AM



Building Bridges from sister stations WBAI and WPFW with Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash

Jean Saint Vil discusses civil society, resistance and repression in Haiti, and opposition to further military intervention there

Todd Miller discusses the insertion of miles of razor wire along the US – Mexico border in Texas by the administration of TX governor Greg Abbott and its impact on migrants, residents and wildlife




4 AM Final two hours of Thom Hartmann program from earlier on Wednesday

Wednesday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening Aug. 16, 2023


12 AM

Intro 



To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima

Chapter 10 - Legacy-To Fold A Thousand Paper Cranes (3:54:39)




Outro



4-6 AM Final two hours of Thom Hartmann

Tuesday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening 08-15-23



Day 1 Tuesday Aug. 15 

(anniversary of end of World War II, unconditional surrender by Japan)



12 AM

intro



To Hell and Back – The Last Train from Hiroshima

Chapter 9 - Testament (2:56:25)



3 AM



Harry Truman’s radio address attempting to justify Hiroshima



3:30 AM



SANE Freese interview with actress and nuclear disarmament activist Colleen Dewhurst



4-6 AM

Final two hours of Thom Hartmann from earlier from website



12 AM start chapter 9: Testament (requires cut-in for breaks at the hour at 1 and 2 AM for station ID)


3 AM Intro : harry Truman speech


3:30 AM intro: Colleen Dewhurst interview with SANE Freeze about eliminating nuclear weapons, banning the bomb.


4 -6:00 AM Intro 4 to Thom Hartmann

Friday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening Thursday midnight



DAY FOUR Fri Aug 11



12 AM

Theme

Alan Watts - Interview with Dr Chang Chang Yuen (33 min)



12:30 AM

Intro to Last Train + pitch

Chapter 8 - Threads (1:24:49) requires an ID break at 1 AM

Outro + pitch



2 AM

Caroline Casey Visionary Activist

Underworld Arraignment Accountability Special! (58 min)

https://coyotenetworknews.com/radio-show/

Barbie as Inanna (great essay by Meg Ellison), True Lammas, US Pluto return, & The Yes Men continue their liberating High Jinx


Caroline welcomes return of fellow Libran Dragon, astro*mytho*politico Rachel Lang, author of Modern Day Magic and the new children’s book As Above, So Below. Rachel was recently elected to the Ojai City Council in Ojai, CA, That all metaphysics be applied to supporting Flora Fauna Fungi democracy,

or to hell with it…

Rachel serves on the boards of the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR), the Stonewall Democrats of Ventura County, the Ventura Regional Sanitation District Board, and the Economic Development Collaborative.

Upcoming Omega Institute workshop in October – Liberating Venus.

Website: http://rachellangastrologer.com



3 AM

Magical Mystery Tour (59 min)

Race, Trauma, Place and Identity in Writing about Social Justice with Lena Sclove

Lena Sclove is a community organizer, social justice activist and writer. In this conversation we talk about race, cultural diversity, belonging, identity and the challenges of writing for social justice.

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.

Host Tonio Epstein: contact me at 802-229-5123 or tonio@together.net



4-6 AM Final two hours of Thom Hartmann

Thursday Night

Program Notes Something’s Happening Weds to Thursday 08-10-23


DAY THREE Thurs Aug 10



12 AM


Chapter 6 - Kaiten and the Faithful Elephants (1:19:28) 

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c. 1:30 AM (a bit before)

Chapter 7 - A Vapor In The Heavens (2:02:59) requires station ID break at 2 AM, 3 AM)

Outro and pitch - intro




3:30 AM


Intro 2 - Poets Café – Michael Novick

4-6 AM Thom Hartmann final two hours

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Wednesday Night

Wed Aug. 9 (Nagasaki anniversary)



12 AM 

Chapter 4 - And The Rest Were Neutrinos (0:55:29)





1 -3:30 AM

Chapter 5 - The Crazy Iris (2:17:20) 




3:30

TUC Radio: Oppenheimer and the Hiroshima & Nagasaki a-bombs (30 min)


Two weeks before Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day 2023 Paul Jay and Peter Kuznick had a conversation about the just released film Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan. They acknowledged the importance of the film at a time when the risk of a nuclear war is the highest since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. But they also raised the question why it is still possible to claim that the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima saved lives by ending WWII.


Thanks to Paul Jay, host and co-founder of The Analysis, for inviting Peter Kuznick, professor of history and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University and co-author with Oliver Stone of the Showtime series, The Untold History of the United States.


This excerpt from their one hour conversation can be found on YouTube under the title: Oppenheimer: U.S. Developed First Strike Weapon and Used Japan to Prove it.


DATE: 7/27/2023




4-6 AM

Final two hours Thom Hartmann