Prog Notes S H 12-15-23
12 AM
Alan Watts
Zen Buddhism
The second part of a lecture on Zen by Watts that began last week
12:30 AM
Old Radio break
Frankenstein parts 1 and 2
Radio dramatization of Mary Shelley’s prophetic novel about the consequences of scientists playing god and developing artificial life forms.
1 AM
Sounds True from Tami Simon
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia
https://resources.soundstrue.com/podcast/clay-routledge-the-surprising-powers-of-nostalgia/
Can relishing the past help us create a better future? If we want to move ahead, how does going back support us? Could it be that thinking about the past is inseparable from thinking about the future? These are the questions Dr. Clay Routledge explores in his new book, Past Forward.
In this fascinating and very cool podcast, Tami Simon and Clay consider how a walk down memory lane can lead you to a brighter tomorrow, discussing: agency, action, and the power of a “meaning mindset”; building a culture of agency; existential psychology; the subjective experience of time and the concept of “temporal consciousness”; why it’s important to savor the moment; the characteristics of nostalgia; working with difficult or bittersweet memories; how creativity is facilitated by a sense of security; journaling, playlists, scrapbooks, cooking, and other practical approaches to cultivate nostalgia and its benefits; the “reminiscence bump” and how nostalgia helps us feel younger; becoming our true selves; nostalgia around objects and personal possessions; and more.
Clay Routledge, PhD, is a leading expert in existential psychology. His work has been featured by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired, Forbes, and more. He is the vice president of research and director of the Human Flourishing Lab at the Archbridge Institute, and coeditor of Profectus. For more, visit clayroutledge.com.
2 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein
A New Language and Way of Thinking About Life
Marshall Rosenberg was the founder of the Center for Non-Violent Communication, and he taught non-violent communication all over the world and in the prison system for many years. He helped create schools that taught non-violent communication for kids.
In this presentation Marshall Rosenberg talks about using a new language of life to think and be more compassionate with ourselves and with each other, and to help create peace in the world.
3 AM
Caroline Casey, Visionary Activist
DIVING INTO THE DARK UNDERWORLD, ANIMATING COMMUNITY
Caroline welcomes spicy, deep-delving Shambhavi Sarasvati
Diving into the Dark Underworld where our souls can speak more deeply to us.
Tyranny seeks to destroy Community, then creates the toxic mimic,
which be a cult…. that must have conflict and cruelty on which to feed….
So we animate Community arising from the Earth, across all borders….
Community be dedicated to collective well-being- democracy- equal rights; a cult be a prison…..
wonder and responsive augury conversing. This ongoing crisis of cruel carnage – reminds us to practice everything we hold dear, & invite in power to resolve.
Shambhavi is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula. Her principal training is in the View and practices of Trika Shaivism (a.k.a. Kashmir Shaivism or Shaiva Tantra) and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibet. Shambhavi emphasizes direct encounters with the wisdom of the heart through the more explicitly devotional teachings and practices of Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen. At one time, Shambhavi taught at Northwestern University. She left academia in 2004 in order to devote herself to practice, writing and teaching in her spiritual tradition. Shambhavi is the author of The Reality Sutras: Seeking the Heart of Trika Shaivism (2018), Nine Poisons, Nine Medicines, Nine Fruits (2017), The Play of Awakening: Adventures in Direct Realization Tantra (2012), Pilgrims to Opennness: Direct Realization Tantra in Everyday Life (2009), Returning (2015), and No Retreat: Poems on the Way to Waking Up (2016). In addition, she published an academic book, Avatar Bodies: a Tantra for Posthumanism. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Mills College and a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University.
jayakula.org
timemedicine.org (a project of Jaya Kula)
kindred108.love (articles)
and her recent article, her shared last week: Mourning the victims of the cult of Israel
https://www.kindred108.love/p/mourning-the-victims-of-the-cult
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of the 12/14/23 non-commercial broadcast
Friday, December 15, 2023
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Wednesday Night
Prog notes S H 12-14-23
12 AM
For the Record – David Emory
Dave is presenting some archival material this week about the recently deceased Daniel Hopsicker. He hopes to have new programs available in a couple of weeks. His flash drive with many hours of conversation with Jim DiEugenio, who wrote the script for and worked with Oliver Stone on JFK Revisited is still available as a thank-you premium for a pledge of $100 to KPFK.
1 AM
The Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 7
Part 1:
Max Blumenthal on The Chris Hedges Report:
For all the sensationalism surrounding the events of Oct. 7, when Hamas broke through the Gaza fence and seized territory in the Gaza Envelope as part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, there is still much that we do not know. The official Israeli death toll from the attack is estimated at 1,200 civilians, revised from an initial estimate of 1,400. Among this figure are several hundred civilians, which Israel says were killed by Hamas militants. Other testimony from survivors of Oct. 7 suggests an alternative explanation"that in its fervor to defeat Hamas, Israeli commanders may have willingly targeted and sacrificed Israeli soldiers and civilians in the crossfire. Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone joins The Chris Hedges Report for an in-depth look.
Part 2:
Max Blumenthal on “Going Underground”:
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, Max Blumenthal, who joins us for a special interview. He describes a trail of lies and deceit by the Israeli government and the Biden administration on what really happened in the Hamas Al-Aqsa Flood raid on October 7. He claims the evidence points to Israel killing its own civilians while attempting to stop Hamas from taking hostages, and accuses Israel of atrocity propaganda that has been regurgitated by Bidens State Department to justify Israels genocidal destruction of Gaza, using Israels manipulation of evidence which has been shown across TV screens in NATO nations. He also points to racist double standards in the US, UK and European media in their coverage of Israels war on Gaza.
Grayzone Radio is a production of The Grayzone, an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire. Washington DC-based independent journalist and author, Max Blumenthal, founded The Grayzone and is your host on Grayzone Radio.
For more info on The Grayzone and their reporting, please go to https://thegrayzone.com
2 AM
The Final Straw Radio
Anti-Militarist & Feminist Resistance in Azerbaijan
Following up on KPFK’s coverage of the genocidal displacement of Armenians in Artsakh, an interview with Lala, an anarcha-feminist in the Azerbaijani group Feminist Peace Collective, about the country’s recent war against and expulsion of ethnic Armenians, about the Aliyev regime and patriotic elements in Azerbaijan’s reaction against anti-militarist voices, conspiracy theories and real critiques of non-profit NGOs versus grassroots lgbtq+ and feminist organizing, and other topics. You can learn more about Lala’s group at FeministPeaceCollective.Com.
On December 19th at 8pm Caucasus time / UTC+4 (11 am Eastern Standard or 8 am Pacific Standard time) Feminist Peace Collective is hosting an online discussion with Dr. Chiara Bottici via zoom called Anarchafeminism in troubled times and with a focus on antifeminist and anti-queer backlash and war in the South Caucasus, central Asia, Turkey and Russia. There’s a registration link at their website.
The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world. Since 2010, weve been broadcasting from occupied Tsalagi land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humorous) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain.
3 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI
Queer Supporters of Palestine at Protest of Israeli Pinkwasher's Presentation, at Museum of Jewish Heritage
Queer cultural worker Rosza Daniel Lang /Levitsky describes 12/9/23 informational picket against Hen Massig, Israeli apologist and pinkwasher. An LGBTQ group exposed Massig's Israeli propaganda work outside a performance of "Amid Falling Walls," Folksbiene Yiddish Theater's production about the Nazi Holocaust.
Queers For a Liberated Palestine Rally in Brooklyn 12/11/23
On 12/11/23 about 1,000 protesters rallied at Barclay Center in support of Palestinians. We play two speeches from the event, one from a Queer cultural worker, the other from a queer relative of the martyred Palestinian journalist Shaneen Abu Akleh. The other is Panushka from Queers for a Liberated Palestine
More at: #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine
Lyrics for the Shondas "I Watched the Temple Fall":
[Verse 1]
This year a fast of witness
I long and crave but with this
Long to know what longing's for
(I know this is a time thick with dying)
Remembering temples falling
I watched the wall ascending
(The names and places are erased, replaced)
I watched cities consume cities
(Killing history)
(And yet today my people are mourning)
With each village they're erasing
I'll witness them replacing it
With new walls in new tongues
(An endless, timeless span of tragedy)
We can't see the chance that's there
To build temples everywhere
Not in space but in time
(I know this is a time thick with dying)
[Hook]
We live like we’re always afflicted (I watched the temple fall)
But I’m not, I’m sick (I watched the temple fall)
From the blood all over our hands (The borders of my heart)
How the land soaks it in (Release and come apart)
So the desert can finally bloom with this colonial hate
No heart, no heart could really beat love for this state
(The state is not my temple)
The People’s Bubbie: An Anti-Zionist Love Story"
We will also run a beautiful segment that our sibling producers of WBAI's Beyond the Pale program, home of the Jewish Left, aired last Friday. It's an interview by hosts Shoshana Brown and Rafael Shimunov with filmmakers Julia Sharpe-Levine (@ailoojailooj) and Fivel Rothberg (@fivelrothberg) to talk about the legacy of Shatzi Weisberger and their new film in development, "The People’s Bubbie: An Anti-Zionist Love Story" (@thepeoplesbubbiefilm).
As “The People’s Bubbie,” 92-year-old Shatzi Weisberger became an unexpected symbol of resistance. This outspoken Jewish, lesbian, anti-Zionist, lifelong New Yorker embraced her flaws and faced her fears. With her captivating spirit, she forged powerful bonds with young queer activists to unlock a profound love that transformed her final weeks into an extraordinary journey of joy and loss.
Julia is a Brooklyn based artist, editor, and educator working at the intersection of multidisciplinary arts and social justice movement building.
Fivel is a location sound mixer and filmmaker who has lived in NYC for 17 years but still says "wooder" like a good Philadelphian.
(Beyond the Pale airs weekly on WBAI on Fridays at 9 AM EST, and is archived at BeyondThePale.fm).
#jewishresistance #jewishvoiceforpeace
About Out-FM
Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show on listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio. It airs at 99.5 FM and wbai.org, generally on Tuesdays from 8-9 PM. Please support us by calling 212-209-2950 and let the station know you listen to Out-FM by supporting the station with a donation. Be sure and mention our show when you donate. Sign up for Out-FM's Weekly Newsletter with show announcements. The producers send a version for KPFK which airs as part of Something’s Happening, usually 3 AM Thursday mornings.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from earlier on 12-13-23
12 AM
For the Record – David Emory
Dave is presenting some archival material this week about the recently deceased Daniel Hopsicker. He hopes to have new programs available in a couple of weeks. His flash drive with many hours of conversation with Jim DiEugenio, who wrote the script for and worked with Oliver Stone on JFK Revisited is still available as a thank-you premium for a pledge of $100 to KPFK.
1 AM
The Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 7
Part 1:
Max Blumenthal on The Chris Hedges Report:
For all the sensationalism surrounding the events of Oct. 7, when Hamas broke through the Gaza fence and seized territory in the Gaza Envelope as part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, there is still much that we do not know. The official Israeli death toll from the attack is estimated at 1,200 civilians, revised from an initial estimate of 1,400. Among this figure are several hundred civilians, which Israel says were killed by Hamas militants. Other testimony from survivors of Oct. 7 suggests an alternative explanation"that in its fervor to defeat Hamas, Israeli commanders may have willingly targeted and sacrificed Israeli soldiers and civilians in the crossfire. Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone joins The Chris Hedges Report for an in-depth look.
Part 2:
Max Blumenthal on “Going Underground”:
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, Max Blumenthal, who joins us for a special interview. He describes a trail of lies and deceit by the Israeli government and the Biden administration on what really happened in the Hamas Al-Aqsa Flood raid on October 7. He claims the evidence points to Israel killing its own civilians while attempting to stop Hamas from taking hostages, and accuses Israel of atrocity propaganda that has been regurgitated by Bidens State Department to justify Israels genocidal destruction of Gaza, using Israels manipulation of evidence which has been shown across TV screens in NATO nations. He also points to racist double standards in the US, UK and European media in their coverage of Israels war on Gaza.
Grayzone Radio is a production of The Grayzone, an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire. Washington DC-based independent journalist and author, Max Blumenthal, founded The Grayzone and is your host on Grayzone Radio.
For more info on The Grayzone and their reporting, please go to https://thegrayzone.com
2 AM
The Final Straw Radio
Anti-Militarist & Feminist Resistance in Azerbaijan
Following up on KPFK’s coverage of the genocidal displacement of Armenians in Artsakh, an interview with Lala, an anarcha-feminist in the Azerbaijani group Feminist Peace Collective, about the country’s recent war against and expulsion of ethnic Armenians, about the Aliyev regime and patriotic elements in Azerbaijan’s reaction against anti-militarist voices, conspiracy theories and real critiques of non-profit NGOs versus grassroots lgbtq+ and feminist organizing, and other topics. You can learn more about Lala’s group at FeministPeaceCollective.Com.
On December 19th at 8pm Caucasus time / UTC+4 (11 am Eastern Standard or 8 am Pacific Standard time) Feminist Peace Collective is hosting an online discussion with Dr. Chiara Bottici via zoom called Anarchafeminism in troubled times and with a focus on antifeminist and anti-queer backlash and war in the South Caucasus, central Asia, Turkey and Russia. There’s a registration link at their website.
The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world. Since 2010, weve been broadcasting from occupied Tsalagi land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humorous) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain.
3 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI
Queer Supporters of Palestine at Protest of Israeli Pinkwasher's Presentation, at Museum of Jewish Heritage
Queer cultural worker Rosza Daniel Lang /Levitsky describes 12/9/23 informational picket against Hen Massig, Israeli apologist and pinkwasher. An LGBTQ group exposed Massig's Israeli propaganda work outside a performance of "Amid Falling Walls," Folksbiene Yiddish Theater's production about the Nazi Holocaust.
Queers For a Liberated Palestine Rally in Brooklyn 12/11/23
On 12/11/23 about 1,000 protesters rallied at Barclay Center in support of Palestinians. We play two speeches from the event, one from a Queer cultural worker, the other from a queer relative of the martyred Palestinian journalist Shaneen Abu Akleh. The other is Panushka from Queers for a Liberated Palestine
More at: #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine
Lyrics for the Shondas "I Watched the Temple Fall":
[Verse 1]
This year a fast of witness
I long and crave but with this
Long to know what longing's for
(I know this is a time thick with dying)
Remembering temples falling
I watched the wall ascending
(The names and places are erased, replaced)
I watched cities consume cities
(Killing history)
(And yet today my people are mourning)
With each village they're erasing
I'll witness them replacing it
With new walls in new tongues
(An endless, timeless span of tragedy)
We can't see the chance that's there
To build temples everywhere
Not in space but in time
(I know this is a time thick with dying)
[Hook]
We live like we’re always afflicted (I watched the temple fall)
But I’m not, I’m sick (I watched the temple fall)
From the blood all over our hands (The borders of my heart)
How the land soaks it in (Release and come apart)
So the desert can finally bloom with this colonial hate
No heart, no heart could really beat love for this state
(The state is not my temple)
The People’s Bubbie: An Anti-Zionist Love Story"
We will also run a beautiful segment that our sibling producers of WBAI's Beyond the Pale program, home of the Jewish Left, aired last Friday. It's an interview by hosts Shoshana Brown and Rafael Shimunov with filmmakers Julia Sharpe-Levine (@ailoojailooj) and Fivel Rothberg (@fivelrothberg) to talk about the legacy of Shatzi Weisberger and their new film in development, "The People’s Bubbie: An Anti-Zionist Love Story" (@thepeoplesbubbiefilm).
As “The People’s Bubbie,” 92-year-old Shatzi Weisberger became an unexpected symbol of resistance. This outspoken Jewish, lesbian, anti-Zionist, lifelong New Yorker embraced her flaws and faced her fears. With her captivating spirit, she forged powerful bonds with young queer activists to unlock a profound love that transformed her final weeks into an extraordinary journey of joy and loss.
Julia is a Brooklyn based artist, editor, and educator working at the intersection of multidisciplinary arts and social justice movement building.
Fivel is a location sound mixer and filmmaker who has lived in NYC for 17 years but still says "wooder" like a good Philadelphian.
(Beyond the Pale airs weekly on WBAI on Fridays at 9 AM EST, and is archived at BeyondThePale.fm).
#jewishresistance #jewishvoiceforpeace
About Out-FM
Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show on listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio. It airs at 99.5 FM and wbai.org, generally on Tuesdays from 8-9 PM. Please support us by calling 212-209-2950 and let the station know you listen to Out-FM by supporting the station with a donation. Be sure and mention our show when you donate. Sign up for Out-FM's Weekly Newsletter with show announcements. The producers send a version for KPFK which airs as part of Something’s Happening, usually 3 AM Thursday mornings.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from earlier on 12-13-23
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Tuesday Night
Prog Notes S H 12-13-23
12 AM
About Health
Dealing with Emergencies
Nurse Rona Renner looks at first aid and other measures to minimize damage and aid recovery from injuries or other emergency situations. Archival episode, as KPFA is in their own fund drive and airing special fund drive material with their premiums and phone number.
1 AM
Herbal Highway
Discerning Nervine herbals
2 AM
Green Street News
This week on GSN, Patti and Doug talk about the COP 28 debacle, the plastic recycling hoax and state bans on PFAS chemicals. Then Jackie Bowen, executive director of Clean Label Project, talks about the organization's mission to clean up our food supply using data, science, and transparency, starting with baby food. Learn more at www.CleanLabelAction.org.
2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) AKA food stamps
Did you know that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves more than 40 million Americans, or about 1 in 8 people living in poverty in the U.S.? However, large corporations also benefit from the program. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Jennifer Wilkins, Ph.D., RD, a leader in sustainable, community-based food systems. Wilkins discusses SNAP funding, spending, and how the program could be improved to better match U.S. Dietary Guidelines and support both public and planetary health.
Related website: How Big Food Corporations Take Advantage of SNAP: https://blog.ucsusa.org/alice-reznickova/how-big-food-corporations-take-advantage-of-snap/
https://civileats.com/2017/08/28/congress-could-cut-soda-and-candy-from-snap-but-big-sugar-is-pushing-back/
SNAP Nutrition Security Act: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/eating-well-living-well-enhancing-nutritious-food-access/
3 AM
Whole Mother
Eden MacAdam-Somer and Aaron Hartley
Composer/performer/improviser Eden MacAdam-Somer (b. 1979) is one of today’s most exciting and versatile artists. Hailed by the New York Times as reflecting “astonishing virtuosity and raw expression” her music challenges the boundaries of composition and improvisation and transcends genre, weaving in and out of the many cultures that have formed her experience. Eden has written numerous works for solo artist on voice, violin, and body percussion, such as ‘Rumi Songs’, a partially composed, partially improvised song cycle. Her works are performed internationally, and she has received commissions by such groups as the New Gallery Concert Series, Cuatro Puntos Resident Artists, the Providence Mandolin Orchestra, and the AURA Ensemble. Her 2015 live solo album, My First Love Story, was listed as one of the top ten jazz albums of the year in the Boston Globe.
While growing up in Houston, Texas, Eden studied classical music formally, spending her free time at the local folk music sessions and working as an arranger and studio musician. She attended Houston’s High School for Performing and Visual Arts, winning the Music Teacher’s National Association State Division and the Lennox Young Artists Competitions. In 1993, she was introduced to contra-dancing in Amherst, MA, on a night out at Musicorda Chamber Music festival. When she got back to Houston, Eden tracked down the local dance community and began playing for dances. Thanks to the support of the Houston Area Traditional dancers, she was soon brought to the local Irish session, where she connected with members of an international music party band, the Gypsies, who took her under their wing. While earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees in classical violin performance, she was spending nights playing music of all kinds: Balkan, Eastern European, Klezmer, Jazz, Bluegrass, DAWG, and more. Meanwhile, she earned her BM and MM in classical performance from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, as a student of Fredell Lack, and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, as a student of Kenneth Goldsmith.
Eden is a full-time faculty member at New England Conservatory, where she teaches courses, ensembles, and studio lessons, in addition to serving as Co-Chair of the Department of Contemporary Improvisation. A dynamic and passionate teacher, Eden works with each student to attain the skills they need to become creative and successful artists, strengthening unique personal style with a good foundation in aural skills and technical facility. Outside of the classroom, Eden maintains an active, eclectic international performance and recording career as a soloist and with such bands as Notorious Folk and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. She lives in Boston with her husband, (trombonist, artist manager, and videographer Aaron Hartley) and two children.
Videographer/artist manager Aaron Hartley grew up photographing weddings as a second shooter with his father at Lakeside Photography in Tampa, FL. While attending New England Conservatory of Music for Jazz Performance, Aaron co-created Boston’s legendary Film Noir Series that was featured in Jordan Hall for 15 years, which jump-started his career in videography. Now, Aaron is a full-time videographer and film editor, capturing weddings, concerts, and other events. In his free time, he loves learning new juggling tricks (both clubs and balls), taking care of his flock of chickens, practicing trombone, taking footage of his kids playing, sailing with his brother, Greg, or woodworking.
Aaron and Eden live in Boston with their three children, Gideon (6), Ida Lu (4), and Ori Tov (10 months). As a family, they enjoy baking, hiking, gardening, reading, playing music, dancing, tending their chickens, and exploring the world around them.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from 12-12-23
12 AM
About Health
Dealing with Emergencies
Nurse Rona Renner looks at first aid and other measures to minimize damage and aid recovery from injuries or other emergency situations. Archival episode, as KPFA is in their own fund drive and airing special fund drive material with their premiums and phone number.
1 AM
Herbal Highway
Discerning Nervine herbals
2 AM
Green Street News
This week on GSN, Patti and Doug talk about the COP 28 debacle, the plastic recycling hoax and state bans on PFAS chemicals. Then Jackie Bowen, executive director of Clean Label Project, talks about the organization's mission to clean up our food supply using data, science, and transparency, starting with baby food. Learn more at www.CleanLabelAction.org.
2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) AKA food stamps
Did you know that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves more than 40 million Americans, or about 1 in 8 people living in poverty in the U.S.? However, large corporations also benefit from the program. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Jennifer Wilkins, Ph.D., RD, a leader in sustainable, community-based food systems. Wilkins discusses SNAP funding, spending, and how the program could be improved to better match U.S. Dietary Guidelines and support both public and planetary health.
Related website: How Big Food Corporations Take Advantage of SNAP: https://blog.ucsusa.org/alice-reznickova/how-big-food-corporations-take-advantage-of-snap/
https://civileats.com/2017/08/28/congress-could-cut-soda-and-candy-from-snap-but-big-sugar-is-pushing-back/
SNAP Nutrition Security Act: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/eating-well-living-well-enhancing-nutritious-food-access/
3 AM
Whole Mother
Eden MacAdam-Somer and Aaron Hartley
Composer/performer/improviser Eden MacAdam-Somer (b. 1979) is one of today’s most exciting and versatile artists. Hailed by the New York Times as reflecting “astonishing virtuosity and raw expression” her music challenges the boundaries of composition and improvisation and transcends genre, weaving in and out of the many cultures that have formed her experience. Eden has written numerous works for solo artist on voice, violin, and body percussion, such as ‘Rumi Songs’, a partially composed, partially improvised song cycle. Her works are performed internationally, and she has received commissions by such groups as the New Gallery Concert Series, Cuatro Puntos Resident Artists, the Providence Mandolin Orchestra, and the AURA Ensemble. Her 2015 live solo album, My First Love Story, was listed as one of the top ten jazz albums of the year in the Boston Globe.
While growing up in Houston, Texas, Eden studied classical music formally, spending her free time at the local folk music sessions and working as an arranger and studio musician. She attended Houston’s High School for Performing and Visual Arts, winning the Music Teacher’s National Association State Division and the Lennox Young Artists Competitions. In 1993, she was introduced to contra-dancing in Amherst, MA, on a night out at Musicorda Chamber Music festival. When she got back to Houston, Eden tracked down the local dance community and began playing for dances. Thanks to the support of the Houston Area Traditional dancers, she was soon brought to the local Irish session, where she connected with members of an international music party band, the Gypsies, who took her under their wing. While earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees in classical violin performance, she was spending nights playing music of all kinds: Balkan, Eastern European, Klezmer, Jazz, Bluegrass, DAWG, and more. Meanwhile, she earned her BM and MM in classical performance from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, as a student of Fredell Lack, and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, as a student of Kenneth Goldsmith.
Eden is a full-time faculty member at New England Conservatory, where she teaches courses, ensembles, and studio lessons, in addition to serving as Co-Chair of the Department of Contemporary Improvisation. A dynamic and passionate teacher, Eden works with each student to attain the skills they need to become creative and successful artists, strengthening unique personal style with a good foundation in aural skills and technical facility. Outside of the classroom, Eden maintains an active, eclectic international performance and recording career as a soloist and with such bands as Notorious Folk and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. She lives in Boston with her husband, (trombonist, artist manager, and videographer Aaron Hartley) and two children.
Videographer/artist manager Aaron Hartley grew up photographing weddings as a second shooter with his father at Lakeside Photography in Tampa, FL. While attending New England Conservatory of Music for Jazz Performance, Aaron co-created Boston’s legendary Film Noir Series that was featured in Jordan Hall for 15 years, which jump-started his career in videography. Now, Aaron is a full-time videographer and film editor, capturing weddings, concerts, and other events. In his free time, he loves learning new juggling tricks (both clubs and balls), taking care of his flock of chickens, practicing trombone, taking footage of his kids playing, sailing with his brother, Greg, or woodworking.
Aaron and Eden live in Boston with their three children, Gideon (6), Ida Lu (4), and Ori Tov (10 months). As a family, they enjoy baking, hiking, gardening, reading, playing music, dancing, tending their chickens, and exploring the world around them.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from 12-12-23
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Monday Night
Prog Notes S H 12-12-23
12 AM
Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer & Jacobin
Trita Parsi on the global context of the Gaza war • James Bamford, author of this article, https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-spying-american-student-activists/ on how Israel spies on US campuses • Alberto Toscano, author of Late Fascism, on the latest iteration of the rough beast
1 AM
Project Censored
In the first half of the show, Eleanor sits down with bestselling author and Emmy-nominated filmmaker James Bamford to discuss Israel’s nefarious attacks on our rights to free speech and assembly here in the US. Bamford shares details about the clearly illegal activity of foreign agents working to suppress movements and actions for Palestinian rights, and how our government turns a blind eye to all of this in the name of supporting Israel. Next up, Mickey Huff sits down with seasoned journalist and science writer Peter Byrne to talk about the media censorship of one of his recent articles which covered protests against the genocide in Gaza. Byrne discusses the sad habit that many local media outlets have of caving to pressure on the Israel/Palestine issue, how ad dollars drive news, and more.
2 AM
Equal Rights and Justice
Palestinian residents of NYC Rally in Brooklyn to plead for their families’ lives; Messianic Evangelical Christians lobby Congress for ethnic cleansing in Gaza; Demanding the “Right to Shelter” from government officials.
3 AM
Creative FRONTLINE
The Economics of Greenwashing
Clifford Humphrey started Ecology Action recyclers in Berkeley in 1968. He's one of the true founders of the environmental movement. Here he carries a message from the inspired elders who conceived of a better world in the midst of war and chaos like we have today. We began a general conversation about the economics of “greenwashing”, corporate public relations around phony environmentalism to cover their culpability in environmental damage, which we circled and snuck up on from behind in this, Clifford's gift to us all during the holiday season.
3:30
Indigenous Climate Action and Indigenous Environmental Network members present in a webinar on false climate solutions being promoted by corporate and state interests. From TUC.
4-6 PM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of his non-commercial version from earlier on 12-11-23
12 AM
Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer & Jacobin
Trita Parsi on the global context of the Gaza war • James Bamford, author of this article, https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-spying-american-student-activists/ on how Israel spies on US campuses • Alberto Toscano, author of Late Fascism, on the latest iteration of the rough beast
1 AM
Project Censored
In the first half of the show, Eleanor sits down with bestselling author and Emmy-nominated filmmaker James Bamford to discuss Israel’s nefarious attacks on our rights to free speech and assembly here in the US. Bamford shares details about the clearly illegal activity of foreign agents working to suppress movements and actions for Palestinian rights, and how our government turns a blind eye to all of this in the name of supporting Israel. Next up, Mickey Huff sits down with seasoned journalist and science writer Peter Byrne to talk about the media censorship of one of his recent articles which covered protests against the genocide in Gaza. Byrne discusses the sad habit that many local media outlets have of caving to pressure on the Israel/Palestine issue, how ad dollars drive news, and more.
2 AM
Equal Rights and Justice
Palestinian residents of NYC Rally in Brooklyn to plead for their families’ lives; Messianic Evangelical Christians lobby Congress for ethnic cleansing in Gaza; Demanding the “Right to Shelter” from government officials.
3 AM
Creative FRONTLINE
The Economics of Greenwashing
Clifford Humphrey started Ecology Action recyclers in Berkeley in 1968. He's one of the true founders of the environmental movement. Here he carries a message from the inspired elders who conceived of a better world in the midst of war and chaos like we have today. We began a general conversation about the economics of “greenwashing”, corporate public relations around phony environmentalism to cover their culpability in environmental damage, which we circled and snuck up on from behind in this, Clifford's gift to us all during the holiday season.
3:30
Indigenous Climate Action and Indigenous Environmental Network members present in a webinar on false climate solutions being promoted by corporate and state interests. From TUC.
4-6 PM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of his non-commercial version from earlier on 12-11-23
Friday, December 8, 2023
Thursday Night
Prog Notes S H 12-08-23
12 AM
Alan Watts
Alan Watts lectures on Zen Buddhism, first of two parts
12:30 AM
Old radio break: New World a-Comin’
The story of James Pearson
Opposing racial discrimination in the workplace during World War II to advance the war effort through greater unity.
1 AM
Sounds True- Insights from the Edge with Tami Simon
https://content.blubrry.com/sounds_true/PD07117W_gina-Breedlove.mp3
Grief doula gina Breedlove, actress and recording artist, speaks about healing rituals for liberation. We all carry grief in one form or another. Whether it’s unhealed wounds from our past or a heart that’s breaking over the suffering in our world, so many of us are desperately seeking solace and hope. In their new book, Vibration of Grace, vocalist and traditional sound healer, gina Breedlove, brings us a toolbox of rituals and practices to invoke the power of sound as a vehicle of love and liberation—for ourselves, our loved ones, and everyone around us.
In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with gina about their life and work, sharing insights on: using your voice as a healing technology; how humming soothes a dysregulated nervous system; the communal practice of grief-letting; the “pulling” ritual to release negative energy; processing our “all of a sudden” times; offering love to our bodies; gina’s unique technique for letting go of anger; how intention and inner boundaries help us navigate health challenges; why any practice must be rigorous to be effective; finding sovereignty within our body and discerning what belongs to us; soul retrieval; shifting our narratives around “burden”; 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.
gina Breedlove is a vocalist, composer, actor, and traditional sound healer from Brooklyn NY, who created the program Vibration of Grace™: Healing Through Sound, helping thousands of people worldwide rediscover and deepen their power. gina’s performance credits include The Lion King stage musical. As a recording artist, gina has created three original albums: Open Heart, Language of Light, and The Star. Learn more at ginabreedlove.com.
2 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein
The Starry Kitchen; Adventures in the most famous underground restaurant in the Us with Nguyen Tran
Nguyen Tran is a Virginia born, culturally confused Vietnamese American son of Vietnam War refugees who settled in Dallas, TX. There, he worked at a dot.com before the first internet bubble burst. He graduated with a, then useless, Computer Science degree, and moved to Hollywood to sell TV re-runs.
Next, he landed at the famous, and stressfully infamous, William Morris Agency mailroom. In the depths of the 2008 fall of the economy he and his wife Thi Tran created Starry Kitchen, the illegal and underground apartment restaurant out of sheer necessity to survive, which became wildly successful, and he is the author of a cookbook memoir: Adventures in Starry Kitchen: 88 Asian-Inspired Recipes from Americas Most Famous Underground Restaurant. Nguyen Tran
Notes: Credits:
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
Visionary Activist Caroline Casey
GRIEVING RITUALS, GLOBALLY
grieving rituals, globally, across all borders… for all in grief, including the Earth herself….Tyranny seeks to destroy Community, creates the toxic mimic, which be a cult….
So we animate Community arising from the Earth, across all borders….
Caroline proffers dedicated voices, including Rabbi Irwin Keller
and (next week’s guest) Shambhavi Sarasvati
Rabbi Irwin Keller: https://www.irwinkeller.com/
Article by Shambhavi Sarasvati: “Mourning the Victims of the Cult of Israel Landback. Judaismback.” on Substack https://www.kindred108.love/p/mourning-the-victims-of-the-cult
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom’s earlier non-commercial version broadcast on 12/0723
12 AM
Alan Watts
Alan Watts lectures on Zen Buddhism, first of two parts
12:30 AM
Old radio break: New World a-Comin’
The story of James Pearson
Opposing racial discrimination in the workplace during World War II to advance the war effort through greater unity.
1 AM
Sounds True- Insights from the Edge with Tami Simon
https://content.blubrry.com/sounds_true/PD07117W_gina-Breedlove.mp3
Grief doula gina Breedlove, actress and recording artist, speaks about healing rituals for liberation. We all carry grief in one form or another. Whether it’s unhealed wounds from our past or a heart that’s breaking over the suffering in our world, so many of us are desperately seeking solace and hope. In their new book, Vibration of Grace, vocalist and traditional sound healer, gina Breedlove, brings us a toolbox of rituals and practices to invoke the power of sound as a vehicle of love and liberation—for ourselves, our loved ones, and everyone around us.
In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with gina about their life and work, sharing insights on: using your voice as a healing technology; how humming soothes a dysregulated nervous system; the communal practice of grief-letting; the “pulling” ritual to release negative energy; processing our “all of a sudden” times; offering love to our bodies; gina’s unique technique for letting go of anger; how intention and inner boundaries help us navigate health challenges; why any practice must be rigorous to be effective; finding sovereignty within our body and discerning what belongs to us; soul retrieval; shifting our narratives around “burden”; 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.
gina Breedlove is a vocalist, composer, actor, and traditional sound healer from Brooklyn NY, who created the program Vibration of Grace™: Healing Through Sound, helping thousands of people worldwide rediscover and deepen their power. gina’s performance credits include The Lion King stage musical. As a recording artist, gina has created three original albums: Open Heart, Language of Light, and The Star. Learn more at ginabreedlove.com.
2 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein
The Starry Kitchen; Adventures in the most famous underground restaurant in the Us with Nguyen Tran
Nguyen Tran is a Virginia born, culturally confused Vietnamese American son of Vietnam War refugees who settled in Dallas, TX. There, he worked at a dot.com before the first internet bubble burst. He graduated with a, then useless, Computer Science degree, and moved to Hollywood to sell TV re-runs.
Next, he landed at the famous, and stressfully infamous, William Morris Agency mailroom. In the depths of the 2008 fall of the economy he and his wife Thi Tran created Starry Kitchen, the illegal and underground apartment restaurant out of sheer necessity to survive, which became wildly successful, and he is the author of a cookbook memoir: Adventures in Starry Kitchen: 88 Asian-Inspired Recipes from Americas Most Famous Underground Restaurant. Nguyen Tran
Notes: Credits:
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
Visionary Activist Caroline Casey
GRIEVING RITUALS, GLOBALLY
grieving rituals, globally, across all borders… for all in grief, including the Earth herself….Tyranny seeks to destroy Community, creates the toxic mimic, which be a cult….
So we animate Community arising from the Earth, across all borders….
Caroline proffers dedicated voices, including Rabbi Irwin Keller
and (next week’s guest) Shambhavi Sarasvati
Rabbi Irwin Keller: https://www.irwinkeller.com/
Article by Shambhavi Sarasvati: “Mourning the Victims of the Cult of Israel Landback. Judaismback.” on Substack https://www.kindred108.love/p/mourning-the-victims-of-the-cult
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom’s earlier non-commercial version broadcast on 12/0723
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Wednesday Night
Prog Note S H 12-07-23
12 AM
David Emory – For the Record
“Injun Country” – Mohawk Mothers Trail of Tears Part 2
Continuing from last week, Dave looks at the role of MK ULTRA mind-control experimentation against Indigenous people in Canada and its links to similar experimentation on Black and other prisoners in the US.
1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumental
Genocidal Hospital part 2
Also following up on last week’s episode, Max Blumenthal and the investigative team from The Grayzone look at Israeli lies and propaganda used to justify attacks on Palestinian medical facilities, a criminal action under international law.
2 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI in New York
Stop Cop City update
3 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from WBAI
Bloodshed in Palestine: Fundamental cause and solution
Rockefeller Center Tree lighting, and which was protested by pro-Palestinian activists and who then took over the News Corp, building, i.e. Fox News, Newsmax etc. Ronnie Kasrils, scheduled interviewee from South Africa got sick. Jeff Halper substituted with a report on the political temperature in Israel and the efforts to continue to work on creating the space and time for Palestinians to come together and work with progressives and build support in the international community for a permanent ceasefire, lift the occupant and a “one state” solution, i.e. a single secular state with equal rights and for all and the right to return and reparatory justice. Jeff then has an interchange with Patrick Bond, an Irish/African activist, and prof. in S. Africa, on BRICS and the influence upon it of the genocide in Gaza, and Israeli efforts to exert influence on South Africa’s positioning on Gaza/Palestine and other issues facing the BRICS countries at the summit recently held in South Africa and where there was a shift planned to the Russians to take over chairing the alliance from the South Africans as its leadership alternates.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom’s earlier non-commercial broadcast yesterday 12/06/23
12 AM
David Emory – For the Record
“Injun Country” – Mohawk Mothers Trail of Tears Part 2
Continuing from last week, Dave looks at the role of MK ULTRA mind-control experimentation against Indigenous people in Canada and its links to similar experimentation on Black and other prisoners in the US.
1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumental
Genocidal Hospital part 2
Also following up on last week’s episode, Max Blumenthal and the investigative team from The Grayzone look at Israeli lies and propaganda used to justify attacks on Palestinian medical facilities, a criminal action under international law.
2 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI in New York
Stop Cop City update
3 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from WBAI
Bloodshed in Palestine: Fundamental cause and solution
Rockefeller Center Tree lighting, and which was protested by pro-Palestinian activists and who then took over the News Corp, building, i.e. Fox News, Newsmax etc. Ronnie Kasrils, scheduled interviewee from South Africa got sick. Jeff Halper substituted with a report on the political temperature in Israel and the efforts to continue to work on creating the space and time for Palestinians to come together and work with progressives and build support in the international community for a permanent ceasefire, lift the occupant and a “one state” solution, i.e. a single secular state with equal rights and for all and the right to return and reparatory justice. Jeff then has an interchange with Patrick Bond, an Irish/African activist, and prof. in S. Africa, on BRICS and the influence upon it of the genocide in Gaza, and Israeli efforts to exert influence on South Africa’s positioning on Gaza/Palestine and other issues facing the BRICS countries at the summit recently held in South Africa and where there was a shift planned to the Russians to take over chairing the alliance from the South Africans as its leadership alternates.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom’s earlier non-commercial broadcast yesterday 12/06/23
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Monday Night
Program Notes S H 12 -05-23
12 AM
Capitalism, Race & Democracy
*Dr. Jill Stein stepped up to run for president as a Green Party candidate after Dr. Cornel West decided to run as an independent. She spoke to Pacifica's Ann Garrison.
*Atlanta's Justice for Johnny Hollman Coalition held a press conference and rally on November 30, at the Fulton County Courthouse, to demand justice for 62-year-old Deacon Johnny Hollman, Sr, who died in August after Officer Kiran Kimbrough tased him repeatedly, while former officer and tow truck driver Eric Robinson restrained him.
*In New York City, union members’ democratic rights are under attack. After the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325 discussed introducing a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, some members of the union went to Federal Court and obtained a temporary restraining order to stop not only the vote on the resolution but even its distribution to the membership for discussion. Pacifica's Steve Zeltzer interviewed UAW 2325 member, legal aid attorney, and WBAI programmer Mimi Rosenberg.
Host: Polina Vasiliev
Produced by the CRD Collective with contributions from Ann Garrison, Akua Holt, Steve Zeltzer, and Polina Vasiliev
1 AM
Old Radio -first Monday overnight of the month
Lux Radio Theater -100th episode
The Plutocrat featuring Wallace Beery, hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille
Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934-35); CBS Radio (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954-55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s.
2 AM
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Radio Phonograph
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet started on radio but became a long-running television series, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. The series starred Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David Nelson and Eric Nelson, better known as Ricky. The series attracted large audiences; although it was never a top-ten hit, it became synonymous with the 1950s ideal US family life. It is the longest-running "live-action" non-animated sitcom in US TV history.
When Red Skelton was drafted in March of 1944, Ozzie Nelson was prompted to create his own family situation comedy. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet launched on CBS on October 8, 1944, making a mid-season switch to NBC in 1949. The final years of the radio series were on ABC (the former NBC Blue Network) from October 14, 1949 to June 18, 1954. In total 402 radio episodes were produced. In an arrangement that amplified the growing pains of American broadcasting, as radio "grew up" into television, the Nelsons' deal with ABC gave the network the option to move their program to television. The struggling network needed proven talent that was not about to defect to the more established and wealthier networks like CBS or NBC.
The Nelsons' sons, David and Ricky, did not join the cast until the radio show's fifth year. The two boys were played by professional actors prior to their joining because both were too young to perform. The role of David was played by Joel Davis from 1944 until 1945. Tommy Bernard and Henry Blair appeared as Ricky. Other cast members included John Brown as Syd "Thorny" Thornberry, Lurene Tuttle as Harriet's mother, Bea Benaderet as Gloria, Janet Waldo as Emmy Lou, and Dick Trout as Roger. Vocalists included Harriet Nelson, The King Sisters, and Ozzie Nelson. The announcers were Jack Bailey and Verne Smith. The music was by Billy May and Ozzie Nelson. The producers were Dave Elton and Ozzie Nelson.
2:30 AM
The FBI In Peace and War
The $25,000 Bond
3:00 AM
Creative FRONTLINE
Lithium in America
“America” in this case meaning the USA and specifically California and the desert southeast of Los Angeles. Plans are underway to mine the bounty of thermal deposits of lithium, whose price is climbing with its use in Electric vehicle batteries. Will this become another “national sacrifice zone” on Indigenous lands, affecting their sacred sites and everyone’s health and safety?
3:30 AM
Building Bridges
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program final two hours from 12/04/23
12 AM
Capitalism, Race & Democracy
*Dr. Jill Stein stepped up to run for president as a Green Party candidate after Dr. Cornel West decided to run as an independent. She spoke to Pacifica's Ann Garrison.
*Atlanta's Justice for Johnny Hollman Coalition held a press conference and rally on November 30, at the Fulton County Courthouse, to demand justice for 62-year-old Deacon Johnny Hollman, Sr, who died in August after Officer Kiran Kimbrough tased him repeatedly, while former officer and tow truck driver Eric Robinson restrained him.
*In New York City, union members’ democratic rights are under attack. After the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325 discussed introducing a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, some members of the union went to Federal Court and obtained a temporary restraining order to stop not only the vote on the resolution but even its distribution to the membership for discussion. Pacifica's Steve Zeltzer interviewed UAW 2325 member, legal aid attorney, and WBAI programmer Mimi Rosenberg.
Host: Polina Vasiliev
Produced by the CRD Collective with contributions from Ann Garrison, Akua Holt, Steve Zeltzer, and Polina Vasiliev
1 AM
Old Radio -first Monday overnight of the month
Lux Radio Theater -100th episode
The Plutocrat featuring Wallace Beery, hosted and produced by Cecil B. DeMille
Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934-35); CBS Radio (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954-55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s.
2 AM
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Radio Phonograph
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet started on radio but became a long-running television series, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. The series starred Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David Nelson and Eric Nelson, better known as Ricky. The series attracted large audiences; although it was never a top-ten hit, it became synonymous with the 1950s ideal US family life. It is the longest-running "live-action" non-animated sitcom in US TV history.
When Red Skelton was drafted in March of 1944, Ozzie Nelson was prompted to create his own family situation comedy. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet launched on CBS on October 8, 1944, making a mid-season switch to NBC in 1949. The final years of the radio series were on ABC (the former NBC Blue Network) from October 14, 1949 to June 18, 1954. In total 402 radio episodes were produced. In an arrangement that amplified the growing pains of American broadcasting, as radio "grew up" into television, the Nelsons' deal with ABC gave the network the option to move their program to television. The struggling network needed proven talent that was not about to defect to the more established and wealthier networks like CBS or NBC.
The Nelsons' sons, David and Ricky, did not join the cast until the radio show's fifth year. The two boys were played by professional actors prior to their joining because both were too young to perform. The role of David was played by Joel Davis from 1944 until 1945. Tommy Bernard and Henry Blair appeared as Ricky. Other cast members included John Brown as Syd "Thorny" Thornberry, Lurene Tuttle as Harriet's mother, Bea Benaderet as Gloria, Janet Waldo as Emmy Lou, and Dick Trout as Roger. Vocalists included Harriet Nelson, The King Sisters, and Ozzie Nelson. The announcers were Jack Bailey and Verne Smith. The music was by Billy May and Ozzie Nelson. The producers were Dave Elton and Ozzie Nelson.
2:30 AM
The FBI In Peace and War
The $25,000 Bond
3:00 AM
Creative FRONTLINE
Lithium in America
“America” in this case meaning the USA and specifically California and the desert southeast of Los Angeles. Plans are underway to mine the bounty of thermal deposits of lithium, whose price is climbing with its use in Electric vehicle batteries. Will this become another “national sacrifice zone” on Indigenous lands, affecting their sacred sites and everyone’s health and safety?
3:30 AM
Building Bridges
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program final two hours from 12/04/23
Friday, December 1, 2023
Thursday Night
Prog Notes S H 12-01-23
12 AM
Alan Watts
Of Time and Death
Watts discusses the subjective nature of time as we contemplate mortality
12:40
Old radio break
The FBI In Peace and War – “Dumb Luck”
1 AM
Sounds True – Tami Simon
Stephen Aizenstat: Increasing Your Imaginal Intelligence
When we’re children, we’re encouraged to use our imagination. Yet over time, we tend to leave the imagination behind and emphasize logic and rational thinking. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Pacifica Graduate Institute founder Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., about reclaiming the vast resources of our imagination and boosting what he refers to as imaginal intelligence.
Covering fascinating insights in his new book, The Imagination Matrix, Tami and Professor Aizenstat discuss: imaginal intelligence—the capacity to evoke imagination; how curiosity opens a different quality of being in the world; imagination and the neuroplasticity of the mind; the Dig—Aizenstat’s term for journeying into the matrix of the imagination; the practice of Dream Tending; active imagination and the work of Carl Jung; the autonomy of the deep imagination; two questions that shift us from the person-centric view of our dreams; the sense of support and belonging we find through dreamwork; how imagination evokes innovation, creativity, and motivation; the four quadrants of the Imagination Matrix—Earth, Mind, Machine, and Universe; “the place of confluence” and accessing the gifts of the imaginal realms; dreamwork as complementary medicine; the Wounded Healer; listening to the stories coming forward at this time in human history; 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.
Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., is the founder of Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dream Tending, and the Academy of Imagination. For more than 35 years, he has explored the power of dreams through depth psychology. He has collaborated with Joseph Campbell, Marion Woodman, Robert Johnson, James Hillman, and Native elders worldwide. He conducts dreamwork and imagination seminars throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. For more, visit dreamtending.com.
2 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour
Why Can't We Be More LIke Trees, the Ancient Masters of Cooperation, Kindness & Healing with Judith Polich
Judith Polich is a former lawyer, environmentalist, wetlands advocate and advisor to the New Mexico state parks on climate change resilience and mitigation. She holds a master’s degree in environmental studies and environmental education from the U of Wisconsin. She writes a climate change column for the Albuquerque Journal and is the author of Return of the Children of Light. Her new book is Why Can’t We Be More Like Trees: The Ancient Masters of Cooperation, Kindness & Healing, which details the new and emerging understanding of trees’ and plants’ social and emotional intelligence, and new narratives that will help reframe and unravel the deeper causes of the climate crisis and also help co-create a new and more conscious world.
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. Contact Tonio at 802-229-5123 or tonio@together.net
3 AM
Visionary Activist -Caroline Casey
Redemptive Thanksgiving of spiraling Blessings out into the World…
Caroline, with some great music, reminds us that Thanksgiving not just a hallmark card smiley face on top of colonial destruction of Indigenous people and their kinship with Flora Fauna Fungi, but tis astrologically timed as first Thursday (Jupiter’s Day) after Sun enters Sagittarius = Jupiter’s sign.. So ‘atis an assignment to engage in blessing… for every humbling horror in world we gather to animate the antidote blessing… that lays the path for tangible good to unfurl….
Tune in on the web or Pacifica Radio Station KPFA (94.1 FM) in the San Francisco Bay area. In Southern California, you may hear a late night rebroadcast of The Visionary Activist Show on Roy of Hollywood’s Something’s Happening show on KPFK (90.7), Fridays at 3:00 am. Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly gifts in return! $4/month ~ Weekly Astrological Chart & Guiding Themes from Caroline related to our radio broadcast and the memes of now.
Intro and Outro Music: Amikaeyla Gaston (vocals) & Jaqui MacMillan (drums)
Midpoint break music: Betty Ball’s blues by Taj Mahal (on album ‘Conjure’)
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom’s non-commercial broadcast earlier on 11/30/23
12 AM
Alan Watts
Of Time and Death
Watts discusses the subjective nature of time as we contemplate mortality
12:40
Old radio break
The FBI In Peace and War – “Dumb Luck”
1 AM
Sounds True – Tami Simon
Stephen Aizenstat: Increasing Your Imaginal Intelligence
When we’re children, we’re encouraged to use our imagination. Yet over time, we tend to leave the imagination behind and emphasize logic and rational thinking. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Pacifica Graduate Institute founder Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., about reclaiming the vast resources of our imagination and boosting what he refers to as imaginal intelligence.
Covering fascinating insights in his new book, The Imagination Matrix, Tami and Professor Aizenstat discuss: imaginal intelligence—the capacity to evoke imagination; how curiosity opens a different quality of being in the world; imagination and the neuroplasticity of the mind; the Dig—Aizenstat’s term for journeying into the matrix of the imagination; the practice of Dream Tending; active imagination and the work of Carl Jung; the autonomy of the deep imagination; two questions that shift us from the person-centric view of our dreams; the sense of support and belonging we find through dreamwork; how imagination evokes innovation, creativity, and motivation; the four quadrants of the Imagination Matrix—Earth, Mind, Machine, and Universe; “the place of confluence” and accessing the gifts of the imaginal realms; dreamwork as complementary medicine; the Wounded Healer; listening to the stories coming forward at this time in human history; 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.
Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., is the founder of Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dream Tending, and the Academy of Imagination. For more than 35 years, he has explored the power of dreams through depth psychology. He has collaborated with Joseph Campbell, Marion Woodman, Robert Johnson, James Hillman, and Native elders worldwide. He conducts dreamwork and imagination seminars throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. For more, visit dreamtending.com.
2 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour
Why Can't We Be More LIke Trees, the Ancient Masters of Cooperation, Kindness & Healing with Judith Polich
Judith Polich is a former lawyer, environmentalist, wetlands advocate and advisor to the New Mexico state parks on climate change resilience and mitigation. She holds a master’s degree in environmental studies and environmental education from the U of Wisconsin. She writes a climate change column for the Albuquerque Journal and is the author of Return of the Children of Light. Her new book is Why Can’t We Be More Like Trees: The Ancient Masters of Cooperation, Kindness & Healing, which details the new and emerging understanding of trees’ and plants’ social and emotional intelligence, and new narratives that will help reframe and unravel the deeper causes of the climate crisis and also help co-create a new and more conscious world.
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. Contact Tonio at 802-229-5123 or tonio@together.net
3 AM
Visionary Activist -Caroline Casey
Redemptive Thanksgiving of spiraling Blessings out into the World…
Caroline, with some great music, reminds us that Thanksgiving not just a hallmark card smiley face on top of colonial destruction of Indigenous people and their kinship with Flora Fauna Fungi, but tis astrologically timed as first Thursday (Jupiter’s Day) after Sun enters Sagittarius = Jupiter’s sign.. So ‘atis an assignment to engage in blessing… for every humbling horror in world we gather to animate the antidote blessing… that lays the path for tangible good to unfurl….
Tune in on the web or Pacifica Radio Station KPFA (94.1 FM) in the San Francisco Bay area. In Southern California, you may hear a late night rebroadcast of The Visionary Activist Show on Roy of Hollywood’s Something’s Happening show on KPFK (90.7), Fridays at 3:00 am. Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly gifts in return! $4/month ~ Weekly Astrological Chart & Guiding Themes from Caroline related to our radio broadcast and the memes of now.
Intro and Outro Music: Amikaeyla Gaston (vocals) & Jaqui MacMillan (drums)
Midpoint break music: Betty Ball’s blues by Taj Mahal (on album ‘Conjure’)
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom’s non-commercial broadcast earlier on 11/30/23
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Wednesday Night
Prog Notes S H 11-30-23
12 AM
For the Record – David Emory
“Injun Country” – The Mohawk Mothers’ Trail of Tears
Introduction: Detailing a case unfolding in Canada, these programs analyze the heroic efforts of “The Mohawk Mothers” to archive the remains of Native Americans who were the victims of behavior modification programs.
Furthermore, the behavior modification programs overlap the MKULTRA operations in the United States.
A fundamental thematic element in this discussion is the Rockefeller family, Nelson Rockefeller in particular.
Key Points of Discussion and Analysis Include: The United States’ claim of legal immunity from the process underway in Canada; Harassment of the Mohawk Mothers by security personnel appointed to secure the grounds being examined; Cadaver dogs’ discovery of apparent human remains in the soil being exhumed; Apparent mishandling of some of the soil samples and other pieces of evidence that could fundamentally compromise the integrity of the investigation; The genesis of the behavior modification programs in 1943; Operational overlap between the Canadian programs directed toward indigenous people and programs at Attica and Dannemora prisons in upper New York State directed at African American prisoners; Discussion of Nelson Rockefeller’s tortuous history with Native Americans, from failing to acknowledge life-saving activity from Native American guides in Alaska to brutally exploiting indigenous people in Latin America for profit; Review of the role of the Rockefeller funding of the Allan Memorial Institute in Canada.
1.“New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners” By Orisanmi Burton; Truthout; 06/22/2023
The documentary record of “mind control” experiments conducted by the United States and other governments during the Cold War is just the tip of the iceberg, and our collective ignorance is by design. In early 1973, as the fallout from the Watergate scandal exposed the need for greater congressional oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ordered the destruction of all documents related to MK Ultra.
MK Ultra involved a range of grotesque experiments on unwitting test subjects within and beyond U.S. borders. Newly revealed evidence exposes previously hidden links between MK Ultra experiments on Indigenous children in Canada and imprisoned Black people in the U.S.
On April 20, 2023, a group of Indigenous women known as the Kanien’kehà :ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) achieved a milestone in their ongoing lawsuit against several entities, including McGill University, the Canadian government and the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec. The parties reached an agreement whereby archeologists and cultural monitors would begin the process of searching for unmarked graves, which the Mohawk Mothers believe are buried on the grounds of the hospital.
Over the preceding two years, approximately 1,300 unmarked graves, most of them containing the remains of Indigenous children, have been discovered on the grounds of five of Canada’s former residential schools. Throughout the 20th century, the residential school system — like the Indian Boarding School system, its U.S. counterpart — separated thousands of Indigenous children from their families, stripped them of their language and subjected them to various forms of abuse amounting to what a truth and reconciliation commission called “cultural genocide.” But as these horrific revelations demonstrate, the harm wasn’t only cultural — a 1907 investigation found that nearly one-fourth of school attendees did not survive graduation.
In October of 2021, new evidence surfaced linking disappeared Indigenous children to MK Ultra experiments conducted by CIA-sponsored researchers. A white Winnipeg resident named Lana Ponting testified in Quebec’s Superior Court that in 1958, when she was 16 years old, doctors from the Allan Memorial Institute, a former psychiatric hospital affiliated with McGill and the Royal Victoria Hospital, held her against her will, drugged her with LSD and other substances, subjected her to electroshock treatments, and exposed her to auditory indoctrination: playing a recording telling Ponting over and over again, that she was either “a bad girl” or “a good girl.”
Ponting also testified that “some of the children I saw there were Indigenous,” and that she befriended an Indigenous girl named Morningstar, who endured many of the same abuses, with the added indignity of being harassed because of her race. During a reprieve from her drug-induced haze, Ponting recalls sneaking out at night and happening upon “people standing over by the cement wall” with shovels and flashlights. She and other children had heard rumors that bodies were buried on the property. “I believe that some of them would be Indigenous people,” Ponting told the court.
Not only does her testimony corroborate what another Allan Memorial Institute survivor told historian Donovan King a decade earlier, but in 2008, the Squamish Nation included the psychiatric hospital in a list of potential sites containing unmarked graves.
The CIA, along with the U.S. and Canadian military and powerful U.S. charitable foundations, are directly implicated in this ordeal. According to John Mark’s 1991 book The Search for the Manchurian Candidate and Steven Kinzer’s 2019 book Poisoner in Chief, in 1977, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, CIA archivists uncovered a previously hidden box of MK Ultra financial records revealing, among other things, that the Memorial Institute was home to MK Ultra “Subproject 68.” Under the leadership of psychiatrist Ewen Cameron, whom Ponting accused of raping her, experiments in this subproject sought to “depattern” people’s minds using violent methods Cameron termed “psychic driving.”
Although Cameron is among the most infamous MK Ultra doctors, he was not alone at McGill. As historian Alfred McCoy has shown in his 2006 book A Question of Torture, the sensory deprivation research of Donald Hebb, a McGill psychologist, was also covertly sponsored by the CIA.
1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate return to cover the latest grisly and absurd developments in Israel's assault on Gaza, and the dramatic political fallout at home.
Grayzone Radio is a production of The Grayzone, an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire. Washington DC-based independent journalist and author, Max Blumenthal, founded The Grayzone and is your host on Grayzone Radio.
For more info on The Grayzone and their reporting, please go to https://thegrayzone.com
2 AM
The Final Straw Radio
This week on the show, we’ll be sharing a presentation by Dr. Modibo Kadalie recorded at the 2023 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called Asheville. Modibo is joined by his friend Andrew Zonneveld of On Our Own Authority Books, and they share a new bookstore and community space in Stone Mountain, Georgia, known as Community Books.
From the presentation description:
"A scholar-activist with over 60 years of experience in the Civil Rights, Black Power, Pan-African, and Social Ecology movements will discuss the role of critical historiography in the study and documentation of directly democratic communities across human history. Modibo Kadalie’s presentation will touch on ideas discussed in his two most recent books, Pan-African Social Ecology and Intimate Direct Democracy. Dr. Kadalie will also discuss his upcoming book, tentatively titled State Creep: A Critical Historiography.
If you care to hear a longer version including a segment by Sean Swain and an interview with Josh Davidson and Sara Falconer of Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar, check out the podcast at our website.
3 AM
The Sound of History – Pacifica Radio Archives
June Jordan
This week Pacifica Radio Archives celebrates the birthday of poet and activist June Jordan with a rare interview conducted by author Julius Lester in 1968. They discuss the black experience and Jordan reads her poetry. All CD purchase / premium inquiries must be referred to the Pacifica Radio Archives
Call: 800 735-0230 ext. 261 or write shawn@pacificaradioarchives.org
3:15 AM
Covert Action Bulletin with Rachel Hu & Chris Garaffa
On November 26, three young Palestinian men were shot in Burlington, Vermont. Hisham Awartani, a junior at Brown University, released a statement that was read at a campus vigil saying, “This hideous crime did not happen in a vacuum. As much as I appreciate the love of every single one of you here today, I am but one casualty in a much wider conflict.”
Awartani’s friends Kinnan Abdalhamaid, a student at Haverford College and Tahseen Ahmad , a student at Trinity College, also remain in the hospital as of this recording and a suspect has been arrested and charged. Awartani went on to write,
“Had I been shot in the West Bank, where I grew up, the medical services which saved my life here would have likely been withheld by the Israeli army. The soldier who would have shot me would go home and never be convicted. I understand that the pain is so much more real and immediate because many of you know me, but any attack like this is horrific, be it here or in Palestine. This is why when you say your wishes and light your candles today, your mind should not just be focused on me as an individual, but as a proud member of a people being oppressed.”
On this episode, we’re focusing on students - the attacks on the young Palestinians in Burlington, threats and harassment campaigns against college organizers, and the role that students have played in ending apartheid and war historically and today. Joining us is Roua Daas of the Palestinian Youth Movement.
Learn more about the Shut It Down for Palestine movement at ShutItDown4Palestine.org
4 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from his earlier broadcast, on 11/29/23
12 AM
For the Record – David Emory
“Injun Country” – The Mohawk Mothers’ Trail of Tears
Introduction: Detailing a case unfolding in Canada, these programs analyze the heroic efforts of “The Mohawk Mothers” to archive the remains of Native Americans who were the victims of behavior modification programs.
Furthermore, the behavior modification programs overlap the MKULTRA operations in the United States.
A fundamental thematic element in this discussion is the Rockefeller family, Nelson Rockefeller in particular.
Key Points of Discussion and Analysis Include: The United States’ claim of legal immunity from the process underway in Canada; Harassment of the Mohawk Mothers by security personnel appointed to secure the grounds being examined; Cadaver dogs’ discovery of apparent human remains in the soil being exhumed; Apparent mishandling of some of the soil samples and other pieces of evidence that could fundamentally compromise the integrity of the investigation; The genesis of the behavior modification programs in 1943; Operational overlap between the Canadian programs directed toward indigenous people and programs at Attica and Dannemora prisons in upper New York State directed at African American prisoners; Discussion of Nelson Rockefeller’s tortuous history with Native Americans, from failing to acknowledge life-saving activity from Native American guides in Alaska to brutally exploiting indigenous people in Latin America for profit; Review of the role of the Rockefeller funding of the Allan Memorial Institute in Canada.
1.“New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners” By Orisanmi Burton; Truthout; 06/22/2023
The documentary record of “mind control” experiments conducted by the United States and other governments during the Cold War is just the tip of the iceberg, and our collective ignorance is by design. In early 1973, as the fallout from the Watergate scandal exposed the need for greater congressional oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ordered the destruction of all documents related to MK Ultra.
MK Ultra involved a range of grotesque experiments on unwitting test subjects within and beyond U.S. borders. Newly revealed evidence exposes previously hidden links between MK Ultra experiments on Indigenous children in Canada and imprisoned Black people in the U.S.
On April 20, 2023, a group of Indigenous women known as the Kanien’kehà :ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) achieved a milestone in their ongoing lawsuit against several entities, including McGill University, the Canadian government and the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec. The parties reached an agreement whereby archeologists and cultural monitors would begin the process of searching for unmarked graves, which the Mohawk Mothers believe are buried on the grounds of the hospital.
Over the preceding two years, approximately 1,300 unmarked graves, most of them containing the remains of Indigenous children, have been discovered on the grounds of five of Canada’s former residential schools. Throughout the 20th century, the residential school system — like the Indian Boarding School system, its U.S. counterpart — separated thousands of Indigenous children from their families, stripped them of their language and subjected them to various forms of abuse amounting to what a truth and reconciliation commission called “cultural genocide.” But as these horrific revelations demonstrate, the harm wasn’t only cultural — a 1907 investigation found that nearly one-fourth of school attendees did not survive graduation.
In October of 2021, new evidence surfaced linking disappeared Indigenous children to MK Ultra experiments conducted by CIA-sponsored researchers. A white Winnipeg resident named Lana Ponting testified in Quebec’s Superior Court that in 1958, when she was 16 years old, doctors from the Allan Memorial Institute, a former psychiatric hospital affiliated with McGill and the Royal Victoria Hospital, held her against her will, drugged her with LSD and other substances, subjected her to electroshock treatments, and exposed her to auditory indoctrination: playing a recording telling Ponting over and over again, that she was either “a bad girl” or “a good girl.”
Ponting also testified that “some of the children I saw there were Indigenous,” and that she befriended an Indigenous girl named Morningstar, who endured many of the same abuses, with the added indignity of being harassed because of her race. During a reprieve from her drug-induced haze, Ponting recalls sneaking out at night and happening upon “people standing over by the cement wall” with shovels and flashlights. She and other children had heard rumors that bodies were buried on the property. “I believe that some of them would be Indigenous people,” Ponting told the court.
Not only does her testimony corroborate what another Allan Memorial Institute survivor told historian Donovan King a decade earlier, but in 2008, the Squamish Nation included the psychiatric hospital in a list of potential sites containing unmarked graves.
The CIA, along with the U.S. and Canadian military and powerful U.S. charitable foundations, are directly implicated in this ordeal. According to John Mark’s 1991 book The Search for the Manchurian Candidate and Steven Kinzer’s 2019 book Poisoner in Chief, in 1977, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, CIA archivists uncovered a previously hidden box of MK Ultra financial records revealing, among other things, that the Memorial Institute was home to MK Ultra “Subproject 68.” Under the leadership of psychiatrist Ewen Cameron, whom Ponting accused of raping her, experiments in this subproject sought to “depattern” people’s minds using violent methods Cameron termed “psychic driving.”
Although Cameron is among the most infamous MK Ultra doctors, he was not alone at McGill. As historian Alfred McCoy has shown in his 2006 book A Question of Torture, the sensory deprivation research of Donald Hebb, a McGill psychologist, was also covertly sponsored by the CIA.
1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate return to cover the latest grisly and absurd developments in Israel's assault on Gaza, and the dramatic political fallout at home.
Grayzone Radio is a production of The Grayzone, an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire. Washington DC-based independent journalist and author, Max Blumenthal, founded The Grayzone and is your host on Grayzone Radio.
For more info on The Grayzone and their reporting, please go to https://thegrayzone.com
2 AM
The Final Straw Radio
This week on the show, we’ll be sharing a presentation by Dr. Modibo Kadalie recorded at the 2023 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called Asheville. Modibo is joined by his friend Andrew Zonneveld of On Our Own Authority Books, and they share a new bookstore and community space in Stone Mountain, Georgia, known as Community Books.
From the presentation description:
"A scholar-activist with over 60 years of experience in the Civil Rights, Black Power, Pan-African, and Social Ecology movements will discuss the role of critical historiography in the study and documentation of directly democratic communities across human history. Modibo Kadalie’s presentation will touch on ideas discussed in his two most recent books, Pan-African Social Ecology and Intimate Direct Democracy. Dr. Kadalie will also discuss his upcoming book, tentatively titled State Creep: A Critical Historiography.
If you care to hear a longer version including a segment by Sean Swain and an interview with Josh Davidson and Sara Falconer of Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar, check out the podcast at our website.
3 AM
The Sound of History – Pacifica Radio Archives
June Jordan
This week Pacifica Radio Archives celebrates the birthday of poet and activist June Jordan with a rare interview conducted by author Julius Lester in 1968. They discuss the black experience and Jordan reads her poetry. All CD purchase / premium inquiries must be referred to the Pacifica Radio Archives
Call: 800 735-0230 ext. 261 or write shawn@pacificaradioarchives.org
3:15 AM
Covert Action Bulletin with Rachel Hu & Chris Garaffa
On November 26, three young Palestinian men were shot in Burlington, Vermont. Hisham Awartani, a junior at Brown University, released a statement that was read at a campus vigil saying, “This hideous crime did not happen in a vacuum. As much as I appreciate the love of every single one of you here today, I am but one casualty in a much wider conflict.”
Awartani’s friends Kinnan Abdalhamaid, a student at Haverford College and Tahseen Ahmad , a student at Trinity College, also remain in the hospital as of this recording and a suspect has been arrested and charged. Awartani went on to write,
“Had I been shot in the West Bank, where I grew up, the medical services which saved my life here would have likely been withheld by the Israeli army. The soldier who would have shot me would go home and never be convicted. I understand that the pain is so much more real and immediate because many of you know me, but any attack like this is horrific, be it here or in Palestine. This is why when you say your wishes and light your candles today, your mind should not just be focused on me as an individual, but as a proud member of a people being oppressed.”
On this episode, we’re focusing on students - the attacks on the young Palestinians in Burlington, threats and harassment campaigns against college organizers, and the role that students have played in ending apartheid and war historically and today. Joining us is Roua Daas of the Palestinian Youth Movement.
Learn more about the Shut It Down for Palestine movement at ShutItDown4Palestine.org
4 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from his earlier broadcast, on 11/29/23
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Monday Night
Prog notes S H 11-28-23
12 AM
Creative FRONTLINE
Indigenous struggles over land, water, and resource extraction
Is_Southern_California_Drinking_Las_Vegas'_Reclaimed_Water.mp3?
Chemehuevi Tribal Elder and Board Member of the Native American Land Conservancy Matthew Leivas, Sr. (Chemehuevi), asks, "What's in your drinking water?"
12:30 AM
Between the Lines
Ralph Nader and others speak out about deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza. Two half-hour episodes of under-reported news from the past two weeks. (Behind the News with Doug Henwood not available this week as he took a break).
Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader on Gaza War: ‘A Level of Savagery to Haunt the State of Israel for a Long, Long Time’
James Bamford: Israel’s U.S. Spy Network Aims to ‘Crush’ Student Activists Who Support Palestinian Rights
Belkis Terán: Mother of ‘Stop Cop City’ Activist Slain by Atlanta Police Brings Healing Message to Mid-November Protest
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Nov. 22, 2023
1 AM
First Voices Radio
REPEAT SHOW. Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse spends the full hour with Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti, author of "Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and Implications for Social Activism" (North Atlantic Books, 2021). Vanessa is a Latinx professor at the University of British Columbia and holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change. Vanessa began her career as a teacher in Brazil in 1994 and has since led educational and research programs in countries including the UK, Finland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Brazil and Canada. She works across sectors in international and comparative education, particularly focusing on global justice and citizenship, Indigenous and community engagement, sustainability, and social and ecological responsibility. Her research examines relationships between historical, systemic, and ongoing forms of violence, and the inherent unsustainability of modernity. Vanessa is one of the founding members of Gesturing Decolonial Futures Collective (decolonialfutures.net) and Teia das 5 Curas, an international network of Indigenous communities mostly in Canada and Latin America. She currently collaborates with these groups to direct research projects and learning initiatives related to global healing and well being in times of unprecedented challenges.
AKANTU INTELLIGENCE: Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse
About First Voices Radio: First Voices Radio, now in its 31st year on the air, is an internationally syndicated one-hour radio program originating from and heard weekly on Radio Kingston WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM in Kingston, New York. Hosted by Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), who is the show's Founder and Executive Producer, "First Voices Radio" explores global topics and issues of critical importance to the preservation and protection of Mother Earth presented in the voices and from the perspective of the original peoples of the world.
2 – 4 AM
The Best of the Rick Smith Show
New episodes return January 3; he has decided to resume the radio version that he had discontinued to concentrate on a video version. This is the most recent “Best Of” episode, incorporating a couple of segment of the Green News from KPFK’s Deysi Doyen and Brad Friedman.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Thom’s non-commercial broadcast from earlier on 11/27/23
Thom will be discussing Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
...
12 AM
Creative FRONTLINE
Indigenous struggles over land, water, and resource extraction
Is_Southern_California_Drinking_Las_Vegas'_Reclaimed_Water.mp3?
Chemehuevi Tribal Elder and Board Member of the Native American Land Conservancy Matthew Leivas, Sr. (Chemehuevi), asks, "What's in your drinking water?"
12:30 AM
Between the Lines
Ralph Nader and others speak out about deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza. Two half-hour episodes of under-reported news from the past two weeks. (Behind the News with Doug Henwood not available this week as he took a break).
Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader on Gaza War: ‘A Level of Savagery to Haunt the State of Israel for a Long, Long Time’
James Bamford: Israel’s U.S. Spy Network Aims to ‘Crush’ Student Activists Who Support Palestinian Rights
Belkis Terán: Mother of ‘Stop Cop City’ Activist Slain by Atlanta Police Brings Healing Message to Mid-November Protest
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Nov. 22, 2023
1 AM
First Voices Radio
REPEAT SHOW. Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse spends the full hour with Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti, author of "Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and Implications for Social Activism" (North Atlantic Books, 2021). Vanessa is a Latinx professor at the University of British Columbia and holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change. Vanessa began her career as a teacher in Brazil in 1994 and has since led educational and research programs in countries including the UK, Finland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Brazil and Canada. She works across sectors in international and comparative education, particularly focusing on global justice and citizenship, Indigenous and community engagement, sustainability, and social and ecological responsibility. Her research examines relationships between historical, systemic, and ongoing forms of violence, and the inherent unsustainability of modernity. Vanessa is one of the founding members of Gesturing Decolonial Futures Collective (decolonialfutures.net) and Teia das 5 Curas, an international network of Indigenous communities mostly in Canada and Latin America. She currently collaborates with these groups to direct research projects and learning initiatives related to global healing and well being in times of unprecedented challenges.
AKANTU INTELLIGENCE: Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse
About First Voices Radio: First Voices Radio, now in its 31st year on the air, is an internationally syndicated one-hour radio program originating from and heard weekly on Radio Kingston WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM in Kingston, New York. Hosted by Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), who is the show's Founder and Executive Producer, "First Voices Radio" explores global topics and issues of critical importance to the preservation and protection of Mother Earth presented in the voices and from the perspective of the original peoples of the world.
2 – 4 AM
The Best of the Rick Smith Show
New episodes return January 3; he has decided to resume the radio version that he had discontinued to concentrate on a video version. This is the most recent “Best Of” episode, incorporating a couple of segment of the Green News from KPFK’s Deysi Doyen and Brad Friedman.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Thom’s non-commercial broadcast from earlier on 11/27/23
Thom will be discussing Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
...
Friday, November 24, 2023
Thursday Night
Prog Notes S H 11-24-23
12 AM
Alan Watts
Natural Law (26:44)
12:30 AM
Old Radio - Cloak & Dagger
“Last Mission” (29:25)
An OSS agent in Canton China during World War II
1 AM
Tami Simon – Insights from the Edge
How to Have Kids and a Life (1:02:20)
Ericka Sóuter has over 20 years of journalism experience and is a nationally recognized voice in parenting news and parenting advice. A frequent contributor on Good Morning America and other national broadcast outlets, she regularly speaks on the issues, trends, and controversies that are most affecting parents and new families today. With Sounds True, Ericka has written a book called How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide.
In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Ericka about what it means to be a parent today. They discuss why more and more parents are opening up about not just the joys but also the challenges of raising children—and how our definition of “good parenting” is changing as a result. Ericka brings realism and humor to this enlightening conversation, helping parents navigate the expectations versus the realities of parenthood as they tend to their own happiness. “Love is innate,” Ericka shares. “Parenting skills are not.”
2 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour
The Tarot as a Soul Journey of Our Lives (59)
John Sandbach is a highly respected astrology and tarot researcher working professionally in these fields for more than 55 yrs. He offers private astrology and tarot readings and tutoring online, and is the author of several books, including The Circular Temple, and Astrology, Alchemy and the Tarot. His new book is Soul Journey of the Tarot " Key to a complete Spiritual Practice: Integrating Numerology, Astrology, Kabbalah and the Contemplative Life.
We discuss how the archetypes represented and mapped out in the Tarot can be used to guide us in our own life journey and spiritual evolution.
3 AM
Caroline Casey – Visionary Activist
COOLING OUT THE HEAD (58:55)
Caroline welcomes the return of Sean Padraig O’Donoghue that we may avail ourselves of all Flora Fauna Fungi relations to cool out in this hot reactive field….
www.otherworldwell.com
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from the broadcast earlier 11/23/23
12 AM
Alan Watts
Natural Law (26:44)
12:30 AM
Old Radio - Cloak & Dagger
“Last Mission” (29:25)
An OSS agent in Canton China during World War II
1 AM
Tami Simon – Insights from the Edge
How to Have Kids and a Life (1:02:20)
Ericka Sóuter has over 20 years of journalism experience and is a nationally recognized voice in parenting news and parenting advice. A frequent contributor on Good Morning America and other national broadcast outlets, she regularly speaks on the issues, trends, and controversies that are most affecting parents and new families today. With Sounds True, Ericka has written a book called How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide.
In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Ericka about what it means to be a parent today. They discuss why more and more parents are opening up about not just the joys but also the challenges of raising children—and how our definition of “good parenting” is changing as a result. Ericka brings realism and humor to this enlightening conversation, helping parents navigate the expectations versus the realities of parenthood as they tend to their own happiness. “Love is innate,” Ericka shares. “Parenting skills are not.”
2 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour
The Tarot as a Soul Journey of Our Lives (59)
John Sandbach is a highly respected astrology and tarot researcher working professionally in these fields for more than 55 yrs. He offers private astrology and tarot readings and tutoring online, and is the author of several books, including The Circular Temple, and Astrology, Alchemy and the Tarot. His new book is Soul Journey of the Tarot " Key to a complete Spiritual Practice: Integrating Numerology, Astrology, Kabbalah and the Contemplative Life.
We discuss how the archetypes represented and mapped out in the Tarot can be used to guide us in our own life journey and spiritual evolution.
3 AM
Caroline Casey – Visionary Activist
COOLING OUT THE HEAD (58:55)
Caroline welcomes the return of Sean Padraig O’Donoghue that we may avail ourselves of all Flora Fauna Fungi relations to cool out in this hot reactive field….
www.otherworldwell.com
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from the broadcast earlier 11/23/23
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Wednesday Night
Prog Notes S H 11-23-23
12 AM
Dave Emory’s For the Record
Archival interview with Jim DiEugenio, who collaborated with Oliver Stone on JFK Revisited, writing the script and a companion volume. Dave asked us to air this, since yesterday was the 60th anniversary of the murder of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Dallas.
1 AM
The Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal
The Grayzone's Anya Parampil is joined by Wyatt Reed and Gaza-based journalist Shadi Abdelrahman to discuss the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip and the continued lifting of the mask of US media and the Beltway political class.
Grayzone Radio is a production of The Grayzone, an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire. Washington DC-based independent journalist and author, Max Blumenthal, founded The Grayzone and is your host on Grayzone Radio.
2 AM
The Final Straw Radio
TFSR will be subbing for Its Going Down from sister station KPFA in Berkeley; IGD is taking a break from their radio show for an indefinite period. Final Straw does a weekly podcast and radio version from the East Coast.
This week on the show, we’re featuring the voice of an anti-Zionist Jew living in lands occupied by the Israeli state. For the hour we speak about some of his experiences of trying to resist the ongoing war against Palestinians, collaboration with Palestinian comrades against the occupation, the silencing of dissent during the escalation by the Israeli state and other topics.
For a very thoughtful series of podcasts about the situation in Palestine, check out the two recent episodes of the Its Going Down podcast (https://itsgoingdown.org).
Palestinian Social Media Suggestions:
- Basel Adra: https://instagram.com/basilaladraa
- Ali Awad: https://instagram.com/ali_awad98
- Sami H Huraini: https://instagram.com/samihuraini
- Youth of Sumud: https://instagram.com/youthofsumud
- Awdah Hathaleen: https://instagram.com/awdah.hathaleen
Antifascists Repressed in Budapest
Following this, you’ll hear a segment by A-Radio Berlin (a co-member of the Channel Zero Network as well as the A-Radio Network with The Final Straw) about repression of antifascists recently under the far right Hungarian administration of Victor Orban. This also appeared in the November 2023 episode of Bad News, the monthly English-language podcast of the A-Radio Network.
Further links:
- https://budapest-solidarity.net/
- https://www.basc.news/
The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world. Since 2010, weve been broadcasting from occupied Tsalagi land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humorous) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain.
3 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI in NY
THOUSANDS OF QUEERS MARCH FOR PALESTINE IN MANHATTAN
Thousands of Queers March for Palestine in Manhattan
John Riley & Pauline Park will be discussing their participation in the recent Queer March for Palestine in Manhattan.
On Sunday, November 12, a crowd of young adults numbering between 2,000-2,500 gathered, rallied, and marched from Union Square to the Stonewall Inn, where they again rallied and then marched to Washington Square Park. We present a sampling of the speeches given at all 3 locations. Homemade signs expressing solidarity with Queer Palestinians and their freedom struggle were abundant.
"Pinkwashing" of Apartheid Israel's current genocide in Gaza by LGBT organizations and media outlets
Pauline Park and Naomi Brussel discuss the 'pinkwashing' of Israeli apartheid's current genocide in Gaza being conducted by some LGBT community-based organizations and media outlets. They discuss the national and local LGBTQ organizations and New York's Gay City News, and the Washington Blade, and some of the reasons for the positions.
Pinkwashing is the attempt by the Israeli government and some organizations to mislead the public by focusing on a few pro-queer reforms by the Israeli state to distract from gross human rights violations by the Israeli government.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from the non-commercial broadcast earlier on 11/22/23
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Tuesday Night
Prog notes S H 11-21-23
12 AM
Behind the News with Doug Henwood
https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html
Christopher Ketcham, author of this Harper's article, https://harpers.org/archive/2023/11/the-machine-breaker/ looks inside the mind of an “ecoterrorist” • Neve Gordon on what in Israeli society leads to bombing hospitals More information: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/gordon.html
1 AM
Project Censored
Colonialism Today: From The Crisis in Congo to Capsizing Boats in the Mediterranean
Be it in the Mediterranean or the heart of Africa in Congo, colonialism isn’t past, it’s a modern-day disaster. In the first half of the show, journalist and activist Eugene Puryear joins us with information on the so-called “silent holocaust” taking place in the Congo where some 6 million people have died as nations across the region and the world vie for the more than $24 trillion worth of natural resources within Congo’s borders. Then, Giulia Messmer from Sea Watch explains her organization’s rescue work in the Mediterranean, how European nations are moving to criminalize migration, cross-border solidarity, and more.
2 AM
Law and Disorder
US Obligation to The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
A United Nations body has issued a damning report blasting the United States for its rampant violations of a major human rights treaty that it ratified in 1992. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or ICCPR, enshrines fair trial rights, the right to life, to vote, and to freedom of expression and assembly. It prohibits torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. It also forbids discrimination in the enjoyment of civil and political rights based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status (which includes sexual orientation).
The Human Rights Committee is a group of 18 independent experts that monitor the implementation of the ICCPR by its States Parties, each of whom files periodic reports on their progress in implementing the obligations in the treaty.
In its November 3, 2023 report on U.S compliance with the ICCPR, the Human Rights Committee found 30 some violations of the treaty by the United States. Racial discrimination permeated two-thirds of the documented U.S. violations.
In addition to discrimination based on race, the Committee found several instances of discrimination against women, particularly in the area of reproductive rights. The Committee also found discrimination on the basis of real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
Guest - Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, and a member of the national advisory boards of Assange Defense and Veterans for Peace, and the bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Her books include The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse and Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral and Geopolitical Issues. Marjorie is founding dean of the Peoples Academy of International Law. Her article about the report of the Human Rights Committee was published last week by Truthout.
Voices of Mass Incarceration: A Symposium
Opening with a keynote discussion featuring Angela Davis, Pam Africa, Julia Wright, and Johanna Fernndez, the event featured two dozen experts and artists working and studying incarceration and its wide-ranging effects on society. The second day of the symposium also marked the opening of the Mumia Abu-Jamal papers for research at the John Hay Library with the launch of the exhibit, Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration. This exhibition centers on the writing, music and art of Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose papers anchor the John Hay Library’s Voices of Mass Incarceration in the United States collection. Mumia has been imprisoned for 43 years for allegedly killing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.
One of the panels focused on how systemic changes have strained the existing healthcare system. With 44% of prison detainees receiving a psychiatric diagnosis, prisons are now among the largest providers of healthcare, more so than major hospitals and other care facilities.
We are pleased to bring you the remarks of Hope Metcalf, Lecturer at Yale Law School, on medical care for incarcerated individuals including mental health and hepatitis C. Well also hear from Lauren Weinstock, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University.
Hosted by attorneys Heidi Boghosian and Marjorie Cohn
3 AM
Creative frontline
Clifford Humphrey and the birth of the environmental movement: “A True Source of Wonderment”
The story of Peoples Park in Berkeley
3:30 AM
Mothering Earth
When you think of perennial crops, you may think of fruit or nut trees, not plants like wheat or rice, which are traditionally planted every year. An organization called The Land Institute, based in Salina, Kansas is hoping to change that. They have been at work developing perennial grain and legume crops.
You may wonder why? Perennial crops have many advantages. They have economic and environmental benefits by requiring less, or no, pesticides and fertilizers, and they can reduce carbon pollution, prevent erosion of the soil and, like trees, hold carbon in the soil. Salwa Khan, Ph. D. inerviews Tammy Kimbler, Chief Communications Officer, The Land Institute
The mission of Mothering Earth is to bring you stories of people taking action for a sustainable world.
Mothering Earth is built on the belief that one person can have a powerful impact in confronting important issues that affect the environment.
To that end, we find interesting people who have expertise in a field related to living gently and sustainably on our sweet Earth, and have them share their stories and knowledge with me and you.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of non-commercial version from earlier on 11/20/23
12 AM
Behind the News with Doug Henwood
https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html
Christopher Ketcham, author of this Harper's article, https://harpers.org/archive/2023/11/the-machine-breaker/ looks inside the mind of an “ecoterrorist” • Neve Gordon on what in Israeli society leads to bombing hospitals More information: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/gordon.html
1 AM
Project Censored
Colonialism Today: From The Crisis in Congo to Capsizing Boats in the Mediterranean
Be it in the Mediterranean or the heart of Africa in Congo, colonialism isn’t past, it’s a modern-day disaster. In the first half of the show, journalist and activist Eugene Puryear joins us with information on the so-called “silent holocaust” taking place in the Congo where some 6 million people have died as nations across the region and the world vie for the more than $24 trillion worth of natural resources within Congo’s borders. Then, Giulia Messmer from Sea Watch explains her organization’s rescue work in the Mediterranean, how European nations are moving to criminalize migration, cross-border solidarity, and more.
2 AM
Law and Disorder
US Obligation to The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
A United Nations body has issued a damning report blasting the United States for its rampant violations of a major human rights treaty that it ratified in 1992. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or ICCPR, enshrines fair trial rights, the right to life, to vote, and to freedom of expression and assembly. It prohibits torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. It also forbids discrimination in the enjoyment of civil and political rights based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status (which includes sexual orientation).
The Human Rights Committee is a group of 18 independent experts that monitor the implementation of the ICCPR by its States Parties, each of whom files periodic reports on their progress in implementing the obligations in the treaty.
In its November 3, 2023 report on U.S compliance with the ICCPR, the Human Rights Committee found 30 some violations of the treaty by the United States. Racial discrimination permeated two-thirds of the documented U.S. violations.
In addition to discrimination based on race, the Committee found several instances of discrimination against women, particularly in the area of reproductive rights. The Committee also found discrimination on the basis of real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
Guest - Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, and a member of the national advisory boards of Assange Defense and Veterans for Peace, and the bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Her books include The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse and Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral and Geopolitical Issues. Marjorie is founding dean of the Peoples Academy of International Law. Her article about the report of the Human Rights Committee was published last week by Truthout.
Voices of Mass Incarceration: A Symposium
Opening with a keynote discussion featuring Angela Davis, Pam Africa, Julia Wright, and Johanna Fernndez, the event featured two dozen experts and artists working and studying incarceration and its wide-ranging effects on society. The second day of the symposium also marked the opening of the Mumia Abu-Jamal papers for research at the John Hay Library with the launch of the exhibit, Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration. This exhibition centers on the writing, music and art of Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose papers anchor the John Hay Library’s Voices of Mass Incarceration in the United States collection. Mumia has been imprisoned for 43 years for allegedly killing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.
One of the panels focused on how systemic changes have strained the existing healthcare system. With 44% of prison detainees receiving a psychiatric diagnosis, prisons are now among the largest providers of healthcare, more so than major hospitals and other care facilities.
We are pleased to bring you the remarks of Hope Metcalf, Lecturer at Yale Law School, on medical care for incarcerated individuals including mental health and hepatitis C. Well also hear from Lauren Weinstock, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University.
Hosted by attorneys Heidi Boghosian and Marjorie Cohn
3 AM
Creative frontline
Clifford Humphrey and the birth of the environmental movement: “A True Source of Wonderment”
The story of Peoples Park in Berkeley
3:30 AM
Mothering Earth
When you think of perennial crops, you may think of fruit or nut trees, not plants like wheat or rice, which are traditionally planted every year. An organization called The Land Institute, based in Salina, Kansas is hoping to change that. They have been at work developing perennial grain and legume crops.
You may wonder why? Perennial crops have many advantages. They have economic and environmental benefits by requiring less, or no, pesticides and fertilizers, and they can reduce carbon pollution, prevent erosion of the soil and, like trees, hold carbon in the soil. Salwa Khan, Ph. D. inerviews Tammy Kimbler, Chief Communications Officer, The Land Institute
The mission of Mothering Earth is to bring you stories of people taking action for a sustainable world.
Mothering Earth is built on the belief that one person can have a powerful impact in confronting important issues that affect the environment.
To that end, we find interesting people who have expertise in a field related to living gently and sustainably on our sweet Earth, and have them share their stories and knowledge with me and you.
4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of non-commercial version from earlier on 11/20/23
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