Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 08-07-24

12 AM
About Health
Dr. David Feldman interviews Dr. David Rico, author of a new revised edition of How to Be an Adult in a Relationship about maturity in relationships (romantic, friendly or familial). Rico is a therapist using psychological and spiritual elements from a Jungian perspective. The subtitle of his book is Five Keys to Mindful Loving.

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Rethinking Rosemary

2 AM
Green Street
Chemicals impact on Pregnancy and fetal development
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug Wood talk about the impact of petrochemicals and plastics that mimic hormones on gestation and maternal and child health.

2:30 AM -4 AM
To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima
Chapter 3 Setsuko

4 AM
To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima
Chapter 4 And the Rest Were Neutrinos

5 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour two of the previous day's non-commercial broadcast, on delay.

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 08-06-24

12 AM
Creative FRONTLINE
Blowout at Platform A
Hawaiian descent surfer David Puu recalls his childhood in Santa Barbara and the birth of one front in the environmental movement, with GOO - Get Oil Out - after the blowout of an oceanic oil drilling platform off Santa Barbara polluted the sea and the beaches

12:30 AM
2024 Talks
Pacifica's national electoral news headlines for August 6

12:35 AM
General Manager and program curator Michael Novick launches KPFK's summer on-air member drive with an appeal for sustaining memberships and donations, outreach and a set of program notes regarding this week's special marathon reading of To Hell and Back - The Last Train from Hiroshima. The first two chapters will air later this morning and more chapters each night the rest of this week commemorating the atomic bombing by the US of Hiroshima August 6, 1945, and of Nagasaki three days later on August 9, 1945.

1:00 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer

2:00 AM
Project Censored
Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week's show. In the first half-hour, we hear the story of a Texas prison inmate, Jeremy Busby, his struggle to publicize the abuses that go on behind the walls, and the prison authorities' efforts to suppress his work and retaliate against him. Also in the segment, the significance of prison journalism in the overall battle for press freedom.
In the second half of the program, the latest about Palestine, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the International Criminal Court (ICC). A legal expert examines the recent ICJ opinion on the illegality of the Israeli occupation, as well as the ICC's possible issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Jeremy Busby, inmate #00881193 in the Texas prison system, is a journalist who covers prison life from the inside. His writing can be found at freedom.press and other outlets. His web site is www.joinjeremy.org
Seth Stern is Director of Advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (www.freedom.press)
Hassan Ben Imran is a member of the governing council of Law for Palestine (www.law4palestine.org) and a researcher in law at the University of Galway in Ireland.
Resources on Incarceration:
www.securustech.net
prisonjournalismproject.org
themarshallproject.org

3:00 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg of sister stations WBAI and WPFW
Palestine is on the agenda, in a discussion with Jeff Halper

4-6:00 AM
To Hell and Back - The Last Train from Hiroshima
The first two chapters of the book-length account of the US A-bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.








Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-30-24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Dave continues his series of conversations with his new co-host, Monty, a combat veteran in various US incursions in SW and Central Asia, and researcher into the influence that the Nazi intelligence apparatus absorbed into the national security state of the US at the end of WWII had on driving US policy in the region.

1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate
Dear Leader
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the gut-wrenching spectacle of Benjamin Netanyahu's welcome to Washington and report back from the mass protests that met him at the US Capitol. Anya Parampil joins them to discuss Venezuela's election, where the US persists in its push for regime change.

2 AM
The Final Straw Radio
This week, they're featuring an interview with Dominika Oyska (Egala Association) and Aleksandra Chrzanowska (Association for Legal Intervention [polish: Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej SIP]), two human rights activists in eastern Poland near the Belarus border who speak about the situation with the migrant route through the Biaowiea forest in the midst of increased militarization on both sides of the border through this ancient forest and through the region. Both are active in the umbrella Grupa Granica, or border group, movement supporting people on the move. You can learn more from the links in our show notes.
In coming weeks Final Straw hopes to feature more conversations with activists on the ground in this region and elsewhere speaking on similar topics, including locals who've seen social and environmental changes as tensions build between the neighboring nation-states and international alliances and how it impacts people seeking asylum and engaging their freedom of movement.
Grupa Granica (Border Group) & Related Links:
https://www.facebook.com/grupagranica/
https://x.com/GrupaGranica
https://www.instagram.com/grupagranica/
https://www.instagram.com/noborders_team/
https://www.facebook.com/nobordersteam
shop without borders / https://www.sklepbezgranic.pl/

3 AM
Out_FM from sister station WBAI in NY
Queer Activists Campaign Against Project 2025
Sally O’Driscoll and Jay Walker from the group “Stop the Coup” explain queer-related details of the right wing program Project 2025. That program proposes to eliminate all progressive political gains of the past 50-plus years. It seeks with a "conservative" presidency to destroy basic human rights for most US citizens. Find out more about their campaign. https://www.stopthecoup2025.org/
Pre-Ordained Betrayal
"The Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal Dramatized"
Pauline Park will speak with John Caminiti about his novel, "Pre-Ordained Betrayal," and the stage adoption of the adaptation of the novel "The Betrayal Dialogues" as well as the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal the novel and the play dramatize; she will also ask the novelist about his long and distinguished career in the law.

4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of the previous day's non-commercial broadcast, on delay.
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Monday, July 29, 2024

Monday Night

Monday Night

Were really honored to present on KPFK for tonight overnight, “One Bad Day: The Dissemination of Nuclear Pollution” with David Pu’u


All it takes is "One Bad Day." With David Pu'u (Indigenous Hawai'ian).
We appreciate David Pu’u’s expertise as a risk/failure analyst and lifelong surfer, ocean rescue expert, military and policy consultant.


There is no one more aware on the subject, how and why it happened and why we don't want it to happen again. How and why World War II (really) ended.


We talk about human systems failures and personal capacities, economic incentives, "military intelligence," "Iron Imperialism," indigenous perspectives, warnings carved in stone ignored.



Thursday, July 25, 2024

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-25-24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Conversations with Monty
Dave Emory continues his series of conversations with his new co-host, a former combat veteran and researcher into the influence of Nazi elements incorporated into the US national security state apparatus after World War II on the US role in southwest and central Asia

1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate
Government by Gunplay
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the high and lowlights of the RNC, the Democratic Party elite's push for Joe Biden to drop out of the race, the CrowdStrike IT disaster, Max Boot-gate, and the latest from Gaza

2:00 AM
Final Straw Radio
This week, we're sharing audio from the presentation Direct action abortion services in Latin America from the "Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair" in so-called Asheville, NC.
Thanks to the volunteers who re-recorded the presenter and audience questions, where permission to share their voices was not granted and a transcription was provided.
Keep an eye out in August for our youtube video to include the slides from the actual presentation this recording was made from.
Audios from the 2024 ACABookfair will be online in the near future on the bookfairs website, https://acabookfair.noblogs.org/

3:00 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI in New York
LGBTQ Japanese & Japanese Americans; the Sensationalizing of the Story of Trans Conjoined Twin George Schappell
Pauline Park will speak with noted journalist S I Rosenbaum about the life of trans conjoined twin George Schappell. Reba was a name George used before transitioning. According to the NY Times, "George, as Reba, performed country music in the US and abroad; won a Los Angeles Music Award for best new country artist in 1997; and sang “The Fear of Being Alone” over the closing credits of “Stuck on You” (2003), a comedy directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly that starred Greg Kinnear and Matt Damon as conjoined twins." #disabilityrights #transgender #transgenderrights #conjoinedtwins
In the second half of the hour, Pauline will speak with Aya Yabe about the LGBTQ community in Japan and LGBT organizing in the queer Japanese American community.
To attend an Okaeri Connects for Parents, Caregivers, and Allies event go to https://www.okaeri.org/events. These are on the third Sunday of the month. Please register for zoom or in person registration.

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Hartmann's non-commercial program from 7-24-24

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Tuesday Night



Prog Notes S H 07-24-24 Holistic Health

12 AM
About Health with David Feldman from sister station KPFA
Breaking the Rules of OCD
Dr. Kim Rockwell-Evans, a licensed marriage and family counselor from the Dallas-Fort Worth area comes on to discuss Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and her new book on the subject.

1 AM
The Herbal Highway
Making your own DIY Herbal Spray
Sarah discusses how to make and combine tinctures and other herbal essential oils to make useful plant-based or herbal sprays for yourself and your household.

2 AM
Green Street
2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Both programs look at the widespread toxins from plastics and how they affect the human body, especially pregnant women and the fetuses developing in them.

2:55
Your Health Kit
Beat the Heat
Rebecca Hoffman, MD addresses the impact heat can have on your body and how to stay cool and hydrated.

3:00
Whole Mother with Pat Jones from sister station KPFT
Taylor Lee, midwife
Pat discusses the mom about her experience as a doulah and more recently a midwife.

4-6:00 AM
Final two hours of Hartmann's non commercial broadcast from yesterday.
Plus Pacifica election news headlines

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Monday Night



Prog Notes S H 07-23-24

12:00 AM
Creative Frontline
The 100 Foot Wave. Wind Farms on the California Coast with David Puu, (Hawaiian)
Massive infrastructures are planned 20 to 60 miles offshore from the Pristine Beaches and natural environments of the Central California Coast.
New industrial facilities plug in via huge cables.

Industrial construction: Assembly in SF harbor, tow to Los Angeles, configure and tow to Morro Bay.

Industrial infrastructure planned on central coast includes lithium battery assembly at Morro Bay harbor. Does this Systemic development integrate sustainably?
As with concentrating solar in the desert, it's never been done before, here, in dark water, and the impacts to species of fish and mammals are unknown.
Is there any connection to East Coast whale strandings near wind farms? Is this kind of “renewable” energy development good for the environment and for biodiversity?

12:30 AM
Shortwave Report with Dan Roberts
This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, France 24, and Radio Havana Cuba.

http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240719.mp3 (29:00)

From FRANCE- An interview with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights situation in Palestine. She was heavily criticized by Israel, along with the US and France, for describing the Israeli actions in Palestine in a paper entitled "Anatomy of a Genocide." She says that the Israeli military has broken humanitarian law by distorting the principle of proportionality and killing tens of thousands of civilians- justifying the deaths by claiming they were being used as shields. She says that genocide in Palestine precedes the existence of Hamas by decades, and did not begin after October 7th. She says the war has created an unprecedented crisis in international relations and law. Then a brief report on an Israeli bombing attack on Tuesday on another UN school housing displaced Palestinians, killing dozens of people mostly civilians.

From JAPAN- The Japanese PM has personally apologized for the 25,000 forced sterilizations under a so-called eugenic protection law, that was in effect from 1948 until 1996. Nuclear regulators told TEPCO, the company that operates the devastated nuclear power plant in Fukushima, that they must do more to prevent safety and security lapses.

From CUBA- A Viewpoint on the telecommunication problems in Cuba caused by US sanctions on countries supplying equipment with US made components. Venezuelan President Maduro faces an election on July 28th. The Iranian President-elect Pezeshkian said he will not respond to US pressure, and that his country has no nuclear weapons. Israeli forces continue to kidnap Palestinians, over 9000 since October- UN experts and human rights groups say that they are routinely beaten and tortured.

1:00 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer
On this weeks edition of Le Show, Harry brings up regular features like News of the Olympic Movement, News of the Warm, News of the Atom, News of Crypto-Winter, The Apologies of the Week, and News of Musk Love. Well also hear about this weeks power outage, self-driving cars, listen to great music and more.
Part-time New Orleans resident Harry Shearer hosts a look at the worlds of media, politics, cyberspace, sports and show business while providing an eclectic array of music along the way.

2:00 AM
Project Censored
Conscience-Driven Resignations From The Us Military / New Assange Documentary
Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week's program. In the first half of the show, we learn about members of the US military who've resigned their posts over moral objections to the US support of Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza. Eleanor's guest is Palestinian-American Mohammed Abouhashem, a former US Air Force sergeant. He also rebuts claims that Israeli forces attempt to minimize civilian casualties, and questions whether Israel was really taken by surprise by the October 7 Hamas attack.
Next up, Eleanor speaks with Australian filmmaker Kym Staton about his documentary Trust Fall, just released in the US this month. Trust Fall recounts the personal and professional life of Julian Assange, as well as the US campaign against him. The film was completed before Assange gained his freedom, yet Kym says Trust Fall is still a vital chronicle of an effort to punish a journalist; he notes too, that some media in Australia continue to spread falsehoods about Assange, despite the legal proceeding being over.
Mohammed Abouhashem was a career sergeant in the US Air Force, who resigned last October after 22 years in the USAF.
Kym Staton is an Australian filmmaker, musician and poet. The web site for his new Julian Assange documentary is www.thetrustfall.org

3:00 AM
Equal Rts & Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Labor's-eye view of the Republican National Convention
What the pundits and politicos probably didn't tell you about the real-world impact on working people of the politicians and policies promoted by the GOP at their national convention as they nominated Trump for a third time, this time with J. D. Vance as his vice presidential running mate, a sign that Trump and the Republicans are opting for the national surveillance state in the hands of private corporations and billionaires like Peter Thiel and Palantir.

4-5:55 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Hartmann's program from 7/22/24

5:55 AM
Commentary from Channing Martinez, Chair of the Bus Riders Union
Martinez, cohost of Voices from the Front Lines, exposes the racist impact of Metro's latest "tap-out" pilot project, resulting in large scale arrests of Black public transit riders.

Friday, July 19, 2024

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-19-2024

12:00 AM
Alan Watts
Philosophies of Asia
Two lectures by Watts from the "Huge Collection of Alan Watts", Philosophies of Asia, segments 02-01 and 02-02: Relevance of Oriental Philosophy 2, and Mythology of Hinduism 2

1:00 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein
Shamanic Teachings of the Condor - Encountering the Mystical Traditions of the Andes
Martha Winona Travers is a writer, teacher and Mama Iachak who apprenticed with Ecuadorian Kichwa elder Taita Alberto Taxo for 22 years, including 10 years with the indigenous Kichwa in the Andes. She holds a doctorate in English literature from the University of Michigan and teaches contemplative practices at the University of Michigan. Her new book that we talk about in this interview is Shamanic Teachings of the Condor: Encounters with the Mystical Traditions of the Andes.

2:00 AM
Old Radio Break
Dimension X
Two episodes of the science fiction radio series from April 1950 - Outer Limit, and With Folded Hands

3:00 AM
Visionary Activist Caroline Casey from sister station KPFA
“Time of Useful Consciousness”
Earth Citizens Arise! Divination, dedication, political acumen ... Caroline welcomes return of Pat Ewing, who brings all of the above in her long journey as full service, adaptogenic political strategist in all realms……

Patricia Ewing is the former Deputy Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore, Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Harris Wofford (PA), Political Director for Governor Mario Cuomo and Business-to-Business Executive (NYS). During these tenures, she brought business and government together and created programs that were to the benefit of both. Today, she helps businesses by combining complementary business sectors, capital raises, and growing relationships to benefit clients.

4:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
A single hour again today from his broadcast yesterday to accommodate the extra hour of Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman and the DN! crew wrapping up live from Milwaukee, scene of the RNC with input from the streets and communities in Wisconsin

5:00 AM
Democracy Now! live from Milwaukee - another hour of DN! will air at 8 AM, followed by Rethinking Heroes: Life After the Military with local host Cary Harrison taking your calls and comments in reaction to the recent developments in the electoral arena.

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-17-2024

12 AM
About Health
Existential Psychotherapy
Dr. David Feldman, PhD, discusses another in a series on different approaches to psychotherapy and mental health -- this time, what does Existential Psychotherapy seek to accomplish and what issues might it be appropriate for -- with Dr. Jerald Lee Shapiro. Shapiro is the author of 17 books and a professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University, but has retired from his private practice and is no longer taking clients.

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Toxic Overload
Join Sarah Holmes for a discussion of toxins in our environment and the impacts on our bodies. She discusses strategies to decrease our toxic load as well as plants to support our health. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway

2AM
Green Street
Climate change, weather and health; the dangers of "Grill, baby, Grill"
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug Wood discuss how climate change is impacting the weather, and how the recent Supreme Court decision allowing courts to interpret laws instead of federal agencies, overturning a Reagan-era precedent on deferring to regulatory agency interpretations, will impact environmental cases. Then dietician and cancer expert Denise Snyder talks about the hazards of grilling meat on an open flame.

2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Heavy Metal contaminants in food
Did you know that the mundane advice dietitians give to eat a variety of foods in moderation is actually critical to both reaching nutritional adequacy and protecting us from contaminants in foods? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kellie Casavale, RD, PhD., Senior Science Nutrition Advisor at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Casavale discusses ways to protect vulnerable populations, especially children, from heavy metal contaminants (lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic) in our food, with an emphasis on fish and seafood.
Related website: Advice About Eating Fish and Shellfish: https://www.epa.gov/choose-fish-and-shellfish-wisely/epa-fda-advice-about-eating-fish-and-shellfish
https://www.fda.gov/media/102331/download?attachment
Closer to Zero: Reducing Childhood Exposure to Contaminants from Foods: https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/closer-zero-reducing-childhood-exposure-contaminants-foods

3:00
Radio Eco-shock
Whole Mother usually heard at this time, has not been producing new programs for KPFT the last few weeks, perhaps impacted by Hurricane Beryl, which produced destructive flooding in Houston. Instead we are running this program on heat waves from the Pacifica affiliates unit.
27 Ways Extreme Heat Can Kill You
How your body breaks down in extreme heat. We start with the paper Twenty-Seven Ways a Heat Wave Can Kill You: Deadly Heat in the Era of Climate Change. Medical terms explained. Short clips from an Ecoshock interview with lead author Dr. Camilo Mora included. Australian heat and health expert Elizabeth Hanna makes it all clear (replay). Quick review of 15 lessons from the Russian heat wave of 2010 (55,000 killed, wheat exports annihilated, and more). A new compilation of heat survival know-how.

4:00 AM
Thom Hartmann Program
One hour only of Thom to accommodate Democracy Now's special coverage of the RNC live at 5 AM
Apologies for yesterday's technical failure. We will get the file up on the archives
Hour two from Hartmann's broadcast from7-16-24

5:00 AM
Democracy Now!
Live coverage with Amy Goodman and team from the RNC in Milwaukee WI and from the streets and the communities, with alternative views and analysis

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-16-24

12 AM
Creative Frontline with Robert Lundahl and Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone
Chemehuevi Sweet Corn
We visit with Elder Matt Leivas to talk about regenerative practices on the land, revitalizing vegetative landscapes and purifying water along the Colorado River.

12:30 AM
Shortwave Report
This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, France 24, and Radio Deutsche-Welle. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240712.mp3 (29:00)
From JAPAN- Indian PM Modi has been in Moscow meeting with Putin about boosting trade and a path to peace in Ukraine. Hungarian PM Orban, current president of the EU, has been meeting with Chinese President Xi, discussing ending the fighting in Ukraine- Orban also visited Putin which was heavily criticized by some EU leaders. Members of the Japanese group for the abolition of nuclear weapons pled with their government to take action to influence members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty to implement their obligation under the treaty.
From CUBA- The cost of the current US nuclear weapon development has increased to $160 billion. In NYC 46 climate campaigners were arrested at peaceful protests against increased investments in fossil fuel expansion. Keir Starmer, the new UK PM, is emphasizing the need for a ceasefire in the war on Palestine- Jeremy Corbyn won a seat in Parliamentary elections as an independent candidate.
From FRANCE- A series of Press reviews- first the election in the UK which saw Starmer and the Labour Party sweep for the first time in 14 years. Then several press reviews on the defeat of the National Rally, far-right party in France, by combining the so-called far left coalition with the centrist party of President Macron. The National Rally however ended up winning 140 seats, up from 89, the most of any non coalition party.
From GERMANY- After bombing Palestinian refugees sheltering in tents next to a UN school, killing dozens of civilians, Israel ordered everyone to leave Gaza City.

1:00 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer
On this week's edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of the Olympic Movement, News of the Godly, News of Smart World, News from the Land of 4,000 Princes, News of Musk Love, The Apologies of the Week, News of the Atom, great music, and more.

2:00 AM
Project Censored
For the main portion of this week's program, Eleanor speaks with international-affairs analyst Ben Norton about the economic factors behind the US/NATO intervention in Ukraine. Norton also explains what "petrodollars" are, and why they're important.
Then to conclude the program, what happened to Sweden -- why did the formerly 'neutral' nation join NATO, and surrender parts of its sovereignty in a defense pact with the US?
Ben Norton is editor-in-chief of the news-analysis web site www.geopoliticaleconomy.com. Hakan Julander is a Swedish actor and writer, and -- he says -- "a reluctant activist."

3:00 AM
Equal Rights & Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
The program focuses on Palestine for the full hour, beginning with Taz Salim as a special co-host for an interview with Jamaal Juma, a grassroots Palestinian activist since the first Intifada, organizer of the Land Defense Coalition of grassroots movements in Palestine opposing illegal settlements and the apartheid wall. Then, Taz Salim speaks for himself from George Washington University about NATO's role in the genocide in Gaza and ethnocide in the West Bank. Finally Richard Becker of the ANSWER Coalition speaks about the "people's red line" protest in DC later this month when Netanyahu is scheduled to address the US Congress, as protesters will seek to carry out a "people's arrest warrant" on Netanyahu for war crimes.


4:00 AM
Thom Hartmann Program
Hour 2 from Hartmann's earlier broadcast from July 15, 2024

5:00 AM
Democracy Now! Live from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
Amy Goodman and crew will be covering the streets, the suites and the convention floor, as well as other national and international with an extra hour of coverage all week. We are carrying hour 1 live at 5:00 AM this week, and then the second hour during Democracy Now!'s regular time slot on delay at 8:00 AM Pacific.

We will have additional RNC and in August DNC coverage from Pacifica this evening at 5:00 PM.

Friday, July 12, 2024

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-12-24

12 AM
Alan Watts
The Tao of Philosophy - Man in Nature
A full hour lecture by Watts, wrapping up the Tao of Philosophy series

1 AM
The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein
The Day the World Stops Shopping - part 2
J B MacKinnon is an award winning journalist & author. His books include Plenty,with Alisa Smith, about their year of eating only food produced within 100 miles. His new book is The Day The World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment & Ourselves. which explores what would happen if the world stopped shopping, with examples from recent history, including the pandemic.

We also talk about why our level of consumerism in the West is the biggest cause of climate change, and how we need to be talking about it a lot more. We also talk about examples of cultures and experiments in the West, that participate in sharing economies, and they experience a much greater sense of happiness, community engagement and quality of life.

2 AM
Old Radio Break
Sci Fi Theater from the 1950s
Wall of Darkness by Arthur C. Clarke
Field of Vision by Ursula K. LeGuin

3 AM
The Visionary Activist Caroline Casey from sister station KPFA
AGENTS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Visionary Activist Show for the 4th of July.
“Speak to the Weary – a word that will rouse them” (Isaiah). Let’s all be De-bamboozling Accomplices/Dark o Moon Magic US birthday.

So it comes to all of us- To assume cultural narrative lead… To be good Citizens, agents of accountability as sine qua non for democracy…Earth Citizens….Caroline welcomes these dedications in the human form of Jamie Yeager, mythopoliticoword wizard diagnostician, born into a Texas ACLU populist tradition; Incantational magic to invite in the protectors of democracy, that we all may wake up…

Note this program was truncated at 15 minutes when it ran on KPFA, apparently due to technical difficulties, but this is the full file.

4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours of Hartmann's program from 7-11-24, Jefferson Smith still sitting in for Thom, apart from the interspersed readings by Thom (when the live show is in commercials). First hour, the discussion focuses on whether current VP Kamala Harris could beat Trump running head to head for president. 

Second hour, the executive director of Fix the Court discusses how we got to our current Supreme Court and what can be done about it.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-10-24

12 AM
About Health with Nurse Rona Renner from sister station KPFA
"But You Look So Normal" - Hearing loss
Join Nurse Rona and her guest Claudia Marseille, author of the newly released memoir, But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found In A Hearing World. Her story of severe hearing loss from birth is one of courage and persistence as well as shame and struggle.

1 AM
The Herbal Highway from sister station KPFA
Rethinking Invasive Plants
How does the conversation between native and invasive plants perpetuate patterns of colonization? During this episode, Renée Camila offers an alternative lens towards understanding “invasive” plant medicine through the storytelling of introduced plants. She explores the magic and medicine of Plantain, Mullein, Dandelion, and Eucalyptus.

2 AM
Green Street
Breast Cancer in a Bottle
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about pending legislation on PFAS and its ubiquity in firefighting gear. Then attorney Polly Marshall talks about her group's efforts to document the links between common personal care products and an increased risk of breast cancer. More information at www.breastcancerovertime.org.

2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Food as Medicine & the Farm Bill
Did you know that our nations agricultural policies (the Farm Bill) largely subsidize crops that dont support food as medicine? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Christina Badaracco, MPH, Registered Dietitian, and co-author with Dan Imhoff of 

The Farm Bill: A Citizens Guide. Badaracco discusses her entry into healthcare transformation through nutrition, culinary medicine, the value of teaching kitchens, and the importance of national farm policies to support public health.

Related website: Food as Medicine: https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/five-food-problems-why-current-food-medicine-solutions-falling-short
The Farm Bill: A Citizens Guide: https://islandpress.org/books/farm-bill#desc

3:00 AM
Whole Mother with Pat Jones from sister station KPFT
Dr. Caroline Long
Dr. Caroline Long is a pregnancy and pediatric focused chiropractor and the founder of West U Wellness. Born and raised in Houston, she graduated from Spring Woods High School before pursuing her Bachelor of Arts at UCLA. While at Texas Chiropractic College, she learned more about chiropractic care for children. She discovered that chiropractic care could help with scoliosis, ear infections, colic, reflux, latch issues for infants, and more. While still a student, she heard expectant moms complaining of back pain during pregnancy and thought there must be a way to help women with pregnancy aches and pains who wanted a more natural labor. Dr. Long was one of the first chiropractors to be certified in pediatric and perinatal chiropractic in the Houston area.

When she started her clinic, West U Wellness, almost 20 years ago, she wanted to build a practice that offered customized, not cookie cutter, treatments for patients. In addition to chiropractic services, they offer acupuncture, dry-needling, cupping, functional medicine testing, nutritional counseling, decompression, physical therapy modalities, as well as multiple types of massage therapy. In fact, West U Wellness has more pregnancy and pediatric trained chiropractors than any other small business in Texas. Since 2000 she has built her reputation as a caring and compassionate chiropractor for patients as young as 1 day old all the way to a patient who was 106 years old. She and her husband Patrick have two daughters, Katia (14) and Victoria (16).

4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast from 7-9-24
Jefferson Smith sat in for Thom and took listener calls. He introduced a new segment, "News from Jeff's dad" - his father was a former DA and former chair of the Democratic Party committee in Oregon.


Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 07-09-24

12 AM
Creative FRONTLINE
In a new documentary feature film, these clips together form a profound story of the ways we experience the land and the waters, in the nation's most populous state, and ultimately how we see ourselves.
The story begins in remote Beatty, Nevada and continues down the Amargosa, down the Colorado, and beyond to Tucson and San Diego, home to 40 million people.
The script, in development for a high quality documentary film project and educational campaign, resides here.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOtDrSBm40


12:30
Between the Lines radio newsmagazine with Scott Harris
After Disastrous Debate Urgent Calls for Joe Biden to Step Aside & Find a New Candidate; Julian Assange is Free, but his Prosecution Threatens Press Freedom; Civil Disobedience Protest at Citibank's NYC HQ Demands End to Fossil Fuel Financing
Gusets: Jeff Cohen, co-founder of the online activist group RootsAction.org; Kevin Gosztola, publisher of the Dissenter Newsletter and author; Alec Connon, Juan Mancias, Dr. Sandra Steingraber.

1:00
Le Show with Harry Shearer
On this week's edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of Musk Love, News from the Land of 4,000 Princes, The Apologies of the Week, News of Crypto-Winter, News of Smart World, News of the Godly, News of the Warm, News of the Olympic Movement, great music and more.
Part-time New Orleans resident Harry Shearer hosts a look at the worlds of media, politics, cyberspace, sports and show business while providing an eclectic array of music along the way.
Let us know what you think about carrying Harry Shearer's Le Show on KPFK, and whether you'd like to keep it as part of Something's Happening or whether there's somewhere else on our schedule you'd like to see it. Email comments@kpfk.org

2:00 AM
Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer
First, Robert Pape discusses his article in Foreign Affairs on how, despite Israel’s murderous onslaught on Gaza, Hamas is winning. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/middle-east-robert-pape
Then, Wanda Bertram discusses how US incarceration rates stack up against the rest of the world (massively - more than 20% of all incarcerated people in the world are in the US, the highest per capita rate globally), and other news on crime & punishment. If each state in the US were a country, nine of the top ten would be US states, exceeded only by the US protectorate, El Salvador. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2024.html

2:55 AM
2024Talks
Pacifica Network's daily political and electoral news update in collaboration with the Public News Service (from 07/08)

3:00
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Pride at Work
LGBTQ workers struggle for protection of their rights in the workplace.

3:55 AM
Labor History in two minutes
Rick Smith's headline account of significant events in labor history on this date in the past (from 07/08)

4:00-6:00 AM
MOATS - Mother of All Talk Shows with George Galloway
We're bringing back MOATS for a one-shot encore because of its on-the-scene coverage of the British and French elections and their surprises. Galloway himself was defeated in a bid for re-election to the British Parliament with the Workers Party that he heads. But the overall analysis underscores the undemocratic nature of even the Parliamentary system, where pluralities can win outright in a single round of voting in single-member districts. The Labour Party got its lowest vote total ever, in an election marked by a record low total turnout, but won 67% of the seats with only 34% of the total vote.

In France, the united left won big as a result of an agreement with the centrists of Macron to jointly field only a single candidate in each district against Le Pen's National Rally (whose antecedents are from the Vichy collaborationist government of France under the Nazi German occupation during World War II and fairly open fascism later).

Galloway, not humbled in the least by his own electoral defeat, discusses both of those from his own perspective, in talks with experts and calls from listeners, and later discusses Biden's (and Trump's) weaknesses and prospects with Bryce Green, a reporter with FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a progressive media watchdog group in the US (FAIR is heard on KPFK with Counterspin, Monday mornings at 6:30 AM).

Let us know what you think of MOATS. This is a one-shot at this point, Thom Hartmann will be back early tomorrow morning and the rest of the week.
Email comments at kpfk dot org with your opinion.






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