World Beat Canada Radio August 22 2026

Buckle up, baby! We take our new studio gear for a road test to unchartered territory with Vancouver Jazz Fest darlings, Leenalchi from South Korea, marimba rock & roll from Son Rompe Pera (Oct.27 & The Hollywood), recorded direct to tape in old Havana, brand new Orquesta Akokan, and Eccodek’s Andrew McPherson reinvents Yaz ’80’s electro-popper, Only You. It’s all for you this week on World Beat Canada Radio!

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Out from under Trump's thumb

Canadians want out from under Trump's (and Nato's) thumb, Avi's got that right, The path of militarism leads to disaster. Yes, it is time to reboot the discussion and put diplomacy in the forefront.

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Electronic Intifada Newscast 20 August 2026

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news for the week of August 20th, 2026.

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Iranian resilience leading to big changes

Iranian resilience is leading to big changes in West Asia & no new alliance (Turkiye-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia) can bring Yemen to heel.

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Cheeze Pleeze # 1156

With Canada in the news lately, we look at some of the cheezy Canadian songs we've played in the past, some victrola era age worn and dusty instrumentals, and we couldn't afford the Beach Boys in the Limburger Lounge, but the Great Imposters are the more budget conscious choice.

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5 Tactics MAGA Uses to Avoid Discourse / The Politics of Consequence by Stacy Muhammad

In the first half of the episode, we discuss 5 tactics MAGA uses to avoid healthy discourse in conversations and ways you can identify and steer the conversation in a healthier direction. In the second half of the episode, we discuss an essay by Stacy Muhammad entitled ‘The Politics of Consequence’ and connect Hollywood’s influence on culture to the division we are seeing in American life today.

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ICE Fear and Loathing in Eugene

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On the 21st Anniversary of Katrina, a Storm Turned Into a Crime Against Humanity

From the vaults: Leslie Carde on her film "America Betrayed," rampant corruption and profit - from the government to the Army Corps of Engineers to Corporations. Davida Finger on the so-called rebuilding of New Orleans from the perspective of the people there; Carl Dix on being in New Orleans after Katrina putting it all in the context of Capitalism and illustrating how socialist society would respond differently. All this plus a brief commentary on the Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium.

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Scott and Val - Odd News

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Scott and Val Save the Universe - Comedy News Magazine

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Between the Lines for August 19, 2026

Is America Sleep Walking into Donald Trump's Next Coup?; Trump and Rubio Revive McCarthy Era' Red Scare,' Targeting U.S. Progressive Activists as Terrorists; Trump Adm Terminates $68 Million in Federal Grants for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs.

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Commentary August 10, 2026

Commentary August 10, 2026.

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John Stoehr: Dems and the State of Political Journalism

When you read political articles these days, do you often find yourself incensed that the author has chosen to speak for "mainstream Dems," "many Americans" and other wide swaths of the electorate without the slightest bit of data to back it up - or have you become immune to this sort of framing? This week on Sea Change Radio we speak to John Stoehr of The Editorial Board about the reliance that political journalists have on the "voice of God" to carve the narratives they desire. We discuss how the media has created a dynamic where political fictions so easily become reality, look at the impact that the DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America, is actually having on the Democratic party, and examine communication issues within the party's leadership.

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UNIFOR and job security

UNIFOR and job security: Asking for a promise from a company known for breaking promises

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Recovery Radio for 08-20-26

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The Dead Shall Be Raised Incorruptible

Mindwalk is a short stroll through the theater of the mind. Taken from the first Mindwalk produced in 2005.

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A Veritable Variety Show

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org

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Murder in the WAC Pt. 1

Part one of Pat Bond’s classic tale of lesbians in the U.S. military during World War II, Murder in the WAC. In the news this week, the first married lesbian couple in Bolivia and the first census to count queers in Australia, Trump policies are stopping federally funded gender-affirming care and blocking the Trevor Project’s crisis lifeline work, and Kansas trans men make good trouble in the toilet.

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The Life and Times of Utah Phillips (TWO of TWO)

Honoring Utah Phillips – From the archives of TUC Radio – this is a celebration of his life and an account, in his own words, of how he became an activist. In this Part TWO Utah talked about founding the Poor People’s Party, working with the Mormon Church, the Black Panthers and Judi Bari, and how he became involved with the Singer Songwriters movement. He closed with moving, enduring advice on how to work and organize together. In the early-1960s, Phillips was involved with Fair Play for Cuba and the struggle for open housing laws in Utah. In 1968, he was nominated and campaigned for the U.S. Senate on the Peace and Freedom ticket. The experience led to Phillips being dismissed from his job with the Utah State Archives. Following the election, Phillips remained in Utah for a year, working for the Migrant Council and living on a cot in the back of a big warehouse called “The Cosmic Airplane”. Encouraged by friends, including folk singer Rosalie Sorrels, to try his hand at performing, Phillips moved to the East Coast in 1969. He settled, for several years, in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he became a regular performer at Cafe Lena. Phillips was a proud member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies). His view of unions and politics were shaped by his parents, especially his Mom who was a labor organizer for the CIO. But Phillips was more of a Christian Anarchist and a pacifist, so found the modern-day Wobblies to be the perfect fit for him, an iconoclast and artist. At the end of his life Phillips lived in Nevada City, California where he hosted a weekly, one-hour, radio show, Loafer’s Glory: The Hobo Jungle of the Mind. The Hospitality House that he co-founded still shelters the Homeless. The folk singer, labor organizer, storyteller, activist and poet Utah Phillips was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 15, 1935, he died in Nevada City, CA, on May 23, 2008. He came to the Unitarian Fellowship Hall in Berkeley on May 18, 2004, to talk about his life. Recorded by Maria Gilardin.

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The Life and Times of Utah Phillips (ONE of TWO)

Honoring Utah Phillips, the folk singer, labor organizer, storyteller, activist and poet. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 15, 1935, he died in Nevada City, CA, on May 23, 2008. From the archives of TUC Radio – this is a celebration of his life and an account, in his own words, of how he became an activist. “The golden voice of the great American Southwest”, Bruce “U. Utah” Phillips came to the Unitarian Fellowship Hall in Berkeley on May 18, 2004, to talk about his life. Phillips parents were union organizers in the 1930s. When he left home to join a road crew in Yellowstone Park the older workers, who played guitars, taught Phillips how to turn his ukulele chords into guitar chords. As a soldier during the war on Korea, Phillips continued to find refuge in music and helped to form a band. After he returned to the United States he befriended Ammon Hennessey at the Joe Hill House for Transients and Migrants. Hennessey convinced him to become a pacifist and to use music as a political weapon. Come back for the second part of this one hour talk when Utah Phillips remembered the founding of the Poor People’s Party for children, working with the Mormon Church, the Black Panthers and Judi Bari, and how he became involved with the Folk Singers movement.

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The Appalachian Bluegrass Music Hour with Danny Hensley

The Appalachian Bluegrass Music Hour with Danny Hensley. A weekly program featuring the latest in Bluegrass Music track distribution by record labels such as Pinecastle, Billy Blue, Compass, Mountain Home Music, Mountain Fever Records, Turnberry Records, Sound Biscuit, Gravy Records, Sugar Hill, Rebel Records, Rounder Records and music distribution sources such as Get it Played and Airplay Direct. This week I showcase the new Bronwyn project in it's entirety.

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WINGS #19-26 Doughnut Ecoomics

Kate Raworth's address to the Meaning Conference of business people for change, in Brighton, England, in 2017. She explains the framework she has developed for living justly within the means of our planet and gives examples of businesses that are following the model. Since this talk was recorded, 51 cities and regions have begun engaging with Raworth's paradigm.

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Trip Hop Radio 26.8.17.

IF YOU AIR THE SHOW PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL TO LET ME KNOW! EVERGREEN. Contact: sean@armedia.ca Trip Hop Radio is a sonic escape into a world of dreamy beats and introspective melodies, featuring an eclectic blend of trip hop, chillout, and downtempo grooves. Updated weekly. TRACKLIST 01. Arovane - Tokyo Ghost Stories 02. Depeche Mode - Useless (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session) 03. Ishome - Ken Tavr 04. Casino Versus Japan - Aquarium 05. Austra - Beyond A Mortal 06. DJ Voila - Les Journees 07. UNKLE - Lonely Soul 08. Gruve Collective - Try Harder 09. Everything But The Girl - Good Cop Bad Cop 10. Sora Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix) 11. Coldcut - Man In A Garage (Nick Franglen Lemon Jelly Remix)

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The Mix Sessions 26.8.17.

IF YOU AIR THE SHOW PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL TO LET ME KNOW! EVERGREEN. Contact: sean@armedia.ca The Mix Sessions is a journey through hypnotic rhythms and soulful deep house groove. Featuring slush, atmospheric textures. TRACKLIST 01. DJ Christian B - We Be Free 02. Alex Finkin, Dj Disciple, N-W-N-House Music Is (N-W-N- B Mix) 03. El Bravo - Sonic Abstract EP (Depths Unknown) 04. DJ Spen, Gary Hudgins, Sarah Sophia - Don-t Be Afraid (Sarah Sophia-s Disco Party Mix) 05. Jullian Gomes, Sio - 1000 Memories 06. Stacy Kidd, Tiffany Jenkins - Look In My Eyes (Main Mix) 07. Abel, Brutha Basil, Peacey - Hand Made (Peacey Remix Instrumental) 08. Miss Malevich, Kali Mija, Doug Gomez - The Difference (Doug Gomez Remix) 09. Tshegotmm, Pat Lezizmo - Life Is Too Short 10. Seb Skalski, Rona Ray - It-s Getting Started (House Extended Mix)

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Burn Down The Mission

Upstart Radio's Mindwalk is theater of the mind.

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Walkuman Style #434

1. Well Aware - Scienze Of Life 2. To Big L - Mega Ran 3. Follow Me, Park Jame Mix (inSTEMental) - DJ Spinna Life'N - 3ird Roc 4. Legends of the Whole Sh*t - John Brown The Rapper and Da Beatminerz feat. O.C. and Rockness Monsta 5. Skateclips - Jamar Equality & Jazz Infinite 6. Bonetail - Nolan The Ninja feat. lojiii 7. Up Days - Jahan Nostra 8. Wildstyle - Nezzy 9. Here We Go Again - Worms Ali, Lase 28 and illinformed 10. Summerz - The Deli 11. Patience - Sport Mathews 12. Play Dirty - Le Zeppo feat. Che Uno, Dealwon and Fresh Kils 13. Rise To The Top - Lunden Benard 14. Citywide - Theo3 & DJ Unknown 15. Time To Build - The Architects feat. Let The Dirt Say Amen 16. Love The Sound - Manage feat. Airklipz and Composure (kuts by Fidel Kutsro) 17.The Bakery - Senior Class 18. Sounds Of Horn - R.A.P. Ferreira, nahhphet, and Rhys Langston 19. Dallas - Corto Pablo & Parental 20. Say It Again (instrumental) - Bop Alloy (Substantial and Marcus D)

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Hippos in London: Rising Methane & Termination Event

Climate can flip to a new state, quickly? Is strangely rising methane a signal of a termination event? Dr. Euan Nisbet, Royal Halloway, University of London with worrying new science. We explore abrupt climate shifts with Prof. Niklas Boers, Technical University of Munich and PIK. He tells us about global reorganization of atmospheric circulation in the past " glimpses of our future " or now?

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The Appalachian Sunday Morning with Danny Hensley

The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Southern Gospel & Bluegrass Gospel Music Radio program with radio station & program host Danny Hensley. The program is recorded live each Sunday morning while being broadcast on 91.7 FM Community radio, streamed through our radio station APP and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org. This program is uploaded to SoundCloud, RSS.com, radio4all, Podbean and iTunes

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Episode 305, August 16, 2026 An hour of recordings that helped define American popular music.

Backbeat rolls into to town again this week with lots of vocal harmony, instrumentals, classics and favourites. Mixed in with the usual vintage blues, country, gospel and jazz you'll hear Louis Armstrong covering a Hank Williams hit, (a song that was probably older than both of them). We've also got a blues man who started performing on his own at seven years old and the incomparable Rose Murphy. Backbeat is also available in a 56 and 58 minute versions in three separate files if you want breaks. I am happy to provide custom station IDs, promos and liners. Email Lorne@Backbeatradio.com or visit www.backbeatradio.com for more information.

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TWIP-260816

Today, we open with a truth many in Washington refuse to face: Trump’s Iran war is bringing down the American empire. Not slowly. Not quietly. But in real time, in front of the world, in ways that expose the fragility of a superpower that once believed it could reshape the Middle East with a single strike. The Iran confrontation was supposed to be a show of dominance. Instead, it became a mirror reflecting American decline. A war of choice that revealed a nation overstretched, overconfident, and unprepared for the consequences of its own aggression. And while the empire trembles, the Gulf is rewriting its own destiny. Let’s see how the Gulf countries once obedient allies, are reshaping their stance. Saudi Arabia negotiating with Iran. Qatar refusing to bend. Turkey rising. And the UAE, the country that always played both sides, suddenly scrambling to bail itself out of Iran’s reach. Deals whispered in back rooms. Gold shipments rumored. Diplomacy conducted in shadows. A quiet panic disguised as strategy. Then comes Senator Chris Murphy one of the few voices in Washington willing to speak without fear. Murphy exposes what others tiptoe around: Trump enriching himself and his inner circle while the region burns. Contracts. Backdoor deals. Foreign money flowing into private pockets. Murphy lays it out plainly, revealing a network of self interest wrapped in the language of patriotism. And while Washington argues, the Mecca Pact shifts the balance of power. Turkey emerges from the pact with a new mandate, a moral, political, and symbolic authority over Israel that Tel Aviv never expected. A pact that turns Gaza from a tragedy into a rallying point. A pact that signals the Islamic world is no longer willing to watch from the sidelines. A pact that gives Ankara leverage it has not held in decades. But nothing captures the collapse of American power more than the final image, the one the world cannot unsee. Trump, humiliated, hiding in a food truck. A president sealed inside a metal box meant for plastic trays and catering carts. And outside? His entire administration left behind as a decoy. Exposed. Abandoned. Used as human cover while he disappeared into the shadows. A leader hiding. A team sacrificed. An empire trembling. This is where our story begins. If you have thoughts, I want to hear them. Email me at TWIPpodcasts@gmail.com and tell me how you see it. This is This Week in Palestine.

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