Latest Programs
9/2/15 - Redistricting and Gerrymandering
May 2, 2016, 5:31 a.m.
Brian Cannon from One Virginia 2021 presents an overview on redistricting from the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and One Virginia 2021. And during this weekâs âNews You Can Use,â weâll tell you about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureauâs new series of state-specific guides for financial caregivers, including Powers of Attorney, court appointed conservators, trustees under a revocable living trust, and government fiduciaries, such as Social Security Representative Payees and Veterans Administration fiduciaries.
8/26/15 - Sexual Assault Advocacy Fund
May 2, 2016, 5:23 a.m.
CVLAS attorney Palma Pustilnik and Sexual Assault Advocacy Fund (or SAAF) Services Coordinator Kelly Wells talk about campus sexual assault and a new organization to handle it, Student SAAF, the first of its kind in the country. And during this weekâs âNews You Can Use,â we explain how Virginia can celebrate the Medicaid 50th anniversary â by closing the coverage gap.
Swinging into May; 5/1/16; set 1
May 2, 2016, 5:09 a.m.
Swinging into May; 5/1/16/ set 2
May 2, 2016, 5:06 a.m.
The Motherland Influence: May 1, 2016
May 1, 2016, 10:14 p.m.
African, Latin & Caribbean music.
May 1, 2016, 9:57 p.m.
Congolese popular music.
The Happy Station Show May 1 2016
May 1, 2016, 7:33 p.m.
Media Network Plus April 30 2016
May 1, 2016, 6:52 p.m.
May 1, 2016, 5:06 p.m.
This week: why knowing more about climate change could help you stall doing anything about it. Decision expert Joe Arvai joins us. We'll end with a voice from the first refugees from rising seas. But first, an industry insider says recycling is a myth that just postphones the inevitable collapse.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0350
May 1, 2016, 4:22 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
8/19/15 - Reverse Mortgages & Recent Changes
May 1, 2016, 2:51 p.m.
Reverse mortgage consultant Jim Warns, a HECM Consultant with Security One Lending, give us the straight facts, and the recent changes in laws that affect reverse mortgages. And during this weekâs âNews You Can Use,â weâll tell you how a new military lending rule protects veterans from loan sharks.
7/29/15 - Housing Discrimination Decision of U.S. Supreme Court
May 1, 2016, 2:44 p.m.
Helen Hardiman, Fair Housing Director at Housing Opportunities Made Equal, discusses last monthâs U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming that housing discrimination can be proved by disparate impact and why that is so important. And during this weekâs âNews You Can Use,â weâll tell you what do to about substandard care in a nursing home.
Alison Weir, author of Against Our Better Judgment: How the U.S. was used to create Israel
May 1, 2016, 2:37 p.m.
Author and historian Alison Weir recently came to Natick, MA, and spoke about her experiences visiting Israel and Palestine. Needless to say, she was shocked by the cruelty Israelis were visiting upon the native Palestinians. These experiences changed her life dramatically.
One result is the organization she founded and now directs, If Americans Knew (ifamericansknew.org). Another was her recent book, Against Our Better Judgment: How the U.S. was used to create Israel. Her talk includes a summary of the main points in this stunning book.
The book brings together meticulously sourced evidence to outline the largely unknown history of Zionist manipulation of U.S. public policy, including the recently-revealed activities of an illicit secret society involving two Supreme Court justices, Louis Brandeis and his protege, Felix Frankfurter. Two of the important bottom lines of this secret activity include (1) US joining with Britain in World War I, against the sound advice of most top advisors, and (2) US support of the creation of an Israeli state in Palestine, against the specific warnings of our most respected leaders. Predictably, both of these moves have caused monstrous suffering, deaths, and intensification of government corruption.
"Prodigiously documented... Alison Weir must be highly commended for throwing such a brilliantly hard light on the relationship between the United States and Israel," said Ambassador Andrew Killgore.
Another measure of her enormous integrity is savage dislike by the Zionist Lobby, which calls her "antisemitic." Ironically, it was the Zionists who urged host countries to reject Jewish refugees in order to make sure they get channeled to Israel, and also made a deal with Hitler for this purpose.
7/22/15 - Redistricting Decision of U.S. Supreme Court
May 1, 2016, 2:36 p.m.
Claire Gastanaga, Executive Director of the ACLU of Virginia, talks about the U.S. Supreme Courtâs recent important decision about redistricting, the problems of redistricting and racial and partisan gerrymandering, and the difficult solutions that are needed. And during this weekâs âNews You Can Use,â youâll learn about a case where predatory lenders are preying on each other.
From the Margins: May Day, 2016
May 1, 2016, 2:17 p.m.
Happy May Day. The show features announcements of the Mayworks events in Fredericton, an interview with the notorious BLOG, Charles Leblanc, and a conversation with Alex and Shauna, founders of the satirical miracle of NB, the Manatee. Also, this is (possibly) the last new show until September. Asaf is out West for the summer and Cody may be headed in the same direction. Stay tuned for FTM's greatest hits for the rest of the summer, But maybe, just maybe ... there will be some surprise live shows.
May 1, 2016, 2 p.m.
To friends we've met, and to those we have yet to meet, I'd like to wish everyone a happy May Day. As we'll hear in the following hour, this day has a long celebrated history. From its many European pagan roots as a celebration of fertility as the fruits of the spring planting season began to... uh, spring forth. Then on to the repressive winter that fell early on May 3rd and 4th of 1886 in Illinois with, first, the killing of workers striking for an 8 hour work day at the McCormick Works and then the repression of anarchist and socialist workers and organizers following the bombing at Haymarket Square in Chicago of that same year. From there to the taking up of May 1st as International Workers Day by struggling groups around the world and the U.S. adoption of a sanctioned Labor Day in September of the year.
To divide an international working class, The U.S. government, repressers of that May Day 1886 sanctioned a Labor Day to be celebrated in September, declared the first of May both Law Day (an obvious testament to Irony in respect to the Haymarket 8, all jailed and 4 executed) and, for some, it's celebration as Americanism Day. Whatever that means. In 2006 & 2007, immigrants rights marches were seen on and around May Days that, for many, re-sparked the importance of this day. The protests and festivals swelled to numbers nearly unmatched in the history of protest on Turtle Island, and were accompanied by school and work walkouts and boycott days.
This hour we'll be hearing Peter Linebaugh, author of the recently printed book "The Incomplete, True, Authentic & Wonderful History of May Day" to present some of his meditations from the last 30 years but covering ancient times, through the first May Pole on Turtle Island, through to today.
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The rest of the hour will feature songs that made myself and William, cohost of The Final Straw, feel a bit in the spirit of the day. Whether you're out there today taking direct action, in repose from the horrors of wage slavery, resisting the carceral state, gardening, dancing around a May Pole or otherwise celebrating the possibilities of this year to come when, hell, we might as well end this system of exclusion and extraction: We wish you a fire on your tongue, love in your heart and free land beneath you.
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May 1, 2016, 1:45 p.m.
GUEST: Eva Golinger and Venezuela Strategy Group
(VSG)
TOPIC: Venezuela currently and US meddling there
This week on The Soapbox we present Venezuelan/American author/attorney Eva Golinger and a recent talk she gave about current affairs in Venezuela and the current state of US meddling in those affairs.
Sounds From the Global Village 1612
May 1, 2016, 4:59 a.m.
A musical trip around the world. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com
May 1, 2016, 12:48 a.m.
Reportage from the Hemp Festival Mardi Grass 2016 Nimbin, Australia
David Archer - On Climate Change
April 30, 2016, 8:39 p.m.
Climate scientist at the University of Chicago, Dr. David
Archer spoke at Revolution Books in Chicago. They invited him to speak after seeing an article in the NYT by Dr. James Hansen which raised alarm that current scientific models, used to inform public policy, are insufficiently sensitive to the actual earth systems change driven by increasing anthropomorphic CO2 in the atmosphere. Professor Archer speaks of his optimism that the social and political forces put in play by COP21 will yield the changes necessary to meet average global temperature targets of 1.5 degrees C.
His 2009 book "The Long Thaw: How Humans are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate", presented a long term perspective that he recognizes will need adjustment
considering that "the weather is getting really weird" and
field scientists have identified a number of new factors that are influencing the stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet and heat transport between the Equator and the Poles. Added atmospheric heat and a warmer ocean mean more water vapor in the atmosphere and more intense weather events which are
playing out around the planet. He comments on the failure of neoliberal economic doctrine to grasp the physical facts of Earth's climate system or irreversible phase change potential. [At this point in time University of Chicago economists remain incapable of separating their fantasy doctrine from physical reality.] He explains why he thinks the near term concern with methane, of some Arctic field scientists, is a distraction from the primary task of eliminating fossil fuel use, the main source of CO2.
Commenting on attempting a geoengineering "fix" through solar radiation management, he explained its unintended effect of making the planet more arid.
April 30, 2016, 7:26 p.m.
April 30, 2016, 7:11 p.m.
Cultural critic and stand-up comedian Bill Hicks died 22 years ago at age 32. In memoriam, we present a sampling of his recorded routines (suitable for broadcast). With brief introductions by KD.
Included:
2:18 - The war
8:42 - The elite
10:40 - Hillbillies
13:50 - Gays in the military
15:07 - "This is your brain on drugs"
22:41 - Jay Leno
26:43 - It's only a ride
573 - Power: Who Has It, Who Needs It
April 30, 2016, 12:12 p.m.
News You Need to Know: Saudi Royals and April Fools News; Between the Lines interview: U.S.-Saudi Relationship; Jim Hightower: Who is the biggest player in offshore bank scams?; Outside The Box: More Power To Ya; TUC Radio: Climate Scientist Kevin Anderson on The Unforgiving Math for Staying Under 2 Degrees; music.
Robin Philpot recalls his interview with Jane Jacobs
April 30, 2016, 8:20 a.m.
Many take pride in Jane Jacobs as a Toronto resident and world-renowned authority on development of cities, but few remember or reflect on her opinion that Canada would be best served with some type of sovereignty-association with Quebec. In her last published interview she spoke with Robin Philpot because she knew he would ask about Quebec. In part 2 of our talk with Mr. Philpot he details the ways in which a false picture of the Rwandan professor Leon Mugesera led to the tragedy of his removal from Canada and eventual life sentence in Rwanda.
Prince was a star talent and political conscience
April 30, 2016, 7:50 a.m.
Prince, a gifted artist who broke through racism and music monopolies to become a dominant figure in pop culture, was opposed to the racial oppression experienced by black Americans. With songs like "Baltimore" he offered encouragement to movements such as Black Lives Matter. Mr. Richmond outlines the special talent and courage of Prince.
Classic Media Network April 29 2016
April 30, 2016, 5:22 a.m.
Focus Asia Pacific April 29 2016
April 30, 2016, 4:56 a.m.
April 30, 2016, 4:46 a.m.
APRIL 27, 2016 - BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING PART 2
April 29, 2016, 8:32 p.m.
In this second and final part of the interview with Attorney Jack Graham, you'll hear more about the Boston Marathon Bombing case, and that is followed by Naomi Wolf, while speaking publicly, responding to a question about the Boston Marathon Bombing. And then Cheryl reads parts of an article by Russ Baker about the unanswered questions concerning the BMB.
April 29, 2016, 6:12 p.m.
Vulture Hedge Funds Circle on Higher Ground as Puerto Rico Drowns in Debt
with
University of Puerto Rico Prof. Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl, Working People's Party spokesperson and candidate for the Governor of Puerto Rico, and noted co-author of Puerto Rico in the American
Century A History since 1898
Puerto Rico s fiscal perils are currently in the news. It is an island with a poverty rate approaching 50 percent, a public debt that amounts to over $20,000 per inhabitant (more than its median income of $19,518). While most of the attention in Puerto Rico s case focuses on technical issues relating to the solvency of municipal bonds and austerity measures, the history of U.S. policies have resulted in more than three and a half million Puerto Ricans being treated as second class citizens. With a poverty rate of more than 45 percent (more than double that of Mississippi), Puerto Rico has had serious long-term economic problems that, like its current massive public debt, have been historically papered over. Meanwhile, the
hedge fund vultures and Wall Street banks and lawyers charging over $1.4 billion in a seven-year period for charges like swap termination fees are circling Puerto Rico. They are sensing a fiscal death spiral they can feed off and caring little about the consequences for nearly four million residents as they manipulate a financial system which is largely devoid of any social conscience. The bottom line is that Puerto Rico is the United States largest colony that it decided to take by force 117 years ago and has since treated like a resented orphan it has consistently undernourished politically & economically. Puerto Rico s current fiscal crisis is, in this sense, really a crisis of American colonial policies and will the United States accept responsibility for the negative consequences of its imperialist past? Prof. Barnabe Riefkohl, candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico talks about this and approaches for the Island s recovery and more long term solutions for Puerto Rico s fiscal problems.