Latest Programs
Jim Eyman and John Reimann - 4/18/15
April 21, 2015, 9:24 p.m.
A variety of topics are covered in this lively show
Marie-Monique Robin - Sacred Growth: Economics and the Environment
April 21, 2015, 9:11 p.m.
Following the screening of several clips from her latest film Sacred Growth!, which explores the world of localized non-exploitative communities, Ms Robin is interviewed by Mark Lycett, Director of the Program On the Global Environment. She highlights the country of Butan where the King has rejected "growth" driven development, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), for one that is reflected in the country's new standard of well-being, Gross National Happiness (GNH). She also speaks about the effect of the local currency movement in reversing systemic poverty and its spread globally; over 7000 communities now benefiting from it, an increase of 2000 during the period in which she produced her documentary. The citizen led movements she documents are propelled by popular recognition of the dangers of climate change and a rejection of the consumerism that is the basis of the current artificially imposed system.
Out of the Woods - Show #263 - 4-25-15
April 21, 2015, 7:54 p.m.
This version of the program is divided into 6 segments so broadcasters who desire to use this content can insert your station info, etc. The segments vary in length.
Out of the Woods is an earthy, wires and wood, mostly acoustic program featuring some of the best new and established artists from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriters, alt.country, Americana, classic country, old-time, Celtic, and everything that falls in between. The show is an unpredictable mix flowing like a river between moods, often with an edge or in a melancholy minor key. On occasion, Out of the Woods features interviews and live in-studio performances with national and international touring musicians. Past guests have included artists such as Bela Fleck, Si Kahn, Brown Bird, Dana Robinson, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Kate MacLeod, Bill Bourne, Karl Shiflett, Rachel Bissex, Darryl Purpose, Bow Thayer, Cosy Sheridan and many others. Out of the Woods grew out of Jon 'Chip' Colcord's former acoustic programs, The Song Swap and Music For The Mountain, separate folk and bluegrass programs which aired in New Hampshire during the 1990s. As a child, Colcord grew up a ravenous music fan with an ear for both rock and folk, from Arlo Guthrie to Aerosmith. All of these influences converge on Out of the Woods to bring you a mix which is as much on the edge as it is down home. Folk music with a rock 'n' roll soul
Eduardo Galeano Lauded for Setting Record Straight re: Paraguay's Independence
April 21, 2015, 7:13 p.m.
Keith Ellis explains why Eduardo Galeano's should be lauded for his historical and political account documenting Paraguay as the first continuously independent country in South America. (As written in Galeano's The Open Veins of Latin American).
Ellis eloquently traces the life of Paraguayan independence leader Jose Garstar Rodriquez de Francia Y Velasco (known as Doctor Francia because of his extensive education, intellectual abilities and political leadership.) In 1816, the Paraguayan people benevolently named Francia, "the supreme and perpetual dictator."
April 21, 2015, 7:11 p.m.
Norman Otis Richmand memorializes the 1955 Bandung Conference, those who attended the 1955 Bandung Conference (such as Malcolm X, author Richard White, journalist Ethel Payne, Tito) and those whom the US stopped from attending (such as Paul Robeson and W.E.B. DuBois).
Richmond noted that most important was the imperialist countries were not allowed to attend.
Canada Is Breaking International Law and is in Violation of the UN Charter
April 21, 2015, 7:08 p.m.
James Bisset explains the history of NATO and shows why NATO's bombing of Serbia under US orders was the beginning of NATO'S violation of international law and the UN Charter.
NATO was established on the premise that we must get one principle straight: We must not use force in the resolution of our international disputes.
Bissett differentiates the attacks against ISIS in Iraq (legitimate because Iraq "invited" the intervention) and Syria (illegitimate because President Assad has never requested nor wanted US/Western intervention).
Fund Drive Show # 2 and Merle Fest '15 Preview
April 21, 2015, 6:21 p.m.
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 11 PM to 1 AM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
The Nightfly #2015.16 - Hour 2 - April 20-26, 2015
April 21, 2015, 5:33 p.m.
We'll hear Wynton Marsalis ask the musical question, "Why Can't There Be Love," journey to El Segundo with A Tribe Called Quest, and hear some great soul from Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.
April 21, 2015, 5:33 p.m.
Radio Curious revisits a conversation with whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked top-secret, military documents about the Vietnam war in 1971. The move brought national attention to United States foreign policy and first amendment rights.
Three Acres and a Cow - Robin Grey's UK land rights show
April 21, 2015, 5:04 p.m.
The Nightfly #2015.16 - Hour 1- April 20-26, 2015
April 21, 2015, 5:04 p.m.
We'll hear Wynton Marsalis ask the musical question, "Why Can't There Be Love," journey to El Segundo with A Tribe Called Quest, and hear some great soul from Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.
April 25th is ROBIGUS DAY! (And Nixon's STILL Dead!)
April 21, 2015, 4:19 p.m.
The official date of Robigalia is April 25th! That's when the Romans made sacrifices to please Robigus, the ancient god of mildew. Sure that sounds ridiculous to you modern-day Slackfux--but a few thousand years ago, mildew (in the form of a botanical blight called "rust") could take out most of the growing grain and plunge a whole town into famine, so it made sense to have a festival honoring this fucker. The highlight of Robigalia was the sacrifice of a red puppy, which would hopefully appease this moldy demigod and pay him off to keep his goddamned mitts off their crops.
https://storify.com/amchristensen/robigalia-festival-of-robigus
That landmark is certainly noteworthy enough...but this show celebrated another major event. Last week I played BSTF #117, but this week's episode is a hundred shows before that--this is the ancient BSTF #17 from 1994, and the week before it aired, Richard Nixon had finally croaked, sending delighted shudders through my entire being.
With a double-barreled musical assist by Oingo Boingo, a psychedelic wonder called "Loose Lip Sync Ships" by the Hogs, the Theme from GREEN SLIME by Charles Fox...and a very, VERY surprising turn by Evil Susie at show's end, one that struck me harder than one of her skillet blows. What the FUCK. Now I'm afraid to be left alone with her...
Proposal for 250-watt low-power FM April 22, 2015
April 21, 2015, 4 p.m.
Report about a proposal before the FCC to allow many LPFM stations to enpand to 250 watts.
Grassroots Organizing for Health and Social Justice
April 21, 2015, 12:40 p.m.
Talks by James Haslam, Exec. Dir. of the Vermont Workers' Center, Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Councilmember, and Margaret Flowers, co-founder of PopularResistance.org, recorded March 28th at the Annual Public Meeting of Physicians for a National Health Plan Western WA Chapter, Kane Hall, UW
April 21, 2015, 12:21 p.m.
Wrap-up of the past weeks news with Geov Parrish, former co-editor at Eat the State!
April 21, 2015, 10:28 a.m.
Reasonable Recommendations for Recording the Police April 21, 2015
April 20, 2015, 9:51 p.m.
Report about recommendations to legally record interactions with police.
April 20, 2015, 9:03 p.m.
The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction - Noam Chomsky, TWO
April 20, 2015, 8:27 p.m.
In his 2013 book: Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe Noam Chomsky warned that we are facing Quote: "two problems for our speciesâ survival â nuclear war and environmental catastrophe." Up to this point in history problems caused by humans were regional. However just in the last few decades climate change and nuclear war have become a threat to all life.
Chomsky was born in Philadelphia in 1928. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he received his PhD in linguistics in 1955. In 1967 he gained public attention for his vocal opposition to U.S. involvement in the war on Vietnam and was arrested several times. He was appointed Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976 - where he is now Professor emeritus. He became famous as a radical intellectual with the publication of his book, Manufacturing Consent, in 1988. Chomsky has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues, international affairs and US foreign policy.
#706 - When Are Terrorists Not Terrorists?
April 20, 2015, 7:41 p.m.
We focus on drone technology, looking at the relationship between language and law. A range of speakers explain how the framing of the War On Terror has served the US military's purposes, and note that the US keeps details of its pretexts for state sponsored assassinations by drone as vague as possible. Plausible deniability is only needed if people are in a position where their actions are subject to informed questions. The core of this week's show is made up with a set of speeches from a 2015 meeting about the use of drone warfare, introduced by Bruce Gagnon and augmented by SAS whistleblower, Ben Griffin and a few classic words of Chris Hedges on how war affects its participants.
April 20, 2015, 5:59 p.m.
Science can now spot internet trolls after just five comments; Hearted Letter to Bibi; Beit Sahourâs first intifada heroes celebrated in intelligent, funny film; Americans Want Netanyahu Investigated by the FBI for Nuclear Espionage; Arab-American music.
Remembering "Matt Shepard"+"Tightroping" GOP prez-wannabes+LGBT news!
April 20, 2015, 5:58 p.m.
Matt Shepard's friend and dad remember the young college man they knew in a new documentary; U.S. Republican presidential wannabes run rings around "religious freedom"; Mexico's top court equalizes Sinaloa marriages, Egypt denies reentry to an allegedly gay Libyan student, Indiana struggles to regain its reputation, a children's picture book about same-gender penguin parents is banned again for its "homosexual agenda", and more LGBT news from around the world!
April 20, 2015, 3:20 p.m.
Continued reading from A. Baltzer's "Witness in Palestine", music.
April 20, 2015, 2:40 p.m.
A history of the rise of corruption in America leading to the deaths of President Kennedy, Dr Martin Luther King and Robt F. Kennedy. A year by year breakdown of significant events leading to these deaths.
April 20, 2015, 2:24 p.m.
April 20, 2015, 2:10 p.m.
Fletcher Prouty was the Chief of Special Operations in the Bay of Pigs attack on Cuba in 1961. This episode of Reality Sandwich is an interview of Prouty a few weeks before he died.
Taylor Report Fundraiser - 2015
April 20, 2015, 1:59 p.m.
This Taylor Report Fundraising show keeps the CIUT engine running and shows why and how CIUT is the station that can and does educate, entertain, endure. As Phil Taylor stated: It is their job to bring light to the issues that are cast into a shadow by the mainstream media.
Phil Taylor discusses Scott Taylor's role defogging Canada's mistake sending troops into Iraq.
Taylor "declassifies" President Abraham Lincoln entering Richmond April 4, 1865. Lincoln wanted to be with the freed slaves, and he understood historical, political and humanitarian significance of this victory, which he wanted to savor. Taylor also explains how different it would have been if Lincoln lived and if the slavery hating but still racist vice-president Andrew Johnson had not become president.
The Taylor Report continued their international collage of guests who debunk the deceptions of political wars and events.
If Music Could Talk - April 19, 2015
April 20, 2015, 8 a.m.
Swinging intp Spring; 4/19/15; Set #1
April 20, 2015, 4:41 a.m.
Swinging into Spring; 4/19/15; Set #2
April 20, 2015, 4:39 a.m.