#367 -- Chris Hedges on the Empire of Illusion (R)

A brilliant and wide-ranging talk. Journalist-prophet CHRIS HEDGES discusses the pacification of the exploited citizenry by the corporate media ... the fraud at the heart of the national economy ... Wall Street's destruction of the U.S.'s manufacturing sector ... "Brand Obama" ... the perfidy of Obama and of other "courtiers" to the real power ... the failure of the Left to challenge Obama's Bush-ist policies ... and the funeral of Michael Jackson. ... (Continued under "Credits.")

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CAPTAIN FRED'S WORLD CRUISE #109

WORLD CRUISE #109 high ideals & crazy dreams-strange parcels I Heart U-Tessanne Chin Don't Wanna Fight-Alabama Shakes I Will Wait-Joe Matthews, Diego Luna, Gustavo Santaolalla Third Stone From The Sun-Gary Clark Jr. Song for Someone-U2 Novas Ideias-Bebel Gilberto I Love You All-Michael Fassbender, Carla Azar and Stephen Rennicks Little Boxes-Loch Lomond Portrait of Tracy-Jaco Pastorius Sour Mash-Cory Branan What's the Use of Getting Sober-Mighty Sparrow Drown in Alcohol-Kelly Pardekooper Up On The Housetop-California Feetwarmers Stem / Long Stem-DJ Shadow Mr. Blackman-Hopsin Further On-Bronze Radio Return Alagan-The Garifuna Collective She's Leaving Home-The Flaming Lips Djelimady Rumba-AfroCubism In the Sun-Joseph Arthur New Management and Sign-Off-Negativland

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Climate Geoengineering and the Chemtails Conspiracy

We talk with one of the world's top experts on geoeningeering to cool the planet, Harvard's Dr. David Keith. Then from the UK, Dr. Rose Cairns investigates the internet phenomenon of chemtrails, the belief that aircraft are already poisoning the sky. Plus the "Salamander Man" Matt Ellerbeck.

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Cartoon Night w/ Paul Dini, Ben Edlund & C. Martin Croker LIVE!!!

A truly special episode of the FUNHOUSE! In 1997, I hornswoggled an old pal into doing a show: Paul Dini, the cartoon/comics writer/producer behind the animated shows TINY TOON ADVENTURES, FREAKAZOID, ANIMANIACS...and the superbly dark BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. Paul wrote the best Joker episodes and created Harley Quinn! In the middle of the festivities a couple more buddies just happen to pop in--Ben Edlund, creator/artist/writer of THE TICK, and my friend Clay Croker, the artist/animator/writer/and voice of Zorak from SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST! Why would you suppose that this spucking fecktacular episode of the show has never ever been replayed in the 18 years since it was first broadcast? Any guesses? Because SUSIE FUCKED IT UP. And I fucked it good. I had no inkling that using the guest mikes, the turntable channels came up much louder than the regular fader setting I was used to, DUH--so I got an overamped, inaudible mess with the too-loud background music covering up everyone's voices. Son of a WHORE!!! But 18 years later, I fixed it up for rebroadcast! With jawdroppingly insane musical selections, this one is truly a lost gem. Enjoy!

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Janne Nolan, Mike Lofgren, Susi Snyder

Ray Acheson moderates second session of two day symposium organized by Helen Caldicott.

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Classic Q! Casa De Mi Padre

This week we take a step back to episode 31 for a quick Q REWIND! We get a small hiatus, and you can listen to us chat about Will Ferrell’s rear end -Again! Enjoy. *************************************************************** SADDLE UP! This week we set out to discuss the under appreciated Will Ferrell película (as some may say) CASA DE MI PADRE Set in Mexico and completely told in Spanish, we hear the tale of Armando (Will Ferrell), who has lived and worked on his father’s ranch his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando’s younger brother Raul, shows up with his new fiancé, Sonia. It seems that Raul’s success as an international businessman means the ranch’s troubles are over as he pledges to settle all debts his father has incurred. But when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul’s business dealings turn out to be less than legit, all hell breaks loose as they find themselves in a war with Mexico’s most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza! Completely rompus, and ridiculously ironic, Casa De Mi Padre is anything but subtle. Fake mannequins and perfecto accents – throw in an epic love scene and see what happens! We also break down our “Top 3 Nude Scenes we wish we’d NEVER Seen”, as inspired by endless NALGAS!

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Bonus Mix 2

Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown radio show that loves vinyl records, 78s, 45's, private press releases, all kinds of tapes and homemade cds. Each edition of the Radio Thrift Shop features a freeform playlist of music released between the early 1900's and next week.

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Program 264

Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown mix that loves vinyl records, 78s, 45's, private press releases, all kinds of tapes and homemade cds. Each show features a freeform playlist of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week.

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Program 263

Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown radio show that loves vinyl records, 78s, 45's, private press releases, all kinds of tapes and homemade cds. Each edition of the Radio Thrift Shop features a freeform playlist of music released between the early 1900's and next week.

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The Gulabi Gang

In this week’s show an homage to women everywhere, a look at the trolls from the Men’s Rights Movements and how the Gulabi Gang in India who are beating down rapitts with big ass sticks. On the music break, Bambu with “The Queen is Dead.” Our featured guest is journalist Dawn Paley, talking about her book “Drug War Capitalism”

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Wisconsin's Right to Work

When Words Don't Mean What They Say: "Right to Work" Laws are Anything but That! featuring . Kevin Gundlach, Pres., South Central Labor Federation, Madison, WI . Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Asst. Prof. of History, Loyola University, Co-author with Nelson Lichtenstein, The Right and Labor in America Wisconsin is the latest State to fall victim to the right wing anti-union juggernaut. "Right to work" laws destroy unions-that's their real purpose. "Right to Work" laws are not driven by a groundswell of disgruntled union members chafing under union oppression, but by employers, industry associations and lobbyists."Right to work" laws drive down wages for everyone. We'll explore the history of right to work laws, who and what's driving this juggernaut in states across the nation and what is to be done to challenge this race to the bottom.

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Richard Falk on the Palestinian "Lost Cause"

The entirety of today’s show features a one-hour talk by Professor Richard Falk, commemorating the 11th anniversary of Edward Said’s death. We capture him as he delivered the annual Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture on October 31, 2014 at Columbia University, where Said taught. Falk devotes the bulk of his talk to the issue of whether Palestine’s call for justice should be regarded as a “lost cause,” as asserted by a cynical French diplomat he had encountered. Unquestionably, justice-seeking Palestinians have few tangible resources and no military power at all. Clearly, they have no hope of achieving the justice they deserve from current Israeli or US “leaders.” Yet, despite the massive, murderous attacks rained down on them, they continue to resist, and they are winning the war of legitimacy! This actually frightens the Zionist community, despite its vast resources and absolute control of US politicians and media. Falk suggests Vietnam, when it was under US siege, as a comparable situation. Richard Falk is Professor of International Law and Practice Emeritus at Princeton where he was a member of the faculty for 40 years. Falk has been Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestine for the UN Human Rights Council since 2008, and served on a panel of experts appointed by the President of the UN General Assembly, 2008-2009.

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Lynne Stewart Valentine to Political Prisoners

A Valentine from Lynne Stewart for Political Prisoners

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Ray Acheson, Holly Barker, Hans Kristensen, John Feffer

4th session of two day symposium organized by Helen Caldicott to educate and alert the public to increased threat of nuclear war from pathological thinking about what constitutes "security". Ideas as "winnable nuclear war" and "automating launch command" of nuclear weapons must be checked by the Public if we are to reverse the current course. Most US politicians are too self absorbed, insecure, financially self interested and mesmerized by the nuclear idol to act in responsibly given what is now known.

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This Week in Radio News: Brian Foo 20150314

Radio news about radio waves. Reports about the FCC's action against Optic Internet Protocol, Inc. for slamming and cramming, and their net neutrality ruling; the "Blurred Lines" verdict; presidential candidate email; DIY radio for amateurs and municipalities; and cell phone surveillance. Also, an interview with Brian Foo, programmer and visual artist, who has translated the EEG brainwave data of an anonymous female pediatric patient with epilepsy into a soundscape. Other stories and features about radio art, and more.

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Israel did 9/11: censored Jewish US Marines officer Alan Sabrosky

https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-2/

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Hitler burnt books, now Mayor Ferguson wants to close Bristol libraries

https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-2/

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CPR News, March 13, 2015

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The End of American Exceptionalism

"The United States today finds itself threatened by three interlocking crises. The first of these crises is economic and cultural, the second political, and the third military. All three share this characteristic: They are of our own making. ... Yet, as events have made plain, the United States is ill prepared to wage a global war of no exits and no deadlines. The sole superpower lacks the resources — economic, political, and military — to support a large-scale, protracted conflict without, at the very least, inflicting severe economic and political damage on itself. American power has limits and is inadequate to the ambitions to which hubris and sanctimony have given rise." ~ Andrew Bacevich Andrew Bacevich is perhaps the only writer to regularly contribute to both the Nation and Pat Buchanan's The American Conservative. Andrew examines the United States’ daunting problem of overexpansion and overconsumption and argues for a return to pragmatism before the damage from such excessiveness becomes irreparable. Andrew calls for respect for power and its limits and an aversion to claims of exceptionalism and skepticism of easy solutions, especially those involving force and a conviction that Americans must live within their means. Source: Free Library of Philadephia: Andrew Bacevich | The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism The Collapse of Western Civilization Science historian Naomi Oreskes joins Steve Curwood to discuss how democracy, the free market and science are all failing humanity and the planet. Source: living on earth: The Collapse of Western Civilization Music includes Eric Colville - The End of War, Chicco - Papa Stop the War, James McMurtry - Cheney's Toy, Raffoul - Scars Of Gaza, Capitol Steps - Health Care Trial Balloon, Saul Williams - Pledge Of Resistance, Capitol Steps - Cows Gone Mad, Poison - Something To Believe In, Capitol Steps - Your Statue Needs A Tu-Tu, Anwar al-Sadat, Compassionate Conservatives - Oval Badge Of Ignorance, Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend, David Rovics - Everything Looks The Same, Cisco Houston - Beans Bacon Gravy, Charlie Parker - Hot House

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"Shine, Already!"

This RADIOLA! requests a boost in solar power.

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!earshot 20 - March 13, 2015

Anthony Enman and Brian Cleveland count down the Top 20 albums charting this week from earshot-online.com, chat with Andrew Neville of Moon, take a look at music news with Stephen Carlick of Exclaim!, and much more.

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Yes We Cannabis

Here is the show where we continue to celebrate the advance toward Pot Prohibition's Last Gasp, with news on the First Senate Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill introduced this week, more on DC's legal Non-Profit Pot, and more help from Larry Wilmore, Maddow, Maher, Huffpo, and more....

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How Can I Even Try

sunriseoceanbender.com

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La marge a CKIA 11 mars 2015 The Tragically Hip

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Student Debt Trap: Breaking the Grip of the Predatory Lenders

In the month of February, fifteen former students of the for- profit Corinthian Colleges System declared they would no longer be paying off their sizable federal student loans. They see the Corinthian system as corrupt, making false promises and part of a predatory leding racket. This action sets the stage for a conversation about the Student debt crisis and the nature of money. Ellen Brown author, former civil litigation attorney and founder of the Public Banking Institute comes on in the first half hour. She explains how student debt is not only crippling the debt holders with unfair debt repyment obligations, it is used by money managers as a commodity not unlike the Subprime mortgages that infamously led to the financial meltdown of 2008. In the second half hour we hear a September 2011 speech given by San Francisco Bay Area-basedIndependent journalist and podcast producer Kellia Ramares-Watson. She goes further than Ellen BRown in suggesting that the money system not only has to be reformed but disbanded altogether. She suggests in the speech that students should default on their debts as a political action.

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Earth First! Update - 12 Mar, 2015

Radical, No Compromise Environmental News

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Ray Peat on Biochemical Health

coming soon

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FCC Rulings

Report about the FCC's action against Optic Internet Protocol, Inc. for slamming and cramming, and their new net neutrality order.

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Meet The Leprechauns

Learn the proper way to recycle-- using the air around us-- on this week's show. Also, music from a variety of performers.

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The Shortwave Report 03/13/15 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio.

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