Latest Programs
Glastonbury has become what it was set up to challenge
July 1, 2014, 3:15 p.m.
The Motherland Influence: June 29, 2014
July 1, 2014, 1:55 p.m.
African, Latin & Caribbean music.
The Art of Political Song: David Rovics
July 1, 2014, 12:02 p.m.
The Art of Political Song is the topic of Radio Curious with singer â songwriter, David Rovics who discusses how he creates his songs, some of which heâll sing, and what he hopes they will achieve.Â
June 30, 2014, 2:56 p.m.
An entire program dedicated to a local battle of wits, nerve and dirty politics between this programmer and a notorious Santa Cruz Country Zionist; music by Aza.
June 30, 2014, 2:18 p.m.
Interview with Julie Grant from SPOC regarding Canada's proposed Bill C 36.
June 30, 2014, 2:08 p.m.
Protesters object as Supreme Court permits Hobby lobby to refuse contraceptive coverage
June 30, 2014, 2:04 p.m.
In a 5-4 split decision on the 30th of June, the US Supreme Court once again ruled that corporations are people, this time granting them religious freedom to discriminate against women who use birth control in the notorious Hobby Lobby case.
As the Supreme Court ruled in favor of religious bigotry and corporate personhood, protesters outside showed their disapproval with signs saying things like "my uterus is not on payroll," and "My health care is not your hobby," and "keep your rosaries off my ovaries.
(more in audio report)
June 30, 2014, 1:36 p.m.
Congolese music!
If Music Could Talk - June 29, 2014 - Mrs. Uma Ettigi - Veena performance and interview
June 30, 2014, 12:41 p.m.
Janie Rezner with Liz Rog and Geri Morisky on BANNING FRACKING
June 30, 2014, 11:21 a.m.
A signature drive has been under way to put an initiative on the November ballot in Mendocino County that will preserve our county's clean drinking water by banning fracking. Liz Rog of Decorah Iowa, Winneshiek County and Geri Morisky of Fort Bragg speak about their attempts to stop fracking--in Decorah it is frac sand mining.
Also we hear a recording of speakers David Braun, grassroots caoordinator of the films, Gasland and Gasland 11 and Shannon Biggs, Director of Community Rights program of Global Exchange speaking at Town Hall in Fort Bragg. --- both dynamic speakers!
We begin by listening to sisters Larissa and Celena from their CD "Frequencies of the Motherland" "LISTEN"
A Cool JazzFest, Part II; Set #1; 6/29/14
June 30, 2014, 2:43 a.m.
Cool JazzFest, Part II; Set #2; 6/29/14
June 30, 2014, 2:40 a.m.
June 30, 2014, 1:29 a.m.
Sean recounts history of U.S. involvement in Iraq in terms of ISIS/ISIL insurgency
#330 -- The Science of Climate Change (Part 1)
June 29, 2014, 8:17 p.m.
Professor Guy McPherson expains--in language non-scientists can understand--the science behind our world's runaway climate change. Discussing several recent scientific studies published in distinguished journals, McPherson argues that environmental catastrophe is now well underway, and it's probably irreversible.
He spoke in Winnipeg, Canada, on February 6, 2014. Back in May, New World Notes featured an interview with McPherson recorded after his talk. Now we broadcast the talk itself.
June 29, 2014, 4:59 p.m.
Featuring: Journalists in Egypt imprisoned and convicted by new military government, Part II of report back from Cannes Film Festival by professor and critic Dennis Broe of Long Island University, Exclusive documentary segment titled âAmerican Homelessnessâ, Nebraska police targeting people driving back from Colorado due to its recent cannabis legalization, and a continuation of our âNarratives of the Houseless in the United Statesâ interviews.
June 29, 2014, 1:55 p.m.
Talk by Glenn Greenwald author of "No Place To Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State" recorded June 17, 2014 at Town Hall Seattle.
Hanford Workers Exposed to Toxic Vapors
June 29, 2014, 12:44 p.m.
Interview with Tom Carpenter, Executive Director of the Hanford Challenge about the recent exposure of workers to toxic vapors at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
June 29, 2014, 12:22 p.m.
Wrap-up of the past weeks news from Seattle with Geov Parrish and Maria Tomchick.
June 29, 2014, 12:21 p.m.
Edward Maibach of George Mason U: What America believes about global warming. Radio interview with Alex Smith on global threats by John Betz, KOPN radio. New climate song from 70's hit-maker Bunny Sigler.
Layla AbdelRahim on education & civilization, plus prisoner announcements
June 29, 2014, 11:45 a.m.
This week's episode features the rest of a conversation with Layla AbdelRahim about her recent book, Wild Children - Domesticated Dreams: Civilization and the Birth of Education. We played the start of this conversation near the end of last week's show and continue it throughout this hour. Layla talks about education, domestication, patriarchy, capitalism, instrumentalism, empathy and much more. More of her writings can be found at http://layla.miltsov.org/
Sean Swain's segment this week talks about ISIL/ISIS, the crisis in Iraq and revisits the stupidity and cruel ignorance of U.S. intervention into Iraq since the 1980's.
We also announce two things regarding prisoners:
1st, The MOVE9's supporters are trying to get them paroled by pressuring the Philly D.A. via a weekly call-in on Mondays. More on that can be found at: http://move9parole.blogspot.com/2014/06/move-9-mondays-hold-seth-williams.html
For some background, check out our interview with Orie Lumumba, a supporter of the MOVE9 about the case and history of the MOVE Organization: http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2014/02/27/update-on-the-g20-extraditees-the-move-9-parole-push-02162014/ ;
2nd, "On March 21st, 2012 Higinio Ochoa III aka w0rmer, was arrested and charged with hacking law enforcement agency websites and posting the personal information of police officers online, as well as being accused of defacing a government website in Alabama. Hig was part of an Anonymous crew called the Cabincr3w." (Anon-Sweden support page). w0rmer will be released into a halfway house after 2 years of incarceration this August, however he'll be forced to live in Austin, TX, 4 hours from where his wife and now-1-year-old son live. Support folks are trying to raise $6,000 to help cover the move and some living expenses until both find gainful employment in Austin. More info at: http://www.youcaring.com/other/help-the-ochoa-family-to-reunite/190052
June 29, 2014, 11:01 a.m.
Each week I play a blend of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week. It's never the same program twice. Radio Thrift Shop is music from futures passed.
June 29, 2014, 10:36 a.m.
What can an earth poet and herbalist, a witch and political activist and an eco philosopher and magician say about this earth we inhabit? All having taken a trail less traveled and all being accomplished writers that offer a refreshing look at the possibilities within this life that we share with a greater OTHER. Their observations are interwoven with music of course
June 29, 2014, 10:25 a.m.
Indi Romp Time! This week in The Q we go back and forth as we chat about award winning (2005) Film Me and You and Everyone we Know from âDir-Actorâ Miranda July. It tells the tale of a handful of disparate characters, both adults and children, who find themselves navigating the tricky waters of intimacy and apprehension at lifeâs various stages. Richard (John Hawkes) is a recent divorcé who is alternately exhilarated and terrified with his life and the world around him. While he believes great things are in store for him, heâs also become so despondent about his wifeâs departure that he attempts to set his hand on fire in order to somehow impress his Children, whom he fears are slipping away. Richard meets Christine (Miranda July) at the shoe store where he works; Christine likes to paint a picture of herself as a stylish and confident video artist, but in truth she supports herself as a driver with a car service for the elderly, and sheâd very much like to meet someone special. As Richard and Christine fumble their way into a relationship, Richardâs two sons have issues of their own. Seven-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff) has met someone in an Internet chat room who responds to his naïve and scatological perceptions of sex, while 14-year-old Peter (Miles Thompson) finds himself on the receiving end of unusual and unexpected attention from two girls in his class⦠Thatâs this week, along with our Top 3 âQuirkyâ Movie Relationships. Listen to see if you may want to Queue this one up as well.
The People's History of the Black Panther party
June 29, 2014, 8:27 a.m.
On this week's Soapbox, Cindy chats with Soapbox BFF,
Brother Larry Pinkney
Cindy and Brother Larry talk about the people's history of the Black Panther Party.
Pinkney is a political activist and author who has been a member of the BPP since he was 17.
This
show is not just about history, but how the Party's relevance lingers
today and what lessons can movements learn from the principled struggles
of the BPP.
June 28, 2014, 9:38 p.m.
News You Need to Know: ISIS â Irresponsible Shipments to Iraq and Syria; Between The Lines interview: Iraq War Veteran On Renewed Violence in Iraq; Mumia Abu-Jamal: Military Advisors in Iraq; BTL interview: National Food Industry's Legal Attack on VT GMO Labeling Law; Jim Hightower: Koch Brothers; music.
Mahdi Nazemroaya on Iraq, Libya and the Ukrainian Propaganda Matrix
June 28, 2014, 7:42 p.m.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is a Sociologist and Research Associate at the Centre for Research on Globalization. He has served as an election observer recently both in Elsalvador and as detailed last week, in Syria. He was also present in Libya during the NATO military intervention there in 2011. He has contributed dozens of articles to globalresearch.ca. He was in Winnipeg Manitoba recently where I had a chance to interview him about some of the major developments on the world scene. The following discussion took place at CKUW's studio at the University of Winnipeg on June 18, 2014.
Rev Susie's "The Man Who Boned the Earth" Show!
June 28, 2014, 10:44 a.m.
It's that time of year again, Seekers--time for global apocalypse and deliverance from the skies! I've trotted this theme out of the gate so many times I thought I was tapped out...but lucky ME! Just in time, some guy falls to earth and happens to pop up just in time to forge an uneasy alliance with Dobbs that will immanentize the HELL out of the fucking Eschaton! "Bob" makes a deal with the aliens to bail us all out--but with multiple agendas at play, it's anyone's guess which direction this galaxy of shit is going to spiral! With an intro song about alien hybrids by Carrie Beehan, Tom Jones-style pop covers of classic Bowie songs by Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings, Dave Cloud, and Weirdogilley's haunting version of Bowie's song "Loving the Alien"--which isn't about extraterrestrials at all, but what do I care?
June 28, 2014, 9:58 a.m.
U.S. Government's $1.3 Trillion Purchasing Power Could Lift 8 Million Workers Out of Poverty
with
Robert Hiltonsmith, Demos Policy Analyst & co-author of new Demos report Underwriting Good Jobs
Eight million workers rely on low-wage jobs supported by the federal government s $1.3 trillion in annual spending according to a new report by the public policy organization Demos . Building on Pres. Obama s executive order that raised the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of federally contracted workers, it calls for raising labor standards more broadly. The Good Jobs Executive Order advocated in the report would apply to the entire workforce of federally-supported employers significantly benefiting women and minorities " who make up a large percentage of low-wage workers in the federal purchasing footprint. It advocates for spending agencies to incorporate higher workforce standards when evaluating and awarding federal contracts including collective bargaining rights, living wages and good benefits, compliance with workplace protection laws and other applicable business regulations, and limits on excessive executive compensation.
Plus
Army of New Rosie the Riveters on Strike in Nation s Capital
Low-Wage Women Call on President Obama to Allow Collective Bargaining for Federal Contract Workers
Hundreds of low-wage federal contract workers working for fifty companies doing business at federal sites " like the National Zoo, Pentagon and Union Station " walked off their jobs . Led by an army of working women dressed like Rosie the Riveter, they marched through the Smithsonian National Zoo, where workers are joining the Good Jobs Nation campaign for the first time. This is the 8th strike by low-wage federal contract workers in the past year.
And
Progressive Caucus Supports Good Jobs Policy
with
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN),
Representative Ellison said that the Progressive caucus of the House supports these actions and plans to submit a proposal to the White House that would focus on low-wage workers employed by federal contractors. Ellison said he is unsure of how the President would respond to a proposal for executive action, but the representative pointed to President Obama s past actions as evidence that he would likely be sympathetic. Ellison underscored that he supported Good Jobs Policy as means of significantly reducing gender inequality in the workforce.
June 27, 2014, 7:43 p.m.
India to Thailand to Ethiopia; an hour of the best new Latin music we've received at WRIR over the last few months; the James Brown of [your country's name here]
Lloyd Axworthy Community Stage naming
June 27, 2014, 2:05 p.m.
Stage named after out going University of Winnipeg President Lloyd Axworthy in Saigon Park, in Winnipeg, Song by Nathen Rogers and a program called Sponcer Winnipeg lauched during this time.