12/18/13 - Utilities in Public & Private Housing

Legal Aid Justice Center attorney Brenda Castaneda talks about utilities in public and private housing, and how to handle common disputes, such as billing, repairs or shutoffs. And during this week’s “News You Can Use,” you’ll learn about an international exhibit “Lawyers Without Rights” presented by the German Federal Bar and the American Bar Association now in Richmond from December 15, 2013 through February 2, 2014.

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February 7, 2014

A pre-Party For The Rest Of Us dance party: Ethiopian jams; champeta and terapia from Colombia; vintage boogaloo circa 1968; some Afrobeat to send you on your way

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Saturday Morning Live 14.02.08

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February 2, 2014

Snow and snow and snow. I'm sick of it. But, here are some songs about it. Enjoy

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Cindy Sheehan interviewed on Adios Babylon

CINDY SHEEHAN IS INTERVIEWED ON ADIOS BABYLONG. KVMR.org FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adios-Babylon/172502226169058 www.cindy2014.org www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com

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Media Network Plus February 8, 2014

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Artist In The City 14.02.06

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Frank Barat & Ilan Pappé at Northeastern U

First, a summary of recent news about the BDS campaign; then we feature a recording of speeches by Frank Barat, Coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine and Ilan Pappé, Israeli historian and professor at Exeter University in Great Britain who spoke at Northeastern University this past January 16. These are the same voices you heard last week, in a new setting.

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Edward Snowden German TV interview & IBM's Nazi database

Ed Miliband – not enough women MPs in the Tory Party,

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EUROMAIDAN UPRISING and the Grand Chessboard

The recent popular uprising in Ukraine started with protests on November 21 against the Ukrainian president's abandonment of a free trade arrangement with the EU. This week's program examines what these protests have evolved into, who makes up the opposition, and examines the geo-political context in which they are taking place, including some conjecture about foreign interference in the ongoing crisis.

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Bristol police drop privatisation plans, save £600k

http://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/35161/

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"Better Than Expected"

This RADIOLA! is a distinct improvement over itself.

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Fish farm expansion threatens wild salmon stock

The federal government recently approved a major expansion to BC’s fish farm sector despite warnings by the Cohen commission about the effects of net-based farms on wild salmon. John Werring is senior science and policy advisor for the David Suzuki Foundation.

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Militant protest good for democracy

Martin Luther King said rioting was the language of the unheard. In his new book, Languages of the Unheard, Stephen D’Arcy argues that militant protest is essential for a healthy democracy. Stephen D’Arcy is an associate professor of philosophy at Huron University College and long-time social activist.

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Without A Roof To Protect Me

"… magnificent Sunrise Ocean Bender … you just have to think Richmond USA timezones and then Interstellar Overdrive …" Sunrise Ocean Bender sets sail every other Thursday, 11pm – 1 am, on WRIR 97.3 // wrir.org to find something for your ears, and something for your head … Psych to prog to pop … the kosmische to space rock to peccadilloes …There might be a map, but the destination is up for grabs. If it all goes right, we may just get lost. mratavist.com

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Debate or Not to Bait-Nye vsHam

Bill Nye vs Ken Ham was a No-brainer and Brilliant Tactic by the Science Guy, Fuck Legitimacy, Let's Dance. Happy Smiling Africans from Right Wing Christian Radio, Reggie Watts: Biology Teacher, Pat Robertson Slams YECers, Greg Proops Fondly Remembers Amiri Baraka and has Opinions on Drug Wars and Banks.

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Earth First! Update - 6 Feb. 2014

Radical, No Compromise Environmental News

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Classic Media Network February 7, 2014

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Focus Asia Pacific February 7 2014

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BC's forests shift from carbon sink to carbon source

Trees play an important role in addressing global warming by sequestering emissions. But recent figures show that forests in BC are now releasing alarming amounts of carbon rather than absorbing it. Jen Wieting is Forest and Climate Campaigner with the Sierra Club.

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The Shortwave Report 02/07/14 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. Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK World Radio Japan, and the Voice of Russia.

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How Big Corporations Get Big Tax Breaks

As Congress tightens the national budget belt, big corporations are getting monster tax breaks, with the help of high paid lobbyists. Tom Ashbrook talks to Christopher Rowland and David Cay Johnson about how corporations get tax breaks. Christopher Rowland is the Washington bureau chief for the Boston Globe and an author. (@globerowland) David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and columnist at “taxanalysts.com.” and an author. (@DavidCayJ) Source: On Point with Tom Ashbrook: Big Corporations Lobbying For Big Tax Breaks The Myth of a Polarized America Morris Fiorina argues that Americans are far less polarized than the public is led to believe by the media and political pundits. Morris Fiorina is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University and an author. Source: Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Morris Fiorina, "Culture War?: The Myth of a Polarized America" Music includes Soylent Gringo - Let Start A War (Part 1), Man of God - Eliza Gilkyson (Paradise Hotel), Charles Lindbergh, Dave Lippman - Geithner, Capitol Steps - Hillary's Way, Reverend Billy - First Amendment Song, Dave Lippman - Food Clothing, John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore, Capitol Steps - Help Me Romney, Makana - We Are The Many, Reverend Billy - They Have Taken Our Houses, Pete Seeger - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator, Mamborama - Cuba Te Llama

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Interview with Sara Friedlander

Interview with Sara Friedlander, multi-media artist of Santa Cruz, whose recent work "Stonewalled in Jerusalem" reflects her visit to the sacred city and deep emotional impact it caused within her. Sara is engaged in outreach efforts to expand access to this visually stunning and provocative work of art; readings.

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If Music Could Talk - Feb 2, 2014 - Special Guest Eva .. Day of Yemanjá

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Heroin Addiction - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Dawud Wharmsby cant-u-see ABC Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death Sheds Light on Heroin Addiction. David Pakman Arrests in Philip Seymour Hoffman Death ENTV Philip Seymour Hoffman Predicted His Own Death RT Breaking the Set - What Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Death Exposes about War on Drugs Brainwash Update.mp3 The Big Picture - Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't have to die The Young Turks Here's The REAL Cause Of Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death, Says Wingnut Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead - Could Legalization Have Saved Him Louis Mucciolo A Day in the Death of Donnie B Wisdom of the Crazy Old Man

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Celt In A Twist February 9 2014

exclusive interview w/ the 5th Beatle of The Chieftains,piper Carlos Nunez +new Cetlic fr.Orkney w/The Chair & Battlefiled Band.

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worldbeatcanada radio february 7 2014

Mad Caddies' mayhem,the interview,the assault,Nistha Raj-Hindustani violin&beatbox+new Habib Koite!

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Toxic Tour of East Chicago, Indiana -

Part 1: Thomas Frank, former Director of the the Indiana Harbor Shipping Canal (IHSC), urban planner and contributor to the defunct Marquette Redevelopment Plan for Green Industry and Living lays out the history of the area once known as "America's Workshop" because of the concentration of steel mills, oil refineries and related industries in the area where the northern tip of Indiana touches the Southern tip of Lake Michigan. The area, once known as the Everglades of the Mid-west due to it's biological diversity is now one of the most polluted areas in the US, yet its water shed drains into Lake Michigan not far from where Chicago takes it's drinking water. While Chicago continues to de-industrialize its economy, the reverse is the case for Northern Indiana. British Petroleum has built the largest Tar Sands refinery in the US there, in Whiting, Indiana and multinational corporation ArcelorMittal operates the most productive integrated steel mill in the world with but 1/10 of the workers previously necessary 50 years ago. In fact the biggest employer in the area are the gambling casinos with their low wage service jobs. Thomas Frank provides an accounting of what exists but is rarely talked about and what might have been had not British Petroleum become the areas economic feudal master. Part 2: Take a narrated driving tour and encounter the nit-ti gritty of the ecological distopia that industry has created. Franks presentation could not due justice to the scope and nature of the contamination or the hubris of the oil corporations for we visit areas where oil actively seeps into waterways. We visit Marktown, a once Utopian community, of the English model, built by the owner of a steel company for his workers. It is now surrounded by toxic industry and being pressured by BP to cease existing all together. We visit the site of the largest oil spill in the U.S. that sits on the shore of Lake Michigan yet nobody is held accountable, nor is it being cleaned up.

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Switzerland In Sound February 6 2014

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Dangers of moving oil by rail

The derailment of an oil train in Lac Mégantic last year killed 47 people and spilled millions of litres of crude oil into the town. Since then, a number of other fuel trains have derailed. Yet transportation companies insist that it’s safe to move dangerous goods by rail. Roger Annis has been researching the expansion of the oil-by-rail industry.

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