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Jan. 21, 2014, 9:59 p.m.
The Close Guantanamo NOW tour: Andy Worthington and Debra Sweet address how and why the US has kept this prison open for twelve years, and our responsibility to close it. Peter Buffett is a philanthropist, musician and composer. Last July he wrote, "The Charitable-Industrial Complex," an op-ed article in the New York Times, in which he questioned the role or philanthropy in the world today. This is the first part of a two-part interview. Part two will be broadcast next week.
Jem Bendell: Making Heads or Tails of Bitcoin
Jan. 21, 2014, 9:53 p.m.
If youâve heard about Bitcoin on the evening news or seen a headline about it, you might have been left with the impression that itâs some sort of online scam or the next Dutch tulip bubble. But Bitcoin and other cryptographic currencies are very real.
Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio is Jem Bendell, a professor of sustainability leadership at the University of Cumbria, the worldâs first public university to accept Bitcoin for tuition payments. He explains how Bitcoin works and why he thinks it might help us move beyond the inadequacies and inequities of central bank-controlled currencies toward a sharing economy. Bitcoin has its critics to be sure, but, as New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki has so aptly put it, âthe value of currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for itâ¦â Listen now as host Alex Wise and Jem Bendell discuss how Bitcoin is valued and the promise crytpographic currency holds for the sustainability movement.
Discussing Seasonal Affective Disorder
Jan. 21, 2014, 8:55 p.m.
Guy Evans takes a break from the usual format of the show to discuss a shelved podcast episode, seasonal affective disorder, and the hazards of closing a window (!). Enjoy!
BC hands over 4000 names to the Missing Children project of the TRC
Jan. 21, 2014, 8:54 p.m.
The Vital Statistics Agency of BC recently supplied the names of all Aboriginal children who died between 1917 and 1956. We speak with Justice Murray Sinclair about the significance of this event. Justice Sinclair is chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The Motherland Influence: January 19, 2014
Jan. 21, 2014, 8:45 p.m.
African, Latin & Caribbean music
Activists' spiritual 'assault course' with David Mowat
Jan. 21, 2014, 4:58 p.m.
KR Weekly News in Review 21 Jan 2014
Jan. 21, 2014, 2:23 p.m.
Harper's Weekly Review
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"Mentally Ill Are Often Locked Up In Jails That Can't Help"
By Laura Sullivan
Jan. 21, 2014, 12:37 p.m.
In the January 2014 Taxcast: Tax justice goes to the Cayman Islands; the latest fall-out from #OffshoreLeaks, the expose on tax havens from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; and HOW much is Africa spending on corporate tax breaks??? The Taxcast looks at tax incentives, Africa-style.
Martin Luther King Jr (Editorial)
Jan. 21, 2014, 11:39 a.m.
Tha Truth - If Dr. King was Here Today
Stevie Wonder - Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King jr. Happy Birthday
Crazy old manâs thoughts
Horizontal Reign - Martin Luther King inspired song!!! - The Dream (100 yrs later)
Crazy old manâs thoughts
Linkin Park - Martin Luther King Jr..Wisdom, Justice and Love.
Crazy old manâs thoughts
Thom Hartmann - Dr. King's Bill of Economic and Social Rights
If Music Could Talk - Jan 19, 2014
Jan. 21, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Jan. 21, 2014, 10:25 a.m.
Guy Touquet plays records from the early days of the phonograph, 1920s and before mostly. This week: piano players, including George Gershwin, Fats Waller, Clarence Williams, Sergei Rachmaninof, Seger Ellis.
Jan. 21, 2014, 12:41 a.m.
Nor Cal vs So Cal CX results, race sounds from So Cal Crit Series #1 and 12/6 hours of Temecula
Jan. 20, 2014, 11:30 p.m.
Rev. Susie the Floozie's "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOCK!" Show
Jan. 20, 2014, 11:06 p.m.
That's right-- and nobody rocks like...uhh....SubGeniuses rock!
For BSTF #722, I did a strained parody of mainstream rock radio. With my limited vocal range, I just bellowed my way through it, adding echo effects here and there and peppering a few sparse goofy SFX around. I played it, then I forgot it--until six years later, when I figured "Yeah, this show looks like an easy rerun..." But when I listened to my attempts at playing a regular deejay, I cringed. This show needed major work. So for two fucking nights, I've labored intensively adding boings, boinks, doinks, dings, splats, zips, and twinkytwinkytwinky feet SFX by the handfuls to my bits. GodDAMN, but this thing is fucking STUCCOED with sounds now. It finally flies.
Between my turns playing the role of Rockteaser, you'll hear twisted covers of classic mainstream rock songs by Stretch Armstrong, the Swinging Erudites, 101 Strings, Eric Burdon, Jebediah, Erik Lindgren, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Dora Hall, the Roto-Rooter GoodTime Christmas Band, the Rockafire Explosion, Danger Woman, the Pride of the Buckeyes Marching Band, the Princeton Nassoons, and Nicotine. And did I mention that there will be SOUND EFFECTS? Out the ass, man--out the freakin' ass.
2013 09 Rhoda and Steve in Nottingham, NH
Jan. 20, 2014, 9:11 p.m.
Bucky Buckaw attempts to raises the ethical bar by propagandizing on decentralizing agriculture for the benefit of livestock, humans and the environment. And for good times! This coop profile is of Rhoda and Steve in Nottingham, NH, innovative yet supremely practical chickeners.
Analyzing the NEB ruling on Northern Gateway
Jan. 20, 2014, 8:46 p.m.
On December 19, the National Energy Board recommended that the federal government approve Enbridgeâs pipeline subject to 209 conditions. We take a closer look at the ruling with lawyer Barry Robinson. He is with Ecojustice, a organization that represents several groups who oppose the project.
Jan. 20, 2014, 8:02 p.m.
One of the plays at the PuSH festival this week is set in the far North. It tells the story of the encounter between a museum worker from Toronto and a woman who lives in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. The play was created over three Arctic winters in Iceland and Nunavut, and is presented in Inuktitut and English. Christopher Morris is artistic director of Human Cargo, the Toronto-based theatre company that created the play.
"Underdogs" anthem + Sochi-bound Billie Jean + global LGBT news
Jan. 20, 2014, 7:43 p.m.
Andrew Abaria sings for the "Underdogsâ; Putin meets his match in Billie Jean; Nigeria's anti-LGBT law unleashes reigns of terror, its president declines to sign Uganda's draconian anti-gay bill, GALZ wins a rare Zimbabwe High Court victory, Oklahoma's marriage equality ban is struck down, same-gender marrieds ride a rights roller coaster in Utah, a canned Indiana choirmaster causes a congregational exodus, and more global LGBT news.
Elsie Escobar talks Yoga, Health...and Podcasting!
Jan. 20, 2014, 6:16 p.m.
Elsie Escobar is a holistic digital media strategist, yoga lifestyle specialist, and social media community manager for the leading podcast hosting service LibSyn. She is herself the host of two podcasts â firstly, the very successful and long-running Elsieâs Yoga Class, and also The Official Libsyn podcast âThe Feedâ. She joined Guy Evans for a very enjoyable discussion about yoga, health, and current trends in podcasting! Enjoy!
Joe Rogan Questions Everything...Reviewed (Part 6)!
Jan. 20, 2014, 6:13 p.m.
Joe Rogan Questions Everything has been the subject of discussion on Smells Like Human Spirit for the past several months (for reviews of each episode, click here). In this episode, Guy Evans and James Wilson wrap up their review of the series by examining the final episode (âPsychic Spiesâ), and consider to what extent the show itself was successful in its approach and execution.
Has 'The Corporation' become the dominant social institution?
Jan. 20, 2014, 6:09 p.m.
Ben Wikler, host of âThe Good Fightâ, joins Guy Evans for Episode 123 of Smells Like Human Spirit. Ben has a long history of involvement in political activism, particularly with several very important online activist communities. Topics of discussion in this interview include his politically active upbringing, the blend of comedy and politics present in his work, and why âthe corporationâ has become the dominant social institution of our age.
Jan. 20, 2014, 5:20 p.m.
COM and the Bobbettes - Mr Lee Intro
The Crazy Old Man talks aboutthe end of the human race and other life forms if the fuel and power companies are not stopped from poluting our planet.
COM and the Bobbettes - I Killed Mr Lee Outro
"Goliath", Part III, Chapters 20 & 21
Jan. 20, 2014, 4:45 p.m.
Continued reading of M. Blumenthal's "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel", starting part III, chapters 20 and 21; Arabic Beat music.
Broadcast One Hundred Eighty Eight
Jan. 20, 2014, 2:06 p.m.
This edition of the thrift shop features a wonderful new cassette release titled MISCI - Chthonic Cities released ny Folklore Tapes
http://devonfolkloretapes.blogspot.co.uk/
Broadcast One Hundred Eighty Seven
Jan. 20, 2014, 12:17 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a freeform exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound inclusive of music in various genres ... including folk, jazz, easy listening, world, classical, classic rock & more ... played on 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, vinyl records & even endangered and homemade cds. 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 about music & culture in the spirit of free radio
JANUARY 1, 2014 - ALAN SABROSKY on ISRAEL & 9/11
Jan. 20, 2014, 11:14 a.m.
Cheryl shares parts of a PressTV interview with Alan Sabrosky on Israel's connection to 9/11. Cheryl follows that up with some additional pertinent facts.
"Who Killed Martin? Who Killed Bobby?"
Jan. 20, 2014, 10:13 a.m.
The conspiracies to kill Martin Luther King and Senator Bobby Kennedy are revealed. Features host Ken MacDermotRoeâs earlier interviews with authors William Pepper (MLK) and Shane OâSullivan (RFK).
No Borders Tangier, ISP website-blocking, observations on creativity in activism...
Jan. 20, 2014, 9:04 a.m.
A Tribute to Don Thompson; Jan. 19, 2014; Set #1
Jan. 20, 2014, 6:02 a.m.
A Tribute to Don Thompson; Jan. 19, 2014; Set #2
Jan. 20, 2014, 5:59 a.m.