Latest Programs
The Politics of Empire and the Hopelessness of the System
Oct. 3, 2012, 12:25 a.m.
Frank, co-editor of Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion, on false hope and self deceit, and the harm of refusing to face the real politics concentrated in the elections. Raha, member of Raha Iranian Feminist Collective, on an âOpen Letter to the Anti-War Movement,â on the need to stand up against both the US imperialists and the fascistic Iranian fundamentalist regime. Charles Bowden on his latest book, Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields.
Oct. 2, 2012, 9:12 p.m.
"I remember how surprised I was the first time somebody dismissed my opinion by calling me âjust a granola.â It was an opinion about a décorâtoo much chrome, I said, too many hard, bright surfaces, too black and white. Oh youâre just a granola. I suppose so. Paisley and cushions. Incense, earth tones, and purple But just a granola? I thought combat boots and skirts like curtains were evidence of following a higher calling. Just a granola? Excuse me while I clean my granny glasses and adjust the fringe on my beaded shawl. Just a granola? My credentials shall not be eroded, for I make the best granola in the world. I will tell you how, and then you can make the best granola in the world, too.,,,'
Transcript: AuthorNancyCasey.com/best-granola/
"Think of Me as a Friend" (10/2/2012)
Oct. 2, 2012, 7:50 p.m.
In this enlightening fundraising show, Gil brings you exclusive previews of a locally-produced DVD about an obscure German philosopher.
Killradio Weekly News in Revue
Oct. 2, 2012, 7:46 p.m.
2012/13 01 Welcome Back Season Opener
Oct. 2, 2012, 7:27 p.m.
Bucky Buckaw attempts to raises the ethical bar by propagandizing on decentralizing agriculture for the benefit of livestock, humans and the environment - with a sense of humor! This Back to School special talks about globalizing localism and decentralizing and democratizing food, news, music, and more wioth the help of chickens and lots of love and joy.
La marge a CKRL 1er octobre 2012 Jimi Hendrix
Oct. 2, 2012, 7:17 p.m.
The Harper government vs. science
Oct. 2, 2012, 7:04 p.m.
The Conservative government has cut funding to scientific research institutions and programs. At the same time, it is trying to prevent the flow of information about science into the public sphere. Programs in the environmental sector have been particularly hard hit. Redeye host Peter Driftmier speaks with Ken Wu from the organization Majority for a Sustainable Society.
Oct. 2, 2012, 6:09 p.m.
From "The Farm" in Summertown, Tennessee, deep green thinker and activist Albert Bates on Tough Transition.
Then a pioneer of localization & sustainable community, Dr. Mark Roseland. Alex reports on new ocean/climate movie: Rob Stewart's film "Revolution".
Dialect: Bristol squatters take over empty Lloyds TSB bank
Oct. 2, 2012, 5:40 p.m.
This week we hear advice on the new UK squatting laws from Simon Jones from Pembroke Road in Clifton who is squatting an empty Lloyds TSB bank. Then we go to Filton Airfield which is due to close at the end of 2012. Aircraft Engineer John Hart runs the Aerial Museum and is restoring a wartime Supermarine Spitfire back to flying condition. Bristol Against the Arms Trade's Bob Nichols talks Drones and looks at Bristol's contribution to this frightening & potentially evil technology as we begin International Drones Week.
Prof. Don Huber: THE IMPACT OF GMOs AND THE HERBICIDE ROUNDUP, an insider speaks out. (Part ONE)
Oct. 2, 2012, 3:58 p.m.
The battle lines are drawn over safety of genetically modified plants and animals between the corporations that make them, and farmers and consumers expected to handle and eat them.
Don Huber is Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology. He taught, researched and published at Purdue University for thirty-five years on plant physiology, microbiology, pathology and soil-borne disease control. Huber came out of retirement to speak out on the dangers of glyphosate and genetically modified plants.
Monsanto already launched a campaign to discredit him in spite of his impeccable credentials that even include his work, from 1963 to 1971, at the U.S. Army Edgewood Proving Ground and Ft. Detrick Biological Laboratories in Maryland. There he did research on chemical and biological warfare.
Oct. 2, 2012, 1:43 p.m.
A quick listen to my new favorite band, The Allophons from Italy.
The Family America (Emotional Abuse, Psychocological Oppresion and Youthanasia)
Oct. 2, 2012, 11:14 a.m.
A look at American Society if its classes where family members. Like CWB on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Class-War-Battlefield/335481983146165?ref=hl
Life Dissected: Keef Songs With the Glimmer Twins
Oct. 2, 2012, 9:41 a.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
Oct. 2, 2012, 6:19 a.m.
"Bananagrams is a game you play with lettered tiles. Each player works to assemble a pile of letters into a crosssword on the table in front of them. The one who finishes first says, âBananagrams!â Then everybody admires everybody elseâs words and helps them use up the rest of their letters. If you like puzzles and know how to spell, the game is fun and speedy and can make you feel quite clever..."
Transcript: AuthorNancyCasey.com/bananagrams/
Al Poplawsky & Tim Hatten 9-24-12
Oct. 2, 2012, 3:27 a.m.
On the Monday, September 24, Climate Justice Forum radio program, Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT, http://wildidahorisingtide.org/) welcomes Al Poplawsky of the Palouse Group of the Sierra Club (PGSC) and Tim Hatten, Palouse Prairie Foundation and PGSC board member. Both local conservationists discuss previous and ongoing resistance to expansion and relocation of Highway 95 south of Moscow, Idaho, to lessen traffic accidents and possibly accommodate an industrial corridor to the Alberta tar sands. Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow (http://radiofreemoscow.org/) between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, and later aired on KMEC in Ukiah, California, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and protests of tar sands, coal, and natural gas extraction and transportation projects.
To the streets - again. We refuse to cooperate!
Oct. 1, 2012, 9:44 p.m.
âHealth care workers should be deciding what care people need based on their illnessânot their income, refugee status, religion or anything else.â - Dr. Tim O'Shea, 2012
Following last week's show on the cuts to refugee health care funding in Canada, we attended the "We Refuse to Cooperate" campaign in Bayfront Park on Saturday September 29th. Dozens of community members, students and health care professionals gathered to demonstrate their support for equal access to services. It was an event aimed at mobilizing awareness and enacting change for the many patients affected across Hamilton.
Today, we hear from three passionate activists about the clinical and financial effects of the cuts, and where things may go in the future.
US allies continue to destabilize Congo
Oct. 1, 2012, 8:54 p.m.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has mineral wealth estimated at $24 trillion. The country has been invaded twice by Rwanda and Uganda with the tactic approval of the United States. Human Rights Watch reported this year that Rwandan army officials are now supporting a mutiny in the eastern regions of DR Congo. Redeye host Sean Mullen speaks with Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo.
Talisman Energy pulls out of Peruvian Amazon
Oct. 1, 2012, 8:31 p.m.
The Achuar people live along the border of Peru and Ecuador. Last month they won a long battle to stop a Canadian energy company from drilling in their territory. It took several trips from their remote villages in the Amazon basin to Talismanâs headquarters in Calgary. Redeye host Jane Williams spoke with Gregor MacLennan of Amazon Watch.
New Nona Hendryx words & music + global LGBT news
Oct. 1, 2012, 7:38 p.m.
The "Mutatis Mutandis" of legendary lesbian singer/songwriter Nona Hendryx; Tasmania's Upper House narrowly nixes a marriage proposal, same-gender bi-national couples living in the U.S. get official deportation protection, a New York appeals court hears a lesbian widow's DOMA appeal, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says gays engage in "very ugly behavior" while the Pope says they threaten "life and the family", and more LGBT news from around the world.
Don't Beat Me Up (original name of series)
Oct. 1, 2012, 7:21 p.m.
Readings from articles (internet, e-mail, or print)
Oct. 1, 2012, 4:38 p.m.
Book Launch - Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Together with the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and the InterAction Council, UNU-INWEH joins the global dialogue on the world's water crisis and its implications for global security by bringing together experts in the water and policy communities through the launch of its book The Global Water Crisis: Addressing an Urgent Security Issue.
Download a copy of The Global Water Crisis: Addressing an Urgent Security Issue (PDF, 4MB)
Download the press release of the book launch event
2012/13 0 Bucky Buckaw Live on WGDR-WGDH
Oct. 1, 2012, 4:10 p.m.
Special One-Hour broadcast of Bucky Buckaw Live on WGDH featuring music by Roberto Buscarsi and Montpelier Ukulele Players.
The Motherland Influence Sept. 30, 2012
Oct. 1, 2012, 3:16 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin & Caribbean music.
The Other Black Music Sept. 30, 2012
Oct. 1, 2012, 2:30 p.m.
Oct. 1, 2012, 1:37 p.m.
Open Source talks with Carol Wolf about poor city school showings on state SOLs, discusses co-housing and hears about Richmond music history
Oct. 1, 2012, 12:18 p.m.
Oct. 1, 2012, 11:23 a.m.
Emission de radio portant sur la bande dessinee, l'illustration et l'animation diffusee les vendredis, 17h30, sur les ondes de CKRL 89,1 FM.
Oct. 1, 2012, 10:59 a.m.
Sam Hill's Outtakes
Anna Bradley's Improv Show (interview)
The United States of Tara (clip and theme song)
"Facebook" - The Four Bitchin' Babes (from 'Midlife Vices')
"Hurry Up Slow Poke" (read by Pam McGee, Robin Holmes, Dan Wilson and myself)
Pine Mountain Pond Part II
Happy Trails (Roy Rogers and Dale Evans)
Oct. 1, 2012, 10:14 a.m.
"This show is 110% ⦠one of the most consistently awesome programs we have come across."
The Sunrise Ocean Bender sets sail every Monday morning, 1 â 3 a.m. on WRIR lp 97.3 FM, to find something for your ears, and something for your head ⦠From psych to prog to pop and whatever tributary we can find on the way ⦠and right back around again. There might be a map, but the destination is up for grabs. If it all goes right, we may just get lost. Meet me at the muster station ⦠it might be a long week.
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`Modern Jazz Giants & Standards of Excellence; Part 2` Sept, 30, 2012; Set #1
Oct. 1, 2012, 5:16 a.m.