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Sept. 10, 2012, 11:48 p.m.
A gleefully gay DNC + other global LGBT news
Sept. 10, 2012, 10:35 p.m.
U.S. Democrats push for LGBT equality at their National Convention; Scotland proposes marriage, Poland has a partnerships plan, right-wing Christians "smoke out" Australian P.M. Julia Gillard, studies in Israel, the U.S. and the U.K. prove that homophobia can kill, a Maine 9-year-old quits the Boy Scouts over its anti-gay policies, and more LGBT news from around the world.
Arctic Melt Down - Scientists Speak Out
Sept. 10, 2012, 10:25 p.m.
In 2012, the Arctic Sea Ice hit a stunning new record low. Rutgers scientist Jennifer Francis explains how this changes weather for billions of people in the Northern Hemisphere. Plus the Director of the Snow and Ice Data Center, Mark Serreze on record and what it means, and analysis from polar scientist Jennifer Bitz, U of Washington. In depth, direct from top scientists.
George W Bush's Trifecta Joke
Sept. 10, 2012, 9:11 p.m.
In the months following Sept 11, 2001, Geo Bush would open speeches with a one-liner joke about 'winning the Trifecta'.
It involves his ability to break the budget and make major policy decisions through war, national emergency and recession.
Big laughs follow.
Episode 16-pt.1 of 5-Glitter Ball Exile!-2011-5-22
Sept. 10, 2012, 6:15 p.m.
Filled with the usual oldies, old school, dubstep, french hip-hopera, disco and intoxicant fueled debauchery! Three children were conceived ~IN THE STUDIO~ during the recording of this show!
Staying true to the passive aggressive cattiness that *is* the queer anarchist radical scene, DJ Praun Octangulo is banned from a party (Glitter Ball) that is happening only feet away from the Freak Radio Studio.....
....A horde of homies decides to ditch the party and come hang out allllllllllllll night and support DJ Praun! An ode to how much my peeps love me and how much I love them.
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Misdemeanor Music! Let your host DJ Praun Octangulo titillate your ear drums with Bay Slaps, Dubstep, Glitch Shit, and LIVE! music that is none of those genres! Also featuring interviews with radicals and revolutionaries from around the world!
Aired on Freak Radio Santa Cruz from Fall 2010 til Summer 2011...support Freak Radio, the longest running Unlicensed Pirate Radio Station in the USA!
Freakradio.org
Sept. 10, 2012, 5:46 p.m.
Nachrichten Kommentar mit Wolfgang
Episode 4 - Next Steps in a Student Revolution
Sept. 10, 2012, 5:23 p.m.
Hugo Bonin is a spokesperson for CLASSE, one of the 3 main student unions in Quebec. He was studying at Concordia University and is now a student at York U. We interviewed him in the wake of the Parti Quebecois' victory in the last Quebec Election.
Sept. 10, 2012, 2:38 p.m.
This is a podcast of the September 5th, 2012 episode of WRIR's Commonwealth of Notions. It airs every week from 11PM-1AM on Wednesday Evenings. It offers insight from it's host on the local music scene, upcoming events and new favorite tunes that he'd like to share.
Vandana Shiva: The Seed at the Heart of Freedom (TWO of TWO)
Sept. 10, 2012, 1:40 p.m.
Rebroadcast by huge popular demand: Vandana Shiva speaks in favor of regulating, labeling and banning genetically modified plants and animals. When the Indian physicist and ecologist found that global corporations wanted to patent seeds, crops or life forms, she started Navdanya to protect biodiversity, defend farmersâ rights and promote organic farming. Shivaâs books include Biopiracy, Stolen Harvest, Monocultures of the Mind, and Water Wars. Her many awards include the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the âAlternative Nobel Peace Prize.â She spoke in September 2011 at the Heirloom Seed Expo organized by Baker Creek Seeds along with many independent seed companies, farmers and schools.
Sept. 10, 2012, 12:25 p.m.
The 69th show in a non-sequential series of genre-hopping, sliced, diced ân mixed Fcclean tunes on Friday afternoons from KRFP in Moscow, Idaho.
If Music Could Talk - Sep 9, 2012
Sept. 10, 2012, 12:01 p.m.
What's To Say It's Easier On Our Frozen Day?
Sept. 10, 2012, 8:42 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.
mratavist.wordpress.com :: wrir.org
Sept. 10, 2012, 6:34 a.m.
~Singers, Songwriters & Classic Standards~ Sept. 9, 2012; Set #1
Sept. 10, 2012, 5:45 a.m.
~Singers, Songwriters & Classic Standards~ Sept. 9, 2012; Set #2
Sept. 10, 2012, 5:36 a.m.
The Motherland Influence: September 9, 2012
Sept. 9, 2012, 11:31 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin & Caribbean music.
AMBIANCE CONGO: September 9, 2012
Sept. 9, 2012, 11:23 p.m.
Two hours of Congolese music.
Sept. 9, 2012, 8:17 p.m.
Sept. 9, 2012, 8:02 p.m.
Hegemonic control over the dissemination of information is just plain cruel. By artificially limiting what is known about reality, tyranny of the highest order is the only eventual outcome. The worst crime by the Establishment is that of prohibiting us from ever knowing the nature of the situation that we are all suffering under.
Debra Scott interviews Peter Lumsdaine on ROBOTS
Sept. 9, 2012, 1:35 p.m.
Peter Lumsdaine is outreach coordinator of Alliance to Resist Robotic Warfare and Society. Drones are tip of of much larger iceburg that is what we believe is a looming robotic, biotec, nanotec age that's coming at us, of more and more sophisticated & autonomous machines and synthetic organisms. More than 50 countries posess drones. His organization's goal is to empower people to understand and educate ourselves and others to develop strategies of effective resistance.
Sept. 9, 2012, 12:43 p.m.
The mission of One Minute Zine Reviews is to highlight the underground world of print (aka the papernet) that thrives in the digital age. This program is free to rebroadcast on any terrestrial, internet, satellite, or other radio station upon notification of DJ Frederick
Sept. 9, 2012, 12:32 p.m.
freeform music from New England musicians in all genres past & present
Be a Pebble Person with Yoko Ono Lennon
Sept. 9, 2012, 12:03 p.m.
Cindy Sheehan chats with Yoko Ono Lennon on how local acts of kindness/resistance (and vice versa: hate/blind obedience) have universal implications. Cindy's daughter, Carly, recites her poem: A Nation Rocked to Sleep
Sept. 9, 2012, 11:03 a.m.
Wrap-up of the past weeks news with Geov Parrish and Maria Tomchick of Eat the State! (www.eatthestate.org).
Racism and the Right in the U.S.
Sept. 9, 2012, 10:02 a.m.
This weeks show features a conversation with activist, blogger and anti-fascist, Daryle Lamont Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins is a co-founder of the extreme-right-watch website, OnePeoplesProject.com, based out of Philadelphia. Our conversation covers: the upcoming convergence of American Renaissance in the Nashville, TN area in mid-march; links between white supremacists and the Libertarian movement in the U.S. and in particular the recent (deja vu) linking of Ron Paul supporters and white nationalism by Anonymous; and a discussion on Paleoconservatism and Paleolibertarianism.
www.onepeoplesproject.com
Sept. 9, 2012, 9:54 a.m.
This week's show will be a conversation with Saro Lynch-Tomason and Kila Donovan, members of the Asheville May Day Choir about music, resistance, history and the upcoming May Day celebrations in Asheville. Saro and Kila are also members of the band, Red Wind. The show features in-studio renditions of some beautiful resistance songs that we'll be hearing this year. The two jamboree shows will be a benefit for Blair Pathways.
http://www.blairpathways.com/
http://redwindmusic.com/
George Katsiaficas and South Korea's Peoples Movements in the 20th Century
Sept. 9, 2012, 9:46 a.m.
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This week we're speaking with Dr. George Katsiaficas, author and contributor to over a dozen books on Peoples Movements and the elucidator of the Eros Effect. For over a decade, Dr. Katsiaficas has been studying the culture and history of South Korea and it's culture and has just published the first volume of a two part series on People's uprisings in Asia, entitled "Asia's Unknown Uprisings: South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century" from PM Press.
For more of Dr. Katsiaficas' writing, check out his website at www.eroseffect.com
#619 - The Financialization of Nature
Sept. 9, 2012, 4:47 a.m.
A range of material for you this week as we return to our continuing reading of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years: Joan Baxter on land grabbing in Africa, William Black on financial control fraud and the soundtrack of a short video on the Financialization of Nature.
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND THE POLITICS OF EMPIRE
Sept. 8, 2012, 11:03 p.m.
The Happy Station Show September 8, 2012
Sept. 8, 2012, 9:13 p.m.