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Jan. 24, 2012, 3:16 p.m.
"Oil Free Coast" 3 speakers against Tar Sands pipelines and tankers in Canada, including First Nations. Then on-scene audio from Occupy Wall St West in San Francisco Jan 20th. Awaiting arrest, and crowd microphones against corporate takeover.
Jan. 24, 2012, 1:31 p.m.
A discussion of cultured (in vitro) meats as a potential revolution in food production ... more on the Costa Concordia tragedy ... Romney vs Gingrich vs Reality ... the Stop SOPA blackout and the shutting down of Megaupload ... and the black market trade in Barbie dolls in Iran.
The STRANGE Cucumber radio show 2012
Jan. 24, 2012, 1:26 p.m.
An unscripted, barely edited recording of live broadcast. Features a mix of unusual, thought-provoking, radical, humorous and strange audio
Michael Parenti: The Pathology of Wealth (TWO of TWO)
Jan. 24, 2012, 11:55 a.m.
Parenti describes the pathologies of capitalism by its inability to respond to climate change. Quoting a businessman in a New Yorker cartoon he reads: "While the end of the world scenario will be rife with unimaginable horrors, ..the pre-end period will be filled with unprecedented opportunities." Also in this segment arguments for the benefits of socialism in areas of our lives that should not be managed under the profit system. He lists health care, energy, and transportation.
Train crash coming as March Euro deadline looms
Jan. 24, 2012, 11:39 a.m.
Refugees and Rehabilitation in Rwanda
Jan. 24, 2012, 8:09 a.m.
Reverend John Osmers defends refugee rights in Zambia. In one of those quiet, unfortunate crises that happen in the world, refugees are in danger of being transferred, against their wishes, to the government of Rwanda. In the second half, we hear from a man who is an authority on Rwanda, Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa, a former leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front who is critical of the efforts by Canada and U.S. for supporting the present government in Kigali.
Co-host Phil Conlon also provides an update on the battle over Rob Ford's austerity policies. It's not just Ford, but other councillors, who seem determined to sabotage the city's valuable services.
Jan. 24, 2012, 4:29 a.m.
Weekly Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ramzi Salti, Lecturer at Stanford University, showcasing (alternative) music from the Arab world. The show airs live every Thursday on KZSU 90.1 FM (Stanford University) from 4-6 PM and streams live at http://kzsulive.stanford.edu
Previous Podcasts are available for free downloading at http://author32.blogspot.com/p/all-my-kzsu-podcasts.html
Dr. Salti's Blog is at author32.blogspot.com
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Jan. 24, 2012, 2:51 a.m.
Not really sure what this show's gonna consist of; I was all food-poisoned yesterday and didn't get a chance to put a show together. 'By the seat of our pants' is our unofficial motto, tho, so no harm done. Other than the miserable illness, anyways.
Jan. 24, 2012, 2:20 a.m.
It's Mother's Milk's first-ever best-of show! We're playing the best of the stuff that came out in 2011 that we, err, played in 2011. It's gonna be fun... crack open a bottle, let's rock it.
Slave traffickers trick Kenyan gays + much more!
Jan. 23, 2012, 10:05 p.m.
Slave traffickers trick Kenyan gay men into the Persian Gulf sex trade; Janet Mason's review of two lesbian coming of age stories from Bywater Books finds something new in the tried and true; "A Stamp for Alan Turing" is celebrated in a "Rainbow Minute"; Cuba considers civil unions, a gay Aussie MP plans Spanish nuptials, two U.S. states consider constitutional marriage bans, 80 mayors from 25 U.S. states sign on to a resolution endorsing civil marriage equality, a U.K. court convicts hate leaflet distributors, and more global news.
Jan. 23, 2012, 9:23 p.m.
On todayâs show I spoke with Brent Cornwall, an activist and student in London Ontario who has been one of many people organizing with Occupy London Ontario and helping the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW local 27) at the Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) a subsidiary of U.S. industrial giant Caterpillar that has put 700 workers on a lockout due to the unions not conceding to CATs contract demands.
Jan. 23, 2012, 9:20 p.m.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul detained by the "Transportation Security Administration" enroute to vote.
IN TODAY'S "FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW":
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul detained by "Transportation Security Administration" and delayed from Congressional vote on the basis of an apparent millimemer-wave scan malfunction;
Obama White House defends detention;
Live interview on the day's events with James Babb, co-founder of passenger rights movement, wewontfly.org ;
White House spokesflack defends Senator Rand Paul's Chatanooga detention;
Sen. Rand Paul's prior challenge to "TSA," in Senate hearings of 22 Jun 2011;
Citizens' original Thanksgiving holiday protest in 2010 by the national "opt-out" movement;
Details of TSA challenges by EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center); and
Judy Garland's "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" (... Bluebirds fly -- Why, oh why can't I...?!)
December 15 2011 Kootenay Co-op Radio - Music
Jan. 23, 2012, 8:29 p.m.
beats, bass, hip hop, dubstep, roots, jungle, drum and bass & more
Jan. 23, 2012, 8:28 p.m.
A musical adaptation of Dostoevsky's masterpiece The Idiot premiered at the PuSh Festival in Vancouver last week. The play is a co-production of Vancouver Moving Theatre and Neworld Theatre and is directed by James Fagan Tait. Adrienne Wong is artistic producer with Neworld Theatre and one of the actors in the play.
Dangers of cyber attack greatly exaggerated
Jan. 23, 2012, 8:05 p.m.
Some commentators in the United States would have us believe that the possibility of cyber attack is imminent and that the scale would be catastrophic. Conn Hallinan believes that there is another agenda behind this fear-mongering. Hallinan is a columnist with Foreign Policy in Focus.
Attack on Naheed Nenshi typical of Sun Media
Jan. 23, 2012, 7:17 p.m.
A recent column by right-wing columnist Ezra Levant accused Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi of being an anti-Christian bigot. David Climenhaga says this kind of journalism is typical of Sun Media Corp. Climenhaga blogs really at albertadiary.ca and is author of A Poke in the Public Eye, a book exploring the relationships among Canadian journalists, PR people and politicians.
Leonard Conolly on George Bernard Shaw
Jan. 23, 2012, 7:12 p.m.
In Maxims for Revolutionists from the play Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw wrote: "Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness." Shaw is the subject of the 2012 Master Playwright Festival in Winnipeg. Leonard Conolly is the president of the International Shaw Society, author of The Shaw Festival: The First Fifty Years and an English professor at Trent University. He was in Winnipeg for the opening of Shaw Fest 2012.
Jan. 23, 2012, 6:45 p.m.
We round up the news at the top of the show and then lead into a discussion with Ebong Udoma, a CT journalist who has been following the "2 storm panel". A panel who produced a report about the failures of Connecticut Light and Power to prepare for storms. We also discuss how deregulation hasn't helped consumers and what other options there are for the future.
Jan. 23, 2012, 6:28 p.m.
The Insane Clown Posse was in town. I played songs about clowns. I don't know why I decided to do that, but I did... and it was kind of funny.
Jan. 23, 2012, 6:17 p.m.
2 or 8 lanes, it doesn't matter. It's just another town...
I played songs about towns. I played songs about people that weren't happy where they were or were happy about going somewhere else...
Again, the playlist is old and has long ago gone poof from the hard drive. Please email me if you have questions about what I played.
Jan. 23, 2012, 6:08 p.m.
I played one for the ladies, quite awhile ago. It was a fun show based only on songs with women's names. It was too long ago and the track list has long ago gone poof. Right off the hard drive...
Jan. 23, 2012, 5:52 p.m.
It's time to say goodbye to the Holidays and house guests tonight on the 12 Fl. Oz. Show. Tune in for a suitable kiss off. It's all goodbyes, get-outs and going back home. Tune in with the family, pop a top with friends or crank it up all by yourself. It's going to be a good one tonight from 7-9pm
Jan. 23, 2012, 5:42 p.m.
If you took a roots rock record and dipped it in gasoline, threw it on the Brookland Parkway and lit it on fire, you'd stop traffic and the only thing you'd have left is a pile of burnt out songs about cars. This is that.
Jan. 23, 2012, 5:29 p.m.
I may drive myself nuts before the night is over. Every song tonight is a boogie and it ain' t just a boogie. It says boogie in the title and the artists sing it over and over again.
It's a boogie, bewgie, buhgie tonight on the 12 Fl. Oz. Show.
Jan. 23, 2012, 4:47 p.m.
Opium, child brides, drug lords and their effect on current life in Afghanistan is the topic of this weekâs Radio Curious when we visit with Afghan-American Journalist Fariba Nawa, author of âOpium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Womanâs Journey Through Afghanistan.â
If Music Could Talk - Jan 22, 2012
Jan. 23, 2012, 4:13 p.m.
Jan. 23, 2012, 3:44 p.m.
Mix featuring the Anonymous hacker attack and brief website shutdown of the Justice Department, FBI, Universal Music Group and BMI, The US Copyright Office and the Recording Industry Association of America in response to Megaupload raid. Also message on the Open Act that may take the place of SOPA/PIPA
The Motherland Influence 01-22-12
Jan. 23, 2012, 1:33 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin & Caribbean music.
BBC4 documentaries Dennis Wheatley: A Letter To Posterity
Jan. 23, 2012, 1:23 p.m.
The Other Black Music 01-22-2012
Jan. 23, 2012, 12:54 p.m.
Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST.