Latest Programs
Fibromyalgia, Cronic Fatigue, and treatments
June 29, 2011, 7:46 a.m.
We talk about how these diseases effect the mitochondria in the body and how adding essential fatty acids to the body helps the body to recharge and heal.
Stop Hydrofracking in New Hartford
June 29, 2011, 6:37 a.m.
Between the Lines' for the Week Ending July 8, 2011
June 29, 2011, 6:02 a.m.
Obama announcement of Afghan War Troop Withdrawal Plan; Anti-Abortion Legislation Floods GOP-Controlled State Legislatures; Investigative Report on Safety Lapses at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
Murdering the Oceans, Suppressing Truth-telling Soldiers and Vets, and Sanitizing the Grammys
June 28, 2011, 11:37 p.m.
PZ Myers, Professor, Univ. of Minnesota, Morris & author of Pharyngula, the most popular science blog in the world, discusses a recent report from IPSO (International Programme on the State of the Ocean) and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) on what could be the midnight hour for the oceans of the world.
Filmmaker David Zeiger, director of "Sir! No Sir!" & co-director of "This Is Where We Take Our Stand" - a film of the Winter Soldier 2008 hearings - discusses the so-far unsuccessful fight to get this important film seen. Zeiger tells a maddening story of a film that tells the truth about the invasion & occupation of Iraq being dismissed because it's "too depressing."
Bobby Matos and John Santos, both significant figures in Latin Jazz, discuss the decision by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) to eliminate 31 categories in the Grammy Awards -- almost all of them being music of oppressed people.
Lights out! Power's off! Acoustic Show!
June 28, 2011, 11:06 p.m.
No power in Richmond thanks to a big ol' storm, so all acoustic in this show!
Freedom Flotilla II : From Canada to Greece to Gaza
June 28, 2011, 7:38 p.m.
Since October, 2007, Israel has maintained economic sanctions on Gaza designed to keep Palestinian society on the brink of collapse. Last year, the Freedom Flotilla â a fleet of activists carrying humanitarian aid, attempted to defy Israelâs siege of Gaza. The Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship amongst the flotilla, was boarded by the Israeli Defense Forces, and 9 activists were killed. This year, a Canadian ship is joining the Freedom Flotilla II.
Miles Howe is an activist and journalist with the Halifax Media Co-op. He will be sailing aboard the Canadian-flagged ship the Tahrir. Weâve reached Miles in Athens as the flotilla is ready to leave for Gaza at a moments notice.
Jackson Landers, The Locavore Hunter
June 28, 2011, 2 p.m.
June 28, 2011, 10:58 a.m.
A woman and her daughter go back home only to discover that grandma and her friends are all witches.
Pride Day interview with Chris Vargas and Eric Stanley
June 28, 2011, 9:48 a.m.
Kym Nacita and DJ Fraz interview filmmakers and political organizers Chris Vargas and Eric Stanley about their films "Homotopia" and "Criminal Queers" and their upcoming projects.
Pride Day interview with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
June 28, 2011, 9:43 a.m.
Host Kym Nacita interviews artist, activist, filmmaker, writer, editor and all-around troublemaker Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore. She is the author of So Many Ways to Sleep Badly (City Lights 2008). She is also the editor of Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Seal 2007), and an expanded second edition of Thatâs Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (Soft Skull 2008). Mattilda is currently finishing a new anthology, Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform, which will be published by AK Press in Spring 2012.
Pride Day interview with Daniel
June 28, 2011, 9:33 a.m.
Host Kym Nacita interviews Kingston-area gay youth Daniel about his experiences coming out and being out in Kingston.
Pride Day interview with Scott Morgensen
June 28, 2011, 9:29 a.m.
Host Kym Nacita interviews Dr. Scott Morgensen about his history of queer political organizing and the development of his anti-racist and anti-colonial politics in the context of queer communities.
Pride Day interview with the Lost Bois
June 28, 2011, 9:22 a.m.
Host Kym Nacita interviews the Lost Bois, a queer hip-pop duo for studs, bubbles, girlies, and weirdos of all kinds. A.O. and B.Steady are a couple of silly sexy word sculptresses from DC with a mission to make fun music for the most serious of strugglers.
Pride Day interview with Kenji Tokawa
June 28, 2011, 8:38 a.m.
DJ Trishna interviews Toronto-based artist, poet, arts educator and filmmaker Kenji Tokawa about his art and his most recent film "How to Stop a Revolution."
Pride Day interview with Scott Wilson
June 28, 2011, 8:32 a.m.
Host Kym Nacita interviews Scott Wilson, one of the contributors and also the curator of the Kingston Pride art show.
Pride Day interview with Alexis Mitchell
June 28, 2011, 8:28 a.m.
Host Kym Nacita interviews Toronto-based media artist Alexis Mitchell, whose performative documentary and hybrid media works explore queerness, memory, performativity, space, architecture, and nuanced understandings of contemporary Jewish identity and politics.
Public sector unions and the assault on public services
June 28, 2011, 8:20 a.m.
Business elites are attacking the last remaining stronghold of unionism â public sector workers. Michael Hurley says creative new strategies are needed in response. Hurley is President of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, a division of CUPE. Heâs co-author, with Sam Gindin, of a recent article in The Bullet.
June 28, 2011, 5:58 a.m.
June 28, 2011, 2:16 a.m.
James Fadiman had studied under Richard Alpert at Harvard University and then went on to complete his Masters and PhD in Psychology with an unprecedented focus on studying Psychedelics at Stanford University.
He taught at Stanford and other learning institutions and co-founded the graduate school, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in 1975.
James Fadiman's website is http://www.jamesfadiman.com/
He is an author of both fiction and non-fiction books, his latest being "The Pscychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys."
The website is
http://www.jamesfadiman.com/guide.html
He will speak at Kepler's in Menlo Park, CA on Thursday June 30 at 7 p.m. For more information, please look at the flyer at:
http://www.jamesfadiman.com/schedule.html
The link for the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
is
https://www.itp.edu/
The website for Students for Sensible Drug Policy is http://ssdp.org/
Here's the wiki website which Dr. Fadiman mentioned for people who are looking for help and information on taking psychedelics: http://entheoguide.net/wiki/Main_Page
June 28, 2011, 1:47 a.m.
Drug night goes out with a heavily medicated whimper! Tonight, we're playing all songs about prescription drugs, and then closing it out with another thoroughly awesome episode of Rum Doings in the second hour.
Further To Fly: Exploring Air Travel Part II
June 27, 2011, 10:53 p.m.
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we talked about how a single flight can virtually neutralize all the efforts a family makes in a year to reduce their carbon footprint. As individuals, itâs essential that we begin to fly less, but isnât there something more that the airlines can do, too? This week, Alex Wise interviews Jim Walsh, Managing Director of Corporate Environmental at American Airlines. He explains how early motivations to become more efficient and sustainable stemmed from rising fuel costs and an associated self-interest in saving money. But these seeds of sustainability began to sprout and the airline now boasts a number of employee-informed solutions, including donating used carpets to animal shelters, plans for burning alternative fuels, replacing heavy food carts with lighter ones, and even serving rain-forest certified coffee.
June 27, 2011, 8:04 p.m.
This week is especially great. I touch on such a wide range of topics. Our national focus, takes us to Washington D.C. for protests of the previous week and the business of debt ceiling negotiations, which is D.C. code for budget talks, as well as a reminder of our Fourth Amendment constitutional rights. National Protest feature activist group Witness against torture as they interrupt members of the house directing their attention to continued abuses and torture at Guantanamo.
Our Local Focus brings us to Sheridan Village, in Peoria for a Union demonstration. Grievous union labor is up in arms over the managers of the shopping center properties choice to hire out of state labor to re-roof the complex. I also have a conversation with Taura Edwards, the daughter of late, respected local environmental activist and writer Tom Edwards. As she takes the baton to continue his fight to keep Peoria lakes free of islands. I visit The Peoria Theater, and speak with the owner and general manager about what he sees are his establishments gifts and opportunities to community, in this weekâs community expose.
June 27, 2011, 7:10 p.m.
We start out with a short tribute to the late Anal Cunt frontman, and then it's in to the snottiest, lowest-fi, garage punkest episode yet. These jams will make you wanna spit in your teacher's face, swear at your ma, and crash your car. Some new old school groovers like King Salami and Hipbone Slim round out the mix.
Highlights include: School Jerks, Henry Fiat's Open Sore, Hell-Racer, some old Rip Offs 7"s, and Inservibles (!!!).
This one's raw and full of attitude. Too many snotty gems to list here, just check the playlist!
playlist: http://wrir.org/index.php?/blog/entry/3403/
17JUN2011: Remembering Tim Meinbresse
June 27, 2011, 6:22 p.m.
Tonight I'll be remembering my good friend Tim Meinbresse, who lost his battle with cancer early Monday morning. Lots of tunes come to mind, including bands I saw with Tim. Ex-wife Julie, son Griffin, & daughter Amelia join in.
www.wrir.org/index.php?/blog/entry/3352
Audio from the 2011 Tacoma Leonard Peltier Clemency Rally
June 27, 2011, 5:43 p.m.
Listen to Native elders talk about the struggle to free Leonard Peltier. Chauncey Peltier, Leonard's son, speaks about his dad. More speeches by Leonard's supporters were recorded at the rally held in front of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Tacoma.
Interview with Paul Wright of Prison Legal News
June 27, 2011, 5:37 p.m.
Paul talks about founding Prison Legal News while incarcerated in Washington State as a resource for prisoners.
The Other Black Music June 26, 2011
June 27, 2011, 5:24 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.
The Motherland Influence June 26, 2011
June 27, 2011, 5:15 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin & Caribbean music.
Every Sunday 5:00-7:00 PM
Interview with Michael Novick on Anti-Racism and Decolonizing
June 27, 2011, 4:42 p.m.
New York says "We do" to marriage equality + more LGBT news
June 27, 2011, 4:42 p.m.
New York crosses the marriage equality threshold, while President Obama's ringing "non-endorsement" suggests a failure to "evolve"; partnerships are endorsed in Liechtenstein and Wisconsin, Tennesseans launch a lawsuit for the right to ban bias, police protect protested Pride parades in Sofia, Zagreb and Budapest, the W.H.O. finds anti-gay sex laws unhealthy, Amnesty asks Turkey to axe homophobia, and more LGBT news from around the world; plus a poignant reading by a poet who's passed.