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"Collapse of Honey Bees on Vancouver Island / Tugwell Creek Honey Farm & Meadery"
March 22, 2010, 8:44 a.m.
March 22, 2010, 8:40 a.m.
March 22, 2010, 7:09 a.m.
Guest Charles Carter celebrates with Junkanoo Talks on their 500th episode!
March 22, 2010, 6:41 a.m.
If you're a regular listener of The Monday Morning Breakfast Blend,first of all,God Bless You! Secondly,you how I loves me my power pop! There is quite possibly NOTHING that makes me giddier (a shameful sight,I'll concede!).
So I was thrilled when I got the opportunity to interview power pop master craftsman John Davis,formerly of D.C. stalwarts,Q and not U,and more recently Georgie James,who,again,if you're a regular listener of The Monday Morning Breakfast Blend,know had my #1 album of 2007 AND my #1 song of 2007 as well with "Cheap Champagne".
He was in town a few weeks back playing a show at Gallery 5 with his current band,Title Tracks (great show,btw) and I was lucky enough to steal a half hour of his time and have him come up to the station and talk to me (and he was gracious enough to oblige) about growing up in D.C.,his past projects,his current band,and some of his favorite artists,among other things.
I'll be playing excerpts from that interview throughout the show this morning along with selections from Q and not U,Georgie James,and of course,the new Title Tracks cd. I'll also throw in selections from Mr.Davis' own Best of '09 playlist peppered with some power pop bonn motts of my own.
Oh yes,Power Pop ABOUNDS this morning!
Hard Times, Health Care and Hustling 4 Your Future
March 22, 2010, 5:24 a.m.
This episode: how many people still want to believe in "Hope" and "Change" after a year of failure from President Obama? Will people believe the new "universal" health care package is "good" without looking into the details? Why don't we care about the details of the deals that determine our future? When will people have "faith" in their "plans" to deal with this? How do we come up with them? Why do the people who run the world -- who clearly hate people -- want us having so much fun? :-)
Daniel Ellsberg on Labor and War and Two Women in War Zones
March 21, 2010, 9:52 p.m.
HealthCare and Republican Intransigence -- part 2
March 21, 2010, 7:33 p.m.
Yesterday, the Health Insurance Reform act passed the House of Representatives in the face of fierce opposition by the Republican party. Far from being unusual this Republican vote follows a consistent pattern on healthcare reform votes since the beginning of the 20th century.
But there was at least once in the last century in which the Republican party took the initiative and proposed a method of providing Healthcare for Americans. This program was set forth by Richard M. Nixon and it required employers to provide minimal levels of health insurance to employees, using private insurance firms as the main vehicle. This privatized program is the one in need of reform.
Not Another Sports Show Ep. 15
March 21, 2010, 6:03 p.m.
News of the week, trashing Karl Rove and an overview of women's history
The Motherland Influence March 20, 2010
March 21, 2010, 5:36 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin and Caribbean music.
Every Sunday 5:00-7:00 PM
The Other Black Music March 20, 2010
March 21, 2010, 5:08 p.m.
Broadcasting from WRIR 97.3 FM & www.wrir.org every other Sunday 3-5pm EST.
END THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR NOW!!! and homelessness in Olympia WA.
March 21, 2010, 4:59 p.m.
March 21, 2010, 12:01 p.m.
The triple threat: economy, climate, Peak Oil. Kurt Cobb on navigating collapse. Carolyn Baker on psychological strength confronting chaos. Graham Saul of Climate Action Network on Canada's shameful muzzling of climate scientists.
March 21, 2010, 10:42 a.m.
Devastated by a banking collapse that has brought this once great nation to its economic knees, the people of Iceland are not giving up without a fight. Now they are gearing up to give the banksters and the globalists a taste of their own medicine with the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative. Get informed and get involved this week with The Corbett Report as we outline the efforts to make this small North Atlantic island a beacon of hope for freedom of expression the world over.
Organizing Community to Abolish Corporate Personhood
March 21, 2010, 8:39 a.m.
Talk by David Cobb with Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County and Riki Ott, Executive Director of Ultimate Civics, on "Organizing Community to Abolish Corporate Personhood" given March 4, 2010 at Thomson Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. For more info: http://www.movetoamend.org
Breaking the Gaza Blockade with MP George Galloway
March 21, 2010, 8:04 a.m.
Following the Dec 2008 massacre in Gaza,
Galloway called to action the world community to organize convoys to distribute aid, to highlight the inhumanity of the continued siege of this devastated area, & amplify the shift in public policy & growing solidarity of people around the world towards greater support of the
Palestinian struggle. We listen to Galloway, as he speaks about the blockade & prepares for his latest mission to send a flotilla of boats to Gaza to break the blockade by sea.
Break The Stereo- Funky Git Down!
March 20, 2010, 6:31 p.m.
The Funky Git Down! on BTS with the Dixie Cups startin' it off with Iko Iko. Some Funky Meteres Chicken Struttin', and a little "Right Place, Wrong Time" with Ray Jay and Dr. John. The Honey Cones- Want Ads, and Clean up woman- Betty Wright. Sly Baby Sly, and The Kung Fu. Lee Dorsey, and The Detroit Emeralds. Bill Withers and a great track by Gill Scott Heron- "Grandma's Hands". Ended it with Stretch. Thanks for supporting CoOp Radio!
Iraq 7th Anniversary protest in Boston
March 20, 2010, 5:24 p.m.
Boston anti-war activists mark 7th anniversary of U.S. Invasion
March 20, 2010, 3:53 p.m.
Wrap-up of the past weeks news with Geov Parrish and Maria Tomchick of Eat the State! (www.eatthestate.org).
March 20, 2010, 2:54 p.m.
"there's a new moon over my shoulder" on media monarchy's mixtape002: spring equinox ... unlike our first epic mixtape - this one's a cool, quick hour of twangy, bangy altpop & more. from 1945 to 2010 and back again, we've got avett brothers & watson twins, zombies & breeders, spring-heeled jim's & loretta lynn ... all mixed for your pleasure on this first day of spring, cause it can't be news & politics all the time ...
Remember When Judd Nelson Mattered?
March 20, 2010, 2:04 p.m.
Well we do (vaguely,although admittedly,it's getting foggier as the years go by!),and we will celebrate it PROFUSELY!!!
Between Oppression and Empowerment
March 20, 2010, 1:36 p.m.
A lecture by Palestinian-Israeli member of the Knesset Jamal Zahalka, as part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2010 in Montreal
March 20, 2010, 11:49 a.m.
VPD Downplays Anti-Olympic Protests
March 20, 2010, 11:22 a.m.
The main speaker is Deputy Chief Constable Steve Sweeney, giving a debrief on Olympic policing. Wed., March 17, 1pm 7th Floor, Main Boardroom, 2120 Cambie Street
March 20, 2010, 10:45 a.m.
Karl Grossman wrote âThe Poison Conspiracyâ to expose the deliberate acts of the Reagan Administration to place full control of federal regulatory agencies including the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the hands of the corporations that these government agencies were charged with regulating. This book was published in 1983. The Republican administrations which followed the Reagan era took similar actions. We have a government that is totally controlled by corporate interests. The chemical companies, the manufacturing companies, the food production companies, the financial corporations... call the shots in Washington and as a result the environment becomes ever more polluted and the diseases caused by pollution, including cancer, mental illness and Alzheimer's Disease take a heavier toll on Americans.
Karl advocates for education of the American pubic concerning these critical matters of decision-making at the top levels of government and the disease burden that is imposed by giving all of the power invested in the federal government to those who are ruled by greed and whose only interest is to ruthlessly exploit the Mother Earth and the children of the Earth. The most important thing we can do right now is educate large numbers of people about the corporate control that shapes every part of our existence and then use the power of these large numbers to take all of the power away from the corporate overlords.
Song about Nick Griffin of British National Party (BNP)
March 20, 2010, 10:32 a.m.
Migrant Women Organizing for Childcare (March 2010 II)
March 20, 2010, 10:27 a.m.
This week we went to Teesdale and met with the South Asian Women's Rights Organization (SAWRO).
Members of SAWRO put together a panel discussion on low-income, migrant women organizing for childcare.
SAWRO is calling out for grassroots organizations and low-income women to participate in a forum they are holding this summer about mobilizing for universal childcare.
You can get in contact with SAWRO through their website at http://www.sawro.com/.
Secret Masonic courtroom, drugs & the book of Revelation
March 20, 2010, 6 a.m.
March 19, 2010, 9:08 p.m.
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Updates & announcements, upcoming events;
Excerpt from March 4 event 'Health for All: Fixing a Broken Healthcare System for Immigrants and Refugees', featuring talk by Jackie Esmonde, Immigration Lawyer
15 March'10 - Cops Attacking Youth Activists in Esplanade / Energy Privatization in Ontario
March 19, 2010, 9:07 p.m.
In this show we talk with Solomon Myobuke on the fresh round of attacks and harassments by the Toronto police on youth activists in Esplanade. Our feature interview is with Paul Kahnert of the Ontario Electricity Coalition on the Provincial government's creeping privatization of energy in Ontario, and what this is going to mean for Ontarians in the coming months and years.
#107 -- Airport Security and Related Scams
March 19, 2010, 8:06 p.m.
20 years ago airports & airliners were scenes of Orwellian mind-control (GEORGE CARLIN). And those were the good old days! After 9/11, the police state--fortunately run by the Keystone Kops--seized our airports (JIMMY TINGLE, MICHAEL PARENTI). As we lead up to the preposterous Underwear Bomber scam (I, JIM HIGHTOWER & JON STEWART), we hear from student NICHOLAS GEORGE, busted for trying to carry "learn Arabic" flash cards onto a plane. It is to laugh--and the show does (between screams).