"The Thrill Is Gone"

This RADIOLA! has had it up to here with digital technology. Let's call it "The Carpal Tunnel Kid's Manifesto." Computers are designed and sold by hucksters, chew up way too much of our time (and data), and actually make people stupid. Phooey.

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"A Jazz Holiday"

This RADIOLA! is vaguely celebratory of something--certainly not Windows Vista. Nonetheless, I am determined to enjoy my good mood while it lasts.

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Doesn't Motherhood Suck?

This week, we look at a reason to celebrate in Iraq, brand loyalty in bleak economic times and how to piss off moms. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin'," we look at cause-related marketing.

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"Announcer's Blues"

This RADIOLA! is a potluck supper of great leftovers, occasioned by the turmoil that accompanies installing a new computer in the house (and vainly trying to network it with the old one)--and the selections are somewhat influenced by that strife. Technology is not for sissies.

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"It's Bad For Me"

Alexander Woollcott (whose ashes are buried a very short distance from WHCL on the Hamilton College campus) famously said, "All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening." This RADIOLA! celebrates all that which does us absolutely no good--with a nod to Louis Armstrong along the way.

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"Bunch o' Crunch"

Run out of shellac? Never!

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Drain Pipe Water

A weekly four minute radio module with a difference. Using a dramatic sketch the program gives you tips and techniques on how to help the environment in little ways. A way to fill in a news hole. "Making the world a little better place to live in"

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"Strange As It Seems"

This incredulous RADIOLA! looks with mild skepticism upon the bizarre and anomalous statements made in popular songs. We don't know what to believe anymore--and so we don't even try. (Speaking of anomalies, I've also included a very old recording by a unique vocalist.)

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"Mood Hollywood"

This RADIOLA! honors the recent film shoot in Utica by an independent movie production company. It must be true that everyone in now in show business--your host sat in a bar where the filming was taking place, and personally introduced the lead actor to the joys of Saranac Pomegranate Wheat Beer.

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"The Seven Deadly Sins"

This RADIOLA! offers you Seven Deadly Sins for the price of five. (And, if you act today, we'll include a stainless-steel, digital ready potato peeler at no extra cost.)

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Between The Lines Week Ending 12/5/08

Barack Obama's picks to be national security advisors and Cabinet officers in his new administration; Green-collar economy as solution to failing U.S. economy and devastated environment; Obama's Economic Team in Confronting the U.S. Economic Crisis

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21 November 2008

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Bike Talk 11/22/08

LA city council mtg, bike advocacy, biking

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Algonquins demand government negotiators at peaceful road blockade

The Algonquins of Barriere Lake, in Northern Quebec, blockaded highway 117 for a second time in over a month to demand the federal and provincial government send in negotiators and to honour their signed agreement. The SQ police respond violently with the riot squad, making 7 arrests, including targetted political arrests of the Acting Chief Benjamin Nottaway.

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War in Congo

According to a human rights campaigner from Congo, when the world looks at Congo it sees a pile of riches with some black people inconveniently sitting on top of them. The West eradicates the Congolese people so they can possess the mines and resources. Over the past decade, more than 5 million people have died in the conflict. We speak about this ongoing war with Asad Ismi, a writer specializing in US policy towards the global South and the role of Canadian corporations there.

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Shutting down the tar sands

The Alberta tar sands cover a vast area of huge open pits and tailings ponds. The environmental consequences are enormous and make a mockery of any Canadian attempt to reduce carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Petr Cizek is a land use planner and author. He says that a moratorium on new projects will still leave us with an environmental disaster on our hands a decade from now.

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Canwest drops lawsuit against Mordecai Briemberg

In early 2008, Canwest brought a lawsuit against pro-Palestinian activist Mordecai Briemberg, claiming that he was involved in creating a spoof of the Vancouver Sun produced in the summer of 2007. Since then, Canwest has added to the writ the names of the two actual producers of the spoof, Gordon Murray and Carel Moiseiwitsch. And in mid-November, Canwest dropped its suit against Mordecai Briemberg.

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Bailing out GM, Ford and Chrysler

Presidents of the Big 3 automakers flew to Washington this week, looking for money to save them from bankruptcy. While they went home empty-handed, it seems likely that bailout plans will be drawn up in the next couple of weeks. Sam Gindin is former head of research at the Canadian Auto Workers union. He says we're in a time of both great danger and great opportunity.

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The Motherland Influence Nov. 23, 2008

Two hours of African, Latin and Carribean music. Every Sunday 5:00-7:00 PM

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24 Nov 2008 - Guests Fred Hampton Jr. of the POCC, and Minister of Information of POCC JR's Interview of Mumia on the (S)election of Obama

On this show, Steve da Silva and Nadeen El-Kassem play an interview of Mumia Abu-Jamal by MInister of Information JR of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee (POCC). We also interview Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. of the POCC. Throughout the show, we also feature the music of local East African artists Waleed Abdul-Hamid and Boonaa Mohammed on their new collabo album Kings of Kush Sampler.

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The Pentacon

Aldo Marquis from Citizen Investigation Team with more recent information about the 9-11 Pentagon scenario.

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Transition Towns prepare for peak oil together

The Transition Town model is a very different way to address peak oil and climate change than most of those now getting headlines. In Transition Towns, people get together to weatherize each others’ homes, repair bicycles, or create community gardens.

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# 17: Dr Helen Caldicott - If You Love This Planet (Guest: Dr Ted Postal)

Helen Caldicott, M.D., pediatrician and internationally recognized author and lecturer, hosts a weekly, one-hour radio program titled If You Love This Planet. Produced by Scott Powell, Amanda Bellerby and Jasmin Williams. Edited by Jasmin Williams.

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WRIR and The Great American Indian Expo

Native American Music, Native American Artist, anything from traditional to contemporary.

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