Latest Programs
Pandemophenia - Quarantine Rock
July 21, 2020, 1:55 p.m.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
Trump's banning of Huawei
July 21, 2020, 1:40 p.m.
Phil briefly comments on Trump's banning of Huawei.
According to the Globe and Mail, Trump took credit for convincing other countries to ban Huawei from 5G deployment in those countries. The US claimed that there is a security risk, despite no evidence. Meanwhile, Facebook, Google, and other Silicon Valley titans do everything possible to aid the US government in the espionage of foreign and domestic citizens.
An Easy Listening Experience 15
July 21, 2020, 1:20 p.m.
GOMM is a semi-regular show for 2020 (2 to 3 times per month) for non-commercial radio audiences featuring easy listening genres from the 1950's to the present. Slip into the mighty mellow with DJ Fred
China preventing 'second colonization' with new HK laws
July 20, 2020, 6:33 p.m.
Aidan Jonah discusses his article in The Canada Files about the declining ability of Joshua Wong's Hong Kong political party to co-ordinate with foreign funders and planners under China's new legislation. Jonah argues that China is preventing a second Anglo colonization of China/HK by enacting new laws, and provides historical and contemporary context. Ultimately, many countries in the Global South empathize with China's situation, and have supported it at the United Nations.
Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers on NAFTA
July 20, 2020, 4:49 p.m.
Host Sylvia speaks to Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers regarding the new NAFTA agreement being pushed by the Trump administration
How these agreements subvert democratic rule, weaken worker and environmental rights and how they are related to the mass migration we are seeing form the global south. And how we as citizens need to stop fighting each other and play a role in international solidarity movements.
Crystal Shawanda in our Spotlight Interview (Blues) Hour 2
July 20, 2020, 2:50 p.m.
Crystal Shawanda in our Spotlight Interview (Blues) Hour 1
July 20, 2020, 2:48 p.m.
Welcome to Indigenous in Music. This week Larry welcomes back in our spotlight from Nashville, Tennessee. Blues Musician Crystal Shawanda. She has just released her album out âChurch House Blues. Sheâll be stopping by to tell us all about her album. Hear her new album on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/4prMPQGY1jD5EIPxG5Yw03?si=zV1qkBLGTyGe88ImUYiK5g.
Music from Crystal Shawanda, Dustin Harder, The Johnnys, The Spiritual Warriors, Nadjiwan, Nathan Cunningham, Rellik, Alan Syliboy & The Thundermakers, Mike Paul, Latin League, Irv Lyons Jr. Leela Gilday, Conrad Bigknife, Cary Morin, The Cody Blackbird Band, Mob Scene, Q052, Pura Fe, Shauit, nehiyawak, Leonard Sumner, Redbone, Centavrvs, Soda Stereo, Shawn Michael Perry, Eagle & Hawk, Bluedog, Twice As Good and much much more. If you love our show, you can make a donation now, show your support for US and our Musicians.
Mason's Lavender Lincoln + global LGBTQ news!
July 20, 2020, 2:26 p.m.
The multi-talented Roger Q. Mason emancipates Abraham Lincoln â and more; Polandâs homophobe-in-chief wins re-election, Russian lawmakers follow Putinâs path to inequality, Sudan stops executing sexually active gay men, Coloradoâs governor signs 4 pro-LGBTQ bills, Maine and Oregon expand gender marker options, Trumpâs lesbian niece analyzes her family dysfunction, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!
July 20, 2020, 7:30 a.m.
Congolese popular music.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0570
July 19, 2020, 10:43 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
UpFront Soul #2020.28-July 13-19 hr 2
July 19, 2020, 8:08 p.m.
We'll Rise Up with the Commodores, hear soul from Edith Peters, and travel to Africa for great music from Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids and Mor Thiam.
UpFront Soul #2020.28-July 13-19 hr 1
July 19, 2020, 7:55 p.m.
We'll Rise Up with the Commodores, hear soul from Edith Peters, and travel to Africa for great music from Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids and Mor Thiam.
Watch Out For River Floods! (Best of Radio Ecoshock)
July 19, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
Outside the news, COVID hometown Wuhan and the Yangtze River overflowing Three Gorges Dam. One third of Bangladesh under water. From Potsdam U. Dr. Ander Levermann explains river floods. U of Cal Dr. David Neelin says extreme rains will breach to unseen levels. Radio you need to know, even during the pandemic.
July 20, 2020: 101st century global raw soul
July 19, 2020, 12:24 p.m.
Two imaginative takes on the Ethiopian tradition; big band cumbia from the 1950s to now; rap with Cuban sabor; the unique sound of Berlin's Philophon Records; some West African favorites, and more of the real boogaloo: no weapons cosplay, just 1967 Latin soul
#646 -- Tales of the Green Path, Part 1
July 19, 2020, 11:42 a.m.
A fine audio collage--the latest released (March 2018) by Virtual Renderings. Not previously broadcast on New World Notes. Condensed a bit--and with an introduction---by KD.
It's an intriguing mix of parts of lectures and interviews, music, dramatic readings, and whatnot on this theme: With much of Western Civilization and corporatocracy proving unsustainable and inhumane, we need to re-develop our understanding and appreciation of natural ecology. . . .
(Continued under "Credits")
July 19, 2020, 8:35 a.m.
Mexican Labor Lawyer, Susana Prieto Denounced U.S. Pressure to Reopen Maquiladora Factories. Then She Was Jailed and Now Fears For Her Life!
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Susana Prieto, Mexican Labor Lawyer, workers rights advocate and now political prisoner whose life and those of her attorneys is in jeopardy
Throughout the month of May, as the coronavirus pandemic was peaking in Mexico, Susana Prieto, a top Mexican labor attorney who has been defending workers' rights for over three decades, was making her voice heard. Susana Prieto a well-known advocate of workers rights has been arrested on accusations of inciting violence, threats and coercion of public officials - a move supporters denounced as retribution for advising wildcat strikers at US-owned factories. Her supports fear for her life and the lives of her attorneys in Tamaulipas and are asking for President Lpez Obrador to intervene on Prieto's behalf and withdraw the trumped up charges, and repeal NAFTA 2.0. And Building bridges calls upon all supporters of labor rights to join us in the fight to do so by contacting and .
Susana Prieto is a fiery speaker, who in her decades of worker advocacy has made many enemies by representing those fighting for higher salaries, better working conditions, and trying to organize independent unions at maquiladoras " largely foreign-owned factories that manufacture products for export. Prieto has also battled union bosses of company unions who have a history of putting company interests ahead of workers wages and benefits.
During an unprecedented wave of wildcat strikes in 2019, Prieto described fierce resistance from maquila owners [T]heyre fighting tooth and nail because these gringo bastards dont want to set a precedent, she told the Guardian. Those strikes spread to other businesses, and according to the citys maquila industry led to a slump in investment in Matamoros.
Prietos arrest comes as more maquilas reopen following lockdowns prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. According to health officials, Mexico has not yet reached the peak of its outbreak and the number of Covid-19 deaths is still rising, but the country has come under intense pressure from the US to declare many manufacturing activities essential as they form part of continental supply chains and to hell with the health and safety of the workers.
July 19, 2020, 7:21 a.m.
Archaeology from the impossibly mixed up record crates collecting dust on the thrift shop shelves ... music that hasn't seen the light of day for ages ... on sale now, no reasonable offer refused
July 19, 2020, 7:16 a.m.
A free form musical trip through the world of library music, soundtracks, test cards, easy tempo jazz, classic pop, obscurities & shortwave transmissions
The Appalachian Sunday Morning
July 19, 2020, 6:44 a.m.
Canadian MSM and Political Hacks Work to Destroy Hong Kong Courts
July 18, 2020, 6:01 p.m.
Phil Taylor comments on how the Canadian media and various political hacks are working to undermine the courts in Hong Kong.
July 18, 2020, 5:12 p.m.
Sonic Cafe #196/When You're Really, Really Bad at Math
July 18, 2020, 12:20 p.m.
Sonic Café, Waiting For You, thatâs the music of Bent from 2008âs Intercept album release. So ahh how you doin? Iâm your host Scott Clark and this is episode 196. This time the Sonic Café explores what life is like when youâre really, really bad at math. Yeah admit it, thereâs a bunch of us that dreaded that mandatory math class in school... but donât feel bad⦠because weâre not alone, weâve got like a half dozen comedians here to share there math horror stories. Listen as Ron Pearson, Joe Sib, Sammy Obeid, Jim Gaffigan, Dave Gorman and Dennis Regan explore our problems with math. The Sonic Café wraps all of this math bashing in a music mix plucked from⦠ahh like 42 years⦠that is if my math is correct. Weâll hear music from Spoon, Electronic, Dire Straits, A Fine Frenzy, Cat Clyde and more. All straight ahead as the Sonic Café examines what life is like when youâre really, really bad at math in another hour of intelligent, eclectic music comedy and pop culture radio thatâs fun, from that little café on the coast, weâre the Sonic Café.
Former GCHQ officer Alex Thompson criticises Boris decision to ban Huawei in UK
July 17, 2020, 2:44 p.m.
Pandemic is over, stop closing our high streets: lockdown protest in Thornbury
July 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
July 17, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
Of Mixed Tapes and Comet's Tails, The Paper Trench to The Greenest Branch, including brand new Real McKenzies from Beer & Loathing!
worldbeatcanada radio july 18 2020
July 17, 2020, 1:09 p.m.
Call & Response from Keleketla!, Ethio-jazz from Mulatu Astatke, more new Ladama, Jhalaak's Sufi Hip Hop & the return of Los Mocosos!
July 17, 2020, 4:56 a.m.
label // radio // sunriseoceanbender.com // Sunrise Ocean Bender sets sail the 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 9-11 PM EST, on WRIR 97.3 (wrir.org) to find something for your ears, and something for your head ⦠psych rock and pop, prog, kosmische, space rock ⦠detours ⦠There might be a map, but the destination is up for grabs.
July 17, 2020, 4:33 a.m.
(1.) Bad Reception - Dave Redi
(2.) summer forever - onjay
(3.) Imadoit - The Starting 5ive (The Good People, Horror City, Carta' P. and Quentin Gilmore)
(4.) No Peace - Infamous TAZ & Headnodic
(5.) It's All Good - Kid Abstrakt ft. DJ Million Faces
(6.) Happiness For One - Babble On
(7.) Seasons Change - Brotha VINK
(8.) Capital E - BigBoyEllis
(9.) Considadis - Encore ft. Grand The Visitor
(10.) H2O - Mathematik & Debonair P
(11.) Journey #1 - Cosmic Bro
(12.) U Feel Me - BRAINiac ft. o p yeti
(13.) Paradise Island - Amerigo Gazaway
(14.) Falling on My Head - Kusstard
(15.) Memory Serves Me - Skyzoo
(16.) Penpusha - Jazz Spastiks ft. Selph Conscious
(17.) Going Green - Wil Madden ft. Waju, Vince Moore, HASEEB and Ahmad Shakur
(18.) Gold Metal Jacket - Chokeules
(19.) Bianca - Demoh Beatmaker & MRHD
(20.) ampin - Endevor-1
TBR 200717 — Snake Charmers 2X
July 17, 2020, 2:26 a.m.
This weekâs archive radio show starts off by reporting on the current situation in the world this week. (It is dire.) (Surprise, surprise.) We then make an emotional appeal, we reveal the ideology of the lemming, we compare heroin to alcohol, we advocate rebranding âclimate changeâ from âclimate changeâ into âclimate catastropheâ and we advocate rebranding âregulationsâ into âprotectionsâ (amongst other things). Next, we reveal a resource for researching the actual people who actually run the people who are pretending that they are actually running our world. Then, finally, for the feature piece this week we ponder the phenomenon of Indian snake charmers â and upon what kind of activist lessons might be gleaned from them.
At the Thunderbolt â weâre likely to stir fry your brain in gunpowder and then light a fuse. Listen at your own riskâ¦
The Shortwave Report 07/17/20 Listen Globally!
July 16, 2020, 5:46 p.m.
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Havana Cuba, NHK Japan, Spanish National Radio, and Sputnik Radio.