Sonic Cafe #148/The Sun, the Moon, and the STARZ!

Sonic Café, the intelligent, eclectic music, comedy and pop culture… you know that you need. Yeah. I’m your host Scott Clark, welcome to episode 148. This time the Sonic Café gives you the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars as we explore the vastness of the space. I checked it out last night and believe me the place is huge. But don’t take my word for it… listen as renowned astronomer, astrophysicist and author Carl Sagan explains just how insignificant our little blue planet is against the back-drop of the cosmos. Carl’s comments are wrapped in a music mix pulled from 49 years. Listen for Small Sails, Radiohead, The Quitters, Janelle Monae and many more. We’ll also present starship captain, William Shatner’s beat poetry version of David Bowie’s Major Tom. Where else are ya gonna hear that, huh? Then, for additional perspective, comedian Joe Rogan describes the vastness of space in his ahh own unique way… and later comedian Nate Bargatze explains how he should have been your science teacher, if it weren’t for that whole Pluto debacle. Oh, and yeah, a big Sonic Café welcome to our newest sponsor. Listen for a word from Cumulonimbus Cloud Computing. The future is in the cloud… all that and probably some other stuff too, as we give you the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars from that little café on the coast we’re the Sonic Café.

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Space Cowboy Books Presents: Simultaneous Times Episode #18

Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA. www.spacecowboybooks.com

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Donald Drumpf Theatre Vol. 135 Conspiracies

An original radio theatre show each week, with most sounds culled from the previous week, about a fictional, theatrical presidency. Contradictions tell the story, with songs, skits, and clips from political news shows and late-night comedy routines. The definition of "radio theatre" is stretched here, with an updated Dickie Goodman and/or Richard Foreman-meets-mashup style sometimes, and a more straightforward take other weeks. Currently airing on 30 or 40 stations around the world, the network has ordered another 15 episodes, but there are threats of cancellation. Anyone who would like to work on a production, or have their work air in this timeslot, should contact info@wgxc.org.

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Present/former insiders on Freemasonry and exploring it's spiritual dimension

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IRmep's Grant Smith: AIPAC's Congress Trips, Media's Silence

Grant Smith began the interview by challenging the statement of uber Zionist Jonathan Tobin in Algemeiner that trips to Israel by members of Congress were too “ordinary” to be “newsworthy,” to explain why they are not reported in the mainstream US media. Smith referred to a poll of 2000 voters that he just had fielded through Google that indicated that 65.7% of those questioned said the House members should have gone to their districts during the August Congressional recess as opposed to 27.4 % who thought the trips to Israel were fine. He explained the financial background of the trips, that they were paid for by AIEF, the American Israel Education Foundation, a tax exempt “charity” founded by AIPAC that has no employees but allows it to fund trips for Congress members that AIPAC, as a registered lobby, is prohibited from doing. He described it is an example of “regulatory capture” by the Israel Lobby which, thanks to its unique link to the IRS, which he describes in detail, has enabled the AIEF to a avoid legal challenges that have been lodged against it by Smith and others. He explained that while Ilhan Omar was technically incorrect when she accused AIPAC of providing “the Benjamins” ($100 bills) to members of Congress willing to genuflect to the Lobby for Israel, AIPAC is not allowed to and doesn’t contribute to congressional campaigns, but it manages to steer eligible donors’ money to members of Congress that need it. He described the annual conventions of AIPAC, about which not a word appears in the US media, as well as that of CUFI, Christians United for Israel, as “cattle calls” for politicians who see the members of those organizations that come to Washington to visit their Congress reps as representing their respective organizations. There was a general discussion of the pervasive censorship in the US media of articles that would be likely to reflect badly on Israel or not sit well with the non-Jewish general public that are, however, regularly published in the English language Israeli press. One specific issue, the contract made between Israel and a Chinese company to run the Israeli port of Haifa for 25 years beginning in 2021, came up which has been well publicized in the Israeli press, featuring complaints about the deal from US Navy, the US Senate and a prominent pro-Israel lobbyist, but largely ignored by the US mainstream, Smith felt it would be handled by the Israelis as they have handled and defused other controversial issues in the past that threatened it. One example was the case of known Israeli Mossad agent and arms smuggler, Arnon Milchan, the award winning Israeli born film director who decades ago was involved in the illegal shipment of krytons or nuclear triggers to Israel in which the recipient of the triggers on the Israeli side was current prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu whose name on key documents the FBI had inadvertently, failed to block out. Neither man was even remotely threatened by the exposures. Visit www.irmep.org

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Jeff Blankfort on AIPAC, China's Haifa Port, Manning, Findley

On my Takes on the World news and commentary Wed Aug. 14, I began by speaking about the two delegations of US Congressmen and women, Democrats and Republicans that have traveled to Israel during Congress’s August recess instead of two their home districts to meet with their voters and how the mainstream media never reports on these trips. The Democrat delegation was originally supposed to be made up of freshmen but so many stayed away, they had to fill the vacant spots with old-timers. On Sunday, both delegations joined together to symbolize Congress’ undying love for Israel and Jewish donors. Congress had already voted 398 to 17 to condemn BDS as being bigoted but they still had something more to prove. On the good news side, I reported how a court in British Columbia had determined that wine grown by Israelis in the West Bank could not be sold as coming from Israel and the European Union, following the Court of Justice, is poised to follow suit. I switched from there to an important story, repressed by the US media about the US and US Zionist leaders being upset that Israel has made a deal to allow a Chinese company to run the port of Haifa for 25 years beginning in 2021, a port where US Navy ships routinely visit. The Navy is not happy nor is the Senate which included a non-binding resolution in the NDAA, calling on China to cancel the deal, which also went unreported in the US media. I go from there to the case of Chelsea Manning, still imprisoned and being fined daily for refusing to testify against Julian Assange and I express wonderment why the LGBT community has not initiated a campaign to get her out of prison. I conclude with a tribute to Paul Findley, a brave member of Congress, who was among the first to challenge the Israel Lobby and passed away at age 98, whose book, They Dare to Speak Out, remains one of the great exposes of the power and actions of the Israel Lobby.

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Good 'N Hot Show Pt 1

The opening hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Also on KAOS Radio Austin, Texas; KTHS Radio Hot Springs, Ar; KBOG Radio Bandon, Oregon; KOCF Radio, Veneta, Oregon; A'sf Radio Japan; Nightshift-Freezone Switzerland; and others. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, SongKick. Buy albums by the Rural War Room cyberband, and other acts on the RWR Label on AppleMusic & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - Click Series above for full archive.

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Good 'N Hot Show Pt 2

The second hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Also on KAOS Radio Austin, Texas; KTHS Radio Hot Springs, Ar; KBOG Radio Bandon, Oregon; KOCF Radio, Veneta, Oregon; A'sf Radio Japan; Nightshift-Freezone Switzerland; and others. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, SongKick. Buy albums by the Rural War Room cyberband, and other acts on the RWR Label on AppleMusic & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - Click Series above for full archive.

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Good 'N Hot Show Pt 3

The third hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Also on KAOS Radio Austin, Texas; KTHS Radio Hot Springs, Ar; KBOG Radio Bandon, Oregon; KOCF Radio, Veneta, Oregon; and others. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, SongKick. Buy albums by the Rural War Room cyberband, and other acts on the RWR Label on AppleMusic & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - Click Series above for full archive.

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Good 'N Hot Show Pt 4

The closing hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Also on KAOS Radio Austin, Texas; KTHS Radio Hot Springs, Ar; KBOG Radio Bandon, Oregon; KOCF Radio, Vernan, Oregon; and others. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, SongKick. Buy albums by the Rural War Room cyberband, and other acts on the RWR Label on AppleMusic & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - Click Series above for full archive.

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Continuous Cold War - US vs. USSR, US vs. Russian Federation

How the US tried to undermine the Soviet Union when it existed and how it is trying to undermine the Russian Federation today. The panelists will discuss and critique political and ideological falsehoods and fabrications in the continuing Cold War waged by the U.S. and NATO against Russia--both historical anti-communism and the more intense lies in the current antagonism in the US drive for global hegemony.

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Richard Brodie - How Ideas Travel

The Virus of the Mind The developing field of science called the science of memetics is based on evolution, studies memes: how they interact, replicate, and evolve. The biological definition of a meme is a basic unit of cultural transmission. The psychological definition of a meme is a unit of cultural heredity analogous to the gene, the internal representation of knowledge. A working definition of a meme is a unit of information in a mind whose existence influences events such that more copies of itself get created in other minds. “The Virus of the Mind” is a book devoted to the study of memetics and memes and was written by Richard Brodie, who also was a writer of the first version of Microsoft Word. He was our guest for this edition of Radio Curious that was originally broadcast in July of 1996. We began when I asked him what is the importance of studying memetics. Richard Brodie recommends “The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History” by Howard Bloom. Originally Broadcast: July 31, 1996

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Between the Lines for August 14, 2019

After 3 More Mass Shootings, Fight Continues to Strengthen the Nation's Gun Laws; UN Climate Science Panel on Land Use Warns of Increased Carbon Emissions & Food Shortages; China’s Rejection of Recycling Waste From Abroad, Creates Opportunity for New Green Jobs in U.S.

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Cheeze Pleeze # 790

I reckon we and y'all look at the thinking man's hillbillies "Homer and Jethro", get to the Voodoo in a primal drums kind of thing, and a One Hit Wonder why that's just plain weird...and a headscratcher....HUH?

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Andy Zee and Tala Deloria, the Times We're in and Why We Need Revolution; Plus Bob Avakian on the Demonization, Criminalization and Deportations of Immigrants

Tala Deloria and Andy Zee on the Situation in the US Today, The Get Organized For an Actual Revolution Tour, and the Urgent Need to Drive Out the Trump/Pence Fascist Regime. Bob Avakian, the demonization, criminalization and deportations of immigrants, and his answer to people who complain about immigrants crossing borders

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Dan Austin: 88Bikes

A generation ago, the dream of owning a bicycle was one shared by a vast number of American kids. While the explosion of competitors like video games and iPhones may have somewhat tempered that youthful enthusiasm for bikes in this country, there are still millions of children in developing nations who can only begin to imagine having their very own bicycle. This week’s guest on Sea Change Radio, Dan Austin, is in the business of fulfilling those dreams for kids from Belgrade to Calcutta. He talks about his philanthropic nonprofit 88Bikes, the problem his organization is trying to solve and the unique way it puts donors directly in touch with recipients. Then, we dig into the Sea Change Radio archives to discuss ways to tackle homelessness in this country with San Francisco City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.

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Raptors and the NBA Sports-Wash Tyrant Kagame

Many scratch their heads trying to understand why the management of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors are zealously working to promote their association with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. Those people are forgetting that the billionaire owners of America's sports monopolies are cheek-by-jowl with the US military and naturally do what they can to further the interests of the empire.

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interviews author/activist Wayne Roberts

Host Sylvia Richardson interviews Wayne Roberts on how traditional customs around food can bridge division in our society. There is a growing understanding of the importance of a “whole of government” approach and an inclusive “whole of society” perspective on the world. To that, Dr. Wayne Roberts add a “whole of economy,” a “whole of food” and a “whole of policy” as well as a “whole of human personality” perspective. All together, they become a whole new way of thinking about the role of food in the city. Sep 20th Workshop in Vancouver http://trk.cp20.com/click/cige-18vsh3-khd1i7-5jvehxj8/

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Daniel Ellsberg - The Doomsday Machine - (ONE of TWO)

The international journalist Robert Fisk wrote in the British Independent in August 2019 that we should have paid more attention to the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki since India, Pakistan, Israel, Iran and the US are currently - quote - “Rattling the Nuclear Cage” — and Donald Trump has just pulled out of the Cold War Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. When this program was broadcast first in early 2018 Donald Trump’s serial threats of destruction on North Korea had also heightened the risk of nuclear war - and the Seattle anti nuclear movement invited Daniel Ellsberg for an on stage discussion about nuclear winter, staggering death tolls and how terrifyingly easy it is to set off such a war. Ellsberg had just been able to publish his most recent book: The Doomsday Machine, Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. He had been unable to find a publisher. In 1961 Ellsberg consulted for the Department of Defense and the White House and drafted Secretary Robert McNamara’s plans for nuclear war. He discovered then that the authority to initiate use of nuclear weapons had been widely delegated. If the secret plans for general nuclear war under Eisenhower had been executed, Ellsberg wrote, they would have caused the near-extinction of humanity. He now says that US nuclear strategy has not fundamentally changed since the eras of late Eisenhower and early Kennedy. Ellsberg says that the legacy of this most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization--and its proposed renewal under the Trump administration--threatens our survival. The US is now planning on spending $1-1.6 trillion on nuclear weapons in the next 30 years. Ellsberg spoke at Town Hall in Seattle on January 9, 2018. He was recorded by Mike McCormick of Talking Stick TV

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Martian Gardens Episode 986 Hour 3

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Martian Gardens Episode 986 Hour 2

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Martian Gardens Episode 986 Hour 1

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Episode 2019.03. American's Domestic Terrorists Become Obvious to the Media

What is the legal definition of terrorism? If you look through the United States Codes, you find the answer to that question. If you’d like to clarify the answer, by limiting the definition to domestic terrorism, the answer you’ll receive is less encouraging. The United States codes do not distinguish the difference between domestic and international terrorism, in fact U.S law doesn’t define domestic terrorism at all, leaving any inquirers to draw conclusions from their thorough definition of international terrorism. This is a topic I cover in today’s episode, alongside looking at the devastating fear that is mounting throughout this country. A fear that is creating negative psychic energy, which if allowed to fester, will result in a devastating explosion of violence.

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Trade is War: The West's War Against the World

Political economist Yash Tandon discusses the growing fissures and fractures in the U.S.-dominated global economy. The U.S. increasingly relies on coercive measures, such as sanctions, trade wars, and abuse of "intellectual property rights" to maintain its pre-eminence. Yet it's still on its way out. China's economic rise is providing a counterweight to America's 'New World Order,' especially for Africans. NATO's imperial overreach in Libya provided a wake-up call to African leaders. The countries of the Global South are coming to recognize the need to unite, despite differences, and resist the economic diktat of U.S./European imperialism.

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#597 -- Gore Vidal

Progressive historian, analyst, social critic, public intellectual, anti-imperialist, and wit (not to mention novelist and screenwriter) GORE VIDAL is fondly remembered in this tribute. Vidal is in fine form as he holds forth in two interviews, from 2005 and 2003. Brief introduction by K.D.

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Program 15

A completely re-visioned Night Train to Mundo Fine show (which used to showcase "music I like to call folk") - now features cool, strange, exotic & wonderful music from Mystery Science Radio Shortwave & your host Cherokee Jack Perkins. There will be nods to Manos: Hands of Fate, b-movies, thrift shop vinyl,& some cool oldies as well.

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Art, Love, Peace and Guns + global LGBTQ news!

A bi youth denounces orientation erasure; John Kelly conquers theater as a man for all media; a 50th anniversary “Rainbow Minute” remembers “The Man Who Saved Woodstock”; a Uruguay trans rights rollback is defeated by apathy, Ireland’s P.M. parades his Pride in Belfast, queer ads spark a Coke boycott in Hungary, a Sydney City Councillor is fined for vilifying her gay neighbor, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

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Program 02

DIY, home-tapers, indie pop, indie folk & indie rock music from the 1990s through today.

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Despite Photo Ops and Media Hype, Kagame Faces Isolation

Paul Kagame still has the backing of the Western powers, and moves around the world to rub elbows with political celebrities. But back in Rwanda, the grim economic numbers do not change. And now he has closed borders with neighboring states, and African leaders are not anxious to be seen with him.

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Back "N" The Day

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