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March 13, 2019, 4:33 p.m.
It's another letter show. This time, songs sponsored by the letter D. What do all these letter shows add up to? well, besides being enviromentally friendly and recycling songs? we'll tell you, and who knew "D" has products..not to mention someone actually encouraged snarf to pitch a product? Scary shenanigans this week!
Russian literature - the antidote to Russophobia which is rampant in the West's mass media
March 13, 2019, 3:43 p.m.
Rhode Island based Prof. Vladimir Golstein takes us on a tour of Russian literature
Jeff Blankfort on Ilan Omar. Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley
March 13, 2019, 1:40 p.m.
Today, I began with Tom Friedmanâs 2011 comment that Congress was bought and paid for by the Israel Lobby and that Ilhan Omar was saying essentially the same thing but has been subject to unrelenting attacks for telling the truth. I note that the very existence of AIPAC and the fact that half the members of Congress attend its conventions is prima facie of that than go on to quote from a talk Israeli agent Elliot Engel, chair of House Foreign Relations Com, gave to fellow Zionists on election eve, boasting of his support for Israel and also note that thanks to llhan Omarâs actions, the NY Times wrote about pro-Israel âstealthâ PACS and how AIPAC works.
I also point out that the Congressional Black Caucus resisted Pelosi on the fumbled resolution against antisemitism that had been demanded by NY Jewish congress members, Engel, Lowey, and Nadler.
I then play talks by Kamala Harris in 2017 and Nikki Haley last year to AIPAC to give listeners a sample of what they will not hear or see elsewhere unless they go to CSPAN.
I finish with announcement that Netanyahu has taken the JudeoNazi Otzma Yehudit party of Kahanists into his coalition and that AIPAC has, for the first time, invited a settler leader to its March 24-26 annual meeting.
Sonic Cafe #129/Scary Good Cover Tunes
March 13, 2019, 12:22 p.m.
Sonic Café. Thatâs Tommy Castro and The Painkillers, gawd I love that name, with a cover of Wet Willieâs 1974 hit Keep on Smilinâ. So how you doinâ? Iâm your host Scott Clark, welcome to episode 129. This time the Sonic Café brings you a mix of cover tunes so great theyâre scary! Listen for covers from The English Beat, Toploader, Weezer, Maxi Priest, John Lee Hooker, Bettye Lavette and of course more. Then later listen as comedian Drew Barth tells us all about his not so physically fit life. And finally, a big Sonic Café welcome to our newest sponsor. Listen for a word from a brand new microbrew from here in the Pacific Northwest, new Logger Light⦠New Logger Light, the Beer that brought the forest down. All this time as we present a mix of cover tunes so great theyâre scary! From that little café on the coast, where we always have a booth, or a table⦠if ahh thatâs your thing⦠waiting for you, weâre the Sonic Café.
Between the Lines for March 13, 2019
March 13, 2019, 8:15 a.m.
Documents Reveal US Government Spying on Immigration Rights Activists, Lawyers and Journalists; Documents Reveal US Government Spying on Immigration Rights Activists, Lawyers and Journalists; Progressives Reject Antisemitism Charges against Rep. Ilhan Omar, GOP Cited for Hypocrisy; Safety Net for Incarcerated Women Returning Home
March 13, 2019, 6:19 a.m.
How well do we know the history of our nation? As for our Founders, what is fact? What is myth? While we have been told we are free, we face an increasing onslaught of laws, edicts, and proclamations governing our lives as American citizens. We have been told that âwe need to get our Constitution back.â Do we truly need to do that?
We are, during every election cycle, given a âchoice.â But is it a real choice? Or a Hobsonâs choice? Were our Founders the godlike, towering figures we were taught? Were they above reproach? Or were they human beings, subject to the same avarice, temptations and lust we all are?
What were their motivations in starting this country? Were they benign in nature, inspired to offer their fellow countrymen âlife, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?â Or were there other instincts at play?
Was the Constitution truly designed to be the bulwark of freedom? Why were the Articles of Confederation jettisoned? Who were the Anti-Federalists? Why did they get such short shrift by history? What was the worth of the Founders? Were they Everymen? Or rich elites?
The answers, when explored from an âunofficialâ vantage point, may surprise you.
Listen along as Eric the Blacksmith discusses American history with Al Aric and Theo. Current events are interspersed. Explore the nooks and crannies of suppressed information as the book âHologram of Libertyâ by Kenneth Royce is reviewed and its bibliography examined.
March 12, 2019, 10:34 p.m.
Peter Fritzsche, author of Life and Death in the Third Reich, An Iron Wind, and Germans Into Nazis. He deciphers the puzzle of Nazism's ideological grip. Bob Avakian, The Democratic Party: A Major Instrument of This Monstrously Oppressive System From Why We Need an Actual Revolution, and How We Can Really Make Revolution. Claudia Koonz talks about the rise and consolidation of fascism in the past and the threat of the consolidation of a fascist government in the US.
Jeremy Hance: From Bottleneck to Breakthrough
March 12, 2019, 5:22 p.m.
How do you usually react to the stream of dire warnings about climate change and wildlife extinction? Does it motivate you to do more to make a difference, or does it submerge you into depressed inertia? This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with environmental journalist Jeremy Hance about his ongoing series for Mongabay which shines an encouraging light on the future of our planet's flora and fauna. Hance outlines the Bottleneck-to-Breakthrough theory and looks at the driving factors that may save our species and others from extinction. Who knew that earth science prognostications could actually serve as an antidote to climate change malaise?
The Other Black Music March 10, 2019
March 12, 2019, 5:01 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 March 10, 2019
March 12, 2019, 4:18 p.m.
African, Latin & caribbean music
Extinction Rebellion ONE of TWO - Dr. Rupert Read
March 12, 2019, 4:10 p.m.
In October 2018 about one hundred academics signed a call to action. They established Extinction Rebellion in the United Kingdom. The movement has become international with Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva and Noam Chomsky signing their support to the second letter.
The goal of Extinction Rebellion is to use non-violent resistance to bring about radical change to prevent climate collapse, loss of biodiversity and to reduce the risk of human extinction.
Dr. Rupert Read is teaching Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. He is a long time Green Party politician and a former Green Party spokesperson for transport.
He spoke on February 6, 2019 at the University of East Anglia.
March 12, 2019, 3:42 p.m.
Segment One
Phases by Cannonball Adderley
CD: Pyramid (Fantasy)
Palladium by Weather Report
CD: Heavy Weather (Columbia)
I Thought it Was You by Herbie Hancock
CD: Sunlight (Columbia)
Segment Two
Tecumseh by Gamalon
CD: High Contrast (Amherst)
Episode by Tiemko
CD: Ocean (Musea)
Kilimanjaro by The Rippingtons
CD: The Rippingtons
Segment Three
Devotion by John McLaughlin
LP: Devotion (Douglas)
Output by Wolfgang Dauner
LP: Output (ECM)
March 12, 2019, 1:21 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
Gilbert, Ronnie, as "Mother Jones" - 'The Most Dangerous Woman in America'
March 12, 2019, 12:27 p.m.
Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones, was born in 1830. She lived a quiet, non-public life until she was approximately 47 years old and then, for almost the next fifty years, she was a fiery union organizer, strike leader, and fighter for safe and humane working conditions, the eight hour day, and child labor laws. Around the turn of the century, she was called the most dangerous woman in America. Her legacy has lived on in the form of a magazine that bears the name, Mother Jones; and in the form of a one-woman play about her life, produced, acted and written by singer and songwriter Ronnie Gilbert.
Mother Jones recommends any books by Leo Tolstoy. Ronnie Gilbert recommends âHawaii,â by James Mechiner.
Originally Broadcast: March 12, 1997
March 11, 2019, 10:42 p.m.
Music... followed by MEMORIES.
Freeland Echoed False Story Against Maduro
March 11, 2019, 8:48 p.m.
Recently returned from Venezuela, journalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris explains just how badly we have been misled about the crisis there. Maduro supporters did not burn aid, and that story was debunked more than a week ago. The government also did not suddenly close a border with Colombia, as was erroneously reported here in Canada. That border was closed well before the crisis.
Lascaris also discusses the deeply debilitating effects of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, a country which depends on oil exports for survival. It appears as if the U.S. objective is to cause enormous suffering among the most vulnerable, placing pressure on Venezuela's institutions. U.S. offers of 'humanitarian aid' are very deceptive in this context.
Finally, Lascaris also investigates the maneuverings by the Lima Group to browbeat Latin American leaders into supporting Guaido.
Martian Gardens Episode 967 Hour 3
March 11, 2019, 4:19 p.m.
Martian Gardens Episode 967 Hour 2
March 11, 2019, 4:06 p.m.
Martian Gardens Episode 967 Hour 1
March 11, 2019, 3:54 p.m.
SistaGirls to Sydney + global LGBTQ news!
March 11, 2019, 3:31 p.m.
Tiwi Islands Sistagirls are doing it for themselves; pink tourism money is still green in repressive Malaysia, Taiwan lawmakers test a less-than-marriage equality proposal, another blocked U.S. military trans ban gets bushwhacked, but trans rights advance in Iowa, Missouri and Tennessee, while queer progress stalls in Nebraska and North Dakota, Mr. Rogers apparently lived in a bisexual neighborhood, itâs an at-last-ever-after for 1971 gay Minnesota marrieds, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!
interviews Duff Conacher from Democracy Watch
March 11, 2019, 12:56 p.m.
Duff Conacher, LL.B., is an internationally recognized leader in the area of democratic reform and government accountability. A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, he has a long-standing interest in democratic process and corporate responsibility issues. He was the main founder of Democracy Watch.
Host Stuart Richardson has an in-depth discussion about the SNC Lavalin Scandal and how we can improve upon these ethical breaches.
March 11, 2019, 9:28 a.m.
Summer 1919: "an orgy of anarchy and murder."
The contest in the Weimar Assembly was the debate on the constitution, pitting the romanticist, nationalist groups, along with the transitional party of independent socialists who sought a proletarian dictatorship, versus the groups widely identified as the exponents of reason. These exponents were a coalition of half-hearted Marxists, dogmatic Catholics and quaking skeptics.
Owing to other factors, the [opposing] groups may proliferate and may contend fiercely over variants, applications and strategy, but they do not contend over essentials. In such a case, the country is offered an abundance of choices among equivalents competing to push it to the same final outcome.
March 11, 2019, 6:47 a.m.
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March 11, 2019, 6:01 a.m.
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March 10, 2019, 4:31 p.m.
Extinction is roaming the world. In truly shocking new science, from Australia biologist Corey Bradshaw finds we are closer to the brink than anyone thought. Plus a great new action song from Sweden, and an intimate chat with one of the foremost climate scientists in the world, Dr. Phil Jones from the University of East Anglia.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0499
March 10, 2019, 2:32 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
#575 -- Capitalism vs. Reality, Part 1 (R)
March 10, 2019, 11:35 a.m.
In this recent-classic talk, political scientist MICHAEL PARENTI refutes the claim that the "free enterprise" system (capitalism) promotes democracy. Drawing on historical examples--from ancient Greece to the Constitutional Convention to the present day--Parenti shows how the capitalists fought democracy every step of the way--and continue to do so. Rather, democracy emerged, in fits and starts, from the struggles of average people to bring practical improvements to their lives.
The Appalachian Sunday Morning - S1
March 10, 2019, 7:21 a.m.
Robert Fripp Andy Summers Interview
March 9, 2019, 5:20 p.m.
Rolling Stone interview on lp