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Sono Motors: On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Oct. 11, 2016, 6:01 p.m.
You know how hot your car gets on a sunny day? Wouldnât it be great if all that sun-absorption could actually fuel your ride? Well, this week on Sea Change Radio we profile a small German startup called Sono Motors which is working on making that very thing happen. Sono Motors co-founder Jona Christians outlines how this automobile, draped in solar panels, will charge a battery for up to 250 kilometers of sun-powered driving, discusses the market landscape for this sort of technology, and tells us how the company recently raised $200,000 in crowd-source funding to make their vision real. Then, we revisit host Alex Wise's interview with Mike Tinskey from Ford Motors who, in 2014, talked about the company's promising C-Max Solar Energi Concept car with solar panels built right into the roof.
Oct. 11, 2016, 11:19 a.m.
Activist Street Bands take over Davis Sq for the 11th Annual Honk! Festival
The Happy Station Show October 9 2016
Oct. 11, 2016, 9:38 a.m.
Media Netwok Plus October 8 2015
Oct. 11, 2016, 9:31 a.m.
Post-Fest / Pre-Fund Drive Mix
Oct. 11, 2016, 6 a.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
Fatal Embrace, finish chapter 4
Oct. 10, 2016, 8:47 p.m.
Continued reading of "Fatal Embrace", finish chapter 4; music.
Oct. 10, 2016, 8:23 p.m.
Continued reading of Fatal Embrace by M. Braverman, tail end of chapter 3; music.
Episode 61 - Anything But the MainStream
Oct. 10, 2016, 7:11 p.m.
Joe and Anthony bring you the latest, with their snot and sniffles, sorry about all that! But hey, this is not mainstream media and Betty has something to say about that. Tune in live to our 24 hour station at http://listen.chiampa.info
"Classics 2 Come Out 2" + global LGBT news!
Oct. 10, 2016, 7:02 p.m.
A classic collection inspires Coming Out Day; Aussie activists challenge their Attorney General on the governmentâs plebiscite plan, U.S. I.D. laws challenge transgender voters, HB2 drives junior college sports and a fine dining panel out of North Carolina, a U.S. national campus Christian group denies an equality supporter witch hunt, the Rentboy.com CEO plea deals to prison, thereâs no more wondering about "Wonder Woman" ⦠and more LGBT news from around the world!
Oct. 10, 2016, 3:52 p.m.
If Music Could Talk - Oct 2 2016 - Guest host Mikemetic
Oct. 10, 2016, 11:46 a.m.
If Music Could Talk - Oct 9 2016
Oct. 10, 2016, 11:42 a.m.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0373
Oct. 9, 2016, 10:52 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
The Motherland Influence: October 9, 2016
Oct. 9, 2016, 10:27 p.m.
African popular music
Oct. 9, 2016, 7:58 p.m.
With great wit and humor--& clever specific examples--cultural historian Morris Berman argues a gloomy main point: American civilization as we know it is doomed. Few prophets of doom are as enjoyable to listen to as Berman, though.
Here he discusses 13 ways America is going to hell in a handbasket. (#2 includes: the new American History school curriculum in Texas has a unit on Estee Lauder but not George Washington. Berman asks: why not Kim Kardashian?)
With a preface by KD on Berman's ideas.
Oct. 9, 2016, 6:06 p.m.
Mike Palecek, national president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers regarding the ongoing fed government consultations on Canada Post ... concerns and questions about the process and some of the creative proposals that CUPW has for the postal service going forward.
The Art of Jazz; 10/09/16; set 1
Oct. 9, 2016, 5:41 p.m.
The Art in Jazz; 10/09/16; set 2
Oct. 9, 2016, 5:39 p.m.
Oct. 9, 2016, 2:11 p.m.
(Warning: Rough Language) This dispatch features a spoken word analysis by the TheAngryindian concerning Anglophone sociopolitical hypocrisies that by rights should not exist (to any measurable degree) within an advanced, truly democratic society. The host argues that oppression and repression isnât a simple, up-to-down process and that the general (progressive) reliance upon aggressively reiterating â and unconsciously competing against other individuals with â the obvious historical and neo-colonial dynamics of the struggle is leading us in circles because righteous anger, on its own merit, is not a viable ideological panacea. EXTRAS: A brief audio report from Kinetic Justice from within the belly of the beast; revolutionary poetry from the late Sis. Korryn Gaines; 'We Got Marx' from 'The Movement' and an archived public address by Prof. Michael Parenti on the negative role(s) of religious belief in US politics.
All this and more on Intelligent Aboriginal Radyo!
Oct. 9, 2016, 1:51 p.m.
Our feature presentation today is given by Miko Peled. Miko was born in Jerusalem in 1961 into a well known Zionist family. His grandfather, Dr. Avraham Katsnelson was a Zionist leader and signer on the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His father, Matti Peled was a young officer in the war of 1948 and a general in the war of 1967 when Israel conquered the West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights and the Sfainai. But Miko has a different vision for Israelâ¦and for the Palestinian people, as you will hear. Here we have Miko Peled speaking at the Church Center for The United Nations in New York City.
But first, we celebrate the way in which oppressed peoples are seeing the commonality of the struggles of others around the globe and are rising up in support of each other. Whether it is around the issue of incarceration, police abuse, blatant discrimination or land confiscation, hands are being extended around the world to challenge all forms of oppression.
A marvelous example of this the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions National Committee ("BNC"), which has issued an explicit statement of support to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which is fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline being constructed by the Energy Transfer Partners Corporation.
Bruno Y Hinojosa Ruiz of CIMA about immigration struggles in Western NC
Oct. 9, 2016, 1:48 p.m.
This week, we spoke with Bruno Y Hinojosa-Ruiz, a co-director of CIMA, Companeros Inmigrantes de las Montanas en Accion, about some immigration situations in Western NC, organizing here and the case of Elmer Reynoso-Reynoso, a Guatemalan-born resident of Weaverville who was recently released from detention after public outcry and pressure.
http://www.cimawnc.org
Announcements:
Bo Brown support
First, we would like to briefly announce that long time revolutionary and former political prisoner Bo Brown has just been diagnosed with a condition which is very similar to Parkinson's Disease. She has always worked tirelessly against racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia, and has brought awareness and attention through all means to the plight of the prisoner. Since being in prison is an experience which is designed to follow everyone for their entire lives, let's help this comrade with her current situation.
For more information and to donate, you can visit:
https://www.youcaring.com/bo-brown-655777
Milo Yiannopoulos, hater to appear at WCU
On Wednesday, October 12th Alt-Right, anti-muslim, anti-semite, anti-feminist, white nationalist Milo Yiannopoulos is speaking at Western Carolina University. He's being sponsored by the College Republicans at WCU in Cullowhee, about an hour drive west of Asheville. To get there, one can travel West on i-40 for about 25 minutes then out US-74 South for 35 minutes. It would be a pity if this stop on the "Dangerous Faggot Tour" were to be disrupted by anti-racists. Just sayin.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/milo-yiannopoulos-western-carolina-university-tickets-27340792045
His website is: https://www.yiannopoulos.net/index.html
Playlist: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/17777
OCTOBER 5, 2016 - MARK CRISPIN MILLER at LEFT FORUM 2015
Oct. 9, 2016, 1:11 p.m.
This is Mark Crispin Miller,s speech at the Left Forum in May 2015. It's a very powerful speech.
Oct. 9, 2016, 10:39 a.m.
Plants are failing to absorb our carbon emissions, decades before expected, says Dr. James Curran from Scotland. Then celebrated Indian author Amitav Ghosh on new book "The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable".
Oct. 9, 2016, 5:31 a.m.
Offering you the very best of alternative, independent political / social justice championing / status quo-challenging audio media live-streamed from our website (radiofreeradical.org) and NOW IN MP3 HERE ON RADIO4ALL! 12 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING IN JUST THREE FILES! It's all yours!
US trying to save its terrorist allies in Aleppo
Oct. 8, 2016, 9:23 p.m.
The rhetoric from Washington about hospitals and civilian deaths in terrorist occupied eastern Allepo is designed to justify saving the ruthless extremists sent into Syria in the first place by the US, the Saudis and others. There is no evidence presented of any deliberate targeting of civilians or medical facilities.
Instead there is growing evidence of involvement of Western-backed so-called humanitarian organizations, such as the White Helmets, working hand-in-glove with the terrorists.
Close Rikers Island NYC Jail Now Rally
Oct. 8, 2016, 10:43 a.m.
Attend the rally to close the notorious jail marked by violence and corruption and impervious to substantive reform: Close Rikers Island!
featuring
former inmates and family members of those who are or have been incarcerated on Rikers Island; along with 98 ADVOCACY with speakers including Emily Althaus, actor from Orange Is The New Black; Akeem Browder, Criminal Justice Advocate and brother of Kalief Browder; Daniel Dromm, NYC Council Member; Corey
Johnson, NYC Council Member; Aber Kawas, Lead Organizer of the Arab American Association of New York; Glenn E. Martin, Founder and Pres. of JustLeadershipUSA; Vivian Nixon, Exec Director of College & Community Fellowship; Johnny Perez, Appointed to
the NYS Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and many more speak out about the injustices happening every day on Rikers Island. Special performance by the Peace Poets
New York City, held more slaves in the 18th century than any other city except for Charleston. It s no surprise then that many of the buildings, streets, banks,
and plenty of other NYC landmarks carry the names of slave owners or slavery supporters. Count Rikers Island city jail among that batch. The island the jail sits on is named for Abraham Riker (or Abraham Rycken), a Dutch immigrant who acquired the land in the early 17th century, and whose family owned it until selling it to the city in 1884. Abrahams descendant Richard Riker was infamous in the 1800s for supporting the Fugitive Slave Act to send (or sell) African Americans in New York to slave owners in the South. This jail is the spider at the center of the web of New Yorks role in the slave trade. Its history threads through its present and supports the cry to Shut It Down!
We ll bring you highlights of the rally to Shut Rikers Down! Johnny Perez, a who is a member of the Jails Action Coalition who experienced solitary confinement himself, Akeem Browder the brother of Kalief Brower, who tragically became the face of everything wrong with Rikers when he committed suicide after spending three years there--two of them in solitary--because his family couldn't afford the bail when he was charged with allegedly stealing a backpack say SHUT IT DOWN!
Kalief's brother Akeem Browder spoke about how his brother refused to take a plea bargain "because he didn't want his words to fall on deaf ears, and since he [Kalief] didn't take a plea bargain, our justice system failed him, our mental health system failed him, our police departments failed him." Protesters also highlighted the gruesome deaths inside Rikers of Bradley Ballard and Jerome Murdough, the high rate of sexual assault against female inmates, and the rampant abuse of adolescents and people with mental health issues. Darren Mack of JustLeadershipUSA was incarcerated on
Rikers Island in the early 1990s and called it the "Abu Ghraib of New York City." He said the jail "should be closed immediately to send a message to Americans to let them know that we can't have torture chambers" in this country. A representative from the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement railed against the bail system that keeps the working poor on Rikers for months and even years on end: "If all the people who couldn't pay bail were let go, the population on] Rikers would likely be the number it was initially designed to hold."
Oct. 8, 2016, 7:45 a.m.
An Open Forum with Dr. Robert Pollin: Co-director, Political Economy Research Institute and Professor of Economics @ UMASS-Amherst; Author: Greening the Global Economy (M.I.T. Press); Pollin lays out his economic plan for how we can meet the carbon reduction targets that will actually avert climate catastrophe, generate vast numbers of new jobs and protect those employed by fossil fuel energy companies.
Vincent Emanuele - Creating an Effective Left for an Unstable Future
Oct. 7, 2016, 10 p.m.
Former Marine, Vincent Emanuele, explains how he came to activism and a radical understanding of the destructiveness of US Imperialism without the traditional Marxist background that many in the Left experienced. From a working class background on Chicago's south side he starts by explaining how he ended up in the military. He has written widely on his experience in Iraq and has been organizing in the anti war and social justice movements since leaving the Marines. The leading edge of resistance to Imperialism is found he says in the organizing being done to stop the racist police killing of blacks and the blocking of oil pipelines organized by Native peoples who are challenging the destruction of indigenous culture and planetary life itself, which is the basis of Capitalist "development". He suggests how Open University of the Left might expand its activities to include members of those movements to invigorate its programing in the changing landscape of resistance.
Celt In A Twist October 9 2016
Oct. 7, 2016, 9:23 p.m.
St. Patricks Day two ways fr. Black 47 & Barleyjuice, new Hackensaw Boys, France's Doolin' and new music from Van Morrison!
worldbeatcanada radio october 8 2016
Oct. 7, 2016, 9:17 p.m.
Squirrelly and ginchy new grooves fr. Mauritania's Noura Mint Seymali and Tuscon's Orkesta Mendosa, Snowapple & Tuuletar!