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Kirk Beattie: Congress and the Shaping of the Middle East
March 9, 2016, 12:24 p.m.
Blankfort interviews Beattie whose book ends arguments about who controls Congress, who shapes US Middle East policy and that US war on Iraq was about oil. Not according to Congressional staffers. Beattie's conclusions came from interviewing more than 150 Congressional staffers. He also speaks about the âsocializationâ of Americans to support Israel and their ignorance of how Israel works, how it dispossessed Palestinans in 1948; he explains how AIPAC spots prospective pliable members of Congress from ranks of city level employees and readies them to serve Israel's interests; how it set up a separate tax-exempt foundation, America Israel Education Foundation, to send politicians to Israel and bypass laws against lobby paid trips; how Israel lobbyists created âstealthâ PACs to disguise their contributions to pro-Israel members of Congress and much more.
The Many Crooked Ways the West Connives Against Syria
March 9, 2016, 11:25 a.m.
Rick Sterling talks about the latest phase of the struggle for Syria and the necessity for solidarity with a country under siege from neighboring states and Western capitals. Of particular interest, Sterling calls attention to the role played by embassies in recruiting and assisting groups attacking Syria.
Kokoro: Ramen Vs Pasta Show Pt 1
March 9, 2016, 11:16 a.m.
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. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive
Kokoro: Ramen Vs Pasta Show Pt 2
March 9, 2016, 10:58 a.m.
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. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive
Kokoro: Ramen Vs Pasta Show Pt 3
March 9, 2016, 10:36 a.m.
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. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive
Kokoro: Ramen Vs Pasta Show Pt 4
March 9, 2016, 10:20 a.m.
The fourth hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive
Between The Lines Week Ending March 18, 2016
March 9, 2016, 10:07 a.m.
Rising Political Violence in Honduras Claims the Life of Indigenous Activist Berta Caceres; Reproductive Rights Advocates Hopeful Supreme Court Will Overturn Restrictive Texas Abortion Law; Bank Whistleblowers United Challenges Presidential Candidates to Reject Dirty Wall Street Money
March 9, 2016, 9:13 a.m.
Silent Summer - Professor Timothy Mousseau - Radiation and Birds
March 8, 2016, 11:07 p.m.
Tim Mousseau is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina. For 15 years he and his scientific collaborator Anders Moller from the University of Paris, Sud, have done research in the most contaminated areas of Chernobyl. When Fukushima Daiichi exploded they began field work there as well. They study birds, insects, microbes, and plants at over 1,000 sites, creating the most diligent inventories of each study area and returning year after year. They found significantly increased rates of genetic damage in proportion to the level of exposure to radioactive contaminants.
This is an update given on September 2, 2015, at Point Reyes Station, California. Programmers at the radio station KWMR and the Ecological Options Network, EON, in Bolinas had invited him to give a talk.
March 8, 2016, 9:41 p.m.
The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past. Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead.
I spoke with Professor Freedman by phone in April 2002 and asked her to talk about why feminism did not evolve as people evolved and civilization developed.
The books Professor Freedman recommends are âThe Blind Assassinâ by Margaret Atwood, and âThe Vagina Monologuesâ by Eve Ensler.
The Motherland Influence: March 6, 2016
March 8, 2016, 8:49 p.m.
African, Latin & Caribbean music.
March 8, 2016, 8:42 p.m.
Congolese popular music
March 8, 2016, 8:18 p.m.
FBI vs. Apple and the government's attempts to consolidate their right to spy on everything and everybody, people not going along with that. âMy Sister,â a powerful original play on the consolidation of power by the Nazis in 1933 in Germany, and being confronted with the choice to cooperate or resist.
David Rolf: The $15 Minimum Wage Fight
March 8, 2016, 5:39 p.m.
Back in 2014 we spoke with David Rolf, president of the Pacific Northwest branch of SEIU, the Service Employees International Union, about his efforts to raise Seattleâs minimum wage to $15 an hour, the widening gap between the haves and have-nots, and what happens to sustainability in the face of this trend. Since then, Seattle actually raised its minimum wage and what happened? The sky has certainly not fallen. In Seattle, unemployment has bottomed out to 3.5%, which is considered essentially full employment. Costco, the nationâs second largest retailer recently announced it will be raising the minimum wage for its employees to $13 an hour and discussions of increasing the minimum wage have played prominently in the Democratic debates. Today on Sea Change Radio we revisit host Alex Wiseâs conversation with David Rolf, covering the interconnections between economic and environmental health, and how a movement to improve wages and work conditions can also support efforts to protect the earth.
Jazz For The Asking March 8 2016
March 8, 2016, 3:29 p.m.
Dr. Jill Stein for President - Green Party USA
March 8, 2016, 2:57 p.m.
Dr. Jill Stein spoke at a Green Party USA candidates forum in Chicago
Episode 36 - New Devices Bring Joy
March 8, 2016, 2:56 p.m.
Hey, Chip Skipper aka Joe here, you can listen to us live every Monday night at http://listen.chiampa.info 730ET / 630CT We have you covered on the latest weird and crazy news from Florida or around the country. We mourn the passing of the Just Say No Lady, we have another call in guest! We announced our blog.chiampa.info is back up and running too!
interviews author/Journalist Christian Parenti
March 8, 2016, 1:37 p.m.
Christian Parenti is an American investigative journalist and author. His books include: Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis (2000), a survey of the rise of the prison industrial complex from the Nixon through Reagan Eras and into the present; The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror (2003), a study of surveillance and control in modern
society. The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq (2004), is an account of the US occupation in Iraq. Parenti has also reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ivory Coast and China. He speaks to us about how Militarism, Neo Liberalism and climate change have created the perfect storm.
First aired 2011 and still relevant.
Sam's "history-free" Oscar+Intersex 101+global LGBT news!
March 8, 2016, 1:13 p.m.
Writer/activist Hida Viloria introduces "Intersex 101"; Sam Smith wins "razzies" for his history-free Oscars homage; a backdoor marriage equality ban fails in Switzerland, the EuroCourt "reunifies" same-gender couples, Bermuda's government mixes a civil unions proposal with a marriage equality referendum, a South Dakota anti-trans "bathroom bill" craps out, U.N. ambassadors visit a "Fun Home", and more global LGBT news â plus a "Rainbow Minute" profile of Sir Ian McKellen!
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Beware of my Crew - LBC
So Now U A MC? (Creators remix) - Masta Ace ft. Gennessee
Soul Food - Goodie Mobb
Get On The Bus - Busdriver ft. Abstract Rude
The Jam - Mad Skillz
Maurice Jones Drew - Program
Remember Rap - Jeff Spec
Speak to be free - Emcee Originate ft. Phoenix
Put It On - The Hashassins
Buy You Some - Too Short ft. Erick Sermon
Build for Tomorrow - Fonze ft. Faceless
Kinfolk - Luke O'Brien
The Same Difference - Ear Dr.Umz the MetroGnome ft. Sah & Specs Wizard
Real Live Sh*t remix - Real Live ft. Ghostface Killa, Cappadonna, Lord Tarik and Killa Sin
5 O'Clock - Nonchalant
B-Wood - Dud Music
Black Caesar - K.Sparks
Stick My Flu In A Turbine For Geoffs - Nosmo King
"One More Time"; 3/6/16/; Set 1
March 8, 2016, 8:53 a.m.
"One More Time" ; 3/6/16; Set 2
March 8, 2016, 8:50 a.m.
March 6, 2016, 9:36 p.m.
Weekly show talking about the cycling world.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0342
March 6, 2016, 4:32 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
Interview on "The Spaces Between; A project about the rest of us"
March 6, 2016, 1:27 p.m.
This week we're speaking with Josie and Nathan of the project "The Spaces Between; A project about the rest of us". This is a zine which is a compilation of interviews with anarchists who live in smaller towns, away from so called anarchist hot spots. In this zine, the interviewees illustrate what it is like to live outside of the spotlight in the anarchist culture and politic, further away from its attending benefits and downsides. These folks just yesterday finished touring with this zine, keep your eyes peeled for their next one though, which is tentatively scheduled for sometime later this year. You can read or download the full pdf of this zine and keep abreast of further doings at https://spacesbetweentour.wordpress.com/
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We'd like to make an announcement for folks interested in learning more
about La ZAD, the many year land occupation against the Airport in Notre
Dame de Landes, France, the expansion of the nearby seaport, and the
world that it would bring by a diverse mixture of peoples in the
Brittany region of France. We've conducted interviews with activists
from NDDL a few times on the show. Well, now the writer's collective
called Mauvaise Troupe has created a book on the subject that is
available for free online and soon to be available in print. We at The
Final Straw Radio would like to inform listeners that while this is by
no means a definitive or objective view of La ZAD NDDL, it is an
interesting and informative take on the land struggle and worth a
perusal as food for thought. The text is recently translated by The
Laboratory of Insurrectional Imagination and the text can be found
online here: https://labofii.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/defending-the-zad-a-new-little-book-about-the-struggle-against-the-airport-and-its-world/
Playlist is here: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/15538
Music For The Mountain Bluegrass - Show #93 - 3-11-16
March 6, 2016, 1:07 p.m.
Music for the Mountain is a weekly bluegrass radio program featuring that hard-driving bluegrass sound, with classic and new tunes running the gamut from Bill Monroe to Sierra Hull.
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Out of the Woods - Show #309 - 3-12-16
March 6, 2016, 1:03 p.m.
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Out of the Woods is an earthy, wires and wood, mostly acoustic program featuring some of the best new and established artists from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriters, alt.country, Americana, classic country, old-time, Celtic, and everything that falls in between. The show is an unpredictable mix flowing like a river between moods, often with an edge or in a melancholy minor key. On occasion, Out of the Woods features interviews and live in-studio performances with national and international touring musicians. Past guests have included artists such as Bela Fleck, Si Kahn, Brown Bird, Dana Robinson, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Kate MacLeod, Bill Bourne, Karl Shiflett, Rachel Bissex, Darryl Purpose, Bow Thayer, Cosy Sheridan and many others. Out of the Woods grew out of Jon 'Chip' Colcord's former acoustic programs, The Song Swap and Music For The Mountain, separate folk and bluegrass programs which aired in New Hampshire during the 1990s. As a child, Colcord grew up a ravenous music fan with an ear for both rock and folk. All of these influences converge on Out of the Woods to bring you a mix which is as much on the edge as it is down home. Folk music with a rock 'n' roll soul
March 6, 2016, 12:45 p.m.
Abrupt warming in Arctic could lead to catastrophic consequences says top scientist Dr. Peter Gleick, ICCI Director Pam Pearson, and the founder of Paleoceanography, Dr. James Kennett. Three must-listen interviews.