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Kalama Methanol: Perspective from the Puget Sound

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program aired originally on July 1, 2019 For nearly five years the community of Kalama has been fighting the world's largest methanol refinery proposed for the Port of Kalama. Until recently the community felt isolated and invisible as they struggled to stop this ma... Read more

Falter with Bill McKibben

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This program aired originally on May 27, 2019 Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change in his groundbreaking book The End of Nature, which was the first book to alert us to global warming. In his latest book FALTER: Has th... Read more

Physics, Dreaming and Extreme States: Arnold Mindell

Airs at: Fri, 08/02/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Madness Radio

What is reality? Why do people in extreme states feel connected to the universe, and experience uncanny and even supernatural events? Does quantum physics have something to teach us about madness? What if therapists were like indigenous tribal shamans, entering into clients... Read more

BAD News: July 2019 (#24)

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 07/19/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

BAD News: Angry Voices From Around The World Welcome to the 24th edition of Bad News. This is your Angry Voices From Around The World for July, 2019. If you’d like to get involved in the network or want to hear more – send an email to a-radio-network@riseup.net. Chec... Read more

Resisting Tyranny in Hong Kong

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 07/26/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

Resisting Tyranny in Hong Kong For the hour, we spoke with Ahkok who identifies as a humanitarian, antifascist and musician who grew up in Hong Kong and has participated in protests over the years including the Umbrella Movement and current protests today. We talk about th... Read more

Secwepemc Struggle Against Pipeline / Perilous Chronicles Prisoner Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 07/19/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

Secwepemc Struggle Against Pipeline / Perilous Chronicles Prisoner Resistance This week, we feature two segments on the episode. First, a brief chat with Duncan of Perilous Chronicle, a site documenting prisoner resistance since from 2010 til today in the so-called U.S. & C... Read more

Tragedy In Kansas

Airs at: Wed, 07/31/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we speak with Jennifer Hess, a Kansas medical cannabis patient, wife and mother whose husband died in police custody. Plus, Jessyln McCurdy from the ACLU, Patrice Onwuka from the Independent Women's Forum, and Aleks Kajstura from the Prison Policy Initiative speak... Read more

Buscando America on 07/30/19

Airs at: Tue, 07/30/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Janna Jihad nació en Cisjordania y con tan solo doce años ha sido catalogada como la periodista más joven del mundo. Conversatorio con Janna en el Café Revolución durante la gira que realiza en Estados Unidos junto con el documental “Radiance of Resistance". ¿Quiénes están... Read more

Laying my life on the line for animal liberation

Airs at: Fri, 07/26/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Hosts Julianne Schwartz and Noah Bristol speak with Thomas Chiang, a Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) activist working diligently for animal rights. Thomas was recently part of June 3rd, 2019 mass action at Reichardt Duck Farm in Petaluma, California. Thomas, along with other... Read more

Six New Wolf Pups on Mt. Hood

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Six pups were born this year to Oregon’s White River wolf pack. A video of the two-to-three-month-old wolf pups howling back and forth with their parents was captured on a trail camera by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, whose reservation is within the pack’s home t... Read more