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It Takes A Village To Be Un-Tethered

Airs at: Tue, 04/02/2019 at 12:00am - Tue, 04/30/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
This is a special episode because it’s just US... ᴼⁿᶜᵉ ᵘᵖᵒⁿ ᵃ ᵗᶦᵐᵉ, ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ʷᵃˢ ᵃ ᵍᶦʳˡ We’re talking about Jordan Peele and Lupita Nyong’o’s blinding talents, the one downfall to Beyoncé, and PLANET EARTH!!!! Tune in, have a laugh, think a thot, and remember #ittakesavillage   Read more

FDA Schedules Public Hearing On Cannabis

Airs at: Sun, 04/07/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century: The FDA has announced that it plans to hold a public hearing on cannabis and cannabis derivatives; FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, is questioned by a Senate subcommittee about CBD; plus we hear interviews with Gretchen Burns Bergman from A New PAT... Read more

Buscando America on 04/02/19

Airs at: Tue, 04/02/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Conoce el 1er festival de cine Femme Revolution Film Fest   Transmitiendo desde la Ciudad de México. Pasamos la tarde con el colectivo de Batallones Femeninos en un circulo de Free Style  para sacar la voz en en La Gozadera. Karen Torrente presenta su proyecto PHOTOMATHON:... Read more

The Long Honduran Night

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks to Dana Frank, professor of history emerita at University of California Santa Cruz, and author of many books, including the recent The Long Honduran Night: Resistance , Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup. They discuss the US role... Read more

Labor and the Green New Deal

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads excerpts from Jane McAlevey’s piece on the Jacobin Magazine website, “Organizing to Win a Green New Deal.” It shows how the role of labor is essential to the climate struggle. Jane McAlvey has been an organizer and negotiator in the labor movement ... Read more

Reform and Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with labor journalist Michael Hirsch about working within reform movements toward revolutionary ends. Hirsch writes about labor and politics and is a member of the editorial board of New Politics.   Graphic courtesy of Nation of Change. Read more

Indigenous Space and Decolonizing Prison Abolition

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 03/29/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
Indigenous Space and Decolonizing Prison Abolition (Sean Swain starts at 05min, 12 sec) Ni Frontiers Ni Prison (starts 12min, 08sec) Today we have a two part show! In the first part we are presenting a conversation with someone from Ni Frontiers Ni Prison, which is a grou... Read more

Surviving and Re-thinking Our World Without the Government: Comunidad Colectiva on ICE in NC

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 03/22/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
  This week we had the chance to interview Lelia, who is a community activist and a part of the group Comunidad Colectiva, an immigrant rights group based in Charlotte NC. We got to talk about a lot of things in this interview, the work that they and other groups do with i... Read more

The Reckonings

Airs at: Fri, 04/19/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  From “Speak Truth to Power,” about the condition of not being believed about rape and assault; to “Goliath,” about the ways evil is used as a form of social control; to “The Fallout,” about ecological and generational violence, Lacy M. Johnson creates masterful, elabora... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 1, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts today's program which includes: Reform and Revolution: An interview with Michael Hirsh on reform vs. revolution Labor and the Green New Deal: A reading from the Jacobin website entitled "Organizing to Win a Green New Deal." The Anthropocene: A reading fro... Read more