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China's Development & Run-Away CO2

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick concludes his 3 part interview with China expert Richard Smith. They discuss China's overproduction and its impacts on the planet. You can find Part 1 of the interview here, and Part 2 here. Power plant in Tianjin, China  Photo by Shubert Ciencia   Read more

Root Causes of a Failed System: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 12/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Neil Postman in his classic work Amusing Ourselves to Death nailed it when he wrote, “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, whe... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 24th, 2018

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Bill Resnick concludes his 3 part interview with China expert Richard Smith. They discuss China's overproduction and its' impacts on the planet. Find parts 1-2 https://kboo.fm/media/69792-china-destined-be... Read more

The World's Largest Methanol Refinery

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Last week over 1,000 people from across the Pacific Northwest attended a public hearing in Longview, Washington, to comment on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the world’s largest methanol refinery, proposed for the Port of Kalama. Project supporter... Read more

Evening News on 12/19/18

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
US Troops Leaving Syria “We have defeated Isis in Syria” Donald Trump tweeted this morning. And since Isis was “my only reason for being  there,” he will be withdrawing the over 2,000 US troops currently there. In August, the Pentagon estimated that as many as 14,500 Isis ... Read more

Capitalism vs. the climate?

Airs at: Wed, 12/19/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
    Articles and books discussed or mentioned on today's program (or otherwise relevant): Interview with Simon Pirani, whose new book is Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption: https://truthout.org/articles/until-we-confront-capitalism-we-will-not-solve-... Read more

Buscando America on 12/18/18

Airs at: Tue, 12/18/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
Este 20 de diciembre se cumplen 29 años de  aquella madrugada del año  1989 cuando tropas norteamericanas atacaron Panamá por tierra y aire. Conoce más sobre la invasión estadounidense a Panamá en esta emisión. Además hablamos con Javier Sierra sobre la reunión de la COP24... Read more

Overproduction and Overdevelopment in China

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
In the second of a three part interview, Bill Resnick and China watcher Richard Smith discuss whether China's growth model (state capitalism and a welfarist police state to discipline labor) can maintain its remarkable challenge to U.S. global supremacy. For more on China,... Read more

Notes from the Psychedelic Underground: Michael Pollan

Airs at: Tue, 12/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  The legalization of marijuana across the U.S. and Canada is making headline news. The study of the medical uses of psilocybin (and other psychedelics) does not. Academic research of psilocybin found in hallucinogenic mushrooms, lysergic acid, and ecstasy is ongoing at ma... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for December 17, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode, which includes: Overproduction and Overdevelopment in China: Bill Resnick and Richard Smith talk about China's over-productive economy Ecopoetry: Frann Michel comments on the political significance of poetry and shares some poetry about clim... Read more