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Squirrels Know

Join Ender Black for a 2 hour spirit device, every 4th Friday, 8-10pm PST   This is a galactic radio show, broadcast throughout the galaxy as part of the Ongoing Protocols of Galactic Interaction. --- Down the rabbithole of Consciousness and Existence we go! --- We live on... Read more

Gandhian Nonviolence Today

Airs at: Tue, 04/04/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  As protests and demonstrations continue around the world, once again the relevance of the strategies and tactics of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance arise. What are we to do when faced with injustice? Look away? Or resist? Are sit-ins, blockades and boycotts ... Read more

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Airs at: Sun, 04/02/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
Part one of our coverage of the Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference, with SSDP Executive Director Betty Aldworth and Deputy Director Stacia Cosner, plus Nazlee Maghsoudi with the International Center for Science in Drug Policy. Students for Sensible Drug Policy   Read more

10 Steps to End Mass Incarceration in America

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 8:00am - Fri, 03/31/2017 at 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
   Howell Woltz speaks from personal experience. He was arrested, illegally denied bail, and unlawfully held for seven years by the U.S. Government, though never convicted in or by any court of jurisdiction. Woltz vividly illustrates each of his suggested reforms with rive... Read more

Conscience and Dissent: Values in Media

Airs at: Fri, 03/31/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Radiozine
  Independent journalism has been the site to locate incisive analysis and perspectives typically passed over by the hegemony established by mainstream, corporate media. Speaking truth to power is a phrase often spoken, and arguably, a central tenet to independent journali... Read more

Ep.3 Magically Delicious

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 8:00pm - 8:45pm
Produced for Peace, Love and Soup
  March 2017 - Peace, Love and Soup is going Irish in a big and Magically Delicious way... NO BLARNEY!   In this, our 3rd episode, we make Dublin Coddle stew and as a special treat, Irish Soda Bread with guest baker, Dan Fagan, who also teachers us: "Good doesn't need to... Read more

Anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie in Gaza

Airs at: Fri, 03/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for One Land Many Voices
This week on One Land Many Voices, to honor the 14th anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie, we bring you a talk by Rachel Corrie’s parents and her friend. Rachel was from Olympia Washington, and was 23 years old in 2003 when she went to Palestine to volunteer with the... Read more

The Lost Eleven

Airs at: Tue, 03/28/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
  James Dixon talks with co-author Robert Child about the story of the Wereth Eleven. Nearly forgotten by history these African-American soldiers who fought courageously for freedom in World War II only to be ruthlessly executed by Nazi troops during the Battle of the Bulg... Read more

Iran: History & Politics

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Iran, a country of 80 million people, strategically straddles West and South Asia. Once in Washington’s hip pocket, Iran dramatically left the U.S. orbit in 1979 when the Shah was overthrown and the Islamic Republic was established. The “loss” of Iran was a major blow to... Read more

#CND60

Airs at: Sun, 03/19/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week begins our coverage of the Sixtieth Annual Session of the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria. In part one of our coverage, we hear from delegates representing New Zealand, Uruguay, and the European Union. Read more