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Ghosts of the Korean War: Stop THAAD

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  We head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in the 70s, 80s, and 90s have gone from quietly farming to organizing daily protests and blockades to stop THAAD. THAAD is part of a missile defense system that... Read more

2030: The End of U.S. Empire

Airs at: Tue, 12/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  It’s most likely historians will mark the War on Terror, declared by George W. Bush in 2001, as when the U.S. went into precipitous decline. The rapid military expansion into multiple countries was classic imperial overreach. The era of the U.S. as the sole superpower is... Read more

War or Peace in Korea: Eric Sirotkin

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. What can you say? They are lightweights fighting in the heavyweight division while the fate of possibly millions are at risk. Two heads of state trading taunts and insults back and forth like kids in a schoolyard. Trump declared that talking... Read more

The Broken Country

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  The Broken Country is a book-length essay on cultural trauma and the inter-generational legacies of war. In 2012, a young Vietnamese man named Kiet Thanh Ly walked into a downtown Salt Lake City megastore, purchased a knife, and began stabbing white male passersby in the... Read more

"Traitor to American Exceptionalism and White Supremacy"

Airs at: Fri, 11/17/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
   Mathew Hoh is a member of the advisory board of Expose Facts, Veterans For Peace and world Beyond War. In 2009 he resigned his postion with the Stae Department in Afghanistan in protest of the escalation of the Afghan War by the Obama Administration. He priviously has be... Read more

Ken Burns and Vietnam

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Christian Appy, professor of history at the Univ. Massachusetts, and author of numerous publications about the Cold War and the American war in Vietnam, including the recent American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity. Appy commen... Read more

The Costs of War

Airs at: Wed, 11/15/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. They use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the ... Read more

The Mystery and Physics of World Trade Center Seven

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
This is the fifth episode in my series on 9/11. These are interviews with those who are speaking out about the 9/11 false flag and cover up. These are scientists and scholars who are showing us that the science supports what we see with our own eyes, that the three World Tr... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 6, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First about agriculture and the climate. 2. Reyna G and Denise Morris explain the organizing drive of workers at New Seasons Markets. 3. Film Director Jan Haa... Read more

Soldier Psychology

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Film Director and Old Mole Jan Haaken talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris about Jan's film THERAPISTS BEHIND THE FRONT LINES The film follows psychologists who work with the US infrantry in Afghanistan to help them get back into the fight. In this conversation, Jan a... Read more