Irresistible Fiction
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Irresistible Fiction 6: Joy Riding in the Lifepod 2300
April 09, 2018 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBIrresistible Fiction 6: Joy Riding in a Lifepod 2300 While flipping through the help menus of the Lifepod 2300, Getch reveals some behind the scenes pop cultural infrastructure. Somebody lands in the co-pilot’s seat, and some absolutely crushing details. What’s up with all of this talk about being fictional? Why does Orkin, Raptor, and Racket care about a person who doesn't exist? What sort of trouble has PanCom gotten us all into? Get in touch through Facebook, at the Irresistible...
Irresistible Fiction Chapter One: The Subatomic Chronicles
February 05, 2018 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBIrresistible Fiction Chapter One: The Subatomic Chronicles Irresistible Fiction: Episodes 1 - 5 Veering drastically from the political programming of Occupy Radio, and Chaos Theory Radio, Getch, or David Geitgey Sierralupe, declares himself fictional. If you keep listening, you will find yourself becoming irresistibly fictional as well. In the first chapter of Irresistible Fiction, spanning episodes 1-5, Getch takes you deep into the nothingness at the core of the atom. Along th...
Irresistible Fiction 5: Club Neutron
January 29, 2018 07:07 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBIrresistible Fiction 5: Club Neutron It’s a full moon Irresistible Fiction special, coming from a special place where the moonlight doesn’t shine. Getch makes some friends, and tries out the nightlife at Club Neutron. Club Neutron, the last, best hope for some final chunk of matter, somewhere in the atom, turns out to be mostly illusions. Illusions, and maybe bad business decisions. While Getch talks quantum mechanics with Inga the bartender, the Incredible Quarks are on stage making t...
Irresistible Fiction to Date: Episodes 1-4
December 31, 2017 19:34 - 11 minutes - 33.9 MBIrresistible Fiction is best if you listen to a handful of episodes at a time. Here's the complete collection to date.
Irresistible Fiction 4: Give Your Symbols Power
December 25, 2017 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBIrresistible Fiction 4: Give Your Symbols Power A jet pack ride interrupted. Whispers of Einstein. Why it’s good to be fictional. Jingle Bells. Graffitti. Wikipedia: Atomic Nucleus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_nucleus Atomic Nucleus on Windows to the Universe https://www.windows2universe.org/physical_science/physics/atom_particle/atomic_nucleus.html Relative Size of: Atoms, Nucleus, Neutrons and Electrons https://prezi.com/cyc8c_xro4z6/relative-size-of-atoms-nucleus...
Irresistible Fiction 3: Subatomic Jet Pack
November 30, 2017 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBIrresistible Fiction 3: Subatomic Jet Pack In which Getch’s dimension-hopping doppelganger visits an intergalactic quidditch match in order to point out that it just doesn’t matter. Orkin, Raptor, and Racket imposes its will. Plus, vague rumblings about Einstein letting us all down. All of that, in just eleven minutes, and ten seconds. Or, as Nad commented after listening: “I love the sound of your show. I wasn't sure if I was too high, or not high enough, for the subject matter.” Rega...
Irresistible Fiction 2: Utter Bullshit
May 12, 2017 00:00 - 8 minutes - 7.96 MBIrresistible Fiction 2: Utter Bullshit Almost a century ago, scientists searched to find the smallest particle of matter in the microverse. Instead, they found puzzles and funhouse reflections. Deep down inside the atom, things got strange, and even Albert Einstein tried to sweep it all under the rug. But that strangeness at the core of the atom sat under that metaphorical rug, and waited. Every once and awhile, we lifted the corner of the rug and picked out little bits of quantum str...
Irresistible Fiction 1: The Habit of Being Fictional
March 12, 2017 02:55 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MBIrresistible Fiction 1: The Habit of Being Fictional The Datasphere plays a role in Being Fictional: We would like to define “datasphere.” but it doesn’t look like anybody agrees on a definition: Oxford Dictionary: NOUN Science Fiction The notional environment in which digital data is stored; especially the Internet viewed in this way. Also (Science Fiction): the space of virtual reality, cyberspace. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/datasphere Urban Dictionary: TOP DE...
Pre-Irresistible Fiction: Agent Cola Jakes
January 12, 2017 00:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBPre-Irresistible Fiction: Agent Cola Jakes There is so much more in this world, and all others, than you can possibly imagine. This world is a bit of a police state. Nick’s Trouble-Making Comic http://nickdeangelo.com/chronicles/images/chronicles/itv/23.jpg Carl Jung, and the Collective Unconscious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconscious What is the Collective Unconscious http://frithluton.com/articles/collective-unconscious/ If you see something. Say somethi...
Pre-Irresistible Fiction: Occam's Razor
November 13, 2016 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.87 MBPre-Irresistible Fiction: Occam’s Razor Still trying to understand what’s happening with the former Occupy the Media Podcast. I’m not willing to believe we are witnessing actual interdimensional communication. So, I’m considering other reasons involving collusion, trickery, and mind-f*ckery. Occam’s Razor seems to be the best pathway to a solution. “The most useful statement of the principle for scientists is "when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions,...
Transmission Four: Hello World
October 24, 2016 04:20 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MBTransmission Four: Hello World Orkin, Raptor, Racket International Department of Interdimensional Communication An explanation. A request. Music embed: Kopeika, by et http://freemusicarchive.org/music/et_/The_agency_of_missing_hearts/02_-_Kopeika#
Message From Getch: I Don't Know What's Going On
October 14, 2016 00:00 - 6 minutes - 5.89 MBHowdy Occupiers. Getch here, and I don’t know what’s going on. I’m sorry if I’m not going to be much help explaining those last three posts on the OTMC podcast. They are still a mystery to me. I did sit down in front of the mic to better explain just how much this is all a mystery to me. I’ll let ya’ll know when I know more. Until then, I guess you should keep checking back here. Who knows what’s going to happen next? I’m following the format of the mystery transmissions until I figure ...
Transmission Three
September 24, 2016 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.59 MBTransmission Three Orkin, Raptor, Racket, Intl, Dept. of Inter-Dimensional Communication Test Panel for Inter-Dimensional Communication Carrier Embed: Bad Banana Bread Artist: CSC Funk Band https://www.facebook.com/CSCfunkband/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CSC_Funk_Band/Live_at_WFMU_on_Marty_McSorelys_show_4122010/CSC_Funk_Band_-_02_-_Bad_Banana_Bread Big Data: 20 Mind-Boggling Facts Everyone Must Read http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2015/09/30/big-data-20-mind-bogg...
Transmission Two
September 14, 2016 00:00 - 2 minutes - 2.36 MBTransmission Two O,O,R, International: Department of Inter-Dimensional Communication Carrier Embed: (03) Cargo Ships (Chairs), by Matt LeGroulx http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Matt_LeGroulx/ Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/heisenberg-uncertainty-principle-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle
transmission one
September 08, 2016 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.58 MBTest Panel for Pan-Dimensional Communication Music embed: Masters of Science Fiction Artist: Lazy Magnet http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lazy_Magnet/Is_Music_Even_Good/Masters_Of_Science_Fiction
Talk Nation Radio: Mel Duncan on why unarmed civilian protection is better than war
July 07, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBTalk Nation Radio: Mel Duncan on why unarmed civilian protection is better than war Written by davidswanson Mel Duncan is a co-founder and current Director of Advocacy and Outreach for Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international non-governmental organization that provides direct protection to civilians caught in violent conflict and works with local civil society groups on violence deterrence throughout the world. He has received numerous awards. The Utne Reader named Duncan one of “50 Visio...
Love (and revolution) Radio: Viking Economics: George Lakey On How Nordic Nations Used Nonviolent Action to Oust the 1%
July 06, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBViking Economics: George Lakey On How Nordic Nations Used Nonviolent Action to Oust the 1% This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, George Lakey, nonviolent movement strategist, organizer, teacher, and author, joins us to speak about his new book, Viking Economics, about how Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland used nonviolent action to gain long-lasting economic justice . . . and how we can follow in their footsteps here in the United States. Sign up for our weekly email: htt...
ECONOMIC UPDATE: SMALL VICTORIES, BIG LESSONS
July 04, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBd@w Contributor: Richard Wolff June 27, 2016 Your voice matters, SHARE THIS On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on victories (1) over US sugar industry and (2) in reducing Sweden's 40-hour workweek to 30 hours with no pay cut. Major analyses of jobs moving south, legal fight over tax exemption for religions, corporate bailouts in Michigan, excess Corp borrowing, and capitalist technology serving profits not people.
Clearing the FOG Radio: We’re In The Midst Of A Political Realignment
July 01, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.6 MBWe’re In The Midst Of A Political Realignment by MFlowers Decades of lesser evil voting and the failed policies that have been the result are creating a political realignment in the United States. Such a realignment has been going on in other countries recently such as Spain, Venezuela, Greece and Iceland. The two major parties in the US, the Democrats and Republicans, are shrinking and more people are joining third parties or switching to be unaffiliated. We’ll discuss this politi...
Talk Nation Radio: Harvey Wasserman on Environmental and Antiwar Activism
June 30, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBTalk Nation Radio: Harvey Wasserman on Environmental and Antiwar Activism Written by davidswanson Harvey Wasserman is a life-long activist who speaks, writes and organizes widely on energy, the environment, history, the drug war, election protection, and grassroots politics. He teaches (since 2004) history and cultural & ethnic diversity at two central Ohio colleges. He works for the permanent shutdown of the nuclear power industry and the birth of Solartopia, a democratic and soci...
Love (and revolution) Radio: Got Strategy? Tips for Making Effective Nonviolent Change w/ Rivera Sun and Sherri Mitchell
June 29, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we're taking a moment for reflection and exploration, covering strategy for nonviolent movements, and a few key dynamics, practices and understandings you can use in your work to make change. Powerful tools and startling insights! Sherri Mitchell and Rivera Sun teach strategy for nonviolent movements across the country . . . and in this week's episode, we're bringing this knowledge to your ears! Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.rive...
It’s Our Money with Ellen Brown – It’s About Control
June 28, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBIt’s Our Money with Ellen Brown – It’s About Control Mayer Rothschild is famously quoted as saying “Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws!” – and so it is. When we look at the distribution of capital, we see that those who control the franchise of creating money through loans and debt rule our world. Ellen speaks with one of the planet’s oldest serving statesmen, Canada’s Paul Hellyer, about the nature of this controlling franchi...
ECONOMIC UPDATE: ECONOMIC CHANGE: WHY AND HOW
June 25, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBECONOMIC UPDATE: ECONOMIC CHANGE: WHY AND HOW d@w Contributor: Richard Wolff June 19, 2016 Your voice matters, SHARE THIS On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on CEO pay, new book on inequality, US estate and inheritance taxes. Interview with Alan Schulman, coordinator Democracy at Work New York City. Click here to download th
Talk Nation Radio: Peter Kuznick on Untold Nuclear History and No War 2016
June 22, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBTalk Nation Radio: Peter Kuznick on Untold Nuclear History and No War 2016 Written by davidswanson Peter Kuznick is Professor of History at American University, and author of Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists As Political Activists in 1930s America, co-author with Akira Kimura of Rethinking the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Japanese and American Perspectives, co-author with Yuki Tanaka of Nuclear Power and Hiroshima: The Truth Behind the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Power, and c...
Love (and revolution) Radio: Resisting Rubber Stamp Permits At FERC w/ Beyond Extreme Energy
June 21, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with two cofounders of Beyond Extreme Energy, Melinda Tuhus and Ted Glick, about the nonviolent direct action campaigns aimed at getting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stop rubber-stamping fossil fuel infrastructure permits. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guests: Melinda Tuhus is a founding member of Beyond Extreme Energy, an independent journalist, activis...
ECONOMIC UPDATE: LOCAL GROUPS, SOCIAL CHANGE
June 18, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 20 MBECONOMIC UPDATE: LOCAL GROUPS, SOCIAL CHANGE On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on new book "Coming of Age in the Other America," new research shows superiority of worker coops over capitalist enterprises, negative results of profit-driven enterprises, "America" replaces Budweiser. Interview with Betsy Avila, digital organizer of local groups for social change. Visit Professor Wolff's social movement project, democracyatwork.info. Permission to rep...
Clearing the FOG Radio: FBI Stings of Muslims Worsen Bigotry and Security
June 17, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBFBI Stings of Muslims Worsen Bigotry and Security by MFlowers A study from 2014 showed that 99% of domestic terrorist plots in the US are aided in some way by the FBI; only 4 out of 400 were not FBI stings. And human rights groups found that the way the sting operations are conducted violate human rights. Sue Udry of Defending Dissent will speak about the ways these sting operations have been used to fuel hatred against Muslims. And to discuss the shooting and mass murder in Orland...
Talk Nation Radio: Sandy Davies on Asking World's Help in Resisting U.S. Crimes
June 16, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBTalk Nation Radio: Sandy Davies on Asking World's Help in Resisting U.S. Crimes Written by davidswanson Nicolas J "Sandy" Davies is the author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq, with a preface by Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz. He also wrote the chapter on “Obama at War” in Grading the 44th President, and a chapter titled "Crime By America: No Accountability, No Justice, No Peace" in a new book, Crime and Punishment in America, due out ...
Love (and revolution) Radio: Reconciliation Ecology: Saving the Ecosystem With Wild Backyards
June 15, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with citizen scientist and master gardener Adrian Fisher about reconciliation ecology and how her neighborhood outside Chicago, IL used wild plant gardening to not only connect two wildlife preserves on either side of her, but also a bi-continental migration route for innumerable wild species. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Adrian Fisher is a sustainability coord...
Economic Update: Pro-environment, anti-capitalist
June 12, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 20 MBEconomic Update: Pro-environment, anti-capitalist On this week' episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff. provides updates on fossil-fuel divestment, Zika virus economics, product recalls , and payday loan scandal. Interview with environmentalist lawyer/activist Carol Dansereau. Visit Professor Wolff's social movement project, democracyatwork.info. Permission to reprint Professor Wolff's writing and videos is granted on an individual basis. Please contact [email protected] to...
It’s Our Money with Ellen Brown – The Little Bank that Does – Part 2
June 12, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 20 MBIt’s Our Money with Ellen Brown – The Little Bank that Does – Part 2 We continue our conversation with the preeminent historian of the Bank of North Dakota, Dr. Rozanne Enerson Junker, about the founding factors and functional dimensions of America’s only state-owned public bank. Ellen discusses block-chain technology with co-host Walt McRee while this week’s What Wall Street Costs America examines the impact of predatory banking costs on the city of Detroit -- Matt Stannard t...
Clearing the FOG Radio: The TPP is What Plutocracy Looks Like
June 10, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 14 MBThe TPP is What Plutocracy Looks Like by MFlowers As President Obama completes his final term in office, his administration is working closely with Big Business and Big Finance to sneak the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through Congress during the lame duck session after the November election. The TPP is an international agreement that was negotiated in secret with the help of hundreds of corporate advisers. If ratified, it will rig the political system even more to benefit multi...
Talk Nation Radio: Ahmed Salah on Masterminding the Egyptian Revolution
June 09, 2016 06:26 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBTalk Nation Radio: Ahmed Salah on Masterminding the Egyptian Revolution Ahmed Salah is an Egyptian democracy activist. He was a co-leader of three of Egypt’s most prominent protest movements—Kefaya, Youth for Change, and the April 6th Movement—and a principal organizer of the Egyptian Revolution. In 2013, he received the Champion of Justice Award from the Center for Justice and Accountability. His book is called You Are Under Arrest for Masterminding the Egyptian Revolution. Total...
Fellowship of Reconciliation Centennial: 100 Years Of Nonviolence, Action, Peace, and Justice
June 08, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBFellowship of Reconciliation Centennial: 100 Years Of Nonviolence, Action, Peace, and Justice This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with four guests who each offer a unique lens into the upcoming, historic Fellowship of Reconciliation Centennial Conference at Seabeck, WA, exploring the past, present, and future of the largest, oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, and how one hundred years of working for peace, justice, and nonviolence affects us a...
All Power To The Positive! Vol#6, Episode #11
June 05, 2016 00:00 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBAll Power To The Positive! Vol#6, Episode #11 “First and foremost, you do not have to live up to or emulate the lives of any of your predecessors. But at the very least, you should know about them. You will have your own life, interests, and ideas of what you want or do not want in life. Do what you enjoy doing. Be honest with yourself and others. Don’t think of satisfying anyone: your elders, peers, government, religion, or children who will come after you. Develop meaningful idea...
Economic Update: Listen, Prof. Krugman
June 04, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 20 MBEconomic Update: Listen, Prof. Krugman On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on car companies buying ride-share companies, Pope's latest, evidence against Prof. Krugman's rosy view of inequality. Major discussions of (1) why markets need not undermine worker-coop based economy and (2) European leaders' failed policies on Greece. Visit Professor Wolff's social movement project, democracyatwork.info. Permission to reprint Professor Wolff's writing and videos...
Clearing the FOG Radio: Escalating Resistance to Fossil Fuels
June 03, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBEscalating the Resistance to Fossil Fuels by MFlowers May has been a month of escalated resistance to fossil fuel industries and a call for a rapid transition to clean renewable sources of energy. The month began with Break Free: two weeks of direct action targeting coal, oil and gas around the world. That was followed by a week of action called the Rubber Stamp Rebellion protesting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its approval of new fossil fuel infrastructure w...
Talk Nation Radio: Sam Husseini on Greatness of Katharine Gun, How to Vote, and Hillary v. Muslims
June 02, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBMay 31 Talk Nation Radio: Sam Husseini on Greatness of Katharine Gun, How to Vote, and Hillary v. Muslims Written by davidswanson Tag: Peace and War, Talk Nation Radio https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-sam-husseini-on-greatness-of-katharine-gun-how-to-vote-and-hillary-v-muslims Sam Husseini is the Communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, whom I have to thank for having found and promoted many of my previous guests on this show. Husseini wro...
Love (and revolution) Radio: Little Free Libraries Movement: Literacy, Sharing, Community
June 01, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBThis week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Margret Aldrich, the author of The Little Free Library Book, about the quiet revolution of community, sharing, and literacy that's popping up in more than 40,000 front yards, street corners, and coffee shops around the world. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Margret Aldrich is the author of The Little Free Library Book, and a writer and editor based in Minneap...
Economic Update: The Idea of Revolution
May 28, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 20 MBEconomic Update: The Idea of Revolution On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on Alabama convicts strike against slavery, Greece's victimization, TTIP exposed, and taxing Yale. Interview with Joan Berezin and Kip Waldo on revolutionary change. Visit Professor Wolff's social movement project, democracyatwork.info. Permission to reprint Professor Wolff's writing and videos is granted on an individual basis. Please contact [email protected] to ...
Clearing the FOG Radio: Corean Peace Delegation Works for End to Korean War
May 27, 2016 00:00 - 56 minutes - 26 MBCorean Peace Delegation Works for End to Korean War by MFlowers Three members of the Corean Alliance for Independent Reunification and Democracy (CAIRD) are in the United States on a peace expedition. They speak with us about the brutal history of the US’ involvement in Korea and their work to end the Korean War, bring reunification and build democracy. Their work builds on decades of work by Korean activists. Under the current leader, this work is being made even more challenging ...
Talk Nation Radio: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: U.S. Was Always at War
May 26, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBTalk Nation Radio: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: U.S. Was Always at War Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has taught in the Native American Studies Program at California State University, Hayward, and helped found the Departments of Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies. Her 1977 book The Great Sioux Nation was the fundamental document at the first international conference on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, held at the United Nations’ headquarters in Geneva. Dunbar-Ortiz is the author or editor of seven other...
Love (and revolution) Radio: Decolonizing Your Life While Working for Change w/ Idle No More Washington's Sweetwater Nannauck
May 25, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBDecolonizing Your Life While Working for Change w/ Idle No More Washington's Sweetwater Nannauck This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Sweetwater Nannauck, the director of Idle No More Washington, about culture, spirituality, social change, and how to decolonize our lives as we work to protect both people and planet. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Sweetwater Nannauck is the director of Idle No ...
All Power To The Positive! Vol#6, Episode #10
May 22, 2016 00:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBAll Power To The Positive! Vol#6, Episode #10. “It’s unacceptable and ultimate failed reporting when local media helps to perpetuate fossil fuel propaganda. it’s a sign of desperation to scoop so low. It would be reporting if you showed up and documented a sleeping activist being woken up at 5am with gun pointed to their face. you would have witnessed the police’s blockade, and [police] not allowing organizers to grab their belongings. It’s easy for media and locals to complain a...
Economic Update: False Econ Recovery, True Journalism
May 21, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 20 MBEconomic Update: False Econ Recovery, True Journalism by Richard Wolff. In this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on "carry interest tax loophole," Miami's Marlin Park and state subsidies for business, negative interest rates, and banks' "bail-in" versus "bail-out." Interview reporter Bob Hennelly sbout false economic recovery, dissolving society, and real journalism. Visit Professor Wolff's social movement project, democracyatwork.info. Permission...
Clearing the FOG Radio: Talking about a Political Revolution and the Sanders Campaign
May 20, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 14.5 MBTalking about a Political Revolution and the Sanders Campaign by MFlowers We discuss the current election environment in the context of the movement: how the movement has impacted the campaigns and the political parties and what a political revolution means. Our guests discuss their ideas for continuing the momentum beyond this election season and for having an impact on whomever is elected. Relevant articles and websites: Why Bernie Sanders Should Stay in the Race – And How ...
Talk Nation Radio: Meike Capps-Schubert on U.S. Military Resistance in Germany
May 19, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBTalk Nation Radio: Meike Capps-Schubert on U.S. Military Resistance in Germany Written by davidswanson Meike Capps-Schubert is the co-founder and current manager of The Clearing Barrel GI-Coffeehouse in Kaiserslautern next to Ramstein Airbase, Germany, the only GI-coffeehouse outside the United States. A long-time peace and justice activist in Germany, Meike is a counselor with the Military Counseling Network e.V. -- the German branch of the GI-rights-hotline, which provides free, conf...
Love and Revolution Radio: Teach, Inspire, Be Real: Talking Art, Music, and Change with Folkgoddess Diane Patterson
May 18, 2016 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBDiane Patterson, singer/songwriter, and creator of our theme song, joins Love (and Revolution) Radio to speak about art, music, life, loving, and making social change through heart, spirit, and human connection. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Folkgoddess Diane Patterson sings the world awake with strong voice, rocking guitar, sweet ukulele, and revolutionary lyrics. Her sincere spirit and wild heart joyfully plan...
It’s Our Money with Ellen Brown – Pursuing Populist Politics
May 17, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 20 MBIt’s Our Money with Ellen Brown – Pursuing Populist Politics Almost 100 years ago, populist politics marched across America in reaction to the same sort of monetary monopoly that is depriving this century’s citizens of their hard-earned assets and wealth. That deprivation has mobilized an angry, fed-up backlash of folks willing to support any candidate who will talk straight and promise real change. Several candidates are rising to the challenge. Ellen talks with Tim Canova, a la...
Economic Update: What Inequality Does
May 14, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 20 MBEconomic Update: What Inequality Does by Richard Wolff. On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on rich tax evaders, Takata airbags, equalized wealth data, money in Chicago politics. Major discussions of corporate food scandals, govt fiscal "crises" and why build worker coop sectors. Visit Professor Wolff's social movement project, democracyatwork.info. Permission to reprint Professor Wolff's writing and videos is granted on an individual basis. ...