A conversation between Joel Whitney and Natasha Lennard, in which they discuss Whitney’s latest book, "Flights: Radicals on the Run", which is published by OR Books: https://orbooks.com They spoke on September 4th, 2024, at the Francis Kite Club in Manhattan: https://www.franciskiteclub.com From OR Books: "Told through the lives of the American Century’s most talented and stubborn dissidents, Flights is the archetypal hero’s journey of a group of progressives whose struggle for truth, and for freedom from persecution, sent them into exile, both literal and metaphorical. At once a group portrait of these geniuses of creative escape, Flights is also a prehistory (and indictment) of American mass surveillance culminating in Edward Snowden’s revelations, of torture culminating in Abu Ghraib, of censorship culminating in the incarceration of journalist Julian Assange, of fascism culminating in January 6, and of political murder culminating in the Bush-Obama-Trump air assassination program." "Joel Whitney is the author of Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers, which The New Republic called a “powerful warning.” His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Baffler, The Wall Street Journal, Boston Review and New York Magazine. He is a former features editor at Al Jazeera America and a founder and former editor-in-chief of Guernica for which he was awarded the 2017 PEN/Nora Magid Award for Excellence in Editing. His essays in The Baffler, Dissent and Salon were Notables in Best American Essays 2017, 2015 and 2013. He currently curates literary programs at the Brooklyn Public Library." Natasha Lennard is a British-born, Brooklyn-based writer, and a columnist for the Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, Dissent, and the New York Times, among others.

Backbeat rolls along this week with not one but two Hank Williams songs, Kay Starr shows her impressive jazzy chops, some great pickin' from Brandon Isaak, Harry Manx and Arthur Smith, Little Walter wails, Solomon Burke covers a Bob Dylan song and we'll hear from a 1950s singer who could have been a major star, but didn't really want it. Backbeat is also available in a 56 and 58 minute versions in three separate files if you want breaks. I am happy to provide custom station IDs, promos and liners. Email Lorne@Backbeatradio.com or visit www.backbeatradio.com for more information.

We'll spin a set of Crescent City brass and funk from The Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Soul Rebels, and the Rebirth Brass Band, admire the Party Lights with Claudine Clark, and compete in our own Olympics- the vocal group, that is.

We'll spin a set of Crescent City brass and funk from The Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Soul Rebels, and the Rebirth Brass Band, admire the Party Lights with Claudine Clark, and compete in our own Olympics- the vocal group, that is.

There is no greater theater than the mind.

Sonic Café that’s the late Joe Strummer with his Mescalaros. Joe first gained world acclaim with a little know band called the Clash, ah you might remember them. So yeah, hey welcome to episode 401 of the Sonic Café, I’m your host Scott Clark, that guy in the booth, in the back in the dark, presenting another mix of intelligent eclectic music, comedy and pop culture. This time our mix spans 56 years. Listen for Jack White, They Might be Giants, Altered Five Blues Band, The Replacements, Teenage Fan Club, The Violent Femmes and of course many more. Sargent Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon from the late 60’s TV show dragnet are here to tell us about the evils of smoking marijuana. Joe lets it fly, and ahh speaks his truth. Also plane crash math from Neil deGrasse Tyson. Plus we’ll take a trip back to 1968 in the Sonic Café time machine, listen for The Electric Flag near the bottom of the hour. All that and more as the Sonic Café gets schooled on the evils of marijuana, this time from our little radio café in the Pacific Northwest, from 1971 here’s Isaac Hayes telling us that no matter what it is, you just gotta do your thing, which is exactly what we do hear at the Sonic Café.

– Gary Hopkins, former Lib Dem Councillor, joins Tony and Martin. Why Gary left being a Councillor. Cuts since 2008 financial crisis and during Lib Dem/Tory coalition. – Allotments story ‘Constitutional crisis’ caused by row over raising rents for allotments in Bristol – Grenfell Tower Fire Criminals 1: Stephen Williams, for blocking regulations prohibiting flammable cladding and requiring sprinklers in 2014 while Communities Minister three years before the fire which killed 72 – Grenfell Tower Fire Criminals 2: Rock Feilding-Mellen (known locally as ‘Cock Wielding-Felon) signed off change from flame-retardant to flammable cladding to shave £300k off refurbishment budget – GRENFELL ACTION GROUP CONDEMN KCTMO, PREDICTED ‘SERIOUS FIRE’ AND ‘SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE’ THE YEAR BEFORE THE FIRE WHICH KILLED 72 RESIDENTS – KCTMO – Jubilee Pool in Knowle – how Gary and locallers saved it. Poem about pool by Patrizia Opulenza. Other Bristol schemes run by volunteers, that Council couldn’t have done – Warren Thornton is in Japan – US Military is obuilding up military presence in Hokkaido, is being built up in defence against Russia and China. – North to Hokkaido: The Case for a Permanent US Army Presence on Japan’s Northern Frontier – Mike Benz, “From Tanks To Tweets” We covered Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s role in NATO’s “From Tanks To Tweets” doctrine in the 7 hour lecture last week. – To recap, Rasmussen created a NATO Censorship All-Star team in 2018 with Joe Biden, Michael Chertoff & Victor Pinchuk, called Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity (TCEI) – Katharine Gun, former GCHQ whistleblower, joins Tony and Martin. Japan colonised for a long time. China surrounded by US military – The Growing BRICS Bloc Should Be a Wake-up Call for the U.S. – US Wants To Deploy Nuclear-Capable Missile System to Japan – The US recently sent the Typhon missile system for drills in the Philippines, a move China viewed as a major provocation – Top-Down, For-Profit, Zero Carbon policies – The strange career of Samantha Cohen –The punchline to this article is that Cohen is also now chief of staff at Rio Tinto! – Katharine Gun’s Telegram Channel -> I am skeptical of status quo narratives, try to see through the BS and the propaganda and remain sane and humane at the same time. – ‘Climate The Movie’ – explains the enormous pressure on scientists and others not to question the climate alarm: the withdrawal of funds, rejection by science journals, social ostracism. – Darren Jones, introduced by Paul Burgess, on Net Zero projects costing tax payers hundreds of billions, going to private businesses. – Labour’s “bonkers” Net Zero transition will saddle British taxpayers with an eye-watering bill of almost £800 billion – Russia presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia will continue to “speak the truth” to the world, despite Western governments and media – Pro Palestinian marches in London and Bristol – tomorrow must start later as Pro Zionist demo first. – Plus 972 magazine – Operation Summer Camps in to West Bank …Inside the brutal siege of Jenin – Yoav Gallant Israeli Defence Minister says killing Palestinians is ‘mowing the lawn’, and then this genocidalist adds ‘the roots must be pulled out’ – Sarah Wilkinson, UK journalist interviewed on ‘Not the Andrew Marr Show’, UK police ask Palestine activist for details of her contacts in Gaza – Pepe Escobar on why arrests are taking place. Telegram boss, Pavel Durov, arrested to keep lid on coverage of Gaza? – Cash has run out for Ukraine? Vanessa Beeley interviews Alex Krainer, author and former hedge fund manager. – Ukraine is defaulting on it’s debt. – Jeffrey Sachs: The Looming War With Iran, CIA Coups, and Warning of the Next Financial Crisis The Tucker Carlson Show – Rabbi Weiss on Jewish banishment from the Holy Land, a Devine decree, will end miraculously, when all mankind will unite in the brotherly service of the Creator. – Moheen Yaseen – Global Vision 2000 in Istanbul – Muslim Eschatology Mulhamma Armageddon Imman Mhadi Issa Jesus and the coming of the Dajaal or Antichrist – Steven and Jana Ben Nun – Jesus is the sacrifice, no return to cattle and sheep sacrifice in any projected Third Temple should be endorsed by Christians. https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/not-the-bcfm-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-206/

Thinking Clearly is a show about critical thinking.

Eric Kirk and David Frank discuss the politics of the day.

This week’s archive radio show covers the Symbiosis Revolution Congress that happened in Detroit in September of 2019. Come visit the Anti-Olympia as we help organize a revolution!

To Kill or Not To Kill: That is the question still presented to juries in capital cases in the United States, one of the few countries remaining in the world to employ the death penalty. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit with Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served as chaplain for the Texas Department of Corrections from 1982 to 1995 and counseled 95 inmates on their way to death by lethal injection. “At the Death House Door: No Man Should Die Alone,” is a independent film documentary, directed and produced by Steve James and Peter Gilbert, that presents a personal and intimate look at the death penalty in Texas through the eyes of Pastor Pickett, a Presbyterian minister. Over the years, after each of the 95 executions, Pickett would record his experiences with that person on the tape he used to practice his sermons. Although he never listened to those tapes, they became the thread and primary source for the movie. I spoke with Pastor Carroll Pickett on May 23, 2008 from his home in Texas, after hearing him speak at a special hearing on capital punishment in San Francisco, CA, while he was on a break from a national publicity tour. We began when I asked him to explain what brought him to work with condemned men and be with them in their last hours. This program was originally broadcast on June 25, 2009. The book Carroll Pickett recommends is “Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist,” by Mike Farrell and Martin Sheen.

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we do our anniversary special on the 9/11 attacks by seeing it through the lens of family members of the casualties of the terrorist attacks, particularly those who came to doubt everything that was said about the tragedy being caused by member of government for reasons other than being caught with their pants down. In our first half hour, Matt Campbell, brother of 9/11 victim Geoff Campbell returns to the show to talk about the steps ahead for him now that his application for a new inquest into Geoff’s death was refused. Then in our second half hour, we are joined by Ray MCGinnis. He will talk about his 3 year old book "Unanswered Questions: What the September Eleventh Families Asked and the 9/11 Commission Ignored."

Interview with Velina Brown, director of "American Dreams" 2024 San Francisco Mime Troupe play.

No punches pulled this week. At the bell, a brand new spin from the Afro Celt Sound System due later this month. St. John's songsmith Len O'Neill share his tale of Rebels In The Rubble. More cool celtic from The Go Set who always bring the Opportunities. And, at high tide we float a cool classic from Fairport Convention. Come out swingin' with Celt In A Twist!

New trends from old friends this week. The Afro Celts drop one more from their album in waiting, 'Ova' and Manu Chao returns with 'Viva Tu'. We share the album opener. For the Pulp Fiction fan, Skeewiff hot rod Dick Dale's 'Miserilou' and Kiran Ahluwalia whips up a 'Pancake' for us. Sign up for the E-Blast at ​worldbeatinternational.com.

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.

Keeping time with crossing cultures this week starting with the harmony of Basque and Galician voices. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 take afrobeat to the TOP. Introducing psychedelic salsa from Rio 18, a power punk palette cleanser from Ultrabomb and Soweto Gospel Choir X Groove Terminator Ride Like The Wind! Think globally, listen locally, World Beat Canada Radio.

Give us this day ... Sofi Tukker introduce us to their carbolicious new album, Bread. Sonova balance a Girl On A Wire, Brownout sub out Ozzy for Latin horns on Iron Man. We revisit South Asian invasion trailblazer Nitin Sawney and debut a 'Jawbreaker' from Sao Paulo's Nomade Orchestra. Delivering beats and treats for the Labour Day weekend, it's World Beat Canada Radio.

You've got the sky, you got the road. The world is your home! Take Celt In A Twist on your travels. We're spinning West African/Scottish from Chicago, Catalan pipes with electronics, ethno punk with Rocksalt & Nails, The Sons Of Southern Ulster and Prague's Pipes And Pints.

Punk Celts, Firkin from Budapest, decided to give limericks rest. Instead they present to you, an impossibly heavy Haiku. The Mollys serve up a Song Of Liberty, something for Finny McConnell's birthday, Davie Simmons tributes the lost at Culloden Field and The Once channel Queen. A Celtic music fan's best friend is Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser.