In the last El Nino in 2023, carbon from Canadas wildfires equaled total emissions from India. Wildfires are a world problem. Fire expert Michael Flannigan joins us. Then Amazon Godfather of rainforest science, Dr. Carlos Nobre: the Columbia conference to get off fossil fuels, better news on deforestation despite organized crime, and the awful Amazon tipping point. This is find-out time.

We've got many different kinds of blues on Backbeat this week, which is fitting for a show that's been named Best Blues or Similar by the National Community Radio Association. Professor Longhair gives us his quirky take on the boogie, followed by Smokey Rogers, also doing a blues boogie. We'll hear a very young LaVern Baker with the Todd Rhodes Orchestra and Robert Petway, a obscure country blues artist whose songs were very influential. All that and some new music by Trevor Tchir, an Earl King guitar classic that Jimi Hendrix also recorded and some fine harmony to mix everything together.

There are moments in history when a nation begins to tremble, not because an enemy has breached its walls, but because the truth has finally breached its story. Today, we step into one of those moments. This episode is not about predictions. It is not about wishes. It is about the unmistakable signs of a system straining under its own weight. A story of a state confronting the limits of its own contradictions. A story of what happens when the world stops nodding along and starts paying attention. But before we begin, I want to honor something deeper, the people who give themselves for what is right. The ones who stand when standing is costly. The ones who speak when silence would be easier. The ones who choose truth over comfort, justice over convenience, and humanity over fear. They are the quiet architecture of every movement, the steady pulse beneath every struggle for dignity. This episode is for them. If you have thoughts, I want to hear them. Email me at TWIPpodcasts@gmail.com and tell me how you see it. This is This Week in Palestine.

On this edition of the Subrosa News program, we have a recording of a discussion between progressive activist David Hogg and Progressive Democrat Ms. Mai Vang, who is challenging long-term Democratic incumbent Doris Matsu for California’s 7th Congressional District, which is in the Sacramento area of Northern California. Ms. Vang is currently a member of the Sacramento City Council and is challenging Ms. Matsui, who has served in Congress for 21 years. David Hogg was a student at the 2018 Parkland High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. After that shooting, Mr. Hogg became a gun control activist. He also became involved with the Democratic National Committee but had a serious falling-out with leadership. This discussion was held in Elk Grove, California, before an audience of Vang’s supporters on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the A Seat at the Table Bookstore. Vang and Hogg discussed what they characterized as a do-nothing Democratic Party. To read more about this discussion, visit ElkGroveNews.net

– Donald Mack, Bristol stand-up comic, joins Tony and Martin. Results so far from local, Welsh and Scottish elections. Reform gets by far the most Councillors. – Labour have lost more than 1,200 English council seats and Reform have made massive gains for the second year running – Scotland and Welsh devolved elections Elections for devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales delivered significant blows for Labour and the Conservatives, while nationalist parties and Reform performed well. – Politics as a celebrity game show nowadays. DDN News Watch – stabbings in Golders Green not reported on properly. Double Down Newswatch Episode 1: 1:02 – Golders Green Attack 2:20 – Trevor Phillips Hypocrisy – Iranian guy stabbed in London – only one report in entire London news. – UK/IRAN: Protestor stabbed at anti-war demo in Downing Street – A protestor has been stabbed outside Downing Street during a demonstration against the US/Israeli war against Iran. The victim, Mohammed Reza, a father of two, was attacked by two men taking part in an anti-Iranian counter demonstration – Times Radio, Roger Bolton interviews Rosie Duffield who’s left Labour Party – what she thinks of Starmer. Mandelsonian Labour types. Rosie Duffield MP on Mandelsons 2024 ‘New Labour MPs’, Starmer the Klingon puppet. – Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham going to Compass Conference about Left alliances. Burnham sparks Labour anger with plan to appear at event alongside Greens – PR voting system – in Scotland, and Wales. Voting boxes left overnight with security guard – security guards can easily be paid off. Vote count delays raise ‘real concerns’ over ballot security – A three-day election count, and a pause between the polls closing tonight and ballot verification tomorrow morning, has raised serious questions over arrangements for the count – Reform Party donations. Scottish results. Reform Friends of Israel. Nigel Farage dodges questions on £5m gift from crypto billionaire. Money from Christopher Harborne not declared – Need to take money out of politics. Shell quarterly profits £5bn, £20Bn annually with BP its £30bn. BP quarterly profits £3bn. Shell’s profits “obscene” as European oil majors’ profits surge by 43% – Bomber Beeching book by journalist and former Member of te European Parliament (MEP) Richard Cottrell – it was the US petrodollar lobby that closed British railways. Doctor Who? – Atomic Bomber Beeching and his War on the Railways. by Richard Cottrell (2013) The book describes the efforts of the British Government to force the diversion of rail traffic to roads and the motor transport industry by shuttering much of the rail network – Crispin Flintoff covering arson against Starmer trial. Ukrainian Starmer Arson Trial Day 8 ??The sad story of Roman Lavrynovych – EXCLUSIVE Tim Crossland co-founder of 'Defend Our Juries' – why we need juries – why Elbit protesters had two trials – Elbit protester’s barrister has been charged with contempt of court and the judge Mr. Justice Johnson has been promoted – defendourjuries.net. – A copy of the order obtained by The Grayzone exposes Judge Johnson’s egregious weaponization of contempt of court charges to sway jurors. – Defendants and their lawyers are prevented from mentioning the principle of jury equity, which holds that a judge is forbidden from “[directing] a jury to convict.” – Does Israel have secret military agreement with the UK to interfere in court process? – US 'LOVE TAP' STRIKES Trump’s war on Iran. ABC News – US and Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz – Trump giving Iran a ‘love tap’. ‘Just a Love Tap’: Trump Insists – Cease-Fire With Iran Is Holding Despite Ongoing Attacks Traded The U.S. and Iran have traded fresh blows, testing the limits of a shaky cease-fire – Saudi Arabia and Kuwait refuse to let US operate, does Trump know Netanyahu tricked him into Iran war? – Michael Hudson, economist, on how the present situation with Strait of Hormuz and Iran war is going to effect the world economy. UAE, Saudi Arabia sympathetic to Iran. – Yemen’s control over Strait of Hormuz. Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: Iran’s Real Strategy Just Broke America’s Grip. Dialogue Works – UK Journalist Richard Medhurst reveals how the Iran War is just one chapter in a US plan to monopolise energy and dismantle the Silk Road – Link between Iran war and Ukraine war? WW2 – 3000 Canadians sacrificed in Dieppe 1941 to keep Ainsworth Davies spy activities secret. – Creighton tipped the Nazis off to the exact time and location of the 1942 Dieppe raid which cost 3000 Canadians their lives. He was told that the British wanted to test Nazi defences. – The real reasons: convince Stalin it was too early for a second front, and build up Creighton’s credibility as a double agent – Al Jazeera – mobile data down for Russian Victory Day Parade. Internet of Things used in war to track people down – Total Information Awareness. – How the British Army introduced the world’s first mobile microwave data communication system, called Ptarmigan, in the 1980s. – Royal Signals Museum Tim Stankus, Adam Forty – Monty’s HQ lorry he used in the North Africa campaign, and the Ptarmigan radio – Scott Ritter on measured Russian approach to the Ukraine war. Scott Ritter : Putin’s Long War; Trump’s Quick Defeat – Global Sumud Flotilla aid for Gaza: Israeli forces detain two activists after stopping the Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla off the coast of Greece – Trump will now have realised there was no prospect of regime change and Netanyahu/Kushner conned him into attacking Iran. Will he act on this or not? Gideon Levy, Israeli journalist and author – Israel will, perhaps, get rid of itself. – Marco Rubio visits the first ever (in 1700 years) American Pope. Marco Rubio meets Pope Leo as US seeks to repair Vatican ties – Al Jazeera – Russia is backing Mali. – Iran war, with jobs falling, growth slowing and inflation risks rising, an Iran oil shock could be the jolt that tips US into recession – EXCLUSIVE Dr David Halpin on MV Hondius ship Hantavirus scare, Tetanus is only good kids jab – World Press Freedom Day – stop killing so many journalists in Gaza. On World Press Freedom Day, Pope honours journalists killed in war zones – The pope urged the rememberance of journalists who lost their lives pursuing the truth, particularly in conflict areas – Imran khan on Kashmir, Modi, and the Indian RSS – a Hindu supremacist group. Imran Khan continued, “we, in Muslim countries watch this Islamophobia travelling abroad and it’s getting worse. – Deutsche Welle documentary on the Mosque of Barbur, India, being burnt down to be replaced by Hindu temple – RSS and BJP. – Massive economic crisis coming before end of year? Trump breaking protocol with his speech at state dinner with King Charles. – Chris Pinto’s documentaries ‘Secret Mysteries of US’s Beginnings’ in four parts – Freemasonry and beginning of United States – ‘National Treasure’ Disney film propaganda movie about this – what secret is Freemasonry guarding? – The Bristol Politics Show, presented by Tony Gosling https://politicsthisweek.gn.apc.org/2026/05/the-bristol-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-21/

Israel’s continued attacks and restrictions on aid undermined the so-called ceasefire from the start. It is now making withdrawal conditional on Hamas surrendering all of its weapons. Hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah sit down with Palestinian writer and political analyst Muhammad Shehada, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. They discuss the latest situation on the ground in Gaza, and what the U.S., Israel and the so-called Board of Peace are trying to do to the Palestinians. On the Resistance Report, Jon Elmer looks at the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and Hizballah’s defense of south Lebanon destroys Israeli military equipment as both sides agree that there is no ceasefire.

Hey, welcome to the Sonic Café. I’m Scott Clark, and this is episode 482. This time, the Sonic Café leaves the Earth behind and goes Space Truckin’ into the great unknown. Our music mix is loaded with space-themed gems, including Spaceman from the Killers, a powerful Natalie Merchant cover of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, and Montrose taking us to Space Station #5. We’ll crank up classics from Black Sabbath, A Flock of Seagulls, and more. Oh—and don’t miss a deep-space detour near the bottom of the hour with South Side of the Sky from Yes, off their 1972 Fragile album. Pure prog rock perfection. On the comedy side, Jim Gaffigan wonders who’s really going to Mars, Katy Perry takes the captain’s chair, Neil deGrasse Tyson reminds us how little we actually know about the universe, and physicist Brian Cox explores wormholes—hoping to speed our trip. So yeah, buckle up. From the Seeking Major Tom LP, here’s Starfleet’s own William Shatner, covering Deep Purple. Let’s go Space Truckin’—right here, at the Sonic Café.

Understanding Comics, A Rather Colorful Display: The Invisible Art Comics have come to hold quite an important place in contemporary society. Satire, particularly political commentary, is perhaps closest to its essence when expressed in the visual comic. However, it also can be argued that comics have played a far greater role in the history of humanity, tracing back to all images depicting a sequential number of actions. My guest in this program is Scott McCloud, author of “Understanding Comics, A Rather Colorful Display: The Invisible Art,” a book about the history of comics. Scott McCloud recommends “Jar of Fools,” by Jason Lutes. Originally Broadcast: August 27, 1994

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Rearmament of Germany and Japan accelerates. Is Canada sound asleep, or complicit?

Join Patricia Fraser as she counts down the Top Ten Contemporary Celtic tunes for the month past and new additions from today including: The Real McKenzies, Broom Bezzums, Boiled In Lead, Dervish, Haggis X-1, The Ollam and many more. Check the new chart on social media and subscribe to our weekly E-Blast for the full pull. Celt In A Twist from worldbeatinternational.com!

Noise and high fidelity are not mutually exclusive. Heapin' helpins of both from TAKAAT, literally 'noise' in Tamishek, globally-inspired microtonal by Angine de Poitrine, eschewing vocals altogether, Tim Readman debuts Instrumental Arhythmetric. PLUS, new music from the African Jewish diaspora, inspiration from the Song Of Songs and fire from Angelique Kidjo. World Beat Canada Radio!

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news for the week of April 30th to May 7th, 2026.

The man, The Legend....we take a look at the man without shoes....the barefoot man and his live album in a Limburger lounge profile, some cheezy 60s grooves by some weirdos, and a classic TV sitcom star predicts the future with some fortune cookies. It's a mess o cheeze.

This is the first Recovery Radio broadcast for Denise Miller where she interviews Johnny (aka Radio Johnny) in December of 2017.

Canada must speak out against Israel's assault on humanitarian flotilla in international waters.

Craig Steven Wilder, talks about “Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities,” which uncovers the truth about race, slavery and the academy. Slavery funded colleges, built campuses, and paid professors. George Prochnik: When It's Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig. In the 1930s, Stefan Zweig was the world's most-translated author. He spent the final months of his life furiously writing a memoir - a warning to the future.