– Joe Banks, investigative journalist, joins Tony and Martin. Bristol City Council Corruption Investigation 4of4: new article Who is Bristol’s Chief Planner Working For? – See Joe’s Substack, Temple Scenes. He forensically looks in to the failures of the modern planning systems – particularly in Bristol. – 15May26 - Joe Banks 4of4, Who is Bristol’s Chief Planner working for? As Simone Wilding warns councillors not to challenge major developments – A look at her LinkedIn activity reveals the close relationships she’s been cultivating with the city’s developers and lobbyists – 05Aug25 – Joe Banks 3of4: Slocombe Clique Undermining Democracy In Bristol? Misconduct in public office at Bristol City Councils & now Avon and Somerset Police too? – 08Feb25 – Joe Banks 2of4: Investigative Journalist, previous exposes of Bristol City Council corruption: How Bristol’s Tallest Building will be linked to Israel’s Atrocities Israel Genocide Billions Behind Bearpit Student Development – 10Feb24 – Joe Banks 1of4: Planning Corruption at the Heart of Bristol: The Story of St Mary Le Port Castle Park with Joe Banks – Starmer clinging on. Starmer’s speech about why he’s not going. Bond markets complaining this week. Why politicians are at behest to bond markets. Financial crash. Kemi Badenoch reply to King’s Speech – Labour no plan just promises. – UK borrowing costs rise as Starmer speech fails to dispel investor ‘jitters’ Bond yields creep higher – The cost of government borrowing has crept higher as Keir Starmer’s crucial speech failed to dispel investor “jitters” in the bond markets over political instability combined with fears of rising inflation – Anti Semitism rally in London. King meets Chief Rabbi in Golder’s Green. Burning of ambulances false flag. Annie Machon took her off event because 9/11 conspiracy theories. – A HISTORY OF ISRAELI FALSE FLAGS AGAINST THE USA Two Israeli Embassy staff were fatally shot at close range while leaving an event Wednesday night at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. – Ben Trowell joins Tony and Martin. He went on the recent Gaza flotilla and was detained and tortured – he explains his story. – Kidnapped and Tortured! Ben Trowell describes Israel’s Piracy of the Sumud Flotilla off Crete – Greece betrayed us Turkey were brilliant ‘Israel’s evil first hand’ – Israel extends detention of ‘tortured’ Gaza flotilla activists Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila of the Global Sumud Flotilla were both mistreated in Israeli detention – Abu Keshek was “subjected to torture and severe abuse while detained aboard the military vessel prior to transfer”, the Global Sumud flotilla said, citing eyewitness testimony – DDN Richard Sanders – sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners by Israelis. – This report details widespread patterns of sexual violence against detainees in the Gaza Strip, serving as a tool to break both individual and collective will and inflict serious physical and psychological harm. – The documented practices involved direct sexual assault, assaults with instruments, and torture focused on the genitals. – They also included organised displays like filming and the collective presence of security personnel during the assaults, which strengthens the evidence of these crimes being institutional and systematic – Ex- Labour MP Chris Williamson, of Palestine Declassified on Press TV, on how they’ve lost their studio after threats from Home Office – Politicians and media commentators often talk about government borrowing, but that is a misnomer – Gaza flotilla. Israel – racism and hatred – dehumanising people. Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Violence – The Global Sumud Flotilla accused Israeli occupation forces of sexual assault and abuse against detained activists – Testimonies indicate torture, systematic sexual violence and degrading treatment – Trump/China talks. Chinese tankers let through Strait of Hormuz. Chinese-linked ships cross Strait of Hormuz on eve of Trump-Xi meeting – Multiple ships linked to China transited the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, coinciding with US President Donald Trump’s arrival in Beijing – Judge Napolitano interviews Max Blumenthal – Trump Iran war. Max Blumenthal : Is Trump going to bomb Iran AGAIN ? – Richard Medhurst: US sabotaging Russian and China oil. Richard Medhurst on Strait of Hormuz. Control of oil and sea routes – Richard Medhurst reveals how the Iran War is just one chapter in a US plan to monopolise energy and dismantle China's Silk Road – Judge Napolitano: Scott Ritter, Russia will hit US drone factories INSIDE Europe – Russia can darken the skies of Europe and Europe has no air defense. I’ll just say that one more time. Europe has no air defense. – LowKey: Tommy Robinson and Zionism. For Bravemen and Tommy and many of these leaders/s so-called patriots – This isn’t about uniting the kingdom to protect the realm. This is about uniting the kingdom to defend Israel. – Suella Braverman has family members currently serving in the Israeli military alongside her Israeli husband Ra Braverman – The Tucker Carlson Show - Zelensky himself approves the schemes of money laundering – Zelensky on cocaine. Zelensky’s Press Secretary Reveals All: Cocaine, Cover-ups, and the Only Obstacle Preventing Peace – Tucker Carlson sits down with Yulia Mendel, former press secretary to Volodymyr Zelensky – Power, corruption, image-making, political leadership, and what Mendel says she witnessed behind closed doors – The American media has not written very much about his corruption. Why do you think that is? – Philippines: US arrest ex-Police Chief Ronald Dela Rose in Senate. Thousands of drug users were shot in slumland murders blamed on vigilantes or turf wars. – Police say those killed during operations had resisted arrest and reject allegations of systematic murders and cover-ups – RT: social wellbeing world ranking. The Social Well-Being Index is a tool for measuring and comparing the well-being of historically established human communities. – In defining human well-being and measuring it, we imply the following fundamental principles. The highest good for any person is life itself. – Thus, human well-being as such first of all supposes procreation, or the production of new life. – Matt Ehret, Rising Tide Foundation and Canadian Patriots Network on the occult secret societies swirling around the Chinese leadership – Born in the Witches’ Cauldron: Bilderberg, Hitler’s Treasurer & Today’s NATO Political Selection Group – Rising Tide Foundation: Canadian Patriots Network – Matt Ehret – Tony talking about his Bilderberg book. – We all know about Operation Paperclip which brought Nazi scientists to the USA at the end of WWII. – But what about the British establishment’s deals with the Nazis, for a financial fourth reich, at the end of the war? – The Bristol Politics Show, presented by Tony Gosling https://politicsthisweek.gn.apc.org/2026/05/the-bristol-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-22/

The genocide in Gaza was enabled, facilitated and cheerled by establishment media. Hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah dissect the mechanics of propaganda with media analyst Adam Johnson. He’s the co-host of the podcast “Citations Needed” and author of “How to Sell a Genocide: The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza. On the Resistance Report, the Electronic Intifada’s Jon Elmer reports on FPV drone strikes and the escalation of guerrilla warfare in week ten of Hizballah’s defense of south Lebanon. Saif Abukeshek, an activist from the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza kidnapped by the IDF in international waters, sends a message to the world to rise up for a free Palestine after his release from Israeli prison. In Qasem Waleed El-Farra’s article ‘Gaza’s painful journey’, vehicles, fuel and small change are in short supply. Palestinians are left with walking.

Gangster thinking and speech are signs of imperialist decadence.

Sonic Café that’s Mr. Roboto, the iconic techno-rock hit by Styx from 1983, so thanks for dropping by our quirky, little cyber café. I’m your host Scott Clark, and this is episode 483. This time the Sonic Café dives headfirst into the metallic heart of the machine uprising, with a show we’re calling, Invasion of the Robots. We’ve uploaded a high-voltage music mix spanning 45 years of the digital revolution. Listen for electronic new wave from Gary Numan, futuristic indie rock from The Flaming Lips, St. Vicent’s satirical take on digital culture, plus Arcade Fire, Icehouse with Electric Blue, Big Data, Nine Inch Nails and more, tech-infused tracks. Wedged in between we’ll slip in comedy shorts featuring hilarious warnings about our future dominated by the machines. We’ve wired it all together in one seamless stream of laughs, beats and digital dread. So strap in for a high voltage journey into our circuit-blazing digital future, as the Sonic Café presents, Invasion of the Robots, from our little Pacific Northwest radio café, where even the coffee maker seems just a bit to self-aware. From 2001 this is Arling & Cameron with the Dirty Robot, and as always, we’re the Sonic Café.

Our guest in this program was Dr. William Fry, a psychiatrist who has done extensive research in the field of humor. We discussed the psychology and genetics of humor. Much of Dr. Fry’s research has concentrated on Cocoa, the gorilla, and we discussed that as well. This program was originally broadcast in March of 1992, when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas. Originally Broadcast: March 2, 1992

"Bitter Cane," a must-see documentary, is streaming now on Criterion.com Kim Ives, who directed the film along with Ben Dupuy, was interviewed on The Taylor Report.

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. France 24, NHK Japan, Germany, and Cuba.

Looking forward to seeing you LIVE under the big tent for Pat Chessell, The Barra MacNeils, Whiskey Dicks and more. It's ScotFestBC, Town Centre Park in Coquitlam, June 19th and 20th. This hour, music from across the Celtic diaspora including Canada's best, even some Kreole to spice up the mix. Patricia Fraser hosts Celt In A Twist Radio!

With a great chart comes great responsibility. We skim off and countdown the top ten from our new monthly Top 30. Get yours straight to your inbox @ worldbeatinternational.com. Plus, fresh spins right out of the wrapper from Ghanaian trumpeter Berima Amo, Albertan songwriter, now broadcaster Kue Varo and tropical futurism from Colombia's Rizomagic. The best beats come home to World Beat Canada Radio!

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from May 7th to the 14th, 2026.

It's a early 1960s teenage angst/drama filled show this week as we profile a few hit wonder who liked sailor boys back then...groovy 70s hits made the cheezy way and why you shouldn't talk to a life guard....cause a particular teen wants to... it was a different era.

Johnny reads an article from the Grapevine magazine and Denise and Johnny share their thoughts

Iran War Week 11: Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza; Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Demolishes Customer Service; Opposition to Resource Hungry Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S. Like Wildfire.

On the anniversary of his passing, in May, 2025, we present an hour-long conversation with Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o about the first volume of his memoirs, “Dreams in a Time of War." A rare and moving insight into all that went into shaping one of the most beloved progressive writers in the world today, a testament to the power of storytelling and dreams in human life and the striving to birth a new and better world. Plus a brief musical tribute to the great jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln.

If you haven’t yet personally witnessed the very odd feeling of driving up to a four-way stop sign only to realize that the vehicle across the street from you has no driver behind the wheel, chances are you will soon enough. Like it or not, autonomous vehicles are coming, and this week on Sea Change Radio we are speaking with Samuel Abuelsamid, an expert on self-driving technology. We take a look back at the evolution of autonomous vehicles, examine the purported “full self-driving mode” offered by Tesla, and discuss some of the sustainability issues surrounding this technology.

This episode The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: An Afternoon with Rashid Khalidi. Professor Khalidi is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East, and the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Colombia University. The event was recorded on March 29, 2026 at the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn. and was co-sponsored by First Unitarian Brooklyn’s chapter of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, New York City DSA Anti-war Working Group, and Brooklyn for Peace. The talk is a conversation between Professor Khalidi and Reverend Meagan [MEE-gan] Henry from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, followed by a Q&A session.

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org

Willie Jolley is a man on a mission! He is a Hall of Fame speaker, singer, best-selling author, and popular media personality. In January 2023, he received the Joseph R. Biden Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award. In July 2023, he was the recipient of The National Speakers Association’s highest and most cherished award, The Cavett. His new book “Rich is Good Wealthy is Better” seeks to bring the historically disenfranchised into conversations about wealth building and understanding generational economics.

As Trump War on Iran enters 11th Week, US Media Ignores Israel's Ongoing Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza; Trump, Musk, DOGE Downsizing of Social Security Administration Demolishes Agency Customer Service; 36 Mental Health Professionals Call for Trump's Immediate, Lawful Removal from Office; New Documentary Film Captures ICE Violent Targeting of Workers, and Impact on their Families

NewsWrap: Botswana amends penal code removing anti-LGBTQ+ provisions which previously criminalized same-sex relationships, United States Trump Administration release 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy defining major terror groups including “violent secular political groups” with ideologies that are “anti-American, radically pro-transgender,” Zambian RightsCon is abruptly cancelled with officials claiming the event does not align with the country’s “national values,” Pennsylvania legislators amend Pennsylvania Human Relations Act prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, Isaac Ranson, a transgender man, joins Minnesota Aurora FC soccer team as the first openly trans player, but must play with women’s team because of his gender assigned at birth— and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by John Dyer the 5th and RET (News Writers Ebony Joseph and Jeb Backe, News Producer Brian DeShazor). Author Armistead Maupin reads from Tales of the City from September 10, 1990 on This Way Out in the Rainbow Rewind. In part two of her series on the global rise of anti-LGBTQ laws, This Way Out’s Ebony Joseph explores how criminalization and political hostility are creating a growing public health crisis for queer communities worldwide. Advocates say laws targeting LGBTQ people not only fuel stigma and violence, but also discourage people from seeking HIV prevention, mental health care, and other essential services. The report highlights countries where fear of arrest or public exposure keeps people from accessing clinics, while anti-LGBTQ rhetoric increasingly spreads from government policy into everyday life. The story also examines the impact of the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. foreign aid programs, including the dismantling of USAID and restrictions on funding tied to “gender ideology.” Former USAID officials and global health advocates warn that the loss of support for LGBTQ-focused HIV outreach programs could have devastating consequences, especially in countries where queer people already face criminalization. Despite growing hostility, organizers and activists continue building local networks of care and resistance, insisting that queer and trans lives deserve dignity, safety, and access to healthcare.