Fun and rhythm continues on Backbeat, every week is a new show. Where else can you hear Big Joe Turner, Cousin Emmy, Happy Fats and Eddy Arnold all in one show? You'll also hear the teenage gospel group where future soul star Candi Staton got her start, as well as obscure rockabilly, blues from Brandon Isaac and a Chuck Berry classic.

Golden oldies (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)

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– UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves tries to pretend the UK is not in recession but China is being much more honest. – Chinese government announces industrial activity contracted in October for 7th consecutive month. – Rachel Reeves is PRETENDING that the UK is not in RECESSION as budget is upcoming – Mark Saunders on his ‘Despite The Poll Tax’ documentary – poll tax and ID cards in South Africa. Mark Saunders explains Spectacle’s Participatory Video Practice, Despite TV – Professor Steve Hall - WPB. debt from housing, different types of growth, mass immigration, QE, Rachel Reeves Budget. How to fix British economy. – Tax havens mostly British – map at Privy Council The world’s top three tax havens are British territories – new research New research shows that the world’s top three corporate tax havens are all British Overseas Territories. – Labour’s new housing regulations – no fault evictions stopped, mould must be dealt with. Excess of council flats in – London up to 1980s .What the new renters’ rights bill means for landlords and renters – Stefan Szczelkun on the plot lands of the 1920s, 1930s in England – you could build your own small house on a piece of land. Chalet Fields of The Gower (2020) by Stefan Szczelkun” – A slump in agricultural profits and a consequent precipitous drop in the value of land,led to the growth of the “Plotland” movement. – Is Sarah Pochin of Reform racist for saying over representation of blacks and Asians in UK adverts? – The analysis found that black people remained vastly overrepresented on screen: they feature in more than half of the adverts in 2022 – Pavlo Lapshyn dies in prison – he killed the father of Mas Saleem and was a Ukrainian Nazi brought to UK. – MI6 Firestarter, Ukrainian Nazi terrorist who planted bombs in British mosques, found dead in high security prison – Give guns and money to minority ethnic groups to start civil wars. – CIA Colonel whistleblower John Stockwell, author of ‘In Search of Enemies’, on USA covert operations to overthrow governments. – Neil Oliver on Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’s planned controlled demolition of the West. ‘Britain is being deliberately DEMOLISHED’ – Fascist Tommy Robinson Gang Unprovoked GBH Assault on Egham Palestine Pensioners, Fracturing Skull – West Sussex Palestine Solidarity Capaigners were attacked on a Esher M25 Bridge and hospitalised – Israel using Tommy Robinson – and him being backed by Elon Musk. Tommy Robinson schooled by social media over ‘propaganda’ tour in Jerusalem – “I am a victim of grooming. I was groomed when I was 11 years old. And I am disgusted with all of you here. – I’m disgusted with all of you because it was not an immigrant. It was multiple, multiple…white men…white men…” – UK Woman Booed for Revealing Her Rapists Were White, Not Immigrants — and the Data Backs Her Up – A UK woman was booed off stage during a rally when she revealed her rapists were ‘white men’ and not immigrants – Junaid reports from Gaza. – Yossi Cohen bragging about Israeli terrorism. Ex-Mossad chief, behind ICJ blackmail campaign, brags Israel has installed a global sabotage network – US helicopter and aircraft crash off Nimitz aircraft carrier. Recruitment to military in US is low. – US government shutdown the longest in history so far. – Trump wants to test nuclear weapons again. – Russia has cruise missile with miniaturised nuclear reactor. – Ukrainians don’t want to be recruited to fight war. Will Putin agree to a peace deal? Patricia Opulenza poem. – Inside the Burevestnik: Russia’s Nuclear Cruise Missile The test proved the missile’s ability to evade enemy air defences – Halloween 1: Mapped: Modern Britain’s witchcraft hotspots revealed as 13,000 declare as witches in UK – With sorcery more popular than ever, how weary of real-life witches should you be in your neighbourhood this Halloween? – Halloween 2: Margaret Murray on witchcraft. In The Witch Cult in Western Europe, The God of the Witches and The Divine King – Murray proposed that a primitive Pagan religion had survived in Western Europe despite Christianity, she called it 'The Old Religion' and proposed a model of a male dominated Witchcraft – Halloween 3: Samuel William, London Occult Art Review, an explanation of post-1970s Satanic public art and interpretation including the explosion of CCTV in London. – For generations the super wealthy have used public art to send a message to the masses. Join me on a tour of some additions to London’s occult theme park – Halloween 4: Were Druid priest class, and their human sacrifice rites, imposed on ancient Britons by imperial Phoenician raiders? – 1809 Book: The Mythology And Rites Of The British Druids, Ascertained By National Documents By Edward Davies – NOT The BCfm Politics Show presented by Tony Gosling https://politicsthisweek.gn.apc.org/2025/10/not-the-bcfm-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-262/

On October 28th, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 104 Palestinians, including 46 children. Writer and journalist Eman Alhaj Ali joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to explain that the ceasefire exists on paper, but it is not implemented on the ground. She also talks about surviving the genocide. She was among a group evacuated from Gaza to take up scholarships in Ireland earlier this year. Ali Abunimah reports that Israel aims for a politically sustainable genocide under cover of “ceasefire” as he dissects the latest headline about the plan for Gaza’s international security force. On the Resistance Report, the Electronic Intifada’s contributing editor, Jon Elmer covers the latest ceasefire positions and the exchange of captives in Gaza.

Sonic Café, wow that’s Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour with the title track from Luck and Strange, his fifth solo release from 2024. So hey, welcome to the café, I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 456. This time the Sonic Café presents a music mix carefully plucked from 58 years. Yeah. We’ll spin Neal Francis from 2024, also Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, plus Cheap Trick, Goyte from 2011 with a song that has 2.4 billion views on You Tube, listen for Somebody I Used To Know, and of course many more, including a trip back to 1966 in the Sonic Café Time Machine, listen for Bus Stop from the Hollies. We’ll also spin a man on the street piece from Jimmy Kimmel Live, just to demonstrate how dumb the general public is. Seems like we’re all living in an alternate Idiocracy timeline. A great movie, check out to see what your future looks like. So ahh all that, plus Jon Anderson from Yes urging us not to do drugs in a 1971 public service announcement, and ahh some other neat stuff along the way. So let’s do it. From 1969, this is the Monkey Man, Rolling Stones, from the Let It Bleed, and as always, we’re the Sonic Café.

Sawsan Abubaker and Andrew Ginsberg speak about their activism and the origins of their determination to resist injustice and oppression through education and organizing for which they were awarded the Cleland-Tholin Pursuit of Peace Award. They are introduced by Catherine Buntin and Marcia Bernsten. Dennis Kosuth and Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago, both long time activists opposing war, racism,ethnonationalist supremacy, and genocide are the panelists who speak to the title of the evening's program; followed by a Q&A. They are introduced by Geraldine Gorman, the Kathleen M. Irwin Endowed Chair in Outstanding Clinical Practice at UIC College of Nursing and CAPA Board member. Spoken Word Performer Orion Meadows, National Spoken Word Award winner and CAPA Board member, teaches Dr. King's philosophy of nonviolence at the Institute For Nonviolence Chicago and is Media Manager for Adler University's Illinois Coalition For Higher Education in Prisons. He concludes the evenings program with two of his spoken word readings.

Each week, Make Believe Ballroom transports you to the golden age of swing with classic big band hits from the 1930s and 1940s—the music that shaped jazz and became the foundation of the Great American Songbook.

Antisemitism has long been a real and dangerous form of hatred—but today, Zionist institutions increasingly weaponize the term to silence Palestinian advocacy and discredit righteous voices calling for justice. This introduction explores how that distortion works, and why it matters. Let’s begin with clarity. Antisemitism is real. It is a centuries-old hatred that has led to unspeakable violence, discrimination, and genocide—most horrifically in the Holocaust. It must be condemned wherever it appears. But today, a dangerous distortion is unfolding. Zionist institutions and pro-Israel lobby groups have increasingly weaponized the term antisemitism—not to protect Jewish communities from hate, but to shield the Israeli state from accountability. They’ve redefined criticism of Israel as antisemitism. They’ve blurred the line between opposing a government and hating a people. And in doing so, they’ve turned a legitimate concern into a political weapon. This tactic is not new. But it’s growing more aggressive. Palestinians—who are themselves Semites—are routinely accused of antisemitism for speaking about their own dispossession. Jewish scholars, journalists, and activists who oppose Zionism are smeared as traitors. Students are expelled. Professors are fired. Social media accounts are suspended. And entire movements are branded as “hate groups” for demanding basic human rights. According to Palestine Legal, nearly half of the suppression incidents they respond to each year involve false accusations of antisemitism. The goal is clear: silence dissent. Discredit resistance. Punish truth. And it’s not just happening in the U.S. In France, President Macron called anti-Zionism a “reinvented form of antisemitism.” In Canada and the UK, governments have adopted definitions that equate criticism of Israel with hate speech. In 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution declaring that “anti-Zionism is antisemitism”. But here’s the truth: Zionism is a political ideology. It is not Judaism. It is not a religion. It is not a people. And opposing Zionism—especially in its violent, settler-colonial form—is not antisemitism. It is a moral stance. It is a defense of international law. It is a call for justice. When Palestinians speak of their stolen homes, their murdered children, their imprisoned elders—they are not expressing hate. They are expressing history. They are expressing grief. They are expressing truth. And when righteous people—of all backgrounds—stand with Palestine, they are not inciting violence. They are resisting it. So let’s be clear: The weaponization of antisemitism is not about protecting Jews. It’s about protecting power. It’s about silencing the oppressed. It’s about making sure that the crimes of the Israeli state go unchallenged. But the truth is louder than the smear. And the truth is rising. From Gaza to New York, from refugee camps to college campuses, from synagogues to mosques—people are speaking. People are resisting. People are refusing to be silenced. And that resistance? It’s not antisemitism. It’s conscience. It’s courage. It’s justice.

Sawsan Abubaker, cofounder of Advocates for Justice and Andrew Ginsberg ETHS history teacher, censored for promoting equality and justice in his classroom during genocide in Gaza speak about their history and actions for which they received the Cleland-Tholin Pursuit of Peace Award. They are introduced by CAPA Board members Catherine Buntin and Marcia Bernsten. Awards are followed by a panel of two long time peace and justice activist addressing the title of the event, Dennis Kosuth and Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago. They are introduced by Geraldine Gorman, Kathleen M. Irwin Endowed Chair in Outstanding Clinical Practice at UIC College of Nursing. Orion Meadows, National Spoken Word Champion and CAPA Board member performs two of his works to complete the nights program. Mr. Meadows teaches Dr. Kings philosophy of nonviolence at the Institute For Nonviolence Chicago and is the Media Manager for Adler University's Illinois Coalition For Higher Education in Prisons.

Interviews on 50th anniversary of 1975 Indigenous resistance at sacred site called ‘Wounded Lee’ near Watsonsville, California.

There is strong historical and anthropological evidence that dogs came across the Bering land bridge with people migrating from Siberia to Alaska. These dogs worked hard to maintain their keep; they werent pets. Instead, they chased and ran down polar bears and located seals hiding beneath the Bering ice. One of the early dog professionals in Alaska was Harry Karstens, who later became the first superintendent of Mount McKinley National Park. As a young man, he pioneered a dog sled route from Fairbanks to Valdez, and hauled mail to the Katishna mining district. Now, at Denali National Park in central Alaska, theres a breeding and training and leadership program for these sled dogs. I spoke with Gary Coy, the director of this remarkable kennel. In his office there is a large sign quoting Harry Karstens. It says: A man driving a dog team is the biggest dog himself. Amid the noise and the chatter of the dog kennels in Denali Park, I asked Gary to explain what that sign means and to tell us a little about this wonderful project. Gary Coy recommends A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon, by Arthur Walden. Originally Broadcast: August 28, 1996

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. Japan, France, Cuba, and Germany.

Today’s Guest is the author of the book “Navigating School Board Politics” and an associate professor at Arizona State University. Dr. Carrie Sampson’s research focuses on K-12 educational leadership, policymaking and equity, with particular emphasis on school boards, districts, and community advocacy. She serves as a fellow for the National Education Policy Center and the Black Education Research Center. In the first half of the show, Dr. Sampson explains the importance of local politics especially as it relates to school boards and the education system at large in the United States. In the second half of the show, Dr. Sampson walks us through the terms that have been coopted and misinterpreted by the political right.

While we fall back, Celt In A Twist springs forward, with contemporary Celts who embrace tradition​ and fling it into the future. Break new ground with Brogeal, Frigg, Peatbog Faeries, Willos, and Irish Moutarde. Let Patricia Fraser guide you to getting your Celt In A Twist.

As the world unravels around us, we hold tight to the ties that bind, music in particular; healing dub reggae for Jamaica from Pachyman and SunDub Meets Scientist, a sibling reunion from Sotomayor, Tunisia meets electronics by Didon, even some care-free disco from Estonians RETI, and back to Bollywood with Ex Generation. Reconnect with your world on World Beat Canada Radio.

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from October 23rd to the 30th, 2025.

It's the middle of the night where Snarf and Daffy are, so they maybe a bit dozey this week as they focus on a singer turned network news man for decades, some accordion tunes for all and another visit to the Limburger Lounge again, which sort goes with this week's insomnia driven show trying to help them get to sleep.

After ‘No Kings Day’ Protests, New Strategies & Tactics Needed to Resist Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda; Researchers, Healthcare Workers Group Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr’s Destruction of US Public Health System; Trump Deploys US Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean in Preparation for Possible Venezuela Attack