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Infrastructure is sort of the unsung hero of a functioning society. It's hard to get across town without a reliable road, hard to keep people healthy without clean drinking water, hard to fight climate change without ready renewable energy sources, and hard to right historical wrongs without accessible transit systems that support greater equity. This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a deep dive into the Biden Administration's proposed $2 trillion infrastructure bill with environmental journalist Rebecca Leber. We break down the bill's significant climate and energy-related policies, look at the politics surrounding it, and discuss whether the proposal should be considered part of Green New Deal legislation.

The mile thick Greenland ice sheet would raise the oceans of the world by 7 feet if all of it melted. Climate change deniers say this massive ice sheet, second only to the Arctic, could never thaw completely - or at a rate that concerns us. Examining a drill core collected during the Cold War and forgotten for almost 60 years, Andrew Christ and his Vermont Colleague Paul Bierman found evidence of plant life from less than a million years ago. They found frozen under nearly 1.4 km of ice, well-preserved fossil plants and biomolecules sourced from at least two ice-free warm periods in the past few million years. Andrew Christ was interviewed at the end of March 2021. Thanks to independent radio producer and friend Alex Smith for allowing me to re-broadcast this interview, first broadcast on his weekly Radio Ecoshock program.

The mile thick Greenland ice sheet would raise the oceans of the world by 7 feet if all of it melted. Climate change deniers say this massive ice sheet, second only to the Arctic, could never thaw completely - or at a rate that concerns us. Examining a drill core collected during the Cold War and forgotten for almost 60 years, Andrew Christ and his Vermont Colleague Paul Bierman found evidence of plant life from less than a million years ago. They found frozen under nearly 1.4 km of ice, well-preserved fossil plants and biomolecules sourced from at least two ice-free warm periods in the past few million years. Andrew Christ was interviewed at the end of March 2021. Thanks to independent radio producer and friend Alex Smith for allowing me to re-broadcast this interview, first broadcast on his weekly Radio Ecoshock program.

Whatever happened to the 8-hour day, ask immigrant woman home attendants doing 24-hour shifts? Margaret Lee, organizer with the Aint I a Woman Campaign and Prof. Shirley Lung, former Dir. of the Center for Immigrants Rights and author of Criminalizing Work and Non-Work: The Disciplining of Immigrant and African American Workers demand that those benefiting the most from sweatshop labor are held accountable"whether in garment factories, home healthcare, or offices. A century after Sojourner Truths struggles against racism and sexism, women workers are refusing to be treated like slaves or second-class citizens.

Kearie Daniel talks about Parents of Black Children and their supporting parents and advocating for Black students in Ontario.

Radio Thrift Shop is DJ Frederick's two decade long (and counting) experiment. Radio Thrift Shop has a flexible format & an homage to the non-commercial era of broadcasts of the 1960's and 1970's that DJ Frederick grew up listening to & features a homegrown mix of vinyl records, 78s, 45's, LPs, private press releases, and a variety of cassette tapes and homemade / self released cassettes & cds. Each broadcast of Radio Thrift Shop features an improvised or thematic playlist from DJ Frederick's music library. It's never the same program twice - or even once

Live in WRIR's Studio A for the first time in more than a year; new music from Cologne Germany; some urbane MPB from Brazil; Afro-boogie circa 1978; hard hitting island blues from France; Get In The Garage presents garage rock en Espanol

The current coronavirus pandemic is more than a medical crisis, it is also a political and ideological crisis. It is a crisis deeply rooted in years of neglect by neoliberal governments that denied the importance of public health and the public good while defunding the institutions and decades of austerity. Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Jorge Marti about government’s response to the coronavirus in Western countries, the impact of decades of austerity and neoliberalism policies on health institutions. This pandemic is a call for an end to all sanctions, causing needless death.

U.S. state anti-queer legislation rages on a rinse-repeat cycle; Istanbul protesters are arrested supporting rainbow students, Poland proposes an anti-queer family rights treaty, Cameroon trans women are jailed for “attempted homosexuality”, Georgia okays the nation’s first gender identity change, Japan is pressed on pre-Olympics LGBTQ protections, and a new U.K. 50-pound note honors persecuted gay World War 2 codebreaking hero Alan Turing! Those stories, and more this week, when you choose “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

The Mix Sessions brings you Trip Hop, Drum & Bass and House music weekly. Each 58 min show (part 1 & 2) is 50% CanCon and can be played individually or together in a 2 hr block with room for PSA's. IF YOU HAVE DOWNLOAD PROBLEMS ON THIS SITE THEN PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SHOW DIRECTLY FROM OUR SITE: http://amplifiedradio.ca/download CONTACT: sean@amplifiedradio.ca

The Mix Sessions brings you Trip Hop, Drum & Bass and House music weekly. Each 58 min show (part 1 & 2) is 50% CanCon and can be played individually or together in a 2 hr block with room for PSA's. IF YOU HAVE DOWNLOAD PROBLEMS ON THIS SITE THEN PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SHOW DIRECTLY FROM OUR SITE: http://amplifiedradio.ca/download CONTACT: sean@amplifiedradio.ca

March 2021 episode of A Critical Ear, with Josephine Coleman discussing her book on production practices in UK community radio, news items from UN radio news, and regular correspondents Tadhg and Noah talking about the MV Ever Given, Passover, and Easter.

This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about frogs and toads, with Senior Zoologist of the ABQ Biopark Zoo's Amphibians and Reptiles, Josh Butler. We have a lot of questions about these ancient creatures. We also hear from the kids in the Extinction Diaries who have a warning about the shrinking populations of frogs. We've got great music on this show. Learn with us!

Various perspectives--all of them critical--on the police. The show includes a comedy sketch by Marlon Wayans, a song by David Rovics, and 2 recordings of Malcolm X. KD reads from historian Jill Lepore's recent article, "The Long Blue Line" and also tells of a recent killing (of Jose Soto) by police in his own town.

Various perspectives--all of them critical--on the police. The show includes a comedy sketch by Marlon Wayans, a song by David Rovics, and 2 recordings of Malcolm X. KD reads from historian Jill Lepore's recent article, "The Long Blue Line" and also tells of a recent killing (of Jose Soto) by police in his own town.

African music, Colombian music

The new pandemic is raging with variants across the world. In the background, the first waves of extreme weather arrive. Scientists reveal climate change strikes cities first and hardest. Cities will be many degrees hotter than the global average temperature. It is not just heat: more urban flooding too (think Nashville).

The new pandemic is raging with variants across the world. In the background, the first waves of extreme weather arrive. Scientists reveal climate change strikes cities first and hardest. Cities will be many degrees hotter than the global average temperature. It is not just heat: more urban flooding too (think Nashville).