This week we've got legendary pioneers Tiny Bradshaw, Blind Willie Johnson, Arthur Crudup, The Boswell Sisters and a language lesson from the amazing Slim Gaillard, as well as new vintage music from Jake Vaadeland and Sinead X Sanders. 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.

Today, we open with a conversation that cuts straight through the noise. Across social media and mainstream platforms, polished narratives about Israel’s history circulate with confidence, often delivered by high profile commentators who speak with certainty but not always with accuracy. One of the loudest among them is Ben Shapiro, whose claims about the origins of the conflict, the Nakba, and Palestinian history have reached millions. But reach does not equal truth. And that brings us to Stephen Kapos. Kapos is a Holocaust survivor, a man who lived through the machinery of fascism and carries the memory of what unchecked violence and dehumanization can do. His voice is grounded in lived experience, in moral clarity, and in a lifelong commitment to speaking out when injustice repeats its patterns. When he talks about Gaza, he speaks not from ideology, but from the memory of what happens when the world looks away. Shapiro, on the other hand, speaks from behind a microphone, shaping narratives that often blur history with selective interpretation. Kapos speaks from the weight of survival, insisting that truth must be protected from distortion. One deals in confident commentary. The other deals in memory, evidence, and the moral responsibility that comes with witnessing humanity at its worst. In the video “Debunking Every Lie Shapiro Told on Israel’s History,” researchers and historians take Shapiro’s claims apart one by one, grounding their responses in documented history, archival evidence, and lived experience. They challenge the myths, expose the distortions, and remind us that the story of this land cannot be reduced to slogans or soundbites. Today, we bring that same spirit of clarity into our own space. We examine how narratives are shaped, how misinformation spreads, and why historical truth matters now more than ever. Because understanding the past is not an academic exercise. It is essential to understanding the violence unfolding today, the displacement of millions, and the struggle for justice that continues despite every attempt to erase it. So, stay with us, as we pull apart the talking points, as we return to the historical record, and as we center the voices who refuse to let truth be rewritten. Welcome to This Week in Palestine.

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Beginning March 1st, 2026, Israeli authorities will demand the registration of all staff as a requirement for humanitarian aid groups to continue operating in Palestine. British surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah has provided medical assistance in areas such as Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and particularly in the Gaza Strip. He joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to talk about colonial rule in Gaza, and how groups could be violating data privacy laws and putting aid staff at further risk of targeting by handing over personal information about them and their families to Israel. On the Electronic Intifada Newscast, Nora Barrows-Friedman reports on Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank and other headlines from the past week in Palestine.

Sonic Café the little radio café in the Pacific Northwest where amazing things always seem to be happening. Hello, and welcome, this is episode 469 and I’m your host Scott Clark. With the release of this episode the Sonic Café has been on the air for nine years now. Wow, just wow. We thank all the great radio stations out there for playing the Sonic Café each week and most importantly we thank you for listening. So ahh this time the Sonic Café celebrates in the chillest way possible, with a great mix of down tempo, lounge and electronic tunes, with Beats, chilled but never shaken. We’ve pulled together a mix of favorites mostly from the early two-thousands, listen for Bill Conti, Gabin, Fragile State, Chicane, Bent and of course many more. So we’re just gonna get kick back, and grab our headphones, along with you and celebrate our ninth anniversary, with beats, chilled but never shaken. From the 2002 Beautiful Tomorrow release this is Blue Six and we’re the Sonic Café.

– Church of England DEISM and APOSTASY 1: New Archbishop of Canterbury is heckled at installation, the first ever woman, Sarah Mulhally. – Bishop Ceirion Dewar explains why this is a grave error. Is matriarchy an antichristian heresy designed to undermine both family and church? – From Abraham in the Middle Bronze Age to Jesus in First Century Judea, spiritual leaders were always specifically male in traditional Biblical teaching. – Since the role frequently demands church leaders face down potentially deadly challenges from anti God forces within secular society, the gentle, childbearing sex are inappropriate – ‘Church of England DEISM and APOSTASY 2: The lady who ran a local parish emptied it. The arch deacon himself told me she left eight people. Rev Paul Williamson – Jesus who chose 12 men called apostles who chose man male bishops but they are choosing the women today it is totally wrong – Church of England DEISM and APOSTASY 3: London priest evicted on grounds of age after six-year legal battle ‘He has remained in the rectory … until now’ says diocese The Revd Paul Williamson – Iran attack would raise the world oil price making Venezuelan oil more viable: – Adil Raja, of Soldier Speaks, on how his house was broken in to and attacked three times since Christmas – Police charged 4 Irish, British men but Adil wonders who paid them – Sky News – Helen-Ann Smith reports from China on the rise of protests mainly due to cost of living crisis. Voicing dissent in China is risky but it’s rising dramatically – Her Dad was in a care home during Covid years, and he died in hospital under suspicious circumstances. Murdered By The State Hardcover (2026) by Jacqui Deevoy – Jacqui Deevoy was on this story from the start and refused to let go even when the mainstream media ignored this national scandal – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gives ‘Middle Powers’ speech at WEF in Davos. Stuck in the middle Call it The Carney Paradox: – In an era of predatory great powers, the benefits of global economic integration must be balanced with protecting national autonomy – Adrian Salbuchi – runaway inflation in Argentina in 2001 – 4th Reich after WW2 as told by friend Wilfred von Offen who was private secretary to top Nazi Josef Goebbels. – The Fed to Expand its Balance Sheet to more than $10 Trillion, As The Economy, The Markets, and The Americans become Addicted to Stimulus – Our dystopian overlords have deemed it necessary to create an insulting illusion with a cartoonishly fake stock market that is priced as if there was heaven on Earth – Argentina In Revolt: Buenos Aires 2001-2002 and the IMF Riots – English subtitles Indymedia documentary …….. – Argentina had cut $3 billion from government spending-a cut that was necessary, the authors note here, to “accomodate the increase in interest obligations.” – Dan Dicks on the elite from Canada – Press for Truth.ca. The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons – mintpressnews – Trump loyalist and CIA contractor Larry Ellison’s purchase of CNN appears imminent, and marks the latest venture into media for the world’s second-richest individual. But Ellison is not alone – Adil Raja, Soldier Speaks, Champion boxer in ‘hitman-for-hire’ plot on two Pakistani dissidents living in Britain – Trump sends Carrier Strike Group to Iran. Martin Summers – Trump’s armada to Iran, Trump and insider trading, US mafia and US government, – China trade deals and Embassy, Russia/Ukraine war, Starmer cancelling election – Andy Burnham, Reform, technocracy, Iran protests, Starlink. – Israeli activist Noiya Tsion exposes false media reports about her death in Iran protests – Noiya Tsion said she was stunned to see her photo displayed on Israel’s privately owned Channel 12 as one of the alleged victims of the Iran protests – “In the NY Times reporting, Silicon Valley becomes humanitarian, the Pentagon disappears, and Elon Musk is only depicted as a benevolent billionaire so long as he’s helping advance U.S. interests.” – US KICKS IRAN: Press TV – The Art of Making Pentagon Infrastructure Look Like Iranian Activism Jeremy Loffredo – Middle East Eye – editor David Hearst – Trump’s Board of Peace fascist? ‘Board of Peace’: Trump is running Gaza, and the world, like a mafia boss – To invite the same cast of characters who allowed Israel to expand to the point at which Gaza exploded, and expect them to end the conflict, is more than just insane. It’s criminal – Drop Site News Leaks Trumps Surveilance Prison Plan For Gaza and The World – IS TRUMPS LEAKED PLAN TO IMPRISON & ENSLAVE GAZA ALSO THE ZIONIST PLAN TO ENSLAVE THE WORLD? Trump’s Gaza Digital Prison Plan Leaked to Drop Site News, Board of Peace – New Human Surveillance Lab ‘Privatised Subjugation’, Theme Park of Dispossession’ and ‘Investor’s Returns On Genocide Investment.’ – Tony Greenstein – Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 – Jewish Network for Palestine – DeNazify the Israeli State. Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 – Not One Holocaust Memorial Organisation Worldwide Has Condemned the Genocide in Gaza or Said That ‘Never Again’ Applies to the Palestinians – Jimmy Dore Show – whistleblower on Turning Point, evangelical Christian group that Charlie Kirk was part of. TPUSA Has Been Taken Over By MOSSAD! – Rabbi Dovid Feldman, Neturei Karta, 11th Global Vision 2000 Eschatology Conference 14 Dec 2025 – political Zionism not Jewish – SECRET SOCIETIES ON RT: Afshin Rattanzi, Going Underground, Prof Richard Spence on Secret Societies – exposed Epstein Island, The Bilderberg Meetings, The Trilateral Commission – The Bristol Politics Show, presented by Tony Gosling https://politicsthisweek.gn.apc.org/2026/01/the-bristol-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-7/

The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received recognized academic attention. Our guest, Professor Gerda Lerner was a pioneer in the movement to study and record the history of women. Gerda Lerner led an extraordinary life from April 30, 1920 to January 2, 2013. She was a historian, author and teacher, and ultimately a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin. Her academic work was characterized by the attention she drew to the differences among women in class, race and sexual orientation. Professor Lerner and I visited by phone in October 2002, began with her description why the distinctions among women of class, race and sexual orientation are important. Originally Broadcast: October 1, 2002.

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Patricia introduces Firkin's album of pub songs, all in Hungarian, a sublime pairing of harp and fiddle from Adrianna Ciccone and Ellen Gibling, Haggix X-1's 3rd single, We Can See The Sun, and our winter visit from The MicroOrganism. Rest and drink plenty of fluids. You got your Celt In A Twist!

Back home after two weeks to a backed up inbox, stuffed with fresh releases. Join us for an all new show of all new music; the first in 6 years from Mexican sibs, Sotomayor, Rwandan Canadian Ezra Kwizera, Mariachi El Bronx, Tinariwen celebrate 45 years with something for the next gen. And, we introduce a beautiful pairing of kora and Congolese voice from Sophie Lukacs & Noel Mpiaza. Moving to the beat of the world with World Beat Canada!

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news for the week of January 22nd to the 29th, 2026.

First Half: We begin this segment by discussing the importance of Black women and the fact that they continually work to heal this country and save America from itself. We also discuss a new study that reveals the lifelong effects of enduring racism and how it leads to early deaths in the Black population. Second Half: Today’s Guest is the author of the book “Navigating School Board Politics” and an associate professor at Arizona State University. Dr. Carrie Sampson joins us again to discuss National School Choice Week here in the U.S. and what it means for communities across the country.

We do our own tribute to a 40 year old mega bucks box office flop that still linger in cult status in our Cutting Room Floor...Howard The Duck, a group of Barber Shop quartet like sounds called the Happiness Emporium and the opposite of a Celebrity Slip Up is the slip up this week....but the song is cheezy so we gotta play it....got it? I'm glad you do as I know we don't.

Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and More Protests; The World Revolts Against Trump’s Irrational, Deadly Foreign and Domestic Policy; Gulf Coast Residents Live in ‘Ground Zero’ of U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry’s Sacrifice Zone

Bob Avakian: God-Damn the Trump/MAGA Fascists, Every One! And God-Damn Everyone Who Tells Us to “Get Along” And “Play Nice” With These Fascists! Then, excerpts from a recent program with Dr. Adam Hamawy, a doctor just back from Gaza. Bob Avakian from “Revolution and Religion: The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion,” a dialogue with Cornel West. Sunsara Taylor and Annie Day on the National Campaign to Get @BobAvakianOfficial Everywhere.

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If you listened to last week’s Sea Change Radio, then you’ve already learned a little something about congressional hopeful Saikat Chakrabarti. Otherwise, you may not have ever heard of the guy. He’s running to fill Nancy Pelosi’s soon-to-be vacated congressional seat here in San Francisco. In this second half of our discussion, listeners will hear about several ways that Chakrabarti and Pelosi differ (beyond their respective levels of name recognition). We look at several of Chakrabarti’s exciting ideas, including ways tech could actually help remedy inequality (rather than widening income and wealth gaps), elements of the Green New Deal that could help curb profligate energy use by data centers, and the notion of banning stock trading among members of Congress.

Carney's middle-muddle moment at Davos: Trapped between "hegemons," PM decides to build an army to fight Russians. Go figure.