Denise and Johnny discuss the concept of "Higher Power, or God" as it relates to their recovery programs.

Take a short stroll through the theater of the mind. If pirate radio existed today, this would be it. This is Upstart Radio.

Brian DeShazor talks with author Josh Trujillo about The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben- Washington’s Gay General. The rainbow rewinds to James Baldwin and Randy Shilts and in the news, a deadly vehicle attack targets Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebration, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal blocks recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere in the European Union, Pennsylvania repeals HIV-specific criminal penalties, and a British court allows a controversial puberty-blocker study to proceed. Finally, the U.S. State Department apologizes for displaying an AI-generated map that scrambled Africa’s geography, while the consequences of Trump administration cuts to global HIV programs continue to mount.

The investigative journalist and acclaimed author, specializing in weapons and war, Annie Jacobsen, has come closer than other investigators to the razor edge of secrecy that surrounds the current nuclear war machine. Her book, Nuclear War, is based on hundreds of interviews with war planners and engineers - plus recently declassified documents. Annie Jacobsen, reminds us that a Doomsday killing machine has been designed, capable of destroying not just two cities but life on this planet - first with fire and heat and then seven to ten years of darkness and ice sheets from nuclear winter. Annie Jacobsens book, Nuclear War, A Scenario, has 373 pages of interviews and sources, but it covers only 72 minutes of real time. Beginning at zero hour with the launch of one rogue nuclear missile - in Jacobsens scenario from North Korea - that will hit the Pentagon only 38 minutes later and destroy all of Washington DC. Here is the question and answer section of an interview by tech writer Quentin Hardy for the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Watch the full one hour video of this conversation on the YouTube channel of the Commonwealth Club. The title is Annie Jacobsen | Nuclear War

The Appalachian Bluegrass Music Hour with Danny Hensley. A weekly program featuring the latest in Bluegrass Music track distribution by record labels such as Pinecastle, Billy Blue, Compass, Mountain Home Music, Mountain Fever Records, Turnberry Records, Sound Biscuit, Gravy Records, Sugar Hill, Rebel Records, Rounder Records and music distribution sources such as Get it Played and Airplay Direct.

IF YOU AIR THE SHOW PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL TO LET ME KNOW! EVERGREEN. Contact: sean@armedia.ca The Mix Sessions is a journey through hypnotic rhythms and soulful deep house groove. Featuring slush, atmospheric textures. TRACKLIST 01. Jo Paciello - Give Me That Rythm (Extenden Mix) 02. Groovecat - Live Your Life (Miguel Migs Piano Love Dub) 03. Kerri Chandler - Kerriousity 04. Leo Janeiro - Time Goes (Tuccillo House Mix) 05. NomadiCs - Better Man (Frits Wentink Remix) 06. The Deepshakerz - Eyes (Extended Version) 07. Chemars - Deep State Of Funk (Extended Club Mix) 08. Sonic Soul Orchestra - One Love (N.W.N. Extended Mix) 09. Fouk - Moon 10. Chemars - Vanilla Jazz (Extended Club Mix) 11. DJ ERV - Dreamscape

IF YOU AIR THE SHOW PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL TO LET ME KNOW! EVERGREEN. Contact: sean@armedia.ca Trip Hop Radio is a sonic escape into a world of dreamy beats and introspective melodies, featuring an eclectic blend of trip hop, chillout, and downtempo grooves. Updated weekly. TRACKLIST 01. Josh Furey - Separator Outro 02. Depeche Mode - Useless (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session) 03. Sasha - Shelter (Christian Loffler Remix) 04. DJ Sneak - Six Days (Machinedrum Remix) 05. Wiklow - Under the Weeping Willow 06. Gruve Collective - Hopeless Hope 07. Lal - Musty City 08. Beatowls - Please Lie To Me 09. Everything But The Girl - SIngle 10. Telenova - SIlver Lining 11. Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground 12. Tricky - Pumpkin

From the WINGS archive, Vandana Shiva, founder and coordinator of the Research Foundation of Science and Ecology in India; and author of books including Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development in India, speaks at a development conference in the US in 1989. She skewers the capitalist notion of development as selfish, unsustainable, and antithetical to human survival in harmony with the planet.

Gaza Corner dissects Trump's "historic" Gaza deal that has yet to be signed and may never be signed by either Hamas or Israel. In that sense it’s more aspirational than actual. It also discusses why it could be political suicide for Netanyahu to have the IDF withdraw from Gaza.

1. Elaquent - Foster Care 2. Carmesim - Bao 3. Get A Hold - The Ummah (J Dilla) 4. Pies (inSTEMental) - Moka Only 5. Lost and Found - A Cat Called FRITZ 6. Don't Be Mad (inSTEMental) - Mike City 7. Execute - HaikU NITE 8. Galorious (Nothing to Fear - WH) - Naj Ahead 9. HHop Brewin' - BugigangaZ, Alcynoos and Parental 10. Sunsets At 6 - RJ Johnson 11. I Also Cook - The Crates Motel 12. Soulbacc -The Deli 13. Untitled Export 2 - Sawibeatz 14. White Coffee - Emapea 15. Spectral - Leavv 16. Acting - Joe Mansfield 17. Valley Sunset - KLIM 18. santaamonicaaa - Wavy Beats 19. Watch Them (inSTEMental) - Poke & Tone 20. Surreal Enough - Es-K 21. Never Know - 7th Realm

Yes, yes the stock market. Does it matter water is being sucked out of the land and dumped into rising seas? What about emissions as we industrialize the ocean? Will growing conflict slow heat or speed it up? We have 3 guests to answer those questions: Luis Samaniego in Potsdam, David Kroodsma in Oakland, and Manfred Lenzen in Sydney. (replay)

Brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, we are history - we are part of it and it is part of us as proletarians, as working class people. Ours is a heritage of struggle extending back to the beginning of human civilization on this planet. A truth the late Michael Parenti understood all too well. In his talk, The Assassination of Julius Caesar, he emphasizes that the ancient struggles of our ancestors are in many ways our own struggles today and in understanding them we may understand ourselves and move toward victory and liberation.

More summer fun on Backbeat this week, we never rest, we always bring you the best in vintage and vintage-sounding music every week and this week is no exception. You wanna hear blues? We got it with Howlin' Wolf, Lonnie Johnson and Baby Face Leroy. Jazz from Helen Humes and The Missourians, country from Merle Kilgore, Boots Faye and Idaho Call (who?), plus gospel, Latin and newer music from Brandon Isaac and Bill King. Its a unique music mix.

Today, we confront a claim that shakes the foundations of modern political discourse. A claim made by an Israeli scholar who argues that one of history’s greatest tragedies has been transformed into a political shield. A shield used not to protect the memory of victims, but to justify violence against another people. This is not an easy conversation. It is not comfortable. It is not meant to be. This is a clear discussion between Owen Jones, a British journalist and political commentator known for confronting power structures and exposing state sanctioned injustice, and his guest Omer Bartov, an Israeli American historian specializing in genocide studies and the manipulation of collective memory. Even though I believe that Omer Bartov takes the side of Israel, this discussion is very important because it reveals the Palestinian situation and their struggle against Israeli political narratives. Let’s try to understand how a historical trauma became a political instrument. The Holocaust stands as one of humanity’s darkest chapters. Millions murdered. Families erased. Communities destroyed. The world vowed “never again.” Never again to genocide. Never again to dehumanization. Never again to silence in the face of mass suffering. But today, some scholars argue that this vow has been twisted. That “never again” has been weaponized into “never question.” That the memory of Jewish suffering has been used to shield a state from accountability, even when its actions mirror the very horrors the world promised to prevent. Now, let’s see how this transformation happened. In the decades following World War II, Israel positioned itself as the inheritor of Jewish trauma. The state became synonymous with Jewish identity, Jewish survival, and Jewish memory. Any criticism of Israeli policy was framed as an attack on Jewish existence itself. The Holocaust became not only a historical event, but a political tool. A tool used to silence dissent, deflect scrutiny, and delegitimize anyone who spoke about Palestinian suffering. According to the scholar at the center of this discussion, this weaponisation did not happen overnight. It evolved through education systems, diplomatic strategies, media narratives, and global alliances. It evolved through the insistence that Israel must always be seen as a victim, even when it holds overwhelming military power. It evolved through the idea that Jewish trauma is eternal, while Palestinian trauma is negotiable, dismissible, or invisible. Let’s try to understand the consequences of this narrative. When Palestinian homes are demolished, the world is told it is security. When Palestinian children are killed, the world is told it is self defense. When entire neighborhoods are flattened, the world is told it is necessary. And when anyone questions these explanations, they are accused of hatred, extremism, or denial of Jewish suffering. The Holocaust becomes a rhetorical shield, raised not to honor the dead, but to silence the living. Today, we examine how this shield has shaped global politics. Governments hesitate to condemn Israeli actions because they fear being labeled antisemitic. Media outlets soften language to avoid backlash. Universities punish students who speak about Palestinian rights. Human rights organizations are attacked for documenting violations. The scholar argues that this climate of fear is not accidental. It is engineered. It is maintained. It is enforced. Let’s see what this enforcement looks like. A journalist publishes evidence of war crimes. Their career is threatened. A professor teaches about settler colonialism. Their contract is not renewed. A student group organizes a protest. Their funding is revoked. A survivor of violence speaks publicly. Their testimony is dismissed as propaganda. The Holocaust becomes a political firewall, blocking accountability and protecting power. But today, we confront a different truth. The scholar insists that honoring the Holocaust means preventing all genocide, not just the genocide of one people. Honoring the Holocaust means recognizing the humanity of all victims, not only those whose suffering fits political narratives. Honoring the Holocaust means refusing to allow its memory to justify new cycles of violence. Now, let’s try to understand the heart of this argument. The scholar is not denying the Holocaust. He is not diminishing Jewish suffering. He is not attacking Jewish identity. He is confronting the way trauma has been manipulated to justify oppression. He is confronting the way history has been turned into a weapon. He is confronting the way “never again” has been selectively applied. Today, we step into this uncomfortable space. Today, we examine the claim that the Holocaust has been weaponized. Today, we ask what happens when memory becomes a political tool. Today, we ask what happens when trauma becomes a shield for violence. Today, we ask what happens when truth becomes dangerous. Let’s see where this leads. Let’s try to understand what this scholar is revealing. Let’s listen carefully, because the implications reach far beyond Israel and Palestine. They reach into the very question of how societies remember, how they justify, and how they repeat the tragedies they claim to oppose. This is the battle over free speech. This is the battle over historical memory. This is the battle over truth. And today, we confront it head on. 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.

Indigenous in Music with Larry K and JD Crosstown in our Spotlight Interview (Folk) You’re tuned in to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, and today, from the deep shores of Ontario, JD Crosstown will be in our spotlight. His music is rooted in story, soul, and tradition. Blending folk, country, and blues. His debut album Takin’ My Time is a reflection of life, growth, and staying true to your path and it’s available now. JD is featured in our current issue of the SAY Magazine, read all about him at our place at our place on the web at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org/past-shows/jd-crosstown. Enjoy music from JD Crosstown, The North Sound, Mike Paul Kuekuasheu, Aterciopleados, Teagan Littlechief, Maten, Shauit, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Burnstick, Catus Rose NYC, Melody McArthur, LILI, Diyet & the Love Soldiers, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas, Chantil Dukart, Blue Moon Marquee, Pony Man, Donita Large, RematriNation, Sinematic, First Floor Highway, The City Lines, Eagle & Hawk, Shub, Sebastian Gaskin, Nicole Gatti, Sean1ne, Enokahe, Def-i, Ariano, Berk Jodoin and much more. Visit us at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org to explore our programs, celebrate culture, and connect with powerful voices shaping our communities. Step inside our new Indigenous in Music Directory and meet the incredible Artists and Entrepreneurs who are making an impact today in the music industry.

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August is the only month without an official or unofficial holiday until now.