Sonic Café. Welcome to episode 38. I’m your host Scott Clark. This time the Sonic Café fades into the shadowy underworld of Spy Guys. Listen for an eclectic collection of tunes from Art of Noise, Barry Adamson, Henry Mancini and Thievery Corporation plus OO7 movie themes from You Only Live Twice and Skyfall… All that along with a cast of sinister characters who are a clear and present danger and must be removed with extreme prejudice… we need your help to succeed. So get out your decoder ring and trench coat and join us for Spy Guys… here at the Sonic Café.

Audio interview with Walter Santucci - musician, animator, puppeteer, and filmmaker - on his latest film "I'd Rather be Turned Into Cat Food."

– ‘Not My King, and ‘Down, Down Down, With The Crown’ – King Charles and Camilla are mocked at Welsh Parliament opening – Why the Royals’ Days Are Numbered: Graham Smith at Republic members day 2026 – Most royals ‘do no real work’ fumes peer as he slams £100million grant to King Charles In an explosive speech criticising the royals, – ‘It’s a bitter pill to swallow’ – Truth behind King Charles’ £100m taxpayer-funded grant – With former Cabinet minister Lord George Foulkes questioning government funding for the monarchy, the Mirror’s Pod Save the King royal YouTube show delves into the debate on public funding for the Firm – Are the Sussexes becoming a rival royal duynasty? Harry and Meghan have good Nottingham reception with visit - – Harry and Meghan have better reception with visit. Harry leaves Nottingham with thumbs-up as he and Meghan round out first joint visit since UK return – Richard Kay: Mountbatten stopped relationship with John Spencer and Queen. Why Earl Spencer’s damning memoir rings so true to me… – Republic Conference – Graham Smith. This is not okay you know we are having schools struggle to um fix their buildings we’re having uh the NHS struggling – We’re seeing a government that is struggling to find the money to do it and we are throwing a half a billion pounds at this one family and that is simply unforgivable and they are personally responsible – Andrew Morton on the Charles Spencer book scandal. Colonies don’t want a King. – Morton claims King Charles “got it wrong” after Buckingham Palace released a rare statement responding to claims in Earl Charles Spencer’s bombshell memoir – ‘Spy Ken’ (another compromised Muppet), or Ken McCallum, MI5 Chief, makes up Russian and Iranian threats to UK as pitch for more cash in run up to 2026 budget – UK MI6 sent deceptive photo, briefing of dead children, to US same day resulting in mass expulsion of Russian diplomats and consulate being closed – Skripal affair – UK MI6 sent deceptive photo briefing of dead children to US same day resulting in mass expulsion of Russian diplomats and consulate being closed – Interview with Jamie Driscoll about Hostage Nation, the idea it is just political will stopping UK from rebuilding itself using a Keynesian approach – Benefits cuts – upcoming Budget. Andrew Neil on BBC QT – 6.7 million out of work. IFS – 3 million in work and still on benefits – Green Party losing its soul and embracing nuclear power! Chris Busby on the death of Petra Kelly, German Green Party, and her husband, just before their documentary on real effects of Chernobyl to be made. – The Green Party and Nuclear Energy Christopher Busby The recent Brighton conference policy change of the Green Party of England and Wales to embrace nuclear energy was sad but not unexpected – Hostage Nation – we can retrofit entire nation. Trains stopped by Beeching – Richard Cotterell book. China and freedom of speech – Adverse possession written out of UK law for registered land. – Ed Revill got his smallholding using adverse possession – being there for 12 years. He is anti farming addiction to chemical fertilisers. – Biochar Pioneer – Ed Revill Ed Revill lives in South Gower, where he implements the theories of soil carbon regeneration on his market garden. He runs workshops on using appropriate technologies, including biochar stoves. – “Biochar is charcoal intended to be used as a soil additive rather than to be burnt – Strait of Hormuz crisis – artificial fertilisers. Bankers jailed for fraud post 2008 crisis, released. Failure to activate Hormuz fertilizer plan – A failure by the United States and Iran to agree within weeks on a UN-backed plan for moving fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz could cause a food security crisis in parts of Asia and Africa – William Chapman jumped in to tiger cage and was mauled – what was his mental health history and how is it related to medication? – Schizophrenic young man on powerful medication climbs into Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger enclosure and is mauled to death in front of visitors. – Observe the media spin focussing on the well-being of the tiger. Fence clearly inadequate at YWP. – YWP staff failed to intervene. William Chapman’s life could have been saved, but wasn’t. A vulnerable visitor has been sacrificed. – Schizophrenic man was left unsupervised. The YWP tiger was onsidered too valuable an asset to shoot. Survival of the fittest. Human life considered ‘of no value’. – Visitor safety and staff non-intervention manslaughter negligence is presented as ‘unfortunate’ by YWP and the London news media - Trump cuts support for Ukraine war, Zelensky runs crying to King Charles in London – Trump buys diesel off Putin. Coup in Maidan Square – report in to NATO, EU operation. Trump on Zelensky, and him attacking diesel plants in Russia. – RT: From Russian oil to Starlink: How the US is redrawing its Ukraine playbook – UK #Bildererg NATO Defence Secretary Wes Streeting on the special relationship between US and UK – Newsmax – Trump on Zelensky again – US will not send them more drones etc. Chris Busby on war in Ukraine. – Democrats demand answer to Iran wedding massacre. Iran and Iraq may join against US. Strait of Hormuz ships attacked. – Piers Morgan Uncensored show. “Trump HUMILIATED!” Putin Rejects US Ceasefire & Houthis ATTACK Saudi Arabia – Perfidious Albion: Alex Krainer and Harley Schlanger on British being devious in world affairs. CIA and drugs. – One law for them… Footballer Omar Marmoush pays £400 fine for not insuring his £250,000 car. Don’t bother insuring yur £250k car – you just have to pay a £400 fine! – Yemen government reported as not Houthis, but they’ve just had their palace bombed. Yemeni peple’s army, Ansar Allah ,Strikes Headquarters of Saudi-Backed Yemeni Government in Aden – The Saudi-backed government said five people were killed and 16 were wounded Ansar Allah launched an attack on Thursday targeting the headquarters of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government in Aden – Saudi Arabia bombed. Home Guard in Iran. Andy Burnham believing everything secret services tell him – Salafi Giants Brigades have stirred fears in Yemen of a return to the methods of takfiri groups that declare other Muslims unbelievers – John Bosnitch on Press TV with Tony – Perfidious Albion – lying British Empire. – Tehran strongly rejects London’s claim about the Fairford Air Base incident, saying Britain is trying to evade responsibility for its role in the war of aggression against Iran – Zionist Agent George Monbiot on how Russia influenced the Brexit vote so we should rejoin te EU – Powerful speech virtually ignored by Corporate News Media: Iranian President, Pezeshkian, on Iran wanting nuclear energy for progress. Iran – President Addresses United Nations General Debate – Seed of Chaos, Vera Brittain’s book, with poem, ‘Sleep No More’ – In her 1944 book ‘Seed Of Chaos’ Christian WWI nurse and writer Vera Brittain warns against RAF Bomber Command’s ‘decent into barbarity’ which she says is laying the foundations for a future Third World War – ‘Among the majority at any rate, the desire for revenge and a hardening process – even If, for a time, it may be subdued by fear? – Thus we are steadily creating in Europe the psychological foundations for a Third World War – The Bristol Politics Show, presented by Tony Gosling

One year into the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed more than 1,450 Palestinians in Gaza. Asem Alnabih, engineer, PhD researcher and Alaraby TV correspondent in Gaza, joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to describe a ceasefire that exists only on paper, as Israel continues to control who eats, who gets medical treatment and who lives in a tent. He tells the story of eight-year-old Warda, who doesn’t remember life before the genocide and doesn’t know what home means. He also discusses his reporting on women with breast cancer, who face full removal of the breast because Israel blocks radiation therapy from entering Gaza. And he offers advice to supporters abroad on how to make sure their help reaches people who need it most. On the Resistance Report, the Electronic Intifada’s contributing editor Jon Elmer follows Ansarallah and the Yemeni Armed Forces as they encircle the city of Taiz and offer amnesty to Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters who lay down their arms. Yemeni forces are also striking deep inside Saudi Arabia, shutting down the main international airport in Riyadh and hitting the headquarters of the Saudi oil giant Aramco, 1,400 kilometres away. Electronic Intifada contributor Roqayah Chamseddine reports that Israeli forces continue to kill civilians and invade towns across southern Lebanon. And Hezbollah announces a housing program for families whose homes were destroyed, criticizing the Lebanese government for failing to compensate them.

Pollsters and pundits are forecasting a so-called Blue wave. Should Republicans lose, there could be a silver lining.

Prejudices exist in almost every human context, but how do we overcome them and act without stereotypes? This program’s guest is Dr. Jim Cole, who lives in Ellingsburg, Washington and is a psychologist. We discussed diversity training – the process of becoming more aware of the prejudices we have. This program was originally broadcast in November of 1993, when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas. Dr. Jim Cole recommends books by Jane Lovelock.

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A couple of spooky new spins to awaken the Samhain spirit; Louise Bichan shares a good old fashioned Scottish Murder Ballad while the Real McKenzies retell the ghost story of The Mad Trapper Of Rat River. Shooglenifty take us on a deep dive from Stamina Island, plus a set from Baltic Crossing and Celtic Cross. Join Patricia Fraser for an hour of Nu-Celtic. Celt In A Twist!

The world would be a better place if customer service played better music while you’re on hold. Take an hour to breathe in aural relief from new albums by Balthvs, Lagos Thugs, Zerzua and BaBa ZuLa, Latin flavours from Panasoma, Zuco 103 with Lee Scratch Perry and Algerian power pop from Souad Massi. Thanks, we’ll connect you now to World Beat Canada Radio!

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Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news for the week of October 8th to the 15th, 2026.

The Saudis serving the West are now in a jackpot, thanks to Ansar Allah.

If you are a liberal NGO neo-colonial interventionist, you will love Nobel winner Navi Pillay.

Giving a little love this week to a guy who didn't get a lot of respect as a celebrity in the 80s...well, so he said anyway, we go south of the border for a few instrumentals and still with the 80s, a scandal of religious proportions and the record that summed it all up.

The old Western imperialist camp, though wars and provocations, is close to destroying the United Nations.

The first part of our show features Nicole Mikhael—the founder of Reconstruction After Cancer (RAC). RAC funds cancer survivors reconstructive care when insurance doesn’t cover the cost because feeling confident matters too. RAC was created by Nicole Mikhael after her own breast cancer and reconstruction journey at 26yrs old. Knowing firsthand that being cancer-free doesn’t always mean the journey is over, she created RAC to help make reconstructive care possible for survivors when insurance doesn’t cover the cost. The second part of our show features John Hope Bryant discussing the future of Black wealth taken straight from our conversation at the 2026 Congressional Black Caucus. While speaking to Arizona State University Students in a lecture hall in Washington, D.C., John discusses what Black youth can do to ensure fiscal viability and maintain fiscal responsibility well into the future.

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Craig Steven Wilder, talks about “Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities,” which uncovers the truth about race, slavery and the academy. Slavery funded colleges, built campuses, and paid professors. George Prochnik: When It's Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig. In the 1930s, Stefan Zweig was the world's most-translated author. He spent the final months of his life furiously writing a memoir - a warning to the future.

Trump-Allied Oligarchs Cleared to Take Over Entertainment and TV News Behemoth; New Data Finds Cities Collaborating with ICE Offers No Shield Against Violent Street Raids, Arrests; Rehabilitating Richard ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon: GOP’s Scheme to Normalize Trump’s Lawlessness and Corruption.

Jay and Johnny discuss the AA fifth step.