This is the second part of a program on the epic struggle over dams, displaced people and the environment, that I recorded for TUC Radio in 2006. Patrick McCully was then the executive director of the International Rivers Network. They are supporting communities around the world that are impacted by destructive dams. On their 2023 website International Rivers Network dot org list 217 dam projects around the world that they have helped delay or stop. Globally the building of mega dam-projects is slowing down but the world is left with dams and reservoirs that are decaying and becoming a danger to people downstream. Just this morning, as I’m preparing this program for distribution, terrible news is coming in from Libya: The subtropical cyclone "Daniel" hit eastern Libya yesterday and floods from heavy rains overtopped the reservoirs of two dams south of the city of Derna. Both dams were destroyed and the flood swept entire neighborhoods with people, houses and bridges into the Mediterranean. (Included is a 43 sec. clip from Sky News from September 12, 2023) Patrick McCully was then a member of the UN Environment Programme’s Dams & Development Project. He was a co-editor of The Ecologist magazine in England, and is the author of Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams. Patrick McCully joined Reclaim Finance in 2021 as Energy Transition Senior Analyst.

The USA is bragging that new super-lethal cluster bombs are working in Ukraine, while also claiming that Russia, too, is using them. But Russia condemns their use while noting that they reserve the right to respond in kind. On the political front western media do not mention that Zelensky's government has banned the major opposition party, and 10 others. And Zelensky has stripped 70-percent of Ukrainian workers of union representation. This has been documented by unions in Europe, but there has been no action or complaint by the CLC or the AFL-CIO. Anti-war activists must bring these matters to the forefront.

This is our second episode from the co-production with Arts for a Better Bay Area of the re-launch of the State of the Arts Summit "Rebuilding Our Communities," on June 28th, 2023. The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the importance of arts and culture and its impact on our communities and economy, as well as the under-funding and fragility of our sector. Our second episode is focused on how governmental support, funding, artists, and audiences have changed and what arts and cultural organizations are doing to support, reinvent, and invigorate the sector. Join us to learn about various angles of this work and how you can get engaged.

Did you know that over 100,000 tennis balls are used in an average grand slam tournament? And unfortunately, they cannot be recycled. Given the plethora of tennis matches played across the globe in an average year, we are talking about roughly 330 million tennis balls going into landfills annually. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Associated Press reporter, James Martinez, an avid tennis fan and player, who serves up some insight into tennis ball manufacturing, this waste issue, and some of the creative efforts to help solve the problem – and show the planet a little love.

Twenty-two years have passed since the attacks on September 11, 2001, in the United States. That day ended up with the loss of almost 3,000 lives as Washington accused mostly Saudis of carrying out the attacks. 

The Gospel Gold Radio Hour is a weekly all Gospel music program with your Host - Danny Hensley. This week features music from High Fidelity, Ronnie Dunn, Last Hour Bluegrass, Rick Faris and others. You can hear this program four times each week on www.sbbradio.org or www.sbbradio.net and 91.7 FM Community Radio. Wednesdays at 2 AM, Fridays at 12 AM, Saturday mornings at 8 AM and and Sundays at 11 PM - all times Eastern. Join us at 91.7 FM Community Radio and streaming at live365 under Southern Branch Bluegrass and www.sbbradio.org

Congolese popular music.

What a fun show, FLorida man never ceases to dumb found and be weird! Tune in live every Monday night at 8pm est / 7pm CST over at HTTP:/./.www.chiampa.org

Classic lesbian poets Emily Dickinson and Audre Lorde are targeted by 2023 book bans; Hong Kong’s top court orders “marriage like” legal rights for queer couples, while the European Court of Human Rights orders similar “separate but equal” recognition of a Bulgarian lesbian couple’s civil marriage, Texas’ top court lifts a ban on the enforcement of the state’s pediatric trans healthcare ban, while a federal district court judge yields on blocking Georgia’s trans healthcare ban, and California’s Attorney General successfully blocks trans student “outings” - for now. Those stories and more this week when you choose "This Way Out": the world's audio oasis for queer news and culture.

SUDS Episode – One of our co-hosts passed away about a year ago and we decided to host a episode in tribute to Good ol Boy Caperton. We still really miss him and drinking beer with him. He was fanatical about Saison style beers and was very polarized about his feedback. Brewers feared his wrath if they ventured too far off his declarative boundaries of a true Saison. Some of these we got to enjoy with Caperton before he passed away and others we wish we could have shared with him.

Some dubby and jazzy reggae; 1970s salsa dura from four countries; another installment of Get In The Garage's, Global A Go-Go's review of garage rock from across the globe, featuring new music by The Guapos; new Afropop by Kavita Shah and Idrissa Soumaoro; Johan Hugo's very best African productions; Swahili and Lingala rumba from Kenya

Promo for Falling Into Autumn

Its fall in the northern hemisphere and we explore the science behind autumn. Equinoxes happen in the spring and fall, and each year those special days give our planet exactly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night at the equator. At the Chichen Itza pyramid in Yucatan, Mexico, a snake is visible climbing down the steps only on spring and fall equniox. We also hear from 5th graders at Eugene Field Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico describing how perspective can change history. They teach us about the traditional fall holidays of Labor Day (US), Mexican Independence Day (Mexico), and Columbus Day (US), and how each of these holidays feels very different based on the point of view in history a person takes. Mrs. Allison Hawks taught these intrepid students back in 2014 for a Title 1 School Project with The Childrens Hour. Filled with great music, this episode educates, entertains, and engages kids of all ages. Join us as we fall into autumn on The Childrens Hour. This episode was recorded and produced at the Sunspot Solar Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Christina Stella is our Senior Producer, Katie Stone is our Executive Producer. Many thanks to Alli Hawks and her 2014 fifth grade class at Eugene Field Elementary School for joining us on the show. 2023 The Childrens Hour Inc.

1. deserted island - DRWN & dhara 2. The Truth (acoustic) - Moonchild 3. Shut In, Always - Dutchyyy 4. Salt Lamp - Mr Slipz & illiterate 5. Night Travel - KLIM Beats & Smuff Tha Quiz 6. You - CYGN 7. Sunrize - DJ Glibstylez 8. Cosiness - KLIM Beats 9. back in the daze - AstroLogical 10. Actias - lorleaf 11. Peace - DJ Proof 12. Dedicado - Dutchyyy 13. 3AM - Reese Tanaka 14. Think Twice - Zmeyev & CrazyJaZz 15. Break It - Chief 16. Pe Ne Estrada - Freddie Joachim 17. Cloud Zone - Evil Needle & Misha 18. Vela - Hanses 19. Fo Yo Mind - Lamar Azul & Alcynoos 20. Keynote - D.Les 21. Borago - Beamic 22. Low Gravity - Mecca:83 23. A Mild Breeze - Funky DL 24. Analog Waves - Petrovich, Kick A Dope Verse! and Jazzquarterz 25. Jazz Forever - Dialog 26. Televate - Luvjonez 27. Empty Taxi - Dualizm 28. Commuter Train - Boukas & Anton Klavborn

The U.N. chief warns: “Climate breakdown has begun.” In this show you hear unreported climate change: “Antarctic Extreme Events” with lead author Martin Siegert, Imperial College London. Plus Dr. Martin Jucker on early start to ozone hole - and the Tongan volcano warming the world for years to come. It is breaking science from Radio Ecoshock.

The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Gospel music radio program with radio station & program host Danny Hensley. The program is recorded live each Sunday morning while being broadcast on 91.7 FM Community radio and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org and/or www.sbbradio.net Some of the artists featured on this week's program come from the Gaither Tribute project, Marty Falle, Kathy Kallick, The Chuck Wagon Gang, High Fidelity and many more. The program is uploaded to SoundCloud, Buzzsprout, radio4all, Podbean and iTunes just to mention a few select resources for immediate access for replay to radio stations all across the globe.