Sonic Café, Forever Together — that’s Samantha Fish. Hey, I’m Scott Clark and welcome to episode 493. This time, the Sonic Café spins a fun, eclectic mix pulled from 54 years — and it’s all sprinkled with a bit of AI flavor. Listen for a live version of I Don’t Like Mondays from Sir Bob Geldof, plus Genesis from their Duke LP, Lindsey Buckingham, and the Black Crowes with Dirty Cold Sun from their 2024 release Happiness Bastards. Then around the bottom of the hour, we’ll bust out another Sonic Café Twin Spin. From the 1996 movie, That Thing You Do!, hear The Wonders’ original version, followed by a 2020 cover from Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. We’re also saluting the legendary Ozzy Osbourne again. This time, Bob and Tom mix Tibetan temple music with Iron Man. Yeah, really. Plus, meet the most hipster man in the world — brought to life with a little AI parody magic. And finally, want to know more about Brazil? Don’t worry; Taxi’s Jim Ignatowski — played by Christopher Lloyd — has you covered in a Sonic Café classic TV moment. Oh, and before we forget — a big Sonic Café welcome to our newest sponsor... Bacon. Yep. Just bacon. Enough said. So let’s get rolling with a futuristic country parody, this Beam Me Up, Bubba — it’s Star Trek meets red neck country, AI style, and as always, we’re the Sonic Café.

Buzzy Martin began teaching music to at risk kids in Juvenille Hall. He then taught guitar in San Quentin Prison for three and a half years, where he gained a unique “insiders” perspective about prison life, prisoners, and the guards. His book, “Don’t Shoot! I’m the Guitar Man,” chronicles his experiences teaching prison inmates, including rapists, child molesters and murderers how to play the guitar. Martin shares his experiences with incarcerated youth, to teach them that prison is not a “badge of honor,” and he reveals how music can be a universal language to open the hearts of people who may think they don’t have one. Buzzy Martin’s memoir will be made into a movie. Visit his website for more information. The interview with Buzzy Martin was recorded on October 11th, 2010. The book he recommends is, “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book,” by don Miguel Ruiz.

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Japan, France, Cuba, and Germany.

New Celtpunk from Australia! You've Got A Friend down under with The Cloverhearts. Haggis X-1test fire Arthur's Gold and we spin new Tiller's Folly at the Far End Of The Road. Contemporary Celtic comes home to Celt In A Twist each week with Patricia Fraser.

No kings, no excuses, zero forks given, it's an all-human curated hour of music you just won't hear anywhere else. Brand new spins from Monsieur Doumani with The Professor, Cochemea, Cheihk Ibra Fam and an anti-war epic from Natacha Atlas and Samy Bishai. Resist, listen, repeat. It's World Beat Canada Radio!

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from July 16th to the 23rd, 2026.

Today we pull from a public World Government Summit lecture offered by professor of political science, Dr. Roy Casagranda discussing the economic history of the United States as well as the dismantling of the free/low-cost education system once found in the United States. In the first half of the show, discuss the idea that hard work leads to success. We challenge the idea that a few aligned factors can create a universal pathway to the American dream. We also discuss the systemic barriers and advantages present in society and how certain groups are more likely to encounter these forces. In the second half of the show, we talk about the shift in the United States’ approach to education after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. We discuss how an increase in costs was strategically implemented by conservatives to create barriers for would-be protesters and social dissenters.

Golden oldies (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)

This week, out of our "I can't believe someone listened to or bought this" file, comes the 1960s oddity that was Mrs. Elva Miller. Also, the guy who largely conducted his albums...and a fresh cheezy track in the limburger lounge that goes real bad right, before your very ears.

Johnny and Denise discuss meeting people where they are and responsibilities.

“Worse Than A Fool,” by Bob Avakian. Fascist Pig Trump Packs Pig Sty with Fascist Pigs. Sunsara Taylor & Rafael Kadaris explore this important point: "Two Countries" Within This Country—And The Whole Damn System's Got To Go! With excerpts from Bob Avakian's REVOLUTION 102, and other works. Two Important Shout Outs!—Billie Eilish speaks out. University student, Ahoo Daryaei violently arrested after boldly protesting repressive anti-woman laws in Iran.

Two More ICE Shooting Deaths in Texas and Maine Trigger Condemnation and Angry Protests, Environmentalists Condemn (Denounce) Trump Regime’s New rule to Decimate Endangered Species Act, Faculty, Students and Alumni Oppose Trump-Yale University Extortion Deal.

Many listeners are probably familiar with the term misanthrope - combining the Greek misein (to hate) and anthrōpos (human), it means someone who doesn’t like people (and most of us probably know one or two such folks, for better or for worse). But today we are talking about synanthropes, plants and animals that live and thrive by hanging around human beings in human environments. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with Dan Werb, an epidemiologist who’s new book “Our Wild Familiars: How Animals Are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World” delves into the fascinating domain of synanthropic creatures. Come dumpster diving with us as we learn more about raccoons, rats, and coyotes and how we are all existentially linked.

Prof. Moomaw wrote in 2021: Humanity puts out 11 billion tons of carbon each year – amazingly less than half ends up in the atmosphere. NASA satellite data and research show that a bit more than half of the remaining 6 billion tons of carbon are going into forests, plants, wetlands and soils. The other 40 – 45% is being absorbed by the oceans. However the extraordinary capacity of forests to absorb carbon is being undermined by world-wide logging and clear-cutting – which ironically turns forests, that could be our best protection from climate disaster – into yet another powerful source of greenhouse gases. William Moomaw is Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy at Tufts University. Stuart Scott was founder/executive producer of Facing Future TV.

Lambda Legal’s non-binary and transgender rights project director Sasha Buchert helped fashion Becky Pepper-Jackson’s Title IX and Equal Protection arguments for the U.S. Supreme Court. She explains how the case evolved from the legislative process to litigation, the broader political environment that led to the recent trans sports bans, and how this ruling will impact the future (interviewed by Jeb Backe). And in NewsWrap: LGBTQ+ foster children in the U.S. won’t be protected from unsupportive families anymore, trans-positive soccer star Megan Rapinoe cries foul after being ejected from a World Cup ad, there’s a flag on a play by Reform UK, a lesbian couple in Botswana is fighting for marriage equality and Madison Square Garden is WIRED for “risky” guests.

Mid century music in all genres in homage to my father Herman F. Moe

How America Hobbles Healthcare Aid Abroad: On his first day as President, Trump reinstated and expanded the Global Gag Rule against recipients of US healthcare aid performing or speaking about abortions. In his second term, he made it worse. Where did this rule come from and what does it do? Guests: Loretta Ross, author of Reproductive Justice: an Introduction; Dereje Wondimu, Policy and Community Mobilization Advisor at IPAS in Ethiopia; Caroline Nyandat, Reproductive Health Coordinator at the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KiMET); Suzanne Ehlers, president of Population Action International (PAI).

The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Southern Gospel & Bluegrass 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, streamed through our radio station APP and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org. This program is uploaded to SoundCloud, RSS.com, radio4all, Podbean and iTunes