Ya don't get no summertime blues listening to Backbeat, just simple music designed to make you feel good. Roy Brown, the master of good rockin' starts us off, then you'll hear an obscure Louisiana bluesman, Country Jim Bledsoe, who was doing Swamp Blues before it was a thing, then the fun continues with Django Reinhardt, Sam Cooke, The Stoneman Family, Blue Moon Marquee and a lot more.

Israel and Netanyahu spent years shaping Donald Trump’s worldview, nudging him step by step toward confrontation with Iran, convincing him that war was strategy, that escalation was strength, that their enemies must become America’s enemies too. But the moment he shifted course, the moment he opened the door to a peace process, the same forces that once praised him turned against him without hesitation. The donors, the influencers, the political allies, the lobbyists, the media voices in Tel Aviv, all recoiled as if peace itself were a threat to their power. And while Trump tried to de escalate, Israel kept striking Lebanon, each bombing run a spark thrown toward Iran, each explosion an attempt to reignite a war the region cannot survive. Meanwhile, Danny Danon walked into the United Nations expecting the old deference, only to be met with a wall of outrage, a global audience no longer willing to swallow the lies or excuse the brutality. The world is changing, and Israel’s narrative is cracking under the weight of its own actions. Danon could not charm his way out, could not shout his way out, could not spin his way out. The room saw him clearly, and clarity is something Israel’s leadership has feared for decades. And as we watch this shift unfold, we are left with a haunting truth. The United States could have built real alliances, real trust, real partnerships across the world if it had simply stood for the values it claims to champion. Freedom for all. Justice for all. Dignity for all. Not selectively. Not strategically. But universally. 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 Chantil Dukart in our Spotlight Interview (Jazz, Pop) You’re tuned in to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, and today we’re excited to be part of a very special album premiere. From Colorado by way of Alaska, we welcome back Chantil Dukart. She’s an Indigenous artist known for blending jazz, hip-hop, and experimental sound into something truly her own. Three years ago, she joined us with her album Lady and the Champ—and today, she’s back. We’re honored to help launch her brand new release, Chantil and the Dukes of Art. Read all about Chantil at our place at our place on the web at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org/past-shows/chantil-dukart. Enjoy music from Chantil Dukart, Shon Denay, Ailaika, Def-i, Erik Glow, Richie Desersa, Itz Lil Lee, Keith Secola, Julian Taylor, Jim James, The North Sound, Stolen Identity, Robin Cisek, Johnny Ray Jones, Lisa LaRue, J.A.M, Sinematic, TRIBZ, Shawnee Kish, Crystal Shawanda, Curtis Clear Sky and the Constellationz, Levi Platero, Nathan Cunningham, Indigenous, Graeme Jonez, JD Crosstown, The Melawmen Collective 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 Two Buffalo Studios, browse our SAY Magazine Library, and meet the incredible Artists and Entrepreneurs who are making an impact today.

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Sonic Café, that was Nerf Herder with “Mr. Spock” from their 2002 release “American Cheese”. Hey, welcome to the little radio café that changes everything—from way out here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I’m your host, Scott Clark, and this is episode 488. This time the Sonic Café drops a music mix we really dig—spanning 41 years from 1984 to 2025. You’ll hear great stuff from Mt. Joy, a killer blues pairing with Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal, plus the Gin Blossoms, The Replacements, Jesse Welles, Aerosmith, Brick + Mortar, Tessa Violet, Pulp from ’95, and lots more. Also stopping by, comedian Josh Johnson tells us about the AI response that terrified him. We'll also revisit the back story behind Steve Perry’s 1984 hit “Oh Sherrie”, and in another wild installment of “Crazy Music Facts”, find out about that time Grace Slick of Jefferson Starship tried to spike President Nixon’s coffee with LSD. So let’s get rolling. From 2018, here’s the band is Parquet Courts, the tune is “Tenderness”, and we’re the Sonic Café.

On June 12th, the first of 25 defendants faced trial and were sentenced to prison for breaking into an Elbit Systems factory and helping destroy drones that could have been used against Palestinians. Palestine Action activist Zoë Rogers, who was previously acquitted of criminal damage after spending 18 months in custody, joins the Electronic Intifada’s Asa Winstanley to discuss the growth of support for direct action against complicity in genocide as government repression continues. The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah breaks down what we know about the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the U.S. The Electronic Intifada’s contributor Roqayah Chameseddine reports that despite the newly announced U.S./Iran deal, which is intended in part to halt Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Israeli forces have sustained a campaign of aggression and colonial landgrab across southern Lebanon. Qasem Waleed El-Farra’s article Our futures are shrinking shows how the Israeli “yellow line” has subsumed a neighborhood in eastern Khan Younis.

Report from the weekly stand out against ICE in greater Boston

Upstart Radio is theater of the mind.

The transcendent experience of street basketball is the topic of two conversations with Onaje X. O. Woodbine, author of “Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball.” Woodbine grew up in the inner-city of Roxbury, Massachusetts, became a skilled street basketball player and attended Yale University on a basketball scholarship. After two years as a star player on the Yale team, he chose a different life path and quit. After graduating from Yale, Woodbine earned his Ph.D. in religious studies from Boston University. His book, “Black Gods of the Asphalt” presents a social-anthropological view of this inner-city sport where coaches often assume the role of father, mentor and friend. He contrasts the lessons learned on the street basketball courts, with those learned at the predominantly white basketball courts and locker rooms of Yale University. Onaje Woodbine visited with Radio Curious by phone on August 13, 2016, from his home in Andover, Massachusetts, and began by describing his relationship with his father, Dr. Robert Woodbine. The book Dr. Onaje Woodbine recommends is “Jesus and the Disinherited” by Howard Thurman.

Join Patricia Fraser and Celt In A Twist at SCOTFEST BC this Friday, June 19th and Saturday June 20th, under the big tent for The legendary Barra MacNeils, The Whiskeydicks and Pat Chessell along with other drop in guest performers@scotfestbc.com! Dervish draws deep from the well of Irish tradition on their latest collection from The Great Irish Songbook Volume 2. Meanwhile The Ollam take trad someplace else entirely, featuring John McSherry and groovemonster Joe Dart. This hour features fresh track from Trouz Bras, North America's keepers of Breton music heritage and Newfoundland's Rum Ragged take us down The Road To Lushes Bight. Lard Tunderin', it must be Celt In A Twist!

Hope springs eternal and Angelique Kidjo drops Hope, a new album with an impressive guest list. Introducing A-100s two-tone ska, CDN guitarist Mike Murray with Ecuadorian singer Arianna Reda. Galicians Carlangas and Neboa launch new singles and Tablatronics wizard Karsh Kale is back. More musical optimism this hour from World Beat Canada Radio!

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. Germany, France 24, Japan, and Cuba.

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from June 11th to the 18th, 2026

Imagine a capitalist paradise. An island utopia governed solely by the rules of the market and inspired by the fictions of Ayn Rand and Robinson Crusoe. Sound far-fetched? It may not be. The past half century is littered with the remains of such experiments in what Raymond Craib calls “libertarian exit.” Often dismissed as little more than the dreams of crazy, rich Caucasians, exit strategies have been tried out from the southwest Pacific to the Caribbean, from the North Sea to the high seas, often with dire consequences for local inhabitants. Based on research in archives in the US, the UK, and Vanuatu, as well as in FBI files acquired through the Freedom of Information Act, Craib explores in careful detail the ideology and practice of libertarian exit and its place in the histories of contemporary cap­italism, decolonization, empire, and oceans and islands. Adventure Capitalism is a global history that intersects with an array of figures: Fidel Castro and the Koch brothers, American segregationists and Melanesian socialists, Honolulu-based real estate speculators and British Special Branch spies, soldiers of fortune and English lords, Orange County engineers and Tongan navigators, CIA operatives and CBS news executives, and a new breed of techno-utopians and an old guard of Honduran coup leaders. This is not only a history of our time but, given the new iterations of privatized exit—seasteads, free private cities, and space colonization—it is also a history of our future.

Our Hosts are back on the road and head to the thrift store DVD shelf to review the soundtrack from "Barnyard" we will forgive you if you don't remember it, who knew heavily metal music makes great sleepy lullaby music and a celebrity slip up from one of Hazzard County's finest....who crashed a few cars in his day, sings about cars, but at least doesn't crash the one he's singing about.

Raven Schwam-Curtis is a Black and Jewish content creator, advocate, and speaker. An academic turned content creator, Raven is an alumna of Cornell University and Northwestern University, and her work uniquely blends personal storytelling with social justice advocacy. She elevates important conversations around intersectionality, political activism, and systemic change. Her contributions have been featured in major outlets like Glamour Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, POLITICO, and Buzzfeed. And She is our guest today!