Lots of trailblazers again this week on Backbeat, you'll hear the first country artist to use a solid-body electric guitar, the first female vocal group stars, the first female country star, the Harmonizing Four reviving an old spiritual with an implied anti-slavery message, plus another gospel group with another much more direct message and a lot more. A radio show unlike any other.

Indigenous in Music with Larry K and The City Lines in our Spotlight Interview (Rock) Your tuned into Indigenous in Music with Larry K, and this week we welcome back a familiar voice and a powerful storyteller. Patrick Deneau, the creative force behind The City Lines, returns with brand new music that digs deep and speaks truth. His latest album, Prescribed Fires, is bold, intentional, and full of that honest songwriting we’ve come to expect. You can read all about The City Lines at our place at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org/past-shows/the-city-lines. And Jumping into our musicial circle today is The City Lines, Andrew Clingan, J.A.M, Donita Large, Aterciopelados, Teagan Littlechief, Tracy Bone, Burnstick, Solagua, The City Lines, Alex Anest, Lancelot Knight, LILI, Mike Paul, TRIBZ, Samantha Crain, Melody McArthur, Raven Reid, The North Sound, Raymond Sewell, JD Crosstown, Q052, Angela Amarualik, Def-i, Ariano, The Melawmen Collective, Kind of Sea, Irv Lyons Jr, The Deeds, Dan Scram, Brule, Hataalii, Levi Platero 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.

In 1948, an entire world was overturned. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were uprooted from their homes, families pushed into exile, villages emptied, communities scattered across borders they never chose. Homes were left behind with the doors still open, meals still on the table, keys still in the hands of those who believed they would return in a few days. More than 400 towns and villages were depopulated or destroyed, their names erased from maps but not from memory. For Palestinians, this was not just a political event, it was the shattering of a homeland, the breaking of a people’s continuity, the beginning of a wound that has never been allowed to heal. And yet, when people try to speak about this history, they are often met with denial. Some insist it never happened. Some say the people left “voluntarily.” Some try to rewrite the story entirely, as if erasing the truth could erase the trauma. But history does not disappear because someone is uncomfortable with it. History remains in the archives, in the testimonies, in the ruins of villages, in the memories passed from grandparents to grandchildren. And nobody speaks this truth more clearly than those who have studied it deeply - historians, researchers, and even individuals who grew up inside the Israeli establishment itself. Voices like Miko Peled, who comes from a prominent Israeli military family, speak openly about what happened in 1948, Palestinians struggle, and why acknowledging it matters. He is not the only Jewish historians who have spent decades examining the archival record. There is Ilan Pappé, who has written extensively about the depopulation of Palestinian villages, and there is Benny Morris, who documented the displacement using Israeli military and government archives. There are many other voices that we will spend a day talking about them. Their work does not rely on rumor or ideology. It relies on documents, testimonies, and evidence. But the story does not end in 1948. It continues today, in Gaza, in the West Bank, in refugee camps, in the war with Iran, and in the global streets where people march for justice. And the world is watching more closely than ever. Because the Palestinian struggle is no longer just a regional issue. It has become a mirror held up to the entire world. A test of moral consistency. A measure of whether nations truly believe in human rights, or only when it is politically convenient. Many people around the world see a painful double standard: When one people suffers, the world mobilizes. When Palestinians suffer, the world hesitates. When international law is violated in one place, it is condemned. When it is violated in Palestine, it is debated. And as long as these double standards persist, especially from powerful Western nations and the United States, the consequences will ripple far beyond the Middle East. They will shape global alliances, fuel resentment, deepen mistrust, and weaken the credibility of institutions meant to protect human rights everywhere. People across continents are beginning to ask: If justice is selective, is it justice at all? The Palestinian struggle has become a symbol of resilience, of dignity, of the universal demand for equality. And the world’s response to it will determine not only the future of Palestine, but the moral direction of the international community. History teaches us that truth cannot be buried forever. Voices cannot be silenced forever. And a people fighting for their rights will continue to rise, generation after generation, until justice is not a slogan, but a lived reality. This is This Week in Palestine.

https://politicsthisweek.gn.apc.org/2026/03/the-bristol-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-14/

Asem Alnabeh is an engineer, PhD researcher, Alaraby TV correspondent and a long-time contributor to The Electronic Intifada. He joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to talk about day-to-day Palestinian struggles, perspectives on the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, and what gives him hope amidst deep Palestinian suffering as the Israeli genocide continues. On the Resistance Report, Jon Elmer covers the latest Hizballah videos that show what’s taking place on the frontlines of southern Lebanon as Israel invades. A new article by Amro Rashad Abo Aisha describes how Israeli soldiers put out cigarettes on his back and called them zombies. While he was released, his brother was used as a human shield and has never returned.

Instead of typing away on social media, for a cause to succeed, people need to show up and be heard.

Sonic Café, are you a wild Mustang or a tame little kitty? The Kings of Leon want to know. Welcome aboard as we blast into the future! I’m your host, Scott Clark, and this is episode 477. This time, the Sonic Café brings you a killer mix of music, laugh-out-loud comedy shorts, and a vintage flashback featuring the Fire Bolt Action Machine Gun—a Mattel toy from the '60s that definitely wouldn’t fly today. It's our first retro sponsor, part of a new feature to show how much times have changed. Our music spans 54 years, you’ll hear Taj Mahal with Statesboro Blues, Elle King belting out Ex’s & Oh’*, a fresh track from The Black Keys' 2024 Ohio Players release, plus U2, The Dirty Truckers, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, The Chats bringing that Aussie punk energy, and more. Then, around the bottom of the hour, the Sonic Cafe spins up another disco classic—A Taste of Honey’s Boogie Oogie Oogie. So dust off your mirror ball and get ready to booogie. And those comedy shorts we mentioned? Listen for Sheng Wang, Norm MacDonald, and the legendary George Carlin. So let’s do this thing. . From 2005, here’s The Fray —and we’re the Sonic Café.

Recent rules by Trump's Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, have put tens of thousands of immigrant and refugee truck drivers with commercial licenses at risk. How did we reach this point? The story goes back to the Gilded Age and the ensuing deregulation and union busting by President Ronald Reagan.

Audio interview with singer-songwriter David Rovics.

How many of us are lonely? What is loneliness and how does it affect us? Approximately 25 years ago, when asked the number of friends in whom we could confide, most people in the United States said “three.” When that question was asked recently most people said “none.” Inquires reveal that 20% of people, — 60 million in the Untied States alone – are feeling lonely at any given moment. And, it appears that chronic loneliness may well compete with smoking, obesity and lack of exercise as a significant health risk. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with William Patrick, the founding editor of The Journal of Life Sciences and co-author of “Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection,” along with University of Chicago psychology professor John Cacioppo. My conversation with William Patrick, recorded on October 13, 2008, began when I asked him to define loneliness as used in their book. The book William Patrick recommends is “The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and Christian Origins,” by Burton Mack. Originally Broadcast: October 18th, 2008.

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, Japan, France 24, and Cuba.

New find Little Sparta encourages you to "Turn On The Radio" and tune this week for Celt In A Twist, a contemporary mix of Celtic rock, pop, jazz, funk and trad (from Stratford, Ontario's The Bookends) Plus, veterans of the craft like Runrig and Sinead O'Connor and another spin from supergroup The Ollam, April 27 at The Pearl. Gems a plenty this week!

No borders, no boundaries, it's free-range radio from World Beat Canada. Join us this hour for a grab bag of great stuff including new Tinariwen, just what Doctor Nativo ordered, Gogol Bordello to go and our debut from Quebec's gift-wrapped math rock duo Angine de Poitrine!

The World Womens Congress for a Healthy Planet was held in Miami, Florida, November 8-12, 1991, to produce a Womens Action Agenda for the June 1992 Earth Summit. and to build an international network to ensure a strong womens voice on all issues pertaining to environment and development.This is part 2 of 2, and includes readings from the conclusions that were presented to the women judges from around the world. [Part 1, issued for last week, is https://www.radio4all.net/files/wingsradionews@gmail.com/WINGS-50-25AgendaToSaveThePlanet,%20Part%201-28_52-128kbps.mp3 ] Speakers in part 2: Bella Abzug, USA; Rosalie Bertell, PhD, Canada; un-named readers of the conference document; Ava Nordlund from Norway; un-identified conference judge; Peggy Antrobus of Barbados, co-founder of DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women in a New Era), and author of The Global Women's Movement: Issues and Strategies for the New Century; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [later, President of Liberia]; Jacqueline Pitanguy, Brazilian sociologist, political scientist and international organization official; Jocelyn Dow of Guyana, Champion of Forest Stewardship and Womens Empowerment; Nancy Barry, on leave from World Bank [later, founder of Women's World Banking]; Marilyn Waring from New Zealand, former member of Parliament, author of the book If Women Counted; Justice Elizabeth Evatt from Australia; Magda Renner, spokesperson on the environment for Brazil's National Confederation of Women

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from the week of March 19th to the 26th, 2026.

The attack on Iran is not an aberration; it is not about Bibi & Trump, it is the ever grinding bloody return of colonialism, under Bush 1 & 2, Clinton and Obama: assassination and land theft. The Western powers believe in their right of return as masters. Anti-colonialists must rally around the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Monks singing the oldies? Well sorta with the St Christopher's Gregorian Choir...you can hum along with harmonica hits and a Fake MJ "clean's it" Not the usually mess o cheeze this week...but can you really say our show is ever average?

The US & Israel are not above the law, an ignorant Globe editorial promotes neo-colonial aggression.