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The Irish government currently allows visa-free travel for Israelis. But Palestinian students must get visas and more than half are being rejected. The Electronic Intifada’s contributor Abubaker Abed in Ireland joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to talk about his latest reports on why students who had already received admission and full scholarships to Irish universities are being denied. On the Resistance Report, Jon Elmer covers the loss of more than one-third of the US military’s MQ–9 Reaper drone fleet in Iran and Yemen. Israel is maintaining its relentless attacks on Lebanon. Journalist Roqayah Chameseddine reports on a deafening silence and a total lack of intervention from the Lebanese government, leading families to face the Israeli onslaught alone. Once the home to Gaza’s vineyards, Sheikh Ajlin has now been taken over by crows and stray dogs. Amro Rashad Abo Aisha and Nour Abo Aisha explain in their article ‘Crushed but defiant: The grape growers of Gaza.’

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

Sonic Café—kicking things off with Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, with 1970’s funky “Too Many People.” Hey, welcome to our little coastal radio café. I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 497. This time the Sonic Café presents a music mix that spans 55 years and leans eclectic in all the best ways possible. Listen for hard rocker’s Danzig with Mother from 1988, Dire Straits Mark Knopfler with the inside story on the bands 1985 hit Money For Nothing, also the Goo Goo Dolls and Arctic Monkeys. Then something from our, that’s just weird department. Listen for swing, revival jazz-rock band The Squirrel Nut Zippers their 2001 hit Put A Lid On It. We’ll also roll another Sonic Café twin spin. Around the bottom of the hour listen for Foghats 1972 hit, I Just Want To Make Love To You, followed by the OG, Muddy Waters with a modern, electrified take from his Electric Mud era. Then we’ll learn how McDonald’s became a 200-billion company in another Sonic Café classic movie moment. And later, a question: when McDonald’s, Walmart, Subway, Home Depot and Applebee’s line every exit coast-to-coast… we have to ask ourselves, is this really what the American Dream was all about? So let’s get to it. From South Korea, a made-for-TV band became the real deal: The song is Not But Disco, this is Kardl, and we’re the Sonic Café.

In my opinion, when my friend Ed Reinhart comes here to Ukiah, it is well worth the effort to track him down and listen to him play someone else’s piano and sing along. And that is what happened the last few days of 2010. The sign said Ed would be playing at the Himalaya Café at the south end of town on New Year’s Eve beginning at 6:30 pm. Now it may seem a bit early to start a New Year’s Eve Party, but Ed is always ready to do things his way, and under the guise of liking to get to bed early, he played and sang Old Lange Syne when it was New Year’s in New York, or in the Ukiah vernacular, 9 p.m. Now Ed, who masquerades as Earl Dixon, a semi-unknown sort as he likes to say, and/or Rico Suave, a moniker he adopted while living in Ecuador, can play boogie-woogie piano better than most anyone. And that to me makes Earl and Rico all the more confusing as to who they may or may not be. Ed, etc. have been guests on three previous editions Radio Curious, and those visits are available at www.radiocurious.org. Why so much Ed on Radio Curious? I like him and his music and enjoy our visits. We hope you do too. So Happy New Year to each of you and welcome to the first Radio Curious program recorded in our 21st year on the air. This interview with Ed Reinhart was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious, in Ukiah, California on January 7, 2011. The book Ed Reinhart recommends is “World Without End,” by Ken Follett.

Mindwalk is a short stroll through the theater of the mind.

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. France, Japan, Cuba, and Germany.

In celebration of the Simon Fraser Pipe and Drum Corp’s World Championship, Celt In A Twist tops the hour with Highland Echoes, a new composition for pipes by Jennifer Licko. Plus, great Canuck Celtic from Melisande, Rum Ragged, The Real McKenzies and Haggis X-1. The world rings with the sound and soul of Scotland! Join Patricia Fraser for Celt In A Twist!

Buckle up, baby! We take our new studio gear for a road test to unchartered territory with Vancouver Jazz Fest darlings, Leenalchi from South Korea, marimba rock & roll from Son Rompe Pera (Oct.27 & The Hollywood), recorded direct to tape in old Havana, brand new Orquesta Akokan, and Eccodek’s Andrew McPherson reinvents Yaz ’80’s electro-popper, Only You. It’s all for you this week on World Beat Canada Radio!

Canadians want out from under Trump's (and Nato's) thumb, Avi's got that right, The path of militarism leads to disaster. Yes, it is time to reboot the discussion and put diplomacy in the forefront.

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news for the week of August 20th, 2026.

Iranian resilience is leading to big changes in West Asia & no new alliance (Turkiye-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia) can bring Yemen to heel.

With Canada in the news lately, we look at some of the cheezy Canadian songs we've played in the past, some victrola era age worn and dusty instrumentals, and we couldn't afford the Beach Boys in the Limburger Lounge, but the Great Imposters are the more budget conscious choice.

In the first half of the episode, we discuss 5 tactics MAGA uses to avoid healthy discourse in conversations and ways you can identify and steer the conversation in a healthier direction. In the second half of the episode, we discuss an essay by Stacy Muhammad entitled ‘The Politics of Consequence’ and connect Hollywood’s influence on culture to the division we are seeing in American life today.

From the vaults: Leslie Carde on her film "America Betrayed," rampant corruption and profit - from the government to the Army Corps of Engineers to Corporations. Davida Finger on the so-called rebuilding of New Orleans from the perspective of the people there; Carl Dix on being in New Orleans after Katrina putting it all in the context of Capitalism and illustrating how socialist society would respond differently. All this plus a brief commentary on the Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium.

Is America Sleep Walking into Donald Trump's Next Coup?; Trump and Rubio Revive McCarthy Era' Red Scare,' Targeting U.S. Progressive Activists as Terrorists; Trump Adm Terminates $68 Million in Federal Grants for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs.

Commentary August 10, 2026.