Seth Stern is the chief of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). Seth’s articles about press freedom have been published by outlets like The Guardian, The Intercept, Rolling Stone, and Columbia Journalism Review. Seth and FPF’s advocacy teamwork in collaboration with independent bloggers, incarcerated journalists, major national news outlets and civil liberties organizations to promote laws and policies that allow public-interest journalism to thrive. Before joining FPF, Seth practiced media and First Amendment law for 13 years. He has an article in The Intercept now entitled "30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech." In the first half of the show, we discuss the incident that led to Daniel ‘Dez’ Sanchez’s 30-year prison sentence and the implications of this precedent. In the second half of the show, we discuss how this case can have a ripple effect on free speech and journalism and press protections in this country moving forward.

We celebrate the history and continuing activism of Dyke Marches across the U.S. with Professor Sara Angevine and voices from the streets of Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. In the news, the U.S. Supreme Court rules against transgender student athletes, a Russian court convicts the staff of an "extremist" drag club, Republicans erase Pride Month from military recognition, and Turkish authorities arrest Pride demonstrators while blocking a cruise ship's drag performance. And the Rainbow Rewind honors gay military pioneer Lt. Leonard Matlovich

There will be peace only when Israel is made to withdraw from Lebanon; the UN Charter must prevail over US-Israeli aggression.

A small bookstore in Point Reyes Station, a coastal town in West Marin, California, was the first to invite Suzanne Simard for a conversation. Three days earlier, on May 4, her book had been published. Finding the Mother Tree, Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, has already become a best-seller. Suzanne Simard was born in the Monashee Mountains of British Columbia and grew up in an old growth forest. She was educated at the University of British Columbia and Oregon State University; and is now Professor of Forest Ecology in the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Forestry. Over 1,000 people participated on the Zoom book release hosted by David Haskell. He is professor of biology and environmental studies at the University of the South and author of The Forest Unseen and essays, op-eds, and poetry. Point Reyes Books called Suzanne Simard a pioneer of plant communication and intelligence; much like Rachel Carson. Simard, they say, writes in inspiring, and accessible ways, how trees, living side by side for hundreds of years, have evolved; how they perceive one another, learn and adapt their behaviors, recognize neighbors, and remember the past; how they have agency about the future; elicit warnings and mount defenses, cooperate and compete with one another with sophistication. All characteristics ascribed only to human intelligence, traits that are the essence of civil societies. And at the center of it all stand the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful forces that connect and sustain the others that surround them. The one hour film of the conversation is posted on Youtube The link can be found on the website of Point Reyes Books. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yRiN876lZw DATE: 2021/05/07

The Appalachian Bluegrass Music Hour with Danny Hensley. A weekly program featuring the latest in Bluegrass Music track distribution by record labels such as Pinecastle, Billy Blue, Compass, Mountain Home Music, Mountain Fever Records, Turnberry Records, Sound Biscuit, Gravy Records, Sugar Hill, Rebel Records, Rounder Records and music distribution sources such as Get it Played and Airplay Direct.

From Danger to Dignity is a 2-part audio documentary about women's struggle for abortion rights in the US, culminating in the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision. The audio series is an adaptation of the video documentary of the same name, created as a collaboration between the filmmaker, Dorothy Fadiman, and WINGS series producer Frieda Werden. It covers a wide range of voices, including the movement of supportive clergy. Part 2 includes the voice of the now-late Sarah Weddington of Texas, who successfully argued Roe v Wade before the Supreme Court. It also includes an update about the overturn of Roe and sequelae.

IF YOU AIR THE SHOW PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL TO LET ME KNOW! EVERGREEN. Contact: sean@armedia.ca The Mix Sessions is a journey through hypnotic rhythms and soulful deep house groove. Featuring slush, atmospheric textures. TRACKLIST 01. Jon Dixon, L'Renee - Feel Your Touch 02. Vincent Caira, Brock Edwards - Hold It Down 03. Sean Savage - Gordon Baker Rd 04. KVRVBO - Searching For Your Light 05. The DC - Playin' the Fool (The DC Remix) 06. Hercules & Love Affair, ANOHNI, Seth Troxler - One (Seth Troxler Remix) 07. Kapote, Kosmo Kint, Coeo - Strangers (Coeo House Mix) 08. Rampa, chuala, Keinemusik - Les Gout 09. Nick Holder - Time (Wahoo Vocal Mix) 10. Jesse Maas, Garrett David - Be My Everything (Garrett David Remix)

IF YOU AIR THE SHOW PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL TO LET ME KNOW! EVERGREEN. Contact: sean@armedia.ca Trip Hop Radio is a sonic escape into a world of dreamy beats and introspective melodies, featuring an eclectic blend of trip hop, chillout, and downtempo grooves. Updated weekly. TRACKLIST 01. Amon Tobin - Yasawas 02. Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded 03. Uchi - Pride Is A Poison 04. Gruve Collective - Try Harder 05. Braids - Amends 06. Jacques Greene - Arrow 07. Kusuma Orchestra - Down The Path 08. Morcheeba - Fear And Love 09. Tristan De Liege - Kumo 10. Massive Attack - Angel

1. There Is A Way - Yasiin Bey 2. Blue And Orange Everything - Skyzoo 3. Crooklyn (instrumental) - Q-Tip 4. Good Ol Love (instrumental) - 9th Wonder 5. Bubblin R&Bubbles remix inst. - Poisoned Ivy 6. One, Two, S**t - A Tribe Called Quest 7. Practice - DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. J-Live 8. New York Straight Talk - Gang Starr 9. Sunshine (instrumental) - De La Soul 10. TheDunk (John Stark) Complx Baysixx 11. New York (Ya Out There) - Rakim 12. 99' Knicks - (inSTEMental) Txmmy Beats 13. No Pain, No Gain Salaam Remix remix (instrumental) - Buckshot Lefonque 14. It's A Party (instrumental) - Easy Mo Bee 15. 91 Pat Ewing - Street Smartz 16. Escape From New York (instrumental *minus hook) - Pete Rock 17. Spike Lee Was My Hero - Tall Black Guy

Deadly historic heat strikes across the world. Meteorologist Jeff Bernadelli on heatwaves in UK, Europe and America. Heat risks for pregnancy. From Switzerland, Coral Salvador: excess heat leads to more premature births. Solutions: take over coal? Heat reporting from Mark Hertsgaard and Jeff Goodell. Dr. J. Mijin Cha with a climate plan for America’s biggest coal mining.

The Stuph File Program is an eclectic, hour-long Canadian radio show hosted by veteran broadcaster Peter Anthony Holder. It features a mix of conversational interviews, odd news stories, author discussions, and pop culture.

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

The war that Israel does not want to end has become the engine of its political survival. A war stretched across decades, fueled by fear, sustained by ambition, and kept alive by leaders who understand that conflict is the one thing that keeps them in power. Every ceasefire proposal is dismissed. Every diplomatic effort is undermined. Every attempt by the world to stop the bloodshed is met with another strike, another escalation, another justification. And now, as global pressure mounts, Israel keeps lighting the fire again and again — not in Gaza alone, but across Lebanon. Each bombing run is a message. Each strike is a refusal. Each escalation is a declaration that Israel will not allow this war to end, no matter how many nations call for restraint, no matter how many lives are lost, no matter how close the region comes to collapse. The world is trying to pull the Middle East back from the edge. Israel keeps pushing it forward. Lebanon burns. Gaza bleeds. And the international community watches a government that refuses to step back, refuses to listen, refuses to imagine a future without war. But even as Israel demands American support, there is a truth unfolding behind closed doors — a truth that exposes the limits of power. Because putting boots on the ground is impossible. Not because America lacks the strength, but because American generals refused. They rejected what Trump wanted. They refused to send American soldiers into a conflict that has no end, no strategy, no justification. They refused to sacrifice American lives for a war that serves political interests rather than national security. And that refusal shattered the illusion that the United States would always comply. It exposed a fracture between political ambition and military reality. It revealed that even the most powerful office in the world cannot force a war that the generals know cannot be won. But while Trump could not get the war he wanted, he did get something else — something far more personal. He got richer. This is the part of the story America never wants to confront. While the average American struggles to buy groceries, Trump and his family grew wealthier. While families ration gas to get through the week, Trump’s millionaire friends expanded their fortunes. While ordinary people work two or three jobs to survive, the man in the White House used his position to build an empire of influence, access, and profit. This is not just corruption. This is exploitation. This is the transformation of public office into private gain. This is a president who walked into the White House and discovered it could be turned into a business — a business that enriched him, his children, his allies, and even some of his enemies who paid for access. And all of this happened while Americans struggled. While inflation rose. While wages stagnated. While families fell deeper into debt. While the cost of living crushed the very people who believed the system was built to protect them. So here we are today — standing at the intersection of endless war, political corruption, military refusal, and national exhaustion. Israel refuses peace. Lebanon suffers. Gaza is shattered. American generals say no. And the American people pay the price while the powerful grow richer. The question now is simple, and terrifying: Where is the world heading? And the truth is… no one knows. 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.

Lots to listen to on Backbeat this week, Billy Edd Wheeler blisters through a song he wrote for Johnny Cash, Dinah Washington salutes Bessie Smith, we get a hillbilly version of In The Mood, and Homer and Jethro give us out-of-date humour with some hot pickin'. You'll also hear traditional Finnish vocalizing, a couple of iconic dance numbers and a lot more.