Sonic Café. I’m your host Scott Clark. Welcome to episode 39. This time, the Sonic Café get’s down to business with a hard working mix of music pulled from over four decades… listen for Gentle Giant, BTO, Peter Gabriel, James Cotton and Something Corporate … from ahh Something Corporate. Plus we get down brass tacks with an excerpt from Office Space… and comedian Dane Cook telling us all about his first job. All mixed together with a batch of buzzy words business people use to sound smart … even when they don’t know what the heck they’re talking about. All that and more… cause it’s Business Time … right here at the Sonic Café.
My guest in this program was Dr. David Kiersey, the author of a book called “Presidential Temperament.” Dr. Kiersey took the Meyers-Briggs Temperament inventories and developed what has come to be known as the Kiersey Temperament Sorter. In so doing, he has established and identified several different types of character and temperament of people. In his book, “Please Understand Me,” the reader may use the Kiersey Temperament Sorter to get an idea of his or her personality and temperament traits. With his history and experience, Kiersey has examined the people who have become a President of the US and set out his analysis in “Presidential Temperaments.” In this program, originally broadcast in November of 1993 when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas, we’ll be talking about the book and some of the temperaments of the various Presidents.
Dr. David Kiersey recommends “Killer Angels,” by Michael Shaara & The Hornblower Series, by Horatio Hormblower.
Originally Broadcast: November 19, 1993
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, Japan, and Cuba.
Celtic music anniversaries and memoriums this hour: Delhi2Dublin celebrate 20 years with a string of singles, staring with a fresh debut, featuring fiddler Serena Eades, Celtic Cross TossItBack with new music at 30 years, remembering the great Donal Lunny and Vancouver son, John Mann plus more AcidCroft magic from Shooglenifty. You got yer Celt In A Twist!
Global grooves are greening the planet’s soundscape with fresh air and fertile imagination. Check out our debut of MIDIval PunditZ new album, Love and Machines, a Canadian crop including Okan and JER, Brazilian grooves celebrate new promise for the jewel of South America, from Abacaxepa to a belooped classic by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Catch a wave with World Beat Canada Radio!
On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Dolores Huerta passed away at age 96. A lifelong activist, she had recently traveled from California to Texas, to attend the Democratic Convention and to urge workers to vote.
When she was merely 82, she addressed the US National Women's Studies Association. Melinda Tuhus recorded that speech for WINGS.
The month after she gave that speech, Huerta accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. He acknowledged having stolen his slogan "Yes, we can!" from her; she taught the crowd her Spanish version: "Si, se puede!"
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
That weird reverberation oozing out of your radio might just be the usual shenanigans of your hosts, BUT if the van door opens during the show, like this week, it's gotta be halloween!
AIPAC provides big money for Republicans and Democrats, but one race in California is an actual test that could determine the route of the controversial group's future.
Trump's Threat to Escalate Iran War, Comes One Week Before Critical U.S. Midterm Election; Trump Executive Order Criminalizes Dissent, Suppresses Constitutionally Protected Free Speech; Botched Tennessee Execution, Unequal Justice Fuel Death Penalty Opposition.
From the Vault. An interview with Ursula K. Le Guin on her book “Voices,” which speaks to the importance of critical thinking and the dangers of a society that loses that. Plus Bob Avakian, the leader of the revolution, and the author of the New Communism: The Terror of Deportations " Millions of Families Split Apart, from BA Speaks: REVOLUTION, Nothing Less! Plus, immigrants fighting against everything that is going against them. How can we protect those who need to be in the streets?
With the clock ticking down to the midterms, we continue our election coverage on Sea Change Radio by speaking with two very astute political analysts. First, we finish up our conversation with Democratic strategist Tom Bonier of TargetSmart as we take a closer look at some of the Senate races and discuss how unfettered SuperPAC money is influencing this election. Then, we talk to Daniel Nichanian of Bolts Magazine as we take a peek at some under-the-radar races in key battleground states that will have a resounding impact on 2028 and beyond.
Bobby Nichols is Tempe, Arizona's first Democratic Socialist City Councilmember and one of a slate of candidates endorsed by Bernie Sanders. Bobby is the former Phoenix Democratic Socialist of America's chapter chair and current member. He is the founder of Arizona Works Together, a pro-union political action committee operating at the state level.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
Comedian-activist Dana Goldberg is our guide to the U.S. Midterm Elections, as transgender-related headlines dominate the news: The top courts in the New Zealand and the U.S. hand down positive rulings regarding gender affirming care for adults and children, the Hijra of Bangladesh are seeking legal protections to match the rights they have on paper, and political shenanigans in Texas use a trans group’s name in phony election ads. In other news, France succeeds in getting the UN Human Rights Council to declare its support for the universal decriminalization of homosexuality. All that and more now that you’ve found This Way Out.
