Kamal Johnson is a former mayor of Hudson, New York, community leader, and youth advocate.
Raised in Hudson and elected as the city’s youngest mayor, and first African American to hold the position. Kamal built a reputation for leading with honesty about issues many public officials avoid discussing openly — trauma, violence, poverty, mental health, generational survival, and what it means to try to heal while carrying the weight of leadership.
Before serving as mayor, he worked for years in youth development, mental health, and community outreach, supporting young people and families navigating many of the same challenges he experienced growing up. His work has focused on violence prevention, youth empowerment, economic equity, housing, education, and creating systems that actually see people instead of just managing them.
In the first half of the conversation, we discuss his inspiration to get into politics, universal basic income, police training, and unresolved trauma in impoverished communities.
In the second half of the conversation, we discuss many of the programs he launched during his tenure that were youth-focused, and the impact those had on the community. We end the conversation discussing socialism’s place in the U.S. and he shares his thoughts on Mamdani and other elected officials.
Parenti predicted the financial crisis and said that giant corporate capitalism – by it’s very nature – is an apocalyptic system. When unregulated the built in elements of ever increased growth may well bring the whole system down. And he described the growing national debt not as a tragic mistake but as a means to shift ever more money from the tax payers to the financial institutions in the form of interest payments. This speech is an analysis of the many structural flaws of a capitalist system that puts it on a permanent collision course with democracy.
Recorded on August 23, 2008 at the closing reception for Maria Gilardin’s art show. This rebroadcast, made in March 2018, is eerily contemporary and lends a historic perspective to current events.
This Way Out celebrates Pride Month with a special look at the power of visibility, community, and resistance.
Then, This Way Out visits Los Angeles' historic Founders Metropolitan Community Church for the unveiling of the Rainbow Liberation Steps, a permanent public art installation honoring LGBTQ+ freedom and liberation. The dedication ceremony features community leaders, activists, faith leaders, and members of the congregation reflecting on the continuing struggle for equality and inclusion.
NewsWrap reports on Colorado's successful effort to restore its ban on conversion therapy, a federal appeals court ruling blocking the Trump administration's transgender military ban, Pride activists marching forward in Hungary despite government opposition, and Ghana's parliament approving a sweeping anti-LGBTQ law.
Finally, This Way Out takes to the streets of Los Angeles to ask a timely question: What would you say to someone who believes Pride is no longer relevant? The answers reveal why Pride continues to matter for LGBTQ+ people and their allies around the world.
Welcome to 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.
Mujeres Cruzando la Linea [Women Crossing the Line] is a monthly women's program on community station Violeta Radio in Mexico City. Station co-founder Maru Chavez sent WINGS the translation of an episode on Social Movements Facing the Advance of Authoritarianism in Latin America. Prominent Mexican philosopher Diana Fuentes and host Daysi Flores discuss the rise of right-wing politics in the Central and South American region and the need for social movements to bond together with each other and with labour.
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
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
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. Royksopp - Sparks
02. Beatowls - (Do You Want To Be) Loved
03. Mono - Silicone
04. Gruve Collective - Hopeless Hope
05. RUFUS DU SOL - Innerbloom (Tor Remix)
06. Telenova - Haunted (Telenoir Version)
07. Massive Attack - Better Things
08. a.s.o. - Falling Under
09. Acopia - Be Enough
10. Can - Sing Swan Song
11. Pugilist - Finis
12. Tor - Aeris
The Mix Sessions is a journey through hypnotic rhythms and soulful deep house groove. Featuring slush, atmospheric textures.
TRACKLIST
01. Sonny Fodera - Feeling You ft. Yasmin (Deep Mix)
02. Nick Holder - Forever In A Daze
03. Mista T Dot - Move With You
04. Julian Gomes - 1000 Memories (Fred Everything Remix)
05. Thor - Da Poem
06. Demuir - Luvin' To Nothing
07. The DC - Playin' the Fool (The DC Remix)
08. Sandy Rivera - YEAH! (Dub)
09. Lex & Wood - Dnce
10. MPE Project - Sink or Fly ft. Nicole De Angelis
Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST
Will we have yet another record fire year? - in the West, the Boreal Forest, in Europe and Russia? Explore little-known risks with new science. From VU Amsterdam, Max van Gerrevinke answers a hard question: are super-fires heating or cooling the planet? Then Professor Ben de Foy of Saint Louis University on ozone that burns lungs. Poking the inferno - to see what its made of - this is Radio Ecoshock.
Indigenous in Music with Larry K and Sinematic in our Spotlight Interview (Rock)
Your tuned into Indigenous in Music with Larry K, and this week, joining us, we're honored to welcome Ayden Gray, the artist behind Sinematic. His debut album Metamorphosis is out, written, composed, and produced entirely on his own. He is currently featured in our current issue of the SAY Magazine. Read all about Sinematic at our place on the web at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org/past-shows/sinematic
Also enjoy music from Sinematic, First Floor Highway, Donita Large, Xit, Curtis Clear Sky and the Constellations, Mano Negra, Kind of Sea, iskwe, Physics, The Bloodshots, Dj Bitman, Logan Staats, western medicine show, Shawnee Kish, Melody McArthur, Liv Wade, Puddy Waters, OPLIAM, Wamptronica, Chantil Dukart, Campo, Kinky The Northstars, J.A.M. RematriNation 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.
1. All This Time - Dysfunkshunal Familee feat. Asaru, Craig G and Lucky Tatt
2. How To Quit? - Rel McCoy
3. Good Nutrition - K-Rec & Checkmate feat. Sadat X
4. Megabus - The Troubles feat. Rod Wallace, F13ldz and DJ Clark Da Spark
5. Yonder Crossphada (remix) - Errol Eats Everything feat. Don Von Jovi
6. Know It All - Willhouse & Granvil
7. 501XX - Cadence Weapon
8. Day 1 - Dominick Giovanni & Monma
9. Those Who Lurk - Buuda feat. Hujili
10. Be On The Lookout - DJ Glibstylez & Es
11. Burnside - The Deli
12. Vibes - Che Grand
13. The Ones - Dookie Bros
14. Astral Travelin' - The Lyricists
15. Kid At Heart - Cruz Ocho
16. Woosah!!! - 9th Wonder, Jada & S14H
17. True To You - Kumail
18. What We Build - Dj Unknown feat. Theo 3
19. Celebrate the Wins - Passport Rav & Bloo Azul
20. Yerba - Oh, My.
This week on we start and end with train songs that keep us chuggin' away for the whole hour. We've got Merle Travis giving us a barn burner of a boogie (which is a train song come to think of it), Kanui & Lula, who rode the Hawaiian craze in Europe and Dawn Tyler Watson who gives us blues from Montreal.
Chaos in the Gulf did not appear out of thin air.
It did not rise like a sudden storm.
It is the result of choices, our choices, the architecture of a foreign policy that treated the region like a chessboard and assumed the pieces would never push back.
Today, the Gulf is trembling because we helped build the conditions for that tremble.
We placed bases everywhere, promised protection to everyone, and then acted shocked when the region caught fire from sparks we helped scatter.
And while the Gulf braces itself, the real blaze is still in the north, in Lebanon.
Lebanon is holding the line in a way the world did not expect.
Hezbollah’s drones, missiles, and ground units have forced Israel into a defensive crouch.
Northern towns emptied.
Military bases struck.
Commanders admitting, reluctantly, that they misread the northern front.
The videos describe Israel as “غارق,” drowning.
Not metaphorically.
Strategically.
Every day brings new losses, new failures, new panic inside the Israeli establishment.
And yet, even as the region shakes, Israel continues to act as if it is above consequence, above accountability, above the law.
Which brings us to Mahmoud Al Najjar.
A young man arrested not because he posed a threat, not because he committed a crime, but because Israel has grown accustomed to doing whatever it wants, whenever it wants, to whomever it wants, without hesitation, without oversight, without the slightest consideration for human rights or international law.
His arrest is not an isolated incident.
It is a symptom of a system that believes Palestinian lives are disposable, that Palestinian futures can be erased with a signature, that Palestinian voices can be silenced with a knock on the door at dawn.
This is the reality we confront every week.
A reality shaped by power without restraint.
And now, as the region shifts, as alliances wobble, as the world begins to question what it once accepted blindly, a new question rises:
Will the United States and Israel attempt to merge their militaries into one?
Because when influence fades, when support weakens, when the political winds change, the next move is always the same.
Bind the systems together so tightly that separation becomes impossible.
That is the chapter unfolding now.
That is the story we step into today.
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.
Join Patricia Fraser and Celt In A Twist at SCOTFEST BC 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! The best of the best of the month, this hour as we bring you another Contemporary Celtic Top 10. Count 'em down with us and count the days to join us live at SCOTFEST BC!
So, you want to be an audiophile? We provide a 10 point check-list and 15 tracks to tickle your ears in the meantime. Fascinating new Brazilian from Spok, Retro Salish Futurisms from Russell Wallace and Snukwa7. Triple the weird from M.I.S., Meridian Brothers and Beck! A double shot from Catalonia, plus, new Altin Gun and Tamikrest. World Beat Canada Radio, worth every minute.
