The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
Advertising has had a major effect on how we view our bodies and on our individual self-image. The history of how this advertising has come to affect American girls as they pass through menarche and adolescence is presented in a book called “The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls.” This book describes the historical roots of acute societal and psychological pressures that girls feel today. It shows how the female adolescent experience has changed since 1895. The author, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, is a Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Cornell University in New York. In this two-part program, I spoke Professor Brumberg in October of 1997 and asked her what drew her to write “The Body Project.”
Joan Jacobs Brumberg recommends “Learning to Bow,” by Bruce Feiler & “The Grass Link,” by May Vinchi.
Originally Broadcast: October 21, 1997
Pt. q
1. Every New Thing; Sanctified
2. Wade in the Water
3. John’s Jailhouse Blues
4. Grace Notes
5. Corcovado
1. Every New Thing; Sanctified
2. Wade in the Water
3. John’s Jailhouse Blues
4. Grace Notes
5. Corcovado
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 24, Cuba, and Japan.
Fall back no more! Celt In A Twist celebrates permanent Daylight Saving with an hour of Celtivity you can enjoy anytime, or 9pm Tuesdays on CHKG FM 96.1 in Vancouver. More fresh tracks from The Ollam, a transatlantic supergroup featuring John McSherry, Joe Dart and other monster musicians (April 26th at The Pearl on Granville). You got yer Celt In A Twist with Patricia Fraser!
It's the world in harmony. Take an hour and soak in the sounds of solidarity from across the planet: more from the acclaimed Altin Gun, Canada's own Afrotronix and Joao Leao's Celestial, crazed cumbia from MIS + Meridian Brothers and a poignant SOS from Galicia. Keeping time with the beat of the world, it's World Beat Canada!
This week’s Lost in the Static opens with a new take on a cornerstone
of UK punk, as The Dandy Warhols preview their upcoming covers
collection Pin Ups with their version of The Damned’s “Love Song"
The first hour moves between Madrid’s Automatic Lovers, Amsterdam
label Wap Shoo Wap Records and its roster, New York newcomers Bonny,
and Australia’s Public Figures, alongside staples and deep cuts from
Otoboke Beaver, The Breeders, Clutch, Fu Manchu, Ultrabomb, Royal
Coda, and The Muffs.
Hour two centers on a one-year remembrance of David Johansen with New
York Dolls and solo material, then shifts into a mix of current bands
and canon touchstones including Taste Testors, The Stitches, Richard
Hell and the Voidoids, The Clash, Nomeansno, Black Lips, Social
Distortion, Bad Religion, and more.
We look at a dated yet fun children's album from the 50s by an artist known today for being the aunt of a well known actor. The honky tonks remind us of happy singalongs of yesteryear...and the celebrity slip up has a man that had a catchy catch phrase in the 80s. I pity the fool who doesn't figure that one out.
We'll hear a funky take on Beethoven by Joe Thomas, dig into some Clabber Biscuits with George Benson, and we'll hear both a Curtis Mayfield cover by The Dynamics and a Curtis original.
We'll hear a funky take on Beethoven by Joe Thomas, dig into some Clabber Biscuits with George Benson, and we'll hear both a Curtis Mayfield cover by The Dynamics and a Curtis original.
In This Episode
First Half:
In the first half of the episode, we discuss the purported justification for sweeping changes to U.S. elections using data from right-wing think-tanks. We also discuss a viral video of a Black woman being profiled by police as a crack dealer when she was handing a cup of coffee to her child.
Second Half:
In the second half of the show we discuss how religion has begun to infiltrate the command structure of our military and the implications thereof. Finally, we discuss how the NFL is a socialist enterprise.
CORRECTION: Looming Threat of Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomsday Clock Closer to Midnight; Trump-Aligned Oligarchs Media Mergers Transforming Outlets into MAGA Propaganda Platforms; Yale Architecture Students Design and Build New Rent-Free Homes for Early Childhood Educators
Goffman has produced one of the most remarkable books on what's happening to Black people in the US, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City. She spent 6 years living in an African American neighborhood in Philadelphia, with people trapped in a web of high-tech surveillance, police violence, and mass incarceration. Bob Avakian on the conditions facing Black People today, how they developed, what's behind them and what's the solution.
The Richie Allen Show Monday March 2nd 2026
by The Richie Allen Show
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The US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, killing the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Israeli military launched fresh strikes on Tehran today. However, the US Defence secretary Pete Hegseth said this morning that there will not be "endless war." Elsewhere, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, US President Donald Trump criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not allowing the use of UK bases to support Saturday's attack. Where will all of this lead? To discuss it, Richie is joined by journalists Kevin Barrett and Tony Gosling.
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www.kevinbarrett.substack.com
Oil is not the stated justification for the recent US-Israel joint attack on Iran. The ensuing war is, however, expected to cause major disruptions to the global oil and gas supply. Which brings us to our topic this week on Sea Change Radio: energy transitions. Today we are talking about pivots undertaken by some of the world’s largest economies - we are joined by Chris Nelder, an energy expert and the host of The Energy Transition Show podcast. We discuss the problems facing Japan and its growing energy needs 15 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, examine China’s impressive moves away from fossil fuel dependency, and talk about Germany’s nimble reinvention of its energy grid after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Two nuclear states, the US and Israel, launch an illegal war of aggression against Iran, a sovereign state and UN member. And Canada ("practical and principled") applauds.
Lawyer David Jacobs explains that international law has been replaced by law of the jungle, while pointing out that there are many states and important leaders who are denouncing the rogue behavior of the US and Israel.
