This week’s radio show starts off happy and then quickly degenerates from there. We demonstrate how Nike is really rather edgeless, we feature Part 2 of the Thunderbolt Prison Project, (this week’s segment is called ‘Templates of Oppression’) and for the feature piece we dare to dream the impossible dream.
Hope springs ever eternal — even if rarely here in the Thunderbolt. Listen with extreme caution.
Genghis Khan dies | August 18, 1227
Genghis Khan’s death (AD 1227): An unsolvable riddle or simply a pandemic disease?
Republican voters show leniency toward moral misconduct by party members, study finds
The banana apocalypse is coming. Can we stop it this time?
Dinosaur killer was a rare asteroid from unusually far away, study shows
Customers who save on electric bills could be forced to pay utility company for lost profits
British Pub Really Sells Beer Named 'Osama Bin Lager'?
Georgia mayor faces felony charges after investigators say he stashed alcohol in ditch for prisoners
If the top 1% of Americans paid the full amount of taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion a year.
Warren Buffett on Class Warfare, 'It's My Class, the Rich Class, Making War, And We're Winning'?
No, Walz Didn't Get Stomach Pumped After 'Neigh-borhood Dare Gone Wrong'
People at Trump rallies mocking IVF with fake Vance sperm
Historic Negotiations With Big Pharma to Lower Drug Prices Will Save $1.5 Billion
Dr. Dan Gottlieb is a practicing psychologist living and working near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has experienced quadriplegia for approximately 30 years when he broke his back and severed his spinal cord as a result of an automobile accident. His 2008 book, “Learning From the Heart: Lessons on Living, Loving and Listening,” shares some of his life experiences. In this conversation he explains how 30 years ago he could not have imagined that he would have become a quadriplegic, lose both his parents and his wife, and be a now happy and contented person. This interview was recorded May 14, 2008.
The book Dr. Dan Gottlieb recommends is, “The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness,” by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
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This week, on the Global Research News Hour is the 60th anniversary of the JFK’s assassination. We will be spending the majority of the hour discussing the famous case with Jacob Hornberger, a long time author and investigator of the 1960s event. Mr Hornberger in particular explores the subject matter of two recent books he wrote on the assassination of the 35th president of the United States.
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. NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.
UNIFOR calls for tariffs on Chinese EVs and repeats every argument of the U.S. security state & the 'Big Three,' rather like a company union.
There's an American proverb: "What's good for GM is good for the country." With UNIFOR, it's US corporations 'R us.
In the first half of today’s show, we discuss the many forms that voter suppression initiatives can take. We use one of our favorite lawyers and a former guest on our show, Qasim Rashid to help us make the point that voting is sacred, and there are lots of folks who would rather we didn’t exercise our right so they can more easily shape the country for their benefit.
In the second part of the show, we discuss a violent police interaction where a woman—Victoria Lee—suffering from a mental health crisis lost her life at the hands of the police. We examine the broken system that claimed the life of another person who could have been saved.
Our Way Black History Fact highlights some of the many claims of racism directed toward Donald Trump over the years.
As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture; Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris' Economic Policy Proposals; Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and Other Health Dangers.
A look at the music from a largely forgotten Harlem Globetrotters cartoon, more organ delights of old, and a Spongebob Squarepants tune from a indigeous group that's kinda fun .
Bob Avakian on: What is a real revolution? (excerpt from The Bob Avakian Interviews on the RNL Show, 2022). Sunsara Taylor talks with Rafael Kadaris, on the ground in Chicago, about protests at the Democratic National Convention. A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO GET @BOBAVAKIANOFFICIAL EVERYWHERE. “How do you deal with the ugly and dangerous attacks against you?” Bob Avakian Answers (excerpt from The Bob Avakian Interviews on the RNL Show, 2022)
On June 18, 2024, the US Congress passed the misnamed “Advance Act” that will provide electric power to data-centers.
The Advance Act aims to expedite the development of next generation nuclear reactors and pays to support aging ones. It directs the Department of Energy to reduce regulatory cost for advanced reactors and provides deployment incentives.
Joe Biden signed the Advance Act into law on July 9, 2024. All this while so-called modern societies have not yet cleaned up the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. And the so-called “spent” highly radioactive nuclear fuel is still piling up at the power plants. With one exception, Onkalo in Finland, no permanent deposits for nuclear waste have been built anywhere - even though the waste needs to remain safe for 100,000 years.
The reason so many of us have not even heard about the Advance Act is that only two Senators voted against it: Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey (88 to 2). And in the House the vote was 393 to 13. There was one principled voice - and it belongs to Rashida Tlaib from Michigan. She said: “I voted present in rejection of this ridiculous decision to tie the re-authorization of vital firefighting programs for our communities together with poison pills that undermine nuclear safety …”
This program contains four clips:
On August 18, 2024 the Financial Times published an article entitled: AI Power Demand Could Stifle Industry’s Growth -
On July 28, 2024, CNBC published a film on YouTube under the title: How The Massive Power Draw Of Generative AI Is Overtaxing Our Grid. And even if we generate enough power, our ageing grid is increasingly unable to handle transmitting the power to where it’s needed.
And a little stronger in the wording: the Synapse channel on YouTube ran a mini-documentary entitled: The Answer to AI’s Insane power needs and … published on May 8, 2024.
And in closing: On June 21, 2024, The Washington Post published an article entitled: AI is exhausting the power grid. Tech firms are seeking a miracle solution.
Come back for more programming on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Power when TUC Radio returns.
DATE: June and July/2024
“So if you have not tapped into community members that you are serving, that you are working with, then you are missing a large, piece of the solution to your problems”. - Heather Heslep
Gentrification, displacement, the struggle for ownership... These are the challenges faced by many communities today. But what if art could be the key to preserving cultural heritage and building economic resilience?
The panel discussion on Achieving Economic Justice Through Community Placekeeping, featuring Miss Tee, Nikko Kimzin, Arianna Paz Chávez, Heather Heslep, and Roshaun Davis, explores the challenges faced by marginalized communities in the arts and the importance of place-keeping, ownership, and wealth redistribution. The panelists emphasized the power of art as a tool for community empowerment and social change
As the dog days of summer shorten, and our vacations wind down, we dig into the Sea Change Radio archives to revisit two climate-related conversations. First, we discuss the issue of a warming planet with Andrea Thompson, a science reporter and associate editor at Scientific American. We look at how people and policymakers are trying to cope with the rising temps and examine how different parts of the globe are being affected. Then, we speak to David Messina, the CEO of Rumin8, an Australian-based startup that is hoping to transform the cattle industry. The company’s main product is a lab-grown feed additive that is designed to significantly reduce methane emissions in ruminants like cattle and sheep. We discuss the problem that Rumin8 is trying to solve and talk about the company’s business strategy and hurdles it faces.
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
In the first installment of a three part series, I sit down with Brendan Campisi (formerly of The Alberta Advantage podcast) to discuss the formation of the working class in Palestine, the rise of Palestinian trade unions, and proletarian resistance to British colonialism and Zionist settler-colonialism from 1900 to the present day.
