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Featured Stories

• How Coal and Oil Shaped the 20th Century
• The Cooperative Business Model, Local Food, and Beyond
• Why Can't I Get Better?
• Mandela and Melange

All Story Categories

• Financial, Empire & Elites
• Media, Internet & Privacy
• Energy, Peak Oil, Sustainability & Resilience
• Environment
• Health
• Food & Agriculture
• Cool & Cosmic
• History & Learning
• Music & Fun

FINANCIAL, EMPIRE & ELITES

Guns & Butter

Ellen Brown on the Public Banking Antidote — 13 Nov 2013 — Topics include the looming danger in our current banking system; how derivatives players are first in line as creditors; how new laws are being created to allow banks to grab depositors' funds to cover losses in investment sectors; how securitization of mortgages drove the financial crisis of last decade; examples of sustainable banking models and other solutions to the banking crisis.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:52

Occupied Territory America

Going Postal—Dianne Feinstein's Husband Sells Post Office Assets to His Friends, Cheap — 05 Dec 2013 — Author Peter Byrne discusses his research into the activities of Richard C. Blum, the husband of US senator and uber-insider Dianne Feinstein. As part of a Post Office "restructuring," the US government is letting Blum's firm manage the process of liquidating assets such as Post Office buildings. The result is sweetheart deals for elites.
Download/Listen   54:20

(GP comment:  This is but one egregious example of how the elites are financially strip-mining the remaining wealth in the US.)

9-11 Wake-Up Call

Cynthia McKinney on 9/11 and Imperial Wars — 06 Nov 2013 — This is a speech given by Cynthia McKinney on the 12th anniversary of 9/11 at the "RETHINK 9/11" event in NYC. She explains the science of destroying a society, such as what has been done in Iraq, Libya, and now Syria, and also reflects on 9/11—the pivotal event that made the invasions possible.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   29:08

Dan Carlin—Common Sense

Old-School Whistleblowing — 27 Nov 2013 — William Binney was an NSA official for three decades before he turned his life upside down by becoming one of the most prominent whistleblowers in the history of US Intelligence. Binney discusses the ongoing controversy over NSA surveillance on non-terrorist domestic and foreign targets (which, at this point, means essentially everyone). He also gives an insider's viewpoint on questions like "Don't we need to do this to stop terrorists?" and "Shouldn't Edward Snowden have taken his concerns through proper internal channels?"
Download/Listen   59:16

Trends Journal / This Week In Money

Celente on Wealth Gap, Tapering, BitCoin, Investments, more — 30 Nov 2013 — Gerald Celente's topics include the widening wealth gap between rich and poor in the US; the coming Fed tapering (or something like it); the conundrum of BitCoin; solid gold and smart real estate vs. foofy stocks and puffy bonds.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   20:53

(GP comment:  BitCoin is no conundrum—anything that allows people to make money through speculative manipulation will not work as a long-term solution.)

Meria Heller Show

News Review—CEO Pay, STUXNET, Racism, the Grinch in Wisconsin, more — 08 Dec 2013 — Topics include .... lavish CEO pay vs. Social Security cuts and pension defaults; a new STUXNET-like attack for Iran; racism is alive and well in Texas; Scott Walker wants your kids' Christmas toy money for his campaign war chest; Detroit bankruptcy—the first of more to come.
Download/Listen   1:00:51

Unwelcome Guests

What We're Not Being Told — 30 Nov 2013 — Continuing the focus on the "vast machine," Robin Upton looks at the truths The Machine leaves unspoken. Clips include Ellen Brown suggesting a BIS-Syria connection and historian Anthony Sutton describing the murky links between US big business and the economic development of the USSR and Nazi Germany.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:36

Uprising

Obama, Fast-Food Workers, and the Living Wage Issue — 06 Dec 2013 — Hundreds of cities around the country witnessed walkouts and rallies by workers in the fast food industry and their allies. The coordinated action flowed from a similar action in August and came less than a week after Black Friday labor actions by Walmart employees. ~~ President Obama gave a major speech decrying skyrocketing income inequality in the US, calling it the "defining challenge of our time." Critics were quick to point out the hypocrisy of a president who has failed to reign in the recklessness of Wall Street, remove corporate loopholes, deal with growing student loan debt, stem the tide of foreclosures, or end the funneling of trillions of dollars to overseas wars.
Part 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   14:18
Part 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   11:44

(GP comment:  As with any politician, forget about what Obama says; just watch what he does.)

Counterspin

Feinstein Bill—Approval for NSA Spying Cloaked in Reform Label — 22 Nov 2013 — Polls show Americans overwhelmingly opposed to the government's mass surveillance programs, finding the unconstitutional spying "alarming" and saying they don't think it's making them safer. There is legislation afoot to ostensibly reform surveillance procedures. But Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation says this isn't real reform—it's windowdressing.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   8:54

C-Realm Podcast

Paying for Our Own Subjugation — 20 Nov 2013 — KMO welcomes Ben McLeish of the Zeitgeist Movement back to the C-Realm to talk about technology, primitivism, science, and the quest for knowledge. KMO lays out the case for thinking that resource scarcity and the sort of creeping behavioral control that Theodore Kaczynski describes in his manifesto stand between us and a rosy high-tech future, and Ben, while acknowledging the challenges and pitfalls, explains how these limitations spring from profit-based incentives and how they will not pose so great a challenge once we outgrow our capitalist values.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:00

MEDIA, INTERNET & PRIVACY

On the Media

Fighting for Information from DHS — 06 Dec 2013 — The Electronic Privacy Information Center just won a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, requiring the federal agency to release documents about the so-called "internet kill switch." EPIC's Julia Horwitz discusses the lengthy battle with DHS and the difficulty in getting information out of the notoriously opaque agency. ~~ In the second clip, we learn about the "Shed Light on DHS" tool, which connects constituents with their representatives in Congress so they can demand more transparency from the Department of Homeland Security.
Part 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:07
Part 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   13:43

On the Media

UK Government Supports US in Attacking Press Freedom — 06 Dec 2013 — The editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, talks about pressure on his newspaper related to its participation in the Snowden leaks. He says the staff at the Guardian are determined not to bow to the UK government's suppressive tactics.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:56

9-11 Wake-Up Call

RETHINK 9-11 — Nov 2013 — Where is the corporate media on unanswered 9/11 questions. For that matter, where is Democracy Now? This audio features three speeches given in Time Square, NYC, on the 12th anniversary of 9-11—Les Jamieson, architect and founder of AE911truth.org; Richard Gage, the founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth; and journalist Tom Kiely.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   28:28

ENERGY, PEAK OIL, SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE

ExtraEnvironmentalist

How Coal and Oil Shaped the 20th Century — 26 Nov 2013 — The ideas we have about our government systems have been dramatically shaped by the energy sources that power them. Timothy Mitchell explains how coal and oil shaped 20th century politics and economics, playing key roles in war—and the reasons for war—as well as the evolution of monetary systems and the shift in power from Europe to the US. ~~ Also in this podcast, Richard Heinberg updates us on the shale oil bubble and the implications of peak oil.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:59:55

ExtraEnvironmentalist

Preparing for Hard Times — 10 Dec 2013 — Nicole Foss and Laurence Boomert discuss their tour across North America in which they engage with communities on the topic of preparing for hard times. They highlight community initiatives that can help people meet basic needs, even as monetary institutions pursue desperate measures. ~~ John Michael Greer answers a few listener questions, and he highlights the lack of whole-systems thinking in internet visionaries.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:47:11

Peak Prosperity

The Shale Oil Boom is More Mirage than Miracle — 07 Dec 2013 — Gail Tverberg is a professional actuary who applies classic risk assessment procedures to global resources, studying issues such as oil and natural gas depletion, water shortages, and climate change. Some say the shale oil "revolution" in the US will usher in a new Golden Age of American oil independence. With her actuarial eyeshade firmly in place, Tverberg quickly begins discounting the underlying economics behind the shale model.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   38:07

Peak Prosperity

Water in the Era of Peak Everything — 16 Nov 2013 — Similar to oil and other key natural resources that are mined and consumed, water is subject to the same limitations. Both surface supply and underground fossil stores of clean water are depleting at alarming rates, and the energy and economic costs of extraction are swiftly increasing. Water management expert Jack Keller comments on water in the era of Peak Everything.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   48:39

(GP comment:  Originally from 2011 but still relevant and worth hearing again.)

ENVIRONMENT

Lifeboat Hour

FOIA Info from NRC Shows Serious of Fukushima Situation — 01 Dec 2013 — Tony Mugu and Michael Ruppert discuss the revelations from documents released by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the Freedom of Information Act, with high US nuclear officials expressing grave concern over the technical details of the Fukushima accident and the difficult cleanup operation to come.
Download/Listen   1:00:04

NPR

If China and India Punt, Why Should the US Stay on the CO2-Reduction Playing Field? — 26 Nov 2013 — In the coming decades, carbon dioxide emissions from China, India, and other populous, rapidly developing countries are expected to rise substantially. China and India have said they won't commit to controlling their carbon dioxide emissions. If that's the case, why should the US bother controlling its emissions?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   3:29

(GP comment:  The argument is made that there will come a point when everyone on the planet realizes that climate action MUST happen, and those who buy in now will be better positioned for the new era. That seems highly dubious to me—it's much more likely that the current dawdling will continue until climate feedback loops enter runaway mode and make any effort spent on GHG reduction pointless.)

Quirks & Quarks

Less Salmon Means Less-Healthy Grizzlies — 07 Dec 2013 — The decline in the salmon population off the coast of British Columbia in recent years is having negative consequences for the grizzly bears, who rely on them for food. By analyzing hair retrieved from grizzlies at snag stations over a three-year period, scientists determined that the level of the stress hormone cortisol was elevated in the bears eating less salmon. It is believed that raised cortisol levels could negatively impact grizzlies' reproductive health and shorten their lifespans.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:32

Nutrition Diva

Ways to Reduce Food Waste — 05 Nov 2013 — The production and distribution of food is significant source of environmental pollution and resource usage. Reducing food waste helps reduce these impacts. The Diva offers numerous tips for reducing food waste, including: plan meals before you go grocery shopping; and strategize ways to easily identify and eat leftovers in the fridge.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   9:09

(GP comment:  She also identifies composting as a way to get value out of unusable food, but she should have mentioned growing more of your own food, too.)

HEALTH

One Radio Network

Why Can't I Get Better? — Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease — 25 Nov 2013 — Using Lyme Disease as a centerpiece, Dr. Richard Horowitz discusses difficult-to-solve health conditions, offering a multi-causal disease model where various pathogens and systemic imbalances make the conditions difficult to resolve. Dr. Horowitz has developed a 16-point treatment plan for combating chronic Lyme and similar diseases.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:03:33

Corbett Report

Bruce Levine Dissects the DSM-5 — 05 Dec 2013 — Psychologist Bruce Levine discusses the DSM-5, the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association, which is essentially a special interest organization related to the pharmaceutical industry. He says the DSM-5 is now so broad and ridiculous in its (over)classification of conditions as psychiatric disease that the scientific credibility of the guide is being laughed at even by former supporters.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   26:23

What Women Must Know

Meet Your Mitochondria — 07 Nov 2013 — Biochemistry expert Joseph L. Evans explains the importance of mitochondria to cellular function and good health. He explains how happy mitochondria can improve energy and provide cancer protection, and he offers suggestions on which supplements can foster improvements in mitochondrial function.
Download/Listen   56:21

Quirks & Quarks

Sleep Sweeps Out the Brain — 30 Nov 2013 — Sleep is necessary to our health and survival. Deprived of sleep for long enough, humans and animals will die. New imaging technology has revealed changes in the brains of mice as they went to sleep and awoke, showing the brain changing shape internally, shrinking its tissue, so that cerebral spinal fluid can circulate rapidly and remove waste products from the brain.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   8:16

11:11 with Simran Singh

Health Lessons from Centenarians — 14 Nov 2013 — Mario Martinez, author of The Mind Body Code, discusses the results of his study of centenarians—people 100+ years old. A few key ideas emerged from study the habits of these thriving elders: genetics are only about a quarter of what determines your health; the rest is biology, culture, and other factors. Moderation is key. Unlearning stress triggers can and must be done. Martinez also talks about strategies for dealing with peer pressure and social interactions without sacrificing health goals.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   56:06

FOOD & AGRICULTURE

Food Sleuth Radio

The Cooperative Business Model, Local Food, and Beyond — 21 Nov 2013 — Art Sherwoodon discusses the economic and community benefits of cooperative business models, especially as they apply to grocery stores. Topics include why coops integrate better with the needs of local farmers, why coops sometime struggle to be successful, and how hundreds of thriving food cooperatives are springing up across the US. Sherwoodon is Associate Professor of Management at Indiana State University and Vice President of the Bloomingfoods Co-op Board of Directors.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   28:15

Nutrition Diva

Chocolate vs. Carob — 22 Nov 2013 — What is carob? Is it related to chocolate? How do its nutritional characteristics compare to chocolate? Nutrition Diva serves up answers.
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(GP comment:  Not mentioned here is that chocolate is highly acidic whereas carob is alkalizing, which for some people means it will be easier on the intestinal tract and body overall)

Living On Earth

GMO Study Retracted—Censorship or Caution? — 06 Dec 2013 — A French study in 2012 led by Gilles-Eric Seralini found animals fed Monsanto's Roundup Ready corn had increased mortality and more tumors than a control group. Amid heavy industry criticism from industry, the journal that published the research has retracted the study from its archives. Michael Hansen, a senior scientist at Consumer's Union, explains why he thinks the retraction was unwarranted and amounts to scientific censorship.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:16

Nutrition Diva

How Much Protein Can the Body Absorb? — 16 Oct 2013 — The idea that the body can only utilize a certain amount of protein at one sitting has become widely accepted nutrition lore. But is there any validity to the claim? It all comes down to what exactly you mean by "utilizing" protein.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:00

Radio Ecoshock

Fixing City Soil for Gardening — 19 Nov 2013 — Nance Klehm gives a presentation on reclaiming urban landscapes for agriculture. Many sites, however, are either contaminated or have highly compacted soil with low levels of organic matter. She explains bioremediation and other techniques for getting a piece of ground back in shape for growing great green things. Klehm is a landscape designer, horticultural consultant, and permaculture expert.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   45:00

COOL & COSMIC
(AND POSSIBLY CATASTROPHIC!)

HISTORY & LEARNING

TUC Radio

The US Security State, the JFK Assassination, and the Continuing Media Cover-Up — 18 Nov 2013 — Michael Parenti gives a fiery speech discussing the "gangster nature of the state"—particularly the CIA and the rest of the "security state"—and goes over some of the odd and unresolved details of the JFK murder. Topics include why Lee Harvey Oswald is highly improbably as JFK's killer; the ridiculous explanations given by mainstream media pundits for troubling evidence; how critics trashed Oliver Stone's JFK movie without actually refuting any of the theories presented in it; how leading thinkers on the left usually leave their brain at the door when discussing the JFK issue.
Part 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   30:00
Part 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   30:00

(GP comment:  This is from 20 years ago, but there were a number of key findings and observations I heard here that I have not heard in the myriad other JFK-assassination talks.)

Dan Carlin—Hardcore History

Blueprint for Armageddon, pt 1—How World War I Got Started — 30 Oct 2013 — Dan Carlin takes on WWI; in this episode, topics include the social conditions that fostered war; how the rise of an unqualified heir, Kaiser Wilhelm, shifted power from the steadfast leadership of Otto Von Bismarck; the rise of technology as the dominant force in military victories; how early atrocities in Belgium galvanized global opposition against the Germans.
Download/Listen   3:10:31

TUC Radio

The Bush Family—Position and Power Over Decades of History — 29 Oct 2013 — Russ Baker has spent years researching the various power players from the Bush family, including two US presidents. History finds Bushes close to the center of power in one way or another for many decades now, with ties to the CIA, oil, and banking interests. He adds the excellent observation that even as powerful as the Bushes are, they are merely administrators for the grand designs of the true powers on the planet.
Part 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   30:00
Part 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   30:00

(GP comment:  Interview recorded in 2010 but still relevant and important.)

Radio Parallax

JFK, Winston Scott, and the Hidden History of the CIA — 14 Nov 2013 — Winston Scott was the CIA station chief in Mexico in the era of the Kennedy assassination. Author Jefferson Morley discusses the CIA infighting over information about Lee Harvey Oswald before and after the assassination. Is it evidence that the CIA was trying to control information in a way that masked its involvement in the assassination?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   29:46

MUSIC & FUN

The Vinyl Experience

Mandela and Melange — 06 Dec 2013 — This set includes a few songs in honor of the passing of Nelson Mandela, as well as a bunch of deep-cut tracks for no reason at all. Best stuff includes... The Records - "Starry Eyes" // Bram Tchaikovsky - "Girl of My Dreams" // Aretha Franklin - "See Saw" // Moody Blues - "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)" // Alan Parsons Project - "Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" // Special AKA - "Nelson Mandela" // Billy Joel - "Zanzibar".
Download/Listen   1:00:00

Fresh Air

The BBC and the Rise of the Beatles — 27 Nov 2013 — Between 1962 and 1965, the Beatles were featured on 53 BBC radio programs, including their own series, Pop Go the Beatles. They performed originals and covers and chatted with BBC hosts. A new collection from that era, The Beatles: On Air-Live at the BBC Volume 2, has just been released. Producer Kevin Howlett gives the background behind the project and reviews some of the recordings. Musical clips include "If I Fell," "Please Please Me," "There Is a Place," and "Please Mr. Postman," as well as several true rarities.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   46:39

The Vinyl Experience

For JFK — Nov 2013 — An eclectic set of songs that mention or in some way relate to John F. Kennedy. Top tracks include ... Rolling Stones - "Sympathy For The Devil" // The Byrds - "He Was A Friend Of Mine" // Bob Dylan - "Chimes Of Freedom" // Dion - "Abraham Martin And John" // The Police - "Born In the 50s" // The Dream Academy - "Life In A Northern Town" // Living Colour - "Cult Of Personality" // Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Download/Listen   56:13

Pop Goes the World

Pop Goes the Sun — Nov 2013 — The theme here is "sun." There's plenty of solar noise in the set, but there are also some dazzling bursts. Top tracks are ... "Always The Sun" by The Stranglers // "Sun Is Out" by The Apples In Stereo // "When The Sun Comes" by Skidmore Fountain // "Until We Burn In The Sun" by Bedouin Soundclash // "Another Sunny Day" by Belle & Sebastion // "Close To The Sun" by The Grip Weeds // "Setting Sun" by The Aliens // "Sun Kissed Bliss" by Splashh // "Sunshine Girl" by The Dirtbombs // "Staring At The Sun" by Ultra Vivid Scene.
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The Vinyl Experience

Random Rock — 15 Nov 2013 — A pretty good set of random rock. Top tracks are ... Ian Gomm - "Hold On" // Beatles - "It's Only Love" // Arcade Fire - "Reflektor" // Police - "One World" // Roberta Flack - "Compared To What" // Neil Young - "I Believe In You" // Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship - "Starship".
Download/Listen   58:55

Pop Goes the World!

11-12-13 — 12 Nov 2013 — In honor of the numerology of the eponymous date, DJ Enzo undertakes to play 32 songs in a row from the alt pop genre that have numbers in the title—in numerical order! Well, the quality of the music is not always the best, but you have to admire the effort. Top tracks are... "The Magnificent Seven" by The Clash // "News At Ten" by The Vapors // "V Thirteen" by Big Audio Dynamite // "21 For The Money" by Car Bomb // "25 O'Clock" by The Dukes Of Stratosphear // "Section 26 (We Crawl)" by The Polyphonic Spree // "B27" by The Toasters // "29" by Lloyd Cole & The Commotions // "Thirty One Today" by Aimee Mann.
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