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Featured Stories

• Bubbles and Beyond—The Creditors Always Win
• What Can Be Done About Fukushima?
• Homesteading, Relocation, and Resilience
• Is Organic Sulfur the Cure to What Ails You?

All Story Categories

• Financial, Empire & Elites
• Media, Internet & Privacy
• Corporations & Globalization
• Energy, Peak Oil, Sustainability & Resilience
• Nuclear
• Climate Change
• Biodiversity, Species & Animal Welfare
• More Environment
• Health
• Food, Agriculture & GMOs
• Cool & Cosmic
• Music & Fun

FINANCIAL, EMPIRE & ELITES

ExtraEnvironmentalist

Bubbles and Beyond—The Creditors Always Win — 16 Oct 2013 — Honest-economics guru Michael Hudson says the great lie from the Federal Reserve is that the financial sector is a necessary part of the real economy. Rather, think of them as parasites wrapped around the economy, sucking the blood out of it. He warns that the Fed may actually be recognizing that their current approach may lead to a default, but the bad news is that the solution may be a public-private partnership to rebuild the economy and the nation's infrastructure. Unlike FDR's plan, however, this one will privatize public assets, reduce quality and effectiveness, and enrich private interests at the expense of the public good. On the general problem of corp-gov malfeasance and mismanagement, he says the rule of law no longer applies to the 1%, so there is no longer any possibility of reforming the system from within.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:39:57

(GP comment:  This is the most coherent and convincing (and funny!) interview that Hudson has every given. I don't agree with every single point, but he lays out many core truths here.)

The Real World of Money

Andrew Gause on the US Budget Deal, Empty Trust Funds, BitCoin, more — 16 Oct 2013 — Topics include ... The US budget deal ensures that the dollar will be inflated more, and it will be bullish for all commodities. ~~ Barack Obama was groomed and chosen by the financial elites to be president and serve their interests—and as president, he has. ~~ Congress, mainstream media, et al never talk about the Social Security and Medicare "trust funds," which have been regularly raided by the big spenders in DC. ~~ Will supposedly bulletproof BitCoin eventually be taken down by those who control the current money system?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:06:16

Guns & Butter

Bill Still's Jekyll Island—The Truth Behind the Federal Reserve — 02 Oct 2013 — This show features clips from Bill Still's new film, Jekyll Island—The Truth Behind the Federal Reserve. Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? Here, the money magicians' secrets are unveiled. We get a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, their pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money.
Part 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:00
Part 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:00

(GP comment:  I have not listened to this yet but Still's work on money system issues is typically superb.)

The Real World of Money

Andrew Gause on US Debt and the Politics of Oil, Water, and War — 09 Oct 2013 — Topics include... President Obama's own budget shows that the US will have $20 trillion in debt when he leaves office. The debt limit-Obama Care tango is theatre, but is not without its true believers. Puerto Rican Bonds are widely invested in because of their high returns and tax exempt status, but they are in bad, bad shape. The politics of oil, water, and war in the Middle East. Why the new Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen was chosen. More....
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:16:00

Democracy Now

Former Security Whistleblowers Unite in Support of Snowden — 14 Oct 2013 — Edward Snowden has appeared in a new video warning the US public about "dragnet mass surveillance that puts entire populations under sort of an eye that sees everything even when it's not needed." ~~ Four former U.S. intelligence official—all whistleblowers themselves—discuss the Snowden case and the broader issues of the descending national security state. They are former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, former FBI agent Coleen Rowley, former National Security Agency senior executive Thomas Drake, and former U.S. Justice Department ethics adviser Jesselyn Radack.
Watch 1  |  Watch 2  |  Download/Listen   43:00

Keiser Report

Dirty Rotten Profits — 12 Oct 2013 — Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert take issue with David Cameron's claim that profit is not a dirty word, arguing that profits can be whatever an accounting trick (or fraud) says they are, particularly when an executive's bonus is tied to fabricated numbers. ~~ Then Max interviews Francine McKenna of "re: The Auditors" about how the Big Four accounting firms have morphed into the Big Four consulting firms, and the conflicts of interest that have arisen as a result.
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Corbett Report

Learn History with Philip Zelikow (or Not) — 11 Oct 2013 — As Philip Zelikow prepares to teach an online history course, James Corbett peels back the layers of propaganda from the former Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission. From cover-ups to predictive programming, Zelikow has helped to shape, obscure, and falsify the history he's now teaching.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   28:30

Lifeboat Hour

Abby Martin Interview — 06 Oct 2013 — Michael Ruppert and Russia Today host Abby Martin discuss current events, Martin's approach to unrestrained journalism, and the faux left-right paradigm.
Download/Listen   1:00:00

(GP comment:  This is two top truth-tellers yakking, which is fun enough, but there is not a lot of new info or insight here.)

CORPORATIONS & GLOBALIZATION

Democracy Now

Journalists Find 12-Year-Old Girls Making Old Navy Jeans in Bangladeshi Factory — 18 Oct 2013 — Al Jazeera's Anjali Kamat discusses her investigation into the state of Bangladeshi sweatshops following the November 2012 fire at the factory that killed at least 112 people. She recently uncovered factories where children as young as 12 are sewing pants for sale in Old Navy stores (owned by Gap). As is typical, the corporation disavows knowledge of the problem and lays the blame on non-affiliated suppliers.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   5:15

MEDIA, INTERNET & PRIVACY

Democracy Now

The Military-Industrial Pundits—Conflicts of Interest Exposed for Commentators Who Urged US Action in Syria — 18 Oct 2013 — New research has revealed that many so-called experts making the case for US strikes on Syria had undisclosed ties to military contractors as employees, board members, and/or shareholders. The report by the Public Accountability Initiative identifies 22 commentators with industry ties. While they appeared on television or were quoted as experts 111 times, their links to military firms were disclosed only 13 of those times.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   8:39

CounterSpin

Scahill on Godfather Government and Punk-Ass US Media — 10 Oct 2013 — One of the speakers at a recent event on the state of US journalism and its relationship to democracy was investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill. In this excerpt of his remarks, Scahill excoriates the US for its obstruction of journalistic freedom and heavy hand with journalists, and he blasts the mainstream media for abdicating its traditional role as a counterbalance to power and as a force for exposing wrongdoing at all levels.
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On The Media

The Obama Administration and the Press—Not a Happy Story — 11 Oct 2013 — This week, the Committee to Protect Journalists released a study profiling the unprecedented war on leaks and journalistic access being waged by President Obama—who as candidate Obama pledged to be the "transparency president." Study author Len Downie discusses how the Obama administration's policies on the press are having a chilling effect on reporting.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:32

Red Ice Radio

The Struggle for Your Mind — 30 Sep 2103 — Kingsley Dennis explains how within society there exists a silent war. The battlefield is our everyday lives—our education, our work, our leisure, our emotional and spiritual well-being, our thinking and perceptions, and especially what we get via various forms of media. Our very sense of "reality" is deliberately engineered to work against conscious evolution and preserve the social norms that support the status quo and those who profit from it. In short, we are all part of a war over consciousness.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:47

ENERGY, PEAK OIL, SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE

Quirks & Quarks

Solar—Smaller ... and Greener? — 05 Oct 2013 — Researchers have been exploring a new material for solar power. They've produced tiny nano-scale zinc-phosphide particles that seem to have good solar absorbing properties, but are potentially much cheaper and more energy efficient to make than traditional silicon solar cells.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   8:40

(GP comment:  I'm all for improvements in and widespread adoption of solar technologies. But there are two important points NOT discussed in this piece: (1) Nano-anything is fraught with peril, since most of the scientists working in the area have made a devil's bargain to ignore the potential environmental and health effects of nano. (2) Though the work here claims to be based on economically feasible materials, that is different than saying the processes are sustainable or that they have a positive net energy.)

Living On Earth

Overwhelming the Grid with Renewable Energy? — 18 Oct 2013 — In Germany, renewable energy is so popular that on one recent sunny day power generators produced more energy than the grid could handle. And instead of being paid for power, they had to pay to feed in their electricity. Harvard Professor Michael McElroy explains that similar problems are beginning to happen here in the US.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:26

(GP comment:  Don't let this scare you away from solar—more is still better.)

Lifeboat Hour

Doomed by the False Promise of Alternative Energy — 13 Oct 2013 — Thom Hartmann recently opined that we must transition to alternative energy with all effort and speed. Michael Ruppert blasts him for ignoring the two immediate threats to our future—Fukushima and tipping-point-based runaway climate change—which are only two of the reasons that Hartmann's plea is a false hope. The dangerous state of Fukushima is the world's dirtiest (non-) secret, and only the immediate cessation of industrial activity will solve the climate problem. And failing to address the infinite growth paradigm and the way money works ensures that no progress will be made on any front. Ignoring inconvenient facts and offering fanciful half measures dooms us.
Download/Listen   57:03

(GP comment:  Ruppert is quite correct on the above. On a different matter: He seems to be concerned by supposed sightings of a second sun (Nibiru), which supposedly will bring cataclysm to Earth. He promises to dig deeper on that, and once he does he will find that Nibiru is likely a psyop. Still, in general, if you're not a prepper, you are one of the "slow campers"!)

NUCLEAR

Fairewinds / Paradigms WBKM

What Can Be Done About Fukushima? — 13 Oct 2013 — Arnie Gundersen has three main recommendations on the Fukushima situation: (1) Reassign responsibility from TEPCO, who have showed themselves to be inept, to a proven player, such as Bechtel. (2) The Japanese government must fund the operation, the cost of which is estimated at $500 billion. TEPCO, who currently has financial responsibility, is only a $100 billion company. (3) The Japanese government must come clean stop lying to its own population about the seriousness of the situation and health effects related to ongoing radioactive emissions.
Download/Listen   17:28

CLIMATE CHANGE

Quirks & Quarks

Climate Impacts Finally Reach the "Arctic Refugia" — 12 Oct 2013 — While climate change has been raising temperatures and transforming ecosystems in the North for decades, a few areas held out against the changes. These were known as the Arctic refugia, where local conditions resisted temperature rises. In Canada, they were centered around the Hudson's Bay lowlands, as well as parts of Northern Quebec and Labrador. However, new research shows that these areas have begun to succumb to climate change as well.
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Living On Earth

Calculating Climate Departure Dates — 11 Oct 2013 — Scientists at the University of Hawaii have figured out a way to pinpoint when weather extremes at a given location will move outside the range of anything we've known in modern times. Geographer Abby Frazier, a co-author on the paper in Nature, says the transition dates are typically just a few decades from now.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:15

BIODIVERSITY, SPECIES & ANIMAL WELFARE

Quirks & Quarks

Improving the Plight of Chimpanzees — 12 Oct 2013 — When veterinarian Sheri Speed first witnessed chimpanzees chained up in small cages for the amusement of hotel guests in Cameroon, it changed her life. The chimps were malnourished and unhappy; some had been orphaned by the illegal bush meat trade; and one had been captive for 40 years. Speed promised herself she would change their lives; and she did. She discusses overcoming obstacles and resistance to establish a chimpanzee sanctuary in Cameroon.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   16:49

Living On Earth

CWD/Mad Cow Type Prions Found in Plants — 04 Oct 2013 — Prions are misshapen, infectious proteins that cause a number of fatal diseases, including mad cow disease, characterized by holes in the brain matter. The US deer and elk herd is infected with another prion illness, Chronic Wasting Disease. New research shows that prions can also persist in soil and be absorbed by plants.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:26

NPR

Whatever Happened To The Deal To Save The Everglades? — 10 Oct 2013 — In 2008, Florida announced that it would buy and protect hundreds of miles of Everglades land owned by US Sugar. But due to the economic downturn, only a small fraction was acquired. Now, environmental groups are lobbying for the deal's revival before a contract giving the state an exclusive option to buy expires.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   4:37

Living On Earth

The Spongy Secret of Coral Reefs — 18 Oct 2013 — Since Darwin's day, scientists have wondered how vibrant coral reefs thrive in the nutrient-poor waters of the tropics. Jasper de Goeij of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands says that the humble sponge is the key.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:28

NPR

Murky Waters Causing Manatee Deaths — 26 Sep 2013 — Over the past year, record numbers of dolphins, manatees and pelicans have turned up dead in the 150-mile-long estuary that runs along Florida's Atlantic Coast. Bouts of algal blooms have flourished in the waters. All signs point to an ecosystem that is seriously out of balance, largely due to the way humans have changed the flow of water in the area.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:51

MORE ENVIRONMENT

Between the Lines

Study Exposes Environmental Cost of Mountaintop Removal Coal — 12 Oct 2013 — Coal production from mountaintop removal mining is especially destructive, as it destroys Appalachian ridges, buries streams under tons of rocks and dirt, and taints local air and groundwater. These effects have been implicated in human health issues. In September, researchers released data comparing environmental damage from mountaintop removal mining to the amount of energy produced across the central Appalachian region. Brian Lutz, assistant professor of biogeochemistry at Kent State University and lead author of the study, summarizes the findings.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:24

HEALTH

One Radio Network

Is Organic Sulfur the Cure to What Ails You? — Sep 2013 — In part 1, researcher Patrick McGean lays out the evidence that methyl-sulfonyl-methane (MSM) can work wonders for many health conditions by improving oxygen transport into cells, which improves cellular regeneration. In his ongoing study, which includes 190,000 participants, improvements have been observed in a wide variety of conditions. He also explains why not all MSMs are equally effective. In part 2, which was done a week after part 1, Patrick Timpone discusses his personal experience with MSM and continues the conversation with McGean on the ins and outs of taking organic sulfur.
Part 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:03:17
Part 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:38:58

(GP comment:  I'm often curious about such supplements but rarely get around to trying them. This one, however, I am trying. No breakthroughs yet, but I am seeing minor improvement in some areas. Maybe it's for you, maybe not.)

One Radio Network

The Role of Enzymes, Diet and Stress Reduction in Maintaining Health and Curing Cancer — 10 Oct 2013 — Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez discusses a variety of health topics, including.... Our diet is one of the biggest offenders as to why we lack enzymes. Overly taxing the pancreas with white flour and sugar ultimately cause it to fail. Inflammation is the first step toward atherosclerosis. He also talks about the stress/cancer link, enzymes as cancer fighters, and whether or not the ketogenic diet can cure cancer. More....
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:53

FOOD, AGRICULTURE & GMOs

Food Chain Radio

Eat Local, First and Foremost — 12 Oct 2013 — Using a local-food celebration in California as a discussion platform, Michael Olson interviews farmers and local-food advocates on how the purchase of local food has a positive echo effect on the local economy in general. Dollars spent with local entrepreneurs recirculate locally far more than dollars spent at corporate outlets.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   42:00

You Bet Your Garden

Spider Mites, Fall Weeding, and Fall Tree Fertilizing—Or Not — 12 Oct 2013 — Mike McGrath explains how to get rid of weeds in the fall season, the hidden dangers in old apple orchards, and why fruit trees should NOT be fertilized in the fall. He gives info on the many varieties of cockscomb and celosia, and pest control expert Ed Rosenthal discusses spider mites.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   52:58

Peak Prosperity

Agriculture—The Sobering Impacts of Climate Change and Global Resource Scarcity — 05 Oct 2013 — Lester Brown discusses the challenges ahead for agriculture, as climate change kicks in and the depletion of fossil aquifers worsens. Grain yields have already stopped increasing, but the global population has not. Though the outlook for sustainability looks rather gloomy in general, he has noticed a few positive trends, such as the closing of over 100 US coal-fired power plants as well as adoption of alternative transportation methods in some cities.
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COOL & COSMIC
(AND POSSIBLY CATASTROPHIC!)

MUSIC & FUN

The Vinyl Experience

TV Tunes — 04 Oct 2013 — This show features songs that enjoyed an afterlife when used in famous scenes from TV shows throughout the years. Top tracks include ... Badfinger - " Baby Blue" // Earth Wind & Fire - "Shining Star" // Cars - "Bye Bye Love" // Four Tops - "Bernadette" // Peter Gabriel - "Don't Give Up" // Patsy Cline - "Walkin' After Midnight" // Beatles Tomorrow Never Knows" // Herb Alpert - "The Spanish Flea"
Download/Listen   1:00:00

Fresh Air

Graham Nash:  Wild Tales from a Long Music Career — 15 Oct 2013 — British singer-songwriter helped spawn numerous hits with the Hollies but quickly moved on to a second and even more successful phase with Stephen Stills and David Crosby. Nash discusses the relationships, songs, and stories of his long musical career. Topics include musical influences, drugs, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, the Everly Brothers, and vocal harmonies.
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