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CATEGORY: FINANCIAL — 30.APR.2014
One Radio Network
Charles Hugh Smith on Jobs for the 21st Century —
Charles Hugh Smith talks about staying employed in the 21st century. He says workers must evolve and undertake a lifetime of learning to stay employable; but, that said, practical skills are better than higher education and a diploma. Other thoughts include: Jobs that cannot be outsourced—jobs that feature in-person service and place-anchored work—will remain good sources of employment. He sees the richly varied cyber world as providing great opportunity, and when combined with our innate ability to be creative and use failure as a stepping stone to success, we can make a good living. He says it's important to separate your home life (and problems) from your work life and be perceived as a person who is a professional, a person who puts energy, integrity, and accountability into everything they do.
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1:03:06
Original Show Pub Date: 22.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HISTORY, EMPIRE — 29.APR.2014
Guns and Butter
In America, You're Allowed to Think Anything But Know Nothing —
This episode features archival interviews with two preeminent truth researchers who died this year. In the first half, we hear Michael C. Ruppert in his 'From The Wilderness' days discussing the insider trading around 9/11, the missing trillions from the Pentagon budget, and other facts that were incongruous with official pronouncements. In the second half, assassination researcher John Judge talks about the emergence of the Orwellian intelligence state over the second half of the 20th century. The title above is taken from a line he cites.
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59:50
Original Show Pub Date: 23.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 28.APR.2014
Corbett Report
The Anthrax Cover Up —
Shortly after 9/11/2001, several members of Congress and the press received letters contaminated with virulent anthrax. Numerous people, including mail workers, were injured or killed. The FBI ultimately blamed the anthrax letters on anthrax researcher Bruce Ivins. But it's not "case closed," as the Feds would have us believe. Dr. Meryl Nass reviews the FBI’s case against Ivins and dissects it point by point, looking at the inconsistencies, omissions, and misconceptions that have allowed the Bureau to sweep this incident under the rug in recent years—and have kept the true perpetrators out of the spotlight of public examination.
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55:43
Original Show Pub Date: 18.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 26.APR.2014
Democracy Now
Silenced Film Explores the Human Toll of Obama's Crackdown on National Security Whistleblowers —
How far would you go to tell the truth? That is the question posed by the new documentary, Silenced, which follows three national security whistleblowers who fight to reveal the darkest corners of America's war on terror while enduring the wrath of a government increasingly determined to maintain secrecy at any cost. The three are former Justice Department lawyer Jesselyn Radack, former senior National Security Agency official Thomas Drake, and former CIA officer John Kiriakou. The film's director, James Spione, speaks about the extraordinary lengths the government has gone to in order to wreak havoc on the whistleblowers' personal lives through a sustained campaign of intimidation and harassment.
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14:26
Original Show Pub Date: 24.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HISTORY, EMPIRE — 25.APR.2014
Unwelcome Guests
The US Deep State, 1963-1981 —
In the first hour, we hear a reading of a paper by researcher Mark Gorton that details 50 years of the deep state, tracing a thread that begins with the assassination of JFK. The treason of the plotters, he notes, did not stop with that single crime and its immediate cover-up by the Warren commission, but instead runs through the assassinations of RFK and MLK, through the Nixon/Ford/Carter era, through the Iran hostages affair, and on into the modern era. Gorton details how the deep state developed hit squads to remove unwanted witnesses and other problematic people; cemented editorial control over the US commercial media and the public debate space; developed a method of conrolling presidents; and carried out a large number of conspiracies, including false-flag acts of terror. In hour 2, Peter Dale Scott speaks on the US overworld, followed by Webster Tarpley's masterful deconstruction of the Ford presidency, including an analysis of how the Watergate scandal was actually a power coup.
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59:30
Original Show Pub Date: 19.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FINANCIAL — 24.APR.2014
The Keiser Report
The Wealth-Harvesting Rentier Class —
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert explain how the rentier class is rising from the dead to harvest the increasingly-unable-to-afford-a-house middle classers as well as their student-debt-encumbered young.
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12:47
Original Show Pub Date: 22.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, COOL AND COSMIC — 23.APR.2014
Red Ice Radio
Catherine Austin Fitts on Massive Stealing and the Breakaway Society —
Catherine Austin Fitts says The Powers That Be have been stealing from us—$40 trillion and counting, by her estimate. What are they doing with all that money? Her guess is that much of it has been funneled into black programs and secret technology budgets, and offers a number of possibilities implied by such a scenario.
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57:02
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, MEDIA, ENERGY — 21.APR.2014
C-Realm Podcast
Ilargi on Ukraine, Energy, China, Central Banks, and Media —
KMO welcomes Ilargi of The Automatic Earth to talk about the sorry state of watchdog journalism; the unhelpful rhetoric of American politicians and pundits around Vladimir Putin's actions with regard to Ukraine; the media's failure to examine the US role in bringing down the Yanakovish government or the role of energy politics in the region; and the fragility of the Chinese economy given its dependence on a shadow banking system which has provided it with a vital life-line of credit. Highlights include... Russians know Putin and their government are not perfect, but that doesn't mean they want the US to come in or to go back to the days of Yeltsin, who was a tool of Western predatory capitalists and Russian oligarchs. On the topic of media, they discuss the trend towards news stories being written by computer algorithms. KMO offers the insight that most mainstream media stories are written by people BEHAVING like algorithms. On the never-ending stimulus programs and central bank money printing, Ilargi says we're no longer spending our children's futures, we're spending our children's grandchildren's futures.
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1:00:00
Original Show Pub Date: 16.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 21.APR.2014
Global Research News Hour
Psychological Barriers to 9-11 Truth —
There are major scientific problems with the official explanation of 9/11/2001, leading many people to call for a reinvestigation of the evidence. Most people, however, resist any suggestion that the truth of 9/11 is something other than the official narrative, let alone that rogue elements inside the US government may have actually facilitated the strike for political purposes. Even when people's opinions are provably inconsistent with new evidence, they still seem to feel entitled to those opinions. Laurie Manwell of the University of Guelph discusses research on the general psychological resistance many people in the US have to assertions that are inconsistent with their already-arrived-at conclusions, 9/11 or otherwise. Then Richard Gage of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth talks about his tour across Canada and the opinions on 9/11 he has encountered.
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59:04
Original Show Pub Date: 03.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HISTORY, EMPIRE — 19.APR.2014
Guns and Butter
Ukrainian Crisis In Historical Context —
Webster Tarpley reviews the history of Ukraine, which was formed in nexus between WWI German occupation of the region and the Bolshevik revolution that resulted in the formation of the USSR. Tarpley discusses the parallel of today's situation with Germany in 1917 using the Ukraine region as a strategic pawn against Russia.
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59:50
Original Show Pub Date: 16.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 16.APR.2014
Uprising
Jeremy Scahill on JSOC, Drones, and the Dingbat Factory —
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill discusses the tragedy of the US drone wars—a tragedy for those who suffer the "collateral damage" of the strikes, and a tragedy for the US because this amoral approach to war creates such antipathy against the country as a whole. He also discusses the outing of JSOC (the Joint Special Operations Command), a previously low-profile DoD outfit that is now globally recognized as another US "wet works" operation. He also laments the inanity of opinion among many in the US—apparently the output of a dingbat factory.
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48:54
Original Show Pub Date: 15.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 16.APR.2014
Leid Stories
Smash the Duopoly—The Case for New Political Parties —
We in America are free to choose our elected leaders, as long as we don't mind choosing from a field of preselected Democrats and Republicans. The GOP-Dem duopoly has had a stranglehold on Americans’ political choices for way too long, says J. David Gillespie, author of Challengers to Duopoly: Why Third Parties Matter in American Two-Party Politics. Gillespie discusses how two-party politics became the norm; how fledgling parties are targeted for annihilation; how debates and ballot slots are rigorously controlled to exclude third-party persons; and why it’s important that Americans engage in the formation of new parties that reflect their unique concerns.
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58:01
Original Show Pub Date: 09.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, ENERGY, HISTORY — 15.APR.2014
Unwelcome Guests
The Supranational Deep State —
Charlotte Dennett recounts how her research into the life of her deceased father, a high-level CIA agent, helped her understand how the world works. Studying information obtained using FOIA requests and interviewing people from her father's life, Dennett could see how oil fields and projected pipeline routes in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia were the very locations that Western nations continually seem to find reasons to foster regime change, engage in military operations, and set up military bases. She concluded that access to energy is the dominant factor in why foreign powers incessantly exploit local religious, ethnic, and political rivalries to achieve the larger strategic goal of securing access to energy reserves.
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59:36
Original Show Pub Date: 05.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 12.APR.2014
The Keiser Report
Where is the Next Generation of Protesters? —
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss an article in The Guardian that examines why young people are not protesting against a system that clearly does not have their best interests in mind. The young people point out that the interconnection between corporations and government, combined with the restrictive policies that cause police to deal with any protest as if it were a riot, make protest a risky proposition, from a short-term safety standpoint and from a career standpoint.
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12:33
Original Show Pub Date: 10.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FINANCIAL — 11.APR.2014
Peak Prosperity
The Benefits of Deploying Investment Capital Locally —
One can make a strong case that all investing—making money just because you have money—is a parasitic activity on the productive workforce. But if you're not ready to go that far, Michael Shuman's plan is probably more your speed. He suggests that it's waaaaay better to invest in local businesses than to invest in Wall Street or similar markets. Local investing can provide better returns for you personally and it is proven to improve capital retention within a community.
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43:48
Original Show Pub Date: 23.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 11.APR.2014
Guns and Butter
Continuity of Government and the Suspension of the US Constitution —
Historian Peter Dale Scott explains continuity of government (COG) planning. It's supposed to be a way for the federal government to ensure order and safety during a national emergency, but Scott says that since 2001, as a matter of law, Bush and Obama have kept the US in a quietly declared state of emergency, thus keeping COG in effect. Topics include laws, executive orders, and presidential directives related to COG planning; the National Preparedness Review of 2001—four months before 9-11; shifting COG responsibility from FEMA to the US Army; "The Doomsday Project"; COG vs. the US Constitution.
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1:00:00
Original Show Pub Date: 26.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: FINANCIAL — 10.APR.2014
Fresh Air
On a Rigged Wall Street, Milliseconds Make All The Difference —
Reporter Michael Lewis explains how the stock market is rigged to maximize the take for Wall Street, big banks, stock exchanges, and high-frequency traders at the expense of ordinary investors. The game is so refined that minimizing the length of the wires connecting individual traders to the exchanges is part of the a business model for the traders and the exchanges.
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37:25
Original Show Pub Date: 01.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 09.APR.2014
NPR
The Drones Are Coming, Whether We Like It Or Not —
The Federal Aviation Administration will officially allow commercial use of drones starting next year. Donna Dulo, who is writing a law book about unmanned aviation, says, "We need to look at the safety of these systems... We're going to see an exponential explosion of these aircraft in the skies in the near future—where news happens, where there are police incidents, where we're doing firefighting operations. Facebook wants to put these things in the sky to create a wireless cloud across the globe." Dulo is concerned about the many unanswered questions raised by drones, including privacy issues, collisions, and legal culpability.
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4:04
Original Show Pub Date: 06.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FINANCIAL — 08.APR.2014
Meria Heller Show
Catherine Austin Fitts—We're only 10% of the Way into Their Scheme —
Catherine Austin Fitts and Meria Heller discuss the various ills of the bankster-run crime world we live in. Fitts observes that most people live their lives in a way that supports the very people—the corp-gov-bankster cabal—who are draining wealth and energy from them. She estimates the total amount the banksters and elites have harvested via their various schemes to be about $40 trillion. But she thinks we're only about 10% of the way into the transition to the brave new world where all transactions are digital, the remaining middle-class wealth has been harvested, the average American is chipped, and drones surveille the US skies.
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53:45
Original Show Pub Date: 06.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, FINANCIAL — 07.APR.2014
Corbett Report
Global Imperialism, Currency Wars, and Decoupling from the Bankster System —
James Corbett talks about the crisis of civilization, as the gaping maw of the global empire starts to turn inward to gobble up its own. Topics include the collapse of the dollar reserve paradigm and the threat it poses to the average man or woman; Putin and Russia's gambit; ways that people can disengage from the military-banker system and avoid being crushed by its machinations and perturbations.
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32:25
Original Show Pub Date: 31.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 07.APR.2014
Democracy Now
Supreme Court OK's Billionaires to Buy Elections —
In a 5-to-4 decision in the McCutcheon v. FEC case, the US Supreme Court has struck down a long-standing limit on how much individual donors can give to federal candidates, political parties, and political action committees in a two-year election cycle. Without any aggregate limit, wealthy donors can now give millions directly to candidates and parties. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont explains the impact of the landmark decision and outlines his battle plan to remove big money from the electoral process.
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13:36
Original Show Pub Date: 03.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FINANCIAL — 04.APR.2014
The Real World of Money
Andrew Gause on Money Printing and Infrastructure, the SS Trust Fund, Taking Over the Federal Reserve, more —
Andrew Gause's topics include ... TPTB are creating lots of new money, but they clearly don't think it should be used for infrastructure in US; why the Social Security Trust Fund doesn’t exist; why China's currency being a reserve currency is unlikely; why we should not dissolve the Federal Reserve System but rather should just have Treasury take it over for the benefit of all taxpayers; the troubles Mr. Putin is having with the banksters.
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1:00:53
Original Show Pub Date: 02.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 03.APR.2014
Guns and Butter
The Deep State, from WWII to Present —
Historian Peter Dale Scott discusses the rise of the Deep State—a covert organization with the CIA at its heart that pulls the strings of the world. Topics include the importance of the illicit drug trade to the behavior of the US empire; before there was an Israel there was a Mossad trying to get Israel set up; the "rat lines"—a sort of underground railroad that smuggled both Nazis and Jews out of Germany; the War on Drugs as just another facet of the CIA-controlled drug trade.
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59:52
Original Show Pub Date: 19.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 02.APR.2014
Red Ice Radio
Ukraine, Crimea, Russia and the Machinations of the West —
Patrick Henningsen of the 21st Century Wire news website explains the history of Crimea and the inaccuracies in the framing of this issue by Western media outlets. Other topics include how the globalists are keeping the US in a permanent state of war; past revolutions and how NGOs do the groundwork; the disinformation surrounding Russia, from anti-gay laws to Russia's desire to expand.
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56:47
Original Show Pub Date: 26.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE — 01.APR.2014
Against the Grain
Nonviolence Before Gandhi —
We usually associate nonviolent protest with Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., but nonviolent protest started before that. Historian Micah Alpaugh cites the case of the Parisian masses who during the French Revolution primarily use non-violent methods, engaging in violence only when the royal forces first used violence against them or when all other avenues had been exhausted.
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54:16
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: LABOR RIGHTS — 29.APR.2014
Making Contact
The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez —
Cesar Chavez has made it to the big screen. Millions of people are now learning about the legendary farmworker organizer. But where did Chavez get his organizing philosophies? Chavez’ colleague and friend Delores Huerta, and Jose Antonio Orozco, author of the book, Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence, explain how a young, thuggish Chavez found the will to fight power with non-violence.
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28:56
Original Show Pub Date: 09.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: CORPORATIONS — 18.APR.2014
Uprising
Nader on Breaking the Corporate Lock on Power —
Ralph Nader presents his thoughts on a left-right coalition that can find common ground to wrest power from the iron hand of corporations and their elite masters, and return control of the government to the people. He also discusses how lax oversight and failure to enforce existing vehicle safety laws has promoted profits over driver well being.
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15:56
Original Show Pub Date: 17.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: CORPORATIONS — 11.APR.2014
Democracy Now
Arundhati Roy on India's Corporate-Driven Totalitarian Path —
Arundhati Roy discusses India’s transforming political landscape. She makes the case that globalized capitalism has intensified the wealth divide, racism, and environmental degradation, asserting that India's coming election is going to be about who the corporations choose, about who is the puppet who won't blink when it's time to deploy the Indian army against the poorest people in the country, pushing them out to give the land, rivers, and mountains to the major mining corporations.
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46:32
Original Show Pub Date: 09.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: INTERNET — 28.APR.2014
On The Media
E-Commerce and Free Speech —
If the process of unmasking anonymous negative commenters is too easy, then defamation lawsuits could be used to intimidate consumers. If it’s too hard to find out who’s slandering your business online, then business owners are basically being told to sit there and take it. Alex Goldmark of WNYC’s New Tech City takes a closer look at both sides of this complicated issue.
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6:30
Original Show Pub Date: 25.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: INTERNET — 26.APR.2014
Uprising
FCC Considers Killing Net Neutrality... Again —
Imagine an internet where you could only look at websites owned by groups wealthy enough to pay the special fees demanded by their internet service provider. While you would have easy access to corporate-owned websites, smaller groups with fewer resources would be marginalized by slower internet speeds or be completely unable to have a web presence. This depressing scenario may soon become a reality, as the news was leaked that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is planning to dismantle the practice of 'net neutrality' that fosters free and equal access to the internet.
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12:42
Original Show Pub Date: 25.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FUN, MEDIA — 26.APR.2014
Radio Parallax
How Do You Pee in Space? ... and Other Amusements —
A review of recent humorous stuff, including ... William R. Pogue on how astronauts go to the bathroom in space and other shallow-space questions; "Bunny Money" Mellon, the Kennedy rose garden, and John Edwards; a Sam McManus piece on the pitfalls of going to see a TV show being taped.
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15:03
Original Show Pub Date: 03.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: INTERNET — 24.APR.2014
Uprising
Pushing Back Against the Commercialization of Everything on the Internet —
Astra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, discusses the relentless commercialization of everything on the internet, from pay-to-play fees and boost-your-ranking fees to the commoditization of people's surfing and purchasing habits. Do major companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon claim a level playing field but in reality foster a system that gives the advantage to large corporations? Do information aggregators like Wikipedia offer a true "people's voice" or do they merely serve as a conduit for information from traditional sources?
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36:43
Original Show Pub Date: 23.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: PRIVACY — 23.APR.2014
Making Contact
Shh! — Life in a State of Surveillance —
Who's watching you? Nowadays it seems everyone wants to get their hands on our personal data. From the FBI to the welfare department, to some of the country's biggest retailers. In this edition, a closer look at the world of surveillance from three different perspectives.
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30:00
Original Show Pub Date: 16.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, MEDIA, ENERGY — 21.APR.2014
C-Realm Podcast
Ilargi on Ukraine, Energy, China, Central Banks, and Media —
KMO welcomes Ilargi of The Automatic Earth to talk about the sorry state of watchdog journalism; the unhelpful rhetoric of American politicians and pundits around Vladimir Putin's actions with regard to Ukraine; the media's failure to examine the US role in bringing down the Yanakovish government or the role of energy politics in the region; and the fragility of the Chinese economy given its dependence on a shadow banking system which has provided it with a vital life-line of credit. Highlights include... Russians know Putin and their government are not perfect, but that doesn't mean they want the US to come in or to go back to the days of Yeltsin, who was a tool of Western predatory capitalists and Russian oligarchs. On the topic of media, they discuss the trend towards news stories being written by computer algorithms. KMO offers the insight that most mainstream media stories are written by people BEHAVING like algorithms. On the never-ending stimulus programs and central bank money printing, Ilargi says we're no longer spending our children's futures, we're spending our children's grandchildren's futures.
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1:00:00
Original Show Pub Date: 16.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FUN, MEDIA — 18.APR.2014
On The Media
Letterman Departs, Colbert Rises and Reverts —
David Letterman, who boasts the longest tenure of a late night host on broadcast TV, has announced his retirement. The news was quickly followed by the announcement of his replacement—Comedy Central funnyman Stephen Colbert, whose satirical (faux) right-wing character has been reigning blows down on establishment politics for almost a decade.
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5:07
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: MEDIA — 17.APR.2014
On The Media
Muzzled! —
Every year the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression issues the "Jefferson Muzzles" awards. These are booby prizes, awarded to individuals and institutions who act against Mr. Jefferson's admonition that freedom of speech "cannot be limited without being lost." This year's winners include the US Justice Department, for overzealous (and illicit) pursuit of whistleblowers; the North Carolina General Assembly, for suppressing reportage related to public protest; and a high school principle, for cutting off a salutatorian's speech.
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6:29
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: PRIVACY — 14.APR.2014
Uprising
Big Data and the Future of Corporate Surveillance —
These days, little surprises us when we hear of a new way in which the National Security Agency has been spying on us. But while anger at government surveillance unites much of the left and right, we often don’t stop and think about corporate surveillance—the myriad ways in which corporations track our habits online and, increasingly, in the real world, too. Catherine Crump of the ACLU discusses life in the fish-bowl world of "Big Data."
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15:18
Original Show Pub Date: 31.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: PRIVACY — 09.APR.2014
Democracy Now
Lawmakers Call for Ending Secrecy of US Intel's Black Budget —
Using documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, The Washington Post has revealed the nation's so-called "black budget" to be $53 billion, a 54 percent hike over the past decade. The documents also revealed the NSA is paying hundreds of millions of dollars a year to US telecomm companies for access to their communications networks. Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont discusses a bipartisan bill that would force President Obama to include the total dollar amount requested for each of the 16 intelligence agencies in his budget proposal, with the goal of increasing Congressional oversight.
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10:54
Original Show Pub Date: 08.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: PRIVACY — 04.APR.2014
Democracy Now
Dragnet Nation—Do Google and Facebook Collect More Private Info Than the NSA? —
Investigative journalist Julia Angwin discusses the topics in her new book, "Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance." Angwin outlines the online/cell phone privacy challenge and details the complex steps she took to increase her own privacy by reducing her exposure to sites like Facebook and Google and by closing windows that can be exploited by web-cam hackers, password crackers, and others.
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19:25
Original Show Pub Date: 02.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: COLLAPSE — 28.APR.2014
KunstlerCast
KMO and JHK on Collapse—Or Not —
James Howard Kunstler and KMO of the C-Realm Podcast engage in a wide-ranging conversation, largely centering on the status of the collapse of industrial civilization—that is, that it hasn't happened yet—and how KMO, as a veteran collapsitarian, has adjusted his thinking and his life accordingly.
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54:50
Original Show Pub Date: 24.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY, NUCLEAR — 25.APR.2014
Green Power And Wellness
Energy Economics—Nuclear Failing, Solar Ascending —
Michael Mariotte of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service explains why economics are driving the collapse of the nuclear power industry in Europe, the US, and Japan. No corporation will build a new nuke plant without subsidies. That's because they know the economics of nuclear energy are horrible. At the same time, we are witnessing an astonishing rise of solar energy due to ever-decreasing panel prices. Mariotte points out that it's now cheaper in many parts of the US to add solar to your rooftop than to connect to the grid.
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55:33
Original Show Pub Date: 22.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY — 23.APR.2014
Living on Earth
Hydropower Overload In China —
For the past 65 years, China has built nearly two dams per day, and wants to expand its hydroelectric capacity. Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum, explains how China's plan to ramp up dam installation in Yunnan Province raises the risks for this biodiversity hotspot in Southwest China, and how hydro power in China is often paired with coal power.
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6:46
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, MEDIA, ENERGY — 21.APR.2014
C-Realm Podcast
Ilargi on Ukraine, Energy, China, Central Banks, and Media —
KMO welcomes Ilargi of The Automatic Earth to talk about the sorry state of watchdog journalism; the unhelpful rhetoric of American politicians and pundits around Vladimir Putin's actions with regard to Ukraine; the media's failure to examine the US role in bringing down the Yanakovish government or the role of energy politics in the region; and the fragility of the Chinese economy given its dependence on a shadow banking system which has provided it with a vital life-line of credit. Highlights include... Russians know Putin and their government are not perfect, but that doesn't mean they want the US to come in or to go back to the days of Yeltsin, who was a tool of Western predatory capitalists and Russian oligarchs. On the topic of media, they discuss the trend towards news stories being written by computer algorithms. KMO offers the insight that most mainstream media stories are written by people BEHAVING like algorithms. On the never-ending stimulus programs and central bank money printing, Ilargi says we're no longer spending our children's futures, we're spending our children's grandchildren's futures.
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1:00:00
Original Show Pub Date: 16.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY — 18.APR.2014
Living on Earth
Greening the Power of the Web —
If the internet were a country, it would be the sixth largest consumer of electricity in the world. Greenpeace analyst Gary Cook discusses his report detailing which tech companies are using renewable energy to power their servers, and which are still "dirty tech."
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6:26
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, ENERGY, HISTORY — 15.APR.2014
Unwelcome Guests
The Supranational Deep State —
Charlotte Dennett recounts how her research into the life of her deceased father, a high-level CIA agent, helped her understand how the world works. Studying information obtained using FOIA requests and interviewing people from her father's life, Dennett could see how oil fields and projected pipeline routes in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia were the very locations that Western nations continually seem to find reasons to foster regime change, engage in military operations, and set up military bases. She concluded that access to energy is the dominant factor in why foreign powers incessantly exploit local religious, ethnic, and political rivalries to achieve the larger strategic goal of securing access to energy reserves.
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59:36
Original Show Pub Date: 05.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: COLLAPSE, RESILIENCE — 14.APR.2014
C-Realm Podcast
The Ultimate Metric of Doom —
Sustainability prepper Orren Whiddon explains how the original Limits to Growth study put him on his life-long course of learning about energy/ecological limits and adapting his life to them—even if the modern world around him did not have much interest in joining him (at least not yet). Whiddon argues that the level of peak human population will be the ultimate metric of our civilization's undoing. In the meantime, sterile phrases like "peak population" mask the abyss of human suffering that will occur as we descend back to a sustainable level of people on the planet.
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1:00:00
Original Show Pub Date: 09.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY — 11.APR.2014
Post Carbon Institute
Drilling California —
Energy expert David Hughes and investment wonks discuss the prospects of developing California’s Monterey Shale. The potential oil reserves in the Monterey geologic region dwarf all other US shale reserves. But those who seek public support for tapping the resource are greatly overestimating the amount of oil that will be generated, exaggerating the economic benefits that will accrue to California, and downplaying the pollution associated with the oil extraction methods.
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50:49
Original Show Pub Date: 27.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: COLLAPSE — 09.APR.2014
Radio EcoShock
Is Our Highly Complex Society Ripe for Rapid Collapse? —
There is a small band of pundits warning of civilizational collapse, and there are a growing number of people who suspect they are right. David Korowicz explains why certain events could cause our highly integrated, very complex modern world to become dysfunctional very quickly. He addresses examples like Ireland, which just went through an economic beating, as well as the UK fuel-depot blockade, which brought Britain to its knees in less than a week.
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1:00:00
Original Show Pub Date: 02.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY, PEAK OIL — 07.APR.2014
ExtraEnvironmentalist
Energy Slaves —
Where past societies shackled human muscle with force and subjugation to create an energy surplus, beginning in the late 19th century we began using coal, then oil, then natural gas to create an unprecedented energy abundance. As the era of surplus energy comes to an end, how will our everyday reliance on energy slaves for mechanical and cognitive work change and adapt? Andrew Nikiforuk, author of The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude, discusses ways of understanding our use and abuse of cheap energy. ~~ Also in this show, Chris Nelder talks about an energy-transition tipping point, clean energy in Germany, and the decline of the big oil players.
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2:22:07
Original Show Pub Date: 31.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY — 05.APR.2014
Uprising
"Big Men" Documentary Exposes the Colliding Worlds of Oil Men, Militants, and State-Owned Oil —
A new documentary chronicling the worlds of Texas oil executives, Nigerian government officials, and armed militants shows how competing interests over resources and power can warp whole nations. Rachel Boyton's documentary Big Men follows an American company called Kosmos as it wins a lucrative contract with Ghana’s government. With intimate access to the executives of Kosmos and the armed insurgents of Nigeria, Boyton exposes backroom wheeling and dealing in a way that is rarely seen on the big screen.
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13:36
Original Show Pub Date: 28.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY — 02.APR.2014
KunstlerCast
Chris Nelder on Energy —
JHK and Chris Nelder's topics include ... how tight oil and the declining global economy are affecting investment in petroleum infrastructure; the quiet movement towards more efficient use of energy; how price competitiveness and new political alliances are boosting renewables; how the political death-grip of the oil and gas industry in the United State depresses investment in alternative energy and transportation modes; how the suburbs may fare as energy prices demand demographic change.
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49:04
Original Show Pub Date: 31.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: PEAK OIL — 01.APR.2014
The Lifeboat Hour
Peak Oil—Past, Present, and Future —
Richard Heinberg and Mike Ruppert, two veterans of the effort to alert the public to the problem of peak oil, review the last decade from that perspective. Were the peak oil prophets right? Will peak oil mean collapse, or burning the last, worst dirty fuels, or merely transitioning to alternative energies? Who have been the most influential players in the peak oil movement?
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58:00
Original Show Pub Date: 30.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: NUCLEAR — 29.APR.2014
Fairewinds Energy Education
The Hottest Particle —
Hot (radioactive) particles from Fukushima are now scattered all over Japan and, to a lesser extent, on North America's west coast. Hot particles are dangerous and difficult to detect, and when ingested or inhaled, are deadly. In this clip, scientist Marco Kaltofen discusses the hottest hot particle he has ever found, discovered more than 300 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi site. It's worth noting that if Fairewinds was a Japanese website, Japan's State Secrets Law would likely preclude issuance of this information.
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17:21
Original Show Pub Date: 03.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY, NUCLEAR — 25.APR.2014
Green Power And Wellness
Energy Economics—Nuclear Failing, Solar Ascending —
Michael Mariotte of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service explains why economics are driving the collapse of the nuclear power industry in Europe, the US, and Japan. No corporation will build a new nuke plant without subsidies. That's because they know the economics of nuclear energy are horrible. At the same time, we are witnessing an astonishing rise of solar energy due to ever-decreasing panel prices. Mariotte points out that it's now cheaper in many parts of the US to add solar to your rooftop than to connect to the grid.
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55:33
Original Show Pub Date: 22.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: NUCLEAR — 14.APR.2014
TUC Radio
Radiation and Ways to Monitor It —
This clip opens with a collage of nuclear tidbits: First we hear the seminal song Radioactivity by Kraftwerk; then a summary of Marie Curie's fascination with, and tragic death from, radioactive substances; then comedian Dick Gregory offering that radiation is worse than hunger and war: “Because I can feel hunger. I can see war... I cannot see radiation. I cannot smell radiation. I cannot hear radiation. I look around one day and I am dead.” ~~ The majority of the clip centers on Geiger counter builder Dan Sythe and the SafeCast network that has been set up to monitor Fukushima radiation.
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30:00
Original Show Pub Date: 02.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: NUCLEAR — 10.APR.2014
TUC Radio
Testing the Waters (for Fukushima Radioactivity) —
Three years after Fukushima, the ocean currents are finally bringing the first of that accident's radioactive releases via the ocean currents to the shores of the US and Canadian west coasts. One would think that agencies like NOAA, EPA, NIST, or even the NRC would see it as a priority to monitor the situation. All have declined, stating that this is not their responsibility. Because of that leadership vacuum, volunteers have stepped into the breach, becoming a network of measurement takers—a combination of crowd sourcing and academic work.
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30:00
Original Show Pub Date: 26.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: NUCLEAR — 04.APR.2014
Green Power and Wellness
The Death Toll from the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant —
Nuclear experts Jerry Brown and Joe Mangano report on their just-released study showing a clear rise in death rates and health effects around California’s two nuclear reactors at San Luis Obispo (Diablo Canyon). Mangano also discusses what we can expect when sea-borne radiation arrives on the beaches of California. Mangano's studies were the first to show the impacts in the United States from the radiation that came here by air just five days after the explosions at Fukushima, and he warns that worse is yet to come.
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54:13
Original Show Pub Date: 25.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: NUCLEAR — 01.APR.2014
Political Analysis
The Myth of Nuclear Security —
Anti-nuclear activist Chuck McCune talks about various nuclear safety issues, as well as the flaws and vulnerabilities of nuclear power. Topics include the recent radioactivity leak at the "WIPP" nuclear-waste storage facility in New Mexico; secrecy in Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proceedings and votes; NRC interference in state's rights issues.
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54:42
Original Show Pub Date: 27.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (CLIMATE) — 30.APR.2014
Radio EcoShock
Cli-Fi — Climate Beyond Imagination —
Envisioning a future where the climate has changed significantly enough to affect people's everyday lives is the theme of a growing body of fiction and non-fiction dubbed "Cli-Fi." Alex Smith talks to authors Perry Kelly and Mary Woodbury about the genre. ~~ Richard Rosen of the Tellus Institute explains why current models of the economics of mitigating climate change are so flawed as to be useless.
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59:59
Original Show Pub Date: 23.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (CLIMATE) — 30.APR.2014
Living On Earth
Finance and Economics vs. Climate and Fossil Fuels —
Some may think that the price of addressing climate change today is high, but the IPCC's 2104 mitigation report says it's cheap compared to what it would cost in the future. Joseph Romm discusses the report’s cost-benefit analysis. ~~ A growing movement across the country is demanding that institutions pull their investments out of fossil fuel companies. In Massachusetts, pensioners, professors, and students recently demonstrated to urge divestment from the corporations most responsible for climate change.
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6:46
Original Show Pub Date: 18.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (CHEMICALS) — 24.APR.2014
Democracy Now
Toms River—How a Small Town Fought Back Against a Corporate Giant and Its Toxic Dumping —
Environmental reporter Dan Fagin discuss the topic of his book, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, which tells the story of how a small New Jersey town fought back against industrial pollution and astronomical rates of childhood cancer and ultimately won one of the largest legal settlements in US history. Regarding chemical pollution in general, Fagin says that we collect massive amounts of data but we don’t look for patterns that point to contamination and health problems: "People are dying because we do not do effective public health surveillance in this country."
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24:41
Original Show Pub Date: 23.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (CLIMATE) — 22.APR.2014
Radio EcoShock
The Green Scare—Religion and Anti-Environmentalism —
Are big fundamentalist churches selling out to the big bucks of Big Oil and Big Coal and helping the fossil fools derail
climate action? Rev. Michael Dowd explains why junk-science-thumping preachers are at odds with the core tenets of Christianity and are actually doing evil. ~~ Also discussed: A new report from UNEP shows alternative energy growth strong but slightly down in 2013.
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1:00:00
Original Show Pub Date: 16.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH, CHEMICALS — 22.APR.2014
Against the Grain
Flame Retardants and Other Synthetic Chemicals Are Ubiquitous —
 
We may not realize it, but most of us consume small amounts of toxic flame retardants and other chemicals on a daily basis. California has just overturned the mandate that flame retardants be used on foam, but the chemicals remain in much of our existing furniture. Chemist Arlene Blum, who is partially responsible for the change, discusses the use of flame retardants in everything from sofas and mattresses to baby products. ~~ Then environmental historian Nancy Langston talks about how synthetic chemicals can trigger cancer and other illnesses in humans.
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54:59
Original Show Pub Date: 07.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (POLLUTION) — 22.APR.2014
Democracy Now
Four Years After BP Disaster, Ousted Regulator Warns US at Risk of Another Spill —
Four years ago, BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded and killed 11 workers, causing more than 200 million gallons of oil to spew into the Gulf of Mexico. Now, the Environmental Protection Agency has lifted a ban that excluded BP from new federal oil contracts. Elizabeth Birnbaum, who was forced out as director of the Minerals Management Service shortly after the Deepwater Horizon blowout, explains that little has changed in the way drilling is practiced and warns that there is a real risk of another offshore oil blowout. ~~ Then Jaclyn Lopez of the Center for Biological Diversity comments on the impact to Gulf wildlife.
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16:17
Original Show Pub Date: 21.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (POLLUTION) — 22.APR.2014
NPR
Telltale Rainbow Sheens Show Thousands Of Oil Spills Across The Gulf —
Under the Clean Water Act, when a company spills any amount of oil in the water, it must file a report with the National Response Center run by the Coast Guard. But when Jonathan Henderson checked, he found many small spills in the Gulf region were not making that list. So environmental groups formed the Gulf Monitoring Consortium to get a better count on spills.
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3:57
Original Show Pub Date: 19.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (CLIMATE) — 17.APR.2014
Living on Earth
The Growing Threat From Methane —
Methane is many times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Evidence from prehistory suggests methane was a major factor in Earth's largest extinction, and current global warming projections warn of ballooning methane emissions in the future. The White House has launched plans to reduce methane emissions from US sources.
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6:23
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH, PESTICIDES — 15.APR.2014
Living on Earth
Study Links Pesticides and Lowered Intelligence —
Studies conducted in the Salinas Valley and New York City have found that the effects of pesticides on development in children can be similar to those of lead, including lower IQs and slower mobility. Journalist Susan Freinkel discusses the findings.
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6:27
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: CLIMATE, HISTORY — 15.APR.2014
Against the Grain
In the 17th Century, a Different Climate Crisis but the Same Old Elites —
In the 1600s, the world faced a global climate crisis—an extended period of cooling known as the Little Ice Age—which severely depressed agricultural output. Most rulers of the time took the opportunity not to help their populations adapt to the problem but as an opportunity to purge internal enemies and harvest the wealth of other lands. Historian Geoffrey Parker discusses the lessons of the 17th century, where elites—with the exception of Tokugawa Japan—responded to the crisis with wars and scapegoating.
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54:41
Original Show Pub Date: 01.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT — 14.APR.2014
Sea Change Radio
Hurricane Sandy's Lessons in Coastal Resilience —
As major weather-related calamities like Hurricane Sandy are teaching us, decisions around where buildings are built and vegetation is planted are important, especially as they relate to the encroaching coastline and other impacts of climate change. Meera Subramanian discusses post-Sandy restoration efforts that draw upon engineering insights from a hundred years ago.
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30:00
Original Show Pub Date: 01.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (POLLUTION) — 12.APR.2014
Making Contact
Sounding the Alarm—Noise Pollution —
Noise pollution is a growing problem. On this edition, we hear three stories about noise pollution: how it affects marine mammals; how it affects people near airports; how it feels to be in a remote area with only natural sounds.
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30:00
Original Show Pub Date: 02.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (CLIMATE) — 09.APR.2014
Quirks & Quarks
IPCC Climate Change Report Advocates Adaptation —
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its latest report, which focuses on "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability," or how humans and the natural systems are likely to be affected by climate change, and how we can try to adapt to it. We are definitely already seeing the impacts of climate change, and while we've started to prepare for the more serious issues to come—including extreme weather, drought, floods, potential crop failures, and wildfires—there is still much to do.
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16:28
Original Show Pub Date: 05.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT (POLLUTION) — 01.APR.2014
Living On Earth
Oil Spills Increasing —
The 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill was marked by a tanker spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an oil pipeline rupture in an Ohio nature reserve, and a BP refinery leaking oil into Lake Michigan. Lorne Stockman of Oil Change International says that oil producers are increasingly going after difficult-to-extract oil reserves. The more difficult production environments and changing oil substrates are stressing the infrastructure, so we're seeing an increase in spills.
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7:20
Original Show Pub Date: 28.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH — 29.APR.2014
Food Sleuth Radio
Allergy Trends, Solutions, and the Amish —
Allergist Mark Hobreich, M.D. discusses allergy trends and how to live well with allergies. He also talks about his research on allergies—or the lack thereof—in Amish farming communities. Health pathways like raw milk and exposure to more antigens early in life are evaluated as possible causes for the lack of allergies.
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28:15
Original Show Pub Date: 24.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH — 23.APR.2014
What Women Must Know
Functional Medicine—Best of Both Worlds —
Dr. Dicken Weatherby is a functional medicine practitioner. He has created online training programs in his system of functional diagnosis and has trained thousands of practitioners worldwide. Here he discusses the wide variety of ailments that can be better diagnosed and addressed by combining Western diagnostic tools with Eastern health wisdom.
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53:39
Original Show Pub Date: 10.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH — 19.APR.2014
Nutrition Diva
Soil-Based Organisms —
Soil-based organisms are beneficial bacteria that some people believe are more helpful than the bacteria in probiotic foods like yogurt. Are they better? And are these products safe?
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8:46
Original Show Pub Date: 01.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH — 16.APR.2014
Corbett Report
SSRIs and Violent Behavior —
Professor of psychiatry Dr. David Healy discusses the issue of antidepressants and behavior modification, including the link between SSRIs and mass shootings. Healy resists the temptation to make a blanket statement that SSRIs cause crazy, violent behavior. But he does say that the statistical correlation is sufficient to suggest that SSRIs cause SOME people to go nuts in the worst sort of way, and that patients and families should be warned whenever these medications are prescribed.
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42:51
Original Show Pub Date: 10.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH, FOOD, PESTICIDES — 15.APR.2014
Living on Earth
Study Links Pesticides and Lowered Intelligence —
Studies conducted in the Salinas Valley and New York City have found that the effects of pesticides on development in children can be similar to those of lead, including lower IQs and slower mobility. Journalist Susan Freinkel discusses the findings.
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6:27
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH — 05.APR.2014
Love, Lust, and Laughter
Sexual Health for Older Men —
Topics include... the life story of the (aging) penis; testosterone issues and the nuances of bioidentical hormone replacement; personality attractiveness vs. physical attractiveness; the importance of stress management and regular exercise to good sex; improving sexual stamina. This is part 2 of the interview with Dr. Dudley Danoff.
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55:46
Original Show Pub Date: 25.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH — 03.APR.2014
One Radio Network
What's Eating You—Testing for Parasites —
Raphael d'Angelo, M.D. talks about his "detective work" trying to help people overcome gut issues, particularly those related to parasites. Topics include, why a compromised immune system may not handle parasites well; common symptoms of parasites; a 3-month program that almost always gets protozoans out; essential oils for taking care of parasites; candida overgrowth in the gut; the sugar problem; parasites from pets; is it possible to have no symptoms and still have parasites?
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1:03:57
Original Show Pub Date: 24.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: FOOD, GMOs — 30.APR.2014
Connect The Dots
Update on GMOs —
Dave Murphy and Lisa Stokke, co-founders of Food Democracy Now, discuss GMO labeling laws at the state level, industry efforts to influence food safety standards, new science on the risks of GMOs, and more topics related to genetically modified crops and faux foods.
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56:13
Original Show Pub Date: 23.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FOOD — 25.APR.2014
Diet Science
Natural Flavorings—Possibly Gross, Possibly Not Natural —
Food chemist Dee McCaffrey explains why when you see the word "natural" applied to the flavorings in your food products, you should pause. Vaguely described natural flavorings can come from literally anything that isn't manmade, gross or not. And the language rules here are tricky, with important differences to be found in "flavor" vs. "flavoring."
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7:44
Original Show Pub Date: 14.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HEALTH, FOOD, PESTICIDES — 15.APR.2014
Living on Earth
Study Links Pesticides and Lowered Intelligence —
Studies conducted in the Salinas Valley and New York City have found that the effects of pesticides on development in children can be similar to those of lead, including lower IQs and slower mobility. Journalist Susan Freinkel discusses the findings.
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6:27
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FOOD — 10.APR.2014
Nutrition Diva
The Carageenan Controversy —
Carrageenan is a seaweed extract widely used in the food industry, mostly as a thickener and gelling agent. You'll find it in ice cream, cottage cheese, non-dairy milks, jelly, pudding, and infant formula. Some scientists have presented evidence that carrageenan is highly inflammatory and toxic to the digestive tract. Equally respected scientists have detailed the reasons that this evidence is flawed and misleading, concluding that there is no valid reason to ban its use. The Diva dives in on the controversy.
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7:05
Original Show Pub Date: 19.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: FOOD — 07.APR.2014
Diet Science
The Skinny on Evaporated Cane Sugar —
The health food industry routinely—and intentionally—misuses the terms like "evaporated cane sugar" to allow consumers to incorrectly infer that the ingredient is essentially "sugar cane squeezin's" and better for you than white sugar. Dee McCaffery explains the nuances of cane sugar—and why you should beware the "evaporated" moniker.
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7:49
Original Show Pub Date: 24.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: FOOD, ORGANICS — 05.APR.2014
Food Sleuth Radio
Chuck Benbrook on the Benefits of Organic and Grass-Fed —
Agricultural nutritionist Chuck Benbrook talks about why organic foods typically have better nutrient profiles than conventional foods; why grass-fed dairy is far superior to grain-fed, regardless or whether it's organic; and why the advent of GMO crop technology has ultimately meant MORE herbicide use, not less.
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28:15
Original Show Pub Date: 27.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: FOOD, HEALTH — 04.APR.2014
Food Sleuth Radio
FODMAP—Change Your Carby Food, Change Your Bloaty Life —
Patsy Catsos discusses the FODMAP diet—which is really more of a "problem-food elimination scheme." Many people have a gut imbalance that causes certain types of sugars, alcohols, and fibers to ferment in the large intestine, causing problems that range from simple bloating and discomfort to full-blown bowel disease. By eliminating the whole complement of fermentable foods and then reintroducing them one at a time to monitor symptom reoccurrence, a person may be able to design a permanent diet that allows their gut to heal and their life to return to normal.
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28:15
Original Show Pub Date: 20.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: GARDENING — 21.APR.2014
You Bet Your Garden
Aquaponics, Best Compost Ingredients, New Trees, more —
 
Sylvia Bernstein, author of Aquaponic Gardening: A Step-By-Step Guide to Raising Vegetables and Fish Together, discusses the pros, cons, and details of including fish in your gardening mix. ~~ Mike McGrath's topics include ... dealing with strange bagworms and wayward, A/C-invading slugs; timing corn gluten meal to combat crabgrass; the proper way to plant and mulch a new tree; what things are best to include—and exclude—from your compost pile.
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54:00
Original Show Pub Date: 19.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: GARDENING — 17.APR.2014
You Bet Your Garden
Did This Miserable Winter Wipeout Mildew and Blight? —
Mike McGrath's answers this time cover two important questions: Did the super-cold of the last winter help gardeners by killing off pathogens and pests? How do you know if the compost available at your local municipal composting facility contains lawn-pesticide residues or weed seeds? Other topics include crop rotation vs. crop interplanting and tips on begonias, daffodil variations, and roses.
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52:58
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE — 12.APR.2014
Peak Prosperity
A Model for Profitable Micro-Farming —
We are all awakening to the realities of a future defined by declining net energy, concerns about food security, community resilience, and reliable income. Small-scale farming usually quickly surfaces as a pursuit that could help address all of these. Yet most dismiss the idea of becoming farmers themselves; mainly because of lack of prior experience, coupled with lack of capital. Enter Jean-Martin Fortier and his wife, Maude-Helene. They are a thirtysomething couple who have been farming successfully for the past decade. In fact, they've been micro-farming—their entire growing operations happen on just an acre and half of land. And they make a fine living at it.
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34:15
Original Show Pub Date: 29.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: GARDENING — 03.APR.2014
Agroinnovations Podcast
The Soil Food Web and Compost Microbiology —
Elaine Ingham gives listeners an overview of soil microbiology—the scope, scale, and dynamics of the soil food web. In part B, Dr. Ingham discusses the impact of natural disasters on soil microbiology, testing laboratories for soil microbes, aerobic composting techniques, and methods for managing soil microbiology using compost tea.
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47:33
Original Show Pub Date: 22.Jan.2014
CATEGORY: SPECIES — 24.APR.2014
Living on Earth
Mysterious Disease Attacking West Coast Sea Stars —
A strange malady is infecting many species of starfish up and down the US west coast. It causes lesions and incites the sea stars to rip themselves apart. Katie Campbell reports on the biologists who are trying to unravel what's going on with this macabre mystery.
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4:55
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ENERGY, SPECIES — 23.APR.2014
Living on Earth
Hydropower Overload In China —
For the past 65 years, China has built nearly two dams per day, and wants to expand its hydroelectric capacity. Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum, explains how China's plan to ramp up dam installation in Yunnan Province raises the risks for this biodiversity hotspot in Southwest China, and how hydro power in China is often paired with coal power.
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6:46
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: ANIMAL WELFARE — 08.APR.2014
Living On Earth
International Court Saves Whales (?) —
Japan has been hunting whales under the guise of science since a global ban nearly thirty years ago. A new ruling from the International Court of Justice may finally put an end to Japanese whaling. Duke University marine biologist Andy Read explains.
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6:35
Original Show Pub Date: 04.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: COOL AND COSMIC — 25.APR.2014
C-Realm Podcast
The Strange, Fuzzy, Fat Brick of Everything —
The proper use of psychedelics is a means of exploring the truth of existence, gaining insight into our consciousness, and fostering understanding of our individual purpose in the context of the larger whole. Meditation serves much the same function. Katherine MacLean is a meditator and has not only used psychedelics, she has also conducted scientific trials with them. She discusses the differences and similarities of these two paths to enlightenment, though she cautions that only one, or neither, may be appropriate for some people. Topics include the role of meditation in preparing for the abyss of human suffering that would result from the collapse or severe contraction of industrial civilization; the potential dangers of meditation; finding how to be of service from a place of emptiness; and using psychedelics to train oneself to be okay with chaos and groundlessness.
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1:00:00
Original Show Pub Date: 23.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, COOL AND COSMIC — 23.APR.2014
Red Ice Radio
Catherine Austin Fitts on Massive Stealing and the Breakaway Society —
Catherine Austin Fitts says The Powers That Be have been stealing from us—$40 trillion and counting, by her estimate. What are they doing with all that money? Her guess is that much of it has been funneled into black programs and secret technology budgets, and offers a number of possibilities implied by such a scenario.
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57:02
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: FUN — 21.APR.2014
On The Media
Robot Humor —
We often think of robots as tools to make our lives easier. But what if they could also make our lives funnier? Part A discusses the difference in joke-telling styles between robots and humans. In Part B, comedian Myq Kaplan, co-author of The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny, talks about joke-generating bots and the principles of humor.
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8:01
Original Show Pub Date: 18.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: COOL AND COSMIC — 19.APR.2014
On The Media
Robot World —
The word 'robot' first appeared in 1920 in Karel Capek's play, Rossum's Universal Robots. Since then, intelligent machines have starred countless times in novels and films. Professor Jay P. Telotte talks about the ways our fears and fascinations with robots are reflected in culture. ~~ Despite the technological leaps made in the realm of artificial intelligence, people often object to the idea that the minds of machines can ever replicate the minds of humans. But for engineers, the proof is in the processing. Stanford professor Jerry Kaplan talks about how the people who make robots view the field of AI.
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13:08
Original Show Pub Date: 18.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: COOL AND COSMIC — 16.APR.2014
Red Ice Radio
Chemtrails and the New Biology —
Vincent Freeman is a molecular biologist and artificial intelligence scientist working to identify and expose covert geo-engineering and bio-engineering. Freeman discusses a biological pathogen that has been linked to chemtrails. He explains the biological evidence that this is a "cross-domain bacterium"—certainly genetically engineered, and possibly also employing nanotechnology. He explains where the pathogen is being found, how widespread it is, and what the likely ramifications of it are.
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56:43
Original Show Pub Date: 04.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: COOL AND COSMIC — 15.APR.2014
Beyond 50
Moving Back Toward Wholeness—Soul and Non-Ordinary States —
Ukiah Marcus talks about the healing process for the soul, holotropic breathwork, and working with non-ordinary states of consciousness. Many of us have forgotten our innate sense of wholeness, but our soul's directive is always pulling us back toward it, whether to reclaim or to integrate. Find out what kinds of experiences you may have in these non-ordinary states and the major life shifts that can happen.
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37:51
Original Show Pub Date: 28.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: COOL AND COSMIC — 08.APR.2014
The Lifeboat Hour
Stand Up on Your Hind Legs and Howl —
Mike Ruppert comments that mainstream culture is insane. Many people are waking up to this; though the crazy train rolls on. ~~ An audio essay by John Trudell speaks to the need for (and effectiveness of) relentless passive resistance. ~~ An audio clip from Terrence McKenna explains why it's ludicrous that the people at the top of the various political, economic, and religious hierarchies think they are more informed on "how things are" and therefore entitled to tell the rest of us what to think and do. The only thing that is real (and knowable) is the experience, the moment. The authenticity of our own minds must take precedence over thought- and behavior-modifying rules. Act on your intuition, without regret—stand up on your hind legs and howl.
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56:42
Original Show Pub Date: 06.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HISTORY, EMPIRE — 29.APR.2014
Guns and Butter
In America, You're Allowed to Think Anything But Know Nothing —
This episode features archival interviews with two preeminent truth researchers who died this year. In the first half, we hear Michael C. Ruppert in his 'From The Wilderness' days discussing the insider trading around 9/11, the missing trillions from the Pentagon budget, and other facts that were incongruous with official pronouncements. In the second half, assassination researcher John Judge talks about the emergence of the Orwellian intelligence state over the second half of the 20th century. The title above is taken from a line he cites.
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59:50
Original Show Pub Date: 23.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HISTORY, EMPIRE — 25.APR.2014
Unwelcome Guests
The US Deep State, 1963-1981 —
In the first hour, we hear a reading of a paper by researcher Mark Gorton that details 50 years of the deep state, tracing a thread that begins with the assassination of JFK. The treason of the plotters, he notes, did not stop with that single crime and its immediate cover-up by the Warren commission, but instead runs through the assassinations of RFK and MLK, through the Nixon/Ford/Carter era, through the Iran hostages affair, and on into the modern era. Gorton details how the deep state developed hit squads to remove unwanted witnesses and other problematic people; cemented editorial control over the US commercial media and the public debate space; developed a method of conrolling presidents; and carried out a large number of conspiracies, including false-flag acts of terror. In hour 2, Peter Dale Scott speaks on the US overworld, followed by Webster Tarpley's masterful deconstruction of the Ford presidency, including an analysis of how the Watergate scandal was actually a power coup.
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59:30
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59:30
Original Show Pub Date: 19.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HISTORY, EMPIRE — 19.APR.2014
Guns and Butter
Ukrainian Crisis In Historical Context —
Webster Tarpley reviews the history of Ukraine, which was formed in nexus between WWI German occupation of the region and the Bolshevik revolution that resulted in the formation of the USSR. Tarpley discusses the parallel of today's situation with Germany in 1917 using the Ukraine region as a strategic pawn against Russia.
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59:50
Original Show Pub Date: 16.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: EMPIRE, ENERGY, HISTORY — 15.APR.2014
Unwelcome Guests
The Supranational Deep State —
Charlotte Dennett recounts how her research into the life of her deceased father, a high-level CIA agent, helped her understand how the world works. Studying information obtained using FOIA requests and interviewing people from her father's life, Dennett could see how oil fields and projected pipeline routes in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia were the very locations that Western nations continually seem to find reasons to foster regime change, engage in military operations, and set up military bases. She concluded that access to energy is the dominant factor in why foreign powers incessantly exploit local religious, ethnic, and political rivalries to achieve the larger strategic goal of securing access to energy reserves.
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59:36
Original Show Pub Date: 05.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HISTORY, CLIMATE — 15.APR.2014
Against the Grain
In the 17th Century, a Different Climate Crisis but the Same Old Elites —
In the 1600s, the world faced a global climate crisis—an extended period of cooling known as the Little Ice Age—which severely depressed agricultural output. Most rulers of the time took the opportunity not to help their populations adapt to the problem but as an opportunity to purge internal enemies and harvest the wealth of other lands. Historian Geoffrey Parker discusses the lessons of the 17th century, where elites—with the exception of Tokugawa Japan—responded to the crisis with wars and scapegoating.
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54:41
Original Show Pub Date: 01.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: HISTORY — 10.APR.2014
Beyond 50
The Real Goodfellas —
Joseph Trigoboff was a fat, four-eyed kid growing up in the toughest, most Mafia-filled slum in the country—East New York. From surviving protection rackets at the age of five, violent anti-Semitism, and brutal gang wars during the 1950s and 60s, he not only knew but exchanged blows with members of street gangs that were headed by future "Goodfellas." But Trigoboff says the truth was very little like the snappy mobsters portrayed in the Hollywood movie.
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26:38
Original Show Pub Date: 04.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: MUSIC — 28.APR.2014
The Vinyl Experience
Thump Your Bible for Record Store Day —
This is a decent set dedicated to Easter, Passover, and a few Bible-thumpin' classics. Top tracks are ... Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Born On the Bayou" // Doobie Brothers - "Jesus Is Just Alright" // Elton John - "Border Song" // Jaako Eino Kalevi - "Uu Uu Uu" // Jerry Garcia - "Deal" // Jack White - "High Ball Stepper" // The Animals - "Boom Boom Boom" // Mott the Hoople - "Roll Away the Stone".
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55:54
Original Show Pub Date: 18.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: MUSIC — 26.APR.2014
Fresh Air
Fight Sound With Sound—Grateful Dead's Arena Combat —
In 1974, sound engineer Owsley Stanley created an enormous conglomeration of amps and speakers called the Wall of Sound, with the goal of cleaning up the muddy sound that had typified rock concerts of that decade. He largely succeeded. The new release Dave's Picks, Volume 9 captures a concert from this era.
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6:34
Original Show Pub Date: 31.Mar.2014
CATEGORY: MUSIC — 19.APR.2014
Sunrise Ocean Bender
Is It Secret? —
The first third of this set is somewhat drony prog and neo-prog—not bad, but not particularly noteworthy. Then we get a three-song set of very nice accessible prog—recent releases that are throwbacks to the classic short prog-psyc sound of the 1970s. These tracks are "Altar Hexes" by White Candles, "Paper Sky" by Ian Skelly, and "The Brook Horse" by Barrett Elmore. This hattrick is immediately followed by a long Floydian instrumental, a la "Echos"—"Slumbers Gate" by Sky Picnic. Unfortunately, things head for deep space after that—so deep that static is all I could hear.
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1:58:20
Original Show Pub Date: 27.Feb.2014
CATEGORY: MUSIC — 17.APR.2014
The Vinyl Experience
Hall of Fame —
A nice set of songs featuring this year's Rock 'n' Roll hall of Fame inductees. Top tracks are ... Cat Stevens - "Peace Train" // The Beatles - "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" // Linda Ronstadt/Stone Ponies - "Different Drum" // Nirvana - "Lithium" // Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "The E Street Shuffle" // Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra - "The Last Time" // Peter Gabriel - "DIY" // Kiss - "Love Gun" // Daryl Hall, John Oates, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendrick - "Apollo Medley (live)".
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56:37
Original Show Pub Date: 11.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: MUSIC — 12.APR.2014
NPR
The Coming Robot Army Just Wants To Rock —
British electronic musician Tom Jenkinson, better known as Squarepusher, was approached by a group of Japanese roboticists last year with a pitch he calls "the ultimate 12-year-old-boy fantasy." The team explained that they had constructed a band of mechanical musicians with superhuman abilities: a dreadlocked bot with 78 fingers that could play two guitars at once, an octopus-like drummer with 22 arms, a laser-shooting keyboard player. They were called the Z-Machines. All they needed were songs.
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7:05
Original Show Pub Date: 06.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: MUSIC — 08.APR.2014
A Bowl of Soul
Gaye King Knuckles —
A Bowl of Soul plays songs in honor of Marvin Gaye, Martin Luther King Jr., and Frankie Knuckles. Best tracks are ... "Inner City Blues" by Marvin Gaye // "Confidential" by Sonny Knight // "Brothers and Sisters" by MFSB // "Don't Let Love Get You Down" by Archie Bell & The Drells.
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1:00:02
Original Show Pub Date: 04.Apr.2014
CATEGORY: MUSIC — 02.APR.2014
Pop Goes the World
Post-Fund-Drive Victory Lap! —
A good set of high-energy alt pop. Top tracks are ... "Staying Cool" by Natalie Portman's Shaved Head // "Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols // "To Be Like I" by China Rats // "Hit Me" by The London Suede" // "Heart" by " by Rockpile // "Rockin' Around N.Y.C." by Marshall Crenshaw // "That's Entertainment" by The Jam // "Spacehead" by Primitives // "Steady Love" by Title Tracks // "I Love You" by Said The Whale // "Someone's Going To Break Your Heart" by Fountains Of Wayne // "Tokyo" by The Pinkertones.
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1:59:27
Original Show Pub Date: 26.Mar.2014
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