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Water World on 12/02/16

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Water World
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Larry Brilliant, A Hippie Saves the World

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  His guru told him to do it. So he listened. Thus the quest began for a hippie with a medical degree to become a key player in helping to eradicate smallpox, the deadliest disease in history. Larry Brilliant tells his story in Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventur... Read more

Flashpoints: "Fake" News Black List

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: A new anonymous red squad to police independent journalists, points a finger at Counterpunch, Consortium News, Truth Out and dozens of other so called phony new websites. Read more

Flashpoints: Update on Standing Rock

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire show to an update on Standing Rock: We'll speak to Bill Means, who is advising the Elders regarding local, state and international law: And well speak to several of the Water-Protectors on recent actions and what comes next in t... Read more

Presidential Recounts in Key 2016 Swing States

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet.org including America's democracy and voting rights, campaigns and elections, and many social justice issues. He is the author of "Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting."  He'll discuss the issues involv... Read more

The Aftermath . . .

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Greg Palast on Political Perspectives

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
    Greg Palast is an investigative reporter, whose news-breaking stories appear on BBC Television and in The Guardian and Rolling Stone Magazine. Palast has released a new movie: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires and Ballot Bandits, based on his boo... Read more

Alternative Radio: Vijay Prashad

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Vijay Prashad is professor of international studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He teaches courses in international law and human rights. He is the author of many books, including Arab Spring, Libyan Winter, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the ... Read more

End of Growth / Rise of Trump

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Join host Per Fagereng as he welcomes award winning writer and journalist Andrew Nikiforuk for a discussion on the End of Growth and the Rise of Trump.  Plus, the diminishing returns in energy from oil. Andrew Nikiforuk has been writing about the oil and gas industry for... Read more

Special Program: Miko Peled on Trump; Israel's Hospital Segregation

Airs at: Fri, 11/25/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
On today's show, we present two special programs from the Pacifica network. First, on The Monitor radio, it's an interview with Israeli activist and writer Miko Peled. The focus is on the recent US election, and the impact on Israel and Palestine. Then, in the second half ... Read more