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Old Mole Variety Hour for January 23, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Border Patrol: Nearly every year since the 1990s the U.S. Congress has increased the appropriation for the Border Patrol and the whole apparatus of border protection. Yet every ... Read more

Remembering Jeff Steinborn

Airs at: Wed, 01/11/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Remembering Jeffrey Steinborn. Jeffrey Steinborn was an attorney, a marijuana legalizer, and social justice revolutionary in the city of Seattle who passed away in early January. On this edition of Century we’ll hear an interview with Jeff from... Read more

Your Body Is Partly Plastic. So Is Everything Else.

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Radio Ecoshock
  Wired science journalist Matt Simon on his new book, A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies. Also, Julian Cribb, author and science hunter: the 10 game-ending threats to humanity.    11-03-2022         Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 2, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes a re-broadcast of a show from Against the Grain. C.S. Soong interviews Vijay Prashad about the history of the “Third World Project,” a discussion that sheds light on contemporary political struggles of t... Read more

The Christmas Truce of 1914: Not So Isolated

Airs at: Wed, 12/28/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Keeping Democracy Alive
  Many think the Christmas Truce of 1914 was an exaggeration. Acclaimed historian Adam Hochschild reveals the truth. This was not the only such event: there were desertions, mutinies, and fraternizations. Today it seems anyone with a uniform is dubbed a hero, but what abou... Read more

Deep Love, Fabulous Unknown

Airs at: Tue, 12/27/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Earth Riot Radio
  We have this task, find the fabulous unknown in the ecosystem you love and make your body a part of that ecosystem. Are you facing a forest? An alpine meadow? A wetlands? High Plains Desert? That is your great grift here at the turn of the year. Now close your eyes, your... Read more

The Poly-Crisis: What Is Really Going On?

Airs at: Thu, 12/22/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Radio Ecoshock
  "Avoiding A Ghastly Future" - panel with Paul Ehrlich, Bill Rees and Nate Hagens. But first, American neurosurgeon Ann-Christine Duhaime: "Minding the Climate - How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis."   12-16-2022     Read more

Reform Continues To Advance In Ireland

Airs at: Wed, 12/21/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Reform Continues To Advance In Ireland. The Republic of Ireland’s parliamentary Joint Committee on Justice released a Report on December  14 that among other things recommends decriminalization of people who use drugs and the regulation of cert... Read more

Life And Drugs During Wartime

Airs at: Wed, 12/21/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
The war being waged by the Putin regime against the people of Ukraine continues to rage on. On this edition of Free Culture Radio we’re going to look at the impact of that war on people in Ukraine who use drugs. The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction hel... Read more

Political Organizing, Systems Thinking and Narrative Work

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  First Voices Radio
  This week on a special repeat episode of "First Voices Radio," Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes Alnoor Ladha. Alnoor's work focuses on the intersection of political organizing, systems thinking and narrative work. He was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Rule... Read more