Talk-It-Out Radio

Talk-It-Out Radio – October 20, 2023

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.


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Roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict / Media slants on gun violence & writers’ strike / Dangerous “EARN-IT” Act

Eleanor Goldfield opens the program with a conversation about Gaza; her guest, Nora Barrows-Friedman, rebuts common Israeli / US talking points, and identifies Zionism as the actual obstacle to peace. Then Shealeigh Voitl tells Mickey about some of her recent research and writing. She finds fundamental differences in how corporate media and community media cover … Continued


Economic Update

Today’s Agents of Change: Strikes, Unionization & Labor Militancy

Updates on how Social Security makes African-Americans subsidize whites, lessons from a new survey of young Americans’ politics, the injustice of Europe’s central bank raising its interest rates, Taylor Swift publicly supports Hollywood strikers, and Coco Gauff publicly supports climate change activists. Interview with Mike Elk, editor of The Payday Report, tracking the strike wave … Continued


On today’s show, the deteriorating Salton Sea in Southern CA has become a topic of interests in recent years due to the health hazard it has become.  I’ll speak to Fletcher Reveley on his latest piece in Undark.org entitled, “Scientists Warned of a Salton Sea Disaster. No One Listened” https://undark.org/2023/07/03/scientists-warned-of-a-salton-sea-disaster-no-one-listened/ @FletcherReveley @undarkmag   photo from … Continued