Talkies – October 27, 2023
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
From 1945 to 1990 we were told a great struggle pitted capitalism against socialism/communism (chiefly the USSR and China). Yet still today, US leaders demonize Russia and China despite the end of communism in the USSR and a huge growth of capitalist enterprises in China. The explanation lies in US capitalism’s long history of using … Continued
On Today’s Show: “Gaza Is Being Strangled”: UNRWA Calls for Immediate Ceasefire as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens Gaza Poet Who Inspired Nonviolent Protests Is Injured in Israeli Airstrike; 5 Relatives Killed “The Day After Tomorrow”: Israeli Hostage Negotiator on Freeing Captives & Building Lasting Peace The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: Censorship, Harassment Intensifies on Campus Amid Gaza … Continued
On today’s show, I’ll speak to Jeff St. John of Canary Media the use of “blue hydrogen” and Global Forest Coalition’s Kwami Kpondzo on their new 16 page report on the human rights implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
0:08 — Michael Mann is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Honorary Professor at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of the award-winning book series The Sources of Social Power. His latest book is “On Wars.”
On Today’s Show: “Gaza Is Being Strangled”: UNRWA Calls for Immediate Ceasefire as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens Gaza Poet Who Inspired Nonviolent Protests Is Injured in Israeli Airstrike; 5 Relatives Killed “The Day After Tomorrow”: Israeli Hostage Negotiator on Freeing Captives & Building Lasting Peace The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: Censorship, Harassment Intensifies on Campus Amid Gaza … Continued
Trump’s Christian Soldier MAGA Mike Johnson We begin with an autocrat and a kleptocrat joining forces with a theocrat and explore the role of white Christian nationalism as a vital component of the coalition to reelect Trump now bolstered by Trump’s Christian soldier MAGA Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House. Joining us is Clyde … Continued
Deranged “edits” segue into a cascade of echoing glossolaliac madness, the voicing of lyric ruminations from the free-falling brains of disintegrating personalities.
Themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air, consisting of found sound of many kinds and from many sources, old and new, put together on the run as the continuous audio collage continues.
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Whether you’re in your living room, at your desk, on the couch or on the freeway, Betty’s got a free-form mix of music for staying in or venturing out. New and classic Americana, Country, Bluegrass, Pop, R&B — sprinkled with a some Jazz, International, and Classical sounds. Come hang out on your terrestrial radio or … Continued