Today on the show: The fires and ashes of  Maui. Sifting through the ashes for the ashes of loved ones, while many questions are begging to be answered.  And The Biden Administration moves to expand US power in Asia with a new NATO like agreement and military alliance with Japan and South Korea


Hard Knock Radio

Niger Since the Coup and Foreign Influence

Davey D speaks with Dhoruba bin Wahad about what’s happening in Niger. Nigers President Mohamed Bazoum was elected two years ago in the first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960. But on July 26, members of his own presidential guard removed him from office, and imposed a forced house arrest. Hard Knock … Continued


Gene-guided healthcare has taken U.S. medicine by storm, promising precision, targeted treatments to myriad illnesses. It has also proved very profitable. James Tabery traces how genetic medicine vied within the federal government with another approach to healthcare — one emphasizing the social and environmental determinants of health, such as whether you live in a polluted … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now 9am – August 22, 2023

On Today’s Show: “Notorious”: Inside the Fulton County Jail, Where Trump Will Surrender & 15 Prisoners Died Last Year Meet George Chidi, the Journalist Subpoenaed for Uncovering Secret Meeting of Fake Trump Electors Vijay Prashad on BRICS & Why Global South Cooperation Is Key to Dismantling Unjust World Order In Major Win for Indigenous Rights, Ecuador Votes … Continued


Law & Disorder

Family Ties and Child Removal in America; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Sarah Crowell

On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and multiple children at the bottom of a cliff along the California coastline. The crash was a murder-suicide: a white lesbian couple had adopted six Black children, with a paper-trail of child abuse and neglect that had been ignored … Continued