Flashpoints – July 6, 2023
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Featured Episode
The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence Part Two and Michelle Alexander – Hard Knock Radio – July 6, 2023
Davey D speaks with Cheo Hodari Coker, Quency Phillips, Domingo Padilla, and Melissa Terra Makuriwa Ulto about the pros and cons to artificial intelligence. Later we hear a speech from Michelle Alexander the author of The New Jim Crow
Background Briefing – July 6, 2023
We begin with growing alarm at the possibility Europe’s largest nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhya in Ukraine, which is now at the frontline in the current counteroffensive, could be blown up by the Russian occupiers in a false flag to be blamed on Ukraine or at the very least rendered inoperable by the Russians in … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – De-bamboozling the Collective Dream
De-bamboozling the Collective Dream, Caroline welcomes long-time de-bamboozling accomplice, Josh Baran, that we may, with Neptune stationing, query “Is this the thing or the symbol of the thing?” Josh Baran is a former Zen monk and teacher in the Soto Zen tradition After leaving the monastery, Baran ran a group in Berkeley for people leaving … Continued
David Grann discusses his two most recent books, “The Wager,” and “Killers of the Flower Moon”, recorded June, 2023. Yi-Yun Li talks about her first novel, “The Vagrants” in an interview recorded in 2009. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Austerity, economics, and fascism • AMLO’s presidency in Mexico
Clara Mattei, author of The Capital Order, explores the links among neoclassical economics, austerity, and fascism • Edwin Ackerman, author of this article, looks at AMLO’s presidency in Mexico
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – July 6, 2023
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Part 1. Stephen Hawking and his Theory on the Origin of Time Guest: Thomas Hertog is an internationally renowned cosmologist who was for many years a close collaborator of the late Stephen Hawking. He is professor of theoretical physics at the University of Leuven, where he studies the quantum nature of the big bang. He is the author of On … Continued
Democracy Now 9am – July 6, 2023
On Today’s Show: Elena Milashina Attack: Rights Groups Condemn Brutal Beating of Russian Journalist in Chechnya Syria’s Missing: New U.N. Body Will Investigate Disappearance of 130,000 People in 12-Year Civil War’ How Syria Profits from Trafficking Captagon, Highly Addictive Amphetamine Propping Up Assad Regime Rep. Ro Khanna on Term-Limiting SCOTUS Justices, Sole “No” Vote on Pentagon Budget … Continued
Anti-Trans Laws Supported by Technology; Tenants Use Tech to Defend Rights; Plus, State Terror Roundup
We start off today’s show with our State Terror Roundup. Then, we look at how surveillance technology is and could be used to aid and enforce anti-trans legislation around the country. We’ll be in conversation with René Kladzyk, an investigative reporter at POGO – the Project On Governmental Oversite, whose reporting has been published in … Continued