“Our Leaders Are Behaving Like Children”: Teen Climate Activist Confronts World Leaders at U.N. Summit; School Strike for Climate: Meet 15-Year-Old Activist Greta Thunberg, Who Inspired a Global Movement; Climate Scientist Kevin Anderson: World’s Richest Must Radically Change Lifestyles to Prevent Global Catastrophe.
The Yellow Vests protests in France have rocked the nation and forced President Emmanuel Macron to back down from a fuel tax hike. On today’s show we’ll examine whether the framing of the protests as “People Vs. the Climate,” is accurate or not with author and journalist Steven Hill. Then, as a potential government shutdown … Continued
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the Ur-epic inscribed onto damp clay tablets several millennia before Odysseus or the priest of Ecclesiastes found their voices. The Sumerian versions date back almost 5000 years. Scholar Kent H. Dixon explains what’s the Epic story of Gilgamesh, and how Bildungsroman of a bad king learning to become a proper human being … Continued
Excerpts of the three-part documentary film “Dubious Friends of Donald Trump.” With Host Brian Edwards-Tiekert
Excerpts of the six-part series documentary “Capitalism.” With Host Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics is offering the 5 best books we have reviewed in 2018 Pack for $500. Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics by Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University professor, and a world-renowned Shakespeare scholar. Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the catastrophic consequences of its execution. In his … Continued
Marcy Wheeler: Mueller Probe Could Lead to Indictment of the Trump Organization; Thousands Protest at U.N. Climate Summit in Coal-Heavy Poland, Facing Riot Police & Intimidation; As Polish Gov’t Promotes Coal, Advocate Warns Coal Hastens Climate Change, Devastates Human Health; “Shame On You!” Protesters Interrupt Trump Admin Promoting Coal & Fossil Fuels at U.N. Climate … Continued
On todays show, we’ll speak with Ali Abunimah of Electronic Intifada about an Al Jazeera documentary examining the insidious nature of the Israeli Lobby in the US. The film was never aired and became a victim of the very force it covers. But Electronic Intifada obtained a copy and made it available. Abunimah will explain … Continued
This week, Oakland’s own Boots Riley from seminal rap group the Coup, and director of award-winning film “Sorry to Bother You,” stops by OTM to talk Bay Area cultural history, artistic process, and balancing creative work and creative expression.
Excerpts of the 6 CD Set “Happiness, Love & Liberation,” by Thich Nhat Hanh. With Host C. S. Soong
