Today on Flashpoints: The beconing of nuclear war: an interview with legendary award winning filmmaker, author and investigative reporter, John Pilger. And we’ll feature excerpts from a panel organized by Rootsaction.org, held today in Washington D.C, calling for the withdrawal of US military aircraft from Syrian airspace.
The late Michael Marriott, about Fukushima and the future of nuclear energy. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the biology behind the culture of fear in which we’re steeped and how to protect yourself. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
What accounts for the allegiance W. E. B. Du Bois professed to Stalin’s U.S.S.R.? What did the influential African American thinker and writer believe had happened to white supremacy and racial prejudice in the Soviet Union? According to Vaughn Rasberry, Du Bois believed that emerging communist nations like the U.S.S.R. had the right to experiment, … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich interviews Christine Ahn about North Korea. Christine Ahn is the founder and international coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, a global movement of women mobilizing to end the Korean War, reunite families, and ensure women’s leadership in peacebuilding. She is also co-founder of the Korea Policy Institute, Global Campaign to … Continued
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has promised to crack down on government leaks to the press, threatening to review policies for subpoenaing media outlets that publish classified materials. But it’s a practice of punishing whistleblowers and the press that began under Barack Obama’s presidency. On today’s show we’ll turn to journalism professor Robert Jensen for what … Continued
On the first half of today’s show, South African president Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote. We discuss why, as well as the potential impacts on the country. Plus: the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, with North Korea threatening retaliation against the United States over a new round of sanctions that was voted through unanimously … Continued
Meet the Senior Federal Official Blowing the Whistle on Trump’s Suppression of Climate Science; Formerly Jailed CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: Jeff Sessions Is Extending Obama’s War on Leaks; Head of Bombed Minnesota Mosque Denounces Trump for Stoking Hate & Violence Against Somali Community.
One in 3 people – and 60% of those over 65 – suffer from a functional limitation limiting their ability to carry out daily activities – like climbing stairs or carrying groceries. Join Dr. Will Courtenay and his guest Clinical Exercise Physiologist Karen Owoc in discussing how to remedy these problems with functional fitness.
Playwright and poet Cherrie Moraga, co-editor of the class feminist of color book, This Bridge Called My Back, discusses her new play, THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE, with Lisa Dettmer. In a time-traveling re-encounter with a 16th century female slave-turned-slaveholder, a Mexican woman in the early stages of Alzheimers is forced to concede a radically revised … Continued
