Kris Welch in conversation with Raymond Nat Turner joined by his partner, Zigi Lowenberg. Get to know the Town Crier. 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.
Young people will inherit a world in which fire is far more prevalent than it has been for generations before. Yet when it comes to fire management and policy, the most impacted stakeholders — including young people and Indigenous communities — have historically been excluded, with little representation to this day. In the face of … Continued
This program begins by analyzing the political monopoly (aka “The Center”) operated by the GOP and Dems in the US: its organization and dominance until the last few years. The monopoly deteriorates as both GOP and Dem coalitions suffer splits and cracks opening opportunities for radical political shifts and perhaps new parties. The context of … Continued
On today’s show, I’ll be presenting conservative and progressive perspectives around public lands and its perilous future under the Trump administration’s “drill baby drill” policy. We’ll hear from David Jenkins of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship and Hollin Kretzmann of Center for Biological Diversity. We’ll switch gears and speak to friends of the show Stacy Malkan … Continued
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On today’s show: Headlines Mamdani Takes Oath at Abandoned NYC Subway Station to Highlight Plan to Improve Public Transit Zohran Mamdani Supporters Celebrate “Politics of Optimism” at His Inauguration AOC, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams & Poet Cornelius Eady: Voices from the Mamdani Inauguration “I Will Govern as a Democratic Socialist”: Watch Zohran Mamdani & … Continued
A Hopeful Welcome to 2026 On this first day of the new year 2026 we speak with Richard Parker, who teaches economics and public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and is a Senior Fellow at the Shorenstein Center. He is a former managing editor of Ramparts, was a cofounder of Mother Jones magazine, … 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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I had a lovely show planned for New Year’s Day but when I started to head out to the station, I discovered that the elevator in my building was out of order. I am wheelchair bound and, as such, I couldn’t leave the building. We had a behind-the-scenes flourish of activity while we hunted … Continued
