Welfare supports were a fundamental feature of the Soviet Union. But then the USSR collapsed, leaving millions of Russians without either good-paying jobs or state assistance. Marianna Pavlovskaya reveals how Russian families resorted to household and other informal economic practices to cope, adapt, and survive in an era of relentless privatization and neoliberalization. For more details … Continued


6/623/15 Dangerous PassivityDangerous Passivity

6/23/15  Dangerous Passivity Layna Berman and  Jeffry Fawcett PhD discuss the importance of individual assertive control over health crises. Included is the importance of the immune system and how it gets challenged.


Prepare for Health: Responding To Emergencies

Have you talked with your family or neighbors about how you’ll help each other when the next earthquake or fire hits? It’s so easy to put off doing what we need to do to prepare, but there are little steps we can all take that will reinforce our resilience and keep us healthy and safe. … Continued


With Dr. Janet Hudson, Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina Palmetto College and author of the book Entangled by White Supremacy: Reform in World War I-era South Carolina.   About the book:  In Entangled by White Supremacy, Hudson explains why white southerners failed to construct a progressive society while maintaining a racially segregated one.  Even … Continued


Dylann Roof’s White Supremacist Views, Links to Hate Group Revealed After Charleston Church Massacre; “That Flag Represents White Supremacy”: Confederate Flag Still Flies at South Carolina State Capitol; “A Classic Case of Terrorism”: Is FBI Ignoring White Violence by Refusing to Call Roof a Terrorist? Exclusive: Green Party’s Jill Stein Announces She Is Running for … Continued


Indie Landscapes

Indie Landscapes – June 20, 2015

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Today’s show features a Live in the studio interview with Portland, Oregon’s trio Bath Party where we discuss their new LP The First Sound, learn about members of the band and give listeners information about their tour down to Mexico where they are gonna join psychedelic group Dazed Sun Lemonade.  


In Your Ear

Jazz Drummer Akira Tana

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Art Sato interviews with Akira Tana, the acclaimed drummer has worked with a Who’s Who of jazz legends, from Art Farmer to Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins to Sonny Stitt, James Moody to Lena Horne.