Mark Nathan Cohen, PhD professor of anthropology and author of Health and the Rise of Civilization discusses how humans developed as hunter-gatherers and what was lost when they turned to agriculture. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
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With Jessica Goad of the Center for Western Priorities and principal author of Going to Extremes: The anti-government extremism behind the growing movement to seize America’s public lands. Then, Jeremy Brecher, author of more than a dozen books on labor and social movements, on his book Strike!. About Going to Extremes: Last week, armed members of … Continued
Language Matters: #BlackLivesMatter Called “Thugs”; Why Aren’t Oregon Militants Called “Terrorists”?
Amid Armed Oregon Standoff, Report Finds “Skyrocketing” Number of Anti-Gov’t Militia Groups; Language Matters: #BlackLivesMatter Called “Thugs”; Why Aren’t Oregon Militants Called “Terrorists”? These Aren’t the First Armed Whites to Take Over That Oregon Land: Just Ask the Native Paiute People; “We Have Been Betrayed”: Activist Who Refused to Shake Obama’s Hand Decries Latest Immigration … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Timothy Loehmann, The cop who murdered 12 year old Tamir rice walks free. Using disinformation to justify the Saudi lead war in Yemen. And major corporations moving into Salinas, as ICE continues to crack down
Tribute to Francis Cress Welsing with Chuck D
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Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, author of the seminal 1991 work The Isis (Yssis) Papers passed away this week. She was 80 years old. In this episode, Hard Knock Radio honors her life and and work with guest, Chuck D of Public Enemy.
There is much misinformation and skepticism about ADHD, especially since the rates of diagnosis are skyrocketing throughout the world. In the book, ADHD: What Everyone Needs To Know, the authors Stephen Hinshaw and Katherine Ellison examines both the reality of ADHD and the societal forces pushing rates of diagnosis to alarmingly high levels. Join me on … Continued
Building a Business of Politics
The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy. With Adam Sheingate, Associate Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and author of Building a Business of Politics: The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy. About the book: Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants … Continued
First, we’ll discuss the new biography of environmental legend David Brower. Then, we’ll take you inside one of the schools that education reformers declared a failure, whose teachers and students would beg to differ. We’ll look at where education reform fails education. Guests: Tom Turner started working with David Brower in 1968. He’s now author … Continued
Friend of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr: Shiite Cleric’s Execution “Will Not End Well” for Saudi Monarchy; As Saudi Arabia Executes Sheikh al-Nimr, Will U.S. Respond by Cutting $50 Billion in Weapons Sales? Lori Berenson After Being Held 20 Years in Peru: “My Objectives Were to Achieve a More Just Society.”
Hosted by Philip Maldari, Ishmael Reed, author of “The Complete Muhammad Ali”, in the first hour and Robert Scheer, editor of truthdig.com, in the second hour, go over 2015 and the outlook for the year ahead.