A Box of Toys

A Box of Toys – July 8, 2025

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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a … Continued


Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Texas flooding toll passes 100 as Administration blasts criticism of cuts to National Weather Service; SF philanthropy Tipping Point pledges billion dollar investment as city braces for Trump’s Big Bill cuts; Civil rights attorney Dan Siegel passed … Continued


Background Briefing

Jeff Masters/Olga Lautman/Sarang Shidore

Extreme Weather and Its Connection to Climate Change as Trump and DOGE’s Cuts Impacted The National Weather Service’s Response to the Tragic Flash Floods in Texas We begin with the White House’s overheated pushback against questions of whether cuts to The National Weather Service by Trump and DOGE contributed to the tragic loss of life … Continued


From local communities and states to federal policy, antitrust movements to dismantle monopolies are challenging the system that can be summed up as: Make Feudalism Great Again. Although breaking up is hard to do, we’ve broken up monopolies before. In this second of our two-part program, we join Thom Hartmann, Stacy Mitchell, and Maurice BP-Weeks … Continued


This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about a proposed new law in Louisiana prohibiting people living in Cancer Alley from participating in “citizen science” by collecting their own air samples using inexpensive air monitors, and the publication of a new international study confirming the carcinogenicity of the popular pesticide glyphosate (“Round-Up”). Then … Continued