Indie singer-songwriter Lisa-Marie Johnston (LMJ) sings you a few songs, accompanied by guitarist “Permanent” Phil, shares tracks from her new EP, “Time Flies By,” and talks to host Derk Richardson about her upcoming show at the Ivy Room in Albany and what it takes to be a truly independent musician in this day and age. Plus, … Continued


The world’s fifth-largest country is rocketing toward regime change: Brazil’s parliament will this weekend take up the question of impeaching Dilma Roussef. We lay out the tangled confluence of severe recession, corruption scandals, and mass demonstrations that brought Brazil to the brink, and look at what’s next. Then: we’ll go inside the politics, economy, and … Continued