Primatologist Frans de Waal, PhD, author of The Age of Empathy and Primates and Philosophers, discusses what we have to learn about empathy and cooperation from other animals and how humans can develop their own innate capacities to work together. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
With Suzy Kim, Associate Professor of Korean History at Rutgers University and author of the book Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950. About the book: During the founding of North Korea, competing visions of an ideal modern state proliferated. Independence and democracy were touted by all, but plans for the future of North Korea … Continued
We look at Bernie Sanders’ and Hillary Clinton’s proposals–how much do they plan on spending and how much taxing if elected? Then in the second half, an omnibus bill just passed in Congress. It includes provisions about visa waivers for people who have traveled to the Middle East which some organizations are labeling discriminatory. Last, we’ll … Continued
Seymour Hersh’s Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Undermined Obama on Syria with Tacit Help to Assad; Sy Hersh: Backing Assad’s Ouster, Has Hillary Clinton Forgotten the Lessons of Iraq & Libya? Pete Seeger, Folk Legend & FBI Target: Declassified Docs Show Iconic Singer Was Spied on for Decades.
At this time of year many people who suffer from addictions find the holidays to be particularly stressful. Isolation, illness, poverty, neglect, pain, and abuse, are some of the things that can influence a person to use drugs as an escape from what they are feeling and thinking. I will be joined by Jennifer Golick, LMFT and Jorge … Continued
Death, decay, and interment are not the merriest of topics, but they are fundamental aspects of human life as part of nature. Yet much of the time, scholar Suzanne Kelly argues, we don’t want to acknowledge our connection with other natural cycles of life. Kelly reflects on American’s fear of decay, the social history of … Continued
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All around the world with Solistice sentiments from Vivaldi to Stormy Weather with Host Last Will
With Larry Siems, human writes activist, writer, and editor of Guantanamo Diary, a handwritten memoir by Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi, of what he calls his “endless world tour” of detention and interrogation — an odyssey that began when he turned himself in for questioning in his native Mauritania in November 2001, and included renditions to Jordan, … Continued
Spain Elections Voters in Spain went to the polls this weekend to vote in the country’s Parliamentary elections. Two of the country’s newer political parties picked up seats. The anti-austerity party, Podemos, captured 20% of the vote. Ciudadanos, the pro-business centrist party won 14%. It’s created a situation where at least three of the four … Continued
As Sanders Chides Clinton on Regime Change, Is Democratic Front-Runner Touting a GOP Foreign Policy? Bernie Blackout? As DNC Accused of Targeting Sanders, Corporate Media Ignores Historic Campaign; Bernie Sanders on Challenging Wall Street: “CEOs May Like Hillary — They Ain’t Going to Like Me”; Is the DNC Afraid of Democracy? Clinton WH Counselor Says … Continued
