Well start todays show with a look at a new and terrifying study about microscopic plastics in drinking water has found massive contamination worldwide. My guest Chris Tyree is a journalist with Orb Media and hell discuss the story he has co-authored called Invisibles: The Plastic Inside Us. Then, we’ll turn to academic William Robinson, … Continued
The number of people with sexually transmitted diseases in California has hit a record high for a second year, with an increase of 40% from just 5 years ago. Join Dr. Will Courtenay and his guests Dr. Heidi Bauer, Chief of the state’s Public Health STD Control Program and Dr. Ina Park from UCSF.
Host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Louis S. Warren about his book Gods Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America, which describes the pan-Indian religious movement that swept across the west and the great plain as a form of resistance and reconciliation to colonialism. This book is critical to understanding how … Continued
Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, spoke words that are all too relevant today. Mrs Hamer would have turned 100 years old on October 6th 2017. Today on Making Contact, you’ll hear archival recordings, and excerpts from a powerful new film featuring Fannie Lou Hamer’s contemporaries– themselves now elders. You’ll hear about the context of … Continued
Salima Hamirani speaks with May Jeong about her article for In These Times on the American trained militia groups tasked with carrying out the ugliest parts of the ongoing war, and furthering American interests. May discusses the complexities that come with arming one remote group in the name of foreign stakeholder benefit. In the second … Continued
Nuclear Ban Group ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize as Trump Threatens to End Iran Deal & Nuke North Korea; Are Trump’s Efforts to Sabotage Iran Nuclear Deal a Precursor for U.S. War with Iran?; Will the NRA Use Regulation of “Bump Stocks” as Excuse to Avoid “Real Action” on Gun Control? Special Report: Puerto Ricans … Continued
The electoral college, voter suppression, gerrymandering, filibusters, deportations, incarceration, unequal pay, a healthcare crisis and more – these are only some of the many issues that plague the United States and our government. On today’s show we’ll examine the root causes that are actually embedded in our own Constitution. My guest will be Sanford Levinson … Continued
Tonight, we talk about the significance and practice of direct action from Asian Americans who believe that this tactic is crucial to our movement. We look at the history of Asian Americans doing direct action, notable examples, and most importantly, how direct action is being used by Asian Americans today. Tonight’s show will feature brilliance … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, An extended front-line update on the struggle to get life and death aid to US citizens in Puerto Rico, still reeling from the storm. Also, Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network responds to Governor Brown signing of SB 54 declaring all of California a Sanctuary State
Caroline welcomes the return of Eric Davis, science-myth wizard, author of TechGnosis, perspicacious playful liberating jaunty discerning magical intellect with whom to co-animate the desirable potential of now, keeper of the Hermetic realms, history of entheo sci-fi, illusion – “in-ludo = “in the game,” v. delusion = “out of the game.” (and discerning betwixt the former which strives … Continued
