On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich interviews Catherine Lutz about the history of US-Guam relationships. Catherine Lutz is a professor at the Watson Institute at Brown University. Then: Just a year after the US atomic bombing of Japan in 1945, American journalist John Hersey traveled to Japan and wrote a lengthy three-part series for … Continued
Donald Trump threatens to unleash “fire and fury” at North Korea leading Kim Jong Un to respond with a warning that he might send a missile toward Guam, a US territory housing a major military base. On today’s show we’ll turn to North Korea expert Tim Shorrock. Then, Erik Prince, the notorious founder of the … Continued
On today’s show, hosts Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks talk about diversity at Google, and in tech more broadly – and take your calls. Google is the midst of a blow-up over an internal memo circulated by one of its engineers suggesting the reason so few women work there might have something to do with … Continued
Why Is U.S. Threatening War with North Korea Instead of Pushing for Negotiations? Andrew Bacevich: Trump’s Handling of N. Korea, His First National Security Crisis, is Very Troubling; Former DOJ Civil Rights Head: Jeff Sessions Is Implementing an Anti-Civil Rights Agenda.
Michael Goldberg, former Rolling Stone editor and senior writer, and founder of the pioneering online music site Addicted to Noise, has just published his third novel, Untitled, the final installment of his Freak Scene Dream Trilogy, which includes True Love Scars and The Flowers Lied. They are tales of “Love, Truth, Innocence & Loyalty. Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll … Continued
Are children inherently creative? What might be taken as a given is actually a relatively new notion. And, as Amy Ogata argues, it took hold in the United States under particular circumstances: driven in part by Cold War anxieties about the health of the nation, along with the desire by toy manufacturers to sell products … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich talks with Tom Collina, Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund about the nuclear capabilities of both the US and North Korea. The Ploughshares Fund is a public grant making foundaton that supports initiatives to prevent the spread nad use of nuclear, bilogical and chemical weapons and other weapons … Continued
Federal government scientists, worried about climate science suppression, have leaked the final draft of a damning report on global warming to the press. On today’s show we’ll speak with Liz Perera, Climate Policy Director of the Sierra Club for an understanding of why the report was leaked and what it says. Then, Mark LeVine will … Continued
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Today on Flashpoints: The beconing of nuclear war: an interview with legendary award winning filmmaker, author and investigative reporter, John Pilger. And we’ll feature excerpts from a panel organized by Rootsaction.org, held today in Washington D.C, calling for the withdrawal of US military aircraft from Syrian airspace.
