Beirut Bombings: Dozens Killed as ISIL Continues Attacks on Foes Outside Its Territory; “Tomorrow’s Battlefield”: As U.S. Special Ops Enter Syria, Growing Presence in Africa Goes Unnoticed; In Nationwide Student Revolt over Campus Racism, NY’s Ithaca College is Latest School to Erupt.
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Host Derk Richardson welcomes jazz singer Laurie Antonioli to the studio. Laurie’s new album is “Varuna,” her second with the brilliant pianist Richie Beirach, recorded in Leipzig and California. Last year’s, “Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light” landed on several year-end best-of lists. Laurie will talk about her work–she also heads the Vocal Jazz Studies program at the California Jazz Conservatory in … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: ISIS claims multiple suicide bombing in Beirut, killing over 40 and seriously wounding over 200. We’ll feature a report from the ground in Beirut on the deadly bombing. Also, Dr. Mads Gilbert on treating the victims of two murderous Israeli assaults on the Gaza strip. And we’ll be joined by our own … Continued
Caroline hosts Osprey Orielle Lake, author of Uprising for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with the Earth on her way to Paris Talks ( 11.30.15 – New Moon on December 11th). The Venusian Trickster Redeemer is getting ready to bound onto the world stage, in all our hearts.
Join Sarah Holmes for a discussion of respiratory health and the herbs that can support what ails you.
A history on insane asylums and the multi-generational movements for the rights of people with psychiatric disabilities. Mary De Young, professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University and author of Madness: An American History of Mental Illness and its Treatment
Philip Maldari speaks to journalist Reese Erlich who has been on the ground in Syria where the United States, Russia, Turkey and many others are operating in the multitude of overlapping conflicts. We focus on Turkey’s role. Who are they targeting and with what intent? In the second half, we talk to East Bay Express journalist David Downs. He’ll tells … Continued
Center for American Progress Hosts Netanyahu as Leaked Emails Show Group Censored Staff on Israel; Our Economy Is Not Working: JCenter for American Progress on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15; “A Very Big Mistake”: Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP; Stiglitz: Sanders is Right–Everybody Has the Right to Healthcare, Sick … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Fighting racist police violence and homelessness in Salinas California. Also, was the pro pot vote stolen electronically in Ohio last Tuesday? And Pappy Bush spills the beans, sort of, on his son’s huge blunder into Iraq in 2003.
If it’s just a matter of time before humans create self-aware, artificially intelligent machines and robots, then what can Buddhist thought offer to that enterprise? James Hughes thinks Buddhist psychology and cosmology can and should inform the creation and design of AI beings. For one thing, Hughes doesn’t believe it’s ethical to create self-aware machine minds … Continued
