The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Notes on the practice of re-enchantment

  Caroline welcomes fellow Water Dragon – Brooke Williams, scientist with soul of poet…. Let us all be Intimate with world  by being able to read it symbolically…. Tis Spring Now….When we are reminded of the opportunity-responsibility of being human, to borrow qualities of Intelligence from the Flora Fauna Fungi with whom we share this Earth … Continued


Anthony Lewis (1927-2013), Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and columnist, discussing the history of the First Amendment in a 2008 interview. Martin Amis (1949-2021) talking about his novel “Lionel Asbo” and the cult of celebrity, and about his friend Christopher Hitchens in an interview recorded in 2012. Also: Reviews of “Art” at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage and “Nobody Loves You” at ACT Toni Rembe Theatre. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Transgender philosophy professor Talia Mae Bettcher (“Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy”) confronts a world that oppression has turned upside down, and has some bold suggestions for radical, liberating action to stop trans erasure (interviewed by Tanya Kane-Parry). And in NewsWrap: the U.S. Department of the Navy puts its plans to expel Navy and … Continued


Law & Disorder

Israel Renews Gaza Bombings; Antioch Police Officer Incarcerated; Plus State Terror Roundup

We start today’s show with our recurring segment, the State Terror Roundup. Then, as Israel unleashes renewed waves of bombings on Gaza, we speak with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Then, to Antioch, California, where in 2023, the FBI … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now 6am – March 20, 2025

On today’s show: Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests “Murder the Truth”: David Enrich on Right-Wing Campaign to Silence Journalists and Protect the Powerful Disappeared: U.S. Sends Venezuelan LGBTQ Asylum Seeker to El Salvador’s Version of Guantánamo