More Prop 4 & Santa Barbara Offshore Drilling On today’s show, we’ll do a deeper dive into Prop 4 and its contents which CA voters passed this election season with The Climate Center’s Communications Director Ryan Schleeter. We’ll switch gears and speak to Center for Biological Diversity’s senior campaigner Brady Bradshaw and dig into the … Continued
Episode 186 – Backtrack Vol2 We rewind to take a second stab at digital downloads, combing for unaired gems, including Chat Pile, Slauson Malone 1, PEB, Small Medium Large, Panstarrs, Aquaserge, Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood Of Breath, Ahleuchatistas, Sockethead, Ben Lumsdaine, and Red Snapper. Curator Chris Cory: “This is the second in our Backtrack Series, where … Continued
COP29 – False Solutions On today’s show, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Conference Of Parties 29 started this week. I’ll speak to Souparna Lahiri, Senior Climate and Biodiversity Policy Advisor for Global Forest Coalition about the false solutions being presented. From the Global Forest Coalition Press Release: “At UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, the … Continued
RERUN: Episode 86 – Best of ABOT 4 Original Airdate: 1/4/22 Our fourth in a series of Best Of Shows including the Anarchist Republic of Bzzzzz, Get The Blessing, Roll The Dice, Ras G, Zeroh, Black Flower, Being Selfish, Family Fodder, PREMIER, Aphex Twin, Klein, The Bug, Kevin Ayers, Nova Materia, Kiefer, Sharon Van Etten, … Continued
On today’s show, I’ll speak to filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee about her documentary “Standing Above the Clouds”. This is the ongoing story about the fight against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai’i. “Standing Above the Clouds was created through a collaborative process with our film protagonists. Through making this film, … Continued
On today’s show, we’ll hear about the importance of down ballot voting as well as the importance of voting climate champions into office w/Zoe Jonick of 350 Bay Area/350 Bay Area Action. And take a deeper dive into the “Polluters Pay Package” that Governor Newsom has signed w/Christina Scaringe, strategist for The Center for Biological … Continued
On today’s show, delegates from the Basandja Coalition based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are half-way through an eight-city U.S. tour. I’ll speak to Marie Claire Faray and Basandja founder Samuel Yagase about the tour and the climate crisis. This trip was sponsored by Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo.
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Episode 184 – Half and Half #2 On today/tonight’s show, the latest releases (mostly experimental music) and reissues both in vinyl and digital, including IVVVO, Subtle, Aboutface, Cindy Lee, Hakushi Hasegawa, Angels In America, Ex-Continent, The Muffins, Chat Pile, Eda Er, Gokche Uygun, Toso Toso, and Alif. We are going to start off by going through the records that we have received since the last needledrop show. There … Continued
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Episode 183 – Fall Needledrop From the ever flowing river of vinyl, whose flow will increase with the changing seasons, we fished out Ivor Cutler, Angelique Kudjo, Blake Fleming, Wu-Lu, CivilistJavel!, Bogdan Raczynski, James Holden, Thurston Moore, Aerial M, and the Butthole Surfers. Curator Chris Cory: “The detritus of the ABOT shipping department has drifted … Continued
On today’s show, Heinz Award for the Environment recipients Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer, co-founders and co-executive directors of the Women’s Earth Alliance. Women’s Earth Alliance WEA empowers women’s leadership in the environmental space because women are often most affected by environmental issues, yet are unrecognized for their expertise, underrepresented in decision-making processes and underfunded. … Continued
