The future of the fossil fuel industry

Joe Romm says it is "morally unconscionable" for the fossil fuel industry, and their allies in Congress, to stand in the way of action on climate change. Romm's a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and former U.S. Department of Energy official.
Source: This program was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco at The Commonwealth Club on July 19, 2010

Scott Horton Interviews Juan Cole

Juan Cole discusses Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's Prime Minister and the short-term marginalization of Moqtada al-Sadr. Juan Cole is Professor of History and author of Engaging the Muslim World.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Juan Cole on November 17, 2010


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The Russian Heat Storm

Record heat, drought & fires swept Russia. Ecoshock Radio speaks with Greenpeace Moscow, and author Dmitry Orlov sort out events & meaning. Plus Lester Brown speaks on grain loss.
Source: Ecoshock Radio Sept. 3, 2010

Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter

Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses the U.N. fact finding mission that concluded Israeli commandos executed flotilla-activist.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter from October 21, 2010

From Megawatts to Negawatts

Instead of consuming megawatts, the founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute says we need to be producing negawatts. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Amory Lovins about his energy efficient lifestyle.
Source: Living on Earth on March 28, 2008

How Climate Change Affects You 

By Amy Goodman, journalist and host of Democracy Now
Weather reports and climate change.
Source: Democracy Now Aug 10, 2010








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Robert Fisk talks with Cindy Sheehan about the Middle East

From September 26, 2010, Cindy interviews British journalist, Robert Fisk, who has been living in the Middle East and reporting from there for decades. He is an English writer and journalist and has primarily been based in Beirut for more than 30 years. Fisk holds more British and International Journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent. Fisk has said that journalism must, "challenge authority, all authority, especially so when governments and politicians take us to war."
Source: Audio Archives of Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox

Scott Horton Interviews Scott Horton, the international human rights lawyer on October 26, 2010

The other Scott Horton is also a professor and contributing editor at Harper's magazine.  They discuss the maintenance of order and civility in Kyrgyzstan despite a rather chaotic election result, and the already infamous Frago 242 order (revealed by WikiLeaks) issued from high up the chain of command that demanded U.S. soldiers ignore the torture and human rights violations perpetrated by their Iraqi allies.  They touch on Donald Rumsfeld's ignorance of the obligation of soldiers to prevent inhumane treatment.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews The Other Scott Horton

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The War Over Climate Continues

Interviews of Eric Pooley and Eli Kintisch from August 18th, 2010

Francesca Rheannon talks with Eric Pooley about the politics of climate change. His book is THE CLIMATE WAR: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth. Also, Eli Kintisch on geo-engineering; his book is HACKING THE PLANET: Science's Best Hope - or Worst Nightmare - for Averting Climate Catastrophe. This is 59 minutes.
Source: The War Over Climate: Eric Pooley and Eli Kintisch

Scott Horton Interviews Andrew Bacevich from August 09, 2010

Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University and author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War, discusses the bipartisan business of war-making, the destructive patriotism of Washington power elites, why military power is useless at effecting positive social change. This is 9 minutes. Source: Scott Horton Interviews Andrew Bacevich

From Living on Earth with Judy Pasternak on Oct. 1, 2010
Yellow Dirt - Navajo country provided a significant share of the America's Cold War uranium. But when the mining companies walked away, no one told people not to build houses out of the material left behind. This is also 9 minutes. Source: Yellow Dirt

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The future of the post World War II American Empire

Scott Horton Interviews Gabriel Kolko


Professor Gabriel Kolko discusses the catastrophic post World War II American Empire. Included is the phony Cold War against the U.S.S.R., and attempted domination of the poor countries and the coming destruction - one way or another - of America's global position.

Gabriel Kolko is the leading historian of modern warfare. He is the author of the World in Crisis: the End of the American Century and After socialism: reconstructing critical social thought. This 58 minutes.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Gabriel Kolko on February 05, 2007

Scott Horton Interviews Darwin BondGraham

Darwin BondGraham discusses the massive giveaways to weapons manufacturers that will occur after the Senate ratifies the New START Treaty, and the prompt global strike capability that will let Obama rain death on anyone in the world in 30 minutes or less, and the billions budgeted for new nuclear weapons infrastructure.

Darwin BondGraham is a member of the Los Alamos Study Group. He's an ethnographer and historian with a PhD in sociology. His current work focuses on economic and social development and he writes occasionally for Counterpunch, Z Magazine and Foreign Policy in Focus. This is 21 minutes.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Darwin BondGraham on November 04, 2010

Are California's Renewable Energy Goals Attainable?

Engineers have connected the first utility-size, pure-solar power station to California's electrical grid. It's the next step toward a goal to have 33 percent of electrical power from renewable sources by 2020. Reporter: Lauren Sommer. This is 5 minutes.
Source: The California Report Magazine from May 28 2010

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