Thursday, July 26, 2012

American Political Corruption Up Close

In this program, you visit the rooms of Washington, D.C. where the deals get made, where the checks change hands — and hear from the people writing and receiving the checks. Find out what, exactly, is the money buying? Also how Dan Lungren of Sacramento, CA managed to get reelected in 2010.
Source: Take the Money and Run for Office

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Philip Coggan
Four ways to end debt

"History is a battle between creditors and debtors," Philip Coggan says. "Every so often these two clash, there is a crisis and the whole system is remade." Coggan writes the Buttonwood column for the Economist magazine and is author of the book Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order.
Source: 'History Is A Battle Between Creditors And Debtors'

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Music includes Eugene Chadbourne - New New New War War War, Supaclean - Not War, Baghdad Suite, U2 - Peace On Earth, Pete Seeger - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, R-Three - That's OK, Ryan Harvey - In the Blink of an Eye, Charles Mingus - Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me, Phil Klein & Maria DeAngelis - Do You Hear?, Michael Jackson and Friends - What More Can I Give?, Terry Gangstad - Schizophrenia, Antrim Mennonite Choir - Amazing Grace

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Watching Big Brother As They Watch You

James Bamford
Inside the matrix with Tom Ashbrook and James Bamford. Author and journalist James Bamford on the vast new National Security Agency surveillance center going up in the Utah desert.
Source: The NSA’s New Secret Spy Hub

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Scott Horton
Scott Horton Interviews The Other Scott Horton

The Other Scott Horton (no relation), international human rights lawyer, discusses former CIA boss Jose Rodriguez’s defense of torture and the destruction of interrogation videos (that he ordered).
Source: Scott Horton Interviews The Other Scott Horton

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Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald on U.S. suppression of democracy
Source: Greenwald says 'US can only suppress democracy for so long'

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Music includes The Beach Boys - Student Demonstration Time, Machito & Mario Bauzá - Asia Minor, Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Tijuana Taxi, taacc01, Dixie Chicks - Travelin' Soldier, Radiowaves Mix 1.0, Love Peace Happiness - The Chambers Brothers, Carly Simon - Haven't Got Time For The Pain, Ron White - Naked Eating Cheetos, Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Maltese Melody, Ali-2001

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

How Climate Change Impacts the Economy and Health


Dan Ferber
Suzanne Jones
Merle Lefkoff
Douglas Ray
Larry Schweiger


Speakers talk about the likely effects of climate change on the world economy, environment, and health. They discuss possible scientific and governmental solutions.

Dan Ferber, Author, Changing Planet, Changing Health
Suzanne Jones, Co-Chairman Southern Rockies Conservation Alliance
Merle Lefkoff, President Ars Publica
Douglas Ray, Associate Director Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Larry Schweiger, President National Wildlife Federation
Source: Climate Change, The Economy, and Health

Music includes John McCutcheon - Duct Tape, George Patton, One Man Blam! - Farawayastan, William Clinton 1-20-1997, Pretenders - Middle of the Road, Robert F. Kennedy addresses the Democratic National Convention - 1964, Monty Python - Argument, The Wizard Of Oz - If I Only Had A Brain, Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Everyday Products With Cancer Hazards

Julia Brody
Ruthann Rudel
Lynn Goldman















A new study warns of unlabeled and potentially cancer-causing chemicals in many consumer products. Hear about some of the products scientists are the most concerned about. These scientists talk to Tom Ashbrook: Julia Brody, executive director of the Silent Spring Institute, which studies the link between environmental chemicals and our health, Ruthann Rudel, director of research at the Silent Spring Institute and Lynn Goldman, dean of the School of Public Health and Health Services at George Washington University.
Source: Household Cancer Hazards
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Richard Denison

Chemical Dangers In Everyday Products

There are tens of thousands of chemicals in consumer products. Only a fraction of these have been tested for toxicity and health effects in the U.S. Host Bruce Gellerman talks to Richard Denison, a senior scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund, about new studies that raise troubling health questions.
Source: Chemicals and Health
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Peter Van Buren
U.S. Government punishment of those who exposed government wrongdoing

Peter Van Buren, long-time U.S. State Department employee and author of "We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the War for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People," talks about government whistleblowers and the reactions of the U.S. government to silence them.
Source: TomCast for February 09, 2012: This Blows
Download or Play - Chemicals & Whistleblowers


Eric Schaeffer
Limiting Carbon From Future Power Plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working on the first national standards to limit CO2 emissions from new power plants. Eric Schaeffer of the watchdog group, the Environmental Integrity Project, talks to Bruce Gellerman about the EPA’s rules which have some loopholes but could be a big tool in fighting climate change. Source: Limiting Carbon From Future Power Plants
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Music includes R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), FDR 12-5-1938, Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground, War Warning from Madison (4th US President), Dave Lippman-Jena, Stephen Longfellow Fiske - Earth Anthem, Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio, Ryan Harvey - The Battle of Fort Wilson, Paul Revere The Raiders - Indian Reservation Cherokee People, Unreasonable Women, Louis Armstrong - Blue Again, Herb Alpert - A Taste Of Honey, Marx Brothers (The) - The Implausible Chico, Joan Baez - Sweet Sir Galahad

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