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  Dine' environmental activist, researching and exposing the idea that Native Nations have exclusive rights to the electromagnetic spectrum on and over their lands. She asserts this is Nature, therefore a natural resource and it should be treated as such.    ______ Darrah... Read more

Woody Biomass is being promoted as a carbon neutral climate solution. Proposals for industrial scale wood pellet projects are popping up in California and Washington State, that claim they will help to protect forests and benefit rural communities—as well as combat climate ... Read more

  Defending forests, obliterating dams, replanting watershed, and organizing against genocide (that is also ecocide): Frann Michel hosts this Earth Day episode, which includes these segments: Forest Defense In this Earth Day segment of "Field Notes,” Sophie Smith speaks w... Read more

  As the genocide in Gaza continues into its sixth month, activists and groups in solidarity with Palestinian freedom continue to organize for a cease-fire and an end to US military support for Israel. Journalist Kevin Foster talks with Zia Laboff, an organizer with Jewish... Read more

  Selections from CMarie Fuhrman's April 5, 2023 talk at the Washington State University Visiting Writers Series, about the hopefulness of obliterating dams and replanting forest on the South Fork of the Salmon River.  CMarie Fuhrman is an author and poet whose work is roo... Read more

  In this Earth Day segment of "Field Notes,” Sophie Smith speaks with Karen Coulter, director and co-founder of the Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project (BMBP). The discussion explores the critical ecological role of the mature and old growth forests on public lands to the... Read more

  "Toxic Exposure: The Monsanto Roundup Trials, and the Search for Justice", reveals the dark side of the world's most widely used herbicide. Jessica Aldridge interviewed Dr. Chadi Nabhan in 2023, who offers his expert insights on the link between glyphosate and cancer, th... Read more

  In this episode we consider the distinction between Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes as Diggers understand them. We also look at the riddle of life through the lens of The Passover Rite, and apotropaic ritual more generally with a lot of good music from Clara Ward, Toshiyu... Read more

Hardcore Variety Hour is a pop-up punk show on KBOO.  Matt C. and Shauna Faye welcome Andy Place again for part II of the Chatterbox vibe. Maybe we will see Compton joining us in-studio for increased shenanigans. Read more