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The 2nd Revolution: Dismantling Corporate Rule

Airs at: Wed, 06/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
We live "drenched in corporate culture," with our planet, our democracy, and all of us "real people" under assault. But, according to Paul Cienfuegos, "We the people are more powerful than we dare to believe," and the corporate power structure CAN be dismantled. A long-time... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Frann Michele hosts this edition of the Old Mole, featuring discussions of Wisconsin's recall election, the legend of Robin Hood and its continuing resonance today, the so-called "obesity epidemic," and what happens when libertarians think about (their own) working conditi... Read more

Accumulation of Fat & Capital

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Is capitalism's latest fix for the problems of overproduction and overaccumulation to put the excess into our poor bodies?  The new HBO series "The Weight of the Nation" explores the "epidemic" of obesity in the US without making some important connections.  They are made h... Read more

Understanding Hearing Voices with guest psychologist Eleanor Longden

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Madness Radio
Hosted by Will Hall In this episode Madness Radio asks, What is the meaning of hearing voices? Is it a malfunctioning brain, or a clue to childhood trauma asking to be understood? UK psychologist Eleanor Longden survived a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and went on to ... Read more

Gretchen Reynolds and The First Twenty Minutes

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Hosted by Dr. David Naimon Gretchen Reynolds, the author of the New York Times column "Phys Ed," has been writing about the science of health and fitness for a more than a decade.  Host David Naimon talks with Reynolds about her new book "The First 20 Minutes." Learn why R... Read more

Overaccumulation: Capital and Fat

[audio here] The economic crisis that we face today, and that we are battling in Wisconsin, in Portland, and in occupations and activism around the world, is just an acute phase of one of the regular crises that capitalism faces. Capitalism always needs to grow, to find new... Read more

Abe and Joe ponder the recent preponderance of religious misbehavior.

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Some three centuries into the Age of Reason, there still seem to be an inordinate number of public clashes between the secular and the sacred. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is using the two-week runup to the 4th of July to ... Read more

Tillicum Wawa with Cynthia King/News on Winnemem Wintu/Upcoming "Return Voyage" Event

What a great learning opportunity, speaking with Cynthia King, Native herbalist and owner of The Herb Shed! Her specialty is aromatherapy...at one point she sprayed cedar mist in the air room. The calming and balancing effects left us very relaxed. I thinks that could be he... Read more

Susan Pease Banitt on "The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out"

Airs at: Wed, 05/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is widely pervasive catastrophe affecting millions of Americans, and in her recently published The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out, author and therapist Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW, describes PTSD as a whole body tragedy ... Read more

Fresh Start offers free education on natural health topics

Airs at: Wed, 05/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Americans have a lower life expectancy rate, higher rates of heart disease and cancer, and an infant mortality rate that is twice as high as other rich industrialized nations. With the intention of restoring "the nation to natural optimum health," a nonprofit health organiz... Read more