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Elephant Sanctuary

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2022 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
  In this episode of Voices for the Animals, cohost Courtney Scott talks to renowned captive elephant expert, Carol Buckley. Carol takes us on her incredible journey from elephant trainer in a circus to her decision to cofound The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee -- a world... Read more

"Contemporary Poetry: The Arab American Turn" with Poets Fady Joudah and Hayan Charara

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Arab Voices
  The Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies at the University of Houston held its Annual AAEF Dr. Burhan and Mrs. Misako Ajouz Professor of Arab Studies Distinguished Lecture in Literature on September 8, 2022, at the University of Houston under the ... Read more

Who We Are As Beings

Airs at: Fri, 09/23/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Squirrels Know
  Join Ender Black on another night of remembrance of our ancient origins. A human emergence that spans realms where time and space are outdated and unnecessary concepts. An anamnesis of our relationship with our fellow beings on the planet and the universe. A recognition ... Read more

Haitian Voices of Resistance Today

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Sojourner Truth Radio
  Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you excerpts from a recent webinar titled, Haitian Voices of Resistance Today. Listeners receive an update on the latest in the crisis in Haiti from organizers on the ground. 09-21-2022          Read more

Putin's Nuclear Threat & MAD - It's Roots in the Colonial Origin Story

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
Putin's declaration yesterday that "those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them," the threat of a nuclear catastrophe looms again. Here in Portland, Oregon, we live downstream from the Hanford Nuclear s... Read more

Skeptic Check: New UFO Evidence

Airs at: Wed, 09/21/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  It was a shocker of a story, splashed across the New York Times front page: The existence of a five-year long, hidden Pentagon investigation of UFOs. With two-thirds of the American public convinced that aliens are visiting Earth, could this study finally provide the pro... Read more

Big Picture Science Radio

  Big Picture Science is a weekly, one-hour radio show and podcast produced at the SETI Institute. Hosted by Seth Shostak, SETI Institute Fellow and Senior Astronomer, and science journalist Molly Bentley, Big Picture Science reports on modern science and technology with s... Read more

Power Grid Shut Down in US colony Puerto Rico; Rights violation for those fleeing violence and poverty

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on the Show: A major storm shuts down the electricity grid in Puerto Rico. Vulture capitalists and a corporate Junta are largly to blame for the repeated failure of the power grid. We’ll feature a special report from the storm-torn US colony. Also, are two border g... Read more

David Korten - "Our Planetary Existential Crisis"

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Our planet and humankind are in danger. The warnings coming from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres could not be more unambiguous. He says we are heading towards an unlivable world. We are on a fast track to climate disaster. Major cities under water. Unprecedented he... Read more

Charles Seife on fusion power; Neal Shubin on his human evolution theory

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Guests: Dr. Charles Seife talks about the prospects for fusion energy; and Dr. Neil Shubin on our evolution from the fishes   Host: Dr. Michio Kaku, popular physicist, scientist and speaker, professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Gradu... Read more