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WEEK ENDING 12 FEB 2010

 

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FOOD RULES
SIMPLE RULES FOR EATING SMARTLY... AND FIXING THE FOOD SYSTEM

image of the food pyramid in a plate-shape pie chart; feature story is FOOD RULES - SIMPLE RULES FOR EATING SMARTLY... AND FIXING THE FOOD SYSTEM Democracy Now — 08 Feb 2010
Author and food-system critic Michael Pollan discusses the entire spectrum of food issues. Topics include: industrial farms and pollution; politics, subsidies and food libel laws; grain reserves and commodities vultures; nutrition research and deceptive marketing; food's importance to social cohesion.

Pollan's core advice: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." Another of the rules found in his book: "Eat all the junk food you like—as long as you cook it yourself."

Watch  |  Download/Listen   49:14

Related movies on Amazon.com:
-- Food, Inc.
-- King Corn

Related book:
-- Food Rules:  An Eater's Manual

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-- Rainbow Diet
-- Crisis Affecting Agriculture

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-- Junk Food Cartoon
-- Funny Food News

HOT & WHAT NOT

King World News

John Williams:  Shoveling Money into the Furnace — 06 Feb 2010 — John Williams says the data are clear: the government is on its way to more money printing; serious inflation is coming, and hyperinflation is still in the cards; the financial situation is about to get worse; states like California are in real trouble.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   24:04

C-Realm Podcast

Big Beachheads in the Land of Stupid — 10 Feb 2010 — Is societal collapse and a Malthusian Correction a workable path to a better future? Alex Steffen of WorldChanging.org says, "No." Moral considerations aside, a population die back and the scarcity that drive it would spell very bad news for the Earth's natural systems. What's the best path forward, then?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:00

Nutrition Diva

Should You be Worried About Mercury in Fish? — 10 Feb 2010 — The topic is mercury in fish:  who needs to worry about it, how much they need to worry about it, and the smartest ways to worry about it.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:02

Free Speech Radio News

Iran:  Protesters Clash, Enriched Uranium Back in the News
11 Feb 2010 — On the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, protesters and government forces clashed on the streets of Tehran and in other cities. Meanwhile, in a speech President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that for the first time, Iran has processed uranium to an enrichment level of 20 percent.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:13

Haiti Relief Efforts Struggling — 11 Feb 2010 — One month after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the death toll has rise to 230,000 and many Haitians are still living in makeshift tents built out of sheets, plastic, and cardboard.... And the rainy season is coming.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:43

Iraq War Veteran Faces Extradition and Trial After Song Against "Stop-Loss" Policy — 08 Feb 2010 — Marc Hall spent 14 months in Iraq and was due to end his military contract at the end of February. Instead, like thousands of other soldiers, he received a stop-loss order that would continue his active duty and send him back to Iraq. So Hall recorded and released a song as a form of protest. Now he's in the brig.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:16

Democracy Now

Dennis Kucinich on US Assassinations, Corporate Money in Elections — 09 Feb 2010 — Dennis Kucinich is one of the few straight-shooters left in Congress. Here he comments on the Obama Administration's decision that US forces can assassinate Americans believed to be involved in terrorist activity as well as the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing unions, corporations, and other special interests to spend unlimited amounts of money to elect and defeat candidates.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   15:01

Flashpoints

Catherine Austin Fitts:  Money on the Run — 10 Feb 2010 — Fitts says money players in the financial markets are behaving like a herd of sheep, running from wolves and hidden dangers, only to find each new safe place is not safe after all. She also talks about California's financial crisis and its relationship to the larger problems.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   15:07

CATCHING UP ON...
THE CORPORATOCRACY

Against the Grain

Taking on the State
26 Jan 2010 — In Stuart Archer Cohen's novel The Army of the Republic, picture of cover of Stuart Archer Cohen's novel The Army of the Republic the US has suffered a severe economic collapse. Bankrupt governments have been forced to sell off public assets to corporations; the Federal government has gone full fascist; Blackwater-like security forces repress protest. All this spurs grassroots activists and underground militants to directly confront the power of the state. In this interview, Cohen talks about organizing, revolution, privatization, corporate power, and other issues addressed in his book.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen 53:44

Cohen's novel (on Amazon.com):
The Army of the Republic

Guns and Butter

The New Junk Economics – From Democracy to Neo-Liberal Oligarchy
10 Feb 2010 — Michael Hudson says ... A coming rise in interest rates will wipe out the pension funds ~~ The big banks have to take average people's remaining wealth to keep their profits rolling along ~~ Obama, as a supposed liberal Democrat, is doing the bidding of The Powers That Be in a way that Bush, a conservative Republican, could not ~~ "Neo-liberal economics" is actually the opposite of classical liberalism
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:53

Michael Hudson Article:
Obama's Junk Economics  (on Counterpunch)

Max Keiser Radio

Products Devolving to "Crappy Fall-Apart Stuff" — 06 Feb 2010 — Segments include ... If you think the UK strategy should be to deliver death, destruction, and profits, they're doing a brilliant job! ~~ How is it that global crimes can continue to be committed? ~~ Why are all products devolving to "crappy fall-apart stuff"? ~~ The trade/currency war is heating up!
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   57:40

The Real News

Carbon Caps – Who Gets the Cash? — 08 Feb 2010 — James Boyce points out that different models of carbon cap legislation serve different interests. He thinks the "auction, cap and rebate" approach is a better way to control carbon emissions than a model that gives picture of James Boyce windfall profits to fossil-fuel-related industries. He also thinks carbon offsets turn the cap into a sieve, and that trading in permits creates a speculators' market.
PART1:
Watch  |  Download/Listen   11:23
PART2:
Watch  |  Download/Listen   11:47
PART3:
Watch  |  Download/Listen   11:09

CATCHING UP ON...
EARTH CHANGES, SPACE STUFF

Coast To Coast

Mitch Battros:  Mayans, Solar Flares, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
02 Feb 2010 — How did the Mayans decipher the secrets of the cosmos and long-range calendars? Were they technologically advanced? Mitch Battros thinks they may have had a much deeper understanding of and connection to the capabilities hidden deep in the human vessel. Also discussed: solar issues, poles shifts, earthquakes, and the Yellowstone volcano.
Download/Listen   1:00:00
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Notes:
(1) The MP3s above are mirrors of KSFO's full-hour MP3's, thus the clips contain news and commercials along with content. The meaty portions run roughly from 10:00-29:00 and 38:00-58:00.
(2) You can see Coast To Coast pages for this interview or a list of latest shows.

Two Beers With Steve

Peak Oil And It's Effect On The Healthcare Industry — 09 Feb 2010 — Dr. Peter Gray thinks the healthcare industry is overlooking a very serious threat—Peak Oil. Other topics include the US healthcare debate, medicinal marijuana, and the rampant use of tranquilizers by Americans.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   53:31

Jim Hightower

Three Hightower commentaries on the tactics and excesses of uber-rightwingers, 9-11 Feb 2010...

Getting to Know the Right Wing
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

Corporations Want "The Lion's Share"
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

Corporate Money Funds Right-Wing Attack on Senator's Office
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

Media Minutes

Amateur Reporting — 12 Feb 2010 — YouTube and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting have kicked off a new contest that gives amateur and aspiring journalists a chance to share their stories with the world ~~ How networked progressive media can impact a broad range of political issues
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:00

Food Chain Radio

The Food Safety Totalitarians — 06 Feb 2010 — Nicole Johnson explains how food scares caused by products from the industrial food sector are being used as an excuse by the government-corporate agribusiness axis to exert tighter control over small and local producers—who aren't causing the problems!
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   42:33

MORE COOL & CLASSIC & CATCHING UP

Survival Podcast

CSAs and Modern Survival Philosophy — 05 Feb 2010 — CSAs are a good way to get fresh, local food. An established CSA relationship with a local farmer not only supports local agriculture but might prove to be a valuable asset if we encounter food scarcity in the future.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   56:41

Situational Awareness and Normalcy Bias — 03 Feb 2010 — We can improve personal security and safety by developing "situational awareness" in everyday activities. Also discussed: "normalcy bias" and how the rapid onset of stress can prevent us from acting decisively in a tough situation.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:41

Peak Moment

The Heart of Permaculture – Getting Beyond the Artificial World
Dec 2009 — We're reliant on fossil energy, trapped in a disjointed society, existing in sterile subdivisions, eating industrial food. Permaculture is part of the solution.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   27:53

American Radioworks

Chris Farrell:  The New Frugality — Jan 2010 — As America wises up to the ills of consumer debt, Chris Farrell encourages us to develop a healthier relationship with our personal finances. But we have to go beyond balancing budgets; we have to decide how to live a good life, figuring out what we really value, and then putting our money behind those goals and beliefs.
Download/Listen   13:06

Chris Farrell book:
The New Frugality:  How to Consume Less, Save More and Live Better

More American Radioworks here

COOL & CLASSIC
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

Project Camelot

Alex Collier at Project Camelot's L.A. Conference — Sep 2009 — In The X-Files television series, there was an ongoing subplot that our governments had long ago made dumb picture of X Files logo secret deals with malevolent aliens, and now those deals had become a danger to us all. What if that turns out to be more than just fiction? Alex Collier gives a fascinating, frightful, and motivating talk about the world that extends beyond what we can see and hear and feel.
Watch  |  Download/Listen 1:43:41

Related:
'The X Files' DVDs  (on Amazon.com)

The Real News

Yemen:  The Real Conflict — 01 Feb 2010 — Independent journalist Walid Al-Saqaf says there is a battle between Yemen's poor and suppressed factions against the country's dictatorship, and that is a better description of what's going on in the country than the West's appellation of "terrorism."
Watch  |  Download/Listen   8:52

Danny Schecter:  Plunder—A Wall Street Story — Jan 2010 — Danny Schecter argues that one of the hurdles to solving the issues related to the financial meltdown is for the mainstream media to stop treating it as an economic story and start treating it as a crime story.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   9:33

JUST FOR FUN

Quirks and Quarks

The Neuroscience of a Gunfight — 06 Feb 2010 — We've seen it a hundred times in Westerns: There's a gunfight. The bad guy draws but the good guy draws faster and wins the fight. Does science suggest any reasons that the second gunfighter to draw actually does have an advantage?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   10:04

Does Swallowed Gum Get Stuck in Your Stomach? — 06 Feb 2010 — There's a motherly axiom that swallowed gun stays in your stomach for seven years. Is there any truth to it? What actually happens to gum when you swallow it?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:52

NPR

Science-Fiction Music Through the Ages
09 Feb 2010 — While modern songs like David Bowie's "Star Man" or The Byrds' "Mr. Spaceman" are well known space-alien songs, up-there/out-there musings appeared in American music as early as the turn of the 19th century. Science fiction and fantasy in music actually extends back hundreds of years, with the supernatural beings found in English and Scottish folk ballads.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:07

Radio Parallax

Phil Proctor of the Legendary Firesign Theatre — May 2009 — A fun interview with Phil Proctor, one of the driving forces behind the inimitable comedy troupe Firesign Theatre. The clip opens the classic Firesign bit, "Beat the Reaper."
Download/Listen   19:13

More Radio Parallax here

Related audio:
"Beat the Reaper" MP3  (on Amazon.com)

 
 
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