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Grinning Planet Introduction
Events are moving far too fast for us to attempt to provide "the latest"; so instead, the focus here is providing context, perspective, and insights into the themes and trends of the broad wake-up that appears to be occurring among the general public to the thievery being perpetrated by the bankster class and their political minions.
C-Realm Podcast
The One Percent Narrative — 26 Oct 2011 — (1) Larry Lowe presents an audio montage to demonstrate how the CIA and corporate propagandists manage the opinions of the many for the benefit of the few. ~~ (2) Tim Bennett, creator of the film What a Way to Go: Life ant the End of Empire, talks about the difficult process of grappling with marginalized topics and fringe ideas. ~~ (3) Jay Smooth describes how the OWS movement is outing the corporate "ringers." ~~ (4) Matt Taibbi post about the Corporate Media strategy to discredit the OWS movement.
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The Lifeboat Hour
Finding Honor—The Proper Role for Police Officers at Peaceful Protests — 23 Oct 2011 — Mike discusses 'Occupy Wall Street'; the viral video of Shamar Thomas; appropriate and inappropriate roles for police officers in the protest areas; the coordinated global financial collapse, coming soon to an economy near you; plus answers to listener questions.
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Russia Today / The Keiser Report
John Perry Barlow: It's All Heading Towards 'Occupy Money' — 26 Oct 2011 — Max and Stacy's discussion includes ... bickering EU minions, Riot Granny in Athens, Libyan oil and Gaddafi's alleged net worth. ~~ Guest John Perry Barlow says all of the 'Occupy' movements are heading towards an 'Occupy Money' theme. He also discusses the problem with labels like "capitalism" and "Marxism"; and how the financial class is a plutocratic cancer on the economy.
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Democracy Now
Sowing the Seeds... from Tahrir Square to Liberty Plaza — 25 Oct 2011 — Asmaa Mahfouz, the 26-year-old Egyptian activist whose viral call-to-protest video helped to eventually toppled the regime of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, comments on the parallels to the new global 'Occupy' phenomenon.
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NPR
What Is The Basis For Corporate Personhood? — 24 Oct 2011 — As the OWS movement fingers "corporate personhood" as one of the ills it says must be addressed, a legal expert offers background on the evolution of the concept in the US.
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Flashpoints
The Death of Muammar Gaddafi—Background and Deep Politics — 20 Oct 2011 — Vijay Prashad offers a counter-narrative to the Western media's portrayal of Gaddafi's period of rule, his death, and the forces of empire behind it.
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Coast To Coast / KSFO
Retirement Heist—How Corporations Plunder Pension Plans — 22 Oct 2011 — Ellen E. Schultz discusses some of the many ways corporate elites have been systematically stealing from their workers' pension plans. Where did the money go? Important activities like restructuring, mergers/acquisitions, and, of course, executive bonuses and retirement plans.
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The Lifeboat Hour
There Is Not Much Beauty Left We Can Convert into Money — 16 Oct 2011 — Charles Eisenstein and Michael Ruppert discuss the importance of killing the infinite-growth paradigm and changing the basis of how money works (fractional reserve banking and seigniorage benefit to banksters) to a new monetary paradigm (to be determined).
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Democracy Now
William Black: Obama Has Done Nothing to Reign in Banksters — 19 Oct 2011 — William Black, a former watchdog in the era of the 1980s Savings & Loan debacle, talks about the current criminal behavior of the big banks and Wall Street firms, as well as the lack of prosecution under both the Bush II and Obama administrations. He also comments on the increasing problem of student loan burdens as well as the pros and cons of the "leaderless" style of the 'Occupy' movement.
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Press TV / On the Edge with Max Keiser
Banks, Bonds, Bullsh*t, and the EU's Greek Problem — 22 Oct 2011 — Ed Harrison explores the maze of the bond world, central banks and big banks, the crazy rules and relationships that exist, and the problem that Greece poses for the EU.
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ExtraEnvironmentalist
The Four Horsemen of Finance—Fraud, Theft, Propaganda, and Hegemony — 22 Oct 2011 — Ross Ashcroft discusses his upcoming film The Four Horsemen, which explains how the world really works through interviews with 23 leading alternative economists, Wall Street insider, and economic thinkers. Will our economy collapse because it is being orchestrated to do so or will finance fall apart because it is based on junk science?
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One Radio Network
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Andrew Gause: Our 'Free Trade' System Is Controlled and Manipulated — 26 Oct 2011 — Topics include: Why "free trade" as it is practiced today is not the answer. ~~ How what is going on in Europe will affect the US. ~~ Why long-term bonds are the worst idea right now. ~~ How fiat currency can actually work well. ~~ What's the scoop on Obama's latest plan for mortgage payers and student loans.
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Coast To Coast / KSFO
Jim Rawles on Surviving Disasters — 12 Oct 2011 — Rawles, editor of SurvivalBlog.com, comments on risks in the financial system, natural disasters, and other major disruptions that can cause widespread difficulties for everyday living, even threatening our well being. He stresses the importance of water filtration, food reserves, dealing with power outages, and the need to stay warm. Other topics include intrusion detection systems for houses and yards, investing in nickels (yes, nickels), and the importance of knowing and partnering with your neighbors.
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Peak Moment
Resilience and Food Preservation, Soccer Mom Style — 17 Oct 2011 — Kathy Harrison talks about the concepts in her book Just in Case—How to Be Self Sufficient when The Unexpected Happens. The focus is on food preservation, and how to make it fun and community-oriented.
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KunstlerCast
Listener Mailbag — 13 Oct 2011 — Topics include... Which is more resilient—Phoenix or Atlanta (and can we choose "neither")? ~~ Would repealing the gas tax hasten the demise of the unsustainable car culture? ~~ Why are the inner workings of the financial system so incomprehensible?
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Despotic Christian Theocrats on the Rise—Spiritual Warfare in the American Long Emergency — 06 Oct 2011 — JHK fears that as the "slow burn" of the US economy continues to savage the middle class, the US will inevitably see the rise of the somewhat crazy far-right Christian faction that wants to gain control of the levers of power.
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Living On Earth
Feeding a Growing Population — 21 Oct 2011 — As the world's population closes in on 7 billion, Janet Ranganathan of the World Resources Institute discusses strategies to sustainably feed the growing number of hungry humans. Her three-step plan is: reestablish agro-forestry practices in developing countries, improve degraded land, and reduce food waste. Her solutions do not include high dependence on chemical inputs or patented high-tech seeds.
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One Radio Network
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GM Foods, Biology, and Human Health — 21 Oct 2011 — Dr. Arpad Pusztai offers a fascinating discussion of genetic engineering, food, biology, commensal bacteria, and human health.
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Free Speech Radio News
The Battle to Stop GMO Salmon Continues — 18 Oct 2011 — Alaskan politicians are joining food safety groups in trying to prevent approval of genetically modified salmon. If approved, the salmon would be the first genetically modified animal to enter the food chain. Meanwhile, the US government is pushing for approval and has bailed out the teetering Aquabounty Corporation—which is currently developing the fish—with a $500,000 dollar "research grant."
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TUC Radio
Vandana Shiva: Genetic Engineering's War on Life — 15 Sep 2011 — Despite the fact that 70% of processed foods contain some level of genetically modified ingredient, the average American thinks they have never eaten any GM food. Vandana Shiva reviews the many offenses of the bio-imperialism of the corporate purveyors of GM technologies and seeds, especially their effort to capture all streams of revenue associated with food crops. "Life is not an invention," she points out, "and should not be patentable." She recommends that we all pursue the intersection of life and truth—especially via small, diverse farming activities and products—and then power will come.
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Food Chain Radio
Funding Fat — 15 Oct 2011 — Michael Russo of US PIRG discusses government subsidies for a number of farm crops that tend to contribute to being overweight or obese. Why is it that corn and soy—almost exclusively GM varieties—are subsidized while broccoli and spinach are not? Are cheap, non-nutritive calories from these sources related to our pandemic of obesity? Are we funding fat?
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Fairewinds Associates
Post Fukushima—All the King's Horses and All the King's Men — 22 Oct 2011 — Arnie Gundersen recently testified before the NRC Petition Review Board on why all GE BWR Mark 1 nuclear power plants in the US should be shut down. The problems at Fukushima show us that true wisdom means knowing when to modify something and knowing when to stop. Sometimes, all the king's horses and all the king's men should not try to put Humpty Dumpty together again.
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Colbert Report
Whales Aren't People — 26 Oct 2011 — PETA has filed a lawsuit claiming that whale performers are slaves and should be freed from SeaWorld under the Thirteenth Amendment. We won't spoil the funny judo move Colbert does to end up at a progressive point of view (assuming you get his sarcasm).
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Free Speech Radio News
EPA to Allow Drilling for Oil in Arctic Waters — 25 Oct 2011 — Environmental groups are appealing the EPA's decision to permit more oil drilling in Arctic waters, where a spill would be very difficult to clean up. Proponents point out that if the US does not take advantage of the resource, other countries will.
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One Radio Network
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The Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Pollution — 20 Oct 2011 — Magda Havas comments on the following questions and more.... What are the health effects of cell phones and home internet routers? Do the heavy-duty wireless routers being installed in schools pose a health threat to teachers and students? What can be done to combat the increasing electronic miasma in which we're forced to live?
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Radio EcoShock
7 Billion + Energy Workshop — 19 Oct 2011 — (1) Robert Walker of the Population Institute discusses the world with 7 billion people. When we hit 6 billion people—just 12 years ago in 1999!—the economy and hopes for climate action were much brighter. ~~ (2) Bill Kemp offers an audio version of a home energy workshop.
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Science Friday
Politics, Religion, and the Assault on Science in America — 14 Oct 2011 — Shawn Otto, author of Fool Me Twice—Science Under Assault in America, discusses the forceful counterattack by corporations, think tanks, and some religious groups on scientific method and evidence, especially when it comes to climate change.
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Coast To Coast / KSFO
War of the World Views—Science, Spirituality, and Religion — 13 Oct 2011 — Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinow and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra debate some of the most fundamental questions that have intrigued humanity for hundreds of years: What is life? Is the universe conscious and intelligent? What is the nature of time? Is there an afterlife? Should science be value-based or be unfettered by ethics?
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Electric Politics
Stanton T. Friedman: Wake Up, Earth—Interstellar Travel, ET Visitations, and Skepticism — 07 Oct 2011 — This is an intelligent, science-based discussion about weird government behavior when it comes to the issue of extraterrestrials. If there are (or have been) ETs here, and the government is aware of this but not telling the public, why not?
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WIBC / Denny Smith
Stephen Schochet on Star Trek History — 27 Sep 2011 — Hollywood writer and tour guide Stephen Schochet offers some behind-the-scenes facts about the original Star Trek series and the actors who played Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Lt. Uhura, and the rest. We've heard/seen lots of Star Trek TOS tidbits, but there are a few new ones here.
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A-Infos Radio Project / Mellow Madness
Journey Back to 1981 — 19 Jun 2011 — A decent set of funky pop and soul from the year 1981. Top tracks here include Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove"; Al Jarreau's "We're in This Love Together"; George Benson's "Turn Your Love Around"; and Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love."
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