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TWO WEEKS ENDING 10 MAY 2013

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FINANCIAL, EMPIRE & ELITES

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Dan Carlin's Common Sense

The Emasculated Rulers — 06 May 2013— Dan Carlin explains why "we the people," the supposed ultimate rulers in our democratic republic, are not at all in charge. In fact, even the people who are supposedly in charge of the United States are too fearful of "consequences" to tell us the truth about how they are running things for us, the people who elected them. In a sidebar, Carlin also comments on how the elimination of the draft has allowed most Americans to complacently nod their heads when politicians talk about needing to send troops to faraway lands to address supposed threats.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good The Real World of Money

Andrew Gause on the Bond Bubble—the What, Why, and How — 08 May 2013 — Andrew Gause's topics include... The Bond Bubble—what is it, why is it being set up, and how will it pop; George Soros, puppet of The Boys, argues for the Eurobond; how Warren Buffet got the deal of a lifetime when he saved Goldman Sachs; how the politicians are trying to sell the new internet tax to the public; the FCEN and other spooky organizations.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Democracy Now

Robert Fisk on Syria — 07 May 2013 — As the United States moves toward increased intervention in Syria, the need for contextual reporting increases. Robert Fisk, longtime Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the boots-on-the-ground action in Syria, the propaganda war, and the dubious assertions of chemical weapons use in Syria.
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Unrated The Shortwave Report

World News Round-Up — 10 May 2013 — News reports from around the world
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good The Lifeboat Hour

That World Is Failing—Utterly, Miserably, Totally — 05 May 2013 — Michael Ruppert reviews the behind-the-scenes geopolitical machinations that are leading us into a broad regional conflict in the Middle East. He also mentions interesting tidbits like Kansas exempting itself from federal gun laws and Michigan passing an anti-NDAA law. Then he moves on to discuss the importance of addressing our own internal decay as a way of addressing the problems in the world around us
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The Lifeboat Hour, 28 Apr 2013
Mike Ruppert:  War for the Truth—Heroes & Zeroes
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good The Real World of Money

Dollar Inc., Momentum, and the US Military ... vs. the Rise of China — 01 May 2013— Andrew Gause's topics include... an explanation of gold and silver demand; the disconnect with the gold and silver spot pricing; the dangers of the body of international law that TPTB are in love with; force majeure and why it's a big deal for investors; Dollar Inc., momentum, and the US military vs. the rise of China; how the founding in 1694 of the Bank of England was the origin of today's Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good On The Media

Supreme Court Upholds New Limitations to Freedom of Information Act Requests — 03 May 2013 — In late April, the US Supreme Court ruled that states have the right to limit public records requests to only residents of that state. Mark McBurney, one of the petitioners in the case, and Mark Caramanica of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press discuss the case.
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(GP comment:  The Age of Sunlightenment is coming to an end.)

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen FSRN

Sexual Assaults in US Military on the Rise as Incidents Go Underreported — 07 May 2013 — The number of sexual assaults reported in the US military increased last year, as did the number of service members who chose not to report the crimes. A Pentagon survey released today estimates that 26,000 sexual assaults occurred, but only 3,400 cases were reported. Some say the military's culture and judicial process are a big part of the problem.
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MEDIA, INTERNET & COMMUNICATIONS

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Project Censored

Shadows of Liberty — 07 May 2013 — Film producer Jean-Philippe Tremblay discusses his new film Shadows of Liberty, which explores how mainstream media has been captured by corporate interests, which have systematically suppressed investigative journalism. Several clips from the film are played, including pieces about the suppression of investigations into the likely friendly-fire downing of TWA flight 800 and Gary Webb's investigation of CIA involvement in drug trafficking in LA in the 1980s.
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ENERGY, PEAK OIL, SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE

Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... C-Realm Podcast

Challenging Our Own Beliefs — 01 May 2013 — KMO and science fiction author, futurist, and contrarian David Brin discuss a range of themes in post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction. Brin also opines on the need to be contrarian and to challenge our own beliefs. As human civilization faces a transition from smart animals to beings that wield god-like powers in real time with no do-overs, we must overcome our tendency toward self-deception, factionalism, and righteous indignation.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Quirks & Quarks

Better Bacterial Biofuels Through Genetic Engineering? — 27 Apr 2013 — As the failings of current biofuels become more obvious, the strategies to find a truly successful, high-net-energy biofuel continues. Professor John Love discusses efforts to genetically engineer microbes that will more efficiently convert simple sugars into petro-identical go-juice for our vehicles.
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(GP comment:  All biofuels are destined to fail, if only for the rarely discussed but obvious reason that they steal resources from biological processes that are essential to a sustainable global ecosystem.)

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KunstlerCast, 02 May 2013
Steve Ludlum on Peak Oil and Finance
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NUCLEAR

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good TUC Radio

Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Other Hot Places—Biological Implications — 23 Apr 2013 — Biologist Tim Mousseau describes the catastrophe suffered by the birds of Chernobyl—tumors, birth defects, and reduced populations. When Fukushima Daiichi exploded, his team began field work there as well. They are studying birds, insects, microbes, and plants at over 1,000 sites, creating diligent inventories of each study area. They found significantly increased rates of genetic damage in direct proportion to the level of exposure to radioactive contaminants.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Fairewinds Energy Education

Nuclear Contamination Knows No Borders — 01 May 2013 — Dr. Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, discusses the differences between American and Canadian nuclear plants in design and regulatory philosophy. They also discuss the recent Fairewinds Associates report on the re-licensing of the Pickering Station on the Canadian coast of Lake Ontario, just a 30 minute drive from Toronto. Fukushima Daiichi may have taught us that nuclear contamination knows no borders, but are the North American nuclear operators and regulators applying this lesson?
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good TUC Radio

The Heartbreaking Birth Defects of Chernobyl's Children — 30 Apr 2013 — Wladimir Wertelecki presents the results of the Ukraine Congenital Malformations Monitoring Program, which comprises ten years of scientific study of birth defects of children and their relationship to ionizing radiation. They found statistically higher than normal incidents of the most heartbreaking birth defects—NTD (neural tube defects of the brain or spinal cord); anencephaly, where most of the brain and skull do not develop; and microcephaly, a condition in which the circumference of the head and the brain size are smaller than normal.
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ENVIRONMENT

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Unwelcome Guests

Deep Green Resistance and the "Earth At Risk" Conference — 04 May 2013 — The environmental movement has become trapped in a system of laws and regulations that is of, for, and by corporations and their wealthy elite owners. Environmental iconoclasts Thomas Linzey, Derrick Jensen, and Aric McBay explain how true environmental progress will only come when we disempower corporations and level the legal playing between elites and the rest of us. They review a number of examples of how municipalities are doing just that.
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(GP comment:  This conference happened in 2011 but everything being discussed here is still 100% relevant today—and critical to true environmental progress.)

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Oil Companies Know Tar Sands Pipelines Will Break — 24 Apr 2013 — John Bolenbaugh, an insider who recognized the lies of the corporations and government regulators that manage the pipeline systems now being used to carry tar sands slurries, decided he had to fight with every thing he had—literally. He exposes the duplicity of those who run the show and tells his story of fighting back.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Political Analysis

Criminalizing Dissent—Corporations Increasingly Using Legal Cover to Quash Challenges to Pollution — 07 May 2013— Dan Howells of Greenpeace USA discusses the dirty legal maneuvers oil companies and other polluters are taking to suppress protests and other forms of free speech when they threaten company bottom lines. Also discussed is the wave of oil companies suspending plans to drill in the Arctic.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good CounterSpin

The Worst Part of BP's Gulf Spill Cover-Up? It Worked. — 03 May 2013 — Mark Hertsgaard discusses BP's use of Corexit during the 2010 Gulf oil disaster. It was not about improving the environmental disposition of the oil, but rather about hiding the extent of the spill from public eyes. Worse, they lied to cleanup workers, hiding the health hazards of using Corexit without protective gear.
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Living On Earth, 26 Apr 2013
EPA Finds Keystone Environmental Impact Statement Insufficient
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Radio EcoShock, 01 Apr 2013
Super Fires—An Emerging Trend Towards Strange, Unstoppable Forest Fires
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Quirks & Quarks, 20 Apr 2013
Industrial Agriculture Fingered in Lake Erie Algae Bloom.mp3
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Unrated Radio EcoShock

Fracking and the Sacrifice Zones of the American West — 08 May 2013 — Everyday, gas flares burn over the dry lands of the western United States. There is a fracking boom in Colorado, North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Villages become overnight towns, big trucks fill small roads, natural gas fumes float over prairie and foothills, and the last waters in great rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers are poisoned. Alex Smith and guests review to disaster that is fracking in the US West.
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HEALTH

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Political Analysis

Your Body is a Corporate Test Tube — 30 Apr 2013 — Gerald Markowitz explains that increasingly we are each a toxic waste site, full of the chemicals and toxics used in pesticides, industrial processes, and consumer products. Many impacts to human health are already well understood, but good long-term studies are often not done—or have their results buried by corporations with a vested interest in continuing to sell toxic products. Markowitz begins with lead pollution, the coverup of evidence of its health effects, and the ultimate removal of lead from products and gasoline. But then he moves through a litany of similar situations with industrial chemicals that leave us all looking like human guinea pigs.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good One Radio Network

Living a Naturally Healthy Life in Our Electromagnetic World — 30 Apr 2013 — Lloyd Burrell explains how sensitivities to electromagnetic and RF fields in our everyday environment can combine with other challenges to our body to cause health problems. He reviews the symptoms he experienced and the corrective measures he took to regain his health.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good One Radio Network

Farmacology—What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us About Health and Healing — 23 Apr 2013 — Practicing physician Daphne Miller explains the relationship of good farming, good food, and good health. After spending time with a diverse group of farmers committed to sustainable agriculture, Dr. Miller acquired a new understanding of innovative solutions to common modern maladies like allergies, diabetes, cancer, ADHD, infertility, and heart disease. Part clinician, part ecologist, and part anthropologist, Miller approaches medicine with the idea that opportunities for health and healing are found not only in the medical system but in such unexpected places as home kitchens, school gardens, community organizations, spiritual centers, and farms, and nature trails.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen NPR

When Baby Drops Pacifier, Leave the Dirt, Add Parent's Saliva — 06 May 2013 — Instead of rinsing off the pacifier when it falls out of your baby's mouth, new research suggests that sucking it clean for them could strengthen their immune system. Researchers say that both dirt and the beneficial bacteria in a parent's saliva stimulate the baby's immune system, leading to provably better health in later years.
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FOOD, NUTRITION, ORGANICS & GMOs

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Democracy Now

Michael Pollan on Food and Cooking—Fire, Water, Air, and Earth — 06 May 2013 — Michael Pollan's new book is "Cooked—A Natural History of Transformation." Pollan argues that regaining control of your cooking is the single most important step anyone can take to help make our food system—and their lives—healthier and more sustainable. "There is a deliberate effort [by corporations] to undermine food culture to sell us processed food," Pollan says. He adds, "Slow, [good] food is about recovering that space around the family and keeping the influence of food manufacturers outside of the house. ... The family meal is very important. It's the nursery of democracy."
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Two Beers With Steve, 30 Apr 2013
Sean Croxton:  Health and the Importance of Real Foods
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Food Sleuth Radio, 26 Apr 2013
Lynn Clarkson:  Can GMO Crops Co-Exist with Organic and Non-GMO?
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AGRICULTURE & GARDENING

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good You Bet Your Garden

How to Make Compost WITHOUT Fall Leaves — 28 Apr 2013 — In the question of the week, Mike McGrath discusses creative solutions if you have a dearth of fall leaves but still want to make good compost. Other topics include... using high tunnels and greenhouses to get a jump on the gardening season; using goats to get rid of invasives; why you must rotate your tomato plots; homemade electric-shock devices for squirrels and deer; whether banana and citrus peels can be used in your non-tropical compost pile.
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NPR, 07 May 2013
Honeybee Deaths May Have Reached A Crisis Point For Crops
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COOL & COSMIC
(AND POSSIBLY CATASTROPHIC!)

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Oracle of Mallorca

Wellbeing in a Time of Radical Change — 26 Apr 2013 — A vista is a comprehensive worldview made of your freely chosen beliefs about how things are in the universe, the world, and yourself, along with values to guide your behavior toward your wellbeing and that of your community and world. This show explains how to build them and what they mean for our lives in this time of radical change.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Awakening to Conscious Co-Creation

The Sun, The Light, and the Consciousness of All — 24 Apr 2013— Greg Sams gives an update on his work with the consciousness of the sun and related concepts. He also talks about the role of light itself and how some of the ancients, including Akhenaten and Zoroaster, knew of these concepts. There is tremendous activity taking place in and around the sun currently, and Sams shares what is being learned.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Red Ice Radio

Joseph P. Farrell:  Fake Terrorism, Covert Wars, and ET Threat Assessment — 02 May 2013 — Joseph P. Farrell pursues research in physics as well as alternative history and science. He discusses the Boston Marathon bombings and what appears to be an internal Gladio-style operation with a huge geopolitical agenda. Then he explains Putin's clash with the "world government" agenda. Later, Farrell talks about hidden meta-conflicts and the creation of a breakaway civilization that is being funded from the money generated by the Ponzi financial system.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Clif's Wujo

Extended "Global Coastal Event" Discussion — 04 May 2013 — The Web Bot results and a number of prominent remote viewers have all been predicting trouble ahead based on significant "earth change" activity, with many coastal areas being disastrously inundated. Clif High offers an extended analysis of his Web Bot data as well as the remote viewing data.
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11:11 with Simran Singh, 25 Apr 2013
Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. on The Authentic Self and the Full Potential of Life
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Meria Heller Show

Joseph Anthony on the Astrology of Unfolding Events — 05 May 2013 — Astrologer Joseph Anthony analyzes the many machinations of The Powers That Be in the context of astrology. He also reviews the May forecast for each of the 12 zodiac signs.
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HISTORY & LEARNING

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Guns & Butter

Revisiting the Oklahoma City Bombing—Another False Flag? — 17 Apr 2013 — Former Oklahoma congressman Charles Key and filmmaker Chris Emery discuss the compelling evidence that the official story of the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is a lie. Topics include... why experts say the 3-D profile of the damage to the building is inconsistent with the idea of a single blast from a truck bomb; unusual behavior on the part of the FBI and other investigators; potential reasons for the bombing other that domestic terrorism.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen EconTalk

Communication, Power, and the Masters of the Word — 06 May 2013 — William Bernstein discusses the origin and composition of writing materials as well as where and how writing became common; how the rise of radio influenced the geopolitics of the 20th century and was used to propagandize the populace; how all emerging communications technology has generally been used by the elites to herd the masses; how fast-changing internet media are still a work in progress in terms of communications usefulness.
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MUSIC & FUN

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The Vinyl Experience

Record Store Day — There are some interesting tidbits here for vinylphiles, but musically it's a mixed bag. Best tracks are: The Doors - "Soul Kitchen" // David Bowie - "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" // The Animals - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" // Mercury Rev - "Goddess On A Highway" // Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Hey Joe" // Sweet - "Fox On the Run".
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Pop Goes The World

The Chicks Cannot Hold Their Smoke — A decent set of 1980s synth-pop. Top tracks are "The Jet Set" by Alphaville // "Rain" by Dragon // "Escalator Of Life" by Robert Hazard // "That Was Then But This Is Now" by ABC // "Livin' In The Real World" by Blondie // "Poor Girl" by X // "Bold As Brass" by Split Enz // "Really Sayin' Something" by Bananarama // "One In Ten" by UB40 // "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Dury & The Blockheads // "Work For Love" by Ministry // "News At Ten" by The Vapors.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen A Bowl of Soul

Journey to Salsoul — A bunch of songs in celebration of the legacy of Vincent Montana, Jr.—arranger, composer, percussionist, and founder of Salsoul Records. Half good, half "eh," IMO. The better tracks are "Journey to Phoebus" by Salsoul Orchestra // "Expressway To Your Heart" by The Soul Survivors // "Only The Strong Survive" by Jerry Butler // "La La Means I Love You" by Delfonics // "# 1 Dee Jay" by Vincent Montana Jr. Presents.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... New Breakfast Snob

The Best Show of All Time (w/ Mistakes) — A fair number of skippables here, but enough good stuff to warrant a listen. Top tracks are... Brian Eno - "No One Receiving" // Sopwith Camel - "Sleazy Street" // Angela Faye Martin - "Love Song For Paris" // David Bowie - "Soul Love" // Neil Young & Crazy Horse - "The Loner (live)" // Shivaree - "The Fat Lady of Limbourg" // Sam Page - "A Little Love" // Caravan - "Aristocracy (alt. ver.)" // Queen - "In The Lap of The Gods" // Green Man - "Banks of the Lee" // Heart - "Little Queen".
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Pop Goes The World

Delusions Of Grandeur — This is a largely forgettable set of average album cuts from 1980s synth-alt bands. The better tracks include... "Fashion" by David Bowie // "Kim & Jesse" by M83 // "Hit Me" by The London Suede // "Stripped" by Depeche Mode // "Two Worlds Collide" by Inspiral Carpets.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Uprising

ReThink Reviews—Oblivion — 22 Apr 2013 — Jonathan Kim reviews Tom Cruise's latest sci-fi blockbuster, Oblivion: It's a fairly slow-paced, twisty film about memory, identity, and humanity in a future post-apocalyptic era. Though the film weaves together themes from previous well known sci-fi movies, runs half a parsec too long, and fails to provide any predictions or warnings about where mankind might be headed, Kim thinks Cruise's megastar-level effort and the film's exceptional production values make it worthwhile.
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MP3/AUDIO NEWS DOWNLOADS FOR
TWO WEEKS ENDING 26 APR 2013

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FINANCIAL, EMPIRE & ELITES

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Democracy Now

Jeremy Scahill:  The World Is a Battlefield — 24 Apr 2013— Jeremy Scahill discusses a variety of themes on the increasingly dirty operations of the US and its counterterrorism policy. Topics include Obama's imperial presidency; how special ops have come to drive a new level of secrecy in military affairs; how the US studied the history of torture to refine its own torture tactics, and how Obama has essentially continued Bush II's policies on torture. Scahill also recounts some of the more interesting (and troubling) stories of various US enemies and their fates.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good King World News

Celente:  The Second Tragedy in Boston — 24 Apr 2013 — Gerald Celente says there were two tragedies in Boston—first, the marathon bombing; but second, the tragedy that isn't being talked about: the public's passive acceptance of martial law. He also discusses how super-national outfits like the IMF are using their monetary power to keep nations in line. But he's not a doomer—he thinks that young people, assisted by the knowledge of elders, can effect change.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good The Real World of Money

Andrew Gause on Weirding in PMs, Convergence in Currencies, and Takeovers in Europe — 24 Apr 2013 — Andrew Gause discusses the ongoing weirding in the gold and silver markets—weird enough that we may look back on this from the future as a pivotal period. He also discusses how the world is moving to a tri-part currency based on the dollar, the Euro, and the yuan—a single currency without being called that. He also reviews the evidence that the European Central Bank is denuding weaker member states of their gold and their sovereignty—all part of the long-term plan.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Unwelcome Guests

Robin Upton:  Why Money Will End — 20 Apr 2013— Robin Upton explains why social, psychological, economic, and sustainability dynamics will eventually necessitate the end of money. Contrary to popular myth, money did not arise to supplant barter, but rather arose as a means of binding people to an exploitative system designed to primarily benefit the people who run it. The system managers continue fostering money myths to ensure their continued success. In the end, those mesmerized by the concept of money will recognize the con. But what comes after?
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good On The Media

The Kill Team — 26 Apr 2013 — In a new documentary, The Kill Team, director Dan Krauss tells the story of the group of US soldiers convicted of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians. The documentary looks at the roles played by two soldier-whistleblowers as well as the clear-minded thinking patterns of the soldiers who committed the crimes. Krauss discusses the story and the difficulty of doing the right thing in a war zone.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Guns & Butter

Primer on Public Banking — 10 Apr 2013 — Marc Armstrong provides the basic facts on how public banking works. In public banking, the financial benefit generated from the license to create money belongs to the public instead of the banksters. Such a plan generates a number of "buts" in the average listener's mind, and Armstrong does an able job of addressing them.
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(GP comment:  Moving to public banking, without abandoning the infinite growth paradigm, won't work in the long run. But it's a great first step towards recapturing governance for the will of the people and stopping the parasitic effect of the financial elites.)

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Corbett Report

We Have Met the Terrorists, and They Is US — 20 Apr 2013 — The specter of terror is once again being raised to haunt the collective consciousness of the American psyche. But as the terror meme rears its ugly head, we see an understanding of false-flag terrorism creeping into the mainstream discourse. James Corbett explores the terror paradigm and identifies the ones who really hate you for your freedoms. Surprise, it's TPTB!
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good The Real World of Money

Gause on Gold, Inflation, and Propaganda — 17 Apr 2013 — Andrew Gause analyzes the recent plunge in gold prices and explains why it is not a reason to fear owning gold (as TPTB would have you believe). Other topics include... how and why the mainstream media and the financial elites are propagandizing the masses; how we can tell inflation is NOT going down, as is being reported; whether or not deflation is possible; who really owns your bank deposits, you or the bank?
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Progressive Radio News Hour

The Boston Bombers:  Terrorist Machinations or Totalitarian Manipulations? — 21 Apr 2013 — Host Stephen Lendman and guest Charles Derber discuss current geopolitical events, including... If there's more to the story of the Boston bombing, who benefits from the event, the way it was handled, and the effect on the public psyche? Was the Boston lock-down a test event in the meta trend towards a totalitarian state? Why does Obama sound good when he talks but look bad when he acts? Is the US weapons giveaway to Israel an attempt to placate them and avoid an attack on Iran?
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Unrated The Shortwave Report

World News Round-Up — 26 Apr 2013 — News reports from around the world
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Democracy Now

The Wisdom of Chavez's Venezuela Plan—A Debate — 15 Apr 2013 — With Chavez ally Nicolas Maduro now in place to fill out the remainder of Hugo Chavez's term, what does the future hold for Venezuela? Is continuing the trends set in place by Chavez desirable? Is doing so economically sustainable? Rory Carroll, author of Comandante: Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, and Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, debate the topic.
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King World News, 17 Apr 2013
Celente:  Gold Smash Shows Just How Manipulated Markets Are
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Corbett Report, 24 Apr 2013
Sibel Edmonds:  Boston Bombers Were Likely CIA Assets
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Making Contact

Arundhati Roy:  Jungles of Resistance — 17 Apr 2013 — Renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy says her country's government has declared war on its own people as they try to displace indigenous populations from resource-rich interior regions slated for mineral extraction. Her outspokenness earned her an invitation to spend time with some of the so-called "Maoist rebels" that live in India's jungles. Here, Roy gives the background of the conflict and takes us into the jungles of India to tell the engaging tale of how she met the rebels.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen On The Media

Duffel Blog Brings Oniony Tears to the Eyes — 26 Apr 2013 — The Duffel Blog is an Onion-style satirical website written by current and former military members. Here's a sample headline: "Decorated War Hero, Airborne Ranger Emasculated By Wife at Local Mall." Paul Szoldra, an eight-year Marine veteran and founder of Duffel Blog, discusses his site.
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ENERGY, PEAK OIL, SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! C-Realm Podcast

Stealing From the Future — 24 April 2013 — Mark Robinowitz of the Oil Empire web site notes that earth is over its carrying capacity, regardless of which problem—climate change, peak oil, water supplies, etc.—you wish to discuss. In this "peak everything" era, we're using everything as fast as we possibly can, with nothing but economists' assurances that there will be the same level of abundance in the future. Our most serious problem is "peak denial"—the general public is rejecting reality. He explains why the declarations of some environmentalists that extraction technologies have trumped peak oil are wrong, and he laments that climate change has come to dominate the entire discussion about sustainability. In particular, he comments that the typical environmentalist's position that we can solve climate though economic methods within the infinite growth paradigm is hopelessly wrong.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Green Power and Wellness

Paul Gipe on the Alternative Energy Future — 22 Apr 2013 — Paul Gipe explains the nuts and bolts of how various alternative energy technologies are reshaping our world's energy systems and offers numbers on how we can achieve a sustainable energy future. ~~ In the short segment that precedes that, shutting down the San Onofre nuclear plant is discussed, and we also get the news nugget that former NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko has stated publicly that all 104 US nuclear power plants have safety problems that cannot be fixed.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good ExtraEnvironmentalist

Permaculture Possibilities—Integrated Solutions to All Problems — 17 Apr 2013— Our global systemic challenges—energy, environment, and economy—have become dramatically more severe over the last several decades. Permaculture offers a unique toolkit to address problems such as energy depletion, desertification, poisoned landscapes, and right livelihoods. But will low-tech solutions that "work with nature" be able to capture a public imagination predisposed to expect technological progress to enable "business as usual" forever? This is part 2 of 2 of EE's coverage of the Pacific Northwest Permaculture Convergence sessions.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen C-Realm Podcast

Grounded in Grief—The Emotional Baggage of Collapse — 17 Apr 2013— Carolyn Baker talks about staying sane in an age of madness and the danger of having a mental health professional reduce the large scale social phenomena of a society in the process of catastrophic transition down to individual mental pathologies—and affixing such labels to you.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen KunstlerCast

The Vermont Sail Freight Project — 18 Apr 2013— JHK talks with Erik Andrus of the Vermont Sail Freight Project. They are building a boat dedicated to shipping Vermont farm products to New York City and other markets via Lake Champlain, the Champlain Canal, and the Hudson River.
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Lifeboat Hour, 14 Apr 2013
Ruppert:  It's Too Late To Change the Way Money Works; We Must Change Consciousness
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Unwelcome Guests, 13 Apr 2013
Jared Diamond on the Importance of Elder Knowledge
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NUCLEAR

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Fairewinds Energy Education

Too Big to Fail? Nope — 17 Apr 2013 — The most striking thing about seeing any nuclear power plant up close is its sheer size. Nukes are such impressive feats of construction and design, and it's hard to imagine that something so robust could fail. In this podcast, find out why nuclear power plants do fail, and why failure is a fact of life that the industry refuses to acknowledge.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good TUC Radio

Post-Fukushima Food Monitoring + Gender Matters in the Atomic Age — 16 Apr 2013— Cindy Folkers specializes in radiation impacts on health. She works with Beyond Nuclear, which has filed a petition with the US Food and Drug Administration to drastically reduce the amount of radioactive cesium permitted in food. Internal cesium contamination in children can lead to heart problems and other conditions. ~~ Mary Olson works for the Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Her talk is "Gender Matters in the Atomic Age," which explains why women as a group suffer significantly more from the impact of ionizing radiation than do men.
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ENVIRONMENT

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Progressive Commentary Hour

The General Problem of Industrial Civilization — 22 Apr 2013— Gary Null, Derrick Jensen, and Guy McPherson present the bald truth of the state of the environment and the largely clueless humans that exist within it. Gary observes that the average person seems to have a shockingly poor understanding of environmental issues, with no personal investment in the problems, assuming they are something for government to solve. Derrick Jensen observers that local species are fast disappearing, indicating a subtle but massive slide going on in our ecosystems. It is insane to think all solutions to planetary sustainability problems must be suggested within the current exploitative, infinite-growth economic model that caused the problems in the first place. Guy McPherson agrees, but notes that people embedded within and dependent on industrial civilization are unlikely to solve the general problem of industrial civilization.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good The Gary Null Show

Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva on the State of the Earth — 22 Apr 2013 — Jane Goodall discusses the importance of getting young people motivated to address the world's worsening problems—environmental and otherwise. The planet needs to them to get cracking, not be paralyzed by hopelessness or anger at the mess the two preceding generations have left them. ~~ Vandana Shiva discusses corporate domination of the planet's operating procedures and what me must do to fight it.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living On Earth

Denis Hayes on Earth Day — 19 Apr 2013 — April 22, 1970 was the very first Earth Day. Denis Hayes, its coordinator, talks about what Earth Day achieved in the early days, and how it might recreate that success in the face of today's environmental challenges. Hayes says the days of belching smokestacks on thickly polluted rivers are gone, but remaining are many less obvious problems—pollution that cannot be seen but is nonetheless a serious threat, and sustainability issues that challenge our core behaviors.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living On Earth

The World's Greenest Commercial Building — 19 Apr 2013— The Bullitt Center is a "deep green" eco building—a self-sufficient building designed to emulate a living organism, reusing available resources, and minimizing the need for external inputs. Reporter Ross Reynolds visits the Center with the man who dreamed it up, Denis Hayes.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... Making Contact

(Public) Transit For All — 27 Mar 2013 — Those who rely on public transit often face challenges, including late buses, overcrowded trains, and rude passengers. Nonetheless, public transit is THE way of getting around for many people in the US and around the world, and some municipalities are stepping up to the affordable-transportation challenge.
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Food Sleuth Radio, 04 Apr 2013
Zenobia Barlow on Ecoliteracy
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CLIMATE CHANGE

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Free Speech Radio News

Rapid Melting of Ice Sheet in Andes Threatens Regional Water Supplies — 22 Apr 2013 — More evidence is showing that the world's changing temperatures are prompting record ice melt, putting at risk large ice sheets. Though much of the current focus has been on the massive ice reserves in Greenland and the Arctic, scientists are finding that glaciers high in the mountains, such as in the Himalayas and the Andes, are also receding. A study published in Science documents the rapid changes in an ice cap high in the Andes in Peru, where ice that took 1,600 years to form has melted in just the past 25 years, putting at risk vital water sources for the region.
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Rating: 2 of 5 - OK; if you've got the time... NPR

Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels Damage Coral Reefs — 17 Apr 2013 — Scientists have been worried about coral reefs for years, since realizing that rising temperatures and rising ocean acidity are hard on organisms that build their skeletons from calcium carbonate. Researchers on Australia's Great Barrier Reef are conducting an experiment that demonstrates just how much corals could suffer in the coming decades. ~~ In the second clip, a climate scientist from California has been conducting an experiment to see whether antacid can boost coral growth.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living On Earth

Carbon-Neutral Copenhagen — 19 Apr 2013 — In fall 2012, Copenhagen laid out an ambitious plan to become the world's first carbon-neutral capital by 2025. There's still a long way to go, but as reporter Justin Gerdes tells us, the Danish city has made great progress, with an ocean-water cooling system up and running, plus a bike super-highway and, of course, many windmills.
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The Lifeboat Hour, 21 Apr 2013
Guy McPherson:  Possible Ice-Free Arctic as Early as September 2013
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HEALTH

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Project Censored

Evidence on Health Risks from Cell Phone and Wireless Radiation is Clear — 23 Apr 2013 — Even cell phone companies advise caution on how you use your cell phone. Of course that's in the fine print; their public position is that there is no evidence of a problem Devra Davis explains why that's a flat-out lie, and why you should not consistently have the cell phone (or laptop) closer to your body than 10 mm. ~~ Topic in the second half of the show include poverty in the US.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Beyond 50

The Myth of Autism, ADD/ADHD, and Chronic Fatigue — 17 Apr 2013— Dr. Michael J. Goldberg is considered a "lone wolf" in the medical community for his findings on autism and similar maladies. Goldberg explains why the evidence says that autism cannot be genetic, psychological, or developmental, but rather must be a symptom of a treatable neurological disease, probably due to a viral or fungal infection. The infection causes a dysfunction in the neuro-immune system. Illnesses such as autism, ADD/ADHD, and chronic fatigue syndrome all have different "labels," but are actually variations on the same thing: neuro-immune dysfunction syndromes (NIDS).
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FOOD, NUTRITION, ORGANICS & GMOs

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Nutrition Diva

Is Carnitine in Red Meat Putting You at Risk for Heart Disease? — 16 Apr 2013 — Carnitine is found in most meats, especially red meat. Its metabolic pathway can, under some conditions, produce compounds that contribute to heart disease. But as the Nutrition Diva points out, there are many factors that determine whether red meat should play a role in your diet.
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Radio EcoShock, 27 Mar 2013
John Kohler on Growing Greens and Juicing
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Food Chain Radio, 20 Apr 2013
"Boycott Kellogg's" — Sending a Message on GMOs
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Food Sleuth Radio, 18 Apr 2013
Julie Mennella on the Biology Behind Children's Taste and Flavor Preferences
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AGRICULTURE & GARDENING

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen You Bet Your Garden

Square Foot Gardening Primer — 13 Apr 2013 — Mike McGrath's topics include... the importance of regionally appropriate seeds; the proper way to trim outdoor flowers; clever ways of dealing (gently) with house-damaging carpenter bees. Special guest Mel Bartholemew discusses Square Foot Gardening, a method of highly concentrated planting in small spaces. The question of the week is about trees—do they really ever need mulch, and can a tree survive severed roots?
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen You Bet Your Garden

Need Gardening Inspiration? Go On a Tour! — 20 Apr 2013 — Mike McGrath's topics include a creative solution for weedy driveways; care and feeding of asparagus; why sawdust is not a good mulch; raised-container gardening for people with back problems and other can't-bend-over-so-well issues. Special guest Laura Palmer of The Garden Conservancy discusses the annual "Open Days" garden tours around the US.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

Wardeh Harmon on Food Dehydration — 17 Apr 2013— It's shocking that so many city folk say they are not interested in cooking or growing and preserving food. Don't they eat? Don't they read the headlines about toxic factory agriculture and fast-food restaurants? Maybe the just need to hear how its done. Wardee Harmon talks about different dehydration techniques that can be used to preserve a wide variety of food crops.
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BIODIVERSITY, SPECIES & ANIMAL WELFARE

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen On The Media

Undercover in an Industrial Slaughterhouse — 19 Apr 2013 — In the May issue of Harper's, Ted Conover, a longtime undercover journalist, details his undercover job as an federal meat inspector at an industrial slaughterhouse. Conover talks about meat safety, going undercover, and why it's necessary to bring a hidden world to light. The bottom line here is that not all slaughterhouses are full of profit-mad sadists, but all have their issues.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Progressive Commentary Hour

Plight of the Honey Bee — 15 Apr 2013— This is a panel discussion on the current status of the honeybee industry. Pesticides and other factors are continuing to foster the decline of these important pollinators. Gary Null's guests are Larissa Walker of the Center for Food Safety; Dr. Neil Carman, who researches and assesses the evidence of genetic engineering's impact upon the environment and animal and plant life; and Steve Ellis, a commercial beekeeper and one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit asserting that the EPA is failing to protect America's bee population.
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HISTORY & LEARNING

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Against the Grain

Thatcher's Assault on Labor — 17 Apr 2013— Nicholas Jones reviews Margaret Thatcher's legacy with a specific focus on how she subverted the UK miners' union as the key vector in her strategy to break the power of UK unions in general—which she did.
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Unrated Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Prophets of Doom — 22 Apr 2013— Murderous millennial preachers and prophets take over the German city of Munster after Martin Luther unleashes a Pandora's Box of religious anarchy with the Protestant Reformation.
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MUSIC & FUN

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The Vinyl Experience

Dear Margaret... — This is a split bill: In the first half, we get some mostly recent, mostly decent rock, with top tracks including Heartless Bastards - "Got To Have Rock And Roll" // Hollis Brown - "Down On Your Luck" // Grizzly Bear - "A Simple Answer" // and the Rolling Stones' classic "Time Waits For No One". In the second half, a half-dozen songs offer commentary on the reign of Margaret Thatcher and her ilk. Several of the songs are quite good, including The Specials - "Ghost Town" and Tears For Fears - "Sowing The Seeds Of Love." Several others are, um, about as likeable as Thatcher.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The New Breakfast Snob

Putting on Ayers — A pretty good set of proggish rock, using songs by Kevin Ayers and his bands as a centerpiece. Top tracks include... Marc Almond - "Riding Free" // Kevin Ayers - "Love's Gonna Turn You Round" // Soft Machine - "Why Are We Sleeping?" // Curved Air - "Back Street Luv" // The Luck of Eden Hall - "Good Night Annie Berlin" // The Strawbs - "Round and Round" // Soft Machine - "She's Gone" // Camel - "Earthrise". There's also "Do You Feel Like We Do?" by Frampton's Camel—the original studio version, which is now really the alternative version, given the dominance of the version from Frampton Comes Alive.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The Sunrise Ocean Bender

Another Voyage Of His Own Delusion — The first 45 minutes of this is some quite-good progressive rock. Top tracks are "Jacco Gardner" by The Riddle, "Shades of Orange" by The End, "Procession/Story In Your Eyes" by The Moody Blues, "Old Man Going" (live) by The Pretty Things, "10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box" by Aquarian Age, and "Try It" by Sky Picnic. The remaining 1:15:00 is a deep space debris field—smooth enough for part of the trip, but by the end, rather dangerous to the ears.
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Fresh Air, 11 Apr 2013
Earl Hines—Big Bands and Beyond ... on a New Box Set
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FINANCIAL, EMPIRE & ELITES

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good The Real World of Money

How Cyprus and United States Compare in Financial Gamesmanship — 03 Apr 2013 — Andrew Gause explains why the arrangements in Cyprus and the US are quite similar—both countries have been living beyond their means by relying on the their banking system to extract money from other parts of the world. Of course, unlike the US, Cyprus does not control its own currency and the game has been taken away from them. Additional topics include.... how the financial elite are acquiring the assets of sovereign countries, taking Gordon Gekko's "greed is good" to a whole new level; the hazards of being a shareholder in Dollar Inc.; backwardation in precious metals reflects high physical demand; what's going on with Bitcoin speculation.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good King World News

Celente:  Gold and Silver Prices Are Going Up Because of Everything That's Going On — 05 Apr 2013 — Gerald Celente's topics include the Bank of Japan's new $1T stimulus program and other Ponzi printing perturbations; problems in net job creation; the threat of bank holidays and other reasons to own gold and silver. Will TPTB do a new false flag be in concert with a financial take-down?
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen On The Media

Public Opinion About Drones Has Changed Significantly Since Rand Paul Filibuster — 29 Mar 2013 — In early March, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul used a 13-hour filibuster to draw attention to the Obama Administration's drone programs. Rand's action eventually forced a statement from the White House that they do not see any scenario in which a US citizen could be drone-killed on US soil. Slate's David Weigel observes that public opinion about drones has changed significantly since that filibuster.
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(GP comment:  The fact that ANY Americans believe it's OK for the US government to execute an American citizen ANYWHERE in the world—let alone in the US—without due process is a very bad sign.)

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The Real World of Money

Korea and Money Velocity—Why Now? — 10 Apr 2013 — Andrew Gause's topics include... Speculation on the timing of changes in money velocity and how this may relate to North Korea; the fine line between money creating and the appearance of inflation; Thomas Jefferson and the pirates on the shores of Tripoli; FDR's bank holiday and "bail in"; Japan's new and improved monetary policy, a grand experiment.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Between The Lines

Ellen Brown on Cyprus and Banking Haircuts — 10 Apr 2013 — The EU-engineered bailout/haircut of the Cyprus banking system has created a crisis of confidence among people across Europe. As part of the Cyprus banking agreement, some depositors may lose as much as 80% of their bank deposits. Ellen Brown discusses the possibility that this will lead to similar confiscations in other EuroZone nations.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen C-Realm Podcast

A Conversation on Guns in the US — 03 Apr 2013— Dan Baum, a self-described tax-and-spend Democrat and gun lover, discusses the themes in his new book, Gun Guys—A Road Trip. Dan begins with this observation: Over the last two decades, as gun restrictions have loosened and the number of privately owned fire arms in the US has doubled, gun violence has fallen by half. While he doesn't buy into the simplistic narrative of the pro-gun right that greater gun ownership equals a safer society, he doesn't condone the alarming and bigoted anti-gun rhetoric of the left either. Dan challenges fellow gun guys to be good stewards of the gun ownership process, and he challenges fellow liberals to take control of their addiction to self-righteousness and stop issuing blanket insults and condemnations of gun owners.
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Common Sense with Dan Carlin, 05 Apr 2013
Fear the Automatons!—Or Why Americans Should Not Be Afraid of North Koreans
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On The Media, 29 Mar 2013
Is the Obama Administration Waging a War on Leakers?
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The Keiser Report

Inside Empire—The Benefits of the (Criminal) Financial System — 03 Apr 2013 — Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss how an entire population can live beyond its means thanks to an economy that benefits from financial crime. Other topics include capital flight, banksters exempt from RICO, and Bitcoin. ~~ Then Max talks to David Morgan about the latest in silver and gold.
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CORPORATIONS & GLOBALIZATION

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Making Contact

Corporations Say, Taxes are for Suckers! — 02 Apr 2013 — Though none of us like paying taxes, we do understand the concept that some government services are helpful and therefore must be funded. Many US corporations, on the other hand, see taxes as something to be avoided no matter what, no matter how extraordinary the steps are that needed to do so. This program includes excerpts from the film We're Not Broke, which explores the issue of corporate tax dodging.
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MEDIA, INTERNET & COMMUNICATIONS

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Democracy Now

How Capitalism Is Turning the Media Against Democracy — 05 Apr 2013 — Bob McChesney explains how concentration of media among a few giant corporations is radically changing the nature of news and information—and not for the better. ~~ Then a clip from the new documentary Shadows of Liberty covers cases of investigative journalists who have been muzzled by corporations and the government. The film shows how a corporate-controlled media can silence the truth about issues ranging from war to labor practices.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Corbett Report

Kevin Carson on "Objective" Journalism — 03 Apr 2013 — Kevin Carson of c4ss.org offers some thoughts on the problem of journalists being "objective." Instead of simply reporting the two sides of the argument, journalists have a duty to report the truth, even if that makes one side out to be a liar (or if, more likely, the truth means the issue requires a complete reframing that will make both sides out to be liars).
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ENERGY, PEAK OIL, SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen One Radio Network

Protecting Your Family Against Societal Disruption — 02 Apr 2013 — N.E. MacDougald reviews the preparations that can help you and your family more easily deal with general emergency conditions or disruptions to central services. Topics covered include... items to have in your vehicle's trunk; the basement as a safe space; the importance of determination and faith to survival; dealing with inflation risk and currency risk; improving your survival skill set.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good The Lifeboat Hour

Ruppert on Converging Crises — 31 Mar 2013 — Michael Ruppert discusses the many signs of converging crises across the planet, both manmade and planet-driven. Beyond dead pigs, now dead black swans are appearing in China's waterways, adding an ironic twist to the carnage there. In the UK, there were several thousand deaths from the unprecedented cold this winter. The "Monsanto protection act" is the final evidence of Obama's complicity in the dark machinations of TPTB. The shenanigans in Cyprus, where banksters are stealing depositors' money in broad daylight, plus the explanatory announcements by EU central bankers about how such policies may be applied broadly in the future, should tell us that money in any bank is at risk by definition.
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The Lifeboat Hour, 07 Apr 2013
Charles Eisenstein on Transition and the Value of "Preaching to the Choir"
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The Wringer, 06 Mar 2013
Sieg Heil! — Fracking Invades Poland
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KunstlerCast, 11 Apr 2013
Bill Powers:  The US Natural Gas Boom is Unsustainable
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KunstlerCast, 04 Apr 2013
The Five Stages of Dmitry Orlov
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Sea Change Radio, 02 Apr 2013
Michael Skelly on Wind Power and High Voltage DC Transmission Lines
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NUCLEAR

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good TUC Radio

Arnie Gundersen:  What Did They Know, and When Did They Know It? — 26 Mar 2013— Gundersen argues that the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan really began in 1965, inside the US, with General Electric and the engineers who designed the site plan and architecture for the Mark I reactors. He also points the finger at the US Atomic Energy Commission that permitted a flawed design to be licensed and built in the US and elsewhere. Finally, he explains why TEPCO clearly knew more during the accident than they told the press and public.
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Unrated TUC Radio

_David Freeman:  My Experience with Nuclear Power — 01 Apr 2013— David Freeman has served in executive positions in the power-generation industry, including the New York Power Authority, the TVA, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He is also a formidable critic of fossil fuels and nuclear power. Freeman closed down nine nuclear reactor projects during his career. He lays out how renewable energy can replace oil and coal, as well as nuclear.
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NPR, 28 Mar 2013
Federal Budget Games and DOE Squabbles Delay Waste Cleanup at Hanford
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Unrated Fairewinds Energy Education

Nuclear Power and Earthquakes — 11 Apr 2013 — Geologist Les Kanat talks with nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen about seismological events in relation to nuclear power. Why do east coast nuclear plants have higher Core Damage Frequencies, and why are they more likely to be damaged from an earthquake than nuclear plants in California? Do corporate economic concerns mean that nuclear plants are not designed to handle the worst quake?
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ENVIRONMENT

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Food Sleuth Radio

The Politics of Lawn Chemicals—How Canadians Beat the 2,4-D Bunch — 21 Mar 2013 — Paul Tukey of SafeLawns.org talks about his latest effort, a documentary film called Chemical Reaction, which charts the fight to ban lawn pesticides in Hudson, Quebec. It all started with one determined Hudson physician repeatedly petitioning the local council; it ended up with 85% of Canada banning cosmetic lawn pesticides. Tukey also reviews how lawn chemicals affect the health of humans and pets.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Radio EcoShock

US Population and Immigration—The Unspoken Environmental Issue — 03 Apr 2013— Former Earth First! leader Dave Foremen discusses the importance of addressing the population issue in the US and globally. Since the equation for environmental impact is roughly population times standard of living, an increasing population, whether from increased birthrates or immigration, means increasing environmental problems. Foreman reviews many facets of the issue and the politics that keep it buried, even among most environmental groups.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living On Earth

Arkansas Pipeline Break Highlights Lack of Regulations on Tar Sands Transfers — 05 Apr 2013 — A pipeline that links Canada's tar sands with the US Gulf Coast recently ruptured in the rural community of Mayflower, Arkansas. Resident Becky Naylor discusses the spill and the clean up effort. ~~ The US EPA is overseeing the Mayflower oil spill cleanup, but media inquiries are being funneled through Exxon. Reporter Lisa Song explains the challenges of reporting on the spill. ~~ The pipeline was carrying bitumen from Canada's tar sands, which has the consistency of peanut butter. It's physically far different than petroleum. Jim Murphy from National Wildlife Federation discusses a petition before the EPA requesting a moratorium on new or expanded bitumen pipelines until there are tighter regulations for transporting the substance.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Living On Earth

"Bees vs. Pesticides" Fight Goes to Court — 29 Mar 2013 — A coalition of beekeepers and environmental organizations is suing the EPA to get tighter regulations for a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids. The group asserts that the agricultural pesticides are contributing to the dramatic decline in honeybee populations. Peter Jenkins, a lawyer for the Center for Food Safety, explains why these pesticides pose risks to bees—and birds as well.
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Connect The Dots, 26 Mar 2013
Toms River—A Story of Pollution, Science, and the System Working for Once
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

How Pre-Fab and Modular Technologies Can Foster Green Building — 03 Apr 2013— Super-tight, low-energy homes cannot be built using standard construction on site. They need to be build on jigs, with factory-level standards to make everything fit seamlessly. Plus, there is less waste in the factory production method. But don't get the idea that the resulting homes are cheesy—they can be anything but. Sheri Koones, author or Prefabulous and Almost Off the Grid explains.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Living On Earth

Environmental Regs Disappearing into Bureaucratic Black Hole — 12 Apr 2013 — The line-level rule makers at the US Environmental Protection Agency have increasingly seen their newly proposed rules fall into the abyss of the White House's internal review process—which is managed by political appointees—never to return. Is this a case of politics trumping science? Georgetown law professor Lisa Heinzerling discusses this increasingly problematic barrier to environmental regulation.
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ANIMAL WELFARE

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Democracy Now

As Video Footage Brings Animal Abuse to Light (and Prosecution), Ag Gag Bills Loom — 09 Apr 2013 — An animal rights investigator details how he has spent over a decade secretly filming animal abuse—much of which led to prosecutions for violations of animal-cruelty and farm-animal-abuse laws—and why that work is now imperiled by the wave of "Ag Gag" laws sweeping the country. ~~ Then a debate on the merits of the so-called "Ag Gag" bills, featuring Emily Meredith of the Animal Agriculture Alliance, an industry group, and independent journalist Will Potter.
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HEALTH

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good One Radio Network

Bacterial Footprint, the Gut, and Probiotics — 04 Apr 2013— Brenda Watson discusses the factors that contribute to good or poor bacterial populations in our digestive tract. Topics include the relationship between gut flora and health generally, and with the immune system specifically; how to reestablish gut bacteria after a round of antibiotics; how to choose a good probiotic; why some probiotics are more shelf stable than others; whether probiotics should be taken on an empty stomach or with food.
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Radio Parallax, 14 Mar 2013
Sharon Begley:  Why We Need Germs
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FOOD, NUTRITION, ORGANICS & GMOs

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good One Radio Network

GMO Safety—Don't Believe the Industry Science — 26 Mar 2013 — Howard Vlieger reviews new information on RNA and DNA damage from GMOs. In an Australian study, formaldehyde was found in Roundup-Ready corn. He recounts some of the negative findings in independent studies of GMOs and reminds us that when our leaders say the science indicates GMOs to be "safe," they are referencing GMO-industry-sponsored science, which surprise-surprise, always finds GMOs to be safe. Mothers Across America is a new anti-GMO organization that people can join to fight the GMO scourge.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Democracy Now

New Extra-Legal Protection for GMO Companies Outrages Food Safety Advocates — 02 Apr 2013 — President Obama and Congress have outraged food activists by approving a spending bill with a controversial rider that critics have dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act." The rider says the government must allow the planting of genetically modified crops even if courts rule they pose health risks. Gregory Jaffe, director of the Biotechnology Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch, debate the provision and the broader issues of genetically modified foods.
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(GP comment:  Apparently, CSPI has been captured by the GM industry. Their position that the science so far says "GMOs are safe" is ignorant and ignoble.)

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen The Wringer

Alexis Baden-Mayer of OCA on Labeling GMOs — 28 Mar 2013— First, an excerpt from the film Genetic Roulette explains the four steps you can take to avoid GMOs in your diet. Then Alexis Baden-Mayer of the Organic Consumers Association offers the latest on GMOs, explains why they are toxic, and offers suggestions on what we can do to get GMOs labeled this year.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Food Sleuth Radio

The Threat of Genetically Engineered Salmon to Wild Fisheries, Coastal Economies, and Ecosystems — 14 Mar 2013 — Anne Mosness, food policy analyst and former commercial fishing boat captain, discusses the threat of genetically engineered salmon—the first US-approved GE food animal—to wild salmon fisheries and ecosystems, as well as to the economic well being of wild-catch fishermen.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Radio EcoShock

Rehabbing the Food Bank with a Better Foundation — 10 Apr 2013 — Nick Saul is author of The Stop—How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement. The book describes how he and others shifted the depressing food-bank mentality in their Toronto community to a model of food empowerment.
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Food Sleuth Radio, 28 Mar 2013
Heather Day on Food and Agriculture Sovereignty
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Food Chain Radio

New Food Rules from the Government and Monsanto May Overwhelm Some Farmers — 23 Mar 2013 — In the continuing march towards food oblivion, the US government and its Monsanto-spawned food safety chief, the notorious Michael Taylor, have a new 1000+ page document out on the street to tell food purveyors all about the new things they must do if they want to keep being part of the food biz. Oh, and by the way, reserve a few million bucks for fines if you screw up.
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COOL & COSMIC
(AND POSSIBLY CATASTROPHIC!)

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Awakening to Conscious Co-Creation

Matt Kahn:  Beyond All Barriers — 03 Apr 2013 — Spiritual teacher and mystic Matt Kahn explains how to explore the truth of who you really are—beyond all space, and time. Find out how to make contact with your soul's true essence, which always exists beyond all barriers, no matter how things appear to our senses.
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Clif's Wujo

Mysogi Wave — 20 Mar 2013 — Clif High discusses the possibility that a wave of purification is rippling its way to a part of the universe near you—and all other humans on this planet. However, it's unclear that The Powers That Be and all the other buttheads from the highest to the lowest echelons will tune in to the positive realignment. It could be that the opposing forces are necessary for maintenance of cosmic balance.
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Unrated C-Realm Podcast

The Power in the Middle — 10 Apr 2013 — KMO welcomes Matthew J. Pallamary, author of Spirit Matters and Land Without Evil, to talk about his new book, The Infinity Zone: A Transcendent Approach to Peak Performance. Topics covered include Rudolf Steiner, sacred geometry, peak performance, martial arts, the effects of political polarization, and the merging of shamanism with science.
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HISTORY & LEARNING

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good, worth a listen Red Ice Radio

Kevin Barrett on the Conspiracies Behind the Power — 07 Apr 2013 — Kevin Barrett applies a scholarly eye to the web of conspiracies that has shaped the world for centuries. Beginning with 9/11 as an inside job, Barrett probes the dark historical machinations, including the false flag events that always precede US wars, Free Masons, the Rothschilds, the role of Israel and Palestine, and how TPTB use event manipulation and media management techniques to shock the masses into a childlike state so that they will listen to authority.
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MUSIC & FUN

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Pop Goes the World

Eighties Schmaedies — This is a nice tour of some greater and lesser hits from the 1980s, focusing on synth-pop. Top tracks include "The Sun Always Shines On TV " by a-Ha, "Send Me An Angel " by Real Life, "No Stars " by Figures On A Beach, "Tears Run Rings " by Marc Almond, "Big In Japan " by Alphaville, "Kyrie " by Mister Mister, "Cry " by Godley & Cream, "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone " by Glass Tiger, "Pop Goes The World " by Men Without Hats, "Johnny and Mary " by Robert Palmer, "Steppin' Out " by Joe Jackson.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Fresh Air

Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell on Harmonizing and History — 28 Mar 2013— Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, who was an original member of Harris' "Hot Band," join host Terry Gross to discuss their musical history together and apart, including the work on the recent album, Old Yellow Moon. Harris also discusses her relationship with and influences from Byrd member Graham Parsons. Numerous tracks are played, including "Sweet Dreams," "Here We Are," and "Open Season on My Heart."
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