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FEATURE STORY

WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT CAREER?
THE WORKING POOR DURING BOOMS AND BUSTS

Econ Talk — 08 Mar 2010
Guest Katherine Newman and host Russ Roberts explore the findings of a multiyear study of low-wage workers.

Many of findings regarding the poor's job opportunities, career strategies, employment levels, work habits, and attitudes towards the unemployed are surprising, and many stereotypes are not supported by the data.

Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:00:41

Katherine Newman book on Amazon:
-- Chutes and Ladders:  Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market

Related GP cartoons:
-- Cartoon: Money Joke
-- Bad Neighborhood Joke/Cartoon

Related GP articles:
-- Understanding Plutocracy and Its Effect on Your Health
-- The Causes of the Financial Crisis – Curse of the Financial Wizards

HOT & WHAT NOT

Peak Moment

The World of Ecovillages — 08 Mar 2010 — If you've ever wondered what an eco-village is and why one might want to be part of one, listen here!
Watch  |  Download/Listen   26:42

King World News

Gerald Celente, Caught in the Chile Earthquake — 06 Mar 2010 — Gerald Celente preaches preparedness and resourcefulness. He recently had a chance to put his theories to the test—he was in Chile when the mega-quake struck.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   27:13

Jim Sinclair: Financial Juggernaut Ready to Rampage Across Planet — 08 Mar 2010 — Jim Sinclair says that the global financial serpents are first targeting Greece's currency and sovereign wealth. When they have their pirate booty from the Greece operation, they will use it to back similar take-down operations in the larger targets of Portugal, Spain, and Italy. Once their war chest is large enough, they will ultimately take out the UK pound and the US dollar, creating so much economic chaos that their planned "one world currency" solution will be accepted without question.
PART 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   25:37
PART 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   27:46

Radio Parallax

Pesticide Turns Male Frogs Into Females — 11 Feb 2010 — A recent study on the widely used pesticide Atrazine shows that the chemical has bizarre and disastrous effects on frogs. Do those problems scale to human effects?
Download/Listen   4:50

The California Water Grab — 04 Mar 2010 — There's only enough native water in Southern California to support 1 million people. But 25 million people live there, so for decades SoCal has piped in water from afar. This clip is a fascinating recap of how water, real-estate money, and duplicity are inseparable in Southern California. Chinatown explained it all!
Download/Listen   18:13

Related items:
More  Radio Parallax
Movie:  Chinatown
Book:  Cadillac Desert

Democracy Now

Kucinich Forces Congress to Own Up on Afghanistan — 11 Mar 2010 — Congressman Dennis Kucinich discusses the Afghanistan war and congressional duties under the constitution; his resistance to compromising on the health care bill; and whether it's appropriate for Congress or the president to criticize Supreme Court decisions.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   20:35

The Shortwave Report

World News Round-Up — News reports from around the world — 12 Mar 2010
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   29:00

Gary Null Show

Dr. Harvey Bigelson on Biological Medicine — 08 Mar 2010 — An interesting discussion about the role of chronic inflammation in ALL disease.
Page for full show  |  Download/Listen   28:03

F. William Engdahl on TPTB's Agenda — 10 Mar 2010 — Investigative scholar F. William Engdahl uncovers the hidden motives behind corporate globalization and geopolitics, oil, GMO foods, and vaccine controversies.
Page for full show  |  Download/Listen   36:34

Jim Wallis - Progressive Evangelical — 03 Mar 2010 — The right-wing political machine has made a point over the last three decades of trying to capture the hearts and minds (and votes and dollars) of evangelical Christians. Reverend Jim Wallis argues that the true teaching of Jesus are better suited to a progressive agenda.
Page for full show  |  Download/Listen   24:29

Two Beers With Steve

Unemployed? Become An Organic Farmer — 07 Mar 2010 — Once the current economic paradigm finishes crumbling, many of us are thinking about what occupations may be viable in the post-collapse world. Small-acreage farming is one obvious choice—everyone will need to eat, always. The good news is, there are lots of good supporting activities underway already.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   52:28

GoldRadio.fm

Sean Broderick:  Four Suggestions — 08 Mar 2010 — Suggestion 1: Move your money out of the big banks that are ravaging the planet's economy and into regional banks, community banks, and non-corporate credit unions.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   15:17

Related Resources:
Book:  The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide  (on Amazon)
Web site:  Move Your Money

Athens International Radio

Max Keiser Talks About Greek Crisis — 08 Mar 2010 — Max talks with Helen Skopis about the Greek financial crisis, saying that Greeks should follow the Icelanders in saying "no!" to the financial-terrorist bankers. He also says that the crisis will spread to other Eurozone countries.
Ref. page on MaxKeiser.com  |  Download/Listen   8:07

Nutrition Diva

Is Pasta Healthy? — 10 Mar 2010 — The Nutrition Diva noodles around in the dietary facts associated with pasta. Is it compatible with a low-card diet? What is "plus" pasta?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:35

One Radio Network

NOTE: You need free One Radio Network account to listen/download their MP3s.

Andrew Gause on State Banks — 10 Feb 2010 — Andrew Gause talks about the benefits of state-owned banks, the real story on the financial debacle in Greece, and how the Icelandic people are saying no to paying back the UK bankers.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:07:33

Financial Sense Newshour

Matt Simmons Interview — 06 Mar 2010 — Matt Simmons discusses the latest on peak oil, ocean energy, and freshwater supplies.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   21:28

Survival Podcast

The American Open Currency Standard — 10 Mar 2010 — As the fiat-based money system gets more and more odious, talk of a currency backed by gold and silver is rising. Here's a local initiative that's already doing it.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:29

Bottom Up Radio Network (B.U.R.N.)

BURN Collapses with Mike Ruppert — 07 Mar 2010 — Mike Ruppert asserts that collapse isn't coming, it's already underway. Greece is a preview of what will soon enough be seen in the US. He also says we should focus our anger and action on the root of the problem—the way money works.
 (GP comment: Some people apparently think persuasive sentences much each contain a minimum of one epithet. The hosts here are clearly smarter than their stoner delivery would imply, but as with all Ruppert interviews, this one is still worth listening to.)
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:59:47

Related items:
Info on Ruppert's latest book:  Confronting Collapse
Free video:  The Money Masters

Radio EcoShock

Expecting Collapse — 05 Mar 2010 — It's the new hot meme: "We are going down." Interviews with Dmitry Orlov (Reinventing Collapse) and John Michael Greer (The Long Descent) plus clips from Joseph Tainter (The Collapse of Complex Societies) and Dennis Meadows (Limits to Growth). Will it be a relief? Not likely.
Download/Listen   1:00:00
Get more Radio EcoShock here

Referenced books:
-- Reinventing Collapse  (Orlov)
-- The Long Descent  (Greer)
-- The Collapse of Complex Societies  (Tainter)
-- Limits to Growth:  The 30-Year Update  (Meadows)

Living On Earth

Climate Confusion — 05 Mar 2010 — An examination of the anti-climate noise machine's "Climategate" impact vs. the reality of climate-change science.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   12:37

The Real News

How Western Anti-Muslim Bigotry Became Respectable — 05 Mar 2010 — The newly resilient practice of demonization based on religion—in particular, "evil Muslim hordes plotting in the shadows"—has historic roots.
Page  |  Download/Listen   10:18
Watch: Click player to right

On The Media

Re-Upping the Patriot Act — 05 Mar 2010 — President Obama recently signed into law the re-authorization of three contentious provisions of the Patriot Act. What are the implications for the future of government surveillance of Americans?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:34

Tracking Us All — 05 Mar 2010 — Modern cell phones can be used as tracking devices, and the government is now seeking explicit permission from the courts to access those records without probable cause.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:33

Referenced book:
The Watchers:  The Rise of America's Surveillance State  (by Shane Harris, on Amazon)

NOW

Food, Inc. — 05 Mar 2010 — An interview with the creator of the film Food, Inc., which exposes the grinding industrialism and putrid politics of today's food and farming industries.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   20:44

COOL & CLASSIC & CATCHING UP

Earthbeat Radio

Climate Wars — 02 Mar 2010 — Climate deniers' campaigns to thwart action and their harassment of climate scientists are now taking a dangerous turn. Also in the clip, some clarifications on errors in the IPCC's latest report.
Download/Listen   21:10

Going Green via 'The Cleveland Model' — 02 Mar 2010 — Cleveland rocks! ... when it comes to going green. A worker-owned clean energy revolution is taking place in Cleveland.
Download/Listen   14:26

Full show at  this Earthbeat Radio page

Holistic Survival

John Perkins:  The Quiet Machinery of Empire — 26 Feb 2010 — John Perkins, who once operated as an "economic hit man" for US and corporate interests, says overt use of the military is rarely required to enforce the needs of today's empire. The key to reform is curbing the power of corporations.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   48:40

KXCI "30 Minutes"

Michael Shuman - Local First — 07 Feb 2010 — After a short example of how buying from national and multinational corporations causes money to "leak" out of local economies, Michael Shuman provides some additional insights on how local businesses can out-compete the world's largest companies.
PART 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   27:19
PART 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   30:28

Michael Shuman book:
The Small-Mart Revolution

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FEATURE STORY

GOLD TINGLER
THE SUSPENSEFUL STORY OF THE GOLD MARKET AND ITS IMPENDING JAILBREAK

McAlvany Podcast — 03 Mar 2010
Gold is the main alternative to fiat currencies and the financial markets based on them. How much longer can the suppression of the price of gold go on? Not much longer, according to John Embry. And once it stops, people will be shocked by how high the price of gold will go.

Also in the show: A survey says 8 of 10 people think that everything is A-OK in the stock and bond markets. What happy-stuff are they smoking? Or is it just "The Greater Fool" principle at work?

Go to page  |  Download/Listen   38:17

Related GP articles:
-- Who Are The Powers That Be?

HOT & WHAT NOT

Gary Null Show

Legal Rights on Vaccination Policies — 03 Mar 2010 — After a wrap-up of health and wellness news and a commentary on the dreadful state of our media, Gary talks to lawyer Alan Phillips about our legal rights against efforts to make certain vaccines mandatory.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:03:00

Nutrition Diva

Food Combining Myths — 03 Mar 2010 — Food-combining dictates sound scientific, but are they supported by the evidence?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:21

USGS CoreCast

Lessons from Chile Earthquake—Preparation is Key — 03 Mar 2010 — Harley Benz of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center discusses the recent earthquake in Chile and how research, preparation, and awareness can save lives.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:13

PBS NewsHour

Chile's Death Toll Along Coast Continues to Climb — 03 Mar 2010 — A report on the damage and loss of life in some of Chile's coastal towns.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   5:20

The Shortwave Report

World News Round-Up — News reports from around the world — 05 Mar 2010
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   29:00

Democracy Now

Greg Palast:  Vulture Funds Preying on African Debt — 03 Mar 2010 — Though Palast uses an overtly bleeding-heart delivery here, the facts are on his side—Western exploitation of Africa did not end with the formal abandonment of colonial rule.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   12:23

GoldRadio.fm

John Rubino:  Putting The Gold In Goldman Sachs — 03 Mar 2010
Given that the world is now pretty clued in to the pirate mentality of Goldman Sachs, Rubino finds it astonishing that their exploits are continuing unabated.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   19:10

John Rubino books:
-- The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It
-- Clean Money: Picking Winners in the Green Tech Boom

C-Realm Podcast

Albert Bates, pt. 2 — 03 Mar 2010 — KMO continues his discussion with Albert Bates, this time talking about which climate solutions are realistic. Carbon sequestration? Biochar? Geo-engineering? Carbon trading?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   57:06

Albert Bates books:
-- The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook
-- The Financial Collapse Survival Guide and Cookbook  (Kindle Only)

Jim Hightower

Selected recent Hightower commentaries...

Foreign Corporations in U.S. Elections?
...OR... "The Senator from Deutsche Bank has the floor..."
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

The Supreme Court's Corporate Wonderland
...OR... The only survey segments supporting political rights for corporations are plutocrats and political poltroons
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

Greedhead Trophy Up for Grabs
...OR... Health insurance hucksters rival Wall Street Weenies for outright greed
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

The People Speak, Congress Fiddles
...OR... "Private WalMart, you WILL clean that latrine, and you will do it with this toothbrush from Aisle 5!"
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

Max Keiser Radio

Bubble After Bubble, Ponzi After Ponzi? — 03 Mar 2010 — The old plan was that the economy would keep on "bubbling" along, and as each old Ponzi-like bubble burst, an new one would follow to take the magic money ship even higher. But where is the new bubble?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   28:20

All Things Considered (NPR)

State Budget Cuts Threaten Child Welfare Programs — 02 Mar 2010 — States facing big deficits are cutting programs that are designed to prevent abuse and protect children. This comes at a time when many on the front lines say they're seeing a growing need.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:49

Post-Quake Looting Dismays Chileans — 03 Mar 2010 — Post-earthquake looting in Chile has citizens re-examining the social and economic disparity that remains in that country, despite its overall progress.  (GP comment: The takeaway message for most of us is: Don't keep so little food on-hand that YOU would be in trouble after a few days of closed grocery stores.)
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   3:59

Related GP articles:
-- The Resilient Household

Free Speech Radio News

Chilean President Orders More Troops As Survivors of Earthquake Vie for Limited Food and Water — 03 Mar 2010 — President Michelle Bachelet extended an overnight curfew in the city of Concepcion and dispatched thousands of troops to the region to quell looting.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:45

Ecuadorian Plan to Reduce Climate Change Emissions Runs Into Politics, Oil Development — 04 Mar 2010 — At Copenhagen, Ecuador announced a bold proposal to keep oil underground the Yasuni National Park, one of the most bio-diverse regions in the world, in exchange for funds from richer countries. But...
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:43

One Radio Network

NOTE: You need free One Radio Network account to listen/download their MP3s.

Andrew Gause:  IMF the New Global Financial Mafia? — 03 Mar — The Powers That Be appear to have chosen the International Monetary Fund to be the vehicle through which they will try to implement a new global central bank, resulting in a unified, totally controlled global financial system.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:15:11

MORE COOL & CLASSIC & CATCHING UP

Indy Media

Chris Martenson's "Peak Oil and Economic Growth" Speech in UK — 23 Feb 2010 — Econ wiz Chris Martenson gives a speech in the UK that provides an ultra-condensed version of his brilliant Crash Course on the Three E's—energy, economy, and environmental resources. The clip includes almost an hour of Q&A.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:26:10

Related Resources:
-- Inside The Great American Bubble Machine  (Matt Taibbi article)
-- The Story of Cap and Trade video

NOW

Hunting Wolves, Saving Wolves — 26 Feb 2010 — In 2009, the Obama Administration removed federal protection from some of the wolves that had been restored to the northern Rockies under the Endangered Species Act. The move paved the way for controversial state-regulated wolf hunts. Is the Obama Administration breaking its promise to protect endangered species?
Watch  |  Download/Listen   25:26

You Bet Your Garden

"Climbing Clematis" and More — 20 Feb 2010 — Story list for this clip:
00:16 - 06:40 Grafting of tomato plants
06:40 - 11:03 The only proper way to use wood chips as mulch
13:17 - 20:20 Growing fig trees beyond Mediterranean climes
20:20 - 26:00 Goats vs. controlled burning for controlling weeds
26:00 - 30:39 "Starting a vegetable garden" for beginners
32:50 - 39:30 Keeping your yard from going over the cliff
39:30 - 45:00 Using pine needles as mulch
45:00 - 50:18 Growing clematis
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   52:14

Survival Podcast

Uncommon Edible Plants for Every Backyard — 22 Feb 2010 — Variety is the key to resilient gardening, so here are 10 cool edible or medicinal plants you should consider for your garden.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:13:36

Living On Earth

(Nuclear) Waste Not, Want Not — 26 Feb 2010 — President Obama's decision to cut funds for the Yucca Nuclear Waste Repository leaves operators of nuclear reactors around the nation storing more than 120 million pounds of their plants' own high level waste.
PART 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   10:36
PART 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:38

Trawling for a Fishing Solution — 26 Feb 2010 — Fishermen say tight catch limits could sink their businesses even as fish stocks are rebounding. But scientists warn against a return to policy that brought about the collapse of many fish populations.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:31

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FEATURE STORY

PEAK WOOD?
WILL THE DEMAND FOR RENEWABLES SEND FORESTS OVER THE EDGE?

Feb 2010 — In clip 1, Agroinnovations Podcast recounts the role of wood in the development of civilization. Ancient Rome deforesting huge areas to support silver smelting. In pre-industrial Britain, armaments manufacture unleashed a similar razing of forests. Throughout history, wood has played a key historical role as an energy source. But "peak wood" was a common theme too, with regional exploitation of the resource often outstripping nature's ability to replenish it.

In the next decade or two, as oil and other fossil fuels peak and decline, wood energy seems bound to make a comeback. But with 6 billion people on the planet, can our forests stand it?

In clip 2, Quirks and Quarks discusses an experiment that was done to show whether burning wood to generate electricity in Canada and the US might offset the need for a substantial portion of our coal burning.

CLIP 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   36:16

CLIP 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   9:38

Referenced books:
-- John Perlin's  A Forest Journey:  The Story of Wood and Civilization
-- GP review of James Howard Kunstler's  World Made By Hand

Related GP cartoon:
-- 'Wood Related' Cartoon

Related GP articles:
-- Forest Destruction
-- Ideas to Save Paper

Other Resources on GP:
-- Forest Movies
-- Forest Quotes

HOT & WHAT NOT

Food Chain Radio

Saving the Seeds — 20 Feb 2010 — A discussion about hybrid seeds vs. heirloom seeds. Topics include: What's the importance of saving heirloom seeds? Is there any difference between heirloom seeds and heritage seeds? Can seeds be saved from hybrid varieties at all?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   42:27

Diet Science

What Is Truvia, Anyway? — 22 Feb 2010 — There's a new non-caloric sweetener on the market—Truvia. What's in this stuff, anyway? Is it natural? Is it safer than industrial no-cal sweeteners?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:08

Coast To Coast

Joseph Meyer:  Financial Turmoil and the "War-on-Terror Bull Market in Commodities" — 22 FEB 2010 — Financial analyst Joseph Meyer thinks the coming crash in commercial real estate will "take the residential real estate market the rest of the way down." He thinks we're at the beginning of a "generational bear market" in stocks but still in the early stages of a bull market in commodities based on the material demands of War on Terror. Other topics include bank closures, FDIC insurance, keeping cash at home.
Download/Listen   1:00:00

Notes:
(1) The MP3 above is a mirror of KSFO's full-hour MP3 thus the clip contains news and commercials along with content. The meaty portion runs 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.

Gary Null Show

Bought-Off Leaders and Energy Vampires
24 Feb 2010 — Health news, including some cool new high-antioxidant food crops ~~ Gary gives an excellent commentary on the delusion among our leaders regarding the real state of the economy and the outrageousness of their economic solutions ~~ Dr. Judith Orloff talks about wellness vs. stress, emotions, and psychic-energy vampires
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:02:40

Free Speech Radio News

Food Assistance Up As Hunger Rises for Americans — 25 Feb 2010 — As unemployment remains a big problem, enrollment for the federal food stamp program has set a record for the ninth month in a row. Now, more than one in eight Americans is receiving food stamps—the highest share of the population ever.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:34

Justice Department Report Reveals Lawyers' Roles in Bush Torture Policy
23 Feb 2010 — Released memos reveal that, during the Bush Administration, congressional leaders blocked attempts to oversee the CIA program of torture and rendition and knew about the agency's plan to destroy video tapes of interrogation sessions. The documents were released as a result of a FOIA request by several human rights groups.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:41

C-Realm Podcast

Financial Permaculture — 24 Feb 2010 — KMO and Albert Bates talk about the ongoing process by which we are exporting more of our attention and cognitive capacity into our cybernetic prostheses and the abstract spaces they allow us to inhabit. They also discuss the state of the economy and the performance of President Obama.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:31

Democracy Now

The Rise of America's Surveillance State — 25 Feb 2010 — The first half of this clip covers the story of a Pennsylvania School District that is accused of using a web cam to spy on a student at home. The second part is a discussion of the increasing surveillance on Americans by the federal government.
Watch 1  |  Watch 2  |  Download/Listen   23:49

Obama Pushes "Clean Coal" Despite Coal's History of Destruction
26 Feb 2010 — As President Obama announces a major initiative to develop so-called clean coal technology, journalist and cultural historian Jeff Biggers explores the myth of clean coal and recounts some of the outrages born from coal, from today to 200 years ago.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   13:04

Referenced books:
-- Reckoning at Eagle Creek:  The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland  (by Jeff Biggers)
-- The Watchers:  The Rise of America's Surveillance State  (by Shane Harris)

The Shortwave Report

World News Round-Up — News reports from around the world — 26 Feb 2010
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   29:00

Media Minutes

Are High-Speed Broadband Serving Communities? — 26 Feb 2010 — Despite their rhetoric about serving all communities with high-speed broadband, the phone and cable companies are really only interested in one thing—protecting their market share.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   5:00

Prison Radio / Mumia Abu-Jamal

Corporate Supremacy — Feb 2010 — People are rightly outraged by the recent Supreme Court decision green-lighting unlimited corporate spending on elections; but the truth is, corporate interests have owned the political process—and politicians—for the better part of a century.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:37

The Haiti Response - Guns or Doctors? — Feb 2010 — A commentary juxtaposing the Cuban and American responses to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti after the earthquake.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:40

Two Beers With Steve

The Creature From Gilligan's Island — 22 Feb 2010 — Steve Patterson takes on the challenge of explaining how our money system works using the metaphor of the 1960s TV show Gilligan's Island, its characters, and its resource base.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:12:11

Referenced items:
-- Chris Martenson's Crash Course  (free!)
-- Gilligan's Island  (DVDs on Amazon)
-- The Creature from Jekyll Island:  A Second Look at the Federal Reserve  (by G. Edward Griffin)

CounterSpin

Iran, Nuclear Power — 26 Feb 2010 — Segments include... Weekly wrap-up of bad reportage in the mainstream media plus Cyrus Safdari on Iran and Robert Alvarez on nuclear power.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   28:00

Radio EcoShock

On the Road to Extinction — 26 Feb 2010 — Scientists warn that we are facing a new "great extinction." Guest voices include Mark Pagani of Yale; Jeremy Jackson, an oceanographer at Scripps; Andrew Glikson; and Peter Ward.
Download/Listen   1:00:00

Peter Ward book:
Under a Green Sky:  Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future

Financial Sense Newshour

Marc Faber Interview — 20 Feb 2010 — Marc Faber, a.k.a. "Dr. Doom," discusses the economy and his rather dire outlook for the US
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   38:54

USGS CoreCast

Disappearing Ice Shelves on Antarctic Peninsula — 22 Feb 2010 — The retreat of ice shelves along the Antarctic Peninsula could result in glacier retreat as well as sea-level rise. A USGS scientist discusses their project that is for the first time studying the entire Antarctic coastline in detail.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:14

MORE COOL & CLASSIC & CATCHING UP

TED Talks

Peter Eigen: How to Expose the Corrupt
In his work with the World Bank, Peter Eigen realized that many of the world's most difficult social problems can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, working hand-in-glove with a money-trumps-ethics attitude in multinational companies.   (Posted on TED Feb 2010; filmed Nov 2009)
Download/Listen   16:22

To watch, click image to right
(plays in this page)

TED Talks page for this talk ...or... view most recent TED talks

Bill Moyers Journal

Justice(s) for Sale — 19 Feb 2010 — A review of the impact campaign financing is having on state judges, include those on state supreme courts.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   53:52

On The Media

From GoogleBooks to the Secret Copyright Police — 19 Feb 2010 — Two segments on internet copyright issues: First, we hear about the legal quagmire Goggle found itself in with its new GoggleBooks sub-site, as well as the broader implications that case has for how we get information. The second clip explains that secret negotiations are being used to determine our future digital rights.
ITEM 1 - Can't Quote This:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:38
ITEM 2 - Secret Agent:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   4:49

Survival Podcast

Guns & Ammo — 16-19 Feb 2010 — The first show discusses weapons commonly used for home self-defense, concealed carry, and hunting. The second talks about ammunition and ballistics. The combination of the two shows provides a good primer on choosing the proper weapon for your needs. Warning though—the examples and metaphors are often graphic and may be troubling to some people.
Guns:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:05:18
Ammo:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   1:14:15

KRCB

Asher Miller of the Post Carbon Institute — 04 Feb 2010 — Asher Miller, executive director of the Post Carbon Institute, says moving into a post-carbon world will require many changes in the way people live, especially in our high-consumption culture. But, he adds, the necessary adjustments may not prove to be as difficult or disruptive as they may appear now.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   3:26

LEARN AND EARN

Grammar Girl

Selected episodes to help you improve your communications skills...

Is 'Ain't' a Word?
...OR... Good grammar ain't that tough if you try
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:37

When to Use 'Nor'
...OR... We neither love nor hate this episode.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   6:26

Readers Share Their Funny Errors
...OR... We have a deep fear of pubic speaking
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:07

Dangling Participles
...OR... At the beginning of the sentence, I took another sip of coffee
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:56

FEATURE STORY

ROME IS BURNING
ROGUE FINANCIAL BARBARIANS ARE SACKING THE CIVILIZED WORLD

King World News — 15 Feb 2010
Some people think "the government" wields an unseen hand, manipulating financial markets behind the scenes. But Jim Sinclair explains that the powerful unseen hand is actually attached to the international finance/banking cabal that has quietly taken control of most western governments (especially the US and UK).

The financial barbarians have such vast resources that they can manipulate financial markets at will, take down publicly held corporations, and even take down entire countries. Any individual investor that think they can follow mere charts and theories to succeed in the markets against such power is dreaming.

Go to page  |  Download/Listen   50:10

Related free video:
-- The Money Masters

Other Resources:
-- Jim Sinclair's blog

HOT & WHAT NOT

Sierra Club Radio

Slow Death by Rubber Duck — 13 Feb 2010 — In an experiment, two researchers measured dramatic changes in blood levels of chemical contaminants just from using everyday personal care products and food containers ~~ Other segments include a winter soup recipe and a chat about recent green movies
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   27:00

Related book by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie:
Slow Death by Rubber Duck:  The Secret Danger of Everyday Things

PBS NewsHour

Reactor Plan Renews Debate on Nuclear Energy — 17 Feb 2010 — Obama wants to raise spending on nuclear energy from $18 billion (under Bush) to a whopping $55 billion. We hear a short debate on the two sides of the pros and cons of a "nuclear revival."
Watch  |  Download/Listen   12:38

Nutrition Diva

Is Skipping Breakfast Bad For You? — 17 Feb 2010 — Does skipping breakfast really degrade our functional performance or affect our health? Is there a "right way to skip breakfast"?
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GoldRadio.fm

John Rubino:  Fire In The Kitchen — 17 Feb 2010 — John Rubino thinks most mainstream commentators on the left and on the right aren't getting it. They keep blaming the economic meltdown on the other side's approach to running things, but the answer really comes down to one word: debt. He also talks about the potential of algae-based biofuels.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   13:14

John Rubino books:
-- The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It
-- Clean Money: Picking Winners in the Green Tech Boom

Jim Hightower

Selected Hightower commentaries for week ending 19 Feb 2010...

Help Cure Sallie Mae's Sugar Addiction
...OR... Getting the financial parasites out of the student-loan body
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

Wall Street's Solidarity with Average Joes
...OR... Kings of Bonusworld down to mere millions in compensation
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   2:00

Max Keiser Radio

Global Debt-Bomb Explosion — 18 Feb 2010 — Topics include... Dow Jones Market Watch predicts global debt-bomb explosion ~~ Not only is Greece insolvent, so are the EU and UK ~~ Both Democrats and Republicans are working for the speculators, not the public ~~ Guest Paul Craig Roberts says the Fed and Treasury are trapped in a breakdown spiral
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   26:48

The New Dark Age — 14 Feb 2010 — Is the US entering an era featuring the devaluing of thought and reason and the rejection of scientific fact? ~~ Other topics include the crimes of the financial pirates; economic feudalism; Iceland as a safe haven for activism and good journalism.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   58:12

Democracy Now

Obama's New Nukes — 18 Feb 2010 — Nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman comments on the Obama Administration's new push towards nuclear power.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   11:16

The Stress-Disease Connection
15 Feb 2010 — Dr. Gabor Maté talks about the inseparable interrelationship between our hormonal, immune, and neurological systems, and the scientifically indisputable role that emotions and stress play in overall health.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   20:28

Related books:
Wasserman: SOLARTOPIA!  Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030
Maté: When the Body Says No:  Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection

CounterSpin

Flack-Man Unmasked — 19 Feb 2010 — Segments include... (1) C-Spin's weekly unwinding of journalistic hoo-hah ~~ Corporate PR flacks disguised as cable-news pundits ~~ Did a local TV news piece on "Islamic radicals among us" spark a vandalism attack on a Nashville mosque?
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   28:00

Morning Edition/NPR

Haitians Flee Capital, Rural Areas Have Little To Offer — 18 Feb 2010 — Half a million people have fled Port-au-Prince since January's earthquake, and it's part of Haiti's recovery plan that they don't come back. The city was overcrowded to begin with, and it would be expensive to rebuild it to withstand the next earthquake. But the countryside turns out to be anything but a panacea.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   4:25

More Americans Considering Community Banks — 17 Feb 2010 — Bailouts, bonuses, and bad business practices have many Americans frustrated with big banks. They're moving their money to community banks.
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How a Warming Planet Can Still Mean More Snow — 15 Feb 2010 — With much of the country hit by snow storms, the topic of global warming has become the butt of jokes. But most climate scientists don't see a contradiction between a warming world and lots of snow.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   3:57

The Real News

What's Behind the US Offensive in Marja? — 17 Feb 2010 — Historian and investigative journalist Gareth Porter says the US offensive in Marja is directed at preparing the American public to accept the idea of negotiations with the Taliban on an end to the Afghanistan conflict.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   10:30

Engdahl on Greek Debt Crisis and Europe
16 Feb 2010 — William Engdahl provides some perspective on the Greek debt crisis. He also says Europe is resisting the economic tide that is sweeping towards Asia, even though it knows the American century of economic dominance is ending.
Watch  |  Download/Listen   9:12

William Engdahl book:
Full Spectrum Dominance:  Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order

One Radio Network

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The Marshall Protocol and Vitamin D Supplementation
15 Feb 2010 — Trevor G Marshall talks about the role of intracellular "L form" pathogens in the role of chronic disease, including many inflammatory diseases. He also says the recent spate of recommendations on oral vitamin D supplementation are mostly based on a misunderstanding of research results.
PART 1:  Download/Listen   35:26
PART 2:  Download/Listen   56:29
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Forget the Fed, Watch China + Obama to Create Debt Commission
17 Feb 2010 — Currency historian and financial guru Andrew Gause covers the latest behind-the-scenes financial shenanigans and fields a few listener questions about personal finance. He also points out that the planet's central banks create money out of thin air; then the owners of the central banks, the world's big banks, use the notional money to acquire actual assets. What a great deal—for them.
PART 1:  Download/Listen   37:45
PART 2:  Download/Listen   42:54
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Media Minutes

Goog-Net — 19 Feb 2010 — Google plans to build high-speed-fiber networks across the US ~~ Updating copyright law for the digital age
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Talk of the Nation/NPR

'Dangerous Man' Daniel Ellsberg Reflects
18 Feb 2010 — The Pentagon Papers provoked public debate about the Vietnam War. Daniel Ellsberg, the man who stole them from the US government, is the subject of the documentary, The Most Dangerous Man in America. Ellsberg talks about what it's like to blow the whistle on the government.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   16:55

Related DVD:
The Most Dangerous Man in America:  Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

All Things Considered/NPR

3,000 Miles of Mekong — 15-18 Feb 2010 — The Mekong River, one of the world's longest waterways, has a long and turbulent history. Michael Sullivan journeys the length of the Southeast Asian river and tells the story of the people who live along its banks.

PART 1:  At Mekong's Source In China, Past And Present Collide:
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   12:29

PART 2:  Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East:
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   10:19

PART 3:  Mekong Divides Different Worlds In 'Golden Triangle':
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   9:45

PART 4:  Cambodia's Fortunes Ebb And Flow Along The Mekong:
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   9:02

C-Realm Podcast

JHK on the 'Big Slide' — 17 Feb 2010 — KMO and James Howard Kunstler talk about the themes societal chaos, resilience skills, and "Cornpone Nazism" as they feature in Kunstler's new play, Big Slide. Other topics include paranoid conspiracy theories, post-traumatic embitterment disorder, and the possibility for class-based antagonism.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   59:59

Related GP page:
Review of Big Slide

MORE COOL & CLASSIC & CATCHING UP

KunstlerCast

Big Slide Q&A — 11 Feb 2010 — JHK and the cast of the onstage version of his play Big Slide field questions from the audience.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   20:16

Congressional Oversight Panel

Elizabeth Warren: 3,000 Community Banks At Risk From CRE Defaults — 12 Feb 2010 — Elizabeth Warren, head of the Congressional Oversight Panel on the TARP and related matters, says $1.5 trillion in commercial real estate loan roll-overs in the next few years will be trouble for banks, especially small and mid-sized banks.
Watch on YouTube  |  Download/Listen   6:14

Living On Earth

Toxic Waste and Environmental Justice — 12 Feb 2010 — In Part 1, residents of a small California town think a nearby toxic waste facility is responsible for a recent increase in birth defects. In Part 2, we get an examination of the Obama administration's policy on environmental justice.
PART 1:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:56
PART 2:  Go to page  |  Download/Listen   4:43

Blood Minerals Fuel Congo Conflict — 12 Feb 2010 — The global demand for minerals like gold, tin, and tantalum—which are essential to the electronics in portable devices like smart phones, MP3 players, and laptops—provides millions of dollars to violent groups competing for control of lucrative mines in the eastern Congo.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   7:53

Dan Carlin

To Dum Two Vowt — 12 Feb 2010 — Dan Carlin runs through some of the logic and history on whether uninformed people should be allowed to vote. He also talks about how some people in the mainstream are finally beginning to say that two-party governance in the US is broken.
Go to page  |  Download/Listen   55:57

JUST FOR FUN

Fresh Air/NPR

James Cameron & Avatar:  Pushing The Limits Of Imagination — 18 Feb 2010 — James Cameron, director of the blockbuster Avatar, talks about the film's themes of nature, imperialism, and human rights, as well as the techniques used to achieve such stunning visuals.
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