The Long Way Around Podcast Version: Recent Episodes
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Canadian lawyer, political activist and independent journalist Dimitri Lascaris joins me once again for an update on events in the Middle East.
After many months of silence we were finally able to reach Ahmed in Khan Yunis, Gaza. He tells of the horrors and hardships of survival during Israels ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, including women, the elderly and innocent children.. Please aware the signal was intermittent but please also be patient. It's worth it.
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Performer, educator , writer and speaker Elder Dr. Winston Wuttenee joins me this week to talk using music and storytelling to share traditional knowledge and pride.
Environmental activist Max Wilbert joins me to discuss new directions for the Green movement for a more constructive approach to solving humanities greatest challenge.
Rabbi Shmuel Veffer joins me to discuss his journey from being a non-secular Jew from Toronto Canada to full time resident of Israel. We also discuss current events on the ground from the perspective of a devoted student of the Torah.
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A double bill featuring local Kingston business owner/entrepreneure and legislator Chris Hewitt and in hour two , anti- war activists Tarak Kauf and Ellen Davidson .
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This episode we present a 2 hour interview with writer , journalist and humanitarian David Anderson of Pressenza. Who also happens to be a Kingston NY resident.
An exciting two hours of interviews with first Rabbi Dovid Feldman to explain the Anti-Semitism and dangers of Zionism and in hour two , Youtube sensation Irish Satirist Tahdg Hickey who tears apart the absurd narratives our power structures use to support injustice and genocide. Links to both below.
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https://www.tadhghickey.com/
Musician and outspoken humanitarian activist Roger Waters joins me once again for two engaging hours of conversation and music. With no holds barred!!
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Canadian lawyer and activist Dimitri Lascaris joins me once again, this time reporting from Doha, Qatar. Dimitri is on a month long fact finding mission throughout the middle east as the genocide in Gaza continues. Dimitri reveals how and who is funding and supporting this crime against humanity. You'll be truly shocked.
Hour two the music of Dan Arborise from the album "Around In Circles"
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Join Jose Vegas who is Americas #1 political disrupter to discuss his run for NY Congressional District #15 to unseat establishment shill Richie Torres in the Bronx. Jose is running to keep it real. Plus some excellent classical music curated by Jose .
1Guest Benny Igwebe is a philanthropist, actor and dancer, originally from Nigeria now living in New York City. We discuss the incredible energy and changes happening in Africa with the new generation throwing off the shackles of the old ways and embracing a bold new future with he help of new technology and social media. Along with , of course, some great Afro Beat music!!!
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Comedian, radio show host and activist Randy Credico joins me to discuss ongoing efforts to bring balanced awareness and justice to the plight of Julian Assange.
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This week we welcome co-founder of the pro peace organization Code Pink Medea Benjamin to discuss the situation with efforts to oppose US Endless Wars and how to achieve effective modes of civil disobedience and anti war protest.
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This week guest Youtube political commentator Danny Haiphong weighs in on the future of relations with China, The Belt And Road initiative and the inevitability of Chinas' rise as a global force for change.
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This week we welcome back friend of the show author Chris Hedges to discuss the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West bank. Chris also contributes a selection of Palestinian music .
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We are proud and honored to welcome Jill Stein, US Presidential Candidate for the Green Party as our guest for a lively hour of conversation and music. Her message of "political medicine" is a welcome and refreshing antidote to our toxic and broken political system.
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This week we welcome long time friend, musical force, Indigenous Canadian poet, painter and all around entertainer Tom Wilson to discuss the creative process, love and life. And as always with some excellent music.
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This week a selection of the best music of the past year and also a special tribute to Journalist John Pilger.
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This week some serious Rasta vibrations feat, Benjamin Zephania, Justin Hinds, Sinead O'Connor and much more. Down with the Imperialist oppressors , long live positive vibrations. I raye.
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We cannot expect to simply buy or consume our way out of an existential environmental crisis by building and creating more stuff such as electric cars or wind turbines, all of which come at a cost. This week independent environmental activist and author Max Wilbert joins me to discuss some of the fallacies and myths surrounding the Green movement and also discuss various positive ideas about how to fix them. Also some excellent music from Max's playlist.
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On this episode I'm joined once again by acclaimed lawyer and citizen journalist as well as long time activist for the Palestinian cause Dmitiri Lascaris. Dmitri recently returned from a fact finding mission to southern Lebanon where there is a cross border conflict brewing between the IDF and Hezbollah.
As per usual accompanied by a curated selection of cool music.
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This week music and poetry from Canada feat. Junkhouse, Buffy Sainte Marie, Teenage Head , Stompin' Tom Connors and much much more along with poetry by such esteemed wordsmiths such as Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood.
"The best game you can name ,is the good old hockey game!!"
Close your eyes, breathe and welcome yourself into your own inner life. With calming music to accentuate your journey. Feat. the music of Jon Hopkins, Brian Eno, Max Richter and much more.
This week join Wyatt Reed , chief editor and contributor to the Greyzone for an important conversation about his work in South America, Ukraine and on the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Wyatt shares some necessary perspective from outside the MSM bubble.
On this episode we welcome back Garland Nixon with a special guest appearance by Scott Ritter for an update on Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza.
- A great, often sudden calamity.
- A complete failure; a fiasco.
"The food was cold, the guests quarreled—the whole dinner was a catastrophe." - The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.
Where there is tragedy there is also great beauty to be found. The spirit of a people can never be broken.
This week join my dear friend , co-conspirator and occasional colleague Mark Moody for two hours of engaging conversation and music. Subjects ranging from common sense to the lack thereof. With a special guest appearance from Diane Sare, candidate for US Senate from the State of NY ( move over Sen Chuck Shumer....times' up!)
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This episode welcomes famed comedian, political activist and all around good guy Randy Credico for two hours of lively conversation and a bit of music. Topics discussed are the plight of Julian Assange and the state of media literacy in America and much more.
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This week outspoken critic of the US war machine and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins me again for some hard to hold personal truths and of course more great music feat. Lou Reed, Simon and Garfunkle, Michael Dorman and more.
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This week Comedian and astute political satirist Lee Camp joins me to talk current events and music. Feat. the music of Eleanor Goldfield , James Kennedy, Judas Priest and more.
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This week viral internet sensation , passionate political activist and humanitarian Jose Vega joins me to discuss classical art, politics and the beauty of the human spirit.
Feat . the music of Schubert, Bach and Beethoven and much more.
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Author, talk show host and political activist Tara Reade joins me from her now home in Moscow . Tara discusses life as an expat living in a country we sadly know so little about. In the second hour some Tara inspired music, feat. Nemiga, Lowkey, Roger Waters and more.
Anne Keala Kelly, Hawai'is voice of conscience joins me for a lively and urgent conversation about the true root causes of the wildfires that have devastated the land due to US mismanagement, greed and corruption.
The second hour features inspiring new music from Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Roger Waters and more.
This week I host Alex Christoforou , one half of the wildly popular geopolitical site The Duran who joins me reporting from Moscow Russia to discuss the realities and dispel some of the myths surrounding that vast and extremely diverse country. In the second hour a taste of some popular Russian music feat. Shaman, Pharoah and much more.
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On this episode I interview author and activist Daniel Kovalik on his latest book, Nicaragua" A History Of US Intervention and Resistance". Dan will also talk about his recent trip to the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine and the realities he discovered in that war torn region.
In the second hour some theme oriented music to fire up your revolutionary spirit!
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Sometimes you just need to chill and unwind while the whirlwind passes overhead. This week music to soothe regain your inner peace.
On this program Diane Sare, Larouche Candidate for US Senate in NY returns for an update on her campaign, plus discussions on the subject of US Imperialist war aims and the challenges of being pro-peace in this day and age.
Also her upcoming guest speaker engagement at the Humanity For Peace rally and concert in NYC.
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2023/07/upcoming-humanity-for-peace-rally-adds-additional-speakers-organization-sponsors/
https://www.sareforsenate.com/
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On this episode I interview longtime peace activist Canadian Ken Stone as we discuss the current conflict in Ukraine and the apparent irrationality of Canada and the Wests ongoing NATO backed venture to destabilize Russia through a losing regime change based proxy war. At the expense of innocent lives and your tax dollars.
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On this episode I talk to renowned Greek/Canadian peace activist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris about his recent fact finding trip to Russia as well as thoughts on how to end this brutal conflict.
Musical selections include legendary Greek rock band Pix Lax, Mikis Theodorakis, Roger Waters and much more.
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Is it inevitable? Will we humans become obsolete? How is A.I. affecting workers the world over? Is A.I. simply a contradiction in terms?. On tonights show the soundtrack to the tech apocalypse. Feat. Kraftwerk, Ulrich Schnauss, Speedy J and much more.
With the Doomsday clock set at 90 seconds to midnight the threat of Nuclear war has never been greater yet the world continues to sleep walk toward disaster. This week the soundtrack to the apocalypse feat. David Bowie, Roger Waters, Billie Holiday and much more.
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This week a special two hour program of Gordon Lightfoot music. Named as one of his top three favorite singer/songwriters by none other than Bob Dylan himself, join us and discover why.
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This week excerpts from Marcel Prousts epic novel of memory and time regained , In Search Of Lost Time ( A' La Recherche Du Temps Perdue) with musical companionship by early 20Th C French composers of the day feat. Cecile Chaminade, Erik Satie and more.
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Written by Oscar Wilde as a letter to his lover Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas while incarcerated in Reading Gaol for the crime of being gay in Victorian England, "De Profundis" is Latin for "from the depths" — it comes from the first line of Psalm 130 of the penitential Psalms: "Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord."
A profound work of grief, devotion and repentance, accompanied by a deep musical soundtrack. Feat. The music of J.S. Bach, Arvo Part, Claude Debussy and more.
This week acclaimed writer and thinker Susan Neiman joins me to discuss her provocative new book entitled: Left Is Not Woke" . Some valuable insights into a much needed time of self correction for a more universal concept of what it means to be on the left.
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My special guest this week is Ukrainian newcomer to the US Alexei Chepurnoy. Alexei discusses life in his homeland as well as the joys and the challenges of living in America. Of course music is always a big part of the conversation. Feat. the music of Pharoah, Nemiga, Molchat Doma and more.
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A poetry lover since childhood, Kresky found the setting of their new home an inspiration to write about the river, the "art" of fishing, the heartbreaking state of the world, and the importance of giving and nurturing love. His poetry blog can be found at https://poemsforfriends.blog/.
With a selection of inspiring music including John Prine, Billie Holiday , Beethoven and more.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-poets-journey-harry-kresky/1143359956
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Larouche Candidate for US Senate Diane Sare joins me for two hours of lively conversation and to share her passion for humanity expressed through music.
We discuss hot topics such as the conflict in Ukraine and the failure of the US political establishment to address the pressing issues of the day, along with her love of Beethoven, her musical background and much more.
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https://www.sareforsenate.com/
Prominent Canadian lawyer and peace activist Dimitri Lascaris joins me once again for an update on his fact finding journey to Moscow, Crimea and the Donbass . It will be fascinating to hear his first hand perspective on life on the other side.
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https://dimitrilascaris.org/
This week I'm joined by expert in China studies, Univ Of New Mexico Professor Kenneth Hammond. In a world where everything you think you know is wrong..................Prof. Hammond sets the record straight on the lies and the truths surrounding the world greatest emerging economic superpower.
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This week my guest is Kevin Gosztola, author of the new book " Guilty Of Journalism revealing the case against Julian Assange . His new book chronicles abuses of power and the war on journalism by the establishment and by legacy media against arguably the most important journalist of our time.
This week co-founder of the Woodstock Film Festival Meira Blaustein discusses her recent trip to Israel and the ongoing struggle for the heart and soul of the country amid rising right wing extremism.
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Canadian lawyer, activist and author Christopher Black joins me for two hours of conversation and music. Black is a former defense lawyer at the ICC for defendants such as Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and General Augustin Ndindiliyimana, Chief of Staff, Rwanda Gendrmarie.
Here he exposes the lies and deceptions by NATO and the west to cover up their wars of aggression and Imperialism .
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This week I interview one of Canadas top lawyers and peace activists Dmitri Lascaris who joins me from Beirut Lebanon on his fact finding mission to Lebanon, Turkeye and Russia. Dmitri has been an outspoken critic of Canadas foreign policy and is also a highly effective and vocal advocate for the human rights of the Palestinian people.
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This week I speak to veteran Canadian /American journalist and peace activist Eva. K. Bartlett who joins me from just outside Moscow , Russia for an excellent conversation about the human cost of war as well as some much needed myth busting and truth telling that will blow your mind.
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This week I'm joined by outspoken critic of US foreign policy , former CIA Head of Russian Foreign Policy Ray McGovern.
Ray joins me to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the reality of potential Nuclear war and the US military buildup in the Pacific and Taiwan.
"I do not want to be associated , however remotely, with an agency engaged in torture (Ray McGovern 2006)
This week we welcome Medea Benjamin, legendary activist and co-founder of the Pro Peace organization Code Pink. Medea will discuss her latest book" War With Ukraine-Making Sense Of A Senseless War" .
During hour two my guest is Prof .Nicholas Dunn of Bard College who is hosting the upcoming conference "Judgement, Pluralism, Democracy-On The Desirability Of Speaking With Others" at the Hannah Arendt Center this coming Thursday and Friday. 3/6-7
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Alexander Mercouris and Alex Cristoforou, otherwise known as the Duran, the highly popular online info-site international superstars join me this week to reconnect on everything from the "Elensky curse to the impact of the war in Ukraine on ordinary citizens and soldiers.
During the second hour a stirring selection of anti-war music. feat. The Pogues, The Red Army Choir and much more.
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The great George Galloway and I reconvene for a tete a tete on the war in Ukraine, busted pipelines and the mysterious ways of our insane political leadership. Highly entertaining and charming as always.!! please like, share and subscribe!!!!
This week Ben Abelow, author of "How The West Brought War To Ukraine" returns for an update on the war and it's progress. There is much to discuss since his last appearance several months ago. Also feat. the music of Lowkey, Lupe Fiasco, Sergei Rachmaninoff and more.
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Borrowing this weeks title from the Roger Waters song warning of the impending apocalypse of nuclear war, this weeks musical selections include the title song plus other end of the world soundtrack music for your weekly dining and dancing pleasure. And when the musics over turn out the lights......
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The week features the return engagement of singer-songwriter , author and fund raising mentor Dan Pallotta .
Live in studio performance .
https://uncharitablemovie.com/
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How music awakens us to the human cost of armed combat with Col. Scott Ritter /U.S. Marine Corp. Ret.
Back by popular demand , Scott returns with insights into the current conflict in Ukraine and other topics as they arise. Please like, share and subscribe
This week I'm thrilled to be joined for a live in studio performance by award winning journalist and lyricist Bryan Russo and his punk-rocker musical partner Ryan Abbott and Ryan Jared who form the group Journos. They'll perform songs from their new album "Songs In The Key Of WTF"
"The ruling class is a balloon, glutted with hubris instead of air, waiting to be popped by the needle of acerbic wit and old fashioned, sleeves rolled up journalism"
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https://wearejournos.com/
Less than a week into the new year and just when you thought it was safe to come out again.......
This week music to calm the nerves and soothe the soul while the ground freezes and the storm clouds gather.
Feat. the music of Jon Hopkins, Brian Eno, Edwin Williamson and more. Please like , share and subscribe.
This week independent Palestinian journalist Ahmed Shameya returns for an update on every day life in Gaza under occupation .
We will continue our conversations around daily life for Palestinians under siege and also mark the 14 anniversary of the Israeli aggression of 2008-9.
https://www.patreon.com/ahmedshameya/posts
https://alkoofiya.net/
This week we welcome back author, journalist and humanitarian Chris L. Hedges to discuss his latest book "The Greatest Evil Is War" as well as one of Chris' favorite anti-war films "Les Uns Et Les Autres" by French director Claude Lelouch. We will also play music from this incredible film. Please like , share and subscribe.
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This week author Ben Abelow discusses his essential new book to understanding the origins of the conflict in Ukraine, "How The West Brought War To Ukraine". Please like, share and subscribe.
Jacob Dreizen of The Dreizen Report is back! Looking forward to Host Malcolm Burn and Jacob shaking things up again with lively (an understatement...) conversation about current events and Jacob's predictions for 2023. Subscribe to Jacob's blog at TheDreizenReport.com and view his video blogs on Rumble.com (search The DreizenReport). His videos can also be found on Odysee at odysee.com.
This weeks show is an open musical love letter to brilliant journalist , philosopher and humanitarian the late Andre Vltchek. Feat. Andres' words ; accompanying musical soundtrack curated by yours truly.
This poem written over 100 years ago by British poet Wilfred Owen rings more true today than ever before as the world marches inexorably closer toward all out war and potential nuclear annihilation.
Words and music for the anti-war heroes.
This weeks featured guest is Rossie Indira , writer , publisher and wife of the late great journalist Andre Vltchek . Two hours of engaging conversation and music . Please like, share and subscribe.
http://rossie-indira.weebly.com
This week music and conversation with film producer Hadrian Belove, founder of "Play Nice", dedicated to creating an art-first ecosystem within which independent film can thrive.
Join us this week for an interview with Palestinian journalist Ahmed Shameya as we discuss life under occupation. Also, a beautiful selection of uplifting music by Lowkey, Tamar Nafar and more. Please like and share. https://www.patreon.com/ahmedshameya/posts
Join filmmaker , journalist and activist Anne Keala Kelly and I for two hours of music and conversation as she discusses her recent book " Our Rights To Self Determination / A Hawaiian Manifesto"
This week the great Russian composer Sergei Prokofievs cinematic masterpiece in its entirety . The musical follow up to last weeks interview with Jacob Dreizin of the " No Propaganda Zone " with his favorite piece of music as requested by Jacob himself . Please like and share!!!!!!!
Enter the No Propaganda Zone on "The Long Way Around" with Host Malcolm Burn and his guest Jacob Dreizin of the Dreizin Report. Jacob has become well known for his objective analysis on major issues of the day, and for presenting facts and analysis that don’t make the Western press.
The esteemed Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, NYC. He is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the nationally syndicated show Economic Update. His latest book is "The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself," which can be found along with his other books, "Understanding Socialism and Understanding Marxism" at www.democracyatwork.info.
This week a long held tradition of playing an entire album from top to bottom. The recently released 2018 remix by James Guthrie of the 1977 album Animals by Pink Floyd.Accompanied by the usual political brain droppings care of yours truly. Four legs good, two legs bad.
Jackson Hinkle is the host and creator of the independent media outlet "The Dive with Jackson Hinkle.” The popular daily internet show is focused on independent political analysis covering geopolitics. The show has more than 10 million views. Find Jackson on Twitter, YouTube and the YouTube alternative channel Rumble. Please like and share across all social media!
We are incredibly excited and honored to welcome legendary journalist John Pilger to this weeks show for two hours of conversation and music.
Jesse Jett is a musician, activist, and spoken word artist who has released 7 records of political material since the beginning of 2020. He released twin albums on July 4th, ‘The Grift’, and ‘The Grift Home Companion’, the former a collection of songs, the latter, all spoken word. He also hosts ‘American Tradition’ on IndieNewsNetwork’
This week feat. the music of one of the most important anti-war voices in music today. Lowkey. "Long Live Palestine"
This week we welcome author, activist and survivor Tara Reade to discuss her recent book " Left Out:When The Truth Doesn't Fit In" as well as the music that inspires and empowers her.(TW: SA, r*pe]- Please like and share!!!
This week the musical companion piece to last weeks excellent interview with former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter. All the music we meant to play but didn't! A fine selection of Scotts favorite music.
Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.'
Join Scott and I for two hours of incontrovertible talk and excellent music.
This weeks guest is singer-songwriter Dan Pallotta. American Pictures is his upcoming release, an album steeped in the lore of America seen through the lens of hollowed out towns and cities as well as stolen futures of middle America. Beautifully but tragically realized in song.
Join expert political analysts Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou of the widely acclaimed YT channel "The Duran" . Insightful , entertaining and compassionate.With a bit of music to make the journey even more fun!
He's sharp , funny and politically astute. Join veteran progressive talk show host, video host, news analyst and philosopher Garland Nixon and I for some great talk and music.
As we celebrate Americas most irreverant holiday, let's also remember that America wasn't discovered because it was never lost in the first place. Feat. two hours of mostly new ( but not exclusively ) Indigenous and Native American music with artists such as "One Way Sky " ,"Tanya Tigak , Buffy Sainte-Marie and much more.
There’s only one George Galloway. Six-term British Parliamentarian, freedom fighter, man of the world. Writer, broadcaster, film-maker. Football and boxing enthusiast, movie-goer, box-set binger. Husband, father of five children, Scottish of Irish background, honorary Palestinian, Iraqi, Syrian, Egyptian… Friend of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Benazir Bhutto, Yasser Arafat, Tariq Aziz. Trembling with indignation at any injustice, anywhere.
Join George and I for two hours of engaging conversation and music.
Join acclaimed film maker and recording artist Eleanore Goldfield for two hours of groundbreaking and thought provoking conversation and music. Eleanors film "A Hard Road Of Hope" looks at the disfunctional and co-dependent relationship of the people of coal country with their corporate overlords , as well as discussing her own music and ideas of America as she sees it.
Join Adolf Reed Jr for a look at the enduring effects of Jim Crow as well as some of his favorite music.
Join Lee and I in two hours of stimulating convo and music. Lee lays claim to the inglorious fact that he is today the most censored comedian in the biz.
Join me this episode with special guest Roger Waters as we discuss music , life and how to play the trumpet.
Lowell Handler/Artist Extraordinaire-Living With Tourettes
This week join local photographer, filmmaker and author Lowell Handler in conversation and music , reflecting on his life's work and also the challenges as well as rewards of living with Tourette syndrome. A truly inspired and inspiring human being!