Global Affairs

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 17, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Crypto-coin and the Remaking of Social Relations: Cryptocurrencies are often described as the new wild west of finance and speculative investments. Jan Haaken talks with Emaline Friedman about recent developments in the crypto world and how non-profit organizations are maki... Read more

Woman, Life, Liberty

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Johanna Brenner speaks with Catherine Sameh about the current uprising in Iran following the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa (also known by her Kurdish name, Jina) Amini, at the hands of the morality police. Catherine Sameh is Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuali... Read more

North Korea, Haiti and America

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Why the North Koreans refuse to be silent. -- Pierre Labossiere from The Haiti Action Committee give us an update on the growing resistance to the US-inspired violence against the Haitian people. -- Foodfight with Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs. --   10-11-2022      ... Read more

Militarism and the Climate Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Code Pink Radio
  What does war have to do with climate change? On this episode of CODEPINK radio, War Is Not Green campaign intern Sophie shares excerpts from an event CODEPINK hosted on Saturday, titled "How Militarism Fuels the Climate Crisis and What You Can Do About It."   08-10-20... Read more

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: The Times They Are A-Changin’ – we discuss the recent White House statement on marijuana law reform. Plus we hear from Dr. Joao Goulao, a Portuguese physician and the current national drug coordinator for Portugal, Dr. Penny Hill, founder of St... Read more

Florida after Hurricane Ian's climate-change-fueled devastation - Brazil's elections - Italy's new neofascist leader

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Rising Up With Sonali
  This week, we'll go to Florida to speak with Representative Anna Eskamani, a progressive lawmaker who is working to rebuild her state after Hurricane Ian's climate-change-fueled devastation. Then, we'll take a look at Brazil's elections where former President Lula won th... Read more

Tasha Yakovleva on the Invitation of Invasive Plants

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  For The Wild
  This week's guest, Tusha Yakovleva calls on us to remember our millennium-old relationship with weedy beings and the gifts of wild and invasive plants. It is estimated that worldwide spending on invasive species exceeds one trillion dollars annually. But if we were to ce... Read more

Celebrating Indigenous Voices: Struggle and Resilience Across the World

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Code Pink Radio
  In this episode, Indigenous voices across the world are sharing their stories of struggle and resilience in the face of militarism and war economy. We are hearing from Julian Aguon of Chamorro about the militarization of Guam, Matias Benno Rempel from the Conselho Indige... Read more

The Price Of Having A Nuclear Arsenal

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  Broken arrows --- The secret history of nuclear weapons accidents --- Host: Dr. Michio Kaku, popular physicist, scientist and speaker, professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku is the author of several books about phy... Read more

Tipping Point Hell Approaches

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radio Ecoshock
  Packed with urgent climate science, Dr. David McKay says we are approaching multiple tipping points - maybe the most important warning of the year. Professor Rob Jackson from Stanford, Chair of the Global Carbon Project, explains controlling methane is our best chance fo... Read more