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January 23, 2013

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Sexxx Talk Radio – The Breast Life with Elisabeth Dale – 01/23/13

Titties, boobies, can, knockes, jugs…Whatever you call ‘em, they are a fixture in the media, a fixation for many and a natural part of our lives.  They can get dressed up, diseased, be a source of food, pleasure or frustration for many of us.  Today, we talk with Elisabeth Dale about the Breast …

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 01/23/13

My guest is Boston/Cambridge area psychologist Frank McNamara.  Therapists can learn how to enjoy their work and to do the most possible good without resort to psychiatric drugs. – Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.3MB) | Embed

On The Green Front – 01/23/13

Hopes are high that the President’s Inaugural mention of climate change as one of the key issues in his second administration will be followed by sustained action. We’ll get reaction from Brad Johnson of the Climate Silence and Forecast The Facts campaigns. Next, we’ll get reaction to Nebraska’s Governor ok’ing the Keystone XL route through his …

Alternative Visions – The Housing Crisis in America—Is it Really Over? – 01/23/13

Dr. Jack Rasmus discusses today ‘The Housing Crisis in America—Is it Really Over’?   Jack examines the data that shows foreclosures haven’t really abated, housing construction is mostly new apartment building to accommodate the 13.7 million who have been foreclosed since 2008, rents are accelerating, and Obama’s housing programs since 2009 …

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Leid Stories – Hillary, The Artful Dodger, Tidies Up – 01/23/13

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s appearances today before separate House and Senate committees investigating the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, will be nothing more than a bit of light housekeeping before she bolts the Obama administration and tends solely to her personal and political ambitions. …

The Gary Null Show – 01/23/13

A look at some of the more dark elements in American history during the last century that gave shape to the US being perceived as an empire – and what this means for america’s future Prof. Peter Kuznick is a professor of history at American University in Washington DC where …

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SHARE THIS: New Questions about Aaron Swartz Suicide Prosecutor

The suicide last Friday of information activist, computer hacker and technical wunderkindAaron Swartz has focused attention on Carmen Ortiz, the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, whose overzealous prosecution may have led to his death. Swartz, co-founder of a website later acquired by Reddit as well as a prime developer of the online publishing infrastructure …

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European report links child Swine flu vaccine to narcolepsy

A vaccine used to combat the swine flu pandemic has been linked to the sleep disorder narcolepsy in some 800 children and teens across Europe. The case has sparked debate over the risk of immunization and the potentially greater threat of anti-vaccine The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control …

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Four More Years of “It Could Have Been Worse”

There have been two momentous events in the last week. Of course President Obama’s swearing in for a second term is a big deal, even if somewhat less historic than his inauguration back in 2009. The other big event was the release of the Federal Reserve Board’s transcripts from the 2007 meetings …

Connect The Dots – 01/23/13

Today on Connect the Dots at 10 AM ET on the Progressive Radio Network, Alison Rose Levy speaks with Carrie Saxifrage who writes about science-based activism and policy for the Vancouver Observer, an award winning, on-line Canadian news source. An environmental lawyer in the US, Carrie is working on a …

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War on terror forever

And the winner of the Oscar for Best Sequel of 2013 goes to… The Global War on Terror (GWOT), a Pentagon production. Abandon all hope those who thought the whole thing was over with the cinematographic snuffing out of “Geronimo”, aka Osama bin Laden, further reduced to a fleeting cameo …