Talkies – July 17, 2026
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
More than a decade ago, Oakland, California, residents first got wind of a plan to export coal through their city. The coal would move through a proposed bulk commodity export terminal. Initially, developers reassured residents that the facility wouldn’t export coal. But it soon became clear that wasn’t the case. Community members and environmental groups have … Continued
Institutions Deeply In Need of Criticism
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff presents an analysis of how markets work, which parts of society they favor and serve, and which they discriminate against. He also unpacks why markets are NOT the same as capitalism, and where markets are NOT allowed to exist in the world today, including in the U.S. He … Continued
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – July 17, 2026
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
On today’s show, we bring you three urgent climate and environmental justice stories. Talia Nimmer of the Center for Biological Diversity shares the latest on Sable Offshore Drilling’s push to acquire public and private land in Santa Barbara, California. Woody Hastings of The Climate Center previews a free public webinar on the need for clear … Continued
Investigation: widespread misuse of force at ICE demos. Also: the health toll of the growing raw milk industry
00:08 — Sasha Schell, an investigative reporter who worked on a new report from UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center entitled Charting The Crackdown: the misuse of crowd-control weapons in immigration enforcement protests across the United States 00:33 — Annie Waldman, a reporter at ProPublica covering health care, recently out with deep dive into one of … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 17, 2026
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Puzzling Evidence – July 17, 2026
Deranged “edits” segue into a cascade of echoing glossolaliac madness, the voicing of lyric ruminations from the free-falling brains of disintegrating personalities.
Over the Edge – July 17, 2026
Themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air, consisting of found sound of many kinds and from many sources, old and new, put together on the run as the continuous audio collage continues.