December 21-24

‘’SOMETHING’S HAPPENING!’’


PROGRAM GUIDE DECEMBER 21-24, 2020



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"SOMETHING'S HAPPENING!" ON THE WEB

KPFK can be heard streaming live online at http://www.kpfk.org/ and click on 'Listen Live.' Times are Pacific Time. Program times for "Something's Happening!" are approximate but close and "Monday night" is legally Tuesday morning et seq.



WHAT HAPPENED?

Any program information not included in the program guide - guests, websites, contact information, music and comedy breaks, etc. can be found later at http://www.somethingshappening.comandclick on 'what happened?' Thanks to Sha Tahmasebi for redesigning and maintaining the website.



AUDIO ARCHIVES

"Something's Happening!" (and the Sunday 'Alan Watts') are available for listening on demand for 60 days after broadcast. Go to www.kpfk.org and click on 'Audio Archives.'

Be sure to use the handy search engine to list only the program (s) you are interested in listening to. "Something's Happening!" and "Alan Watts" are not downloadable because they contain program material which is not owned by Pacifica (nor me).



BEHIND THE SCENES

The fund drive is still going on until Monday at 6pm. We are probably not going to make our goal and will probably lose some people from the staff and./or management. Thank you to those of you who were able to contribute in these desperate economic times.



EVERYTHING YOU CAN POSSIBLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT KPFK’S OPERATION

https://create.piktochart.com/output/51604210-2020-year-end-review






ALAN WATTS SUNDAYS 8 AH

“The Task of the Prophet”

All Info:

Pacifica Radio Archives, 1 (800) 735-0230, www.pacificaradioarchives.org

Program archives #BB0528.07











MONDAY, DECEMBER 21



12-1:30 Danny Sheehan

THE TRAJECTORY OF JUSTICE 2012: THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE

In the spring of 2012, Daniel Sheehan taught a class at UCSC outlining the major cases he has litigated over the years. The class starts with stories from Harvard Law School and works through the Pentagon Papers, the Karen Silkwood case, and the Iran Contra scandal, to name a few. Many of the stories told in the class are also told in Sheehan’s first book, “The People’s Advocate’’



Dan Sheehan, 5/3/12, “Second Karen Silkwood Case Class, The Investigation”

Website: www.romeroinstitute.org

Video: www.danielpsheehan.com (click on ‘classes)







1:30-2:30 Helen Caldicott and Michael Madsen:‘’Into Eternity ‘’

By Maria, May 5, 2020

This adds to the Nuclear Power debate inspired by the Michael Moore film “Planet of the Humans” From the TUC Radio Archives:

This is a conversation between Helen Caldicott and Michael Madsen whose film, Into Eternity, premiered in the US in February 2011. Into Eternity is a documentary about the building of the world’s first permanent repository for nuclear waste in Finland. It shows not only the construction under way that will take 140 years, but introduces the people involved, the scientists, regulators and corporate executives who oversee this project. None of them will be alive when Onkalo, as the repository is called, will be finished in 2120; and they must expect this repository to remain intact and untouched by future humans for at least 100,000 years. Such is the danger and longevity of waste from nuclear power plants.

Helen called Madsen “One of the more extraordinary people I’ve ever interviewed”. This is a thought provoking exchange between the veteran campaigner, Helen Caldicott, who dedicated her life to alerting us to the nuclear danger, and the young Danish artist. He introduces thoughts about civilization, language, danger and eternity.

In their conversation they say they question how anybody can even contemplate a human made repository that will last 100,000 years and possibly continue without human maintenance. Does this means that the builders do not expect for civilization to last? Or do we have to create an archive of knowledge about the danger of radiation that needs to be maintained? And who maintains that archive?
As mind-bending such a project as Onkalo is, we need several hundred more repositories like Onkalosince most of the waste of the world’s nuclear power plants is sitting next to these plants in the open. Is it fair to future generations to impose such a burden on them?

Free Downloads: www.tucradio.org (Parts 1 & 2 on 2 separate pages)









2:30-3:30 Vandana Shiva: ‘’The Future of Food and Farming in a Pandemic World’’ (complete in 2 parts)

By MariaSeptember 15, 2020

On Aug 17, 2020, the University of British Columbia in Canada invited Dr. Vandana Shiva to hold the first on-line Masterclass with students from UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Vandana Shiva gave a presentation and then the students self-organized the lively and warm Q and A period.

Vandana Shiva remembers with fondness her time as a student in Canada. She was trained as a physicist before shifting to interdisciplinary research in science, technology and environmental policy. She earned her PhD in quantum theory at the University of Western Ontario.

Currently she is based in Dehra Dun, India. She has authored over 20 books, including The Violence of the Green Revolution, Monocultures of the Mind, Soil not Oil and Oneness Vs. The 1%.

On the day this masterclass was held, she was sheltering in place on what was once her mothersfarm in Dun Valley. It is now the site of Navdania, a non profit that Vandana Shiva founded. Navdaniais dedicated to the protection of biological and cultural diversity.

Rickey Yada, Dean and Professor – Faculty of Land and Food Systems began with a Land Acknowledgement

Vandana Shiva spoke for about 10 minutes and then engaged with the students.

Free downloads: www.tucradio.org



3:40-6 The Thom Hartmann Program Rebroadcast

www.thomhartmann.com


















TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22



12-1 Dr. Elizabeth Mumper, MD ‘’How Will We Know That a COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe?’’

What Does a Safe and Effective Vaccine Look Like?

Children’s Health Defense has produced a video of Dr. Elizabeth Mumper’s presentation, “How Will We Know That a COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe?” This presentation is the result of a collaborative effort between Dr. Mumper and the team of doctors, scientists and researchers affiliated with Children’s Health Defense.

In the video, Dr. Mumper provides detailed answers to two questions often asked by the public: What does a safe and effective vaccine look like? How will we know that a COVID-19 vaccine is safe?

She reviews many of the reasons why vaccines, as they are currently produced, are not safe, and explains that every year there are tens of thousands of adverse events, many of them resulting in serious conditions or even death.

Dr. Mumper reviews the scientific community’s numerous concerns about the safety of a COVID vaccine and its ingredients, and provides information about each of the top COVID vaccine candidates. She also discusses the legality of mandatory vaccination in a free republic which proclaims to defend the rights of “We the People.” The presentation and factsheet on COVID vaccine concerns is available for download.

VIDEO: www.childrenshealthdefense.org.

Sign up for free news and updates from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Children’s Health Defense. CHD is implementing many strategies, including legal, in an effort to defend the health of our children and obtain justice for those already injured. Your support is essential to CHD’s successful mission.



1-1:30 Dangers from Drugs Manufactured Overseas – With Katherine Eban, author of “Bottle of Lies”

By Maria, December 15, 2020

Katherine Eban’s recent book, “Bottle of Lies,” reveals that nearly 80 percent of the active ingredients of all brand-name and generic drugs as well as almost all of the antibiotics in the U.S. are made outside of the country, mostly in China and India.

Eban is an investigative journalist who has written award-winning stories that range from pharmaceutical counterfeiting to gun trafficking. “Bottle of Lies” is a New York Times bestseller that came out in 2019.

On June 17, 2020, Katherine Eban gave a talk for TEDMED, a series of TED talks that focus on health and medicine. Their mission is to connect science and the public by sharing stories that inform, inspire, engage and provoke action.

Next up are 12 minutes of excerpts from a one hour interview with Katherine Eban by Ken Ford and Dawn Kernagis. Kernagis is a Research Scientist and Ford is Founder and CEO of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC). The full interview is posted on the YouTube channel of the IHMC.

They spoke with Katherine Eban on March 12, 2020, about the dangers associated with relying on generic drugs manufactured overseas.

FREE DOWNLOAD: www.tucradio.org



1:30-2:30 Gary Null ‘’Progressive Commentary Hour’’ (December.15)

‘Capitalism, the Pandemic and the Great Reset’ - Richard Wolff

Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts and currently a visiting professor at New York City’s New School University’s Graduate Program in International Affairs. His focus has been on the history of economic crises, the Marxian economic theory, and class and worker struggles. In the past he has taught at Yale and the University of Paris. He holds degrees in economics and history from Havard, Standord and Yale universities. Richard has authored almost 20 books, his latest is “The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself.” Prof Wolff hosts the syndicated program Economic Update, which can be heard every Saturday at 12:30 pm on Progressive Radio Network and on KPFK Sundays at 9am.

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://prn.fm/progressive-commentary-hour-capitalism-pandemic-great-reset-richard-wolff/



2:30-3:30 The Gary Null Show 12.16.20

The Gary Null Show is here to inform you on the best news in health, healing, the environment and all things political around the world. Higher vitamin D levels, stronger immune response protect children from COVID-19. Water may be an effective treatment for metabolic syndrome. Researchers identify the compounds responsible for cashew’s anti-asthma effects. Health effects of alternate-day fasting in adults. Access to nature important for mental health during Covid lockdowns.

Free Download: https://prn.fm/gary-null-show-12-16-20/



3:40-6 The Thom Hartmann Program

www.thomhartmann.com.








WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 23




12-1 Dave Emory,”For the Record #1162: Farewell America, Part 1”

POSTED BY DAVE EMORY ⋅ NOVEMBER 26, 2020 ⋅ONE COMMENT

In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 election, there was much beating of the breasts and tearing of the hair by mainstream and “alternative” journalists and political forces.

Declaring the (predictable) assault by Trump and much of the GOP on the integrity and accuracy of the election results to be an “attack” that “threatened American democracy,” they might be seen as closing the barn door after the horse had gone.

In fact, “American democracy” had its brains blown all over the back of a limousine in Dallas, Texas on 11/22/1963.

This program presents aspects of the long-dead American democratic process that have escaped widespread examination…




For complete, annotated, written description of this program go to:

https://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-1162-farewell-america-part-1/







1-2 Scholars’ Circle - Will the Biden Administration Rejoin the IranNuclear Deal?

Published on December 4, 2020 by Host

President Elected Joe Biden campaigned on a promise to return to normalcy. He has promised to return to the Iran Nuclear Deal. But what complications does he face to fulfill this promise?President Elected Joe Biden campaigned on a promise to return to normalcy. He has promised to return to the Iran Nuclear Deal. But what complications does he face to fulfill this promise?

Ervand Abrahamian, Distinguished Professor at Baruch College at City University of New York.

Nader Hashemi, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor in Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado.

Wayne Glass is Professor Emeritus in the School of International. Relations at the University of Southern California. He is the former Senior Defense Policy. Advisor to Senator Jeff Bingaman on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Joseph Cirincione is a distinguished fellow at the Quincy Institute and a national security analyst and author with over 35 years experience working these issues in Washington, D.C.

This program is produced by the following team members: Ankine Aghassian, Melissa Chiprin, Tim Page, Mike Hurst, and Sudd Dongre.

www.scholarscircle.org.




2-2:30 Chris Hedges, “On Contact”

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist Diana Johnstone about the betrayal of the Left with its historical role as the champion of social justice and peace now replaced with the boutique activism of identify politics, political correctness and what has become known as humanitarian intervention, the justification of US and NATO adventurism and wars on the specious belief it would liberate the women of Afghanistan or the peoples of Iraq. Diana Johnstone’s memoir is Circle in the Darkness: Memoir of a World Watcher. Johnstone was the European editor of In The Times from 1979 to 1990, and her work has appeared in New Left Review, Counterpunch and Covert Action Quarterly.

Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLagVUKF7CUTRiG64CklL1AN0mbmNaETfp














2:30-3:30 Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

On the 55th anniversary of the publication of Ralph’s landmark auto safety book, we welcome fellow traveler, Joan Claybrook, who has authored a report not only to celebrate the 4.2 million lives that have been saved in that time, but also on what more needs to be done. And Public Banking expert, Ellen Brown, joins us to talk about how public banks would be better than private banks at rescuing Main Street during this depression. Plus, Ralph answers listener questions!

www.ralphnaderradiohour.com. Personal website: www.nader.org.




3:40-6 The Thom Hartmann Program Rebroadcast

www.thomhartmann.com.







THURSDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 24

12-1 Alan Watts “Psychedelic Explosion” Part 3 (concluding)

From www.alanwatts.org




1-2 Insights At the Edge

Thomas Hübl is an Austrian-born contemporary spiritual teacher and the founder of the Academy of Inner Science. With Sounds True, he has recorded the audio training The Power of We: Awakening in the Relational Field and written a book titled Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Thomas about healing collective trauma as the work of our time. They discuss how we can feel and are affected by major traumas of the past, even if we didn’t directly experience them, and the ways in which this contributes to our collective separation. Thomas also explains the concept of “retrocausality,” or the potential for the healing we undertake in our lifetimes to benefit our entire family lines. At a time when so much ancestral trauma, multigenerational trauma, and cultural trauma is in our midst, Thomas invites us to turn toward it and join together to heal and integrate the pain of the past as we create a different future.Thomas He is an Austrian-born contemporary spiritual teacher and founder of the Academy of Inner Science who practices and teaches mysticism in a manner that is entirely in keeping with the times. His work integrates the essence of the great traditions of wisdom with scientific knowledge and his own personal experience. This work leads to the birth of new “we-cultures” enabling people to gain a deeper dimension of self-awareness and responsibility. This radical transcendence of the ego-centric world view opens the door to a depth of authentic expression, to service to the world, and to a focus on the absolute. Website: thomashuebl.com. From Sounds True 1 (800) 333-9185, www.soundstrue.com.




2-3 Caroline Casey, “Visionary Activist Show” Rebroadcast

From KPFA, originally broadcast live Thursdays, 2pm.

Website: www.coyotenetworknews.com




3-3:30 Science Fiction Break




3:40-6 The Thom Hartmann Program

www.thomhartmann.com.