Eco-Logic on the Gulf Oil Disaster

On an edition of Eco-Logic that originally aired July 5, 2010, Ken Gale interviewed two quests:
-- Natalie Snider, a wetlands scientist with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, an organization that has been working on the Louisiana shoreline for over 20 years -and-
-- Steve Kretzmann, Director and Founder of Oil Change International, who has been working on national policy relating to the oil industry for two decades

Because the one-hour show did not air in its usual timeslot, it was recorded in 30 minute segments. You can download the first half and the second half in MP3 format (about 5MB each). Or, listen online (requires Flash):
Part 1:
Part 2:

Guns and Butter July 2, 2010

Ellen Brown on The Financial Hijacking of America. Ellen Brown is the author of Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System -- The Sleight of Hand That Has Trapped Us in Debt and How We Can Break Free. The show was a recording of a May 16, 2010 presentation by Ms. Brown, whose website is webofdebt.com. This edition of Guns and Butter aired July 2, 2010 on WBAI.

You can download the show in MP3 format (10MB) or listen online (requires Flash):

The Personal Computer Show

On the show that aired October 7, 2009 the topic was safe online banking. New types of crimeware can drain money from an online banking account, even without knowing your password. How can you protect yourself? The guest was Leo Notenboom of askleo.net. Also on the show: the iPhone was caught fibbing about its support for encryption, if you are buying Windows 7 consider the OEM version and the pros and cons of Microsoft's new free antivirus program, Security Essentials. See more about the show or listen to it.

Professor Richard Wolff on the economy

On June 10, 2009, City Watch featured a 25 minute interview with professor Richard Wolff. Dr. Wolff is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst,a position he has held since 1981. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1969 and taught at the City College of New York from 1969-1973. He is well-known for his work on Marxian economics, economic methodology and class analysis.

Topics in the interview: The banking system is insolvent. How Germany dealt with bailing out Opel was very different from how the US dealt with GM. The down side of consumers only buying goods produced in their country. The huge problem of unemployment. About Marxism and about crisis. You can also see a 34 minute video of Dr. Wolff speaking about the economy from Oct 2008.

You can download the interview in MP3 format or listen to the show:

George Carlin

Max Schmid, in a two-hour special, played some George Carlin programs from the Pacifica Radio Archives. The show aired on June 24, 2008.

One of the shows originally aired October 2006. We also heard George Carlin in conversation with Larry Bensky in a classic edition of Living Room from 1997. They discussed his career from a radio announcer in 1956 to the writing of his first book Brain Droppings in 1997. Carlin recounted his early childhood, dissected the contradictions in language, and bonds with Pacifica over the famous Supreme Court case on indecency. He also read a few selections from Brain Droppings.

Download the entire show in MP3 format (21 megabytes) or
Listen to the first 50 minutes:


On June 26, 2008 Amy Goodman did a five minute piece on George Carlin which you can listen to below, courtesy of archive.org.