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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2018 30:21

This episode of the Majority Villain podcast has some pretty adult themes. If you’re a sensitive listener, you may want to have a friend proof-listen the show. Otherwise, we feel the topics here need to be discussed again and again, and we welcome heartily your sincere feedback. As always, you can email me your thoughts, concerns and input: greg@majorityvillain.com. Please consider following up with more of this content and the nationwide protests that have taken place around gun violence under the hashtag #Marchforourlives. A look back at three horrific tragedies and the vastly different responses by governments following them: Columbine, Colorado, United States, 1999 Hungerford, England, 1987 Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, 1996 All music, art, and show clips were taken via the Free Music Archive, Flickr, and Youtube under Fair Use and Creative Commons Licensing. Today’s show image by sari_dennise, with music provided by Evil Bear Boris, Blue Dot Sessions, and Kai Engel. If you found value in today’s show, please consider doing two things: Share the show with a friend, and tell them why you liked it. And please leave a review for us on Apple Podcasts or on the device you’re already using. It takes a few minutes, but its impact on the work we are doing will be felt for years. Thank you very much for taking these actions. As usual, you can find us @MajorityVillain on Twitter and Facebook, and you can always send me an email: greg@majorityvillain.com. We read every single email we get, and promise you a thoughtful response. Until next time… Status quos are for suckers. National Center for Health Statistics, -Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm -Assault or Homicide https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm -National Vital Statistics Reports https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_06.pdf Open Secrets, Profile for 2016 Election Cycle: National Rifle Assn https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082&cycle=2016 https://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/gun-control-australia-updated/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/03/did_gun_control_stop_mass_shootings_in_australia_probably.html Mass shootings and gun control (6/2/2010) http://www.bbc.com/news/10216955> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_policy_in_the_United_Kingdom#The_Firearms_(Amendment)_Act_1988 How Many Gun Bills Pass After Mass Shootings? (9/13/2013) https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/how-many-gun-bills-actually-pass-after-mass-shootings Massacre Energized gun debate not lawmakers (Article from 2000) http://extras.denverpost.com/news/col0419g.htm What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article Mass Shooters Are All Different. Except for One Thing: Most Are Men. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/us/mass-murderers.html Australian Gun Stats “Statistics do not demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the government instituted a gun buy-back program in 1997.” https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-guns/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-guns/ Just 3% of Americans own more than half the country's guns http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/a-minority-of-americans-owns-most-of-the-guns-and-drives-gun-agenda-studies-show  https://massshootingtracker.org/ United States — Gun Facts, Figures and the Law http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states

Bagging Georgie!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2018 12:37

For over a year now, much of the world has been watching the United States. With Donald Trump becoming the 45th president of the United States, and an investigation being opened into his campaign shortly after his inauguration, many of us, including all of us here at Majority Villain, have been watching with a healthy mix of shock and curiosity to see what will REALLY come of the allegations of collusion with Russia. Every day, we open our preferred 'fake news' branded site to see what car accident we get to watch in slow motion today. From an outside perspective, it seems as if Robert Mueller, the former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is producing results and untangling the interwoven threads that make up the 2016 Trump Pence campaign. To date, criminal proceedings have been initiated against 19 people. Out of the 19, five of them are United States citizens, and four of them worked for the Trump Campaign itself. Robert Mueller and his team are on a mission, and they are producing results. But, this begs the question: Who are these people that have been charged? How did they get themselves into such a predicament? Let's go ahead and start with number one. The first man to be indicted: George Papadopoulos. The man that started it all. But… I think that I may be ill equipped to launch into this by myself. I think we need a little help from some of my better known friends… The Obstruction of Justice League of America! Aggregate! (RING RING) Greg: Oh, hold on I gotta take this… Hello? Ethan: Dude, I was just listening to the intro - and uh, yeah you can’t say that. G: Oh hi Ethan. What do you mean? You’re too late. I just said it. Everybody literally just heard me do it. E: Yeah, but Stephen Colbert did this already. G: What are you talking about? E: On the Late Show, Stephen Colbert did the Justice League thing. Back in July. G: I don’t understand the words that you’re using. E: He made the same joke. G: A joke like our joke? E: The SAME joke. G: But that’s our thing. We made the Obstruction of Justice League. E: HE USED THE SAME NAME, DUDE!!!! G: What? No, that’s not possible… E: See what I mean? You gotta change it. G: Yeah, I mean, yeah. I see what you mean. I’m glad you said something before... E: Ok good. I just didn’t want to see you make an ass out of yourself or anything. G: Yeah, sure sure. Just let me, real quick. E: I’m glad we could see eye to eye on this one. It would have been a real shame if we— G: Uh, hey Ethan. E: Yeah? G: JUSTICE LEAGUE, AMALGAMATE! E: That’s not even how it goes… The Justice League Starring... Robert Mueller's All-Star Team with Longest serving FBI director since J Edgar Hoover and former vietnam marine, Robert “Superman” Mueller…. As Muellerman! Former FBI director James “Martian Manhunter” Comey…. As Martian Manhunter Comey! Trump Campaign pawn, and federally prosecuted, George “Brainiac” Papadopoulos…. As the Legion of Doom’s Brainiopoulos! with... Hillary “Giganta” Clinton as Hilganta Sam Clovis as Himself Paul “Toyman” Manafort…. As Toymanafort Rick “Gorilla Grodd” Gates…. As Gorilla Gates Vladmir “Bizarro” Putin…. As Vladmirro Olga “The Cheetah” Polonskaya…. As The Cheetah And Starring Professor Joseph Mifsud as Professor Joseph Mifsud AND Donald J. Trump as Lex Luthor…. As LEXALD J. LUTHOR! Join our band of heroes as they work together for good against the tyranny of treason as the Obstruction of Justice League of America!!! BACK AT THE LEGION OF DOOM’S HQ - THE HALL OF DOOM Lexald J. Luthor plans his attack on Giganta Hillary Clinton. Campaign staffer Sam Clovis sends recruit George Brainiopoulos on a secret mission to improve relations between the United States and Russia. While in his secret London lair, the Brainiopoulos is approached by Professor Joseph Mifsud - a man with known connections to Russia and Vladmirro himself. Brainiopoulos and Professor Mifsud meet on numerous occasions between mid-March, 2016 under the pretense that Russia has "dirt" on “Hilganta” from her private communications and on March 24th, Professor Mifsud is joined by Olga “The Cheetah” Polonskaya, in disguise as the beloved niece of Vladmirro. Clovis encourages Brainiopoulos to travel to Russia to meet with agents of Russia’s Foreign Ministry after learning of Hilganta secret email weakness and on return boasts of alleged intel regarding Hilganta’s feculent digital trail. BUT NOT SO FAST! The Obstruction of Justice League’s James “Martian Manhunter” Comey is keen to the rouse, and delves deeper into the doings of the Legion of Doom’s dubious developments. After numerous requests for Lexald J. Luthor to meet with Russian representatives, Brainiopoulos is told by the Toymanafort and Gorilla Gates that Lexald J. Luthor will not make the journey - but rather, a minion in his stead. Upon learning of Brainiopoulos’ ongoings - the Martian Manhunter Comey catches the scent of wrongdoing afoot and sends emissaries, spooking Brainiopoulos who in sensing the danger of his pursuers purges the records of his personal book of faces. He creates a new book in its place. Luthor, sensing the unending pressure upon him, looks to banish the Martian Manhunter Comey back to Mars, lest he never be heard from again. But Lexald J. Luthor has underestimated the Justice League’s bureaucratic power as the Manhunter’s power orb is absorbed into Muellerman (HERO MUSIC), making the Justice League and Muellerman more knowledgeable than ever before. With all of the information in his possession, Muellerman springs to action, closes his decisive grip of justice around Brainiopoulos, bringing the young Luthor pawn and his actions to a screeching halt. Smelling the scent of defeat, being captured for his deceptions, Brainipolous pleads guilty to all charges. The world is safer for another day, and the work of Justice League of America has just begun. Tune in next time… Upon learning of his betrayal of his once beloved compatriot, Luthor does everything in his power to disavow Brainiopoulos, minimizing and obscuring his actions as a low-level minion fraught with/plagued by delusions of grandeur. Greg: So, what do you think? Ethan: Dude, I told you like 10 minutes ago, Colbert already made this joke. Greg: I don’t recall that information whatsoever. Ethan: Somebody is gonna sue us. Greg: We don’t have any assets anyway. You’ve been listening to the Majority Villain podcast. Today’s show was written by Ethan Braine and Gregory Haddock. To redeem your superfriend points for this episode visit the website at majorityvillain.com and Facebook and Twitter @majorityvillain. Show music via the Free Music Archive, and show images via Flickr. All media used under Fair Use and Creative Commons Licensing. Episode image by Tom Woodward. Want to be a superfriend or a villain? Please click on the iTunes link in the show notes and leave a review for Majority Villain. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/majority-villain/id877298705?mt=2 A five star review is single handedly the most heroic thing you can do to get the bad guys. The villains. Like, the real villains. Thank you in advance for taking action. UNTIL NEXT TIME… Status quos are for suckers.

The Olde Balls Game

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2017 14:15

Today’s show is dedicated to the hundreds of men, women and children killed in the November 24th attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. As this won’t reach the front pages of many papers, let’s make an effort to lift it up as we contemplate the tragedy of any lost human, regardless of location, ethnicity or religion. Thoughts and prayers abound for those struggling for meaning today. ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ Gloria Allred is a Women’s Rights advocate and attorney, representing clients in controversial cases, including those against Roman Polanski, Bill Cosby and Roy Moore. She’s a boss. If you or anybody you know is a victim of sexual harassment or sexual assault, there are actions you can take. Please don’t hesitate to speak out! Visit the link in the show description at http://www.feminist.org/911/harasswhatdo.html for more information. And yes, that includes you too, guys. While news and entertainment have taken the hot seat in recent sexual misconduct allegations, it is the service, retail, healthcare and manufacturing sectors that have the highest reporting of sexual harassment, suggesting that low-wage employees seen as dispensable suffer the highest rates of misconduct. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/24/the-industries-with-the-worst-sexual-harassment-problem/?utm_term=.577ba6a0d114\ Show image from Freaktography via Flickr under Creative Commons Licensing. Show music provided by the Free Music Archive under Creative Commons Licensing. Today’s music is by Evil Bear Boris, Martin Beaulieu, The Joy Drops and BenJamin Banger. ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ It must feel to many that the rate of sexual accusers in Hollywood, television and radio is growing faster than we can process it as a society. Meaning that before we have a chance to realize, internalize and analyze an appropriate verdict as a population - another name hits the front page. The speed at which this is occurring feels unprecedented. Just since October’s Majority Villain episode entitled, “Thaaat’s Harvey” citing the sexual deviance and misconduct of one of Hollywood’s most infamous producers, has the list of those accused of harassment, assault and misconduct only grown to include the likes of Kevin Spacey, Louis CK, and even public radio’s Charlie Rose. The latter three seemed to encapsulate the shocking reaction of America in it’s beloved, because none of them had the M.O. of what we imagine a slimy head of an office setting to act like. Not one of them were known in their comedy, acting, or interviews to be the typecast of a predator. Nonetheless, the list of witnesses, accuser and victims is growing, and the damage is real and evermore irrevocable. These topics are not funny, because assault is not funny. However, satire does have a duty in these moments by highlighting the absurdity with which the reality we all live in, and actively interact with, is painted. In no way should we make light of the trespasses, or engage in the very shameful act of victim blaming. Quite the contrary, as we venture instead to shame those who have acted for years as if revealing your member to any other non-consenting human could ever be appropriate. It’s not. But, like it or not, we live in a society where our favorite celebrities and politicians are constantly going to lie on the culture’s chopping block as we weed out from those who will continue to live on in our hearts, those who we will drop like hot frying pans. Sweaty, molesty, handsy frying pans. Please enjoy the show. ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ Announcer: Hey there folks, thanks for coming out to the game today. Whether you’re here in the ballpark, or you’re listening from home, we’re happy to have you here in sunny Delaware as we head into the 6th inning of a showdown between planet Earth’s moral certitude and the normalcy of sexual assault in America’s patriarch; The Steel Supremes against the Grody Graybeards. If you’re just joining us, the Graybeards have been mostly unable to put a run up on the board, except that of any resounding dignity that might have been remaining. However, they were able to strike first in the second by crushing any dissidence on their multitudes of foul foul balls - I’ve truly never seen so many foul balls in all my years of baseball. That left an uphill road for the Supremes as only 70% of their runs were accounted for in the bottom of the first three innings. (BONK) Aaaand there goes another one. Yessiree, that glass ceiling sure prevents a lot from escaping here in Creeper Stadium. Supremes have the bases loaded, making the Graybeards look more and more uncertain from the field. Manager Donald Trump shows no signs of changing pitchers, and the bullpen appears to be sleeping. Looks like picking up pitching coach, Bill Cosby has shown few dividends for the struggling Graybeards —- AND A LINE DRIVE UP THE MIDDLE… As Gloria Allred strikes a ding dong danger between the feet of shortstop Kevin Spacey as he stands eying the 3rd baseman, Anthony Weiner. That’s definitely going to go down as an error. Kevin Spacey was playing the minors for a number of years, until he was finally dragged out of triple A to be a Graybeard… And a POP FLY will end the inning. The Supremes will head into the 7th inning stretch with a morally insurmountable lead. And now, here is a message from our sponsors at NPR. Interestingly, there was a moment in history when America’s favorite pastime tried to make a concerted effort to expose the true nature of sexism and harassment in America, by taking baseballs new single hit, “The Olde Ball Game”, and simply rebranding it, “The Olde Balls Game”. This song did not seem to resonate with the predominantly male spectators, and the song was soon replaced with the lyrics we know today. Here, in an original recording from 1931, as given to Majority Villain by New Jersey Public Radio, “The Olde Balls Game” as sung by Atlantic City’s own Rex Ferguson: 7th Inning Stretch The Old Balls Game Take me outta the cat call games, Take me outta them men crowds I’ll buy me a whistle and an ad-vo-cate, I don’t care if they never bounce back! For it’s boot, shoot, uproot those grabby bastards, If they acquit it’s a shame! Cos it’s 1, 1, 1 strike you’re done, At the Olde Balls Game! Consent to play ball! Announcer: Thanks for that fantastic piece of New Jersey history brought to you by Majority Villain’s Finer Moments, a collection of historical newsreels from the nation’s finest hour. Here we are, back in Creeper Stadium where left fielder Louis CK has utilized a trick play of his own; and the catcher has dropped the ball on strike three just as Mr. CK has removed his penis from his trousers. As everybody averts their eyes, CK safely makes his way to not just first base but second base too. Truly inconceivable baseball. I gotta say, it’s unbelievable to me that play still gets guys to second base, as the umpire is nowhere to be seen. And BAM - another smackaroo from the Senate Candidate Roy Moore right up the first base line - a real clutch hit as the Alabama Graybeard gets his hands all over that one. Trump is ecstatic in the dugout even telling Minnesota Al Franken to get away from the On Deck circle, even though the Senator has his own history of playing grab ball. But there’s a problem at third base! 6 runners unable to turn the corner as we’ve got a real back between second and third. 5 separate runners, all terrified to walk by Allred, as she looks to literally eat any one of the terrified men. Louis CK, looking to pull off another trick play talking "I’m sorry”, comes out leading the pack, hoping to get a step closer to home base, but the Supremes aren’t having it! An angry mob of mostly women have rushed the field and are literally consuming the men alive! Lord knows in all my years of announcing the greatest game on Earth, I have never seen anything like this. And there will be no golden gates for Louis CK, with or without the apology. Another heartbreaking development for the Grody Graybeards as the Steel Supremes rise up again to devour the home team here at Creeper stadium. Surely a rain delay will need to be called as maintenance team are already rushing the field to deal with the massive amounts of blood outpouring. From Delaware’s Creeper Stadium, this is Teddy McGimlets, and this is baseball today. ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ Now, this should not be something I or anybody should ever have to say, but “NO” means abso-fucking-lutely “NO”. Consent is king. Or queen. Or maybe we need to rethink even the language we use as a society to articulate the issues facing us. Some see the assault on vocabulary as a politically correct affront to the America that we’ve all grown to know and love (Donald Trump - locker room talk). Others see it as common sense - realizing long ago that the language we use reifies, as much as it describes, the social norms and practices we have come to love, know and expect. For example, consider the thought that strong women in family households are often labeled the old ball and chain, battleaxe, the one who wears the pants, or more bluntly and far-less creative: the bitch. Confer those labels that most of us have at one time or another said, thought or heard to those of men in households: the breadwinner, man of the house, king. Seriously, make a list someday and shock even yourself of the degree of absurdity we have in labeling women as sluts, whores, nags or bitches and men having ridiculously regal titles like pimp, pimpalicious, pimpadocious, and pimpbuktu. Sure, it’s funny. But is it really? Why is a man “assertive” in the workplace while a woman is “bossy”? Why is a man “informed” on workplace ongoings, and a woman is a “gossip”? The truth is over 90% of us hear these types of terms regularly in the workplace or home, and yet we do nothing. We say nothing. We treat it like nothing. Maybe that’s because to many of us it is nothing. But to the women, some men, and large swaths of communities of LGBTQ - it is everything. Be an ally, not a co-conspirator. Be a hero, not a pussy. Oh look, I did it again. Let’s see… Be a hero, not a limp dick. There. That’s better.

#NoMoreWar

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2017 27:39

For every review left for the show, a Pokémon will be released into the wild. SAVE THE POKéMEN HERE!!! Today’s music by Evil Bear Boris and Blue Dot Sessions via the Free Music Archive and show art from Flickr by Satragon, all under Creative Commons Licensing. Majority Villain is produced by Gregory Haddock with production assistance from Barbara Percival and Mathieu Fournier. Kris Shapar heads our social media. #NoMoreWar It’s no secret I don’t like or trust Donald Trump. But you should know I never trusted Hillary. You should also know that I have a thousand problems with Obama. You should know that I don’t trust anybody in authority blindly and I don’t think you should either. That being said, it’s irrelevant who began these wars in the Middle East. It doesn’t matter who is in charge now, because here is the truth: Most of our elected officials in DC get reelected year after year as a result of the defense industry spending millions of dollars to buy these corrupt politicians in a country where blatant legal bribery exists every day. This is not an issue isolated to Republicans. It does not exclude Democrats. The people who are meant to represent us make money every time a bomb is dropped by one of the big arms manufacturers. These firms are spread out all over the United States so as to keep pressure on all senators and representatives and keep the illusion that this is simply a “jobs program” and “just the way things are”. However, when Gallup did an international poll asking what the gravest danger world-wide was, our brothers and sisters around the globe stated plainly that it was the United States. We know Martin Luther King, Jr. for being the “dreamer”. We know he was named for the brave and deeply hated in his time, Martin Luther, the great reformer of the church (500 years this year!). A year to the day before he died he stated he was afraid that his own government was the greatest purveyor of violence in the world. Was he wrong then? 50 years ago this month - what have we learned? Have we grown from this place? He also said with great earnest, "Let me say finally that I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against this war, not in anger, but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and, above all, with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as the moral example of the world. I speak out against this war because I am disappointed with America. And there can be no great disappointment where there is not great love.” In other words, we do not challenge our country from any other place than sincere pride and the deepest affection. Political commentator, Tavis Smiley, said this was the speech that put a target on his back. I wonder why. Our elected officials are profiting through the destruction of human lives. We should be furious. War is being waged all over the world in your name. Children are being murdered with your tax dollars, and truly awful groups like ISIS are benefiting from every single attack as each bomb radicalizes the next human who has had everything that mattered taken from them. The best thing we can do to fight terrorism is stop our outlandish bombing campaigns in the name of democracy, freedom, and peace. Obama dropped over 26,000 bombs in 2016 alone - that’s three per hour. Meanwhile, Trump just dropped the biggest non-nuclear bomb available to him in Afghanistan. Most of the news is focused on Syria and Iraq, but we are also creating terror in Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. These are majority-Muslim countries where we are actively creating refugees and then giving them the middle finger when they try to leave. We are totally unaware of the consequence of these actions in our comfortable lives: 17 million people are starving in Yemen due to US-backed war efforts, and over half of the refugees from Syria are still in Syria. We can do better, because we must do better. Our country deserves that much. The world deserves that much. I know and I agree, it feels so much more satisfying to hate and avenge those that hurt us, but as Jesus said, real or symbolic - however you feel about religion, who died on this day so many years ago so that we may know love, “Forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Love your enemies, dine with sinners, and cause no harm where it needn’t be.

Battle For Troll Foods (S1 Finale)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2017 33:29

A fictional radio program that tells the story of two young employees of a fantasy supermarket called Troll Foods - Where The Prices Are Magic! In the fourth episode and summer season finale, Milly is asked to a secretive meeting with the shadowy management (so naturally Florence goes as well). Milly must ensure the Troll Foods resident farmers, the Artifolk, stay committed to their existing contract. If she fails management will fire her, Florence and other staff. Florence has empathy for the Artifolk and sparks a rebellion against Trolls Foods management. Their disagreement leads to an epic battle that will decide the fate of Troll Foods for once and for all. "Stop thinking about the inevitable and start thinking about the edible!" Produced at SYN Media and recorded in Studio Three, SYN Nation, aired on SYN 90.7FM on the 29th of January, 2017. Sound Effects used under Creative Commons Licensing, music created by Ayda Akbal. Tune in to Troll Foods on SYN 90.7 every Sunday at 4pm or by streaming online. Like us on Facebook! Subscribe through Omny or iTunes to stay up to date! #TrollFoodsSYN on Twitter. Credits: Story by Gill Langford, Evrim Şen and Merryn McDonnell. Script written by Merryn McDonnell, episode directed, and edited by Evrim Şen. Characters portrayed by in order of appearance - Advertisement Announcer 1, Beatrice, Dying Employee, French Artifolk - Paul Waxman (QLSD) Milly - Gill Langford Confused Customer(s), Gary - Carlin Plumb Florence - Merryn McDonnel Miranda, Vincent the Sinister Gnome – Tom Backhaus Arthur The Off White (Artifolk), Advertisement Announcer 2, Dream Captain - Matthew Con’el Lotte The Troll - Evrim Şen

The Lost Aisle

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2017 25:15

A fictional radio program that tells the story of two young employees of a fantasy supermarket called Troll Foods - Where The Prices Are Magic! This episode, Florence is having a bit of an existential crisis about what she's doing working at Troll Foods - she should be out saving unicorns or something! But Milly says they have bigger fish to fry, they've been put on a mission to track down the thief who's been stealing all the fish fingers, so into the freezer they go! Turns out management realised it'd be cheaper to simply create a temporal portal linking the polar desert to store, then run actual freezers - figures. The girls find something inside they're not expecting, is it Florence's purpose in life? "Give someone a fish and they eat for a day, teach someone to fish and they will stink for a lifetime. Judgemental much." Produced at SYN Media and recorded in studio three, SYN Nation, aired on SYN 90.7FM on the 22nd of January, 2017. Sound Effects used under Creative Commons Licensing, music created by Ayda Akbal. Tune in to Troll Foods on SYN 90.7 every Sunday at 4pm or by streaming online. Like us on Facebook! Subscribe through Omny or iTunes to stay up to date! #TrollFoodsSYN on Twitter. Credits: Script written by Gill Langford, Evrim Şen and Merryn McDonnell. Episode directed, and edited by Evrim Şen. Characters portrayed by in order of appearance - Advertisement Announcer - Matthew Con’el Child - Samara Barr Mum, Magicologist Customer - Evrim Şen Milly - Gill Langford Florence - Merryn McDonnel Gary, Sid The Pirate - Declan Jones Yetina The Yeti, Johnny The Pirate, Bored Store Announcer - Paul Waxman (Questionable Love Song Dedications)

Dream Team

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2017 24:06

A fictional radio program that tells the story of two young employees of a fantasy supermarket called Troll Foods - Where The Prices Are Magic! This episode, Milly signs her and Florence up as a work Dream Team - after a gnome named Vincent draws her attention to the volunteer sheet pinned on the notice board. Little do they realise that Vincent has ulterior motives for getting them to sign up, and Gary tells the girls he thinks they're hardcore for volunteering to go Dream Spelunking - many puns later and the girls find themselves going to harvest some cheese from people's dreams, just a regular night at Troll Foods. "You won’t be going anywhere... except into your own cheese based nightmare!" Credits: Script written by Gill Langford, Evrim Şen and Merryn McDonnell. Episode directed, and edited by Evrim Şen. Characters portrayed by in order of appearance - Advertisement Announcer, Dream Captain, Spooky Father - Matthew Con’el Milly - Gill Langford Florence - Merryn McDonnel Vincent the Sinister Gnome - Tom Backhaus Gary, Barry - Carlin Plumb Betty - Evrim Şen Dream Doctor - Paul Waxman (Questionable Love Song Dedications) Crocodile - Declan Jones Produced at SYN Media and recorded in studio three, SYN Nation, aired on SYN 90.7FM on the 15th of January, 2017. Sound Effects used under Creative Commons Licensing, music created by Ayda Akbal. Tune in to Troll Foods on SYN 90.7 every Sunday at 4pm or by streaming online. Subscribe through Omny or iTunes to stay up to date! #TrollFoodsSYN on Twitter. Check out our webpage and facebook.

The Curse Of The Mum Friend

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 30:14

A fictional radio program that tells the story of two young employees of a fantasy supermarket called Troll Foods - Where The Prices Are Magic! In today’s episode, Milly with the help of her friend Florence attempts to break out of the magical curse of being the 'work mum' to impress Gary - the hot elf from the fresh produce section. Unfortunately this has unforeseen consequences and traps them all in a stocktake from hell. Will they be able to save the day and return the store to normal before it opens in the morning? Will Milly be able to break the curse of the mum friend and impress Gary? Can you find true love with an enchanted mirror? Tune in to Troll Foods on SYN 90.7 every Sunday at 4pm or by streaming online. Subscribe through iTunes to stay up to date - Check out our webpage and facebook. Produced at SYN Media and recorded in studio three, SYN Nation, aired on SYN 90.7FM. Sound Effects used under Creative Commons Licensing, music created by Ayda Akbal - Songs: Deep Dream, Cascade. Subscribe on iTunes, #TrollFoodsSYN Credits: Script written by Gill Langford and Merryn McDonnell. Episode directed, and edited by Evrim Şen. Characters portrayed by in order of apperance - Advertisement Announcer and The Enchanted Mirror - Matthew Con’el Florence - Merryn McDonnel Milly - Gill Langford Psychic and The Oracle - Jamal Soubjaki Gary - Declan Jones Lotte the Troll - Samara Barr

Standing Rock #NoDAPL

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2016 4:40

Happy Thanksgiving to our protectors at Standing Rock. In North Dakota, right now is the largest gathering of Native American tribes since 1876 at the Battle of Little Bighorn - also known as Custer’s Last Stand. If you don’t know that story, spoiler alert - it doesn’t end well for Custer. As these land and water protectors brave the cold, give mind to them as we enjoy all that has been given to us. I love Thanksgiving. I love the food, I love the family and the friends, I love the atmosphere. I love the feeling about how proud I am to be American. It’s true, it’s not hokey. Family. Friends. Warm food, warm feelings. Nothing in this moment can stir that. Except in realizing that we risk continuing to bastardize this day in not acknowledging the great sacrifice American Indians have paid for us. Dakota means “ally” or “friend”. Give thanks for the land you stand on, because as the good Lord makes us stewards of the earth, it is the land of the original natives that we give thanks for. And somehow this fight continues on and on. Support Standing Rock at www.standwithstandingrock.net. Make a phone call, sign the petition, write a check. Music provided by the Free Music Archive with Creative Commons Licensing. Today’s music is from The Daizy Factory.

Happy 500th Birthday. Now Piss Off!!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2016 49:19

Happy 500th Birthday, Reinheitsgebot. Now Piss Off! We are traveling back in time to the middle ages!! For hundreds of years Beer and Germany have been almost totally synonymous. So how is it possible that Germany has been so reluctant to ride the craft beer wave? Graham visits with German-inspired Verboten Brewing in Loveland, Colorado, and I visit with Kraftbierwerkstatt in Böblingen, Germany to find out what Reinheitsgebot is, how it impacts the way they make that sweet sweet nectar, and the challenges a craft brewer faces in the 21st century. Hey Villains! Rate and review the show! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/majority-villain/id877298705?mt=2 *************** Wealth and power inequality have put everything at risk. A small minority are stealing our future while calling themselves the heroes. This podcast up-ends all that. Because of that we are villains, but we are also the majority. Status quos are for suckers. Majority Villain is hosted and produced by Greg Haddock, co-hosted by Graham Rue with help from Andrea Schmidt. For a full list of contributors and musicians visit the website at www.majorityvillain.com/thepodcast. What beer are you drinking? Email me at greg@majorityvillain.com. **************** Music provided by Evil Bear Boris, Pictures of the Floating World, through freemusicarchive.org under Creative Commons Licensing. Additional music via YouTube, various Oktoberfest Schlager: Ziggy Zagga Oi Oi Oi, Ein Prosit, and Wir Ham Noch Durst and Beer Commercial Music by Jonathan Reeves. Special thanks to Josh and Angie at Verboten Brewing; Homebrewer Eric Ellzey; Vathana Thorn, Rasmus Muttscheller, and Ollie Klobenzer at Kraftbierwerkstatt; Daniela Vogl for her fantastic Reinheitsgebot Bayerisch, and Jonathan Reeves for his beer mood music. **************** Liquor-law battle heads for 2016 ballot http://bizwest.com/liquor-law-battle-heads-for-16-ballot/ Budweiser Renames Budweiser “America” http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2016/05/10/budweiser-renames-cans-beer-america-anheuser-busch/84176886/ King of beer deals: Anheuser-Busch takes InBev's $52B offer http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5367968 The National Park Service Is Selling Out to Corporations http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/national-parks-are-losing-their-pristine-beauty-to-corporate-branding

#27 - The Tremendous Trump Dump

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2016 58:18

Help us out & rate us on iTunes!!! Trump. He’s a dick. He’s not very smart. Hell, he’s not even all that rich. So why do people like him? Graham and I explore everything, but that thing he calls his hair. Music by www.FreeMusicArchive.org via Creative Commons Licensing. Today’s music is from Evil Bear Boris, Dave Depper, Doctor Turtle, and Ryan Little. Special Thanks to Daniela, Flo, and Michael. April 16th-18th. www.democracyawakening.org. March.

The Commons: Reclaiming Our Humanity - with David Bollier

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2016 60:00

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, David Bollier joins us to explore the role of the Commons in using ancient and new practices to break free of the outdated, unsustainable economic systems of our world. Speaking about natural systems, digital commons, urban commoning, and some looming challenges over the patenting of genomes, smell, and "flows of natural systems", our conversation dives into uncharted territories and thrilling new possibilities. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: David Bollier is an activist and author (Think Like a Commoner). He is the cofounder of the Commons Strategies Group, and writes numerous articles and research pieces on the commons. www.bollier.org Related Links: David Bollier www.bollier.org Think Like A Commoner by David Bollier http://www.thinklikeacommoner.com/ Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons by David Bollier http://bollier.org/blog/now-published-green-governance-ecological-survival-human-rights-and-law-commons Elinor Ostrom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom Elinor Ostrom "8 Principles for Managing the Commons" http://www.onthecommons.org/magazine/elinor-ostroms-8-principles-managing-commmons Magna Carta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta Public Social Partnerships / Public Commons Partnerships http://p2pfoundation.net/Public-Commons_Partnership City as Commons http://bollier.org/blog/city-commons-conference Enclosure Movement of England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure The Tragedy of the Commons - 1960s Garrett Harden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons Rebuttal of Tragedy of Commons By David Bollier: http://bollier.org/commons-political-transformation-and-cities By Yes Magazine about Elinor Ostrom's work:http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-victory-of-the-commons Farm Hack http://farmhack.org/tools Emergence and Complexity Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence Creative Commons Licensing http://creativecommons.org/ Patterns of Commoning (.org0 Commons Strategies Group http://commonsstrategies.org/#2 Commons Transition Plan http://commonstransition.org/ Nonviolence Interlude: Midland Revolt of 1607 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Revolt Cochabamba, Bolivia, Water Rights Struggle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Cochabamba_protests Music By: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radiowww.dianepatterson.org Featured Music by Matti Paalenenhttps://www.jamendo.com/album/149174/folk www.bollier.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit:https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.http://www.riverasun.com/

Full Interview With Jay! #BOTL

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2016 102:37

Full Interview with Jay from Best of the LeftCongratulations on 10 years of podcasting!Hey Villains! Rate and Review the show!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/majority-villain/id877298705?mt=2Jay! Tomlinson is my guest and he is the host of the award-winning podcast Best of the Left. He became seriously interested in politics in 2003 during the Iraq war invasion. With zero experience editing audio or managing a website Tomlinson launched Best of the Left in January 2006 at the age of 23. In 2009 the show won it's first Podcast Award in the Best Produced category and then again in 2012. With help from activist/journalist, Katie Klabusich the show has been refined and expanded over the years to now include voicemails from listeners and activism segments produced in-house that give listeners an outlet to make a difference in the stories they hear on the show. It is an extremely hands-on approach to podcasting.Now, with 10 years of podcasting, Jay is a pioneer in podcasting, and with almost 1000 episodes, Best of the Left is one of the best shows there is for receiving the rundown on all that progressive radio and television has to offer. Music provided Evil Bear Boris and Blue Dot Sessions through freemusicarchive.org under Creative Commons Licensing.Great piece on “Black Lives Matter” #BLM from Best of the Lefthttp://www.bestoftheleft.com/_981_the_struggle_for_justice_continues_blacklivesmatter-“How Obama Enables Atrocities” by Robert Parryhttps://consortiumnews.com/2016/01/04/how-obama-enables-atrocities/-fightfor15.org

#24 - Jay from Best Of The Left

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2016 39:23

Greg interviews Jay from Best Of The Left about his journey to podcasting, progressive and libertarian politics, and Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. It's a side of Jay you don't get to see so often on his show. Killer convo, killer guy. Congratulations on 10 years of podcasting! Jay! Tomlinson, is my guest today and host of the award-winning podcast Best of the Left. He became seriously interested in politics in 2003 during the Iraq war invasion. With zero experience editing audio or managing a website Tomlinson launched Best of the Left in January 2006 at the age of 23. In 2009 the show won it's first Podcast Award in the Best Produced category and then again in 2012. With help from activist/journalist, Katie Klabusich the show has been refined and expanded over the years to now include voicemails from listeners and activism segments produced in-house that give listeners an outlet to make a difference in the stories they hear on the show. It is an extremely hands-on approach to podcasting. Now, with 10 years of podcasting, Jay is a pioneer in podcasting, and with almost 1000 episodes, Best of the Left is one of the best shows there is for receiving the rundown on all that progressive radio and television has to offer. www.bestoftheleft.com *News You May Have Missed*HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY CITIZENS UNITED AMMON BUNDY AND HIS MILITIA IRAN U.S. Navy sailors taken captivehttp://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/iran-navy-sailors-images-217709 NYPD POLICE SERGEANT KIZZY ADONIShttp://thefreethoughtproject.com/man-jailed-filming-eric-garners-death-eat-rat-poison-prisons-food/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/09/nyregion/new-york-police-sergeant-to-face-internal-charges-in-eric-garner-confrontation.html?_r=0http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/12/eric_garners_daughter_instead_of_blackU.S. SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS*************Majority Villain is a show about Democracy and the power of people united. Because of the inherent danger that unity supplies to the status quo and the powers-that-be, we are villains.Majority Villain is hosted and produced by Greg Haddock, co-hosted by Graham Rue with help from Andrea Schmidt. And now email me at Greg@majorityvillain.com.**********Music provided Evil Bear Boris and Blue Dot Sessions through freemusicarchive.org under Creative Commons Licensing.-Link to one of Best Of The Left’s last shows.http://www.bestoftheleft.com/_981_the_struggle_for_justice_continues_blacklivesmatter-“How Obama Enable Atrocities” by Robert Parryhttps://consortiumnews.com/2016/01/04/how-obama-enables-atrocities/-fightfor15.org

#23 - SPECIAL COP21 Paris

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2015 63:00

Welcome to Paris for the United Nations 21st Conference of Parties on Climate Change or COP21. Word on the Street - Paris Addition Andi and I made it to Paris on December 12th to join with people from all across the globe to show international demand for accountability to the nearly 200 countries that signed the climate deal keeping our planet below 1.5 degrees Celsius. This moment is monumental, but it’s also a long way from being a reality. It will still require ratification on April 22nd, 2016 in New York, and more than ever, that everyday people continue to talk about climate change and the desire for a clean, stable planet. Music provided by Jess Gold and Chris Philpott - recorded on sight in Paris, and by Yeyey through the freemusicarchive.org under Creative Commons Licensing. #350 #Fossilfuellatio #d12 #Redlines #COP21 #Climateaction #COP21Paris #SIRdavidattenborough @350 @emigre_online Keywords: Free Netherlands, 350, Naomi Klein, UNICEF, Norway Socialist Youth, Friends of the Earth, Climate Action Additional Sources: www.350.org www.cop21paris.org www.cop21.gouv.fr www.glassbeadgame.co.uk

Revoluton Rock and Roll Podcast # 15 - What Have You Done?

Revolution Rock and Roll Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2011

Greetings folks! Well, it's time to get this podcast back on the rails. I had to make a few changes in the format. I hope you like it. Please post any feedback, changes or recommendations. In today's podcast, I discuss: What happened to the RRR podcast and why is it back now? Creative Commons licensing Discuss future of RRR and the podcast - (hint: new album coming!) Discuss new single "What Have You Done?" Links Revolution Rock and Roll The Survival Podcast Creative Commons Licensing Thanks to all the veterans out there for your service! This song's for you!

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EOC 166: Fracked Politics

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 57:36

When it comes to fracking regulations on the ballot, there are likely fewer places more concerned than Weld county, Colorado, where I live. Weld county has a lot invested in the outcome, because nearly 12% of its workers are somehow either directly or indirectly tied to its production. Proposition 112 made it on the ballot because for many the debate over how safe this process actually is and how dangerous the wastewater byproduct can be has not been adequately dealt with. While the fight for Proposition 112 in 2018 ended in defeat for organizers, supporters treat the loss like another major milestone in the path to victory. So what would the legislation actually do? Proposed guidelines set by Proposition 112 would create a “setback” for all new oil and gas development a minimum of 2500 feet away from any “vulnerable” area such as homes, hospitals, schools, and highly trafficked or used areas by people. This would include public open spaces, water sources, or playgrounds. Any other areas deemed vulnerable by state or local governments would be added to the list. It would not affect any new oil and gas projects on federal land, and existing projects would be exempt. However, re-entering old wells would be considered new development and would therefore be subject to the new laws. Current restrictions demand wells be 1,000 feet away from high-occupancy buildings: schools, hospitals, and the like. 500 feet away from occupied buildings like homes, and only 350 feet away from playgrounds. I followed Anne Lee Foster, ballot initiative proponent and CO Rising volunteer, from the “yes” campaign’s office to election night to find out what this means for the future of oil and gas in Colorado. Show music by the Humidors. Additional music by Gillicuddy and Scott Holmes via the Free Music Archive through Creative Commons Licensing, and 112 through Fair Use. https://corising.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoRising/

EOC 169: Livin' On a Prairie!

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 56:49

Most endangered species are easy to see in peril. There simply aren’t very many of them, and we struggle to see them in the areas where they’re from. Others aren’t so clear. Take, for example, the black-tailed prairie dog. It seems like they’re everywhere, and yet, their numbers are some of the lowest they’ve every been. This isn’t just bad news for the prairie dog. It’s bad news for animals like the black footed ferret, and a whole host of other animals who either feed on prairie dogs or rely on their burrows for shelter. Meet Deanna Meyer, the Executive Director of Prairie Protection Colorado, the group working to relocate prairie dogs from certain eradication in places like the City of Castle Rock’s Promenade Shopping Mall in Colorado. While only a fraction of these animals were able to be saved by Deanna and her team, the ones that did make it to the relocation area just outside of Sedalia have no idea how lucky they are. And maybe we don't either. Find out more about Deanna and the whole team of Prairie Protection Colorado at prairieprotectioncolorado.org and prairieprotectioncolorado@gmail.com. Show music by The Humidors. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions via Creative Commons Licensing.

EOC 197: Mammalz is "Twitch for Nature"

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 86:58

It’s Startup meets YouTube meets Twitch meets National Geographic. You know what? To really understand you’re just going to have to check it out yourself! www.mammalz.com ( http://www.mammalz.com ). Co-founders Rob Whitehair and Alex Finden (Happy birthday!) tell the story of how this brand new tech startup began, and what truly makes it a one-in-a-million platform. *From the Mammalz Website:* “Founded by wildlife filmmakers Rob Whitehair and Alexander Finden, Mammalz is the “Twitch for Nature”; an app- and web-based media streaming and social platform dedicated to nature storytelling and driven by community. Whether you are a professional media maker, scientist, educator, artist, writer, or one of over 600 million nature enthusiasts across the planet, Mammalz provides you with the tools to personalize your experience, share your love of nature, and truly make a difference. The Mammalz mission is to promote a greater global public understanding of nature and the environment while acting as a bridge between science, media makers, and the public. Rob Whitehair, Co-Founder and CEO Rob is a 20 year veteran of the natural history film industry. He is a multi-award-winning filmmaker, producer, and executive who has directed, produced and shot films for broadcast and theatrical markets worldwide. He is known throughout the industry for his vision, leadership, inspiration and his ability to take seemingly impossible ideas and turn them into a reality. Mammalz is the culmination of Rob’s dream to create a next-generation media platform that will connect people on a global scale through their love for nature. Alexander Finden, Co-Founder and COO Inspired by the underwater world, Alex is a highly creative, award-winning wildlife filmmaker, Divemaster, YouTube channel manager, Twitch content editor, and operational guru. He is known for being a master of details, turning ideas into actions, and keeping calm in the storm. Alex is fascinated with portable live-streaming technologies and plans to encourage outdoor streaming as one of the most popular content types on Mammalz.” Music used in today’s show, “Questing” and “Green Iver” from Ari de Niro on the Free Music Archive via Creative Commons Licensing. Real Mammalz audio from real Mammalz users: Day's Edge Productions, The Great Mexican Bird Resurvey Project. Ben Zino, How to find rare winter salamanders. Dusty Hulet, Friction Fire with Ford Thunder Erickson. Billy Heaney, In search of the killer whale. Kathryn Chalk, Ever seen a cricket present the weather forecast. Angus Hamilton, Stop, Drop and Roll! The Brookesia Chameleons of Madagascar. Jim Michael, A torrent of snow geese. Renee Sweaney, Our resident kestrals.

EOC 201: China's Wet Market Workover

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 26:51

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on our relationship with wildlife. The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is zoonotic, which means it originated in an animal. Experts believe the virus emerged in bats then jumped to an intermediary host, possibly pangolins, before infecting humans. Evidence suggests that the virus made the first leap from animal to human in a wet market in Wuhan China where a wide variety of wild animals, including bats, crocodiles, wolf puppies, giant salamanders, snakes, rats, peacocks, and porcupines, were being bought and sold. That market was temporarily shut down and the city of Wuhan has vowed to end the sale of wild animals within its borders. However, the threat of a new pandemic looms. All over the world, humans are creating perfect conditions for zoonotic disease emergence. Not only are people trafficking wildlife for food, traditional medicine, and trinkets all over the world, we are destroying wilderness, forcing wild animals and people closer together. In the months since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, scientists, conservationists, and world leaders have called for a crackdown on the sale of wild animals. However, few countries have taken meaningful steps to do so. The Chinese government said it would ban the sale of several species of wild animals, but left exemptions for wildlife products sold for use as traditional medicine. In this episode, environmental journalist Annie Roth speaks with Rachel Nuwer about what the future of our relationship with wildlife might look like in a post-pandemic world. Song used in today's show: Postman Jack by Lobo Loco via Creative Commons Licensing. There is more of this conversation! For full access, visit patreon.com/wildlenscollective ( www.patreon.com/wildlenscollective ). This episode was produced by Annie Roth. For more of her work, please visit rothreporting.com ( http://www.rothreporting.com/ ). For more information about Rachel Nuwer and her work, please visit rachelnuwer.com ( http://www.rachelnuwer.com ).

EOC 196: Ayana Young, For the Wild

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 62:49

Turn down the lights, pour yourself a beverage, and tune your ears to the smooth offerings of Ayana Young, host and author of the podcast and book, For the Wild. Ayana visits with Matthew Podolsky about how she got started in activism going all the way back to her childhood poetry. Ayana is no stranger to speaking truth to power. A graduate of the Occupy movement, she went on to live the camper life, traveling at home and abroad in a quest to understand this crazy world just a bit better. To read about her book, listen to her amazing podcast, and for links to her social media visit her website at https://forthewild.world/ Music used in today’s show: “As I Was Saying” by Lee Rosevere, “Forgotten Landscape” by Daniel Birch, and “Variation Waldheim” by Blue Dot Sessions from the Free Music Archive via Creative Commons Licensing. For a list of the show notes, please visit the website www.wildlensinc.org/eoc196

EOC 195: The Wonderful World of Wetlands

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 51:18

When we think of wetlands, most of us see them as ghostly swamps where spiders have huge webs that look like banshee in veils, or the dangerous Dead Marshes through which Gollum led Frodo in the Lord of the Rings. However, wetlands are not at all these dangerous, murky, smelly, marshy areas. In fact they are the most cheerful places full of life and activity. It’s where life gravitates to, where human settlements started and where wildlife will gravitate around as well. These marshes, swamps and lagoons are a critical part of our natural environment. Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world comparable to rain forests and coral reefs. But sadly today, they are disappearing 3 times faster than our forests. A meagre 6% of the Earth’s surface is covered by wetlands whereas 31% of the earth’s surface still has forests. And yet people don’t seem to appreciate them in the same way, don’t love them as much as forests. They are hardly considered even important. In this episode, a young wildlife presenter and film-maker, Aishwarya Sridhar from India, talks to Mr. Debi Goenka and Mr. Nikhil Bhopale about the importance of wetland eco-systems in a world plagued by climate crisis. Mr. Goenka has been working towards the protection of mangroves and wetlands for over 35 years of his life. He is the executive trustee of Conservation Action Trust (a non-governmental organisation in India) engaged in environmental protection and he’s the force behind the recent policy protecting the Indian mangroves. On the other hand, Mr. Nihil Bhopale is an educationist, conservationist and an author, having written a book on the birds of the Indian subcontinent. He is the founder of Green Works Trust, an NGO pioneering environmental education in India. They discuss the role of wetlands, the crisis facing them and the need to protect them urgently. "Crescents" by Ketsa used via Creative Commons Licensing from the Free Music Archive.

Long Time Listener, First Time Caller

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 2:05

Have you ever been listening to the EOC podcast and thought, "My goodness, EOC is like butter in my ears"? And then a second thought quickly came across your mind, "Good grief, I need to tell them this"? Now you can! In fact, we wish you would! Let the floodgates open to breaking down the wall between all of us. Send us your thoughts to info@wildlensinc.org and we might air your voice on the show! Not sure how? No sweat. This minisode will tell you exactly how. Because, you're important, and you've got amazing ideas. Share them with the rest of the class! Because your call is very important to us. Sounds from Freesound.org and Music by Komiku from Freemusicarchive.org all via Creative Commons Licensing.

EOC 188: City Grazing