Government/Politics

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode,the main stories are reactions to the US invasion of Venezuela, further Trump administration retreats on the environment, and the protest movement in Iran. Read more

Derf: Remembering Kent State and Jeffrey Dahmer - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  With the deployment of National Guard troops once again in the news, we revisit our August 2021 conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf. Derf's graphic novel Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio won the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work.  Inspired by the ... Read more

Book Mole: Low April Sun

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City by white supremacists that killed 168 people. The novel Low April Sun by Constance E. Squires, reviewed by writer and photographer Matt Witt, is set against that atrocity and show... Read more

The Economic Opportunities Analysis

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Every five years the city reviews its land use planning and determines if there is enough industrial land to meet a state mandate requiring the city to have sufficient industrial land for the next twenty years. This process creates what's known as an Economic Opportuniti... Read more

Threats to International Peace and Security

Airs at: Wed, 01/07/2026 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Threats to International Peace and Security. The United Nations Security Council met January 5 to discuss threats to international peace and security posed by an out of control authoritarian United States government. We hear interventions from ... Read more

Six Months of ICE Protests in Portland

Airs at: Wed, 12/31/2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On June 04th, activists in Portland, Oregon, began demonstrating in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility at the intersection of Macadam Avenue and S Bancroft Street.  The protests were in response to an escalation of deportation tactics from the ... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 01/01/2026 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Review of 2025 international developments. Read more

Marching Off To War

Airs at: Wed, 12/31/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Marching Off To War. The United Nations Security Council held a meeting December 23 to discuss threats to international peace and security arising from United States military actions being taken against Venezuela. We hear a briefing to the Co... Read more

Looking Back at a Wretched Year yet Ahead with Hope

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
What a weird, wretched, gut-wrenching year 2025 has been. Probably even worse than many of us had feared at the end of last year. But despite worsening climate chaos and glimpses of the end of democracy, there are glimmers of hope ahead. On this episode of Locus Focus, ... Read more

Psilocybin in the Garden State

Airs at: Wed, 12/24/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Psilocybin in the Garden State. The New Jersey Legislature is considering Assembly Bill A.3852, An Act concerning a pilot program for psilocybin research and making an appropriation. The Assembly Appropriations Committee approved that bill with... Read more