Author Archives: Maria

Trump in Panic: Yemen Sinks a U.S. Fighter Jet

By Newest Catalog Items

Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuss the incident with Danny Haiphong     The shocking status of U.S. military power has been exposed by Yemen forcing an F-18 to sink off the USS Harry Truman to the bottom of the Red Sea. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and former Chief of Staff Col. Lawrence Wilkerson call this the crisis facing America’s waning empire – and here are their comments – recorded on April 30.
Only four days later their discussion another incident confirmed their analysis: The NY Times reported on May 4 that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen struck near the main terminal of Israel’s international Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv, after the military failed to intercept the projectile.
These [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

Trump in Panic: Yemen Sinks a U.S. Fighter Jet

By Newest Podcasts

Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuss the incident with Danny Haiphong     The shocking status of U.S. military power has been exposed by Yemen forcing an F-18 to sink off the USS Harry Truman to the bottom of the Red Sea. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and former Chief of Staff Col. Lawrence Wilkerson call this the crisis facing America’s waning empire – and here are their comments – recorded on April 30.
Only four days later their discussion another incident confirmed their analysis: The NY Times reported on May 4 that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen struck near the main terminal of Israel’s international Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv, after the military failed to intercept the projectile.
These [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

How to bring peace to Ukraine – a war between two versions of history

By Newest Catalog Items

Professor Jeffrey Sachs is being challenged by Professor Klaus Larres     In April/May 2025 the possible end to the war in Ukraine has world attention. But the peace agreement requires an accepted reading of history – and the two sides are still far apart. Here is an amazing debate over the end of the Soviet Union, the expansion of NATO, nuclear weapons, prior attempts to end the invasion, and even the reminder that Crimea has been the home of Russia’s naval base since 1783.
Professor Klaus Larres teaches at the University of North Carolina. Professor Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. In spite of their differences of opinion, Professor Larres introduces Jeffrey Sachs as a [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

How to bring peace to Ukraine – a war between two versions of history

By Newest Podcasts

Professor Jeffrey Sachs is being challenged by Professor Klaus Larres     In April/May 2025 the possible end to the war in Ukraine has world attention. But the peace agreement requires an accepted reading of history – and the two sides are still far apart. Here is an amazing debate over the end of the Soviet Union, the expansion of NATO, nuclear weapons, prior attempts to end the invasion, and even the reminder that Crimea has been the home of Russia’s naval base since 1783.
Professor Klaus Larres teaches at the University of North Carolina. Professor Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. In spite of their differences of opinion, Professor Larres introduces Jeffrey Sachs as a [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

Our Common Future Under Climate Change, Honoring Pope Francis’ Laudato Si

By Newest Catalog Items

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber recorded in Paris and at the Vatican in 2015
(Archival TUC Radio program from 2015)     At 3am today, April 21, 2025, news services in California announced the death of Pope Francis. Among the many memories of his extraordinary life, his Encyclical on Climate Change, Laudato Si, on the urgently needed care of our common home, came to my mind.
Only nine days ago Pope Francis had announced the celebration, in September 2025, of the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si. Now we need to create the conditions for peace to prevent the destruction of our home without his help.
But Laudato Si has dual roots. Maybe for the first time in the history of papal encyclicals, Pope Francis invited scientists to [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.8MB)

Our Common Future Under Climate Change, Honoring Pope Francis’ Laudato Si

By Newest Podcasts

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber recorded in Paris and at the Vatican in 2015
(Archival TUC Radio program from 2015)     At 3am today, April 21, 2025, news services in California announced the death of Pope Francis. Among the many memories of his extraordinary life, his Encyclical on Climate Change, Laudato Si, on the urgently needed care of our common home, came to my mind.
Only nine days ago Pope Francis had announced the celebration, in September 2025, of the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si. Now we need to create the conditions for peace to prevent the destruction of our home without his help.
But Laudato Si has dual roots. Maybe for the first time in the history of papal encyclicals, Pope Francis invited scientists to [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.8MB)

Alastair Crooke: Trump and Chaos

By Newest Catalog Items

Judge Andrew Napolitano brings you the sources of Chaos from Ukraine to Iran to Gaza to Tariffs to the first deep splits inside the Trump Administration
This interview of Alastair Crooke was streamed live on April 14, 2025. Before he retired Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. He is founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum. They promote engagement between political Islam and the West.
Judge Andrew Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1995. Two years after retiring the Judge became a legal and political analyst for Fox News. He now runs a very popular podcast channel under the title “Judging Freedom”
This conversation was streamed Live [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

Alastair Crooke: Trump and Chaos

By Newest Podcasts

Judge Andrew Napolitano brings you the sources of Chaos from Ukraine to Iran to Gaza to Tariffs to the first deep splits inside the Trump Administration
This interview of Alastair Crooke was streamed live on April 14, 2025. Before he retired Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. He is founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum. They promote engagement between political Islam and the West.
Judge Andrew Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1995. Two years after retiring the Judge became a legal and political analyst for Fox News. He now runs a very popular podcast channel under the title “Judging Freedom”
This conversation was streamed Live [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

Yanis Varoufakis Dissects Trump’s Tariffs

By Newest Podcasts

The former Greek Finance Minister in conversation with Novara Media’s Michael Walker    They spoke on April 8, 2025, when Donald Trump’s tariff’s had just collapsed the global stock markets and governments around the world were searching for a response.
Yanis Varoufakis is a university teacher, author in economics and technology, and engaged in European politics. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of DiEM25, that’s Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 a left-wing pan-European political party that he co-founded in 2016.
Varoufakis is being interviewed by Michael Walker, contributing editor at Novara Media. That’s an independent, non-profit media organization based in the United Kingdom.
Walker brings up questions not raised by many analysts in this extraordinary crisis in April 2025 – and Varoufakis answers are [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

Yanis Varoufakis Dissects Trump’s Tariffs

By Newest Catalog Items

The former Greek Finance Minister in conversation with Novara Media’s Michael Walker    They spoke on April 8, 2025, when Donald Trump’s tariff’s had just collapsed the global stock markets and governments around the world were searching for a response.
Yanis Varoufakis is a university teacher, author in economics and technology, and engaged in European politics. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of DiEM25, that’s Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 a left-wing pan-European political party that he co-founded in 2016.
Varoufakis is being interviewed by Michael Walker, contributing editor at Novara Media. That’s an independent, non-profit media organization based in the United Kingdom.
Walker brings up questions not raised by many analysts in this extraordinary crisis in April 2025 – and Varoufakis answers are [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

How the demonstrations in Turkey and the US bombing of Yemen affect the fate of Gaza – and will Iran be next

By Newest Catalog Items

Mohammad Marandi from the University of Teheran gives a close-up portrait of the countries surrounding Israel/Palestine     Marandi was interviewed by Nima on the podcast channel Dialogue Works. They spoke on Monday, March 24, 2025.
The bombing of Yemen, that the U.S. Trump administration had launched, was continuing as they spoke. Analysts describe it as one of the largest bombing attacks on Yemen in years.
There also have been ongoing demonstrations in the streets of Istanbul, Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators show support for the city’s jailed mayor. He is seen as the main rival of President Erdogan in the upcoming elections.
Nima’s guest, Mohammad Marandi, is an Iranian-American academic and political analyst. He is currently a professor of English Literature and [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

How the demonstrations in Turkey and the US bombing of Yemen affect the fate of Gaza – and will Iran be next

By Newest Podcasts

Mohammad Marandi from the University of Teheran gives a close-up portrait of the countries surrounding Israel/Palestine     Marandi was interviewed by Nima on the podcast channel Dialogue Works. They spoke on Monday, March 24, 2025.
The bombing of Yemen, that the U.S. Trump administration had launched, was continuing as they spoke. Analysts describe it as one of the largest bombing attacks on Yemen in years.
There also have been ongoing demonstrations in the streets of Istanbul, Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators show support for the city’s jailed mayor. He is seen as the main rival of President Erdogan in the upcoming elections.
Nima’s guest, Mohammad Marandi, is an Iranian-American academic and political analyst. He is currently a professor of English Literature and [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill Hundreds, Francesca Albanese

By Newest Catalog Items

Reaction to the breach of the cease fire on March 18     Francesca Albanese is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. She was in London, England, when Israel broke the Cease Fire in Gaza on March 18, 2022, and killed more than 400 people in that first night.
She was being interviewed on Channel4News on the topic of genocide. And I’m presenting this half hour with minimal edits to show how many challenges an interviewer needs to build into the exchange in order to avoid the accusation of antisemitism. The interview is dated March 18 and, just a week later, had over a quarter million views.
This program has minimal edits to show how many challenges an interviewer needs [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill Hundreds, Francesca Albanese

By Newest Podcasts

Reaction to the breach of the cease fire on March 18     Francesca Albanese is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. She was in London, England, when Israel broke the Cease Fire in Gaza on March 18, 2022, and killed more than 400 people in that first night.
She was being interviewed on Channel4News on the topic of genocide. And I’m presenting this half hour with minimal edits to show how many challenges an interviewer needs to build into the exchange in order to avoid the accusation of antisemitism. The interview is dated March 18 and, just a week later, had over a quarter million views.
This program has minimal edits to show how many challenges an interviewer needs [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)

Michael Parenti: Fascism, The False Revolution, Archive TWO

By Newest Catalog Items

How western capitalist states cooperated with Fascism as bulwark against communism    The overwhelming response from those who heard this program was disbelief – how can an analysis of Fascism made in 1995 be so relevant for 2025! This talk was recorded before a standing room audience of 1,200 in Berkeley, CA, on September 23, 1995.
Fascism, as Mussolini allegedly said, should be more properly called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power.” And history, as told by Michael Parenti, shows that in all fascist societies, be it Italy, Germany, Japan, Spain, and into the present, corporate power increased. When the power of capital is untrammeled, Parenti says, all of us are at risk. The environment, the sacred [ . . . ]

Read More

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.8MB)