One of the issues we face in dealing with problems in the USA is the frequent divide between “the common folk” - rural, often farm folks - and the urban populace, often dismissed from the other side as “ivory tower intellectuals”. This is often far from the truth, and today's guest, Daniel O'Connell, raises up the lives of those scholars who have bridged the gap and used their knowledge to even out the economic & political turf in California's San Joaqin Valley, in his thesis-turned-book, In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness In California.
Aaron Steinberg is Captain Danger, flanked by Keith “E-Day” Eaddy & Roger “Joose” Benford. Aaron has done so much with music, starting very young with bands like The Studmuffins, Wabbit, Uncle Dad, and was he and is part of The Televisionairies whose role in life is to make music out of television theme songs that is part Dr Demento meets Gilligan's Island. Aaron has ranged widely, but funk in deep in his bones, move is in his fingers, and humor is in his broken heart.
All songs in this program are written & performed by Aaron Steinberg/Captain Danger (and with others, as noted):
Peterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio guest-hosts today, with poignant, inspirational, & intriguing visits with Flannery Winchester, Krisa Hiser/Ultimate Cli-Fi Book Club/Station
A visit to an event, "Beyond the Books: A Way Forward for White Allies in Democracy", and some time with the event's main presenter, Gerri Williams. Gerri has been involved in a number of forms of activism, but, as a woman of color and inspired by the book, Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How we can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee, she's also aware of the need for white allies to step forward and lead a change among their peers.
Deborah Silverstein is a gem and a beacon. She started out musically in the heady early days of women's music, in the 1970s, as part of the Red Basement Singers, and the New Harmony Sisterhood Band. With a winding path including decades as a psychotherapist, she always came back to her music, leading to many years with Taproot, and The Band of Erics. Her current excitement is a yet-to-be-produced musical called Riveted, as in Rosie The Riveter.
Steve Chase has been involved with impressive and world-changing activism all of his adult life. He has his PhD in Environmental Studies from Antioch University, where he also taught for 15 years, after first working as an editor and writer for the More Than Money Journal. He was director of education at the Pendle Hill Quaker retreat center for 2 years, worked at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) for 4 years, and is now Assistant Director of Solidarity 2020 and Beyond.
Sofia Talvik self-describes as “Americana/Folk with Swedish Roots”, and it's so much better and wonderful than that can conjure. With the voice of an angel, she can play the strings of our hearts. Sofia has toured extensively in the US, though she lives mostly in Germany these days, where she makes music as part of the German/Swedish folk duo Hansan, combining Sofia and David Floer. Yes, she emits sparkle, and yes, she can pour out melancholy, but the full package mixes these extremes and more to produce some of the sweetest, most touching music of our day.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Non-affiliated
