Monday, March 10, 2008
Nelson Before Nine - March 10, 2008
1) interview with Shane Simpson,NDP Environment critic about private power generation issues in Ashlu Creek near Squamish
2) interview with Jeff Clayton about environmental problems at the private power projects in the Pitt River near Maple Ridge
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Universal Traveller - Universal Traveller’s Astrocosmologically based Evolutionary Weather report for the times
In this episode attunement to the evolutionary quantum leap 'occuring in a theatre called you' - us as well as the attunement to natural processes of creation occuring now
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Fane of the Cosmos - FANE INTERVIEWS SUSAN BOYD_WENNIFER CURRY INTL WOMANS DAY SHOW MAR 9, 2008
This week we celebrate the women in our community a day after International Women's Day. We have interviews (2005) with Susan Boyd. Susan Boyd teaches courses on drug law and policy, theory and research methodology. Her research interests include drug law and policy, maternal-state conflicts, film and print media representations, women in conflict with the law and research methodology. She is a community activist who works with harm reduction and anti-drug war groups. We discuss her book "From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law and Policy." We also interview Wennifer Curry a survivor of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) a debilitating form of morning sickness that can kill the mother. Cannabis literally saved her life, and her daughters, by offering relief from the agonizing spasms of vomiting. We also cover the Law Enforcement aspects of the Security and Prosperity Partnership and how they relate to the war on drugs. Canada is giving its sovereignty at an alarming rate, if you take into account the recent military agreement signed with the United States that effectively gives the American military the right to operate within Canadian borders for civilian "emergencies". Combine this military agreement with the Law Enforcement agreements under the S.P.P. and it is virtual takeover of all aspects of Canadian security. Law Enforcement agents from the u.S. will be able to conduct investigations in Canada with impunity. Danger! Sweet tunes from Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor and Ella Fitzgerald. KCR also gets a Fane spanking for accepting the new Conservative Government Drug Strategy Radio Ads that has two young girls talking about the various names for different drugs...offering nothing really to their agenda.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
World Report - International Women’s Day meditation: Fundamentalism, secularism, church and state
Secularism in the United States arose in the service of religious freedom and expressed itself in the Constitutional mandate for the separation of church and state. Have we outgrown the needs that gave rise to these compromises?
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EcoCentric - Water For All
1:00 - 1:45pm 3 part interview with Maude Barlow about her latest book Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis And The Coming Battle For the Right To Water. In this discussion Barlow speaks about the causes of the global water crisis and how the crisis has become the most powerful symbol of the growing inequality in our world.
1:50pm Interview with K.Linda Kivi of the West Kootenay EcoSociety about the call for nominations for the upcoming EcoSociety Environmental Awards.
Monday, March 03, 2008
The Writers' Show - Writers’ Show - 38 - Baba Brinkman, Ian McAllister
Baba Brinkman is a literary rap artist, with a B.A. with Honours from Simon Fraser University and an M.A. in Medieval and Renaissance English Literature from the University of Victoria. His thesis drew parallels between the worlds of rap music and literary poetry. He is the author of The Rap Canterbury Tales, published by Talon Books. Brinkman was born in the West Kootenays of B.C., and raised in the midst of the province's tree-planting sub-culture.
Nelson Before Nine host Randy Morse interviews Baba Brinkman about his artistic evolution and experience with Talon Books. Audio editing credit: Kelley Humphries. The music is Aaron Nazrul from the CD "The Butterfly Man," produced by Baba Brinkman and available at Cdbaby.
Conservationist and photographer Ian McAllister is known around the world for The Great Bear Rainforest, published by Harbour Publishing. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including, along with his wife, Karen, Time Magazine's "Hero for the Planet" award. The Last of the Wild Wolves won the B.C. Booksellers' Choice Award, a B.C. Book Prize. Topics include: Editorial help from Mary Schendlinger, Show #35; Howard White at Harbour; covers of the American and Canadian editions; the continuing threats to the unique biosphere of the coastal rainforest. The music is Michael Franti & Spearhead, "Skin on the Drum," from the CD Rock the Nation.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Universal Traveller - Universal Traveller Mar 2’08 ASTROLOGY WEEKLY REPORTS and releasing past ‘hurts’ ETC
On this show I am dedicated to pinpointing the transformation of 'past hurt charges' into forgiveness, apology, acknowledgment and acceptance, to free our energy bodies of past traumatic residues and be open to re-create our lives, free of outmoded anchors. Acknowledging the 'hurt' triggers in our lives lately are offering us the opportunity to release past ones at the same time. Also included is the Workshop I am administering Mar 22 '08 and how to contact me for registration or a personal, relationship or business reading. Namaste -I am another yourself
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Fane of the Cosmos - FANE CONSERVATIVE CRIME BILL C-2/ SMELL OF MARIJUANA/MANDATORY MIN
On this weeks show we discuss the passage of Bill C-2 through the Canadian Senate and then into law. The passage of a bill by coercion on part of the Conservative Party, threatening an election over the bill, is a serious blow to democracy in Canada. The fact that the Liberals, with a majority in Senate, acquiesced to the Conservatives demands is a further indicator of the dire political situation. We also discuss the Supreme court ruling dealing with mandatory Minimums. Without one dissenting vote the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the use of mandatory minimums in Canadian Law and sets a scary precedent for the future of Bill C-26 which is before committee. Listeners may remember that Bill C-26 is the Conservative Party's new get-tough-on-crime bill that strongly mirrors American drug law. Mandatory minimums have been in effect in the united states for 2 decades and have been found to not only decrease recidivism but also costs the justice system heavily. A new court case out of Saskatchewan rules that the smell of "burned" cannabis is not enough probable cause to initiate an arrest or search of a person. This is a sensible ruling that has long needed to be clarified in Canadian Law. We also look into the recent bust of the Vancouver Herb School run by uberactivist David Malmo-Levine. The Vancouver Herb School is an educational/historical museum located in East Hastings that charts the use of plants in modern culture with exhibits, educational material, vintage drug paraphernalia and local art. The bust saw the arrest of David and 5 employees and face a number of charges under the CDSA. The never ending discrimination against harmless pot smokers and educators. Bless you David and we hope to interview you soon on the show. We also play some sweet tunes by the Doors, Freestylers, Jeff Healey (RIP) and cuts from the album "Have a marijuana", totally hilarious.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
The Rank and File Voice - Rank and file voice Feb 27 and March 5, 2008
Organizer Interview with Patsy Harmston (10min) Becky Quirk "Know Your Rights" Tenants Rights (16min) Community Social Service Awareness Month (24min) Leslie Cairns - readings (34min)
The Rank and File Voice - Rank and file voice Feb 13 and Feb 20, 2008
Becky Quirk "Know Your Rights" (4:00) Corky Evans on IPPs (19:42) Interview with Allison Talbot Kelly (29:57) Leslie Cairns - readings (39:00)
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