In the year 2062, Branson pleads with Andrew and Charles to get the gang back together. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63231479

E2 #35 - My Dinner with Andrew 2: My Dinner with Charles [Patreon Preview]

On today's episode Nicole Roussell interviews Brian Becker about the new phase of heightened conflict that world politics is entering. As the United States moves aggressively to maintain its position of the world's dominant power, the  globe is becoming increasingly polarized between supporters of this world order and those who fall outside of it -- a process dramatically accelerated by the war in Ukraine. This is playing out economically, diplomatically, and militarily.

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Ukraine War & the New Era in Global Politics: Where Are We Headed?

Præsenteret af Spar Nord.
AaB tabte til FC Midtjylland, men der er stadig optimisme i og omkring  AaB. Assistenttræner Rasmus Würtz fortæller hvad fokus har været for holdet ovenpå nederlaget, og lover godt resultat mod Silkeborg IF. Paneldeltager og journalist Kasper Ørkild, kaster lys over de seneste tre kampe, særligt FCM, og ser fremad. Gisle Thorsen fra Mediano fortæller hvorfor han lavede en historie om AaBs brug af meget høje agentsalærer i forbindelse med Jores Okores salg.
Vært: Lasse Yde Hegnet

#103 Nederlag til FCM uden pessimisme (19/4 2022)

On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how a high profile visit to Kiev by Defense Secretary Austin and Secretary of State Blinken further cemented the central role of the United States in equipping and organizing the Ukrainian war effort -- and blocking peace talks. They also discuss Elon Musk moving in on Twitter, French President Macron winning re-election, and more.

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U.S. Officials' Goal is to "Weaken Russia" in a Long War in Ukraine

On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss Elon Musk, a billionaire, buying Twitter, one of the world's largest mass communications platforms. Why are billionaires so determined to control the information available to the public?

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Elon Musk Buys Twitter - How Capitalism Mutilates the Notion of a "Free Press"

On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell and  Walter Smolarek discuss how the Biden administration is preparing by far  the biggest package of military aid yet for Ukraine. With hardly any  debate, Congress is ready to approve sending $20  billion of weapons to Ukraine on top of $13 billion in additional  financial support for the government – a point driven home by Nancy  Pelosi’s surprise trip to Kiev. The panel also discusses the continuing  rollback of pandemic relief programs, the fight to  defend abortion rights, demands for student loan debt relief, and more.

The following articles are referenced in this episode:

The U.S. Should Show It Can Win a Nuclear War
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-us-show-it-can-win-a-nuclear-war-russia-putin-ukraine-nato-sarmat-missile-testing-warning-11651067733

The Means-Test Con
https://www.levernews.com/the-means-test-con/

[This episode was recorded Monday (May 2nd 2022) late afternoon prior to the news that the Supreme Court majority had voted to overturn Roe V. Wade and extinguish women’s fundamental right to control their own body. Starting last night and throughout today, and in the coming days, there will be mass protests in the streets throughout the United States.]

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Ukraine: The Danger of a Wider War

This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” This episode it’s the short story “Shatterday” and the guest is Abe Epperson. 

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Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty 

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485. Like Razorblade Pie: Shatterday (Feat. Abe Epperson)

On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, and Nicole Roussell discuss the racist massacre in Buffalo, New York over the weekend, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces and despite being an American the United States hasn’t responded,  Finland and Sweden are nearly set to join NATO, and more.

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Mass Killing in Buffalo & the Promotion of Fascist Ideology in the USA

In this livestream, former CIA officer and longtime antiwar activist Ray McGovern joins Aaron Mate and Max Blumenthal on new revelations of Hillary Clinton's direct involvement in Russiagate lies, the demise of DHS Minister of Truth Nina Jankowicz, how Bernie Sanders backed a giant giveaway to the arms industry in the form of Ukraine aid, and the latest on the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Russiagate trial reveals, DHS 'disinformation' board stalls, and Bernie's Ukraine proxy war cave

Folk, meet Ambient. Ambient, meet Folk. 

I found an Irish bagpipe piece by Liam Walsh, which was recorded in 1926 (https://archive.org/details/LiamWalshTheJobofJourneywork). 

The recording starts, gradually, granular treatment is added, until the bagpipe sounds like an etheral voice. New tracks are introduced, some pianos here, some bass there, an additional pad comes and goes. 

Stuff used: Mikron Cascade FX, the tapes01 ensemble for Kontakt, SQ80 V, Augmented Voices, and, of course, the bagpipe work of Liam Walsh. I wonder what he'd say that his recording has been used 97 years later.

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Disquiet Junto Project 0547: Genre Melee
The Assignment: Combine two seemingly different genres.

Step 1: The concept of “math house,” a combination of genres, came out of a conversation between friends Jimmy Lem (a Junto member) and tetkik ve tedavi. Consider what “math house” might sound like.

Step 2: Combine two genres of your own choosing. Perhaps “math” and “house,” or other ones entirely.

Step 3: Record a track resulting from the combination of genres you selected in Step 2.

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Thanks to Jimmy Lem and tetkik ve tedavi for inspiring this project.

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Bagbient [disquiet0547]

"China is a strange, backwards nation ruled by tyrants," said the nation founded by Puritans who used to execute women for witchcraft and just killed reproductive rights protections because they think Jesus told them to.

The world is dominated culturally, economically and militarily by a regime that just killed women's reproductive rights because they make Jesus mad.

Reading by Tim Foley.

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