Most people don’t know the extraordinary methods used to influence and shape a pro-Israeli narrative in the corporate owned mainstream media. Practices like banning the use of the word genocide allows U.S. policy makers to normalize imperialism and Israel’s killing spree in Gaza and Lebanon.

Brian Becker is joined by Alan MacLeod, a journalist with a PhD in Sociology, senior staff writer for MintPress News, and author of several books including 'Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent.' He recently published the article 'Revealed: The Israeli Spies Writing America’s News' (https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-israel-unit-8200-spies-american-media/288457/)

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Martin Kuška, a producer from the Czech Republic who creates ambient, drone and soundtrack music under his own name and dance music inspired by 90-00 progressive house and trance, has prepared a special deeply emotional Christmas mix, which is intended to recall all the moods of the past year and remind us of what is most important in our lives.

As a lover of vintage synthesizers and a DIY approach, Martin has previously released on American cassette labels Origin Peoples or Sacred Phrases. In recent years, he has collaborated mainly with the Lithuanian label Electric Shapes, and entrusted his latest purely ambient mini-album to the Tokyo new-age ambient label Umé Records, curated by the famous Canadian producer Precipitation, with whom Martin is currently preparing a major collaboration - an extensive split album, which both plan to complete in early 2026. In addition, as a freelance writer, Martin is focusing on proofreading his new book and putting together the story of another novel, which will focus on current disinformation in Europe and the easy, insidious influence of a confused society by dangerous, hostile regimes.

1) Hilyard - Mantle of Memories
2) Aes Dana - Low Tide Explorations
3) Harold Budd & Hector Zazou - Reflected In The Eye Of A Dragon Fly
4) M. Sage - Illusory Promenade
5) Maddy Briggs - At Bay (Stillwater Mix)
6) Martin Kuška - Stigma Is A Particular Circumstance
7) Doris Dana - 8 Minutes After 12
8) Rime Trails - M.
9) Burning Pyre & Canadian Rifles - Faith In Intimacy
10) Sky To Speak - Sea Of Sand (Martin Kuška "Sandstone Calvary" Remix)
11) Mary Lattimore - And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me
12) Iasos - The Angels Of Comfort
13) Red Axes - Incognito (Tom Furse Cosmic Dub)
14) Earthen Sea - Abstract, tell
15) Heroin In Tahiti - Spinalonga
16) Skisserna - Passage Of Time
17) 2muchachos - Vremja Tepla

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A mixtape for Mr. David Lynch on his birth/death month

NOIR AGE 10/01/26

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Youarelistening.to mixes ambient music with police scanner radio, air-traffic control, numbers stations, spoken word & a bunch of other random things. Found footage, musique concrete, and the perfect ambience. 
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DJ & music supervisor Taylor Rowley forages for the forgotten musical past every month, uncovering soundtracks, psych rock & other treasures.  
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London & Istanbul based record label Zel Zele takes us on a monthly ride to earthly wonders and cosmic adventures. Bite the lip take the trip!

From the host: _"Lay Llamas is a project by Sicilian composer, musicologist and graphic designer Nicola Giunta, exploring ritual rhythms, imagined folklores and escapist exoticism. This one-hour of includes tracks from his upcoming release on Zel Zele."_ 
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An auditory exploration with SF native Mishka ranging from synth pop and balearic to softrock and global dance gems. One hour, once a month, with love.  
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A monthly collection of blurred collage, aural experiments, and tonal in-betweens with sound artist and musician Felisha Ledesma. 
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Introducing The Early Bird Show - our radio offering for morning people, hosted by Maria Somerville (Mondays and Tuesdays), Spirit Blue (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and Jack Rollo (Fridays). Weekday mornings, 7-9am. 
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West Coast Fog with Erik Bluhm, broadcasts monthly from far-flung natural environments, bringing along site specific, privately released meditational music from past decades for a deeply involved sensory experience. 
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