BSR Friday in Oklahoma Show, January 20, 2017

Requiem. . . Hope?

Hosted by James Branum

For airing on Community Talk Radio KTLR 890 am in Oklahoma City at 11-11:15 CST on January 20, 2017 and soon on international shortwave radio stations and online.

Released under a creative commons license. Rebroadcast is encouraged.

Requiem . . . time for hope

A commentary/editorial/music mix for the US American change of Imperial Power

Views represented are by James alone and not by anyone he works for or with or for anyone who airs this broadcasts.

Mix components include excerpts from, some used with permission under a creative commons license, some used under fair use exceptions to the US copyright code:

* Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I have a dream speech”

* Dylan Thomas “Do not go gentle into that good night”

* The Wizard of Oz (movie)

* Flobots “There’s a war going on for your mind”

* Melodysheep remix of Charlie Chaplain’s “Let us all unite” speech

* Audio tracks and samples from Freesound.org creators Creeper_Ciller78, Ellary, CheesyMofadude, and others.

BSR Magazine Show for International Shortwave and Online Radio

January 19, 2017

Hosted by James M. Branum

Airing on International Shortwave Radio Station WBCQ 7490 khz. on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 00:30-01:00 UTC/Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 6:30-7:00 pm CST

All of our past episodes can be heard at www.broadspectrumradio.com or via our Android app. Just search the google play store for “Broad Spectrum Radio.”

In this episode…

1. News and Commentary about Obama’s last minute Presidential commutations and pardons, including those of

* Chelsea Manning, the longest held whistleblower in US history

* Oscar Lopez Rivera, Puerto Rican freedom fighter

2. The activist community’s response to the innaugeration of President Trump, including this weekend’s protests marches…

3. The moral necessity of ongoing nonviolent resistance…

 

Song played include:

Rise by The Flobots

Once we bury Fascism by Ryan Harvey

No Time to be Afraid – by Folkpunch (Jim Page)

Detailed show notes/transcript to be added later.

Other items mentioned:

http://radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/118857-oscar-lopez-rivera-to-be-freed-after-35-years-in-us-prisons

 

 

BSR Magazine Show – January 12, 2017

From BroadSpectrumRadio.com

Hosted by James M. Branum

Topics: Mumia talks about Trump, Women’s March on Washington, Chelsea Manning Commutation?, Call for fundraising, Mennonite Radio #31

Aired on WBCQ 7490 khz. at 00:30-01:00 January 13, 2017 UTC (18:30-19:00 CST, January 12, 2017)

Show notes:

In this episode…

1st half – political and activist commentary, including…

* 2 short commentary op-ed pieces by Mumia Abu-Jamal (from PrisonRadio.org)

* a short piece about the Womens March on Washington from Popsugar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutRQt915c4  and then a song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omh_rAsCPiQ) 

* Commentary by host (James Branum) about the possible commutation of Chelsea Manning by President Obama

* David Rovics song – “A song for Chelsea Manning” (https://soundcloud.com/davidrovics/song-for-chelsea-manning)

* Fundraising pitch for BroadSpectrumradio.com including the call to download the BSR app from the google play store (which raises funds for future shortwave airtime purchases) – https://play.google.com/store/search?q=KG5jst

2nd half – Episode #31 of Mennonite Radio (www.Mennoniteradio.org)

Mennonite Radio Episode #31

Recorded on Jan 12 2017

A production of Joy Mennonite Church and Broad Spectrum Radio

Hosted by James M. Branum

Aired on KTLR Community Talk Radio 890 am on 11 am CST on Friday, January 13, 2017, as well as on International Shortwave Radio Station WBCQ (Monticello, Maine, USA, but broadcasting to much of the Americas and beyond) on 7490 khz am (as the second half of the weekly BSR Magazine show for 00:30-01:00 UTC January 13, 2017)

In this episode:

* Information on the 2017 relaunch of Mennonite Radio

* A bit of the story of Joy Mennonite Church

* A prayer for the coming weeks of uncertainty in US civic life

* Praise God from whom all blessings flow (aka “Old 606”)

Questions and comments are welcomed at MennoniteRadio.org or on facebook. Also be sure and check out our android app on the Google play store, just search for “Mennonite Radio” or follow this link.

Donations for future broadcasts of Mennonite Radio can be sent to:

Joy Mennonite Church

504 NE 16th St.

Oklahoma City, OK 73104

USA

(Checks should be made out to “Joy Mennonite Church” but include a note that your donation is earmarked for additional Mennonite Radio broadcasts)

BSR Friday Show From BroadSpectrumRadio.com – January 6, 2017

Broadcast on Community Talk Radio KTLR 890 AM and 103.7 FM

In this episode…

1. Updates on some of our other programming available online and on shortwave radio

2. News about our new android apps

3. An update from Mennonite Radio

4. And finally a short version of Exploring Aspergia, our show by and for people on the aspergers/autism spectrum

so stay tuned..

At the present moment we have a lot of new content up on our website that we want to share, including new episodes of Peace Buzz by Serena Blaiz, Red Town Radio by Brenda Golden and several episodes of Exploring Aspergia. Due to length and funding constraints, we will be airing excerpts from these programs in the coming weeks on KTLR, however, the full length programs are all available via our podcast. You can use your favorite podcast program (I’m a fan of Podcast Republic) or just go to our website, Broad Spectrum Radio.com

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Speaking of ways to listen to BSR programming, we want to make sure all of our listeners know that we now have an Android App. It includes links to listen to all of our programs as well as lots of other useful information. And as an added bonus, we are using the app to raise some funds for this project. You can find out more about the app on our website or just search the Google play store for “Broad Spectrum Radio.”

An IOS app may be in the works later, but for now this app is only available for Android devises.

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The special episode for our relaunch of Mennonite Radio is delayed one week, but will air next week on KTLR 890 am and on International Shortwave Radio station WBCQ. Our 2017 broadcasts of Mennonite Radio will feature speakers from the pews (or in our case folding chairs) at Joy Mennonite Church, ordinary folks telling their experiences of following the nonviolent and inclusive teaching of Jesus in their everyday life.

Joy Mennonite CHurch meets in an old house at the corner of NE 16th & Lincoln, just south of the state capitol. The address is 504 NE 16th St in Oklahoma City. Worship starts at 10:30 am and this week there is a potluck afterwards. Dress is casual and all are welcome. Find out more about Joy at JoyMennonite.org.

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Exploring Aspergia Episode #13

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Woody Guthrie playing “This Land is your land”

Red Town Radio with Brenda Golden

Show Topic: Institutionalized Racism

Broadcast on International shortwave radio station WBCQ 7490 khz. on January 5, 2016 via the BroadSpectrumRadio.com service

Show Notes:

In this episode, recorded on Nov. 22, 2016, Brenda looks at institutionalized racism, through stereotypes in popular culture, sports, mass communications and other efforts to dehumanize and discriminate against Native Americans.

This program is brought to you by Red Town Radio and Upwave Media

Used under creative commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

In this episode, we celebrate the first night of Hanukkah (coming tomorrow night, which also is Christmas eve) by playing some of my favorite songs of the season.

BSR Friday in OKC Show

December 23, 2016

Hanukkah Music

Aired on Community Talk Radio KTLR 890 am (and relay station K279CR 103.7 FM) in Oklahoma City at 11 a.m. CST/16:00 UTC on Dec. 23, 2016.

In this episode…

1. Intro

2. Nefesh Mountain – Hanukkah Dance

3. Maccabeats – Shine

4. Ein Pratt Fountainheads – Light up the Light

5. News about our new Android app for Broad Spectrum Radio

6. Matisyahu – Happy Hanukkah

BSR Magazine Show

Dec 22, 2016

From BroadSpectrumRadio.com

Hosted by: James M. Branum

Aired on: WBCQ (International Shortwave Radio Station) 7490 khz. Dec. 22, 2016 23:30 UTC.

Topics: Haunakah, Obama pardons, A response to Allan Weiner re Trump and BLM, Call for ABC/Radio Australia International to save Shortwave service

Links mentioned in the Show: (scattered in show notes below)

Show Notes: The following is a rough script of sorts that I used when recording the program, however, I sometimes make changes on the fly which aren’t reflected in these notes.

 

Welcome to the BSR Magazine Show

For Dec. 22, 2016

Host is James Branum

All of our episodes can be found at www.broadspectrumradio.com

In this episode…

2 days until the start of Haunakah (which coincides with Christmas eve this year), so I’ll be exploring the theme of liberation, since that is what the holiday is about – in words, song and more, so stay tuned.

We’ll start of our evening with a song written by the Okie with a freedom-loving Jewish heart, Woody Guthrie,  performed by Nefesh Mountain… it’s called Haunakah dance.

 

(music)

 

Lots of news this week on a growing number of last minute pardons and sentence commutations by President Obama, mostly of nonviolent drug offenders who have shown that they have made major steps towards rehabilitation. As of two days ago, the NY Times says he has granted such relief to 1,324 people.

This is great news, but…

It is not enough.

Many, many more nonviolent drug offenders are in the federal prison system. Obama’s process of granting this relief is slow, slow, slow and at the current pace, many of those imprisoned unjustly will never have their cases reviewed by the time Obama leaves office.

This is unacceptable.

But even worse, Obama as of yet has refused to grant relief to America’s political prisoners, folks like Leonard Peltier, Chelsea Manning, Oscar López Rivera, or those who would likely face unjust charges if they came to the USA including Edward Snowden.

It may be an act of futility but I’m lighting a Haunakah candle this year in hopes that President Obama will have a change of heart and will grant a blanket pardon to all nonviolent drug offenders and will pardon all political prisoners and whistleblowers.

In that spirit, we’ll play Bob Marley’s Redemption Song

This next bit if a commentary by myself, James Branum. It represents my views and my views alone…

The news over the last few weeks has been brutally sad, an ongoing account of the coming complete takeover of the federal government by a corrupt corporatist regime.

I’ve heard a lot of commentary about what is going on, but one of the more surprising bits of commentary I heard was last week on WBCQ, from the station owner, Allan Weiner. Based on what he said, I feel obliged to respond.

That said,

Aired on KLTR 890 am on November 18, 2016 in Oklahoma City

This program consists of a 15 minute excerpt of Peace Buzz #8. The full 60 minute program can be found at: http://peacebuzz.org/episode-8-islamophobia-and-american-politics/

Here’s more information about the program:

Serena Blaiz examines Islamophobia in the American Heartland, speaking to Adam Soltani of CAIR Oklahoma and Dr. Carl Rubenstein of the Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma. They discuss a recent legislative study in Oklahoma called “Radical Islam, Shariah Law, the Muslim Brotherhood and the radicalization process” that was instigated by Rep. John R. Bennett, who accused Muslim leaders of being terrorists out to destroy America, as well as steps taken by Oklahomans to counter the hateful and bigoted rhetoric, prevent violence and build trust relationships.

BSR Magazine Show – November 10, 2016 (15 min version)

Aired on KTLR Community Talk Radio 890 am in Oklahoma CIty.

Topic: Thoughts about the Post-Trump nightmare and how to cope

Aired on KTLR Community Talk Radio 890 AM in Oklahoma City