Escape Velocity Radio

After a month-long absence we explode back onto the scene with a hilarious skit about the media coverage of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s death, followed by a recap of Propagandhi’s European tour, and news regarding the 20th anniversary re-release of a certain “seminal” album. Then, after a pit-stop at “what Derek’s been reading” corner, we talk with author, podcaster, chef, and vegan educator Colleen Patrick-Goudreau about her new book On Being Vegan, “fake meat”, effective advocacy, and more.

Episode Links

• 50 Truths about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution
• 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
• Dirty Wars
• Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
• The 30-Day Vegan Challenge
• Slaughterhouse
• Diet For A New America
• Beyond Meat
• Field Roast

Episode Music

• Crumbsuckers – Rejuvenate

Sink your teeth into our discussion of the hypocrisy and absurdity behind the horse meat debacle; the real scandal behind SodaStream’s SuperBowl ad; the 10th anniversary of a key propaganda coup for the selling of the U.S. invasion of Iraq; and the utterly sad Gun Appreciation Day events held this past January. Then our interview guest — author and journalist Chris Mooney — talks with us about political psychology and his book The Republic Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science — and Reality.

Episode Links

• Liberator!
• SodaStream: A Case Study for Corporate Activity in Illegal Israeli Settlements
• Ex-Powell Aide Lawrence Wilkerson Debates Author Norman Solomon (Democracy Now!)
• War Made Easy
• Conservatives Have Their Worst Week Ever (Rolling Stone)
• Chris Mooney
• The Republican Brain
• Targeted killings: OK if Obama does it? (Salon)

Episode Music

• Drop Dead – At the Cost of an Animal
• Kim Mitchell – Go For A Soda
• Voivod – The Getaway
• M.O.D. – True Colors

Join us for a discussion about the Idle No More First Nations movement in Canada, as we review the key issues and timeline of events; talk to John K. Samson about the Canadian Artists Statement of Solidarity; and chat with author, storyteller, and academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about Indigenous resistance and resurgence in Canada. Plus, a conversation with the only person we know who has ever received a book endorsement from an international terrorist figurehead, William Blum, on the occasion of the release of his new book America’s Deadliest Export: Democracy.

Episode Links

• Idle No More
• Idle No More Bill Breakdown
• First Nations Strategic Bulletin
• Artists Statement of Solidarity with Idle No More
• John K. Samson
• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
• Dancing on Our Turtles Back
• William Blum
• America's Deadliest Export: Democracy

Episode Music

• John K. Samson with Nikki Komaksiutiksak and Blunderspublik – Keewatin Arctic
• A Tribe Called Red – The Road
• Christ on a Crutch – Caveat Emptor

Ring-in 2013 by listening-in on our conversation with Laura Jane Grace from Against Me! where we discuss gender dysphoria, her decision to transition, and the band’s forthcoming album. We also discuss the Duets for Abdelrazik project, activism opposing the Keystone XL pipeline extension, and the Liberator comic Kickstarter project. Plus, Chris tries to convince Derek to stop suckling at the corporate teat and join alternative social networking sites.

Episode Links

• Duets for Abdelrazik
• Liberator comic series
• Tar Sands Blockade
• ZSocial
• Against Me!
• I Feel Sick To My Stomach
• We Happy Trans
• Idle No More

Episode Music

• Duets for Abdelrazik – Shalabi & Christoff
• M.D.C. – Dead Cops/America’s So Straight
• Against Me! – New Wave
• Against Me! – I Was A Teenage Anarchist

After reflecting on both the outcome of the recent U.S. elections and Israel’s latest bombardment of Gaza — and after getting immolated in a Predator drone strike — we interview Shawna Potter of Baltimore hardcore band War on Women (and founder of her local chapter of Hollaback!) about music, feminism, activism, street harassment and more.

Episode Links

• Interview with Jon Elmer on G7 Radio, Episode 2
• Israel and Palestine: An animated introduction
• Israel/Palestine 101
• Arabs & Israel For Beginners by Ron David
• Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Norman Finkelstein
• Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land
• War on Women "Improvised Weapons"
• Hollaback!

Make yourself a sandwich and listen in while we examine the Stanford organic food study and media illiteracy; get a report from Chris on Propagandhi’s north-eastern tour; discuss Ralph Nader’s new book The Seventeen Solutions; tell you definitively how you should (and will) vote in the 2012 U.S. presidential election; look at the nefarious legal and PR forces behind the NHL lockout; and review some of your feedback from previous episodes.

Episode Links

• Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?: A Systematic Review
• Organic food might not be more nutritious, but you should eat it anyway
• 5 Ways the Stanford Study Sells Organics Short
• It's news, but is it true?
• The Seventeen Solutions
• An Unreasonable Man
• What Ralph Nader Is Thinking About the 2012 Election
• Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama
• The 2012 Elections Have Little To Do With Obama's Record … Which Is Why We Are Voting For Him
• Meet the Lockout Lawyers Destroying Sports
• Inside A Secret NHL Focus Group: How A Top GOP Strategist Is Helping Hockey Owners Craft Their Lockout Propaganda

Episode Music

• Disaster Strikes – Faith in Fiction
• These Days – Can’t Relate
• Steve Earle – Christmastime in Washington

Join us as we dissect the controversy around Chris Hedges’ “Cancer in Occupy” article and the Occupy Tactics debate; discuss the excellent documentary If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front; and talk to author and journalist Will Potter about his book Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege.

Episode Links

• Chris Hedges: "The Cancer in Occupy"
• David Graeber: "Concerning the Violent Peace-Police"
• Occupy Tactics: Violence and Legitimacy in the Occupy Movement and Beyond
• If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
• Green is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege
• Will Potter

Episode Music

• Lee Reed – Same Old Same

This month we review your feedback on episode one; solve once and for all the issue of mass shootings and gun violence in one 15 minute discussion; hear the latest news from local four-piece band Propagandhi; and talk to environmental activist and Sea Shepherd crew member Dave Nickarz about his experiences interfering with the capture and slaughter of whales and seals in Canada, the Antarctic and beyond.

Episode Links

• Top Ten differences Between White Terrorists and Others
• The Price of Gun Control
• Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
• Diet for a New America
• Sharkwater

Episode Music

• Propagandhi – Duplicate Keys Icaro (An Interim Report)
• Dead Kennedys – Frankenchrist
• Van Halen – When It’s Love

In this, our inaugural episode, we discuss and preview Propagandhi’s forthcoming album “Failed States”; gawk with jaws slack at the unmitigated gall of the executives at Enbridge; pontificate on the possibility that the earth has entered a period of rapid state change that could transform the lives of the next generation into an unrecognizable shit-show; lapse into a spontaneous book-club segment; and for the main event, bring you an interview with hip-hop artist and broadcast journalist Wab Kinew.

Episode Links

• Enbridge Execs Got Big Pay Raises After Continent's Costliest Pipeline Spill
• Earth on brink of 'irreversible' collapse of global ecosystem, new SFU study warns
• Ark
• Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
• Pine Ridge Dry Reserve vs. Brewing Companies
• Wab Kinew
• CBC - 8th Fire

Episode Music

• Propagandhi – Failed States