Our fabulous Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN gives us her usual transcendent poem.

Singaporean native HEDY TRIPP talks of her father suffering through Japan’s Gulag & her decades of powerful No Nukes work ever since.

Noted film reviewer ED RAMPELL tells us of the powerful documentary “Atomic People” and its devastating impact on our view of the nuclear Bombings.

Radio host LYNN FEINERMAN questions the military calculations behind dropping those Bombs at all.

Network maven DAVID SALTMAN chimes in on the shocking availability of radioactive materials…& does a deep dive on the state of the modern news media.

All the above is followed by “America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT updates her battles for democracy in Waldport, Oregon.

Legendary co-host MIKE HERSH warns of the toxic power of the Big/Dark Money warping our elections.

Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO sticks it to both Columbia University & CBS for their lack of spine in standing up to dictatorship.

From Columbus, Ohio, we hear SANDY BOLZENIUS say she’s actually optimistic about the power of the people to fight back for democracy!

Lifelong activist MYLA RESON attacks the infamous Powell Memorandum that applauded the idea of Big Money taking over our political system.

The League of Conservation Voters founder MARION EADEY calls for private funding of NPR & PBS to balance the fascism of the corporate media.

Renowned anti-corporate organizer KAI NEWKIRK from stopmoneyaz.org outlines Arizona’s campaign to preserve Baron-free democracy.

From Texas we have ALICE EMBREE filling us in on the latest outrage by the Lone Star Governor in his blitzkrieg against legislative democracy.

Our frequent go-conspirator NICOLE UNG asks a pertinent question about uranium.

And we will gather again next week to parse the latest chaos index defining the Age of Trump.