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September 19, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 9.18.25
We start with our Laureate MIMI GERMAN’s usual brilliant poetry.

We hear from the dis-incarnated Jeffrey Epstein about his money laundering with Donald Trump & V. Putin.

We further discuss the nitty gritty of the Second Amendment and the perils of gun ownership with the great DOROTHY REIK.

We here from former Mormon BRENT MILLER.

Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH introduces the great JENNIE GAGE and her post-Mormon Denim Revolution.

From Jennie we hear a fascinating account of how she broke away from her fundamentalist past.

We later hear from JONATHAN BEARD about the idea of progressives moving to Red States to organize & shift the Electoral College.

From Green Party Presidential candidate HOWIE HAWKINS who discusses the Trump-Putin alliance.

Howie then introduces SVITLANA ROMANKO who explains from Ukraine the hellish conditions in which green activists are trying to shift the nation from fossil/nulear fuel addiction to clean, green wind and solar.

From MICKEY LEADER we get questions about geothermal energy & its possible role in rebuilding Ukraine.

California solar activist PAUL NEWMAN asks (in Ukrainian) about the role of hydro-power in the war zone.

Safe energy advocate HEIDI VERTHALLER lauds the campaigning of Germany’s Petra Kelly & elicits a comparison to Svitlana.

Nationally-renowned health research JOE MANGANO discusses the need to do a national study of the health impacts of atomic radiation from nuclear reactors.

Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO asks about the role of Exxon-Mobil in supporting oil/gas exploration with Morgan-Stanley & Putin.

The great KARL GROSSMAN then discusses Trump’s utter decimation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission & any semblance of actual safety guarantees at US reactors.
2 hr 4 min
September 12, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 9.11.25
Compassion & Empathy versus Heartless Fascism; Our Resident Doctors Weigh in on Trump’s Health…& the Public's

We begin GREEP Zoom #237 with the latest heart-felt poem from our Laureate, MIMI GERMAN.

With a clarion call for action activist/professor CHUCK PENACCIO warns us that “fascism is here” & demands our mass movement for democracy & peace.

Radio broadcaster LYNNE FEINERMAN mourns the murder of Yitzhak Rabin & the rise of fascism in Israel.

Co-Convenor MIKE HERSH updates us on the history of the West’s mixed relationship with fascism, including the rise of Spain’s dictator Franco.

Diving deep into the horrors of “Christian Fascism” is ANDRA WATKINS, who grew up in an extreme right-wing anti-empathy home.

From ALEX WILLIAMS we get a warning that the concept of “God” continues to be used to unite angry people around very “UnChristian” fascism.

The State unifying with Religion is illustrated by DONALD SMITH is portrayed through the grim visage of Stephen Miller, a “fascist Jew.”

Jesus was a man of empathy, says CARRIE LARSON, meaning the “Christian Nationalist” movement has little to do with Christ.

From the great DR. NANCY NIPARKO we hear of the plethora of studies of vaccines & the realities of autistic studies & the root of empathy in understanding that nobody is all bad.

From DR. RUTH STRAUSS we get a devastating description of what can happen to the human brain due to measles, a preventable disease.

Our co-convenor MYLA RESON asks Dr. Ruth to comment on whether Trump is suffering from congestive heart failure…saying instead it’s venus insufficiency.

From HEIDI VERTHALLER we get a request to reach out to Epstein survivors to join us at a future date.

Our engineer STEVE CARUSO tells us that eating meat is worse than smoking cigarettes, even though the latter helped kill Franklin Roosevelt.

Anti-nuclear super-hero KARL GROSSMAN tells us of the brilliant “Atomic Bill…” play, written by Libbe Halevy, now opening at Wilmington College in Ohio.

KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA announces a great upcoming event in Santa Cruz with legendary visionaries we need to hear.

Next week we’ll investigate the green energy movement in Ukraine and much much more. See you then!!!
2 hr 8 min
August 29, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 8.28.25
FIVE EASY PIECES TO SAFEGUARD DEMOCRACY, EMPATHY & THEIR ROOTS IN THE 9TH AMENDMENT

For GREEP Zoom #236, our beloved Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN opens with her usual brilliant verse from “Where Grasses Bend."

We commemorate the passing of the great RICHARD LEE who founded Oaksterdam University, devoted to the cultivation of cannabis / marijuana & its immeasurable power.

We then get updated by "America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT about the battle for democracy in Waldport, Oregon, the Mayberry of the deep west coast.

Long-time activist MICKI LEADER shares her concerns about whether the 2026 election will be cancelled.

From radio host LYNN FEINERMAN we hear charges about so-called “Christians” who so deeply love to trash the preachings of the actual Christ.

Grassroots campaigner DOROTHY REIK warns that people with no human feelings are taking over the world with the view that the non-rich are a “burden.”

Legendary journalist DAVID SALTMAN tells of a network cohort who received a kidney from an anonymous donor whom he then honored with a legendary poem.

Our great friend JULIE LEVINE, who moved from lush, liberal Topanga to a MAGA stronghold in the Sequoia Forest, gives us a report about compassion and empathy in the deep right.

From deepest Arizona and the heart of how elections must be conducted, JOHN BRAKEY and KEN BENNETT brief us on the five core foundational pillars we must have to protect our democracy.

As John Bolton is being raided by the Trump Gestapo, STEVE CARUSO reminds us that Bolton was part of the Brooks Brothers Mob that killed the S. Florida vote count in Bush v Gore 2000.

Co-Host MIKE HERSH honors John Brakey’s powerful crusade to preserve the possibility of a fair, reliable outcome in 2026.

Now faced with National Guard invasions of states that don’t want them, and with forcible Gerrymandering ordered by a US President, ATTORNEY SAM SALTMAN takes us through the 9th & 10th Amendments.

In a lively dialogue, we hear still more from Steve Caruso, Dorothy Reik, ALEX WILLIAMS and others.

From BETTY KISSILOVE we hear about the fight over Natural Rights.

From CARMEN RODRIGUEZ we dig deeper into America’s spiritual roots, Christian or otherwise.

We will return after Labor Day, on September 8, to revisit empathy, compassion, election protection, clean energy & the inevitable light at the end of the seemingly bottomless Trump Tunnel.
2 hr 11 min
August 22, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 8.21.25
AMERICA’S MAYOR, LONG ISLAND’S NUKE ESCAPE, &

JOURNALISTIC NITTY-GRITTY FROM UKRAINE

Our esteemed Laureate MIMI GERMAN opens proceedings with another of her great poems.

We follow with the high-road low-down from America’s Mayor, HEIDI LAMPERT, of Waldport, Oregon’s raging no-MAGA battlefield.

We are reminded that while in Alaska, DONALD TRUMP was told by VLADIMIR PUTIN to get rid of mailed-in ballots—& thus democracy---which Trump immediately began to demand.

Lifetime activist DIANE CAMERON celebrates a 10:1 victory over Maryland’s Highway From Hell in a monumental triumph from the hard-core grassroots.

From Long Island the legendary KARL GROSSMAN tells us how safe energy activists defeated up to ten insane atomic reactors, a victory for the ages.

Co-convenor MYLA RESON reminds us that NY politician Andrew Cuomo has direct investments in Nano-Nuclear’s latest multi-million-dollar doomed-to-fail scam operation.

From engineer STEVE CARUSO we get a warning that the Russians control at least 25% of the world’s uranium resources, right up Trump’s radioactive alley.

From the great VINNIE DE STEFANO we get the latest down-under news from the freed (but not pardoned) and still very active Julian Assange.

Co-convenor TATANKA BRICCA reports that the freed (but not pardoned) Leonard Peltier is also thriving at home, this time in the Dakotas.

One of the great veterans of the Golden Days of broadcast journalism, DAVID SALTMAN, spellbinds us with tales of top-level Trump-Putin style lunacy at its best.

Our erstwhile DONALD SMITH corrects the assertion that all 4000+ transactions attributed to Epstein-Trump, saying they were in fact with a broader customer base.

We ask the question of the age: is Ukraine the new Sudetenland? Time will soon tell.

We also note that the Texas Democrats have caved to Trump’s demand for Trump-style gerrymandering.

We are reminded by MYLA RESON that we all need to join the GREEP You-Tube and grassrootsep.org websites.

From southern Ohio we’re invited to contemplate a major no nukes gathering at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth. See you there!.

As you prepare for that, we will see you ALL at next week’s zoom! no nukes!!! sluggo
2 hr
August 15, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 8.14.25
ELECTION PROTECTION & THE INSANITY OF A NUKE CORPSE RESTART

We start with MIMI GERMAN and her laureate poem, as always.

Then we hear from “America’s Mayor” HEIDI LAMPERT of the latest miasma from Waldport, Oregon.

Legendary democracy activist JOHN BRAKEY tells us of his anti-democracy arrest in Las Vegas.

Former Arizona state Senate president & Secretary of State KEN BENNETT gives us the 5-point program to guarantee American rights.

Gerrymandering expert MIKE HERSH gives us a report on the latest assault on our right to representative government.

Legendary activist MARION EDEY chimes in with support from John & Ken, and a call for a memorial service for the late great BOB ALVAREZ.

We then turn to the legendary nuclear guru ARNIE GUNDERSEN who fills us in on the sorry state of collusion at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

From western Michigan we get deep reportage from the great ROGER RAPOPORT on the insane attempt to re-start the Palisades reactor.

From southern Ohio VINA COLLEY gives us the latest nightmare at the Piketon uranium nightmare.

From GRETA MALAISE we hear of the gutting of New York’s farmer’s markets.

Our beloved DR. NANCY NIPARKO reminds us of the movement for a guaranteed income.

As the Trump drama deepens, we will return next week with more reports on democracy’s threatened—but not definite---demise.
2 hr 10 min
August 08, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 8.7.25
HIROSHIMA @80; TEXAS GOES NUTS; SYDNEY WHAT’S HER NAME; DEFUNDING CPB/NPR/PBS

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.
1 hr 53 min
August 01, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 7.31.25
THE EPSTEIN ORIGIN STORY, GERRYMANDERING, AMERICA’S MAYOR & NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE

We start with “America’s Mayor,” HEIDI LAMPERT of Waldport, Oregon.

We then meet the dastardly Jeffrey Epstein as presented by the great DR. BOB FITRAKIS, who broke the first stories about Epstein's financial roots in Central Ohio.

Long-time activist JOHN STEINER raises the specter of gerrymandering and how we must fight it.

KPFA mainstay DON GOLDMACHER raises the issue of re-districting California to match the gerrymandering in Texas and other warped “rotten boroughs.".

“Policy is the answer” says HEIDI V as she conjures a movement to defeat fascism.

From Texas we hear ALICE EMBREE fill in many of the blanks the Lone Star fight over the manipulation of who will control the US House.

Long-time writer/activist THORNE DREYER founder of “The Rag” in Houston & Austin’s best left radio station shows us his great new “Notes from the Underground.”

Energy expert KEVIN KAMPS confirms that the South Texas Nuke Plant did freeze in the big Lodestar Storm, resulting in dozens of deaths.

The details of the Texas energy fiasco during the Big Freeze are supplied by MYLA RESON.

We remember the great DAN HIRSCH who powerfully and effectively fought nukes through his whole life & has sadly just passed on.

From Michigan we get from ROGER RAPOPORT the inside scoop on the insane proposed restart of the Palisades atomic reactor, versus a self-financed green transition.

From southern Ohio we hear from VINA COLLEY about the killing power of uranium enrichment.
2 hr 12 min
July 25, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 7.24.25
EV PARNAS & THE TRUMP INSANITY;

The incredible LEV PARNAS tells us an astonishing story of the dark money & deep betrayal that is Donald Trump.

Born in Ukraine, Lev was raised in the mobbed-up corners of Brooklyn, leading to the unlikely depths of the Trump miasma.

As the star of “From Russia with Lev” by Rachel Maddow, Lev answers some of the most critical questions of Trump’s pending demise.

In this is an unforgettable insider hour; Lev gives us unique, powerful insights into the seismic Trumpian madness now shaking our world.

Solartopia co-host MYLA RESON introduces Donald & William Barr into this rogue’s gallery of global embarrassment.

Progressive PR maven ILENE PROCTOR tells us about Ghislaine Maxwell and more.

Alabama Doctor RUTH STRAUSS argues that the “Apprentice” movies goes too easy on Trump.

Long-time activist HEIDI VERTHAILER chimes in.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH adds a dimension on Watergate.

Health Care activist CHUCK PENACCHIO explains his sterling campaign for the public wellbeing.

Cal Care proponent PAUL NEWMAN checks in from Santa Monica on AB2200 which was killed by Gavin Newsom.

Doctor NANCY NIPARKO adds her usual brilliance to the discussion of universal health care.

Broadcast legend DAVID SALTMAN wants us to challenge Joe Rogan to a debate on atomic power.

Producer STEVE CARUSO promises grater things….like next week’s interview with the great Bob Fitrakis….

From Florida, NICOLE UNG reminds us of the outrage that is Ron DeSantis.

LAUREN TAYLOR refers to the Godfather movies as “revealed truth."
1 hr 55 min
July 18, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 7.17.25
From Jeffrey Epstein to Bob Fitrakis & A Green-Powered Dodger Stadium

We open GREEP Zoom #230 with another wonderful poem from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

Waldport, Oregon Mayor HEIDE LAMPERT then fills us in with the latest on the fascist assault on democracy itself.

Monumentall, we honor the legendary DR. BOB FITRAKIS, who broke the ORIGINAL stories about Jeffrey Epstein.

In his presence, we take a deep dive into the miasma that is the Epstein hurricane.

Radio hero LYNN FEINERMAN explores some of the conspiratorial aspects of Epstein’s alleged Mossad contacts.

KPFK board member MYLA RESON connects Epstein with former Governor Bill Richardson….and worse.

Questions about MAGA’s mysterious revulsion to the Epstein nightmare are raised by DONALD SMITH.

Likewise co-convenor MIKE HERSH wonders about why Trump’s ties to Epstein are coming to anyone as a “surprise."

Longtime GREEP supporter John Steiner asks "how we can get more of this investigation out where it needs to go?”

Indeed, how does this Epstein affair turn into Trump’s downfall asks MURTAZA MOGRI.

“At the end of the day they’re all fascists,” adds ALEX WILLIAMS. “At the end of the day they’ll find someone else.”

The great DAVID SALTMAN predicts Trump will succeed in avoiding consequences for the Epstein problem.

The parking lots at Dodger Stadium are ripe for solar panels says Green Power pioneer RON LEONARD.

KPFK LSB CHAIR TATANKA BRICCA confirms the huge popularity of solar power in California.

Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO compares the Epstein affair to Watergate and asks about election protection.

From NICOLE UNG we hear that Diablo Canyon could ruin the economy of California….and more.

Jimmy Tingle is HEIDI’s main concern, while VINA COLLEY takes us back to southern Ohio’s nuclear nightmare.

Next week we’ll be joined by the astonishing LEV PARNAS with real inside information from the lethal Trump apocalypse.
1 hr 58 min
July 04, 2025 Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 7.3.25
US REP JAMIE RASKIN & THE ATTACK ON US DEMOCRACY & ECOLOGY

We begin GREEP Zoom #229 with citations for “The Choreography of War” by our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN, whose latest poem is compacted into a brilliant three lines.

Green Party Presidential nominee HOWIE HAWKINS discusses the nitty-gritties of Ranked Choice Voting & instant runoff.

The great MARIANNE WILLIAMSON gives us a brief hello & a promise to come visit us again soon.

Beyond Nuclear’s KEVIN KAMPS reminds us about how powerful is the rise of renewables worldwide along with the demise of nuke power.

Co-host MIKE HERSH gives us a stellar introduction for US REP JAMIE RASKIN.

Rep. Raskin provides a brief excursion into the dire damage being done to our electoral system through the widespread assault on the Voting Rights Act, emphasizing the powerful impact of the No Kings Day marches..

The great RAY MCCLENDON of the Georgia-based Communities United for Justice connects with Rep. Raskin, sharing concerns about the mass disenfranchisement being imposed on the national electorate.

In response Rep. Raskin warns of the anti-democracy provisions of the SAVE Act, aiming to keep millions of women from voting.

Progressive Democrats of America’s great Executive Director ALAN MINSKY emphasizes that Progressive activists are the true patriots.

Rep. Raskin argues that the Founders’ legacies are being assaulted because of their timeless commitment to democracy.

A request for help comes from MAYOR HEIDE LAMPERT of Waldport, Oregon, who proclaims herself to be a Warrior for Democracy in the face of a fascist assault.

Howie Hawkins & Kevin Kamps chime in with demands for real democracy & an end to subsidies for nuke power.

Agricultural activist legend RUDY ARREDONDO warns of the dismemberment of the US Department of Agriculture & the breaking federal commitments to American farming.

Rep. Raskin supports Rudy by underscoring the damage being done by ICE raids to the agricultural workers and the farms that depend on them.

Green activist HEIDI VERTHALLER plugs for renewables and asks Jamie if he will run for president, to which Rep. Raskin answers in the affirmative.

We hear from DONALD SMITH about a book called UNCHECKED that blames Nancy Pelosi for the failure of the impeachments of Trump.

LA’s JOHN SEELEY supports rank choice voting, but warns against it in the final NYC election.

Frequent commentator NICOLE UNG warns that Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook et. al. are unifying for more nuke power.

From MYLA RESON we hear of New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio DelGado, who opposes nuke power.

Minnesotan HEDY TRIPP calls in from Malaysia to wonder about the threat to have NY Mayoral candidate Mamdani deported.

Engineer STEVE CARUSO warns that the threat to de-naturalize would-be Mayor Mamdani is being used nationwide.

Ohio eco-activist VINA COLLEY illuminates the push for Small Modular Reactors’ horrendous waste & Trump's sinister mis-use of radiation victims while slashing their compensation.

Phone activist NINA SINGER urges everyone to call their Senators about the Big Bill and the destruction of the Everglades.

No Nukes legend KARL GROSSMAN talks about the importance of meeting with a NY Governor candidate who’s against nuke power.

An emphasis for “boots on the ground comes from HOWIE DUIT.

KPFK Board Chair TATANKA BRICCA emphasizes the long history of farmworker activism in CA... and its forever impact.

Frequent GREEPster DONALD SMITH introduces us to the work on nuke waste at Hanford coming from Jerry Politt, who we’ll track down….

But in honor of Independence weekend, we will not meet on July 7….so please celebrate & work for at least two more centuries of American democracy.
2 hr 3 min