Episodes
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 04.28.16
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
From victim to victorious, we hear the astounding story of Dee McMillan a young Texas student who at age 14 is bullied by her classmates and then turns that into an energy to help save the world. Called a “fat whale” she decides to take it head on. She prints up “fat whale” t-shirts and starts a campaign to—you guessed it—save the whales. It’s an inspiring, energizing story told to us by Maris Stidenstecker of Monterey, California, whose long-standing organization used more than $10,000 raised by Dee to help clean the oceans.
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 04.21.16
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
ATOMIC RADIATION is threatening us all as we hear from a great
documentary filmmaker and two of America’s most important health
researchers.
Adam Horowitz tells us of his award-winning documentary NUCLEAR SAVAGE focused on the atomic bombing of the Marshall Islands and the horrifying death toll that followed.
When
the US tested a nuclear weapon on Bikini atoll in the South Pacific it
caused the death and destruction of hundreds of lives of native people
it dismissed as “nuclear savages.”
Adams’ devastating film was fined
in part by PBS, which then pulled it from a nationwide showing that
might have informed millions of Americans of this horrible tragedy.
Adam’s film
will show at the Uranium Film Festival at Los Angeles’s Raleigh Theater on April 27.
Legendary
health researchers DR. Janette Sherman and Joe Mangano then tell us
about the terrifying death toll from the Chernobyl accident, which
happened, 30 years ago.
In 2009 three Russian scientists published
studies indicating a million people have been killed by this fallout
from this 1986 catastrophe. Working through the Radiation and Health
Project, Mangano and Sherman now estimate a similar death toll resulting from the disaster at Fukushima.
They
also show that when a nuclear power plant opens, death rates in the
area rise; when they shut, death rates go down, especially among
children. In the four counties around Indian Point, near New York City, the thyroid cancer rate is 70% higher than normal, a plague we’re now seeing around Fukushima.
These
tragic findings demand our action to shut down ALL reactors. We are in
debt to Adam, Janette and Joe for their great work, and for their
eloquence on this important Solartopian show.
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 04.14.16
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
The URANIUM Film Festival in Los Angeles will feature a number of important full-length movies about atomic power on April 27 at the Raleigh Theater.
We hear all about it from publicist Alexandra Radlovic and from the legendary Kat Kramer, who will be co-hosting (with me) an after-film panel on shutting
the Diablo Canyon nuclear power reactors that will feature Mimi Kennedy, Lou Gosset, Jr., Libbe Halevy and others. Also at the festival will be the deeply moving full-length feature The Last Picture by noted German filmmaker Micael Von Hohenberg who talks to us from Germany about this major anti-nuclear work and all it has to say about the atomic madness.
We’re then joined by Lori Grace, noted election protection organizer and activist from the northern California Sunrise Center. Lori tells us about webinars, public talks and other important contributions she is making to the desperate attempt to stop the theft of yet another presidential election. Without this critical work, we are guaranteed to have another stripped and flipped outcome, driving our nation further down into the corporate sinkhole.
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 04.07.16
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Election theft in SOLARTOPIA
is our vital concern as we talk with Bob Koehler, Mimi Kennedy and John
Brakey about how the 2016 primaries are being rendered dubious by the
disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of citizens.
Bob’s recent Commonwonders column calls attention to the 300,000 citizens deprived of their vote in Wisconsin.
Mimi tells us of the struggles in Los Angeles for even a semblance of democracy.
John paints us a beautiful picture of how democracy can work with his narration of an election on an Apache Reservation.
Meanwhile,
we confront the realities of a political system dominated by corporate
money and the electronic manipulation of our precious right to vote.
If you are concerned about our democracy (or what’s left of it) don’t miss this show.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 03.31.16
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Can terrorists radiate all of New York by attacking Indian Point?
This
devastating question is answered by the great Karl Grossman, lifelong
journalist and professor, expert on atomic energy and author of numerous
books on the catastrophic issues surrounding atomic energy.
A
Long Island resident, Karl gives us a complete excursion through the
terrifying possibilities of how the Indian Point reactors could release
huge quantities of radiation into the New York City environment,
ultimately killing millions of innocent human beings and other living
things.
In the wake of terror attacks in Belgium, Karl has
authored a major article circulating through the internet on how all the
world's reactors are profoundly vulnerable to such assaults.
Indian Point is also at risk from earthquakes, and is situated at the juncture of two large seismic fault-lines.
The unmistakable message: SHUT ALL NUKES NOW. Coming from Karl Grossman, the reasons are obvious and unmistakable.