Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 3.20.25

The Health Issues of Nukes, Lithium & Solar Panels
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> We open GREEP Zoom #216 with a deep dive into the horrors of our border patrols targeting tourists with horrendous torture and mistreatment.
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> We then explore health impacts of nuclear power reactors on nearby downwind communities.
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> The great JOE MANGANO of the Radiation & Public Health Project updates us on the multi-decade attempts to construct a data base on cancer rates & trends near nuclear power plants.
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> Three Mile Island film-maker JILL MURPHY LONG reports on her horrifying experiences with cancer survivors from around the notoriously stricken nuke.
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> Safe energy pioneer KARL GROSSMAN tells of his ground-breaking media contacts on the radiation issue.
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> Moss Landing resident BRIAN ROEDER gives us terrifying reports on the lethal fallout from the lithium fire that “clobbered” downwind victims.
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> With a report from SARAH AMINOFF we hear of the devastating impact on food production from the Moss Landing lithium fire. 
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> Scientist MADELAINE ADAMCZESKI raises core issues about the lack of regulation & safety standards at such lithium battery centers.
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> Remembering the Karen Silkwood case, TATANKA BRICCA raises the prospect of large-scale health suits stemming from the Moss Landing disaster.
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> Health specialist RICHARD LEAR catalogs the potential role EMF filters can play in curtailing the devastating impacts of “dirty electricity" on human well-being.
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> Engineering legend TIM SCHOECHLE raises core issues about “badly designed equipment” harming people with solar panels using inferior inverters.
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> Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO talks about shielding to protect us from stray rays emitted by electronic devices.
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> Legendary researcher DONNA GILMORE outlines numerous problems with battery facilities that threaten human life.
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> Sodium-based batteries used by the Chinese BYD automaker are introduced by MYLA RESON.
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> The precautionary principle is raised by BETTY KISSILOVE.
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> Indivisible’s MIMI SPREADBURY emphasizes that there IS a lawsuit against Moss Landing & PG&E. 
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> A switch to Iron Air versus lithium batteries is proposed by MELISSA HALL as we head off to a post-nuclear/post-lithium Solartopian green-powered Earth. 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 3.13.25

RESUME ATMOSPHERIC BOMB TESTS?  ARE YOU NUTS?

 

We open with a beautiful poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

 

We then explore the origins of the 1963 Atomic Test Ban with the tragic tale of the premature death of Patrick Kennedy, the son of President John Kennedy and First Lady Jackie.

 

This terrible loss led directly to JFK agreeing with Nikita Khrushchev to ban nuclear explosions in the atmosphere.

 

We are then honored by the genius of ROBERT ALVAREZ, JOE MANGANO and KARL GROSSMAN on critical issues of radiation and health.

 

We celebrate a vital op ed on this by CHRISTIE BRINKLEY in the Kansas City Star, with McClatchy syndication.

 

We take a deep dive into the legendary “Baby Teeth” study, and Project 2025’s insane push for more nuke testing.

 

We hear from PAUL NEWMAN warning about Christian Nationalists who want an Armageddon to fulfill Biblical prophecy.

 

A spiritual contribution comes from LYNN MYSTIC-HEALER, and from MELISSA, who asks “Is this even legal?”

 

From LISA WHITE we hear about the movement in Fresno for post-nuclear sanity.

 

“How Project 2025 Will Ruin Your Life” is a new radio show from LYNNE FEINERMAN alerting us to the Evangelical push for nuclear war.

 

Ontario’s Doug Ford is exposed by MYLA RESON who questions his commitment to new nukes.

 

Reporting in from southern Ohio, PAT MARIDA and VINA COLLEY report from the Piketon-Portsmouth nuclear death plants & an upcoming 2/12 town hall.

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 3.6.25

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING; DC HOME RULE; FIGHTING CELL TOWERS     
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> We start with a wonderful offering (as always) from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.
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> For an excursion into the wonders of grassroots organizing we are led by the great ANDREA MILLER through the wilds of Wisconsin and Virginia.
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> “Despair is not a strategy,” she says, & shows us how to use elections as an instrument of freedom.
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> We’re joined with critical input by long-timer activists MARION EDEY and MYLA RESON. 
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> Santa Monica solar homeowner PAUL NEWMAN chimes in with his usual brilliance, as does NICOLE UNG.
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> The burning issue of DC HOME RULE comes to us with co-convenor MIKE HERSH & DC's former SENATOR MICHAEL BROWN.
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> Georgia voting rights activist RAY MCCLENDON tells us of an upcoming march in Selma, in Atlanta & beyond.
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> Long-time organizer FATIMA ARGUN gives us the word from Arlington, across the water from DC.
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> Our expectations are challenged by MELISSA HALL, RONALD HALL, and LYNN FEINERMAN.
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> We then take a deep dive into the life-&-death issue of Electronic Magnetic Frequency from CAMILLA REES.
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> Camilla’s scientific cohort RICHARD LEAR gives us a brilliant excursion into the scientific & epidemiological landscape around EMF.
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> On the 704NOMORE legal front we hear from attorney SCOTT MCCOLLOUGH, who dissectstells us about the need for local resistance against cell towers.
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> Long-time activist and EMF victim JULIE LEVINE evokes the need for our activism.
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> The results of a “no EMF fast”  that transcended the health impacts of wireless impacts are presented by TATANKA BRICCA.
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> The latest from Indivisible comes to us through Mimi S.
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> Mozilla browser is recommended by DR. RUTH STRAUSS.
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> The need to build our networks comes from DEB SCHINDLER…and....
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> JOIN US AGAIN NEXT!!! for a deeper view on the Ukraine war…. no nukes….see you in Solartopia….

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 2.27.25

WELCOME HOME LEONARD PELTIER!  MEET THE KURDS…RIPPED NC ELECTION...& COMPUTER PIONEER LEE FELSENSTEIN


We start GREEP zoom #213 with KANI XULUM and a fascinating exploration of the repression of some 50 million Kurdish citizens.

The great JENNIFER ROBERTS of the Carter Center updates us on a terrifying NC challenge to election integrity. 

With TATANKA BRICCA we celebrate the return of LEONARD PELTIER to his people after FIFTY YEARS in unjust captivity.

A boycott of major corporations for Friday, February 28, is announced by DANIELA GIOSEFFI.

DC Home Rule is now under attack, & we get a first-hand report from MIKE HERSH.

The big attacks on the Big 3 of MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICAID get a new look from Prof. ERIC KINGSON.

We then examine the realities of MARTIAL LAW and what may soon be coming to the US.

The new EPA Chief’s attacks on funding for renewable energy elicits a question of what will happen with nuke power.

For a deep deep dive into the world of computerization, we then hear from the legendary LEE FELSENSTEIN. 

As founder of the Earth-changing Homebrew Club that pioneered the digital revolution, Lee’s genius is now focussed on democratizing information.

Additional input comes from STEVE CARUSO and MYLA RESON on the nascent Eco-Broadcast Network.

Santa Monica’s PAUL NEWMAN has some key questions about the world wide net.

Our own DR. NANCY NIPARKO raises critical issues about the impacts of electronic devices on children.

JULIAN LELUTIU, DONALD SMITH, NICOLE UNG & MUTAZA MOGRI wonder about the future of mass demonstrations & more. 

A truly great session.  We will continue next week!!!

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 2.20.25

SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY, PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, & GRASSROOTS FEMINIST ORGANIZING

We launch GREEP Zoom #212 with a lovely poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN, who tells us about the feminist community of Rohava in northern Syria.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH introduces Prof. ERIC KINGSON takes us on a long journey for saving Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid, which he says have deep popular support.

 

MARGARET VILLANI expresses her concern about the lethal swoop now trashing Medicare & Medicaid.

 

ELLEN GOTTLIEB from Save Social Security & Medicare Now.com tells us of upcoming Florida events.

 

Longtime organizer DANIELA GIOSEFFI warns that the dispersal of personal from Social Security & Medicare comprise an urgent threat.

 

We hear from ROBERT COPLIN on California’s SSI shortcomings.

 

KEVIN EISENSTADT seeks guidance on the best time to take SSI benefits.

 

DONALD SMITH and MICKI LEADER warn about the need to sustain public support for these public institutions.

 

Grassroots organizing questions come from BRYAN BLAKELY.

 

Environmental broadcaster KEN GALE checks in from WBAI with vital green info about ECO-RADIO.

 

Plutonium at Livermore is also opposed by MARJORIE MIKELS, who tells us about upcoming demonstrations there.

 

The No Nukes community is thanked by HEIDI VIERTHALER who adds new about her Green Energy Economy work.

 

Safe Energy activist MYLA RESON evokes the Plutonium that’s contaminated the Greater Denver region & remembers the great Dr. Karl Johnson and the Rocky Flats guards who shot 3-headed rattlesnakes.

 

We hear from DAVID ANTOS about a young activist named NABILA SAYED.

 

BARBARA HARRISON ask for our Environmental Network.  

 

Radio legend LYNN FEINERMAN asks if the US will ever have a Jewish president.

 

The highly democratic process of knowing your neighbors is outlined by MIMI, MIKE & LYNN.

 

Building local community is evoked by MURTAZA MOGRI.

 

Fighting white supremacists powers the inquiry MIMI S from California.  

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 2.13.25

GREG PALAST EXPOSES HOW THE 2024 ELECTION WAS JIM CROW DISENFRANCHISED

 

We start GREEP Zoom #211 with “Resistance” from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

 

We then welcome the great GREG PALAST for a full-bore excursion into how the massive Jim Crow disenfranchisement of millions of Americans put Donald Trump back in the White House.

 

Palast warns that “your ballot will be rejected” at an astronomical rate if you are a person of color, meaning the 2024 vote count was heavily coded by race to pull off the soul-killing death-of-American-democracy coup now in poisoned progress.

 

Palast’s VIGILANTES INC. is at www.gregpalast.com & is a must-see for anyone concerned about the preservation of what’s left of American Constitutional freedom.

 

We also hear from the uniquely power election protection audit expert RAY LUTZ, and from Greg’s associate PATRICE GALLAGHER.

 

Greg. Patrice & Ray are joined for clarifying comments from NATHAN TAYLOR, PAUL NEWMAN, HEDY TRIPP, CD BUCKLEY, JOHN SEELEY, MICHAEL MCMILLAN, LYNN FEINERMAN, JULIE WEINER, MICKI LEADER, ERINNE ROCHELLE, NICOLE UNG, BARBARA WRIGHT & other truly wonderful Greepster participants.

 

The upcoming national April 22 Earth Day broadcast is explained by prime organizer MYLA RESON, who will convene the breakthrough event in about two months.

 

Our co-convenor MIKE HERSH raises the question of whether there needs to be a dialogue as to whether there really is an anti-Christ and if what’s happening now in America qualifies as “Apocalyptic.” 

 

We will reconvene on PRESIDENT’S DAY to revisit much of the research done by Greg and available through VIGILANTES INC  at www.gregpalast.com.

 

See you on Prez Day with George & Abe, February 17, in Solartopia!!!

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 2.07.25

DISSECTING THE DOOMSDAYS UPON US

We start with a beautiful statement from Grammy-winner ALICIA KEYS on the power of diversity.

We explore the real culpability of the White House—NOT diversity—for the air crash that has (thankfully) not had an equal in 25 years.

Radio Host LYNNE FEINERMAN tells us that the fiscal sponsorship for her non-profit radio show has disappeared.

From Minnesota’s frozen tundra we hear HEDY TRIPP reports from a DEI conference on the anxiety being imposed on women on people of color.

MYLA RESON reports that there are massive demonstrations in Los Angeles and elsewhere against ICE actions targeting immigrants.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH urges an end to the circular firing squad.

Our Alabama heart doctor RUTH STRAUSS questions Trump’s comprehension of tariffs.

Health Justice Monitor’s DON MCANNE terms the attack on USAID as “catastrophic.”

We get a warning on DEI and the DC helicopter crash from NICOLE UNG.

“Where are the Democrats?” asks New York’s JULIE WEINER, a truly great election protection activist.

 Election expert RAY LUTZ gives us many of the ins/out about how the 2024 election was conducted and tabulated.

U. of Michigan grad NANCY NIPARKO questions how young men from her home state were impacted by the issue of war in the Middle East.

GREEP engineer STEVE CARUSO confirms his belief in the “conspiracy” theory of massive disenfranchisement around the US.

Solartopia co-host MYLA RESON introduces the idea of a national Eco-Broadcast Network.

The status of Leonard Peltier is raised by Indivisible’s MIMI S, followed by TATANKA BRICCA reporting that, thankfully, Leonard is in Turtle Island, NOT in federal prison.

From “Nuclear Hotseat" Podcaster LIBBE HALEVY we hear the latest about atomic power’s escalating insanity.

We get a Yoruba version of Happy Birthday from MICHAEL O. JOHNSON.

…and we will see you next week with the great GREG PALAST to find out who REALLY won the 2024 election. 

 

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.30.25

PELTIER, ELECTION PROTECTION & the ECO-BROADCAST NETWORK

Our GREEP Zoom #209 begins with “Time” by our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

We hear the latest about Leonard Peltier from TATANKA BRICCA and LYDIA PONCE in concert with the Indigenous community supporting him:  “I would like to be out of prison, but I am a free man.”

BARBARA WRIGHT reminds us to thank The Creator for the fact that Leonard is out of prison & with his people.

LIndsay Graham, Lisa Murkowsky & Susan Collins are summoned for praise by DANIELA GIOSEFFI.

Will Trump’s GOP wear itself out with a Rope-a-Dope of illegal acts, asks MYLA RESON.

We hear from MIMI S about the need to recognize what should have been with Bernie Sanders.

From Columbus, Ohio we hear from SANDY BOLZENIUS about the kinds of election fraud that turned the Buckeye State to Bush in 2004.  .

From co-convenor MIKE HERSH we bemoan the Democrats’ lack of a backbone—except when disenfranchising people of color.

“How long can they keep this up?” wonders MELISSA HALL.

Massive disenfranchisement demands a class action case against the Democrats for failing to protect the vote, says DAVID SALTMAN.

Bring in Ray McClendon and the NAACP, says JOHN STEINER.

Our erstwhile engineer STEVE CARUSO evokes some of the carnage now damaging our planetary consciousness.

For the inauguration of the ECO-BROADCAST NETWORK we hear from green media activists LIBBE HALEVY, DOUG WOOD, JACK EIDT, ALEX SMITH, STEVEN STARR, URSULA RUEDENBERG about building a major media presence for a post-nuclear green-powered broadcast reality. 

With this gathering we “made history” says Mike Hersh, & will continue next week with still more.

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.23.25

WE CELEBRATE THE MAGNIFICENT LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING & THE WELCOME RELEASE OF LEONARD PELTIER


We begin this celebratory GREEP zoom #208 with TATANKA BRICCA giving us some background of Joe Biden’s announcement that LEONARD PELTIER will be released from prison on February 18.

SHAWNA HOGAN-MOORE tells us about her meeting where she & asked Prez Biden to release Leonard.

Our poet laureate MIMI GERMAN gives us a poem about the duality of this amazing moment.

Crusader VINNIE DESTEFANO, who also worked to free Julian Assange, weighs in.

Co-convenor MIKE HERSH reminds us of the great & powerful life of racial justice campaigner Marcus Garvey, pardoned today.

From the American Indian Movement and NDN we hear from LYDIA PONCE.

Activist/author/poet DANIELA GIOSEFFI takes us back to Selma and reminds us of the triumphs of Martin Luther King, whose day it is. 

Amnesty International’s GAVRILAH WELLS reminds us of the years of work that went into this campaign for justice.

New York activist MICKI LEADER talks of exploring the range of podcasts amidst a lifetime of social change.

The feminism pioneer Martin Luther is evoked by MARC IMLAY.

KPFA’s DENNIS BERNSTEIN tells us how to hear his FLASHPOINTS show and honors the Indigenous activism that continues to burn in our country’s soul.

Having foresworn the news, WINSTON APPLE gives us his plans for a perfect democracy.

From Dr. RUTH STRAUSS we get medical advice for Leonard & a negative view of the film “Apprentice,” arguing it went to early on Trump. 

From deeply frozen Minnesota the great HEDY TRIPP encourages us to explore self-care in the hellish four years to come.

New York election activist JULIE WIENER warns us that election protection is still in jeopardy from dubious machines in the Empire State.

KPFK Board member MARCY BIELMA joins us for the first time with her wit & wisdom.

Activist MIKE KUNNECKE also warns us about the dangers of electronic voting machines.

Encouraging us to write our Senators is NICOLE HUHN.

Pacifica National Board member MYLA RESON tells us of the celebration on the Venice Pier honoring Leonard.

A thrilled DEB SCHINDLER chimes in with her joy and thanks for this victory.

Our long attention span is celebrated by co-convenor MIKE HERSH, who announces another zoom honoring MLKing soon to follow.

We are sent on our way by BOB ROEHM who does the calendar for the Columbus Free Press, putting us on nearly 100 times.

Having celebrated the victories of Dr. King & Leonard Peltier, we leave on a happy note!!!!

Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour 1.16.25

LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES…WE PRAY FOR LEONARD PELTIER WITH THE GREAT ROSE STYRON & MORE…

 

 

We start GREEP Zoom #206with a report from the burning city of Los Angeles that it’s long past time to shut the two reactors at Diablo Canyon, before they could pour a radioactive cloud into a city/county with 11 million.

 

The great ROSE STYRON….poet, activist, co-founder of Amnesty USA….tells us to get active to help us save Leonard Peltier out of prison before he dies.

 

Rose is joined by ALEX MATTHEISSEN adds to the request in the name of his father, Peter, renowned author of IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.

 

Alex also helps us celebrate the coming of congestion pricing to New York City and elsewhere.  

 

TATANKA BRICCA gives us a report on this campaign from the perspective of the tribes and the Pope, who we hope will convince Biden to spare this man’s life.

 

Maryland State Senator JEFF WALDSTREICHER introduces us to the opening day of the legislature in Annapolis….and the revival of Progressive values in the face of the advent of Donald Trump.  Jeff also warns of an attempt to use private prisons to hold large numbers of political prisoners.

 

DAVID SALTMAN reminds us of the Bruce Curtis case, in which a Canadian citizen convicted of murder was remanded to Canada rather than being put to death.

 

MIKE HERSH reminds us that there is a resolution signed by many members of the US House calling for Peltier to be released, as well as a warning that Trump may be persecuting those who raise progressive issues..

 

The cases of CHARLES LITTLEJOHN is raised by NICOLE UNG, along with that of STEVE DONZIGER.

 

From Santa Monica, NANCY NIPARKO and PAUL NEWMAN give us on-the-spot reports from the front lines of the Palisades Fire.

 

Radio host LYNN FEINERMAN raises the question of whether Westwood is being protected because of atomic reactors on the UCLA campus east of the 405.

 

DENNIS BERNSTEIN of the Flashpoints Show at KPFA raises the issue of farmworkers and prisoners fighting the LA fires.

 

Firefighters have been coming from Ukraine, adds Nancy Niparko.

 

MARC IMLAY describes how the military has been fighting fires.

 

STEVE CARUSO warns that the creep of fascism is burning the planet.

 

JOHN FITZGERALD reports on the attempt to hold Trump accountable for violating the third section of the 14th Amendment, which would disqualify him from becoming President.

 

DAVE SALTMAN raises the issue of why this 14th Amendment challenge to the Trump Presidency has gotten no media coverage.

 

The question of whether police should prevent this Inauguration is raised by ANDREW LEVIS.

 

From western Mass we hear ANNA GYORGY seconding the motion for enforcing the 14th while decrying the lack of attention being given to it.

 

PATRICIA GRACIAN emphasizes the work of Steve Spoonamore (Duty to Warn) and Greg Palast (Vigilantes Inc) in documenting the “irregularities” of our elections.

 

ANNE WILCOX clarifies that objecting to the certification of an Electoral College delegation has become far more difficult.

 

CLAIRE ROSENFIELD adds important advice for dealing with ICE, including by demanding a warrant.

 

Talking to us from Columbus, Ohio, SANDY BOLZENIUS suggests that we get radio stations—like Pacifica—to spread the word about saving democracy.

 

Sanctions against Russia established by Trump a few years ago & then extended by Biden are raised by MINDY GALLEGOS

 

MARY ELIZABETH JACKSON asks for reassurance in a difficult time……let’s hope the sun rises soon.