Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Hour

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 01.28.19

SHALL SALLY HEMINGS BE RECOGNIZED AS OUR 3d FIRST LADY?

Sally Hemings was the legendary African-American co-parent with our third president, Thomas Jefferson.  

His life partner for nearly forty years, she bore him as many as eight children, at least four of whom lived to full adulthood.

The White House official record lists Jefferson’s first (white) wife, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, as his First Lady.  But she died some twenty years before he entered the White House.

Instead, Martha’s half-sister, Sally Hemings, occupied the room next to Tom's study at Monticello, and bore him three children while he was president, all of whom lived to bear families and lead powerful, productive lives.  In their wake have come scores of descendants scattered throughout the United States.  

We are joined to talk about this with Tom & Sally’s brilliant descendent, EVELIA JONES, and by critic ED RAMPELL and political scientist BOB FITRAKIS.

Should Sally at last be recognized as a true First Lady?  Should there be statues raised to her—including one at the Jefferson Memorial in DC?  What is her rightful place at Monticello….and in our hearts?

Don’t miss this amazing discussion with a true descendent of one of America’s most important people.

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 01.18.19

WILL PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC’S BANKRUPTCY SHUT THE DIABLO CANYON NUKES?

No question of human survival is more urgent than shutting the huge twin reactors surrounded by earthquake faults at Diablo Canyon, California.  Perched above the Pacific, 9 miles west of San Luis Obispo, these aging, defective, decrepit atomic behemoths threaten all of California and the United States with radioactive extinction.

We’re joined by long-time utilities attorney JOHN GEESMAN and expert/activist DONNA GILMORE to explore how PG&E’s looming bankruptcy could give the state of California the leverage to force at least three critical inspections at Diablo.  The mega-utility in 2010 blew up part of San Bruno, killing eight people.  It has been linked to at least 17 of the 2017-8 fires that ravaged northern California, killing scores of people while doing billions in damage and destroying one of the world’s most critical eco-systems.

PG&E must now go to the state for major financial, legal and other assistance.  In return, California might well demand a close look at the plant’s potential embrittlement problems, the likelihood that the reactor pressure vessel is cracked, the critical deficiencies in its waste management protocols, and much more.

Diablo Unit One is schedule for a 40-day refueling outage in February.  Will the state intervene to demand its safety certification where everyone knows the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will take a pass?
This discussion with Donna and John may set the tone for one of humankind’s most important life-or-death decisions.

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 01.11.19

TRUMP’S DEPARTURE & THE GREEN NEW DEAL


The imminent demise of Donald Trump and the rise of the Green New Deal come to us through the great Political Scientist PETER MATHEWS and long-time energy expert CHARLES KOMANOFF.

We explore the wide range of Trump’s lawbreaking and the likelihood of his being removed from office by the corporate barons, the military and/or the intelligence community.  Harvey has bet $10 he’ll be gone by Earth Day.  We share see.

Peter explores the historical precedents and legal ramifications of this lawless presidency.  

Charles delves deep into the energy statistics surrounding the Green New Deal, with some shocking news about the green success in California.

In ensemble we explore the truly astounding range of possibilities now roiling our tumultuous political landscape.

We also visit Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, and the powerful new assertion that she be officially recognized as our nation’s third First Lady.

 

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 01.04.19

The End of Empire and Birth of Voter Rights?

Great experts Mimi Kennedy, Bob Fitrakis and Steve Rosenfeld cover Trump’s astounding pullbacks from Syria and Afghanistan 

We explore the deep deep sea of his legal miasma. 

And we look at the amazing new HB 1, the omnibus bill on voter rights in the US House

For an all-inclusive cruise through the Trumpocalypse don’t miss this show. 

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 12.28.18

WILL THE CORPORATE DEMS NUKE THE GREEN NEW DEAL?

We’re joined by legendary activists AMANDA ROBERTSON,RUSSELL GREENE & JOEL SEGAL to celebrate a green energy victory in North Carolina and to plot the future of the Green New Deal.

In North Carolina, Amanda and Joel have been at the heart of wining a major declaration for a totally renewable future in the heart of Duke Power country, one of the world’s most powerful and reactionary utilities.

On the national and global front, Russell has been a major player in pushing clean energy solutions for the climate chaos crisis.

Together we explore the how, where and when of winning a Solartopian future and saving our planet…as well as our economy.

If you’re ready to transform our future, and save our planet, don’t miss this show. 

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 12.21.18

TRUMP’S ESPIONAGE, CODE PINK’S PEACE & THE GREEN NEW DEAL

 

 

We’re joined in Solartopia by the great MARC ASH, Editor/Publisher of READER SUPPORTED NEWS, to discuss his recent assertions about the flagrant illegalities of Donald Trump.  Marc’s articles lay out the case that while we are not officially at war, and therefore Trump’s law-breaking may not be technically treasonous, they might certainly meet the standards of espionage.

 

We then welcome MEDEA BENJAMIN and JODIE EVANS of CODE PINK.  These two legendary activists have been effectively campaigning for peace, social justice and ecological harmony for decades with enormous impact.

 

We talk with Medea about the shocking vote of the US Senate—including many Republicans—to defy Trump and demand an end to US complicity with Saudi Arabia in the holocaust in Yemen.  

 

Jodie then fills us in on the Green New Deal and the need to switch to a peace-based budget that will fund the desperately-needed conversion to a renewable-based 100% green economy.  

 

With one of America’s great editors and two of its leading activists, this is a show you should not miss.  

 

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 12.17.18

WHEN WILL TRUMP GO TO PRISON?



We dig deep into the festering swamp that is the Trumputin presidency with two fantastic experts.  

TED VAILL is an attorney and former military prosecutor.  CRAIG UNGER is author of the NYTimes bestseller HOUSE OF TRUMP HOUSE OF PUTIN.

Together they give an astonishing rundown of the money laundering and roiling miasma that Trump will NEVER escape. 

It’s an ASTONISHING excursion into illegality and idiocy you won’t want to miss.  This country is turning upside down and here you will see how.

JERRY ASHTON updates us on the impact concerning health care and medical debt.

And election protection expert STEVE ROSENFELD explains a powerful, hugely impactful legal victory won by Jill Stein and the Greens to force a new level of voting integrity into Pennsylvania.

Don’t miss this show. 

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 12.07.18

After a brief rundown of the fascist coups being perpetrated in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia and Ohio, we join JERRY ASHTON and JOEL SEGAL for an in-depth plunge into the nightmare of American healthcare and the medical debt it has spawned.

 

Jerry is co-author of END MEDICAL DEBT, an astonishing book documenting the near-miraculous movement to wipe out the medical debt of millions of Americans.  If you have unpaid doctor bills, you MUST listen to this show, read Jerry’s book, and go to his website ripmedicaldebt.org .  Also see John Oliver’s astonishing segment ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxUAntt1z2c ) on purchasing about $15 million medical debt and abolishing it, which he terms “the greatest TV giveaway in history.”

 

Joel is the long-time master of legislative organizing, and the force behind a major new push for Congress to at last approve MEDICARE FOR ALL.

 

As we await the Mueller hammer to fall, this is the most critical political push happening today.  If you’ve ever gotten a doctor bill, don’t miss this show.

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 11.29.18

IT’S MUELLER TIME!  WHY TRUMP WILL BE GONE BY EARTH DAY!

Join this astonishing excursion into the malarial swamp of Donald Trump’s farewell legal problems.  

Attorney and former prosecutor TED RAILL speaks with ace investigator CHARLES JACO of the St. Louis American about the amazing morass Trump now faces.

Personally, I don’t see him coming out of it.  Listen in and make your own call.  This will be an on-going series until Trump leaves.

We’re then joined by election protection experts STEVE ROSENFELD and JOHN BRAKEY for a run-down on the latest from the stolen elections in Georgia and Florida.

In particular, a devastating federal lawsuit filed by Stacey Abrams has laid out the state’s appalling voter suppression abuses. 

 Steve also outlines the major court victory won by Jill Stein and the Green Party, mandating that Pennsylvania now use hand-counted paper ballots in all it elections.

IF YOU ARE AT ALL COMMITTED TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, DON’T MISS THIS SHOW!!

 

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour - 11.16.18

CALIFORNIA FIRES, MUELLER vs. the MOBSTER, STOLEN ELECTIONS

Today we start with the MALIBU FIRES and one of its refugees, LANCE SIMMENS.

We then explore what we expect from the Mueller Report and the criminal in the White House, with world-class experts CRAIG UNGER and ANDREW KREIG.

We finish with JON SIMON, author of CODE RED to dissect what’s happening in the almost-but-not-yet-entirely STOLEN ELECTIONS IN FLORIDA & GEORGIA.

A fantastic round robin.  Don’t miss this show.