WZBC 90.3 FM Newton

Joseph Gerson: Rising U.S.-China Tensions Over Taiwan Risk Miscalculation or Accident; Dr. Bandy Lee: Donald Trump’s and GOP’s Embrace of Political Violence Endangers Us All; Phyllis Sinclair: Activists’ Campaign to Educate Voters on N.Y. Rep. Stefanik’s Extremist Voting Record; Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary.

Biden's “Call to Action” foregrounds private sector “investments” as key to "creating economic opportunity" and to "rooting out corruption" in the region. And companies like Microsoft and PepsiCo have stepped up to do…well, what exactly? And how does this differ from the support for transnational corporations and their extractive, profit-driven policies that the US is famous for? Also on the show: Facebook would appear to be 0 for 4 in tests of its ability to detect and reject ads containing blatant election-related misinformation—in this case, ahead of important elections in Brazil.

After news broke of the investigation into Trump under the Espionage Act, we reached out to speak with Espionage Act expert, John Kiriakou to tell us what the act is about and who is really punished under it. John is a member of the Editorial Board of CovertAction Magazine and was himself charged and sent to prison under the Espionage Act for exposing the CIA’s torture program. ...

Rick Sterling discusses U.S. interference with nations around the world.

Besides AIPAC, ADL, and their brethren, there is another powerful lobby that is pressing the Israeli Zionist narrative in American Society and that is the Christian Zionist movement. It has enormous numbers, and serious political clout. We do not pay enough attention to it. Today we feature Reverend Don Wagner, an openly recovering Christian Zionist, who will lead us through an historic analysis of Christian Zionism in a presentation he gave at the recent conference sponsored by the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs at the Washington Press Club.

Our guest on this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, Zac Gershberg, co-author of the new book The Paradox of Democracy, reminds us that among the many contradictions of democracy is the fact that all modern fascist governments have been born from democracy. ...

This week on Talk World Radio we're speaking with Carmen Wilson, a community development expert and the Community Manager at Demilitarise Education, a world renowned organisation that envisions a world where universities champion peace. ... A former English (ESL) teacher, she is also passionate about using communications technologies (ICT's) to promote access to quality education, with specific experience teaching and working with refugees in the U.S. and internationally, and community development projects in places like Makati City, Philippines and San Salvador, El Salvador. ...