WCRS Podcast - consciousvoices

Conscious Voices Report from the Republican National Convention

Submitted by consciousvoices on Fri, 07/22/2016 - 4:31pm

59:54 minutes (54.84 MB)

Interviews with activists outside the RNC , including STAT, a group of medical professionals opposed to Trump's stand on immigration, Ohio Jobs With Justice, Wall Off Trump,and Patriotic Millionaires, a group of wealthy individuals who support a $15 minimum wage,and campaign finance reform. Also a firey speech by Olivet Baptist paastor Jawanza Karriem Colvin.

Conscious Voices People's Summit

Submitted by consciousvoices on Fri, 07/08/2016 - 11:41am

59:59 minutes (54.93 MB)

A "People's Summit" was held in Chicago in June to strategize about the next steps for the progressive movement. We have audio from one of the plenaries, as well as a few words about the latest police murders of Black people.

Conscious Voices "20 minutes of action" Stanford rape case

Submitted by consciousvoices on Fri, 06/10/2016 - 5:06pm

1:00:00 minutes (54.94 MB)

Stanford rape survivor's epic testimony, as read by CNN's Ashleigh Banfield, and another, un-named rape survivor's harrowing story.

CV Medical Marijuana and Western origins of Europe's refugee crisis

Submitted by consciousvoices on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 3:06pm

59:56 minutes (54.88 MB)

Ohioans for Medical Marijuana has suspended their campaign to get a medical marijuana initiative on the state ballot, not because the odds were against them ( they weren't) but because legislators beet them to it with a lesser bill of their own. We have an interview with Aaron Marshall, spokesperson for Ohioans for Medical Marijuana.
Also, we have audio from a program from Russia Today on the origins of Europe's refugee crisis in policies of Western states.

Conscious Voices Fracking Contamination

Submitted by consciousvoices on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 5:35pm

1:00:00 minutes (54.94 MB)

eologist Julie Rice-Weatherington's presentation at a day-long conference on the consequences of Fracking at the Ohio statehouse.

Conscious Voices Jane Jacobs and James Kuntzler on gentrification and urban planning

Submitted by consciousvoices on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 3:46pm

59:57 minutes (54.88 MB)

Humane urban planning advocate Jane Jacobs speaking in 2000 on the need for a radical shift in the way we view cities, urban culture, and architecture, and author James Kuntzler on the same.

Conscious Voices Arizona Election Fraud, Sanders and Clinton on Israel, and Joe Motil on gentrification

Submitted by consciousvoices on Fri, 03/25/2016 - 3:49pm

59:56 minutes (54.88 MB)

Arizona was a crime scene on Tuesday where election fraud was perpetrated on a massive scale, reflecting a problem that has nation-wide implications since the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. We have a number of reports from Arizona and some analysis, plus a look at Sanders and Clinton's positions on Israel, and an excerpt from an interview with community activist Joe Motil on gentrification in Columbus' North side.

Concious Voices Pacifica election special

Submitted by consciousvoices on Fri, 03/18/2016 - 5:48pm

59:58 minutes (54.9 MB)

Pacifica Radio's national election special on the eve of Ohio's primary, with guests Will Petrik, Evan Davis and Kwazi N'Kruma

Conscious Voices Save Oak Flats

Submitted by consciousvoices on Sun, 02/21/2016 - 10:28am

59:56 minutes (54.87 MB)

A rare and pristine ecosystem in Arizona is scheduled for demolition, thanks to a last-minute rider attached to a finance bill by Arizona senator John McCain that awarded the Oak Flats region to an Australian mining company. The land is sacred to the San Carlos Apaches, whose organization, Apache Stronghold, is leading the fight to stop the mine. They held a rally in Tucson to kick-off a two=week intensive campaign, culminating in a large protest gathering at Oak Flats in late February. We have audio from the rally, and an interview with Apache Stronghold spokesperson Wentsler Nosey/

Conscious Voices Paving the Pavey, and a tribute to MarShawn

Submitted by consciousvoices on Sat, 02/13/2016 - 12:19pm

59:59 minutes (54.91 MB)

Columbus social justice activist MarShawn McCarrel ended his life, but his legacy continues. A brief tribute to a fallen comrad.
Developers have their sights set on a block of historic buildings in Old North, but residents in the area are organizing to stop them in their tracks.

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