Posts tagged “audio”
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Ina May interview with Karen Brody, playwright of Birth
August 17, 2011
Tags: audio, birth, birth matters, ina may gaskin, interview, karen brody, maternity, video
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After Borders, another media empire falls: News Corp
July 22, 2011
“News Corp. owns a number of outlets, including Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News Channel, the National Geographic Channel, HarperCollins, TV Guide, the Weekly Standard, the New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, as well as the film studios 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight. News Corp.’s dominant standing in the U.S. media received a major boost in the early 1990s when the Federal Communications Commissions waived a regulation meant to curb media consolidation.”
Tags: audio, democracy now, news corp, rebel bookseller, rupert murdoch
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Slavoj Žižek and Julian Assange speak with Amy Goodman
July 1, 2011
“Focusing on the ethics and philosophy behind WikiLeaks’ work, the conversation will provide a rare opportunity to hear two of the world’s most prominent thinkers discuss some of the most pressing issues of our time. It will also mark the publication of the paperback edition of Slavoj Žižek’s book, Living in the End Times, in which he argues that new ways of using and sharing information, in particular WikiLeaks, are one of a number of harbingers of the end of global capitalism as we know it.” — Democracy Now! website
Tags: amy goodman, audio, cablegate, democracy now, god in pain, guantanamo bay, julian assange, politics, Slavoj Žižek, wikileaks
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Listen to an audio excerpt from Gabrielsson’s “There Are Things I Want You to Know”… at Publisher’s Weekly
June 15, 2011
Publisher’s Weekly has put up an audio excerpt from Eva Gabrielsson’s “There Are Things I Want You to Know” About Stieg Larsson and Me, which will be released on June 21st.
Tags: audio, eva gabrielsson, publishers weekly, stieg larsson, stiegandeva, there are things i want you to know
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Derrick Jensen reads from “Upping the Stakes” and answers reader questions
May 19, 2011
Derrick Jensen joined Orion Magazine staff and readers for a live web event on May 17, 2011. Jensen read from his essay in the May/June 2011 issue of Orion, “To Live or Not to Live,” and answered questions submitted by listeners on this and other essays he’s written for his column “Upping The Stakes.” Listen to the audio here.
Tags: aric mcbay, audio, deep green resistance, derrick jensen, dreams, interview, lierre keith
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Dr. Helen Caldicott interviews Subhankar Banerjee
April 27, 2011
In this interview with Dr. Caldicott, Banerjee discusses the effects of global warming on the Arctic region, his efforts to protect wildlife in the region, his photography, the corporate greed for oil, gas and coal that threatens the largest wildlife habitat in the world, and how to fight the economic and political forces ravaging the planet.
Tags: arctic voices, audio, blog, if you love this planet, radio interview, subhankar banerjee
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89.9 WWNO talks Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels
December 7, 2010
Take a listen to this interview, recorded April 2010, with Barry Gifford on the subject of Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels — then check out the book!
Tags: audio, barry gifford, fiction, interviews, sailor & lula, wwno
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Seven Stories authors on Democracy Now
November 16, 2010
The past week has been a banner one for Seven Stories authors on Democracy Now, with the following three features appearing since November 12:
Burmese author Aung San Suu Kyi freed after 15 of past 21 years in detention
Ezequiel Adamovsky: A look at Argentina’s economic rebellion and the social movements that led it
Tags: alan clements, amy goodman, anti-capitalism, audio, aung san suu kyi, deep green resistance, democracy now, derrick jensen, ezequiel adamovsky, interviews, voice of hope
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The Voice of Hope audiobook trailer
September 21, 2010
Alan Clements and World Dharma’s Buddha Project International have just released their new audiobook edition of the Aung San Suu Kyi classic, The Voice of Hope — proceeds to support the restoration of many hours’ worth of audio and video recordings of the “voice of democracy in Burma” and her fellow freedom fighters. Check out the trailer below!
Tags: alan clements, audio, aung san suu kyi, philosophy, voice of hope
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BBC documentary on Aung San Suu Kyi
June 22, 2010
Aung San Suu Kyi is a political icon, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and the charismatic leader of Burma’s struggle for human rights. But it has come at immense personal cost. Under house arrest for many years, unable to watch her children grow up and excluded from public life, her plight is ongoing: as the Burmese regime prepares for its first election in years, Suu Kyi will be detained as a political prisoner throughout. — from the website for the BBC documentary Freedom From Fear, available free of charge online
Tags: alan clements, audio, aung san suu kyi, bbc, burma, current events, human rights, voice of hope
“audio” Posts
- Aug 17, Ina May interview with Karen Brody, playwright of Birth
- Jul 22, After Borders, another media empire falls: News Corp
- Jul 1, Slavoj Žižek and Julian Assange speak with Amy Goodman
- Jun 15, Listen to an audio excerpt from Gabrielsson’s “There Are Things I Want You to Know”… at Publisher’s Weekly
- May 19, Derrick Jensen reads from “Upping the Stakes” and answers reader questions
- Apr 27, Dr. Helen Caldicott interviews Subhankar Banerjee
- Nov 16, Seven Stories authors on Democracy Now
- Sep 21, The Voice of Hope audiobook trailer
- Jun 22, BBC documentary on Aung San Suu Kyi
