Resistance Radio

Resistance Radio - Guest: Jason Flores-Williams, - 09.10.17

Jason Flores-Williams is a noted civil rights attorney and author who has litigated some of the most important cases of our time. he has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post and has given speeches about resistance to audiences around the world. The Law Firm of Jason Flores-Williams along with the aid of Deep Green Resistance has filed one of the first federal law suits asking the court to declare that nature has fundamental rights and standing. The law suit is based on the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund’s work in seeking natural and community rights in Ecuador, Colombia and India. 
Today we talk about this new lawsuit.

Resistance Radio - Guest: James Howard Kunstler - 09.03.17

James Howard Kunstler is the author of many books including (non-fiction) The Geography of Nowhere, The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, Home from Nowhere, The Long Emergency, and Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology and the Fate of the Nation. His novels include World Made By Hand, The Witch of Hebron, Maggie Darling ­ A Modern Romance, The Halloween Ball, an Embarrassment of Riches, and many others. He has published three novellas with Water Street Press: Manhattan Gothic, A Christmas Orphan, and The Flight of Mehetabel.

Resistance Radio - Guest: Bret Weinstein - 08.27.17

Bret Weinstein. He is a theoretical evolutionary biologist focused on evolutionary patterns within complex, dynamic systems. His work revolves around trade-offs that force selection to balance competing values within fluctuating or patchy habitats. His current project is focused on human consciousness in the context of novel hazards and opportunities. He lives with his wife, children, and other animal affiliates in the Anthropocene. 

Resistance Radio - Guest: Vincent Emanuele - 08.20.17

Vincent Emanuele is a writer, radio host and community organizer. He's currently opening a cultural center called P.A.R.C. (Politics Art Roots Culture) in Michigan City, Indiana, where he lives. Today we talk about some of the relationships between martial arts training, military training, and social change.

Resistance Radio - Guest: Meghan Murphy - 08.13.17

Meghan Murphy is a writer and journalist from Vancouver, B.C. She founded Feminist Current in 2012, which has since grown to be the leading feminist website in Canada, as well as a global presence. Meghan is currently working on a book that critiques third wave feminism as a modern anti-feminist backlash.

Resistance Radio - Guest: Alice Friedemann - 08.06.17

Alice Friedemann is the author of When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation. She is also the author of articles such as “The Hydrogen Economy: Savior of Humanity or an Economic Black Hole,” and “Peak Soil: Why Biofuels Destroy Ecosystems and Civilizations.” Her website is energyskeptic.com

Resistance Radio - Guest: Paul Bogard - 07.16.17

Paul Bogard is the author of The Ground Beneath Us: From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us About Who We Are, published by Little, Brown on 21 March 2017. He is also the author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light, published in North America by Little, Brown, and in the UK and around the world by 4th Estate/Harper Collins. A native Minnesotan, Paul grew up exploring the forest and watching the stars near a lake in the northern part of the state. Today we talk about the environmental effects of light pollution.

Resistance Radio - Guest: Charlie Brown - 07.30.17

After years of observing how social entrepreneurs harness the power of communities worldwide, Charlie Brown created a network methodology and practice for all organizations growing their brand or cause. His network strategies, customized for an organization’s unique context, identify and activate communities, uniting the communities and organization in a shared purpose. A network strategy is essential for any organization responding to tectonic shifts in identity, information and power. Charlie’s approach, Community Centered Design, has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, FastCoExist.com, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. Previously the executive director of Ashoka’s Changemakers, Charlie led his team in pioneering open innovation for social change­developinng a new paradigm for prizes and building a global online community of 100,000 innovators that has garnered more than $500 million in philanthropic funding.

Resistance Radio - Guest: Deanna Meyer - 07.23.17

Deanna Meyer is a long time environmental activist and is a member of Deep Green Resistance and is also the founder and executive director of Prairie Protection Colorado. Meyer's work currently centers on the protection and preservation of prairie dog communities up and down Colorado's Front Range.

Resistance Radio - Guest: Richard York - 07.09.17

Richard York is Director and Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon. His research focuses on environmental sociology, ecological economics, animal studies, and the sociology of science. He has published three books and dozens of articles. Today we talk about his crucial article “Do Alternative Energy Sources Displace Fossil Fuels”