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Archive 5: 2012

Shows Available from Pirate Television

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Programs are listed in reverse chronological order.

[List 11] January 2, 2012 to present:

Rebecca MacKinnon: The Struggle for Internet Freedom. TRT 1:24 recorded 2/6/12

Rebecca MacKinnon: The Struggle for Internet Freedom, Monday 2/20/12 8-9pm Repeats 1pm Wed.

For all the overheated rhetoric of liberty and cyber-utopia, says Internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon, it’s clear that the corporations that rule cyberspace are making decisions that show little or no concern for their impact on political freedom. MacKinnon, author of Consent of the Networked, argues that it’s time for us to demand that our rights and freedoms are respected and protected before they’re sold, legislated, programmed, and engineered away. Ultimately, she says, the purpose of technology, and of the corporations that make it, is to serve humanity—not the other way around.

Thanks to Seattle Town Hall and University Book Store

Capt. Charles Moore: Saving Our Oceans from Plastic. TRT 1:14 recorded 1/25/12

Capt. Charles Moore: Saving Our Oceans from Plastic, Monday 2/13/12 8-9pm Repeats 1pm Wed.

Like a synthetic siren, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch drew Charles Moore to science; now his research raises deep questions about plastic. Moore, author of Plastic Oceans, first encountered the 2-million-square-mile floating landfill by chance in 1997, as skipper of a catamaran. He returned repeatedly to cull scientific samples, finding that the plastic in his nets outweighed zooplankton by a factor of 6-to-1—prompting not only a global reassessment of plastics’ invasiveness, but also a personal quest to achieve his own scientific credibility—and to save our oceans.

Thanks to Seattle Town Hall and University Bookstore

Jim Diers: Building Healthy Communities. TRT :58 recorded 1/29/12

Jim Diers: Building Healthy Communities, Monday 2/6/12 8-9pm Repeats 1pm Wed.

There is no substitute for community when it comes to preventing crime, responding to disasters, enhancing our health and happiness, caring for one another and our planet, creating a vibrant democracy, and advancing social justice. Strong communities are needed now more than ever due to the current economic and environmental crises. Yet, our communities and our democracy have also been in decline for some time. Government, non-profits and other institutions that are seeking to help are inadvertently contributing to that decline.

Based on his 35 years of community work in Seattle, Jim Diers shares lessons for building broad and inclusive community participation. He emphasize the power of focusing on the strengths rather than the needs of individuals and their neighborhoods. Jim shares stories of hope from his international travels to illustrate what is possible when individuals and institutions rediscover the power of community.

Jim’s book, Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way, is available in both English and Chinese editions.

Thanks to Plymouth Church, Seattle Washington

David Barsamian: Uprisings: From Kashmir to Egypt to Wall Street. TRT 1:44 recorded 11/9/11

Special 90min broadcast: David Barsamian: Uprisings: From Kashmir to Egypt to Wall Street. Monday 1/30/12 7:30-9pm Repeats 1pm Wed.

One of America’s most wide-ranging investigative journalists, David Barsamian has altered the independent media landscape with his weekly radio show Alternative Radio—now in its 25th year and heard locally on KUOW, KEXP, and KSER—and with his books, written with Howard Zinn (The Future of History), Arundhati Roy (The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile), Edward Said (Culture and Resistance) and Noam Chomsky (the new How the World Works). Barsamian, who recently was deported from India due to his work on Kashmir and other revolts, discusses world affairs, the state of journalism, censorship, the economic crisis, and global rebellions.

Thanks to Seattle Town Hall and Elliott Bay Book Company

John de Graaf and David Batker: What’s the Economy For, Anyway? TRT 1:20 recorded 12/13/11

John de Graaf and David Batker: What’s the Economy For, Anyway? Monday 1/16/12 8-9pm, repeats Wed. at 1pm

Here’s the question no one has ever bothered to ask about the economy: How can we make it work for us, instead of the other way around? Local activists John de Graaf and David Batker, authors of What’s the Economy For, Anyway? (based on the film of the same name), tackle 13 economic issues, challenging us to consider the point of our economy and setting forth a simple goal for any economic system: the greatest good for the greatest number over the longest run.

Thanks to Seattle Town Hall and University Bookstore

Shi-Ling Hsu: The Case for a Carbon Tax. TRT :58 recorded 12/7/11

Shi-Ling Hsu: The Case for a Carbon Tax, Monday 1/2/12 8-9pm PST, repeats Wednesday at 1pm

There’s a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions, says Shi-Ling Hsu—and we’re rejecting it because of irrational political fears. Hsu, author of The Case for a Carbon Tax, weighs the merits of the major approaches to curbing CO2 and concludes that while a tax is not the perfect (or only) solution, it can be implemented immediately and paired effectively with other approaches—but we’ll have to get past our hang-ups if we are to avert a global crisis.

Thanks to Seattle Town Hall and Elliott Bay Books