Episodes

  • Talk World Radio: Craig Unger on How Reagan's Election Was Stolen from Carter

    Talk World Radio: Craig Unger on How Reagan's Election Was Stolen from Carter
    Feb 18 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio we are speaking with Craig Unger. He is the New York Times bestselling author of six books on the Republican Party’s assault on democracy, including House of Bush, House of Saud; House of Trump, House of Putin; and now Den of Spies, a real life political thriller about how master spy William Casey put together a treasonous covert operation in 1980 that hijacked American foreign policy and stole the election for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Another World Is Possible

    Talk World Radio: Another World Is Possible
    Feb 10 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio we are speaking with Natasha Hakimi Zapata, the author of the new book Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe. Natasha Hakimi Zapata, who is joining us from London, is an award-winning journalist, university lecturer, and literary translator. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Los Angeles Review of Books, In These Times, and elsewhere. She is former foreign editor of Truthdig.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Annelle Sheline on Gaza

    Talk World Radio: Annelle Sheline on Gaza
    Feb 3 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're speaking with Annelle Sheline, a research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute who was previously a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. State Department, where she worked on human rights in the Middle East but resigned over the genocide in Gaza. Her most recent work for Quincy has focused on how Israel's ambition to annex the West Bank would not only render a future state of Palestine impossible, but would destabilize Jordan, a key U.S. ally: For Responsible Statecraft: "Jordan braces as Israeli annexation of West Bank looms Jordan braces as Israeli annexation of West Bank looms" Longer report on this for Quincy: "Jordan on the Edge" See also: "Joe Biden Gaza ceasefire Biden & Trump take credit for Gaza ceasefire"
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Scott Horton on How Washington Started the New Cold War

    Talk World Radio: Scott Horton on How Washington Started the New Cold War
    Jan 27 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio we welcome back Scott Horton, whose new book is called PROVOKED: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. His books include Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism, and Fool’s Errand:Time to End the War in Afghanistan.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: John Paul Lederach on Facing Down a Civil War

    Talk World Radio: John Paul Lederach on Facing Down a Civil War
    Jan 21 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're speaking with John Paul Lederach, author of The Pocket Guide for Facing Down a Civil War: Surprising ideas from everyday people who shifted the cycles of violence.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Shutting Down Military Air Shows

    Talk World Radio: Shutting Down Military Air Shows
    Jan 14 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about shutting down military air shows. We have two guests who are working together on this project. Taylor Smith-Hams is U.S. Senior Organizer with 350.org, a global climate justice organization, and Gary Butterfield is Treasurer with San Diego Veterans For Peace. He is a Vietnam-era draftee veteran, a lifetime member of Veterans for Peace, and a member of San Diego 350.org. https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/climatecrisis/no-mas https://act.350.org/signup/no-mas/?source=get_involved_dynamic https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/climatecrisis
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Close Guantanamo While Its Victims Are Still Alive

    Talk World Radio: Close Guantanamo While Its Victims Are Still Alive
    Jan 6 2025
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about Guantanamo with Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files. Worthington has worked with the United Nations and WikiLeaks, runs two websites, andyworthington.co.uk and closeguantanamo.org and also has a band, The Four Fathers, playing protest music: https://thefourfathers.bandcamp.com What's happening this week: https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2025/01/06/guantanamo-at-23-global-vigils-on-january-11-and-an-ongoing-photo-campaign-marking-8400-days-on-january-9
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: U.S. Government Funds Other Nations' Militaries More Than It Funds Climate Protection

    Talk World Radio: U.S. Government Funds Other Nations' Militaries More Than It Funds Climate Protection
    Dec 30 2024
    This week on Talk World Radio, a new analysis finds that over the past decade the U.S. government has given to foreign nations' militaries 40 times the money it has paid into the Green Climate Fund. We have two guests from the Institute for Policy Studies. Aspen Coriz-Romero is the 2024-25 IPS New Mexico Fellow. And Hanna Homestead is a Research Analyst with the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.
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    29 mins