Irresistible Fiction

Irresistible Fiction 6: Joy Riding in a Lifepod 2300 While flipping through the help menus of the Lifepod 2300, Getch reveals some behind the scenes pop cultural infrastructure. Somebody lands in the co-pilot’s seat, and some absolutely crushing details. What’s up with all of this talk about being fictional? Why does Orkin, Raptor, and Racket care about a person who doesn't exist? What sort of trouble has PanCom gotten us all into? Get in touch through Facebook, at the Irresistible Fiction group, or at irresistiblefiction@gmail.com Want to read the OR&R Disclaimer for a future episode? Just record yourself delivering the Orkin, Raptor, and Racket, International disclaimer: "The views and opinions expressed by the hosts, guests, and correspondents of Irresistible Fiction in no way reflect the official views and opinions of Orkin, Raptor, and Racket, International. OR&R’s Department of Pandimensional Communication does not license, nor does it provide the purported technology used to create Irresistible Fiction. This podcast is not a product of, nor is it endorsed by Orkin, Raptor, and Racket, International." Send us a recording of your version of the OR&R Disclaimer, to irresistiblefiction@gmail.com. Image courtesy of the Walt Disney Company, Inc. Google results for “Barrier” bar·ri·er ˈberēər/ noun noun: barrier; plural noun: barriers a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access. synonyms: fence, railing, barricade, hurdle, bar, blockade, roadblock "the barrier across the entrance" a circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents communication or progress. "a language barrier" synonyms: obstacle, obstruction, hurdle, stumbling block, bar, block, impediment, hindrance, curb "a barrier to international trade"the starting gate of a racecourse. BRITISH a gate at a parking lot that controls access by being raised or lowered. a long narrow island lying parallel and close to the mainland, protecting the mainland from erosion and storms. noun: barrier island; plural noun: barrier islands Origin late Middle English (denoting a palisade or fortification defending an entrance): from Old French barriere, of unknown origin; related to barre. Music: Metamorphosis (remix Zelf Bloemen) by Coldnoise http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/Good_Night/Coldnoise_-_Metamorphosis_remix_Zelf_Bloemen Sounds: Auto Rattly Bumpy Road 50k Rf SOUND Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3_yOwGNBis Creak, Metal - Underwater Metal Creak: Heavy Pressure Metal Foley, Squeak & Creak Foley,... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmV5y9XW2RE Computer Sounds http://soundbible.com/tags-computer.html Heavy Metal Creaking sound FX (Magneto) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iiiT42xwSU Metal Impact Sound Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCf9ds6qglY Metal Objects Banging SOUND Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8NCEk2328o Machine Rumble / Sound Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaWjX974Ojo Stress Creak [SOUND EFFECT] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RPWP_2OCIk Submarine Collision and Hull Breach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vayoOFWUlAM Submarine creaking sound effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1LBTjqlPwE Universal Metal Creaking sound FX from Six Million Dollar Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg8Wl-rUjz4 Warning Alarm - Beeps Sound Effects All sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuwgJxYqft0&t=17s Space Ship Cruising Sound Effects Library Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGYMjmGgsQ8 Spaceship Interior Sound Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHd8weVz848

Irresistible Fiction Chapter One: The Subatomic Chronicles Irresistible Fiction: Episodes 1 - 5 Veering drastically from the political programming of Occupy Radio, and Chaos Theory Radio, Getch, or David Geitgey Sierralupe, declares himself fictional. If you keep listening, you will find yourself becoming irresistibly fictional as well. In the first chapter of Irresistible Fiction, spanning episodes 1-5, Getch takes you deep into the nothingness at the core of the atom. Along the way expect vague recriminations about Albert Einstein. Expect corporate pressure from the legal team of Orkin, Raptor, and Racket, International. But mostly expect bullshit -- unrepentant, multi-layered, multi-dimensional bullshit. This is your chance to heed the call. Even though Getch is fictional, he needs your help. He's looking for his even more fictional friend, Norway Hansford. Will you ignore this call for help, merely because it comes from somebody who doesn’t exist? Are you the sort of person who discriminates against people who have the misfortune of being born fictional? Test the limits of your perception, and possibly your compassion, with Irresistible Fiction, Chapter One: The Sub Atomic Chronicles.

Irresistible Fiction 5: Club Neutron It’s a full moon Irresistible Fiction special, coming from a special place where the moonlight doesn’t shine. Getch makes some friends, and tries out the nightlife at Club Neutron. Club Neutron, the last, best hope for some final chunk of matter, somewhere in the atom, turns out to be mostly illusions. Illusions, and maybe bad business decisions. While Getch talks quantum mechanics with Inga the bartender, the Incredible Quarks are on stage making things appear and disappear. With their magic act, the concept of anything solid in the universe survives on an Einsteinian technicality. As Inga says: “It’s not a bad trick though. Everywhere you look isn’t there until you look there. You look somewhere else, and what was once there, stops being there anymore. It’s the Incredible Quarks. Always one step ahead of you.” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANightclub_20170423.jpg You might want to read up on quarks. Quarks are randomly, appearing somethings way deep down inside the nucleus of the atom. Einstein says we can call their magic act "mass." I like Physics Girl. She spells things out easily for people like me. What Are Quarks? Sugar Edition! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraNu_78sCw&t=1s What Are Quarks? The Fuse School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlv06lSAC7c&t=4s What Are Quarks: Nuclear Physics and Science: https://quatr.us/physics/quarks-nuclear-physics-science.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark Thanks to Kyle Schweighauser for being a bouncer; Jebediah Wilson for looking after Club Neutron's best interests, and Inga Wilson for being an inspirational bartender at the core of reality. Dan Marks, from News Sausage, and formerly of Chaos Theory Radio, was the Great Nad. There were Sounds! Warning Alarm - Beeps Sound Effects All sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuwgJxYqft0&t=17s Busy Bar Ambiance - Talk and Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LObpA84ddL0 12 Epic Explosion Sound Effects [High Quality]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIijFSN35x8 BIG EXPLOSION SOUND EFFECTS (Mp3 Pack Download):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gB369NYFA collapse sound effects (dźwięki zawalenia/zniszczenia): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZr9jLDVDH0&index=2&list=RDQMtHbsTJiFer4 Explosion Sound Effects (Mp3 Download Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yh-f_i9BTo Hit/Boom/Impact/Thud (Movie Trailer Cinematic) - Sound Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKugLSWL3bM Machine Gun Sound Effects | Bullet Machine Guns Firing Sound Effect | Royalty Free Sound Effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbpzdwlM90 Metal door - Sound effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PkhwTRHWKI Mixing Drinks - Ice / Glass / Pouring / Shaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wELCiljHEs Objects falling and crashing Sound Effect:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5bzqGyGj5s RESTAURANT sound effects ambience, 8 HOURS of restaurant background noise busy fancy diner #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYpJDOn1myo Pounding on Metal Door Sound Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTO6P_u7Po Space Door Air Lock Release Sound Effect 2017 - Free Download: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7im7exXYa6s Space Ship Cruising Sound Effects Library Collection:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGYMjmGgsQ8 Spaceship Fast Takeoff Sound Effect:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCVv8_zdQrE Star Wars Spaceship take off sound effect 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOhca-UMnp4 Thud Sound Effects All Sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWy3WQzeoa8 Sakebeats Club Beat » Clubbeat_03.wav: https://freesound.org/people/sakebeats/sounds/176357/ Gun sound effects heard in movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At8kg0lQwDE Bar Glass Clinks & Slides Sound Effect Hi - Resolution Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQtv875c5D4

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Irresistible Fiction 4: Give Your Symbols Power A jet pack ride interrupted. Whispers of Einstein. Why it’s good to be fictional. Jingle Bells. Graffitti. Wikipedia: Atomic Nucleus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_nucleus Atomic Nucleus on Windows to the Universe https://www.windows2universe.org/physical_science/physics/atom_particle/atomic_nucleus.html Relative Size of: Atoms, Nucleus, Neutrons and Electrons https://prezi.com/cyc8c_xro4z6/relative-size-of-atoms-nucleus-neutrons-and-electrons/ Find Irresistible Fiction on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1696707613914346/ Email us at: irresistiblefiction@gmail.com "Jingle Bells" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The scream is a mix of the Wilhelm Scream, Alan Ruck from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Disney’s Goofy Yell. Lots of different crowd noise tracks went into the making of this episode: Fotball Soccer Match Stadium Ambience Sound -|- 8 hours Sleep, Relax, Meditate, Ambience: By: LiveRecords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBQY8HDkdz4&t=6876s CROWD IN STADIUM SOUND EFFECT FREE, By: BLUE Sound Effects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-0r05OTH4U Soccer stadium Sound Effect, By: Music Free Library ♪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMcf-XzijM Stadium Crowd Sound Effects | One Hour | HQ, By: n Beats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FLgShtdxQ8&index=2&list=RDUBQY8HDkdz4 Plus, I also found these sounds on youtube: Body Falls Various Sound FX, By: nathanolson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMIC_Ttf3NU Harry Potter spells soundeffects, By: Benedict L.U. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70hvTVR7R40 5 Shocking Explosions Caught On Camera!, By: We Want More Facts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kofGts2zVC8 High Voltage Electrical Explosion Compilation Electrical Explosion, Electrical fire, High voltage, By: detodounpoco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4hrUgbZISk Top 10 Big Movie Screams, By: MegaBig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1dxeSIUFpo Elevator Sound Effects, By: Nick Judy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=debkzEfwmMM

Irresistible Fiction 3: Subatomic Jet Pack In which Getch’s dimension-hopping doppelganger visits an intergalactic quidditch match in order to point out that it just doesn’t matter. Orkin, Raptor, and Racket imposes its will. Plus, vague rumblings about Einstein letting us all down. All of that, in just eleven minutes, and ten seconds. Or, as Nad commented after listening: “I love the sound of your show. I wasn't sure if I was too high, or not high enough, for the subject matter.” Regarding the previous episode, “Utter Bullshit,” Nad says, “ I felt like I was walking through the fog with someone on mushrooms.” With reviews like that, you know you’re getting a quality podcast, dealing with important issues, delivered with a heaping pile of bullshit. And, according to Mrs. Nad, you can also count on a touch of Nuclear Blue Balls. But wait, there’s more, if you listen now, we guarantee you 100% more Quantum Bullshit!! A tip of the hat to the Orkin, Raptor, and Racket legal team. You know you’re putting out important material when someone takes the time to slap a legal disclaimer on it. Drop us a line: irresistiblefiction@gmail.com Music: “Slow Burn,” by Kevin http://bit.ly/2kg4ypO Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Curator: WFMU Sound Effects: “Fotball Soccer Match Stadium Ambience Sound -|- 8 hours Sleep, Relax, Meditate, Ambience” By LiveRecords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBQY8HDkdz4 “Howling Wind Sound -|- 8 Hours sound of wind noise for sleep, relax, ambience, meditation etc.” By LiveRecords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr1KfUMPNqE “Flag flapping in the wind, parachute, fabric (looped), sound effect” By Sound Berries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od8_CBE-n6c

Irresistible Fiction 2: Utter Bullshit Almost a century ago, scientists searched to find the smallest particle of matter in the microverse. Instead, they found puzzles and funhouse reflections. Deep down inside the atom, things got strange, and even Albert Einstein tried to sweep it all under the rug. But that strangeness at the core of the atom sat under that metaphorical rug, and waited. Every once and awhile, we lifted the corner of the rug and picked out little bits of quantum strangeness that suited our needs. But most of it, we avoided as improbable, waiting for another Einstein to sort it all out for us. Bullshit, my friends, is on the rise, and reaching historic levels. Across the multiverse, it appears that all of those little bits of quantum strangeness have reached critical mass. The pent up quantum strangeness appears to have begun to release itself in historic, multi-cosmic waves of bullshit. There has been a surge in first, and second term Trump presidencies across an infinite number of worlds. In a dark, and frightening swath of the unending abyss, Trump has seized power in America as a warrior king, leading literal packs of wolves from Wall Street. The infrastructure in place, to protect against the build-up of bullshit is old and weak. In a frightening array of worlds, the bullshit flood is topping walls that have stood solid for centuries. If Trump is President in your world, know that you are currently experiencing historic levels of bullshit. Unfortunately, we can’t say for sure when you can hope to reach peak bullshit. Until bullshit levels return to normal, please use common sense as much a possible. Eventually, we are afraid, the whole multi-cosmos will be awash in bullshit. Then, and only then, will we be able to come to terms with what scared Albert Einstein. But, that’s for another episode. In the meantime, a little uncertainty will be good for us all. Bill Murray: “It just doesn’t matter.” That’s Bill Murray, chanting at the end of this episode. The clip his from his role as a summer camp counselor who helps a boy come to terms with his terminal cancer. Murray won the best supporting actor Oscar in the 1979 tear-jerker, Meatball Stew. Music: Broke For Free "As Colorful As Ever" URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Layers/As_Colorful_As_Ever Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Curator: Music for Video Copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Kevin MacLeod "Slow Burn" URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Blues_Sampler/Slow_Burn Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Curator: WFMU Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Irresistible Fiction 1: The Habit of Being Fictional The Datasphere plays a role in Being Fictional: We would like to define “datasphere.” but it doesn’t look like anybody agrees on a definition: Oxford Dictionary: NOUN Science Fiction The notional environment in which digital data is stored; especially the Internet viewed in this way. Also (Science Fiction): the space of virtual reality, cyberspace. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/datasphere Urban Dictionary: TOP DEFINITION datasphere datasphere is an electronica/dance-based collective out of chicago, Illinois. Not some info technology, software or IT-based mumbo-jumbo. Or some name out of a silly science-fiction novel. have you ever heard of datasphere? their music is dope! Chitown represent. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=datasphere Net Lingo: datasphere A play on the word "atmosphere," this refers to data that is transmitted via satellites. See also : teleport NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon - See more at: http://bit.ly/2nrW6zV Shutterstock checks in on Datapshere. I don’t know if this is intentionally corny, or not. Get it? It’s a Data Sphere. http://shutr.bz/2mSLYnf Music: Good Times by Podington Bear http://bit.ly/2nbX8nY The last ones by Jahzzar http://bit.ly/2nrVUAH JENNY'S THEME by Jason Shaw http://bit.ly/2meatqQ Sounds Effects: Radio Tuning Sound Effect by Audio Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPlUyMW6NQ Radio Static Sound Effect by ParadoxMirror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wffIdh0CZWs&t=2s Get in touch with the good folks at the Orkin, Raptor, Racket, International’s Department of Pandimensional Communication by email: irresistiblefiction@gmail.com

Pre-Irresistible Fiction: Agent Cola Jakes There is so much more in this world, and all others, than you can possibly imagine. This world is a bit of a police state. Nick’s Trouble-Making Comic http://nickdeangelo.com/chronicles/images/chronicles/itv/23.jpg Carl Jung, and the Collective Unconscious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconscious What is the Collective Unconscious http://frithluton.com/articles/collective-unconscious/ If you see something. Say something: irresistiblefiction@gmail.com Music: The last ones by Jahzzar Metamorphosis (remix Zelf Bloemen) by Coldnoise We Have All We've Ever Wanted (Instrumental) byYACHT Ignorance is Bliss by MindsEye & Dr. Rinkel There Is Something Wrong by Mystery Mammal Sound Effects: Dead Air SOUND Effect Sound Effects PD https://youtu.be/X55bawH4404 Short Circuit - SOUND EFFECT - Elektrischer Kurzschluss BerlinAtmospheres https://youtu.be/9fk7w4gx1jA

Pre-Irresistible Fiction: Occam’s Razor Still trying to understand what’s happening with the former Occupy the Media Podcast. I’m not willing to believe we are witnessing actual interdimensional communication. So, I’m considering other reasons involving collusion, trickery, and mind-f*ckery. Occam’s Razor seems to be the best pathway to a solution. “The most useful statement of the principle for scientists is "when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better." http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/occam.html Occam’s Razor on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor My two choices are: somehow, another version of me, in a different dimension, has perfected interdimensional communication; or, somebody is messing with me big time in this dimension. Until I get proof of the potential for interdimensional communication, I’m inclined to accept trickery from within our local dimension. Drop me a line at irresistiblefiction@gmail.com I will have a website up soon. Probably irresistiblefiction.com, or irresistiblefiction.net. If you have knowledge about the topics in this podcast, or if you see anything on social media that reflects the topics raised in this podcast, please let me know about it: Interdimensional communication Quantum theory, especially Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Digital voice reproduction Literary theory, narrative writing, fiction writing, or if you write fiction. High strangeness: have you had strange, possibly interdimensional encounters recently? irresistiblefiction@gmail.com Here’s the music I used for this post: Last Dance by Jahzzar http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Blinded_by_dust/Last_Dance Happy Feelings by Dan Lizard http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dan_Lizard/Dance_2_The_Music_EP/01_-_Dan_Lizard_-_Happy_Feelings_-_Dance_2_the_Music_EP Bad Panda #127 by Hypermagic http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hypermagic/Bad_Panda_127/ Dirt Rhodes by Kevin MacLeod http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Blues_Sampler/Dirt_Rhodes Autumn Sunset by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/AUTUMN_SUNSET_________________1-36 Jenny’s Theme by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw/Audionautix_Acoustic/JENNYS_THEME___________________-45

Transmission Four: Hello World Orkin, Raptor, Racket International Department of Interdimensional Communication An explanation. A request. Music embed: Kopeika, by et http://freemusicarchive.org/music/et_/The_agency_of_missing_hearts/02_-_Kopeika#

Howdy Occupiers. Getch here, and I don’t know what’s going on. I’m sorry if I’m not going to be much help explaining those last three posts on the OTMC podcast. They are still a mystery to me. I did sit down in front of the mic to better explain just how much this is all a mystery to me. I’ll let ya’ll know when I know more. Until then, I guess you should keep checking back here. Who knows what’s going to happen next? I’m following the format of the mystery transmissions until I figure something else out. Vellela Vellela: Telephone Poles For Sale is the music bed for this podcast. You can find Vellela Vellela here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Velella_Velella/The_Bay_Of_Biscay/Telephone_Poles_For_Sale “Velella Velella come from Seattle. They make music that’s blissed out, tonal, enthusiastic and grooving. At their disposal is a mess of instruments: drum machine, drum kit, snarly bass, tremmy vibes, clean guitar lines, bassy Roland and overdriven Fafisa keyboards, drippy guitar washes.” From their Free Music Archive profile.

Transmission Three Orkin, Raptor, Racket, Intl, Dept. of Inter-Dimensional Communication Test Panel for Inter-Dimensional Communication Carrier Embed: Bad Banana Bread Artist: CSC Funk Band https://www.facebook.com/CSCfunkband/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CSC_Funk_Band/Live_at_WFMU_on_Marty_McSorelys_show_4122010/CSC_Funk_Band_-_02_-_Bad_Banana_Bread Big Data: 20 Mind-Boggling Facts Everyone Must Read http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2015/09/30/big-data-20-mind-boggling-facts-everyone-must-read/#577a20e46c1d Knowledge Doubling Every 12 Months, Soon to be Every 12 Hours http://www.industrytap.com/knowledge-doubling-every-12-months-soon-to-be-every-12-hours/3950 Understanding The Growth Of Information [INFOGRAPHIC] http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/growth-of-information/477932

Transmission Two O,O,R, International: Department of Inter-Dimensional Communication Carrier Embed: (03) Cargo Ships (Chairs), by Matt LeGroulx http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Matt_LeGroulx/ Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/heisenberg-uncertainty-principle-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle

Test Panel for Pan-Dimensional Communication Music embed: Masters of Science Fiction Artist: Lazy Magnet http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lazy_Magnet/Is_Music_Even_Good/Masters_Of_Science_Fiction

Talk Nation Radio: Mel Duncan on why unarmed civilian protection is better than war Written by davidswanson Mel Duncan is a co-founder and current Director of Advocacy and Outreach for Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international non-governmental organization that provides direct protection to civilians caught in violent conflict and works with local civil society groups on violence deterrence throughout the world. He has received numerous awards. The Utne Reader named Duncan one of “50 Visionaries Who are Changing Our World.” The American Friends Service Committee nominated Nonviolent Peaceforce for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. Total run time: 29:00 Host: David Swanson.Producer: David Swanson.Music by Duke Ellington. Syndicated by Pacifica Network. Please encourage your local radio stations to carry this program every week!

Viking Economics: George Lakey On How Nordic Nations Used Nonviolent Action to Oust the 1% This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, George Lakey, nonviolent movement strategist, organizer, teacher, and author, joins us to speak about his new book, Viking Economics, about how Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland used nonviolent action to gain long-lasting economic justice . . . and how we can follow in their footsteps here in the United States. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: George Lakey is a long time activist, strategist and trainer for nonviolent movements, the cofounder of Training for Change and Earth Quaker Action Team, and the author of nine books that were "written as homework for the movement to support activism and a better world for all of us". His newest book, Viking Economics, explores how the Nordic Nations used nonviolent action to gain long-lasting economic justice. Related Links: Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got it Right and How We Can Too! http://vikingeconomics.org/ How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the 1% by George Lakey http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/how-swedes-and-norwegians-broke-the-power-of-the-1-percent/ Princeton Study on Oligarchy and American Non-Democracy https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf Rivera Sun's Op-Ed on the Princeton Study "Rich People Rule: Struggle Lies Ahead" http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23473-rich-people-rule-struggle-lies-ahead Earth Quaker Action Team http://www.eqat.org/ Training for Change http://www.trainingforchange.org/ Norway To Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/15/norway-pledges-to-become-climate-neutral-by-2030 Where to Invade Next by Michael Moore http://wheretoinvadenext.com/ Deep Ecology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org This week's featured music is "Jog" by the band, Crowfoot, on their album, "As the Crow Flies". Find their music at www.crowfootmusic.com About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit:https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.

d@w Contributor:Richard WolffJune 27, 2016 Your voice matters, SHARE THIS On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on victories (1) over US sugar industry and (2) in reducing Sweden's 40-hour workweek to 30 hours with no pay cut. Major analyses of jobs moving south, legal fight over tax exemption for religions, corporate bailouts in Michigan, excess Corp borrowing, and capitalist technology serving profits not people.

We’re In The Midst Of A Political Realignment by MFlowers Decades of lesser evil voting and the failed policies that have been the result are creating a political realignment in the United States. Such a realignment has been going on in other countries recently such as Spain, Venezuela, Greece and Iceland. The two major parties in the US, the Democrats and Republicans, are shrinking and more people are joining third parties or switching to be unaffiliated. We’ll discuss this political realignment and what it means with Darcy Richardson and Ashley Smith. Relevant articles and websites: Donald Trump Frees Us to Vote as We Wish by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Will the Democrats Put Out the Bern? by Ashley Smith The Sanders Campaign and the Left by Ashley Smith and Lance Selfa International Socialist Organization Uncovered Politics Guests: Darcy Richardson is the author of more than a dozen books covering American political history. Richardson’s books on American history and politics — one of which earned an Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) from scholarly Choicemagazine in 2005 — were cited in Newsweek’s “What You Need to Read” section in July 2010. His most recent book, Bernie: A Lifelong Crusade Against Wall Street & Wealth, was published by Sevierville Publishing in December 2015. Long active in third-party politics, Richardson has rubbed shoulders with some of the best-known political figures of the past three decades. In addition to managing one of the late Minnesota Senator Eugene J. McCarthy’s campaigns and serving as a senior advisor in another, Richardson ran for Pennsylvania Auditor General in 1980 and for the U.S. Senate eight years later on the Philadelphia-based Consumer Party ticket. In 2012, he offered himself as a protest candidate in several Democratic presidential primaries, briefly challenging Wall Street’s increasingly corrupt influence on the Democratic Party and the nation’s body politic. A resident of Jacksonville, Richardson has been quoted in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, theWashington Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and has written numerous articles for a wide range of publications. He has also been a guest on several nationally-syndicated radio talk shows, ranging from the progressive “Thom Hartmann Show” to Joseph Farah’s conservative “WorldNetDaily Radioactive” program. Darcy can be reached via email at darcy@uncoveredpolitics.com Ashley Smith is on the editorial board of the International Socialist Review (ISR) and on the Steering Committee of the International Socialist Organization. He has written on various subjects for the ISR as well as Socialist Worker, New Politics, ZNet, and Jacobin. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.

Talk Nation Radio: Harvey Wasserman on Environmental and Antiwar Activism Written by davidswanson Harvey Wasserman is a life-long activist who speaks, writes and organizes widely on energy, the environment, history, the drug war, election protection, and grassroots politics. He teaches (since 2004) history and cultural & ethnic diversity at two central Ohio colleges. He works for the permanent shutdown of the nuclear power industry and the birth of Solartopia, a democratic and socially just green-powered Earth free of all fossil and nuclear fuels. He writes for Ecowatch, solartopia.org, freepress.org and nukefree.org, which he edits. He helped found the anti-war Liberation News Service. In 1972 his History of the U.S., introduced by Howard Zinn, helped pave the way for a new generation of people’s histories. In 1973 Harvey coined the phrase “No Nukes” and helped found the global grassroots movement against atomic energy. In 1990 he became Senior Advisor to Greenpeace USA. Harvey’s America at the Brink of Rebirth: The Organic Spiral of U.S. History, which dissects our national story in terms of six cycles, will be published soon at www.solartopia.org Total run time: 29:00 Host: David Swanson.Producer: David Swanson.Music by Duke Ellington. Please encourage your local radio stations to carry this program every week!