WCRS Podcast - consciousvoices
Conscious Voices 080819 Toni Morrisson
1:00:00 minutes (36.87 MB)
3 recorded speeches by one of the foremost American intellects and literary artists of the last century or more.
Conscious Voices 0725129 SB6, Nuclear Bail-out Bill passes, and Morgan Harper Challenges Joyce Beatty
59:58 minutes (46.89 MB)
SB 6 has passed and was signed in to law this week. It creates a semi-permanent rate hike (fee) on our electric bills to off-set unspecified costs related to maintaining 4 antiquated power plants ( 2 nuclear and 2 coal) owned by First Energy. The bill also does away with the state's energy conservation standards. A coalition of environmental groups may seek to overturn the new law by means of a statewide referendum.
Full audio from a press conference held at the statehouse on the day of the vote.
Also; local community organizer Morgan Harper is challenging Democratic incumbent Joyce Beatty for the nomination to run for Ohio's 3rd congressional district - a so-called "safe" Democratic district created when the Republican Party re-drew a number of congressional districts to assure a Republican majority in the Ohio congressional delegation. Beatty may be slightly to trhe Left of the political center, while Harper's politics more closely resemble those of the newer generation of self-described progressives. She supports the Green New Deal, free college tuition, un iversal health care, and a comprehensive approach to resolving the nation's affordable housing crisis. A full interview with Morgan Harper.
Conscious Voices 070419 Democratic Candidates at the Move On Big Ideas Forum
59:55 minutes (38.31 MB)
Talks by several of the leading Democratic candidates at the Move-On "Big Ideas" forum
Conscious Voices 071219 For The Trees
59:55 minutes (41.28 MB)
As Columbus continues to see its urban canopy diminish due to predation by developers, utility construction, aging, and thoughtless and caprecious homeowners or parasitic house-flippers, and, in general, poor municipal management, we have two reports on the importance of trees and efforts in at least one city to increase their population in an urban setting.
Conscious Voices HB6 Permanent Fossil Fuel bail-out?
59:59 minutes (44.82 MB)
This week the Ohio House passed HB6, an energy policy bill misleadingly touted as a "clean energy" bill, but which opponents say weakens environmental protections, and creates permanent subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. An interview with the Ohio Environmental Council's Trish Demeter.
Conscious Voices Local Dialogue on Venezuela
59:59 minutes (43.29 MB)
A recent talk in Columbus by professor of international human rights, Dan Kovalik on the situation in Venezuela was joined, informally, by a family of Venezuelan ex-patriots who support the U,S,-backed Venezuelan opposition. The talk begins as a straightforward presentation, but then devolves in to an unmoderated discussion that includes dissenting viewpoints, thus offering a good example of the differences between pro and anti-revolution perspectives.
Conscious Voices Gerrymandering in Ohio
59:55 minutes (43.15 MB)
Interview with Jen Miller, Ohio League of Women Voters on the recent Federal district court ruling declaring that Ohio's electoral districting is unconstitutional due to Gerrymandering
Also audio from a rally in support of Masonique Saunders, and speech by Elizabeth Warren
Your Music 250319 Amber Evans tribute
1:59:59 minutes (79.58 MB)
Local social justice activist Amber Evans disappeared in January, and was found recently in the scioto river, an apparent case of suicide - though some harbor lingering doubts about the circumstances of her death. This program is a musical tribute to Amber, featuring songs of struggle and loss, and also of beauty and power.
