SpeakingTruth.org user: Mark Leach

Ecotopia Soon! November 21, 2010

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:21:55 -0800

Looking for leadership? Ask yourselves, what can we do to further a worthy movement? Seychelles’s ambassador. Canada’s senate. The candidates for chairing the US House’s Energy and Commerce Committee. Electric sportscar driven from Alaska to Argentina and electric vehicles in Houston. Maplecroft’s top “extreme risk” nations. Wind power and bat conservation. Philadelphia Eagles' stadium to be a sustainable electricity producer.

Music: Oscar Peterson: It Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

James Brewer: Why Did He Have to Go? from Can’t Keep from Crying: Topical Blues on the Death of President Kennedy

Piper Road Spring Band: Just Like a Dream from Kettle Morraine

John Anderson: Long Hard Lesson Learned from Paradise

Bob Westfall: Today from In a Heartbeat

Keb’ Mo: Let Your Light Shine from Keep It Simple

The Doors: Strange Days from Strange Days

Aretha Franklin: Think from Aretha Now

Ecotopia Soon! November 14, 2010

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:45:39 -0800

We’re all in this leaky canoe together, and we just elected a bunch that denies the canoe is leaking, and these climate change deniers are scrambling for key positions in the House. Meanwhile south Florida is threatened by rising waters and coral around the world suffered a “major, major” die off. Rising levels of CO2 in ocean water threatened the dominant coral of the Caribbean, elkhorn coral. Ohio State University researchers found that lies about Muslims are more likely to believed by listeners of Fox and right-wing talk radio. Faithful America (faithfulamerica.org) launches a campaign to drive-out fear in the media. Right wingers dumb down constitutional scholarship. The Department of Defense should be audited annually to cut waste.

Music worth listening to: Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Peaches & Herb: Close Your Eyes from The Best of Peaches & Herb

Albert King: The Sky Is Crying from The Best of Albert King

Bob Dylan: Meet Me in the Morning from Blood on the Tracks

Johnny Cash: So Doggone Lonesome from The Sun Years

The Kinks: This Time Tomorrow from Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround

Sly and the Family Stone: Everyday Peoplefrom Sly

Ecotopia Soon! November 7, 2010

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:40:57 -0800

Are we putting the B Team back in because we’re so far behind Germany, China, and India in the race to a sustainable future? You’ll hear a lot about the proximate causes of the election results and little about the ultimate causes: Citizens United ruling allowed millions to be spent secretly and Fox News pushes the Tea Party resulting in a misinformed, confused electorate, voting for the interests of the billionaires. Over $455,000,000 spent on this election with over half from sources that no longer need to be made public. Plus other environmental and civil news.

Music:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

King Pleasure: Sometimes I’m Happy from King Pleasure Sings

Flight of the Conchords: I’m Not Crying from The Distant Future

Dinah Washington: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes from Dinah Washington Compact Jazz

The Four Tops: A Simple Game from The Ultimate Collection

John Prine: Pretty Good from John Prine

Howlin’ Wolf: Spoonful from The Best of Howlin’ Wolf

The O’Jays: Love Train from Back Stabbers

Ecotopia Soon! October 24, 2010

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:34:29 -0700

Ecotopia Soon! returns after a ten week break. I lost my endowed-professorship in environmental problem solving at Northland College and moved to Menomonie, Wisconsin to teach Biology at University of Wisconsin-Stout. There is no community radio station in Menomonie. But through the kindness of strangers and Friends, I am able to continue producing the show. I am hoping that the show will be aired on WRNC-LP and other stations. Meanwhile, here is the first show from rural Menomonie, Wisconsin. Please send you comments and suggests - or, if you' like to have Ecotopia Soon! on your radio station - please email me at ecotopia@wrnclp.org.

The biggest story of the 2010 elections that few people hear about; how the vast disparity between the rich and the rest of us is slowing the economic recovery; the egg industry, too big to fail or to care?; The National Rifle Association and the Tea Party, all rights and freedom, but no responsibility; and finally, music is innate and part of our evolutionary inheritance.

Music list: Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin (1952)

Cannonball Adderly: Autumn Leaves from Somethin Else (1958, with Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Same Jones, and Art Blakey)

The Beatles: I Want to Tell You from Revolver (1966)

Sly & the Family Stone: Color Me True from Dance to the Music (1968)

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson: Lookin' for a Feelin' from Waylon & Willie (1978)

Angelique Kidjo: Olofoofo from Black Ivory Soul (2002)

Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on You from The Famous Video Cast [YouTube] (Year unknown)

Ecotopia Soon! October 31, 2010

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:16:20 -0700

Remember to vote. Political leaders give up on major climate legislation; others promise gridlock. Randal Paul campaign worker wants apology from woman for making him stomp on her head. Candidates avoid talking climate change, energy policy, and green jobs. New poll shows that voters really care about climate change, energy policy, and green jobs. Olympia, Washington plans sea wall to protect city from rising ocean. Large solar projects announced for South Africa and the United States. German battery car sets distance record. Tea-Party-backed Republican candidates attack states' Renewable Portfolio Standards. Fossil-fuel billionaire and Tea Party secret-funder William Koch funds opponents to the Cape Wind wind power project. Rio Negro, a large tributary to the Amazon, has dried since August and is “the face of climate change.” And more environmental news. Vote, because it really does matter that we elect people who understand environmental change. And, please, I’ll try not to make you stomp on my head.

Music worth listening to: Oscar Peterson Trio: In Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin (1952)

Moondog: Remember from Moondog 2 (1971)

Otis Spann: Everything’s Going to Be Alright from Otis Spann with Muddy Waters and His Band -- Live the Life

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee: Bulldog Blues from Sing the Blues (1959)

Marvin Gaye: Mercy Mercy Mercy (The Ecology) from What’s Going On (1971)

Stevie Wonder: He’s Misstra Know It All from Innervisions (1973)

Bonnie Raitt: Real Man from Nick of Time (1989)

The Staple Singers: I’ll Take You There from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)

Ecotopia Soon! August 6, 2010

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:34:59 -0700

Mark Leach reports on the Ecological Society of America’s annual meeting and yacking at truck stops and coffee shops between Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and Ashland, Wisconsin. Technical snafus resulted in the loss of the final third of this broadcast. Concerning the future of Turkey, Mark Leach regrets saying “inhabitable” when he meant to say “uninhabitable.”

Music:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Nat King Cole Trio: Frim Fram Sauce from The Best Of Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol. 1 (1942-1946)

Mose Allison: Stop the World from Swingin’ Machine

Delbert McClintock: Take It Easy from The Ultimate Collection

Greatful Dead: New Speedway Boogie from Workingman’s Dead

Ecotopia Soon! July 30, 2010

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:43:03 -0700

Ranger Danger joins Mark Leach for environmental and other news, views, and clues: researchers try wolf CDs to move packs; Forest Service barring spelunkers to protect bats from white-nose syndrome; Republicans claim deficit is bad and claim tax cuts to rich must be preserved; Government Accountability Office reports on Native American Graves and Repatriation Act after 20 years; electric cars and pickup trucks soon from Webster City, Iowa; German students build the first “wireless” electric car, the E-Quickie; the National Petroleum Preserve to get its first management plan; and more.

Featured music:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Frank Sinatra: Blue Skies from Great American Songbook

Howlin’ Wolf: Howlin’ for My Darling from The Best of Howlin’ Wolf

Angelique Kidjo: Ominira from Black Ivory Soul

Lyle Lovett: If I Had a Boat from Pontiac

Michelle Shocked: When I Grow Up from Short Sharp Shocked

Gladys Knight the Pipps: It’s Time to Go Now from The Ultimate Collection

Ecotopia Soon! July 9, 2010

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:00:01 -0700

How do we immunize ourselves from all the fruh-ha of the fast talkers? Here are some views and clues you might choose to use: Occam’s razor (compare the speaker’s overly complex assumptions with your own simple ones); instead of answering misleading questions, ask the speaker about the important problems; if it’s not about more positive relations among people and more positive relations with nature, than maybe it’s not worth listening to. Plus more fossil fuel and clean energy news, unions, Asian carp, solar aircraft, and more.

Tunes:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Thelonius Monk: Thelonius from Underground

Al Green: Look What You Done For Me from Here I Am

Aretha Franklin: Running Out of Fools from Jazz to Soul

Chuck Berry: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man from Twentieth-Century Masters: The Best of Chuck Berry

Bob Dylan: Buckets of Rain from Blood on the Tracks

Sly and the Family Stone: Everyday People from Sly

Bob Marley: Redemption Song from Uprising

Ecotopia Soon! July 2, 2010

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:17:38 -0700

Dependence, Independence, and Interdependence Day Weekend. In 1776 there was one King George. How many do we face today? Citigroup strategists coin “plutonomism,” the rich deserve to get richer. Plutonomist Steve Forbs calls the proposed Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act the “Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill.” Criticizing religions while supporting their free practice. News from the “Well Regulated Militia”(c): Supreme Court cuts down Chicago hand-gun ban. Chicago immediately passes new strict hand-gun ordinance. When will the Senate pass carbon limits? More fracting trouble in the Marcellus Shale. North Pacific right whales almost extinct. Bees monitor toxins at German airports. And more.

Today’s music worth listening to:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five: Till We Two Are One from One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions

David Lindley and Wally Ingram: I Am a Patriot from Twango Bango

Duke Ellington: Star Spangled Banner from The Great Chicago Concerts

Greatful Dead: Brokedown Palace from American Beauty

Robert Johnson: Sweet Home Chicago from Mojo Workin’: Blues for the Next Generation

Bob Dylan: One More Cup of Coffee from Desire

Joan Armatrading: Love and Affection from Joan Armatrading

Ecotopia Soon! June 25, 2010 Part 1

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:02:15 -0700

Professor Obvious from the Institute for Advanced Zombie Studies and Mark Leach discuss the zombies in our leaky canoe, robots, Republican rhetoric, fossil-fuel crime, the real science gap, solar investing, and more slow talk.

Plus music worth listening to:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: They All Laughed from Ella and Louis Again

Mose Allison: Monsters of the Id from Hello There Universe

The Maytals: Sweet and Dandy from The Harder They Come

The Flight of the Conchords: Robots from The Distant Future

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band: Grown So Ugly from Safe as Milk

Parliament: Ride On from Chocolate City

Ecotopia Soon! June 25, 2010 Part 2

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:14:42 -0700

Professor Obvious from the Institute for Advanced Zombie Studies and Mark Leach continue their two-hour conversation and record spinning. Corn-based ethanol might actually produce energy. Solar power investments up. Downy mildew threatens basil. Myths regarding vegetarian zombies. And more.

Play list

Muddy Waters: Little Geneva from She Moves Me Vol. 2

Sukay: Danza del Sicuri from Return of the Inca

The Doors: Spanish Caravan from The Best of the Doors

Delbert McClinton: Victim of Life’s Circumstances from Ultimate Collection

The Kinks: Village Green Preservation Society from The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

David Crosby: Laughing from If I Could Only Remember My Name [Bonus Track]

Ecotopia Soon! April 30, 2010

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:52:44 -0700

Ranger Danger (aka The Danger Ranger) joins Mark Leach to discuss beer coaster construction, environmental news, a survey from the Republican Senators, and phenological signs of climate change.

Play list:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra: Watusa from The Nubians of Plutonia

Piper Road Spring Band: Erie Canal from Kettle Morraine

Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Saginaw, Michigan from Come On Back

Moondog: Behold from Moondog 2

Chuck Berry: You Never Can Tell from 20th Century Masters: The Best of Chuck Berry

Michelle Shocked: Secret to a Long Life from Arkansas Traveler

Ecotopia Soon! April 23, 2010

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:53:53 -0700

With co-host Jennifer: technology tip; Jeanne Sturgal remembered; A call from Citizens United, Inc. with Dick Morris and the one question survey (Which part of Obama’s socialist agenda frightens you the most?); Senators try to curb regulation of green house gasses; trouble at shale-"fracting" sites in Pennsylvania and Louisiana; EPA seeks public comment on rule to (finally!) ban lead from aviation gasoline (see below); elephants, mastodons, and nose leeches.

To find out more about the EPA’s proposed rule to ban lead from piston-powered aircraft gasoline and instructions on how to submit your comments, go to www.epa.gov/otaq/aviation.htm and www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/nonroad/aviation/avgas-anprm.pdf.

Play list:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays Gershwin

Otis Spann: Everything’s Going to Be Alright from Live the Life

Lovell Sisters: Take One Moment from Time to Grow

Frank Sinatra: How Deep Is the Ocean from The Great American Songbook

Ravi Shankar: Mangalam from Chants of India

Sly & the Family Stone: Don’t Burn Baby from Dance to the Music

Ecotopia Soon! April 16, 2010

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:41:37 -0700

Agent Q and Mark Leach discuss: Ethical business? Exxon Mobil, General Electric, and taxes. Nuclear protection. Technology news. Dr. Zombotami demands payment for his patents. Music and more.

Play list:

Oscar Peterson: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Ali Akbar Khan: Power of Joy from Garden of Dreams

Louis Armstrong: Stormy Weather from An American Songbook

Corky Siegel: No One's Got Them Like I Do from Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues

The Staple Singers: Touch a Hand (Make a Friend) from The Best of the Staple Singers

Ecotopia Soon! May 7, 2010

Fri, 07 May 2010 18:47:22 -0700

Mark Leach has a crush on you. Neanderthals and modern humans had crushes too. The “wisdom of groups”? The wisdom of the stock market? The wisdom of BP pointing its corporate finger at its contractors who point their fingers at the manufacturers and they all point their fingers at the workers? Where are the grownups? Chinese technology.

Play list:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain’t Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Frank Sinatra: I’ve Got a Crush on You from The Great American Songbook

Jimmy Durante: Hello Young Lovers from Hello Young Lovers

Mose Allison: Monsters of the Id from Hello There Universe

Marvin Gaye: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) from Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye

Mahavishnu Orchestra: Vital Transformations from Inner Mounting Flame

Taj Mahal: Take a Giant Step from Giant Step & De Ole Folks at Home

O’Jays: Love Train from Back Stabbers

Ecotopia Soon! May 14, 2010

Fri, 14 May 2010 20:16:02 -0700

How do we get this leaky canoe to the safe harbor of Ecotopia and have fun doing it? Joe Leiberman proposes automatic removal of citizenship. Arizona boycotts. Oil leaks, fingers point. Republicans' fear campaign reaches older white males without college educations. Over-abundant deer and climate change ravage northern yew.

Please email your program suggestions and comments to ecotopia@wrnclp.org.

Play list:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson: Makin' Whoopee from Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson

Johnny Paycheck: Keeping Up with the Joneses from Sunday Morning Coming Down

Tom Lehrer: Poisoning Pigeons In The Park from Songs and More Songs by Tom Lehrer

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: China Pig from Trout Mask Replica

Martin, Bogan, and the Armstrongs: I'd Do Most Anything for You from That Old Gang of Mine

Rupa and the April Fishes: yaad from eXtraOrdinary Rendition

Van Morrison: Brand New Day from Moon Dance

Ecotopia Soon! May 21, 2010

Sat, 22 May 2010 17:18:36 -0700

Mark Leach is joined by Geralyn Karl, community health educator in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, to discuss bird watching and a future free of tobacco addiction. Environmental news and the latest congressional resignation and the failure of "abstinence only" ideology.

Play List:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Taj Mahal: Six Days on the Road from Giant Steps

Michelle Shocked: When I Grow Up from Short Sharp Shocked

Tom Waits: House Where Nobody Lives from Mule Variations

Jonathan Richman: Everyday Clothes from The Best of Jonathan Richman

Aretha Franklin: Do Right Woman - Do Right Man from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Ecotopia Soon! May 28, 2010

Sat, 29 May 2010 06:01:08 -0700

Listeners suggest an end to corporate fraud and misconduct: put Grandmothers in charge; Don't Ask, Don't Tell; George W. Bush goes windy; religious freedom includes mosque builders.

Play list:

Oscar Peterson Trio: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Cannonball Adderley: Dancing in the Dark from Somethin' Else

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Sandy Boys from Genuine Negro Jig

Buckwheat Zydeco: Do You Remember the Time? from Trouble

Ofra Haza: Harshoot - The Bridge from Kirya

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali: Dil Wali Gal Karni (Talk of the Heart) from A Better Destiny

Andrew Calhoun: The Living and The Breathing Wind from Staring at the Sun

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Ecotopia Soon! April 9, 2010

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:08:41 -0700

Ecotopia Soon! is produced weekly at that low-power giant of the North Woods, WRNC, Ashland, Wisconsin. This week DJ J J J Jeremiah joins Mark Leach for political and environmental news and opinion, bicycle talk, and music worth listening to. Streaming live each Friday at 5 PM via wrnclp.org. Send your comments and program suggestions to ecotopia@wrnclp.org.

Play List:

Oscar Peterson: It Ain't Necessarily So from Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Al Green: Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) from Here I Am

Aretha Franklin Trouble In Mind from Jazz to Soul

John Lennon Watching the Wheels from The John Lennon Collection

Keb' Mo' Let Your Light Shine from Keep It Simple

Suzanne McDermott Great Day from Waterbug.com Artist Sampler