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Episode 165: A Brilliant Idea – Estella Pyfrom’s ‘Brilliant Bus’

2014/03/09 // 0 Comments

THE ‘BRILLIANT BUS’

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Today’s podcast focuses on the inspirational story of a rather remarkable woman, Estella Pyfrom. Estella has had quite the eventful life. She started working at the age of 6, picking beans …

Episode 164: Good News IV

2014/03/08 // 0 Comments

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It’s time for another edition of ‘Good News’ – the episodes of SLHS where we focus on the stories that prove that the sky isn’t falling, that there is another tomorrow, and that things aren’t all bad! …

Episode 163: Torontonians say Rob Ford Must Go!

2014/03/07 // 0 Comments

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Since February 12th, a dedicated group of Torontonians have held a permanent rotating citizens’ sit-in outside Rob Ford’s office at Toronto City Hall. With a round-the-clock presence and unbreakable will, they have vowed to …

Episode 161: Rob Ford on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Issues with Alternative Media, and more (Answering the Mailbag, Vol. 1)

2014/03/05 // 0 Comments

Rob Ford on Jimmy Kimmel Live: “I wasn’t elected to be perfect.”

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Guy Evans opens up the listener mailbag and fields questions on Rob Ford’s appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’, alternative media’s propensity to …

Episode 160: Striking An (Optic) Nerve

2014/03/04 // 0 Comments

New Snowden leaks reveal more about the scope of the Surveillance State

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Guy Evans looks at Glenn Greenwald’s recent report regarding the efforts of British intelligence to subvert online activism, manipulate discourse, and destroy …

SLHS Throwback: Dr. Michael Parenti on the ‘Make-Believe Media’

2014/03/03 // 0 Comments

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[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON 4/3/2013] Dr. Michael Parenti is an internationally-renowned lecturer and author, most recently of ‘The Face of Imperialism’. In this interview, he discusses the use of entertainment media as propaganda, and the relationship …

Episode 159: Deconstructing Edward Bernays’ ‘Propaganda’ (Part 13)

2014/02/28 // 0 Comments

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“Propaganda will never die out. Intelligent men must realize that propaganda is the modern instrument by which they can fight for productive ends and help to bring order out of chaos.” – Edward L. …

Episode 158: Dave Zirin on The Collision of Sports and Politics

2014/02/27 // 0 Comments

DAVE ZIRIN ON SOCHI, THE NFL CONCUSSION ISSUE, AND MORE

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Dave Zirin has been called, quite simply, the ‘best sportswriter in the United States’. He’s an author (“Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the …

SLHS Throwback: Noam Chomsky on Propaganda, Advertising, and Oppression (2012)

2014/02/26 // 0 Comments

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[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON 11/23/2012] Professor Noam Chomsky is a hugely eminent philosopher, author, activist, linguist, and public speaker whose career has spanned close to seven decades. Guy Evans of the Smells Like Human Spirit …

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