Episodes

  • Talk World Radio: War on Iran and What to Do About It

    Talk World Radio: War on Iran and What to Do About It
    Mar 16 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about the war on Iran with two of my colleagues from RootsAction. Hanieh Jodat Barnes is Senior Partnerships Coordinator, an Iranian American activist, and one of the founding members of Women’s March Los Angeles. Jeffrey Sterling is Whistleblower Advocate, a former CIA case officer who was at the agency, including the Iran Task Force, for nearly a decade. He served two and a half years in prison after being convicted of violating the Espionage Act. No incriminating evidence was produced at trial. His memoir is "Unwanted Spy: The Persecution of an American Whistleblower." Websites mentioned: https://rootsaction.org https://defusenuclearwar.org
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Karen Malpede on Radical Lives and Bright Deaths

    Talk World Radio: Karen Malpede on Radical Lives and Bright Deaths
    Mar 10 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're speaking with the wonderful playwright Karen Malpede about her new book, Last Radiance: Radical Lives, Bright Deaths.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Norman Solomon on the War on Iran

    Talk World Radio: Norman Solomon on the War on Iran
    Mar 3 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about Iran. Norman Solomon is Co-Founder / National Director of RootsAction. He founded the Institute for Public Accuracy in 1997 and is its executive director. Immersed in anti-war, social justice and environmental movements since the late 1960s, he is the author of a dozen books including "War Made Invisible," "War Made Easy" and "Made Love, Got War."
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: How to Work for Peace in Australia

    Talk World Radio: How to Work for Peace in Australia
    Feb 24 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about peace advocacy in Australia. Our guest, Melanie Morrison, is executive director of the Sydney Peace Foundation which can be found at sydneypeacefoundation.org.au. Melanie Morrison is a human rights, peace, and climate justice advocate with extensive leadership experience in partnerships, strategy, communications, and program development. She is an award-winning journalist, researcher, and producer.
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: How the Winter Olympics Is Melting Away the World's Snow

    Talk World Radio: How the Winter Olympics Is Melting Away the World's Snow
    Feb 16 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about how the winter Olympics is melting the world's snow away. Our guest, Stuart Parkinson, joining us from England, is Executive Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility which has a new report out called Olympics Torched. Here's the report: https://www.sgr.org.uk/publications/olympics-torched Feb 21-23 are Global Days of Action to #CloseBases: https://daytoclosebases.org
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Jared Olson on Honduras and the U.S.

    Talk World Radio: Jared Olson on Honduras and the U.S.
    Feb 8 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about Honduras. Joining us from Honduras is Jared Olson. He is a writer and independent investigative journalist documenting the human fallout from the so-called "war on drugs," state links to organized crime, and the targeting of land and water defenders in Mexico and Honduras. His work has appeared in the Intercept, the Los Angeles Times, the Baffler, the Nation, Foreign Policy, and more. See: https://jaredoperiodista.substack.com/p/my-latest-investigation-translated https://thebaffler.com/latest/spectacle-of-justice-olson https://theintercept.com/staff/jared-olson Feb 21-23 are Global Days of Action to #CloseBases: https://daytoclosebases.org
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Mouin Rabbani on What's Happening Now in Palestine

    Talk World Radio: Mouin Rabbani on What's Happening Now in Palestine
    Feb 3 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we're speaking about Western Asia with Mouin Rabbani. He is a Middle East analyst specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian affairs. He is the co-editor of the book Aborted State? The UN Initiative and New Palestinian Junctures. He has written for numerous publications and regularly posts writing and videos on Substack. See: https://mouinrabbani.substack.com
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    29 mins
  • Talk World Radio: Vijay Prashad on Greenland, ICE, Bases, and General Strikes

    Talk World Radio: Vijay Prashad on Greenland, ICE, Bases, and General Strikes
    Jan 26 2026
    This week on Talk World Radio we're speaking with Vijay Prashad, an Indian historian and journalist. Prashad is the author of forty books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, and The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power. His most recent book, with Grieve Chelwa, is How the International Monetary Fund Suffocates Africa (Johannesburg: Inkani Books, 2026). Upcoming General Strike: https://x.com/BTnewsroom/status/2015651683477369098 Upcoming Global Days of Action to #CloseBases: https://daytoclosebases.org
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    29 mins