Hour 1

We open with a beautiful poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

We then explore the origins of the 1963 Atomic Test Ban with the tragic tale of the premature death of Patrick Kennedy, the son of President John Kennedy and First Lady Jackie.

This terrible loss led directly to JFK agreeing with Nikita Khrushchev to ban nuclear explosions in the atmosphere.

We are then honored by the genius of ROBERT ALVAREZ, JOE MANGANO and KARL GROSSMAN on critical issues of radiation and health.

We celebrate a vital op ed on this by CHRISTIE BRINKLEY in the Kansas City Star, with McClatchy syndication.

We take a deep dive into the legendary “Baby Teeth” study, and Project 2025’s insane push for more nuke testing.

We hear from PAUL NEWMAN warning about Christian Nationalists who want an Armageddon to fulfill Biblical prophecy.

A spiritual contribution comes from LYNN MYSTIC-HEALER, and from MELISSA, who asks “Is this even legal?”

From LISA WHITE we hear about the movement in Fresno for post-nuclear sanity.

When the powerful speak, mushroom clouds emerge – oh so easily. Power is about conquest; winning the war, getting what you want no matter the cost.

For instance, Israel should nuke Gaza. “Do whatever you have to do.” Thus declared Sen. Lindsey Graham last year in a Meet the Press interview, comparing the current genocide in Palestine to the U.S. decision to end World War II by A-bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “That was the right decision,” he said, spewing out the historical abstraction that still rules the world.

Despite spring break in full swing at campuses across Ohio, including the Ohio State University, Ohio University, Cleveland State University, and Kent State University,  dozens of students gathered at the Ohio Statehouse to testify against Senate Bill 1, a controversial higher education bill currently under consideration in the Ohio House. The bill would consolidate university governance in the hands of the government, censor what students can and can’t learn, gut our professors’ labor rights, and ban any program, office, or scholarship deemed to be “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” 

Citizens of America. Are you prepared to sit back and watch another round of genocide of innocent human beings in Gaza? It is clear that President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu have reached an agreement. In the meeting rooms at the Pentagon and White House, the Israel government and American Empire have agreed on a plan to ethnically cleans Gaza. The first stage is to shut off all aid to Gaza, to shut off the electricity, and to destroy the water system. In the middle ages this was called siege warfare.

The genocidal leaders failed to invite me to the planning meetings, but Israel's announcements over the past two days indicate that they will institute a siege. Trump will continue to offer Palestinians an off ramp in Jordan or Egypt, despite the governments of those two countries expressly refusing to accept the ethnically cleansed Palestinian population of 2.1 million people. We can be sure the Empire is applying maximum pressure to those two countries. Saudi Arabia is hovering in the background, supporting the American Empire in it's willingness to slaughter the remaining population of Gaza, while attempting to pacify it's Arab Muslim population.