Wednesday, September 25, 2024 – Tribes Addressing the ‘Forever Chemical’ Problem

Two years after the EPA found high levels of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) contamination in the drinking water at the K-12 tribal school on the Leech Lake Reservation, students and staff are still forced to consume only water brought in from outside the building. Leech Lake is one place tribes are having to respond to the presence of PFAS, a class of man-made chemicals used in fire suppressing foam, water repellents on textiles, and older nonstick cookware. High PFAS exposure is connected to some health problems including cancer and thyroid disease. Nearly 100% of Americans have PFAS in their body. Information specific to Native Americans is limited. We’ll talk with some tribes that are trying to address PFAS in their water and explore what can be done.

GUESTS

Laurie Harper (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), director of education for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Michael Jacobs (Waccamaw Siouan Tribe), Chief of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe

Fred Corey, natural resources assistant for the Mi’kmaq Nation

Dr. Kimberly Garrett, environmental health toxicologist at Northeastern University

Tuesday, September 25, 2024

Today Thom will be covering:

Radio Silence: How Progressives Lost the Airwaves

News – Kamala’s campaign office shot up, Haitians fight back against Trump & Vance, and the DOJ is going after monopoly in America…

A sexual assault victim speaks out against Trump, ‘I Tried to Push Him, He Kept Coming Back At Me.’ How can a man like this ever had been elected and a step away from being re-elected?

Dean Obeidallah – Trump just asked Netanyahu to interfere in 2024 election – Say what?! Who else is tried of Trump’s treason chaos?

Theocracy hits ND – Judge sides with Catholic diocese — suspends abortion, IVF and LGBTQ protections in ND

Geeky Science! Traveling makes you live longer! 

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Host Grant Oliphant

May 24, 2024

David Miyashiro: Personalized Education and Community Engagement are Opportunities to help students chart their own success

David Miyashiro is the Superintendent of Cajon Valley Union School District. The district consists of more than 17,000 students in Kindergarten through 8th grade. Under David’s leadership, The White House recognized Cajon Valley School District as one of the “Top 35 District Leaders in Personalized Learning.” As a self-described educator and public servant, David and his team identify opportunities and adapt them for schools in partnership with people across the region. He works to build the buy-in of students, teachers, parents, boards, and the community by engaging them in the process and integrating their feedback to drive success. In the early 2000s, David noticed his students were testing well but not achieving their life outcomes. Inspired by Sir Ken Robinson and his Ted Talk “Do schools kill creativity? David and his colleagues began to shift their approach from test scores as a measure of accountability to personalized education through technology, innovation, and career development through the World of Work. We hope you enjoy this episode.

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Listen to Native America Calling at Noon Friday for a conversation and stories about this remembrance.

The world is gearing up for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Of course, that decisive military action by Allied forces was more than just one day and was supported by actions across Europe. We’ll hear about what the war was like for Native Americans who served, and get a profile of one of the infantry divisions that had among the highest percentage of Native enlisted members in the military.

Fridays 8 am, Tuesday 7pm

Co-hosted by Grant Oliphant and Crystal Page, Stop & Talk is a show about connection and building a more vibrant region together through creativity, health and community.

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By KNSJ Staff

Published May 9, 2023

KNSJ, San Diego’s radio network for social justice, announces an open house of its new studio from 10 am-3 pm Saturday, May 20, with a ribbon cutting ceremony at noon.  Lori Saldaña, former Speaker of the California House, will be the official ribbon cutter opening up the new studio.  Located inside the Employee Rights Center at 4161 Home Avenue in San Diego, the new studio will be open to its friends, listeners and supporters who have helped make KNSJ’s vision a reality, as well as welcoming the general public to the open house.  From 10 am to 3:00 pm, KNSJ will be broadcasting live, taking calls, serving refreshments, and connecting with its most valuable resource:  members of the listening community.

“The new KNSJ broadcast and production facility marks the beginning of our partnership with the Employee Rights Center, an organization dedicated to advancing the rights of San Diego workers,” says KNSJ General Manager Martin Eder.  “The ERC has generously established a wing of their new headquarters as the official base for all KNSJ operations.  The new studio will be a major upgrade allowing us more opportunities for community outreach and new video and audio capabilities for improved production quality.  We hope that our enhanced capabilities for growth will also encourage even more community involvement.” 

The May 20^th KNSJ Community Open House is an opportunity for the public to see what the future holds in store for volunteer-run KSNJ and its listening community.  KNSJ is a listener-supported and listener-involved station.  During the open house, the public is invited to find out how they can become a participant in the independent media platform needed in the San Diego and border region.   

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CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs.

Founded in fall 2002 as a grassroots effort to prevent the US war on Iraq, we continue to organize for justice for Iraqis, to hold war criminals accountable, and to end and prevent other U.S. wars and regime change efforts. We actively oppose U.S. sanctions on Iran, Venezuela, N. Korea, Cuba, and more, the continuing U.S. war in Afghanistan, torture, the detention center at Guantanamo, weaponized and spy drones, and the prosecution of whistle-blowers. We support Palestinian rights, diplomacy, and growing local peace economies. Our flagship campaign is Divest from the War Machine to divest from companies that derive their profits from U.S. military interventions, the global arms trade, and the militarization of our streets.