Nature Bats Last

Nature Bats Last - 12.23.14

This week’s version of Nature Bats Last on the Progressive Radio Network brings news and analysis about the American torture program. Michael J. Sliwa and I interview Albert Bates, lawyer, author, teacher, and resident of The Farm eco-community for more than 40 years. We wrap with a brief update about climate change.

Nature Bats Last - 12.16.14

Mike Sliwa and I interview Paul Beckwith about his recent trip to Lima, Peru for COP20. Breaking Hopium is offered by Cory Morningstar.

Nature Bats Last - 12.09.14

Tonight's edition of Nature Bats Last on the Progressive Radio Network covers NTHE in the mainstream media, the shenanigans of the NSA, rising food prices and there connection to societal unrest, our interview with renowned independent journalist Dahr Jamail and another climate update. 

Nature Bats Last - 12.02.14

This week's show touches upon news beyond the mainstream, systemic white supremacy in the new millennium,our most-recent Doomer of the week, and of course the climate update and summary. The bulk of the show focuses on Mike and Guy's recent travels and our perceptions based on our decidedly counter-cultural lenses.

Nature Bats Last - 11.25.14

This week's episode includes an extensive conversation with Mimi Riley, who teaches sociology at Butte College in Chico, California. Mimi delves deeply into the science of near-term human extinction as a result of abrupt climate change, as well as how we respond. The usual climate-change update is replaced with a snippet from HBO's latest episode of The Newsrooom.

Nature Bats Last - 11/18/14

This week on Nature Bats Last we have touch upon river diversions, Ferguson, and the U.S.,China climate agreement. Our guest is Carolyn Baker of The Lifeboat Hour as she discusses her work and her collaboration with Guy on their book Extinction Dialogs.

Nature Bats Last - 11/11/14

This week finds Sliwa and McPherson back together as co-hosts, engaging in conversation with Calvin Terrell. Calvin is founder and lead facilitator of Social Centric, an organization he designed to provide education and training for all ages to enhance human interactions and global progress. You can find more about Calvin and his work at calvinterrell.com.

Nature Bats Last - 11/04/14

This week's episode features an interview with Karl Klein. Dr. Klein is associate professor of computer studies at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.

Nature Bats Last - 10/28/14

Hosted by Pauline Panagiotou Schneider with guests Dr. Susan Rubin and Cameron Kelly, discussing their recent activism, women as activists, the pipeline, Ebola, NTHE, and more. 

Nature Bats Last - 10/21/14

This week McPherson interviews Ray McGovern, a legend in the whistle-blower community. Ray leads the “Speaking Truth to Power” section of Tell the Word, an expression of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington.  A co-director of the Servant Leadership School between 1998 and 2004, he has been teaching there for 15 years.