Radioactivity 4 12 18 Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Yesterday President Trump suggested that an attack on Syria was imminent, after a reported chemical weapons attack on civilians in that country last week. Russia warned that a US attack on Syrian could lead to a clash between the US and Russia. Russian military forces… Read more »
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Greg Palast Has the Scoop on the President’s Election Integrity Commission
Human rights workers arrested for investigating labor conditions in Ivanka Trump’s factories Three labor rights investigators were arrested in China in May while they were looking into working conditions at factories that make shoes for Ivanka trump — the president’s daughter. After a month in custody they have been released, but now they face trial… Read more »
Small scale monumental concepts: Eduardo Chillida at the Dali Museum
Honey we shrunk the monolith. That could be an alternative title to the new exhibit at the Dali Museum in Saint Petersburg. The Spanish sculptor, Eduardo Chillida, is showcased in the museum’s first sculpture display in its new building. Chillida is best known for his monumental pieces set in public spaces. But, the showing, Memory,… Read more »
Professor William Orman Beeman Discusses U.S.-Iran Relations on Radioactivity Friday
The Trump Administration’s tough talk on Iran: Is it true? This week, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States will conduct a “comprehensive review” of its policy toward Iran, warning that leaving the country “unchecked” could increase threats around the world. Tillerson told Congress late Tuesday that the White House will consider… Read more »
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FBI Agent and Author Joe Navarro on Radioactivity Wednesday
FBI agent recounts the spy ring that went from West Germany to Tampa Host Rob Lorei interviewed Joe Navarro, a veteran FBI special agent who was able to uncover one of the smartest spies of the Cold War era — a spy with a photographic memory, an Army veteran who spent time here in Tampa,… Read more »
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Columnist Scott Maxwell on Radioactivity Friday
Columnist Scott Maxwell on the investigation into Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi A southwest Florida prosecutor assigned by the governor to investigate a bribery complaint against President Donald Trump and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has found insufficient evidence to move forward. Fort Myers-area State Attorney Stephen Russell presented Gov. Rick Scott last week with… Read more »
Visiting Students from Sweden on Radioactivity Tuesday
Students visiting from Sweden give international perspectives on the United States For the past few years, WMNF has hosted groups of Swedish high school students who have traveled by ship across the Atlantic to Florida. They’ve come from Gothenburg, on Sweden’s southwest coast — just south of Oslo, Norway and just north of Denmark. Host… Read more »
USF panel examines foreign policy in Trump era
Depending on which foreign policy expert you ask, President Trump is either carrying out essentially a continuation of decades of U.S. policy overseas or he represents a new and dangerous wildcard; both points of view were represented by panelists Thursday in a conference at the University of South Florida in Tampa on “The Trump administration and… Read more »
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Sadhguru’s Inner Engineering on Radioactivity Thursday
Local Practitioners Discuss Yogi Sadhguru’s Inner Engineering Program Yoga has taken off in the U.S. since the 1960s. In a few days, internationally known yogi Sadhguru, who has reached over 100 million people worldwide through his yoga and meditation practices, will teach his ‘Inner Engineering’ program in Tampa April 29-30 at the Tampa Convention Center…. Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, April 6 – Alia Malek
Syrian-American journalist and attorney Alia Malek was our guest for the first part of today’s program. She’s just written a new book, The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria, about living in Syria just as the Arab Spring was taking root in early 2011, and how the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad… Read more »
8th grader who wants to help Syrian refugees is Crist’s guest for president’s speech
Many Democratic members of Congress are inviting immigrants as their guests to watch President Trump’s speech Tuesday night; St. Petersburg’s Charlie Crist is inviting a local 8th grader who wants to help Syrian refugees relocate to the area. Oliver Hess attends Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg. “Well, I am very honored to be Congressman… Read more »
Are Better US-Iran Relations Possible?
2 7 17 Good morning, welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Today —we get the perspective of an American professor who has spent forty years traveling to Iran. President Trump has had some tough talk about Iran in the past few days— we’ll talk about the heightened tension between the US and Iran in… Read more »
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What Do Mainstream Faiths Think Of President Trump’s Ban on Refugees from Seven Countries?
WMNF’s MidPoint with Rob Lorei February 1, 2017 President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice. He has also halted the issuing of visas to the nationals of six other mainly Muslim countries, including Iran, Iraq, Yemen and Libya, for three months. Trump said the measures were… Read more »
New York Times Reporter talks Russian Support for Far Right Movements in Europe
http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_161227_110617_radioactivityT1_187.MP3 By Rob Lorei Today on WMNF’s Radioactivity Rob Lorei talked with New York Times reporter Andrew Huggins about his front page story from this past Sunday which looks at Russian support for right wing and neo-nazi political groups in Europe. Higgins reports on a network of extremists in Hungary, France and Scandinavia who receive funding,… Read more »
