Ep. 62: Radio Evolution & The Class of 2024, "Civil War," Gaza Solidarity on Campus, Earth Day

We start the show with a discussion with outgoing Program Director Logan Lastname to talk about reviving WIDR under COVID and how they and their fellow directors have built the station up over the last few years.

 

We then go to the movies and discuss "Civil War." The film dominated the box office last weekend but we found their vision of politics about as shallow as a K Street lobbyist's understanding of the working class. 

 

We look at the anti-genocide protests popping up at the University of Michigan and Columbia. Everyone from the president on down is trying to conflate resistance to Israel's war crimes with antisemitism despite the focus being on the Israeli government, demanding universities divest from corporations materially supporting the IDF, and a number of prominent Jewish organizations leading the protests. 

 

We spend the rest of the show looking at Climate stories in the wake of Earth Day. DTE is trying to build another natural gas pipeline, we look at the cultural devastation wrought by a Michigan without a winter, and look at how young people are turning out globally and being radicalized by the ruling class' inaction on the climate crisis.

 

5:50-20:00 WIDR Program Director Logen Lastname and Reviving 89.1WIDR Under COVID

 

20:50- 42:30 Media Cyphers at The Movies: A24's "Civil War"

 

43:00- 1:13:20 U of M and Columbia Students Take a Stand Against Genocide- Demand Universities Divest from Israel

 

1:13:40- 1:46:00 Earth Day: DTE to Build a New Natural Gas Pipeline, Michigan Winter Blues, Young People and the Climate Crisis

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

‘We will not stop until we get full divestment’: UMich student protesters camp out on Diag for divestment
https://www.michigandaily.com/news/administration/we-will-not-stop-until-we-get-full-divestment-umich-student-protesters-camp-out-on-diag-for-divestment

 

All Eyes on Columbia: We Must Build a National Campaign to Defend the Right to Protest for Palestine
https://www.leftvoice.org/all-eyes-on-columbia-we-must-defend-the-right-to-protest-for-palestine-by-building-a-national-campaign-in-defense-of-students-and-academic-workers

 

DTE natural gas project in northern Michigan begins amid climate concerns
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/dte-natural-gas-project-northern-michigan-begins-amid-climate-concerns

 

Climate change is erasing Michigan winters, taking our heritage with them
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/climate-change-erasing-michigan-winters-taking-our-heritage-them

 

As Climate Crisis Grows, Youth Environmental Movements Are Radicalizing
https://truthout.org/articles/as-climate-crisis-grows-youth-environmental-movements-are-radicalizing