In late April there was a conference called “Psychedelic Science 2013,” at which over 100 of the world’s leading researchers from 13 countries presented recent findings on the benefits and risks of such things as: use of LSD, psilocybin, and other drugs, along with a discussion of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Should be an interesting show: Tuesday May 14, noon to one ET at wscafm.org, or later at theburtcohenshow.com. And tell me what you think.

Listen in live from noon to one ET at wscafm.org, podcast later at theburtcohenshow.com

Streaming live at www.wscafm.org    Locally at 106.1 fm    On your mobile device using TuneIn  and search for WSCA.

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I’ll be doing Burt’s show again this Thursday. Last week I played what I call “Bubble Gum Music” from the early 1960’s… This week we’ll move to the end of the 1960’s decade, to 1968 and 1969, and play some psychedelic and Viet Nam protest music.

On the WSCA stage will be the likes of: Eric Burdon & The Animals; Country Joe & The Fish; Jerry Lee Lewis; Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon; The Ronnetts; The Amboy Dukes; The Blues Project; The Blues Magoos; Barry McGuire; Dell Shannon; The Vanilla Fudge; It’s a Beautiful Day; The Moody Blues; and The Iron Butterfly.

Hope to see you all Thursday on the radio! We are: WSCA, Portsmouth Community Radio, 106.1 FM – LP. Catch it on the net at our web site, just click listen on line.

I happens Thurs March 15^th, 10am to 12 noon.  It’s the Ides of March!

The Burt Cohen Show will follow at noon to 1pm.

Gordon

Was the Civil War necessary? Did the unimaginably horrible devastation accomplish anything?

David Goldfield, author of the new book America Aflame is Burt’s guest Tuesday 7/12. Sure, there are thousands of books on the Civil War, yet this is a very enlightening perspective. Why did the northern abolitionists give up on blacks after the war? How did science replace faith in propping up racism? Was the south forced to launch a war? Tune in between noon and one, you know where wscafm.org or 106.1 FM

Today Burt will discuss the Greek Debt Situation and it’s impact on world markets.  Following this portion of the program, the topic will be “uncontacted” tribes.

Noon to 1 pm at 106.1 FM locally or streaming online at www.wscafm.org and click on the “Listen Now” button at top of page.

Respected senior statesman or war criminal? As Henry Kissinger touts his new book, many are calling for his arrest and prosecution for perhaps a million deaths in Indochina, Chile, and many other places. On Today’s Burt Cohen show, the widow of Charlie Horman (“Missing”) and others. Noon to one ET @wscafm.org   Listen locally at 106.1 FM  or streaming online at www.wscafm.org and click on “Listen Now” at the top of the page.

Deja Vu? Some of our modern economic troubles might seem strangely redundant to members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Back then, there was much discussion among members about how to preserve the power of the wealthy against too much democracy. On this show, historian William Hogeland will provide insight into the original intentions and how the current power over our finance system was created. The struggles of toady go way back.

 Noon to one at wscafm.org 106.1 or streaming online at www.wscafm.org and click on “listen now” at top of page.

The legendary Owsley was killed in a car crash recently. He supplied the Grateful Dead and set the standard for clean, quality LSD. What is it’s long term legacy? Burt’s guest Tuesday March 22nd is Dr Philip Wolfson, a psychiatrist in the Bay Area, argues psychedelics can be a valuable path to transformation. They’ll discuss new research into how this class of drugs can legitimately help difficult psychiatric conditions. Tune in.

Noon to one. On wscafm.org, 106.1 FM

In the jumble of news from Japan, we’ll look at the reality of the physical status of the troubled nuclear plants and what it means with Michael Mariotte of Nuclear Information Resource Service on the first half. Then on the second half of the show, the guest is Salon columnist Justin Elliot examining and analyzing the nuclear industry spin. That’s the Burt Cohen Show from noon to one.

And from ten to noon Fine Aged Rock is dedicated to the recently departed Augustus Stanley Owsley, AKA the Bear, who greatly influenced the ’60s San Francisco psychedelic sound (in more ways than one).

Towns all over America are faced with huge deficits and are under pressure to sell everything, including drinking water, to corporate interests. But in small towns, including heavily Republican NH towns like Barnstead, they’ve sent corporations packing. They’ve actually established new legal rights.

How? Tune in to The Burt Cohen Show from noon to one Tuesday, or subscribe to the podcast.

Ever wonder abut  how the war in Afghnainstan can end? On Tuesday’s Burt Cohen Show are spokespersons for Afghans for Peace, an alliance of Afghans from various ethnic, religious, socio-economic, cultural, and political backgrounds who support an all inclusive, just and peaceful Afghanistan.

They oppose both the Taliban and US occupation.

Listen locally at 106.1 FM or streaming online at www.wscafm.org and click on “Listen Now” at top of page.

Well, some of them anyway. Tuesday’s guest  on The Burth Cohen Show is Chuck Collins co-founder of Wealth for the Common Good (along with Bill Gates Sr.)

 Who cares if the top 1% has the same wealth as the bottom 90%? What does it matter? Can America remain a democratic republic if it doesn’t change? Or whould we just surrender citizen power to the very rich?

 Tune in today Noon to 1 PM … locally at 106.1 FM or online at www.wscafm.org and click on “Listen Now”

How is it that liberals became collaborators in the plutocratic takeover?

What can Americans do now to preserve our threatened republic? I assure you, you won’t want to miss Chris Hedges at wscafm.org, live Tuesday Dec 7th noon to one ET, podcast later at theburtcohenshow.com. Chris Hedges will challenge and stimulate your thinking.

Chris Hedges is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. His newest book is “Death of the Liberal Class.”  Hedges has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. He received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002. The Los Angeles Press Club honored Hedges’ original columns in Truthdig by naming the author the Online Journalist of the Year in 2009, and granted him the Best Online Column award in 2010 for his Truthdig essay “One Day We¹ll All Be Terrorists.”  He left the New York Times after being issued a formal reprimand for denouncing the Bush administration¹s invasion of Iraq.

And he’s been all over the national media lately.