Here’s something right and left can agree on: Did you know that the military has quietly granted itself the ability to police our streets without obtaining prior local or state consent, upending a precedent that has been in place for more than two centuries? Tune in Tuesday 5/28 from noon to one at wscafm.org to The Burt Cohen Show to find out more.

The Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was recently convicted of genocide against his own people, but on Monday that conviction was thrown out.

President Reagan was a close ally of Montt and in 1999 President Clinton apologized for the US role in the bloody human rights violations. On the Burt Cohen Show Thursday 5/23, we’ll examine the US role in that violent and widespread repression with University of Texas Professor Colin Snyder. Can there be  and American prosecution for those crimes against humanity? Tune in wscafm.org from noon to one PM, later at theburtcohenshow.com

Thursday May 23rd noon to one @wscafm.org, 106.1  … streaming live online at www.wscafm.org  or via the TuneIn App on your mobile device (Search “WSCA”)

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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One Nation, Indivisible? No. Try Eleven Rival Nations.

The Burt Cohen Show interviews Colin Woodard, author of the highly acclaimed new book “American Nations” Tuesday January 31 from noon to one.

Gingrich kicked butt throughout South Carolina. Do you feel a part of that nation?

It’s not just blue vs red, North vs South. There’s us here in Yankeedom, New Netherlands, The Midlands, Tidewater, Greater Appalachia, The Deep South (of course), New France, The Far West, El Norte, The Left Coast, and First Nation. You know this is accurate. Colin Woodard reveals a history of these rival regional nations and feels confident today’s boundaries will not look the same in a hundred years. One Nation? Never was. Tune in to this fascinating discussion. If you miss it, podcast will be at www.theburtcohenshow.com.  The guy has done his homework and knows his stuff.

Check it out on Tuesday’s show from Noon to 1 pm at 106.1 FM locally or online at www.wscafm.org and click on “Listen Now”

Rabbi Michael Lerner chairs the Network of Spiritual Progressives and is editor of Tikkun Magazine, and he argues that the spirit and origins of both Christmas and Hanukah are about fighting against economic injustice and imperialism. He says Occupy Wall Street is consistent with the true meaning of the holidays. Tune in Thursday at noon or catch it when you can on podcast on iTunes or theburtcohenshow.com.

And as always from ten to noon it’s Fine Aged Rock, with some tasty Christmas and Hanukah goodies for you.

Enjoy!!

Burt

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.

And you thought the civil war was over!
There’s suddenly serious talk in New Hampshire and elsewhere about such things as nullification of federal laws, repealing the 14th Amendment, and secession.

My guest on Tuesday’s show is Western Kentucky University Civil War History professor Glenn Lafantasie. What is settled law and what is not?

Tune in Tuesday from noon to one at WSCA 106.1 and see you at the State House Thursday!!

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).