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Get ready for two shows, part 1 and part 2. “Our guest today is Pony Man, an Executive Producer, AI content specialist, and cultural advocate. His journey has taken him from lighting and production roles on blockbuster films to creating music videos, and Indigenous-focused digital media. He’s now exploring how ancestral knowledge and cutting-edge AI can merge to shape the future of Indigenous film-making and storytelling. We’re excited to share his story and vision.” ABOUT PONY MAN Film and Television Pony’s extensive film career spans roles as a lighting technician, director, and producer on major Hollywood productions, including Wild Hogs (2006), Terminator Salvation (2008), Cowboys and Aliens (2010), and The Avengers (2011). His technical expertise shines in roles like Rigging Electrician, Lamp Operator, and Best Boy Electric on projects such as Breaking Bad (2008), 3:10 to Yuma (2006), and In Plain Sight (2007). Early on, he pioneered virtual reality R&D for The Lawnmower Man (1991-1992) with Digital Media in Santa Cruz, CA, contributing to modern 4D infrastructure. As a producer, Pony led Discover Navajo at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, managing multimedia cultural production and tribal relations. He produced and directed music videos and public service announcements for Indigenous communities in Hawaii (1999-2001) and served as Producer/Lighting Director for After After Party with Steven Quezada (2011-2012) and Buffalo Thunder Casino TV spots (2010-2011). From 2017 to 2020, Pony was Executive Producer and Content Delivery Producer for NativeFlix and Indigenous Streaming Service, where he spearheaded Ntv Native Music Television, showcasing 300 Indigenous musicians and filmmakers in a groundbreaking platform for Native voices. MUSIC AND ZIA STAR RECORDS Under his stage name, Pony Man, Pony leads Zia Star Records, a platform amplifying Indigenous artists. His latest single, Shake the Tail Feather (2025), is a vibrant anthem blending Navajo-inspired rhythms with themes of joy and unity, accompanied by a stunning music video set in a desert powwow arena. As Executive Producer, Pony champions artists like My Love Red Hand and Eddie Moonville, driving a movement of cultural pride and creative innovation. CONTACT WEBSITE: ⁠www.nativehalloffame.org⁠ EMAIL: ⁠indigenousintel@icloud.com⁠ FOLLOW: ⁠https://ntv.life⁠ PRODUCTION: ⁠https://thunderbirdgroup.co⁠

Over the course of more than 40,000 years, there have been millions of statues representing female figures created - and found - around the world. Dutch scholar Annine van der Meer, founder of the Pan Sofia Institute, collected many of their images and unravelled what she and other scholars have determined was - and in places still is - a ritual connecting generations of mothers with their ancestors and clan mothers. She mocks the conclusions of archaeologists that these are sex symbols or mere portraits, and calls for them to consult with anthropologists such as Maria Gimbutas. References to images of body parts use only formal language.

Bill Lupoletti was for so many things for so many people at WRIR. He was a kind, generous, font of music wisdom who tirelessly made sure that we decolonized our ears and kept this station running. We owe him an immeasurable debt of gratitude and he will be missed profoundly.

Indigenous in Music with Larry K and Diyet and The Love Soldiers in ou Spotlight Interview (Country) Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, this week we welcome Diyet & the Love Soldiers. Born and raised in the Yukon, Diyet blends her Southern Tutchone roots with folk, rock, and country influences, creating music that reflects her identity and her land. With her latest projects and an her new album Seeds of Dreaming, Diyet continues to inspire audiences worldwide.” She’ll be stopping in a bit to tell us all about it. Diyet is featured in our current issue of the Say Magazine, read all about "Diyet and The Love Soldiers at our place at our homepage at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org/past-shows/diyet-love-soldiers. Diyet & the Love Soldiers, Melody McArthur, Gladwyn Badger, Hataalii, Pony Man, Dani Lion, Jodi B, Shon Denay, Chantil Dukart, Janel Munoa, Janet Panic, CHANCES, QVLN, Robin Cisek, Eagle & Hawk, Juan Luis Guerra, Chris Ferree, Ed Koban, Jamie Coon Laura Niquay, The Melawmen Collective, J. Pablo, Itz Lil Lee, Keith Secola, Mexican Institute of Sound, Graeme Jonez, Joey Pringle and much more. Visit us on our home page to learn about us and our programs at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org, check into our Two Buffalo Studios and our SAY Magazine Library to find out all about our Artists and Entrepreneurs.

1. Life Nowadays - Inkognitah & Es 2. Blowin Up In The World - Kool G Rap 3. Special Forces - Bahamadia ft. Planet Asia, Rasco, Chops and DJ Revolution 4. Pure - First Division 5. 6 Figures and Up - the B.U.M.S 6. Let It Fall - Lin Que 7. All in the Mind - AKD & Deepstar ft. Tragedy Khadafi, Nutso, DJ Rob Swift 8. Tellin You - M-Boogie ft. Sandman 9. Out for Fame - KRS One 10. Lemme Find Out - Phife Dawg 11. The Goods (Fresh Mix) - Jazz Spastiks & Rebels To The Grain 12. Goin To War - El Da Sensei & The Returners ft. Treach 13. Fake Ones - Splash 14. The Way That I Rhyme - J-Live 15. Adamiks - Stayin Outta Trouble/Block Party

Fun and rhythm continues on Backbeat, every week is a new show. Where else can you hear Big Joe Turner, Cousin Emmy, Happy Fats and Eddy Arnold all in one show? You'll also hear the teenage gospel group where future soul star Candi Staton got her start, as well as obscure rockabilly, blues from Brandon Isaac and a Chuck Berry classic.

Golden oldies (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)

Buying ads won't stop foreign auto monopolies from obeying Trump. Autoworkers can take over the plants, and demand public-ownership.

On October 28th, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 104 Palestinians, including 46 children. Writer and journalist Eman Alhaj Ali joins hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to explain that the ceasefire exists on paper, but it is not implemented on the ground. She also talks about surviving the genocide. She was among a group evacuated from Gaza to take up scholarships in Ireland earlier this year. Ali Abunimah reports that Israel aims for a politically sustainable genocide under cover of “ceasefire” as he dissects the latest headline about the plan for Gaza’s international security force. On the Resistance Report, the Electronic Intifada’s contributing editor, Jon Elmer covers the latest ceasefire positions and the exchange of captives in Gaza.

Sonic Café, wow that’s Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour with the title track from Luck and Strange, his fifth solo release from 2024. So hey, welcome to the café, I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 456. This time the Sonic Café presents a music mix carefully plucked from 58 years. Yeah. We’ll spin Neal Francis from 2024, also Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, plus Cheap Trick, Goyte from 2011 with a song that has 2.4 billion views on You Tube, listen for Somebody I Used To Know, and of course many more, including a trip back to 1966 in the Sonic Café Time Machine, listen for Bus Stop from the Hollies. We’ll also spin a man on the street piece from Jimmy Kimmel Live, just to demonstrate how dumb the general public is. Seems like we’re all living in an alternate Idiocracy timeline. A great movie, check out to see what your future looks like. So ahh all that, plus Jon Anderson from Yes urging us not to do drugs in a 1971 public service announcement, and ahh some other neat stuff along the way. So let’s do it. From 1969, this is the Monkey Man, Rolling Stones, from the Let It Bleed, and as always, we’re the Sonic Café.

Sawsan Abubaker and Andrew Ginsberg speak about their activism and the origins of their determination to resist injustice and oppression through education and organizing for which they were awarded the Cleland-Tholin Pursuit of Peace Award. They are introduced by Catherine Buntin and Marcia Bernsten. Dennis Kosuth and Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago, both long time activists opposing war, racism,ethnonationalist supremacy, and genocide are the panelists who speak to the title of the evening's program; followed by a Q&A. They are introduced by Geraldine Gorman, the Kathleen M. Irwin Endowed Chair in Outstanding Clinical Practice at UIC College of Nursing and CAPA Board member. Spoken Word Performer Orion Meadows, National Spoken Word Award winner and CAPA Board member, teaches Dr. King's philosophy of nonviolence at the Institute For Nonviolence Chicago and is Media Manager for Adler University's Illinois Coalition For Higher Education in Prisons. He concludes the evenings program with two of his spoken word readings.

Each week, Make Believe Ballroom transports you to the golden age of swing with classic big band hits from the 1930s and 1940s—the music that shaped jazz and became the foundation of the Great American Songbook.

Antisemitism has long been a real and dangerous form of hatred—but today, Zionist institutions increasingly weaponize the term to silence Palestinian advocacy and discredit righteous voices calling for justice. This introduction explores how that distortion works, and why it matters. Let’s begin with clarity. Antisemitism is real. It is a centuries-old hatred that has led to unspeakable violence, discrimination, and genocide—most horrifically in the Holocaust. It must be condemned wherever it appears. But today, a dangerous distortion is unfolding. Zionist institutions and pro-Israel lobby groups have increasingly weaponized the term antisemitism—not to protect Jewish communities from hate, but to shield the Israeli state from accountability. They’ve redefined criticism of Israel as antisemitism. They’ve blurred the line between opposing a government and hating a people. And in doing so, they’ve turned a legitimate concern into a political weapon. This tactic is not new. But it’s growing more aggressive. Palestinians—who are themselves Semites—are routinely accused of antisemitism for speaking about their own dispossession. Jewish scholars, journalists, and activists who oppose Zionism are smeared as traitors. Students are expelled. Professors are fired. Social media accounts are suspended. And entire movements are branded as “hate groups” for demanding basic human rights. According to Palestine Legal, nearly half of the suppression incidents they respond to each year involve false accusations of antisemitism. The goal is clear: silence dissent. Discredit resistance. Punish truth. And it’s not just happening in the U.S. In France, President Macron called anti-Zionism a “reinvented form of antisemitism.” In Canada and the UK, governments have adopted definitions that equate criticism of Israel with hate speech. In 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution declaring that “anti-Zionism is antisemitism”. But here’s the truth: Zionism is a political ideology. It is not Judaism. It is not a religion. It is not a people. And opposing Zionism—especially in its violent, settler-colonial form—is not antisemitism. It is a moral stance. It is a defense of international law. It is a call for justice. When Palestinians speak of their stolen homes, their murdered children, their imprisoned elders—they are not expressing hate. They are expressing history. They are expressing grief. They are expressing truth. And when righteous people—of all backgrounds—stand with Palestine, they are not inciting violence. They are resisting it. So let’s be clear: The weaponization of antisemitism is not about protecting Jews. It’s about protecting power. It’s about silencing the oppressed. It’s about making sure that the crimes of the Israeli state go unchallenged. But the truth is louder than the smear. And the truth is rising. From Gaza to New York, from refugee camps to college campuses, from synagogues to mosques—people are speaking. People are resisting. People are refusing to be silenced. And that resistance? It’s not antisemitism. It’s conscience. It’s courage. It’s justice.

There is strong historical and anthropological evidence that dogs came across the Bering land bridge with people migrating from Siberia to Alaska. These dogs worked hard to maintain their keep; they werent pets. Instead, they chased and ran down polar bears and located seals hiding beneath the Bering ice. One of the early dog professionals in Alaska was Harry Karstens, who later became the first superintendent of Mount McKinley National Park. As a young man, he pioneered a dog sled route from Fairbanks to Valdez, and hauled mail to the Katishna mining district. Now, at Denali National Park in central Alaska, theres a breeding and training and leadership program for these sled dogs. I spoke with Gary Coy, the director of this remarkable kennel. In his office there is a large sign quoting Harry Karstens. It says: A man driving a dog team is the biggest dog himself. Amid the noise and the chatter of the dog kennels in Denali Park, I asked Gary to explain what that sign means and to tell us a little about this wonderful project. Gary Coy recommends A Dog-Puncher on the Yukon, by Arthur Walden. Originally Broadcast: August 28, 1996

Today’s Guest is the author of the book “Navigating School Board Politics” and an associate professor at Arizona State University. Dr. Carrie Sampson’s research focuses on K-12 educational leadership, policymaking and equity, with particular emphasis on school boards, districts, and community advocacy. She serves as a fellow for the National Education Policy Center and the Black Education Research Center. In the first half of the show, Dr. Sampson explains the importance of local politics especially as it relates to school boards and the education system at large in the United States. In the second half of the show, Dr. Sampson walks us through the terms that have been coopted and misinterpreted by the political right.

While we fall back, Celt In A Twist springs forward, with contemporary Celts who embrace tradition​ and fling it into the future. Break new ground with Brogeal, Frigg, Peatbog Faeries, Willos, and Irish Moutarde. Let Patricia Fraser guide you to getting your Celt In A Twist.

As the world unravels around us, we hold tight to the ties that bind, music in particular; healing dub reggae for Jamaica from Pachyman and SunDub Meets Scientist, a sibling reunion from Sotomayor, Tunisia meets electronics by Didon, even some care-free disco from Estonians RETI, and back to Bollywood with Ex Generation. Reconnect with your world on World Beat Canada Radio.

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from October 23rd to the 30th, 2025.

It's the middle of the night where Snarf and Daffy are, so they maybe a bit dozey this week as they focus on a singer turned network news man for decades, some accordion tunes for all and another visit to the Limburger Lounge again, which sort goes with this week's insomnia driven show trying to help them get to sleep.