Welcome to Radio Ecoshock. I’m Alex Smith. In this program we’ll explore the big black hole where your dreams of prosperity used to be. Like rescue dogs, we’ll sniff around the wreckage for the corpses – and the survivors, the dead-ends and the …
Holy Hanna – the wheels are coming off the gilded wagon of capitalism. Part of me is excited that the zombie system killing the planet has cracked open. My other side is fearful. I like peaceful streets and grocery stores with food in …
The Australian wildfires – a warning to the world? I interview Dr. Barry Brook a climatologist from Adelaide. Brook was named one of the top 10 bright young scientists in Australia. His blog makes a strong case that the drying of Australia shows …
Forget Madoff. Wall St. is the giant Ponzi scheme. The former NASDAQ Chairman and investing icon Bernard Madoff admits he ran a giant investment scam that lost $50 billion. Everyone, the wealthiest and wise, were taken in. Even the Rothschilds were hit, not …
It’s the double whammy: the economy and the climate crash at the same time. Outgoing President Bush is exercising his scorched Earth policy on BOTH, as he slides out the door. This is Radio Ecoshock with Alex Smith. The news is pouring in …
As corporate icons like General Motors tumble – what will be left of the economy? This is a bleeding edge show with 3 interviews plus media clips. In the first half hour: our second interview with Dmitri Orlov, author of “Reinventing Collapse: The …
As the world economy crumbles, a combination of corporate high finance is moving to consolidate power – as they do in any emergency. Naomi Klein explains her new book “Shock Doctrine, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” – in the light of our current …
By Alex Smith, Radio Ecoshock Script for Ecoshock Show October 3, 2008 [Crowd chants protest against bailout on Wall Street] That is the Wall Street Protest crowd you never heard on TV. One reporter in a nice suit spoke over them, never offering …
Dmitry Orlov interview. Author of Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects.” Orlov compares end of Soviet & American empires. His advice for Presidential candidates, as oil era ends is priceless. Hear about “The Collapse Party” platform…. We run a clip from …
Is it just me… or is the world falling apart? The Radio Ecoshock Show 080516 Worried? Need a hole to hide in? All through Western history, the human herd has reached panic points. Civilization was expected to end. And sometimes it did. In …
This week we dig into the Wall Street Mess. Are we headed into the next Great Depression? We’ll talk to a Finance Campaigner at the Rainforest Action Network, to see how they fought some big bankers, and won. That interview with Matt Leonard …