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Susan and Stephen Tchudi host this weekly program on KZFR 90.1 Chico, Tuesdays, 6-7 pm. Join us for interviews with national and local experts in issues ranging from water to population to homesteading to energy and from do-it-yourself to what-can-we do? Past program notes and recordings are archived on the site.
Stephen and Susan are former college English professors who now live in Yankee Hill, California, pursuing retirement careers that include herb cultivation, music, volunteerism, community radio, and living on the farm with two of their children, Mojohito and Cheetah, plus their amazing daughter-in-law Sammey. For a look at the farm, click here. Go to our Ecotopia Resources page to see an ever growing list of web sites recommended by our guests for further exploration of the Ecotopian universe.
We always welcome listener comments and suggestions. You can send us e-mails at ecotopiakzfr@gmail.com.
Our most recent program is archived below. Other program notes and recordings are at 2019 Archives. Programs dating back to 2014 are also available--see the menu on the left.
Stephen and Susan are former college English professors who now live in Yankee Hill, California, pursuing retirement careers that include herb cultivation, music, volunteerism, community radio, and living on the farm with two of their children, Mojohito and Cheetah, plus their amazing daughter-in-law Sammey. For a look at the farm, click here. Go to our Ecotopia Resources page to see an ever growing list of web sites recommended by our guests for further exploration of the Ecotopian universe.
We always welcome listener comments and suggestions. You can send us e-mails at ecotopiakzfr@gmail.com.
Our most recent program is archived below. Other program notes and recordings are at 2019 Archives. Programs dating back to 2014 are also available--see the menu on the left.
THE REAL ISSUE: socialism 101
2 october 2019
In this program, Steve was guest host on Sue Hilderbrand's Real Issue program. The focus was on socialism and why it has become a "dirty word" on the campaign trail. The program included socialist hymns and march songs dating from the Internationale of 1864 to Mao Tse Tung's cultural revolution, a five-minute quick history of socialism from the Politics podcast, audio clips from presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and an interview by Bill Mash with Democratic Socialists from Chico, who are conducting workshops on equity for renters. The program concluded with some material from Steve Pearlstein who argues that we should be less concerned about the debate between capitalism and socialism and more with social norms that promote human well being: "Change the social norms and the rules and laws naturally follow. That’s a goal that is more likely to be achieved, and more likely to be effective, than trying to change things by grabbing power and shoving a different set of rules and norms down everyone’s throats."
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