Philip LeVasseur invites Documentary Filmmakers in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to discuss their work.

DIRTY ENERGY

On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded taking the lives of 11 workers and sank as millions of barrels of oil poured into the ocean, creating one of the worst environmental disasters in history. Dirty Energy is the story of the human and environmental costs of the BP Oil Spill told through those directly affected by the tragic events. Director Bryan Douglas Hopkins is an independent Filmmaker based in Detroit, MI. His feature directorial debut, Dirty Energy, highlights Bryan’s passion for raw and honest storytelling. Although a narrative filmmaker at heart, Bryan embarked on a documentary out what he perceived was a void in the media coverage of the struggles of those affectedby the BP Oil Spill without the mainstream filters.

HEIST: WHO STOLE THE AMERICAN DREAM?

Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? reveals how American corporations orchestrated the dismantling of middle-class prosperity through rampant deregulation, the outsourcing of jobs, and tax policies favoring businesses and the wealthy. The collapse of the U.S. economy is the result of conscious choices made over thirty five years by a small group: leaders of corporations and their elected allies, and the biggest lobbying interest in Washington, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Heist can serve as a sober warning about what is happening to our country, and provide some ideas of how to restore fairness and community, while reigning in the power of corporations. The underlying idea of Heist is that knowledge is power, and that social change comes from the bottom up. Donald Goldmacher, Director/Producer, “My motivation in making this film is to give people a picture of how they can fight back, and not allow themselves to be bullied and pushed around by big corporations.”

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KCSB is a media supporter of the Fund for Santa Barbara’s Social Justice Award for Documentary Film 2012, part of the the 27th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The festival runs from Thursday, January 26th through Sunday, February 5th.

Philip LeVasseur invites three Documentary Filmmakers in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to discuss their work.

Occupy Santa Barbara:
At 6:30 pm DirectorDuffy Hetch and Marshall Ghetto, Occupy Santa Barbara activists will be live in-studio to talk about their film. This film looks at the occupation of De La Guerra Plaza, including the midnight arrests on October 5, 2011, and the courtroom trial of Anni Telfer.

Nothing like Chocolate:
Kum-Kum Bhavnani is a university professor by day and a film-maker by night. She started working on this film after reading an article about children being enslaved in order to harvest cocoa in West Africa. Her film “Nothing like Chocolate” tells the powerful story of anarchist chocolate-maker Mott Green, founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company Co-operative. Undermining industrial chocolate that is often made with cocoa harvested by exploited child labour, the tasty chocolate from this tree-to-bar co-operative is ethical, fair-wage, organic, and deliciously radical.
Nothing Like Chocolate will premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival!

Glickman:
Director James Freedman tells the story of Marty Glickman, a champion sprinter who was dropped from the US relay team in the 1936 Olympics in response to the demands of the Nazi regime. Marty continued running, and later became a successful sports announcer following World War II. He was known as the voice of the New York Knicks, Giants and Jets. The movie includes interviews with sportsmen and broadcasters who knew Glickman well: Bill Bradley, Jim Brown, Bob Costas and Frank Gifford. The film is part of the SBIFF sidebar Kolnoa, films on Jewish themes. James Freedman has worked as a scriptwriter in Hollywood, and has written for TV (Cybill, Coach and Zoe). This is his first film.

Visit the SBIFF web site for show times.

Join “Art of Peace” host Philip LeVasseur as he interviews Doug E. Noll, author of Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts. Noll will be speaking about the dynamics of peace, how peace can be achieved, and why peace is so elusive.

He is an incoming (2012) President of the California Conflict Resolution Council. A professional mediator, after having spent 22 years as a trial lawyer, Doug is on the board of Mediators without Borders, and is a sought after speaker. Elusive Peace has been given the CPR International Peace and Justice Book Award for 2011. He writes for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, TruthOut, and experts.com.

Doug E. Noll will be speaking January 24th at the Santa Barbara Charter School.

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On Wednesday night, December 21, producer/host Phil Le Vasseur of “Art of Peace” speaks with Thomas Mates, author of A Judeo-Islamic Nation: The Evolution of America’s Political Theology. Mates discusses the place of religion in public life and challenges the religious identity of extremists, such as the Ku Klux Klan and Muslim terrorists. In A Judeo-Islamic Nation, Thomas Mates creates a fascinating discussion of a religion’s national politics.

Thomas E. Mates Ph.D. is a Materials scientist at UCSB and has been studying history and public applications of religion. Several of his articles have appeared in The Humanist and Free Inquiry magazines.

“Art of Peace” broadcasts every Wednesday evening from 6-7pm, and focuses on social responsibility, community activism, and personal relationships as they relate to mindfulness and peace consciousness.

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This week Mr. Comedy presents a tribute to Saturday Night Live. Listen to the many performers over the years do stand-up and sketch comedy. Hear comedy from the early “Not Ready for Prime Time” players to Eddie Murphy to Lonely Island. Get your laughs on every Tuesday Night aka Wednesday Morning at midnight. Follow the blog at http://mrcomedy.tumblr.com.

On Wednesday October 12 the “Art of Peace” will feature a interview with Jolene DeLisa author of “The Children’s Peace Book.” Jolene asked children around the world to share what peace means to them in her global travels, on peace marches and everyday encounters. “Put a group of children together and they will overcome language and culture and quickly learn how to be friends. We must learn from them.”

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Focusing on social responsibility, community activism, and personal relationships as they relate to mindfulness and peace consciousness.
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This episode marks the 2011 Summer Season Finale as well as the last episode before Radio Causeway goes on an indefinite hiatus.  We are excited to have Chris Prescott from Montalban Quintet on to talk about the debut release from the genre blurring band.  The band hails from Encinitas, CA which is the surf and skate capital of North County San Diego, CA.  The sounds of Montalban Quintet are very diverse and seem to encorporate elements of jazz, post rock, indie rock, field recordings, and spaghetti westerns.  The self titled album features: Chris Prescott (drums, guitar and electronics), Carl Prescott (trumpet), Kenseth Thibideau (bass), Jim Weiss (saxophone), Terrin Durfey (vocals), Marjorie Prescott (cello), Nathan Hubbard (vibraphone), and Hermelindo Montalban (percussion).

Chris is also currently on tour playing drums with Systems Officer, which is the side project of Armistead Burwell Smith IV (Zack) from Pinback and Three Mile Pilot.  Chris also is/was a member of Pinback, The Jade Shader, No Knife, Tanner, and more.

Montalban Quintet – ‘Besa Sorta’ from Chris Prescott on Vimeo.

Montalban Quintet – Meditation from Chris Prescott on Vimeo.

Plus, The Mullet’s Strange News & Yeah! Free Music!

The Yeah! Free Music! pick of the week comes from Agassiz, BC, Canada from the band, The Parish of Little Clifton.  The song is titled, “Echo Island” off the Septemberish 7″ released on Bad Panda Records.

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This week’s Radio Causeway will be examining human generosity and it’s evolution with Post Docatoral Scholars from the Center for Evolutionary Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, Andrew W. Delton and Max M. Krasnow.  Drs. Delton and Krasnow are the lead authors of a new paper published with  in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled, “Evolution of direct reciprocity under uncertainty can explain human generosity in one-shot encounters.” Krasnow and Delton co-authored the paper with Leda Cosmides, professor of psychology and co-director of the Center for Evolutionary Psychology; and John Tooby, professor of anthropology and also co-director of the Center for Evolutionary Psychology.

Plus the Mullet’s Strange News & Yeah! Free Music!

The Yeah! Free Music! pick of the week is “Rainy Day” from the French surreal experimentalist, Chenard Walcker.

Listen live Tuesdays from 9-10am pt on KCSB-FM 91.9 in Santa Barbara | KCSB.ORG!

The Mattson 2 – Black Rain from matti kakkori on Vimeo.

The Mattson 2: Man From Anamnesis from michael evans on Vimeo.

Plus the Mullet’s Strange News & Yeah! Free Music!

The Yeah! Free Music! pick of the week is 27 from Silent Strike off the Bad Panda #91 EP.

Listen live Tuesdays 9-10am pt on KCSB-FM 91.9 in Santa Barbara | KCSB.ORG.

Felicia Tomasko, President of the non profit organization California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine (CAAM) speaks to Radio Causeway this week about the efforts of the organization.  She also discusses Yoga and the “healing tradition” of Ayurveda, which is a native Indian holistic and integrative approach to medicine.  Felicia is also a board member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Associatino (NAMA) and the Editor in Chief of LA Yoga Magazine.

Plus the Mullet’s Strange News and Yeah! Free Music!

The Yeah! Free Music! pick of the week is in THE crowd from The Years.

Listen live Tuesdays from 9-10AM pt on KCSB-FM 91.9 in Santa Barbara | KCSB.ORG.

Professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at UC Santa Barbara and co author of the book, Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, And The Dawn Of The Virtual Revolution stops by Radio Causeway to discuss the book.

Plus The Mullet’s Strange News & Yeah! Free Music!

The Yeah! Free Music! pick of the week comes from the band Uninhabitable Mansions with the song, I Dream So Vividly (Live on The Long Rally).

Listen live Tuesdays from 9-10AM pt on KCSB-FM 91.9 in Santa Barbara | KCSB.ORG!

Plus the Mullet’s Strange News and Yeah! Free Music!

The Yeah! Free Music! pick of the week comes from us from the Barcelona, Spain group, Jenifer Avila with the song El Tranvia.

Listen live Tuesdays from 9-10AM pt on KCSB-FM 91.9 in Santa Barbara | KCSB.ORG.