Some big icons like General Motors go crash, but most of it just goes quietly, with little announcement. I’m talking about all the small shops going dark, the once-famous magazines gone and hardly remembered. Just a couple of years ago, I wished I’d …
Radio Ecoshock moves from Washington and Wall Street all the way to tent city. We’ll hear from the homeless – and from the new breed of independent citizen reporters who will replace the dying newspapers and gutted TV newsrooms. The financial news is …
In last week’s Radio Ecoshock Show, we talked with Professor Michael T. Klare, about the looming possibility of social instability or riots, even here in North America. Can’t happen here? There was a riot in downtown Montreal, Canada on March 15th. The march …
The economy, says billionaire Warren Buffet, has fallen off a cliff. “The economy, ever since we talked in September, we talked about it being an economic Pearl Harbor, and how, what was happening in the financial world would move over to the real …
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 …