The Shortwave Report

By: Dan Roberts
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  • A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Sputnik Radio.
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  • The Shortwave Report March 28, 2025

    The Shortwave Report March 28, 2025
    Mar 27 2025

    This week's show begins with some European opinion on JD Vance, some US and Greenland history, the political landscape in Canada since Trump was reelected, reports from Gaza, and the US planning troop deployments to Panama.

    This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250328.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- A press review on the first annual World Day For Glaciers. Then European press reviews about the dangerous situation having J D Vance next in line to lead the US, based on his expressed hatred and scorn for Europe. While Trump talks about the inevitable annexation of Greenland, Vance is going without his boss to Greenland, and now only to the US military base there. Matt Qvartrup tells some of the history of US and Greenland interactions- including the accidental exploding of an American nuclear bomb there in 1968, leaving the area still contaminated with nuclear radiation. From GERMANY- Denmark is introducing compulsory military service for women two years earlier than planned, and most other European countries are discussing expanding drafts or mandatory military training. The new Canadian PM Mark Carney has remarked on the shift in the relationship between Canada and the US under Trump- a journalist Emily Ragobeer discusses the changes in the political landscape since Trump has returned to the White House- Conservatives were widely expected to win the last election but did not. From JAPAN- Deadly fast moving wildfires have spread around Japan and South Korea. The South Korean PM has been reinstated after an impeachment motion failed. More than 5o,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children have been killed by Israeli forces, and the IDF launched new attacks on Lebanon. A Palestinian correspondent for a Japanese newspaper was killed in Gaza, bringing the total number of Journalists killed since October 2023 to 208. Israeli warned that they will soon expand and intensify the onslaught. From CUBA - The White House is developing plans to increase troops in Panama. The Peoples Congress said that kidnapping 238 Venezuelans without trial in the US and sending them to a torture prison in El Salvador is an abuse of human rights. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "We are asleep with compasses in our hands." -- WS Merwin Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net
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    29 mins
  • The Shortwave Report March 21, 2025

    The Shortwave Report March 21, 2025
    Mar 20 2025

    This week's show starts with a company holding part of the Panama Canal in talks about a sale, Finland is the happiest ride in the park, press reviews and reports on the bombings in Gaza and a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Ecuador hires Erik Prince of Blackwater infamy to assist with criminals.

    This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250321.mp3 (29:00) From JAPAN- China is criticizing a Hong Kong based company willing to sell 2 ports in the Panama Canal to US investors. Lula da Silva criticized American tariffs, called for reform in the UN Security Council, and worries about the lack of focus on the environment. Poland and 3 other countries bordering Russia announced plans to begin using land mines again. From FRANCE- Finland was again found to have the happiest occupants on the planet aided by a national emphasis on nature. Then UK press reviews on talk of sending thousands of troops to Ukraine as part of up to 30,000 from 5 other countries. An interview with a frontline medic in Ukraine. Then regional press reviews on the bombing raids by Israel killing 400 mostly women and children in Gaza. From GERMANY- Reporting on the Israeli attacks on Gaza followed by excerpts from an interview with Oliver McTernan, Director of the NGO Forward Thinking. He has worked for years negotiating conflicts in the Middle East and we will hear him speak to the role of the US in the surprise return to massive carnage by the Israeli forces. From CUBA - Trump ended funding for Radio Free Europe, the VOA, and Radio Marti. The Ecuadorian President announced an alliance with Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, to combat organized crime using mercenaries. The US flew more than 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador to be imprisoned for a fee in a maximum security terrorist confinement center. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it and those who work at it, may see a totally different picture too late." -- Edward R Murrow Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net
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    29 mins
  • The Shortwave Report March 14, 2025

    The Shortwave Report March 14, 2025
    Mar 13 2025

    This week's show starts with a report on Mexican President Sheinbaum being called the most powerful woman in the world, Ukraine continues drone attacks on civilians in Moscow, some Israeli parliamentarians want to occupy all of Syria, and US and South Korea step up military exercises.

    This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250314.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has been called the most powerful woman in the world. Her ability to hold back US tariffs and not reacting with retaliatory threats is part of her success according to Carin Zissis, editor in chief of Council of the Americas website. The Israeli military has been conducting a major operation in the West Bank, raiding refugee camps, destroying buildings and infrastructure, and displacing 40,000 Palestinian residents. A ground report from Tanya Kramer and analysis by Mairav Zonzein of the International Crisis Group. From FRANCE- Ukraine has been attacking Moscow with hundreds of drones at night, targeting civilian apartments and creating chaos days before ceasefire talks with Russia. Then a press review on US relations with Australia, which seems to be considering calling off the submarine purchase from the US and returning to a French deal. From CUBA- Israeli has been bombing various military sites in Syria and some Knesset members have called for settlement expansion and complete occupation. The head of UNRWA has condemned the Israeli truck blockade and shut down of all electricity in Gaza. From JAPAN - The US is criticizing Japanese tariffs on rice imports. As South Korea steps up military exercises with the US, North Korea launched several ballastic missiles into the sea. In Greenland an opposition party won the election but they have no plans for immediate independence. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it." -- John Pilger Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net
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    29 mins

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