Liberation of the People – The STOP Radio Network

10Jul

Peeking Behind the Curtains of Power

Ever since Dorothy pulled back the curtain to reveal a perfectly ordinary Wizard of Oz manipulating switches to make him seem more powerful, the image has served to portray a reality. Somewhere, in the shadows in not behind an actual curtain, unseen forces are in control. Perhaps when they are officially unmasked, they will show

12Jun

Recovering True Humanity

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I'm Richard Lloyd Jones, and this is Thinking with Somebody Else's Head. With so much tension and confusion in modern day life, it seems appropriate to do our show, which deals so directly with the core issues of human existence. In fact, perhaps any of us who don't feel deeply disturbed by our situation are

24Jun

Liberating the People

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Never trust a person over 30. All you need is love. Hell no, we won't go. These were the slogans of the last great manifestation against the system. That great flower power movement of the '60s, where American youth were burning draft cards and putting flowers in the rifle barrels of national guardsmen on college

09Jan

Removing the Rose-Colored Glasses: The Dangers of Social Alienation

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I wonder sometimes if young people today admit to naivete. It seems very uncool to be innocent these days. Kurt Cobain maybe summed it up best when he said he was always busy acting like he wasn't naive. Like he'd seen it all, like he was there first. I think that speaks for a generation.

13Dec

Occupy the Media

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

There was a recent Occupy placard held aloft by a protester that caught my eye: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" it said. And I thought, that's captured one of the key problems in our world today. There is so much corporate ownership of the media that it seems pretty inevitable that they would be

26Oct

Pathway to a New Society

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

We have some essential consciousness on our program today about what's necessary to create a true society. Something idealists have strived to create for centuries, with little success. Orwell was rather skeptical about the human creature. "No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter

06Jun

Romance, Ideals and Transcendence: Living a Meaningful Life

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

We have become inured to the huge levels of injustice and corruption perpetrated by our political/economic system today, and this needs to change. The current disturbing levels of apathy appear to be the reason for the success of Stéphane Hessel‘s Cry Out! – a French publishing phenomenon. This 13-page pamphlet encourages youth to recapture the

20Aug

Diagnosing the Sickness of Power

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Their idea is that they're indispensable. Most of us think the same thing. There's a general belief that without those in power, we'd have no one to protect us or look after our needs. But past citizens had a wiser view. They knew that those in power could be dangerous if not controlled. Today on