Jaunuary 17, 2013 show: Denis Rancourt on corporate censorship at CHUO "community radio"

Denis Rancourt makes an analysis of corporate censorship at his own "community radio" station CHUO 89.1 FM... After eight years, Rancourt is temporarily retiring from radio broadcasting.

November 8, 2012 show: Joshua Blakeney and Denis Rancourt on the crime of war

On November 8, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa, Canada) hosted a discussion between co-hosts Joshua Blakeney and Denis Rancourt, about the crime of war, the civil rights of activists, environmental policy, and more...

October 25, 2012 show: Co-hosts Joshua Blakeney and Denis Rancourt discuss things again, including a recent IPC Order

On October 25, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa, Canada) The Train's co-hosts Joshua Blakeney and Denis Rancourt discussed current events and an Information and Privacy Commissioner's (IPC) Order against the University of Ottawa. And provide discussion about economic justice, and the asthma link between Joshua and Che Guevara. Also the Quebec student strike and much more...

September 6, 2012 show: Denis Rancourt on Anatole French on judge Charles Hackland on Guergis v. Harper

On September 6, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt discussed the analysis of laws professor Anatole French regarding the "Guergis v. Harper" ruling of Justice Charles Hackland. Hackland dismissed a lawsuit from former Member of Parliament Guergis suing Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper for malfeasance in public office.


Background article:
An analysis of the Hackland ruling in Guergis v. Novak et al. by Professor Anatole French
More background:
Anatole France on Wikipedia

September 20, 2012 show: Introducing Train co-Producer at large Joshua Blakeney, and discussion on Iran

September 20, 2012, was the first in the new Train with co-Producer at large Joshua Blakeney, CHUO 89.1 FM in Ottawa, Canada. Joshua Blakeney and Denis Rancourt discussed war, Iran, Israel, Canadian Harper policy, ...


Sound track alone:

August 9, 2012 show: Denis Rancourt alone commenting the criminal court case of Terry Stavnyck

On August 9, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt took the microphone alone to comment on the recent judicial decision in the criminal court case of Ottawa resident Terry Stavnyck. Large security guards attacked the 90 lbs. multiple sclerosis patient in the Canadian Parliament building and then charged Mr. Stavnyck with the criminal charges of assault against one of them and disturbing the peace. In the end, the judge found that none of the charges against Mr. Stavnyck were tenable. But oh la la you must read the ruling...

April 19, 2012 show: Denis Rancourt on Mary Mother Jones, corporate mining predation, and biopsychology of hierarchy

On April 19, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt's guest did not show. So... Rancourt gave a presentation about the iconic workers' rights activist Mary Mother Jones, modern corporate mining predation, and the biospychological foundation of hierarchies in human societies.

March 29, 2012 show: On-air chat with student and political activist Aminka Belvitt

On March 29, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) was into is second and final week in its annual funding drive. First, Denis Rancourt, alone, continued the previous week's theme of black liberation methodology, and then he was joined by student and political activist Aminka Belvitt, who ran into the studio after a hard day's work.

April 5, 2012 show: Denis Rancourt on the biography of Malcolm X

On April 5, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM's Denis Rancourt discussed the biography of Malcolm X. It's the fault of a prominent guest who cancelled his appearance but it led to an analysis of what X said about himself and what others said about him.

March 22, 2012 show: Denis Rancourt on Malcolm X's liberation ideas, again

On March 22, 2012 CHUO 89.1 FM The Train's Denis Rancourt went it alone to play vintage youtube speeches of Malcolm X and to discuss X's liberation ideas. It was also week one of CHUO's annual funding drive.

Dr. Denis Rancourt goes it alone critiquing science and science popular education propaganda

On March 8, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Host and producer Denis Rancourt went it alone critiquing establishment science and establishment promotion of establishment science as portrayed in YouTube videos...

Socialism v. Anarchism discussion with Dr. Susan Rosenthal

On March 1, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed author and MD psychotherapist Dr. Susan Rosenthal in a "debate" about socialism versus anarchism.

Please add your contributions to this discussion and your critiques as comments to this post.

Readings and thoughts about Malcolm X

On January 26, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt "interviewed" Malcolm X via the man's autobiography, and other topics in an hour of solo radio.

Malcolm X early on developed two explicit commitments that largely defined his public life:

(1) While in jail he decided to commit himself to telling the white man to the white man's face what the white man is really like.

(2) Out of jail while recruiting for the temple he started telling his black brothers that for too long the black man was paralyzed by fear of the white man and to urge them to find the greater dignity and humanity to defend themselves.

October 6th show cancelled

The October 6th (2011) production of The Train was CANCELED due to unforeseen circumstances.

Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert on the physics of global warming

On June 30, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Raymond Pierrehumbert, Louis Block Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago. Professor Pierrehumbert is an internationally recognized expert on the physics of global warming.

After introductions and (dis)agreeing on some basics, get ready for a heated (so to speak) debate between the two Ph.D. physicists having different perspectives. It becomes clear that climate physics is not apolitical, at least not between these two...

One music break is beautiful accordion music arranged and played by Professor Pierrehumbert.



Cited publications:

• Pierrehumbert RT 2011: Infrared radiation and planetary temperature. Physics Today 64, 33-38.
• Rancourt DG 2011: Radiation physics constraints on global warming: CO2 increase has little effect (posted at archive.org)

Denis Rancourt on Left ideological control-indoctrination

On June 23, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM The Train's Denis Rancourt went solo in a critique of "critical race theory", including select readings and music to accompany the developing theme.



Word policing... SFUO student union... Ann Coulter... calculus... recycling cult... discourse... anti-oppression as oppression... groupthink... opinion mobbing... hate speech... personal agency... political reform vs freedom of inquiry... Golden Rule of institutional preservation...

"War is bad and love is really good..."
-- hummm

Related article: USA academic freedom scholarship as a measure of corporate fascism

Books cited: "Politics by Other Means" by David Bromwich

Music links: 111111, 22222, 33333, 44444, 55555.

CHUO funding drive banter::: Critique of global warming science and more

On May 12, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM Ottawa The Train host Denis Rancourt runs a funding drive effort with music by Nina Simone, a Corbett Report interview about the global warming myth, and an exploration of U of O president Allan Rock's image-management fetish, etc.

Related and background posts:
Corbett Report interview about global warming
Denis Rancourt's blog about climate change

Train host Rancourt goes it alone on world to local to campus topics

Palestine justice... Wikileaks calls for murder of Assange... Ottawa police chief Vern White against transparency... U of O president Allan Rock against due process...

On December 2, 2010, Train host Denis Rancourt went it alone. (After a last minute cancellation for very good reason...!)

BACKGROUND LINKS:
Comment on CBC call to murder Assange
Letter to Ottawa police chief Vern White
Letter to U of O president Allan Rock

U of O Watch blog

Police State Canada - as per G20-Toronto pigs mess

On September 9, 2010, The Train went solo with host Denis Rancourt.

The planned guest was G20-arrestee and First Peoples rights activist and author/reporter Alex Hundert, to be interviewed from house arrest by phone. Hundert had been warned by Provincial Police that he could be arrested if he spoke to the media (HERE).

See mainstream media articles: HERE, HERE.

The day of our scheduled CHUO radio interview, there was an "emergency" and Mr. Hundert had to appear in court. He could not be reached for the interview at the scheduled time and he was not able to communicate with CHUO to give an update of his situation.


Therefore, Train host Denis Rancourt reported what he could and provided an analysis of Police State Canada in relation to both University of Ottawa campus police and G20-Toronto, the insanity of it all...

The show is peppered with the political history music of iconic Wobbly Utah Phillips from his CD album Fellow Workers. The show ends with Utah's line "... I'm a pacifist but I admire her spunk..." from his song "shoot or stab them".

Activist Teacher blog articles cited during show:
G20-Toronto and Lost Sovereignty (societal analysis)
They're Not Just Pigs (para-military police operation at G20-Toronto)

Rancourt on Science

On June 10, 2010 our studio equipment failed on us at the last minute thus having to cancel the phone interview that had been planned for the week.

But no need to worry with a co-host like Denis Rancourt! He discussed his recently released essay on science and its lies. The essay titled Some Big Lies of Science is linked here.