NH #132: WHO/IAEA Unholy Alliance w/Alison Katz

INTERVIEW:  Special Encore presentation of Alison Katz of Independent WHO (World Health Organization) on how the International Atomic Energy Alliance (IAEA) censors WHO’s nuclear information and distorts the world’s understanding of nuclear radiation dangers.  Alison dissects the history, politics and manipulations of the “Unholy Alliance” between the agency we’re supposed to trust to safeguard the…

NH #128: Talkin’ Nuke Trash w/Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps

INTERVIEW:  KEVIN KAMPS is Radioactive Waste Watchdog forBeyond Nuclear.  He specializes in high-level waste management and transportation; new and existing reactors; decommissioning; Congress watch; climate change; federal subsidies — in other words, all the complex issues at the top of the nuclear-industrial-governmental food chain. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:  TEPCO, Fukushima Prefecture AND the Japan Football…

NH #126: Wasserman, Gundersen on TEPCO, SFP4 & Activism NOW

Spent Fuel Pool 4 at Fukushima INTERVIEW:  Harvey Wasserman has been an anti-nuclear/pro-alternative energy activist for more than 40 years.  He’s author or co-author of a dozen books, writes for the Huffington Post and edits the www.nukefree.org website. His Green Power & Wellness Show is at www.progressiveradionetwork.com.  Harvey Wasserman (in cap) and friends delivering 150,000…

NH #124: Pandora/Schmandora; We’ve Got the Uranium Film Festival!

INTERVIEW:  Norbert Suchanek is the founder and General Director of the Uranium Film Festival, which covers all aspects of the nuclear issue.   A native of Germany, Suchanek is a journalist, author, filmmaker and activist living in Rio de Janeiro.  He shares with Nuclear Hotseat listeners how the festival got started, his vision for an international nuclear…

Nh #122: Puncturing Pandora’s Propaganda w/Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Gunter

    LISTEN HERE: DOWNLOAD HERE: http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/abec57e9-a9cb-6e76-e78f-ec9f5c756a1c.mp3   INTERVIEW:  Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Gunter, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s John W. Rachow and nuclear physicist Dr. M.V. Ramana give us the facts to counter CNN’s November airings of the pro-nuclear propaganda film “Pandora’s Promise.” Listen to learn how you can be ready to counter the lies, distortions,…

NH #120: Nuclear Self-Deception w/ Dennis Riches & Great Lakes Nuke Dump w/Michael Leonardi

    LISTEN HERE:   DOWNLOAD HERE: http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/2b3c0142-0034-8c6a-7541-4e43e88505d5.mp3   INTERVIEWS: Dennis Riches, Tokyo resident and blogger at Nuclear Free by 2045 (nf2045.blogspot.com), on the psychology of nuclear self-deception, post-Fukushima life in Japan, and why he didn’t return to Canada with his wife and kids after the disaster began. Michael Leonardi of Toledo Coalition for Safe…

NH #118: The WHO/IAEA Unholy Alliance and its Lies about Int’l Nuclear Health Stats

How the World Health Organization came under the domination of the pro-nuclear International Atomic Energy Agency – the first of two exclusive Nuclear Hotseat reports on the unholy alliance that underlies our global misunderstandings of the dangers of nuclear radiation.  INTERVIEW:  Special full-length interview with Alison Katz of Independent WHO on the history, politics and…

NH #117: Olympic Insanity + If Gundersen were in Charge at Fukushima

 INTERVIEW:  Former nuclear industry insider Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education (www.Fairewinds.com) paints a clear picture of the current state of problems at Fukushima Daiichi… and then explains what he would do if he were in charge of the disaster site.  His first five minutes on the job would be awesome – and that’s a…

NH #113: BREAKING! San Onofre Decomish Symposium w/Gene Stone, + Joe Mangano

INTERVIEW:  Closing down San Onofre didn’t end the southern California nuclear battle, it just shifted focus.  Gene Stone of Residents Organized for a Safe Environment, talks about how the problems of decommissioning, those pesky spent fuel rods, and some surprising news about fuel radiation levels lead to a regrouping of activists and the upcoming Symposium…