Archived Radio Show

December 4, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA231204

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Duration 57 minutes

The Guest interview begins at 4 minutes.

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Featuring

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,  Host of Women's Spaces 

2. Guest: Janeen Murray, Executive Director, GoLocal Sonoma County

3. Guest: Dr. Harriet Fraad, Author, Podcaster, Mental Health Counsellor

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  Joining me on the phone this morning will be Janeen Murray of Sonoma County GoLocal, reminding us of the value of doing our holiday shopping at locally owned businesses to help keep the money circulating in the county rather than off to Wall Street corporations.

Also joining me on the phone this morning will be Dr. Harriet Fraad. Dr. Fraad is a mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in practice in New York City.  She is a well published author and writes about the pressures on families and the economics of the USA. She is also a regular guest of Dr. Richard Wolff and his show Economic Update on Radio KBBF 89.1FM every Tuesday 11-12pm.

For this show we will be talking about 2023, its challenges and even offer a few solutions.

I want to wish my sister Evelyn Diane Holtz; her birthday is on Wednesday December 6th. Wow she has been in my life for 79 years. Happy Birthday Sissy it only gets better.

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2. Our Guest, Janeen Murray, shares with us the value of doing our holiday shopping at locally owned businesses to help keep the money circulating in the county rather than off to Wall Street corporations. GoLocal is a membership cooperative of locally-owned businesses with a directory of its members.

About our Guest:  Janeen Murray draws professional experience from both the business sector and the educational arena. Starting out as a junior high and high school teacher in Sonoma County public schools, she inspired a commitment to learning and sustainability in our youth. For the next decade she managed Operations and Marketing at two Sonoma County locally owned companies. Logging almost 10 years as GO LOCAL's Co-Manager and Board Member, she now serves as Executive Director. Also, Manager of Sustaining Technologies, she works both organizations in tandem to develop programs and marketing consulting for locally owned businesses. You may also come across her wailing on her accordion around the county with The Hubbub Club street band.

Guest Links:

GoLocal Sonoma County  https://sonomacounty.golocal.coop/

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3. Our Guest, Dr. Harriet Fraad, returns to give us a political and economic update. She shares how her work focuses on the mutual shaping of political, economic, and personal life. She notes how the US Empire is crumbling after first enjoying economic advantage after WWII to now half the world not banking with the US Dollar. The capitalist giant is facing competition. The US is the only western country without health care for all. The presidential choices are bleak with the two leading candidates both old. President Biden did support union strike efforts and has a good Secretary of Labor. Unions are looking to unionize 150 million more workers. Even Amazon workers have a union operating internationally. 48,000 University of California employees, including professors, are unionized, and threatening to strike. Flight attendants have unionized. Shawn Fain of the United Auto Workers is looking to unionize those auto workers who are not in the union. Socialists have gained power in Columbia, Chile, and Brazil.
The Women’s right to choose movement is strong with victories in Wisconsin on electing a state Superior Court Chief Judge that tips the balance to the left to support Choice and free elections. Referendums in the red states of Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, and Virginia have turned back the red tide. Even in Texas the statute of limitations for sexual abuse was expanded.
Dr. Fraad adds that on the peace front, mobilizations are happening across the country for cease fire in Gaza, including the Jewish Voices for Peace that occupied Grand Central Station in New York City, and then the Statue of Liberty and the Rockefeller tree lighting.

About our Guest:  Dr. Harriet Fraad is a Mental Health Counselor and Hypnotherapist in New York City. She is a longtime political activist initiating movements for better public education, free public childcare, and midwifery Rights in Childbirth. She is a founding mother of the Feminist Movement. She has the Podcast Capitalism Hits Home. Her regular radio program, Interpersonal Update appears on WBAI on Tuesday nights at 6:30 EST. Her work focuses on the mutual shaping of political, economic, and personal life. She is also a regular guest of Dr. Richard Wolff and his show Economic Update on KBBF 89.1FM every Tuesday 11-12pm.

Guest Links:

www.harrietfraad.com

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 Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

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Announcements;

Video Zoom Recording of Marianne Williamson in Conversation, of Monday, November 20, 2023, sponsored by the National Organization for Women - Sonoma County Chapter and Womens's Spaces, with Elaine B. Holtz as interviewer. Includes audience questions to Marianne.

Click Here for Video of Marianne Williamson 11/20/2023 In Conversation.

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023 Peace and Justice Center issues new weekly list of events and links to community non-profit organizations:  
PJC website: www.pjcsoco.org  

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Monday, December 11, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature guest Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on the Meaning of Christmas. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show that will feature guest Rev. Dr. Patricia Keel on the Meaning of Christmas.  Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 5:00 to 7:00 PM, IOLERO Community Advisory Council Town Meeting, via in person and zoom, In person is at Finley Community Center, 2060 W. College Avenue, Manzanita Room, Santa Rosa, CA. 95401 For details and zoom information see https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/special-meeting-of-the-community-advisory-council-(cac)-community-engagement-standing-committee-december-6-2023

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 5:30 to 9:00, Santa Rosa Democratic Club Meeting, Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave., Santa Rosa, CA. Social time at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6:30 pm, club business meeting at 7 pm, and our guest speaker Santa Rosa Mayor Natalie Rogers at 7:30 pm. RSVPs are required. Dinner is $25/person. You may attend the meeting at no cost, and we do ask you to please RSVP and mark 0 for dinner. RSVPs are due no later than 10 pm on Sunday, December 10th. RSVP link is  www.democlub.org/rsvp

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Wednesday, January 3, 2023, 6 PM, IOLERO Community Advisory Council (CAC)monthly meeting, Open to the public. Click Here for IOLERO website.

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com

People Have the Power, sung by Patti Smith from the album The Bridge School Collection (2006 The Bridge School)

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For music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists: 

Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show