Media Roots Radio - Fukushima Coverage & Break Down of Radiation
Media Roots Radio
Abby & Robbie Martin
4.6 • 827 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2011
⏱️ 90 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Welcome to Media Roots Radio. This is your host, Abby Martin, creator of MediaRoutes.org. |
| 0:38.1 | Just wanted to remind everyone that Media roots is an independently funded grassroots media |
| 0:43.6 | organization and we're always encouraging donations to help keep this project going if you guys |
| 0:48.4 | want to see us continue broadcasting. |
| 0:50.8 | So please consider that and thanks so much for listening to our show. |
| 0:54.6 | Today on the show we're going to do an episode about the Fukushima nuclear disaster and just |
| 0:59.3 | give some updates from two people who have been researching it heavily since the beginning |
| 1:04.4 | of the disaster, Anthony Bessette and Shingo. |
| 1:07.3 | Anthony is a composer and improviser working in all genres of electronic music from techno to noise, |
| 1:12.3 | who designs his own software and hardware for live use. |
| 1:15.3 | Since 2007, he's been a part-time resident and regular performer in Tokyo and has played shows from Hokkaido to the Southern Islands. |
| 1:22.7 | He's a co-founder of DSP Audio and an ex-famous hacker in another life. |
| 1:27.3 | Shingo is a rap activist, peace advocate, and inventor. Born in Tokyo, 1975, raised in Tanzania, |
| 1:33.7 | England, and Japan, Shingo landed in the S.F. Bay Area after the quake of 89. After a move to |
| 1:39.5 | Berkeley for schooling in 93, he became immersed in the local hip-hop scene that launched dozens of acts worldwide. |
| 1:45.7 | At first, he uses art skills to get involved with the budding East Bay scene, and then in 96, his music |
| 1:51.1 | made its way back to Japan, and he currently lives in L.A. and works with artists on both sides of the |
| 1:55.4 | Pacific. His tours often take him to the mainland Asia and South America. Shingo has been |
| 2:00.1 | involved on and off in |
| 2:01.5 | anti-nuclear activism and research since 2006. Anthony, having his extended family and friends in Tokyo, |
| 2:08.2 | threatened by fallout, has been researching since the March 11th disaster. Although as a |
| 2:12.9 | consummate info file, this is not his first encounter with nuclear science hope you guys enjoy the interview |
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