Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. The show is archived at: www.gorilla-radio.com. The GR blog is at: gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com, and you can find and support the program at GRadio.Substack.com. Financial support is also possible through the Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/PacificFreePress. He’s too the past contributing editor to the web news site, www.pacificfreepress.com, (now defunct) and tweets at @paciffreepress. G-Radio is dedicated to social justice, the environment, community, and providing a forum for people and issues not covered in the corporate media. Some past guests include: M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan, Maude Barlow, Ramzy Baroud, David Barsamian, William Blum, Luciana Bohne, Helen Caldicott, Noam Chomsky, Paul Cienfuegos, Yves Engler, Laura Flanders, Denis Halliday, Julia Butterfly Hill, Sam Husseini, Robert Jensen, Dahr Jamail, Chalmers Johnson, Malalai Joya, Kathy Kelly, Ingmar Lee, Dave Lindorff, Andrew Gavin Marshall, Stefania Maurizi, Greg Palast, Michael Parenti, John Pilger, Kevin Pina, Ted Rall, Paul Craig Roberts, John Ross, David Rovics, Joan Russow, Danny Schechter, Vandana Shiva, Norman Solomon, David Swanson, Andy Worthington, Mickey Z., Howard Zinn and many others.
Gorilla Radio, recorded September 24th, and 25th, 2022 Autumn has come to America. The nights are cooler, with the promise of rain long-awaited. The Boys of Summer are readying for the World Series, and if the “lazy, hazy” days are past, the crazy, crazy ones are just getting started. You see, it’s election season in … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff, Meryl Nass September 25, 2022”
Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded May 14th, 2022 Niccolo Machiavelli, were he alive today, would likely beam with pride viewing the political progress of Justin Trudeau; recognizing at once the seed of his most famous work, The Prince bearing full fruit in the person of Canada’s current prime minister. Five centuries since his seminal work, … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dimitri Lascaris, Dave Lindorff May 14, 2022”
Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded January 8th and 9th, 2022 Contrary to the hoary adage, what’s old in Washington these days is just old – and getting older by the day. Unlike his democratic predecessor, America’s most seasoned president is not only willing to look back at history but seems ready to repeat it: At … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Christopher Mott, Dave Lindorff January 13, 2022”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition, recorded August 2nd, 2021 And welcome too to the dog days of planet Earth. As the northern hemisphere swelters in record-setting fashion, perhaps its time we talked again about Global Warming and its inevitable consequences? Or we can turn to a quick Olympics update of the latest in … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff August 2nd, 2021”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition, recorded June 26th, 2021 America’s Democratic Party may not be the “War Party”, but it certainly is NOT an agent of peace. The Biden war budget, or National Security Budget, was quietly announced late on Friday, May 28th fully four months into his administration. The war spending leaves … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff, Dimitri Lascaris July 1, 2021”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition recorded on the dates, February 15th and 17th, 2021. And welcome to human civilization’s last minute and a half or so of existence. At least that’s according to some of the World’s foremost brainiacs, the folks over at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and their famous Doomsday Clock. … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Rebecca Gordon, Dave Lindorff February 25, 2021”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition recorded on this date, February 15th, 2021. While it’s all fine and good to dance to the departure of the Orange Menace, a sober look at the wreckage Mr. Trump wrought and what Dragon’s Teeth remain is necessary. That justice is still not seen to have been done … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff February 17, 2021”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition recorded on this date, January 14th, 2021. Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives voted again to impeach outgoing president, Donald Trump. Only ten Republican legislators joined the majority Democrats to make Trump the first American president twice indicted by the House. The next step is a trial … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio Impeachment Special with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff January 14, 2021”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition, recorded on this date, December 31st, 2020. It’s fitting now to focus on finishings as this over-long year two thousand and twenty slouches toward its unlamented finale. And what better emblemizes the demise of the Covid Year 2020 and what it represents than the parallel curtain call of … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff, Finian Cunningham December 31st, 2020”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s Home Edition, recorded on this date, December 28th, 2020. It’s fitting now to focus on finishings as this over-long year two thousand and twenty slouches toward its unlamented finale. And what better emblemizes the demise of the Covid Year 2020 and what it represents than the parallel curtain call of … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff December 31, 2020”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s home edition Election 2020 Aftermath Special, recorded live-to-tape via Skype on this date, November 5th, 2020. Most will be aware the US elections were and are a razor-thin affair, with vote counting continuing, despite the best efforts of one side of the contest. Why you may ask would anyone NOT … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio 2020 Election Post Mortem Special with Chris Cook and Dave Lindorff November 5, 2020”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s home edition recorded live-to-tape via Skype on this date, October 30th, 2020. Monday, October 26th Philadelphia citizen, Walter Wallace Jr. was shot dead by police. His killing was caught on camera and has sparked demonstrations of both the peaceful and violent kind. Wallace was a black man, suffering mental problems. … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff, Radhika Desai, Janine Bandcroft November 5, 2020”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s home edition recorded live-to-tape via Skype on this date, October 28th, 2020. Monday, October 26th Philadelphia citizen, Walter Wallace Jr. was shot dead by police. His killing was caught on camera and has sparked demonstrations of both the peaceful and violent kind. Wallace was a black man, suffering mental problems. … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff October 28, 2020”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s continuing efforts, NOT broadcast live from CFUV Radio in the basement of the Student Union Building at the University of Victoria, but emanating live-to-tape via Skype from our home-based … studios on this date, July 28th, 2020. In the Spring of 2019, muck-raking journalist, Dave Lindorff discovered a target had … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook and Dave Lindorff v. The United States of America July 28, 2020”
Welcome back to Gorilla Radio’s continuing efforts, NOT broadcast live from CFUV Radio in the basement of the Student Union Building at the University of Victoria, but emanating live-to-tape via Skype from our home-based … studios on this date, July 28th, 2020. A mythology surrounding the dropping of the omnicidal ‘Fat Man’ and ‘Little Boy’ … Continue reading “Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Dave Lindorff (extended) July 30, 2020”