Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse talks with Max Wilbert, who is a frequent guest on "First Voices Radio." Max is a writer and biocentric community organizer. He has been part of grassroots political work for 20 years and is the founder of Protect Thacker Pass. Max is the author of two books, most recently "Bright Green Lies: How The Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It," published by Monkfish in 2021. He is currently studying for a Masters in Degrowth. Max's work has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, NPR, Le Monde, BBC and elsewhere. Tiokasin and Max discuss Max's June 14, 2024 column on Max's Substack, "120 Questions About Offshore Wind Energy." Find Max's column here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-145624811. Check out Max's new website, Protect the Coast PNW: https://www.protectthecoastpnw.org/
"There is so much momentum behind wind turbines and the federal government wants them to be built fast. They're ignoring opposition, they're ignoring concerns from the public, and they're ignoring the fact that the Yurok Tribe, Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw, and the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation have all called for the government to stop offshore wind energy projects. The National Congress of American Indians have called for a stop, a moratorium on them." - Max Wilbert
Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Karen Martinez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor
Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
2. Song Title: This is not America (Remaster)
Artist: David Bowie and Pat Metheny Group
Album: Best of Bowie (2002)
Label: Virgin Records
3. Song Title: The 1975
Artist: The 1975
Album: Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2023)
Label: Dirty Hit
4. Song Title: American Dream
Artist: Ondara
CD: Tales of America (2019)
Label: Verve Forecast Records
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