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The Church of Stop Shopping

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Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community. We are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth loving urban activists. The Earth Wants YOU! is their podcast hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D. Earthalujah!
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We are joined by No Mas Muertes/No More Deaths who have been doing humanitarian work along the US/Mexico border for the past 10 years helping the migrants making the dangerous journey through the deserts.We have News From The Natural World with Savitri D, covering all the news related to the Earth that is happening …
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This Week On The Earth Wants YOU!We are joined by the 3 farmers from New York who chained themselves outside a power plant in New Milford last week. We also travel to two different protests in NYC on Martin Luther King Day, one in Chinatown and another Black Lives Matter protest.News Of The Natural World, Extinctions Got Talent and Reverend Billy's…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We are joined by Artist and Activist Jex Blackmore former spokesperson from the Satanic Temple, who gives us some sobering thoughts on the world of today and how letting in a bit of Satan might be just what we need.News Of The Natural World, Reverend Billy's Sermon, Extinctions Got Talent and special footage from th…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We are joined by Brazilian Activists and Anthropologists; Rafaella, Marcelo and Black 7 to talk about the Bolsanaro governments aims to open the Amazon up to mining and agribusiness which will have terrible effects on the planet.We talk about the Animals which have been extinct over 2018, we hear the News from the N…
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This Week On The Earth Wants YOU!We are joined by Sara Gozalo on the border of Tijuana who is offering humanitarian and legal aid to the caravan.Reverend Billy and Savitri D read their Christmas poem about the Three Wise Men. News Of The Natural World and Extinctions Got Talent are rounded out with a Sermon from the Reverend.Happy Christmas Listene…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We talk about the Stansted 15 arrested for their environmental action in London. We talk about consumerism and Christmas and how they are terminally linked. World famous activist Patricia Okoumou is sainted by the Church of Stop Shopping for her work against the Trump administration. We interview Pooja Heji, from th…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Climate Change Climate Change Climate Change.Reverend Billy and Savitri D listen to the speech made by David Attenbourough at the COP24 and comment on the impending disaster of climate change.Clare Farrell one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion talks to us about the mass civil disobedience which they have been …
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This Week On The Earth Wants YOU! Ravi Ragbir reports from the border of Tijuana where the US are using tear gas on the immigrants seeking assylum in the US, much of them women and children.Savitri D and Reverend Billy perform a radio play. News Of the Natural World and Reverend Billy's Sermon plus music from the Stop Shopping Choir…
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This Week On The Earth Wants YOU!We read a message from Joan Baez about the Californian Fires. We celebrate Buy Nothing Day or "Black Friday" which the Church of Stop Shopping celebrates every year.We interview Dulce and Chars Ford about overpopulation, climate change, new ways of life and a life passed shopping.News Of the Natural World, Reverend …
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This Week on The Eart Wants YOU!We get a report from Tom Price, a longtime environmentalist, at the front lines of the devastating Californian Fires which have ravaged across the country destroying wildlife, homes and killing many. We discuss the First World War commemoration, 100 years after The Great War. Savitri D presents News of the Natural Wo…
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This Week On The Earth Wants YOU!We discuss the recent election of far-right candidate Jair Bolsanaro in Brazil and the terrible, irreversable consequences this has for the Brazilian Rainforests. We are joined by Immo Klink of the Space Hijackers from London who speaks to us about alternative radical communities in Europe and how we can imagine a d…
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This Week On the Earth Wants YOU! Reverend Billy returns from Iowa where he was arrested 2 years ago for protesting outside of Monsanto's Oscars. Winning his court case he returned to protest even closer to the building than before, causing a ruckus!We have footage from the protest and an interview with Nehemiah Luckett.We talk about Trans Rights, …
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We are joined by Legendary activist and founder of Code Pink Medea Benjamin who talks about her friend Jamal Khoshoggi who has made headlines all over the world after his disappearance at the hands of the Saudis.Reverend Billy and Savitri D discuss the plastic, climate change and how and why to stop using water bott…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Reverend Billy and Savitri D discuss the UN IPCC report which says we only have 12 years to mitigate Climate Disaster. How do we respond?We are joined by members of Chinatown Working Group (chinatownworkinggroup.com, donate to their legal fees gofundme.com/leson) who are fighting within a diverse group, the illegal …
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Nick Powers joins us again to discuss the problem of Toxic Masculinity and White Male Rage that was displayed in BRett Kavanaughs hearingWe continue our practice of listening to the stories of women and victims of sexual assault/harassment.We also have News of the Natural World, recordings from Bernie Krause, a Sermon from Reverend Billy and songs …
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We talk Hurricane Florence and the disaster porn of the news stations which profit of it. Occupy Wall Street is commemorated on its 7th Birthday.Amadeus Harte joins us on the phone from Dublin to discuss Sean Binder, a young Irish Student who has been arrested along with Sarah Mardini in Greece and face 20 years in …
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We are joined by legendary activist Mike Roselle to talk about the state of the Earth in the face of Climate Change and what the Environmental movement has been doing wrong.Michael Higgins then joins us from FUREE (Families United for Racial and Economic Equality who talks about the massive March Against Gentrificat…
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"The liberation of your capital is not the liberation of your soul"THis Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Reverend Billy and Savitri D are back in the studio together after a long summer touring Greece, Switzerland, California and New York. They recap the Summer from Burning Man to Neil Young and Darryl Hannah's wedding to Tourists Against Trump and Cali…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Sedge Thomson gives a special report from Zurich at the Spektakle Festival with Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir.Savitri hosts the show as Reverend Billy is away at Burning Man, Monsanto is in the News of the Natural World, Aretha Franklin sings, German Beer is not chemical free, the Bahamian Nuthatch has …
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This Week On The Earth Wants YOU!Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping take their Tourists Against Trump movement to Times Square at its busiest and face off with the Naked Cowboy, several Trump Trolls and receive hearty support.We interview Zen Honeycutt from Moms Accross America and discuss the recent Monsanto Lawsuit.…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Fire is the theme of the show, fire is everywhere. We have Rick Anderson a fire expert come on and explain us in fascinating detail the human relationship with fires, what the Europeans did wrong in the US and why sometimes you have to let it burn.Our extinct animal is the heartbreaking story of the grieving Orca mo…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Billy and Savitri have returned from Greece and introduce their new global social movement #touristsagainsttrumpWe also plan for Thursdays What Would You Pack? deportee solidarity action at Foley square in Manhattan.Later we have an interview from Greece with Daniel Wetzel a veteran of radical experimental theatre.…
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This Week On The Earth Wants YOU!We get an update from Savitri and Billy from Greece and their #touristsagainsttrump protests in Athens. The Stop Shopping Choir have a round table discussion over the action.We have Peter Rugh from The Indypendent in the studio to discuss his recent arrest in New Jersey and their victory in getting newspaper boxes b…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Savitri and Reverend Billy are still in Greece and give us an update on their travels and how it feels to be in the philosophical basin of the world while the Trump regime rages on in the US.Sarah Schulman joins us again for an interview about how to build a successful movement, how Act UP acted and what tactics are…
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This week we bring a bonus episode of The Earth Wants YOU! produced in collaboration with Sprouts, radio from the grassroots.We continue the story of the Sanctuary movement in New York City. We focus on the activities of ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) in the US and how the public have reacted.We follow the activism of immigrant rights g…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Glen Cantave joins us. Glen is the founder of Movers and Shakers a coalition that executes direct action and advocacy campaigns for marginalized communities using virtual reality, augmented reality and the creative arts. He talks about being in Charlottesville confronting white nationalists, hope in the age of Trump…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We discuss the recent death of trans refugee Roxana Hernandez who was failed by the State recently and paid the price with her life, dying in ICE custody. We demand justice.The iconic Ashley Brockington comes in to discuss the changing face of New York City's weird and wild scene at which shes been the centre of for…
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This Week At The Earth Wants YOU!Reverend Billy and Savitri D, bring in Mark and Emer, two young Irish people who flew home to vote in the recent momentous referendum to Repeal the 8th Amendment in Ireland which prohibited abortion.We also discuss the battle to Save Union Square, the tactics which were used and the creative actions that took place.…
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This week on The Earth Wants YOU!We talk about Irelands upcoming referendum to Repeal the 8th ammendment, we listen to the long and scary News From the Natural World, we celebrate the Royal Wedding with a song from PJ Harvey and interview two longtime Brooklyn Activists about how to improve our neighbourhood and protest effectively.…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We have an energetic episode with Mo Beasley from FUREE(Families United For Racial and Economic Equality).Reverend Billy reports from the hearing of Ravi Ragbir, Savitri D gives us the News of the Natural World, Larry Harvey is remembered and Travis Tench from the Stop Shopping Choir eats a salad.…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!Reverend Billy is out of town, Savitri D brings us the story of la Zad (Zone A Defendre) in Nantes which was attacked by 2500 French police this month. John Jordan from The Laboratory of Insurrection, who has lived there for several years, joins us for an interivew.By The Church of Stop Shopping
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Today on The Earth Wants YOU!We deal with the tragic shadow in our New York neighborhoods, the abductions of long-time New Yorkers, fathers pulled from living rooms, children looking on in horror. Our guest in the studio was the co-founder of the New Sanctuary Movement, Juan Carlos Ruiz, who already this morning was dealing with disappearances, as …
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This week on the Earth Wants YOU! we are joined by Tim De Christopher from Climate Disbedience Center to talk about the recent self immolation by David Buckel and the despair that often comes hand in hand with Environmental Acitivism.We also have The News Of The Natural World and a wonderful interview with Barbara Lee from the Stop Shopping Choir…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We talk with June from NYC Shut It Down about the murder of Saheed Vassell, who was shot last week in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We cover gentrification's role in Police violence.This week in the news; humans are swallowing more plastic than ever, humpback Whales sound like Charlie Parker and the Stop Shopping Choir a…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We are joined by 3 energetic youths who attended the recent "Justice for Stephon Clark" rally in New York where 1 of them was arrested.We talk about growing white nationalism, systemic racism, the growing movement and listen to them as they give their visions of alternatives to Capitalism.…
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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!We have interviews and footage from the March For Our Lives in Washington, reflection on the murder of 22 year old Stephon Clark, an energetic interview with the inspiring Imani Henry from BANgentrification and Equality for Flatbush.Its Savitri D's birthday and we have some sombre sounds from the endangered spider M…
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