The Shortwave Report

The Shortwave Report

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Sputnik Radio.

Episodes

July 31, 2025 28 mins

This week's show begins with analysis and press reviews of Trumps EU tariff deals, Press on the UN Gaza conference which The US and Israel boycotted, the Fukushima clean up is delayed by another decade, and dozens of flotillas are being prepared to head to Gaza at the same time.

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250801.mp3   (2...
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This week's show begins with an interview about public broadcasting with the Director General of Reporters Without Borders, Japan and the EU and dozens more countries have demanded a ceasefire in Palestine and distribution of aid, Mexico City is seeing protests of gentrification caused by ex-pats from the US moving in, police in the UK have now arrested over 100 citizens for carrying signs supporting Palestine Action.

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July 17, 2025 28 mins

 This week's edition begins with the true death toll in Gaza, the UK and France make a nuclear weapon pact that excludes the US, the world reacts to Israeli bombing of Syria, the Australian PM has a friendly visit to China, and a new Freedom Flotilla heads to Palestine from Italy.

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250718.mp3   (...
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July 10, 2025 28 mins

This Week's show begins with war preparations in Taiwan, several reports on the recent BRICS summit in Brazil, are Israeli plans to relocate Palestinians war crimes?, and carrying a sign supporting Palestine Action in the UK is a terror crime.

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250711.mp3   (29:00)          From JAPAN- Taiwan has...
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July 3, 2025 28 mins

This week's show begins with French public broadcasters survive a revenge attack in Parliament, an interview with Reporters Without Borders about the 200 journalist killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, the Japanese perspective on Trump’s tariff war, and Venezuela denounces an international conspiracy to destabilize the country and justify a US intervention.

This week's show features stories from France 24, RDW, NHK Japan, and  Radio ...
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June 26, 2025 28 mins

This week's show starts with BRICS expansion and Trump's threat, press reviews on US bombing Iran, Iran bombing US military in Qatar, Palestinians continue being murdered waiting for food distribution, and Trump getting most NATO countries to spend more on war, and UK activists Palestine Action to be considered terrorists. 

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout...
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June 19, 2025 28 mins

This week's show begins with press reviews on the Israeli war on Iran, then a UN Humanitarian Affairs spokesperson talks about the failed food distribution in Gaza, Nippon Steel purchase of US Steel is approved, and Iran says the missles from Israel are not surgical strikes. 

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250620.mp3   (29:00...
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June 12, 2025 28 mins

 This week's show begins with the changing attitude between the Koreas, Tulsi Gabbard calls for the abolishment of nuclear weapons, several press reviews and reports on the protests in LA, the UN Oceans Conference in France, and Italians protest the war on Gaza.

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250613.mp3   (29:00)          From JAPAN- The new South...
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June 5, 2025 29 mins

  This week's show begins with press reviews on Ukraine bombing Russia, then on Gaza, and then the South Korean election. A new 800 mile gas pipeline is being planned for Alaska and Britain will spend $20 billion on nuclear warheads. An American economist says the epoch of US global dominance is over.

This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250606.mp3   (2...
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May 29, 2025 28 mins

This week's show begins with soil contaminated by the Fukushima disaster to be used across Japan, IDF soldiers kill Gazans trying to get food at distribution sites, a glacier is Switzerland melts destroying a village, and a Mexican editorial about the US economic blockade of Cuba.

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250530.mp3   (...
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May 22, 2025 29 mins

This week's show begins with a press review on the South African President visiting the White House,an in-depth interview with the Secretary-General of the Palestine National Initiative on Israeli allies turning against it, the US avoids a WHO conference on preparations for a future pandemic, and the trial of former Brazilian President Bolsonaro is underway. 

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, N...
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May 15, 2025 28 mins

This week's show begins with China offering credit to Latin American nations for development, Afrikaners arrive in US to protests, an interview with Oliver McTernan Director of a Middle East NGO on Israel, Trump, and weaponizing antisemitism, and the Lancet medical journal reports on the actual death toll in Gaza. 

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://y...
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May 8, 2025 28 mins

This week's show begins with Europe offering research jobs to American scientists who were defunded by Trump, several reports on the India/Pakistan war, several reports on the bombing of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, and Trump removes restrictions on deep sea mining.

This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250509.mp3   (29:00)          F...
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May 1, 2025 28 mins

This week's show begins with international press on Trumps first 100 days, how Canadians and Europeans react to Carney's victory in Canada, arguments at the UN nuclear disarmament meeting, Human Rights monitors say 94% of Gazans killed by Israel are civilians.  

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250502.mp3   (29:00)          Fro...
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April 24, 2025 28 mins

This weeks show begins with more tariff response in Asia, ceasefires not followed in Ukraine or Gaza, Italian President Meloni visits Trump, dangerous escalations between Pakistan and India, and Colombian President barred from US.

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, France 24, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250425.mp3   (29:00)          From GERMANY- In yet another story ...
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April 17, 2025 28 mins

 This week's show starts with tariff news from Asia, Hungary ban LGBTQ gatherings and the UK Supreme Court rules that trans women are not women, the EU approves 1.6 Billion Euros for the Palestinian Authority, and has the US done a camouflage invasion of Panama?

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250418.mp3   (29:00)          Fro...
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April 10, 2025 28 mins

 This week's show begins with an interview with Tariq Ali on Iran and the Koreas, a few pieces on the tariff war, France calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and statehood for Palestine, several reports on Marine Le Pen.

This week's show features stories from UAE, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  NHK Japan.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250411.mp3   (29:00)          From UAE- 2 excerpts from an interview Afshin Rattansi did with Ta...
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April 3, 2025 28 mins
This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250404.mp3   (29:00)          From JAPAN- A Thursday morning report on the Trump tariff plan- like other Asian countries, Japan is quite upset at its tariff, 24%, and they expected a break because of the investments they have done in the US. Australian Prime Minister Albanese said their 10% tarif...
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March 27, 2025 28 mins

 This week's show begins with some European opinion on JD Vance, some US and Greenland history, the political landscape in Canada since Trump was reelected, reports from Gaza, and the US planning troop deployments to Panama.

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250328.mp3   (29:00)          From FRANCE- A press review on the first ...
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March 20, 2025 28 mins

This week's show starts with a company holding part of the Panama Canal in talks about a sale, Finland is the happiest ride in the park, press reviews and reports on the bombings in Gaza and a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Ecuador hires Erik Prince of Blackwater infamy to assist with criminals.

This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and  Radio Havana Cuba.   http://youthspeaksout.net/swr2503...
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