Wave Farm's WGXC-FM is pleased to present a special broadcast of an event hosted by Seattle Town Hall in celebration of the release of Radio Benjamin (Verso Books: 2014), a new collection of Walter Benjamin’s Radio Talks. The program includes readings of Benjamin’s radio talks “The Lisbon Earthquake,” “Bootleggers,” and “Berlin Toy Tour, I.” The recording also features an interview with Radio Benjamin’s editor Lecia Rosenthal. Seattle Town Hall's literary series is curated by ACT Theatre Artistic Director Kurt Beattie. Special thanks to Edward Wolcher for his help in making this broadcast possible. Rebroadcast from Dec. 20.

Peter and Mickey spend the hour in conversation with media scholar Robert McChesney, discussing topics from political conditions in the U-S, to a plan for financing independent media. McChesney teaches at the University of Illinois; his latest book is "Blowing the Roof Off the Twenty-First Century."

New version for 2014 read by Mike Watt, Leighton Crook, Karen Schoemer, Danielle Johnson, Kevin Branstetter, Jad Fair, Jim Putnam, G.W. Sok, Oli Heffernan.

Four hours of music from Sun Ra. From Wikipedia: "Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions, and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979."

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. This week's show features stories from Radio Havana Cuba, NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Sputnik Radio.

Free Speech Radio News stories include: Houston and Milwaukee officers cleared of charges in killings of unarmed black men; New York City mayor calls for protest pause after deadly ambush of two officers; Checkpoints and other restrictions put damper on Christmas tourism in Bethlehem; Blasphemy claims incite mob violence; young couple immolated; Declassified memo reveals Mexican police worked for Zetas in town infamous for migrant murders and mass graves; Prop 47 frees some California inmates in time to be home for the holidays.

From Pacifica: Guest 1: Robert Callum, the unnatural history of the oceans, before the coming of industrialization; Guest 2: Dr. Oliver Sacks, why do we like music so much?

Do not call during rebroadcast. Off The Hook, from the hacker zine 2600, airs every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET in New York City on WBAI 99.5 FM, and is rebroadcast at 7 a.m. Saturdays on WGXC and Wave Farm Radio. It is simulcast online via streaming MP3 and via shortwave on WBCQ The Planet at 5110 KHz. Join #offthehook on irc.2600.net to chat during the show. Email show at oth [at] 2600.com. Do not call during the rebroadcast. Rebroadcast from Dec. 24, 2014 discusses "The Interview" film and Sony hacking controvery.

Tune in international shortwave radio news from Glenn Hauser. Ireland is included this week.

Extended version of radio show about radio, with highlights of the best sounds and stories of the year. "Radio Wonderland," with Joshua Fried remixing NYC radio on Hudson Valley frequencies, interrupts the proceedings for a half hour at 10:30 a.m. Hear from Steve Bull, William Basinski, John Cleater, Liv Carrow, Chris Forsyth, Dan Seward, Nicholas Collins, Sonny Rollins, John Anderson, Tom Skarimbas, Dan Braverman, and many others.

"Radius Sketchpad" is an ongoing monthly program on WGXC 90.7-FM presented by the Chicago-based platform, Radius. This month features Ethan Rose's Hum, and is followed by a playlist of works selected by the artist.

"Radia" is a group of internartional stations, including Wave Farm's WGXC, interested in new and forgotten ways of making radio. Each week, one station makes a show for the others. This week: Season 33 is remixed.

Sound as a weapon is explored here. Warning: Some of the material included has been used by agents for the United States to torture suspected terrorists. Songs include Dope's "Die MF Die" and "Take Your Best Shot," Eminem's "White America" and "Kim," the Barney & Friends theme song, Drowning Pool's Bodies, Metallica's "Enter Sandman," the Meow Mix commercial jingle, the "Sesame Street" theme song, David Gray's "Babylon," AC/DC's "Shoot to Thrill" and "Hell’s Bells," the Bee Gees' "Stayin’ Alive," Tupac's "All Eyez On Me," Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty," Neil Diamond's "America," Don McLean's "American Pie," Saliva's "Click Click Boom," Matchbox Twenty's "Cold," (hed)pe's "Swan Dive," Prince's "Raspberry Beret" and many others. Also tune in Gregory Whitehead's story "Project Jericho," about sound-as-weapon development. Plus, coverage of the recent use of the Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) used against protesters in the United States. Hear about how the CIA played "Panama" by Van Halen over and over again outside Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in order to coax Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega, out for capture. More about sound cannons, "silent weapon technology," and other sounds used against enemies.

Classical music that inspired riotious responses.

"Radia" is a group of internartional stations, including Wave Farm's WGXC, interested in new and forgotten ways of making radio. Each week, one station makes a show for the others. This week: Season 33 is remixed.

CounterSpin is FAIR's weekly radio show, hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall and Peter Hart. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. This week: "Rebecca Gordon on torture, David Sirota on pensions."