Good Ship Earth

3rd Tuesdays from 8:15am to 8:45am

It is time for us to change course to ensure that all passengers on this Good Ship Earth can live in peace and prosperity.

About The Show

Good Ship Earth is an exploration into how we will build a better future so we and our children will have a future. We will learn from experts on how we can improve our countries systems; from the economy, energy, food production, social justice, education and more.

The mission that I am committed to outgrew my first show, Voices from the Community, which I hosted and produced since 2017. The Good Ship Earth will hopefully cover the planet bringing engaging, informative and life expanding stories back to our friends in the Vancouver-Portland area.

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Show Library

Israel’s Iron Boot – Good Ship Earth 7-17-2024

Decades of Israeli occupation and oppression has created the political division in the Palestinian government between the moderates and the extremist Hamas party. Those many years ofsufferingcreated the fertile ground from which Hamas grew from, and eventually took power. In this story you'll learn how the extreme right wing coalition ...

Under Their Thumb – Good Ship Earth 6-18-2024

In the past forty years our political system has been slowly and forcefully become a government controlled by special interests for the further enrichment of corporations and the one percent. This story explores how the American people became trapped under the thumb of the oligarchs of America ...

On Hedge Funds and Freedom – Good Ship Earth 5-21-2024

With the advent of the internet local newspapers have been under attack, tech companies like Google strip mine information from traditional news sources for free and then use it to sell their advertising, if that sounds like theft, in my opinion it is. The tech industry gets a free ride ...

Good Ship Earth: Our Social Media Hellscape – 4-16-2024 at 8:15am

It seems that the tech industry has finally come to the realization that the social media genie they designed and built, not only creates great wealth but also causes great harm. But it's verytroublingto see that they would rather continue to delay and obfuscate a final, meaningful solution if it ...

Parasite Economics – Good Ship Earth 3-19-2024 8:15am

In this story I'm going to trace back to a very destructive lie that was started back in the 1980's This lie opened the door for wealthy parasitic corporations to swoop in and take public tax dollars to increase the wealth of the corrupt and connected. You can thank one ...

War Crimes of the Rich and Famous – Good Ship Earth February 20th at 8:15am

This is a story about the corruption and fraud with our military spending, you'll have to listen to learn about the war crimes ...

Under Their Thumb – Good Ship Earth 3-23-2023 12:00pm

Our Bloody Empire – The Good Ship Earth 1-26-2023

For this show I wanted to learn why so many people from Central and South America are leaving their homeland and risking their lives to travel to America. What were the driving forces behind this mass migration?In doing my research I learned two basic facts: the first fact is: all ...

Healthcare in America The Good Ship Earth September 22nd

When I started doing research for this show on Healthcare in America, I was quickly overwhelmed by story after story of how out of control our Healthcare Industry is. Over a half a million people a year are declaring bankruptcy because of medical bills, I learned how more and more ...

An Interview With Dan Sockle – Good Ship Earth 7-28 at 12:00pm

I recently had the chance to talk the with the editor of the book America's Jihad, Dan Sockle.Dan is retired from military service and lives in Vancouver, he has a B.A in Criminal Justice and a master’s in Public Administration. Dan is busy working with many non-profit organizations in his ...

A Better Place. Good Ship Earth, May 26th, 12:00pm

I don't know all the answers but I do know that when we are isolated divided and fed a constant stream of lies, some of us will fall back on our basic survival impulses of fight or flight.Some of us fight, without thinking. Some of us withdraw, not knowing what ...

How Covid Kills March 24th 2022, 12:00pm

I was so luck to interview Dr Ken Stedman and Dr Brianne Suldovsky for this show, How Covid Kills. I started off my research with the thought that there are really two virus’s at play in the Covid Pandemic, first the infectious virus’s (Sars Co V 2 and the Covid) ...

The Enemies Within. Good Ship Earth 1-27-2022 at 12:00pm

The Enemies Within A malevolent part of the mainstream media machine has become prosperous peddling outright lies. They’ve driven our country apart and turned the ignored and forgotten 30% of Americans into a ravenous, outraged mob that’s promising to boil over during the next election. Learn how the plot to overthrow our ...

Good Ship – Our Secret Weapon part two

This show is part two of Our Secret Weapon. The first part explored what meditation is and how it benefits the people who practice it. Part one can be heard on my show page, along with all my shows, at KXRW.FM/GOODSHIPEARTHThis episode examines the scientific findings of how a small ...

Our Secret Weapon part One – Good Ship Earth 8-26-2021

You might already know that the practice of meditation provides millions of people with a way to help them deal with chronic stress, and other maladies of the modern world. My show about meditation is titled Our Secret Weapon for a reason. I believe that the regular practice of meditation ...

How Our World Will Change

The cause of the beautiful Cascade Mountain range in our back yard is the catastrophic collision of the North American and Juan De Fuca geologic plates, translation large earthquakes. In this show you’ll learn the cause and history of earthquakes in our region. You’ll also learn that it’s not a ...

Local Food Fights Climate Change – Good Ship Earth 6-24th at 12:00pm

THE CORPORATE TAKE OVER OF OUR AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND THEIR HEAVY USE OF POISONOUS CHEMICALS POSE MANY THREATS TO OUR HEALTH AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. AS THE COSTS OF MODERN AGRICULTURE PRACTICES BECOME MORE APPARENT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIND ALTERNATIVE, SUSTAINABLE METHODS OF FARMING ...

The Big Lie – Good Ship Earth, 3-25-21

Good Ship Earth The Big Lie Mike Selig, Host The dishonest manipulation of public opinion is an engineered, intentional act that is based in large part on the work of psychologist Sigmund Freud. The Good Ship Earth episode The Big Lie covers how lives have been lost while millions of ...

A Change Has Got to Come – Our Prison Industrial Complex – GSE 2

Good Ship Earth A Change Has Got to Come – Our Prison Industrial Complex Mike Selig, Host One part of our society that has to change is our criminal justice system. We’ve seen too many rich white men commit financial crimes or sexual assaults and escape accountability, while the poor, ...

The Goodship Earth – For the Sake of Money

Good Ship Earth For the Sake of Money Mike Selig, Host It is historically incorrect to say that our country was founded by Pilgrims for the sake of religious freedom. Before the Pilgrims landed, wealthy Englishmen founded the Virginia Colony to grow and sell tobacco, the truth is our country ...

Bio

Host

Born and raised in Portland, Mike has lived and worked in the North West his entire life. He has a passion for the people, the environment and how we will rise to the social and environmental challenges that face us all.

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Formerly - Voices from the Community

Mike Selig joined the KXRW team near the beginning, well before we started broadcasting. He helped move our 700 pound transmitter cabinet into place and knew that while the tower climber was installing KXRW’s antenna our first broadcast date grew near. The challenge – coming up with a name for his first show. Selig’s first show on KXRW was Voices from the Community. As of February 2021, VFTC is archived as Selig sets off on his next show iteration called: Good Ship Earth.

Archive of Voices from the Community (up to 2020)

Voices from our Community – John Zingale and Sue Marshall

Join us for a special half hour edition of Voices from our Community where we sit with John Zingale (18th Legislative District, Position 1 candidate)and Sue Marshall (Clark County’s new Council District 5 candidate)as we talk campaigns, strategy and opportunity ...

Our Revolution – Voices from Our Community – 11-26-2020

The recent election shows how hard the corporate backed right wing works to maintain their death grip on our democracy and how hard we must work to take it back. The historic elections of 2020 are only a crack in the dam that has held back equal rights, equal opportunity and equal justice for all people of all colors. Historian Dr Jeff Crane discusses with Mike Selig about our political history and how recent events fit into our big historic picture. In addition to Jeff's vast background in American history, Jeff has a passion for Community Supported Agriculture which has been ...

An Interview with Investigative Reporter Greg Palast – Voices From The Community

How Trump Stole 2020 (book) An Interview with Investigative Reporter Greg Palast Click on the play button below If you're undecided as to whether or not you'll vote in this years election, you won't be after listening to Greg Palast share what's being done to steal the 2020 election. The only thing you can do to fight back is follow Greg's advice and vote! After listening to the tales of the many campaigns of one of our countries most intrepid investigative reporters, go to the website IWILLVOTE.COM to see if you're registered to vote, if you're not, register now before ...

The Battle Against Planned Obsolescence

Many of the conspiracy stories of our time turn out not to be true. That is not the case with what manufacturers have done to purposely shorten the life of our products since the early 1900's. Planned obsolescence costs consumers in many ways, including their pocket book ...

Voices from the Community 2/27/20

BRIDGING THE BORDER Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson discusses his lawsuit against Motel 6, for releasing guest lists to ICE without warrants or probable cause. The show begins with an update by Enedis Flores, whose husband, Ramon, was detained and deported at one of the Motel 6 locations in 2017. He now lives in Tijuana. Enedis and her children relocated from Hazel Dell (Vancouver area) to Southern California, so they could be close to him. The program was recorded at Bridging the Border: A community Forum, produced by The Columbian, with support by the Pulitzer Center ...

Voices from the Community 2/27/20 (updated version)