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The Village Oak Tree

The Village Oak Tree is where the Irish storyteller comes to your digital village to bring you stories from the outside world. Join me every Wednesday as I try my best to find topics that are not plastered all over the main stream news pages everywhere you look. I research news from around the world, that despite not being in all over the front pages, may be important to regular people nonetheless. To wrap things up, I try to add a little imagination to your visit with a short story that might make

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All Episodes

52:46

The Oxfam Report and Donald Trump

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/01/17

This week, I have a lecture about wealth disparity around the world and how Donald Trump fits in with that at our expense, if he should get elected again.

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60:10

help, help, the migrants are coming!

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/01/10

This week, I have the usual mix of news stories and Substack articles for everyone from around the world. In the second half, I talk about immigration with some relevant articles from Medium.com, two of which I read to the audience. This is an in your face editorial for the white, privileged Americans who are constantly crying about the hordes of invading migrants coming across the southern border.

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53:22

The First News Podcast for 2024.

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/01/04

Lots of news stories of good and bad abou tthe environment, the Russians, Gaza, and China. A couple about doings in the U.S. as well. The Op Ed in the second half is all about how badly the global corporations are screwing everyone over for profits.

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41:50

In Between the holiday Weekends with a Wish for a...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/12/28

In a new switch, I am transistioning to videos newscasts for 2024. This will be my first as a beta version to see how it does. I am sure my Youtube visitors might enjoy the new me but I am curious as to how the other podcast platforms will handle this. I will be checking all of them to see what it looks like so I can make good decisions before next week.Meanwhile, this weeks show has the usual mix of news from around the world and my Op Ed about greed and finding the will power to get rid of these

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57:42

The Price of a Dollar Bill Around the World

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/12/20

In this episode before the Christmas holiday, I bring you quite a few news stories about politics, the environment, and social justice issues. In the second half, I bring you an editorial on the greediness and waning star of the United States and how they have arrived where they are today. A cautionary tale for other would be superpowers.

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42:51

Crazy News from around the world and how the U.S. is...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/12/13

I have a quite a few stories about the craziness going on around the world. There are quite a few of them about world wide immigration issues, News from Russia and some from Palestine. The editorial is all about how the U.S. is complicite in Israel's war crimes and how war crimes for them is nothing new.

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59:52

What About All of the Dead Bodies in the southern...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/12/06

I have more backpage news stories from around the world. This week, a handful of stories about the Russians, the Chinese and Europe. A couple from the U.S as well. We wouldn't want to leave out the world's most notorious bad actors, would we. Then, all about the unnamed dead from the jungles of Ecuador all the way to the U.S southern border. So many bodies without names. I have a discussion with Kristof Morrow from Vancouver B.C. about this and other right-wing issues in the U.S. via a Zoom link

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36:19

Media censorship, U.S. hypocrisy, and ethnic...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/11/29

Another week of world drama over Gaza and Palestine. I have a handful of news articles about illegal immigration from around the world, Right-wing government elections, EU air quality, Middle east air quality, a couple of stories about the Irish and there problems with the midde east, and others. In the second half, I rant about the war in Palestine some more with some interesting articles. This weeks episode isn't as long as usual and thatg may become a new thing.

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47:27

War and more war around the world as the planet gets...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/11/22

This week, I have more news from around the world, most of it about the climate and the affect it is having everywhere. Some of what I bring is actually good news and some not so much. The Op Ed is about war and how the warming climate is driving more wars.

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62:35

The After Veterans Day News and Non-Patriotic Opinion

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/11/16

This week, I bring you more news from around the world. Some good news environemental news articles. News from Europe about the Israeli-Palestine war. News from the US about their cultural issues, And some news from the Catholic world. Then there is my topic of the week in the second half about the military industrial complex and the United States involvement in world affairs. You don't want to miss that. There is some adult language used in one of the articles I read in the second half so be

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38:21

The Elephant in the world room - Israel and Palestine...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/11/08

I have a handful of environmental and political stories stories for this week and a lot of content about the war in Palestine in the second half. Come sit down under The Village Oak Tree as I bring you the news from the outside world.

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43:37

First episode for the Celtic New Year

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/11/02

This being the last day of Samhain for 2023, I am starting a new season with some unusual news stories and in the second half, I talk about the Catholic church and some of the Protestants as well. I have also changed up the mid-episode commercial, the post message and all of the music to start the new season off with a clean slate. Enjoy

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43:57

The news from around the world and women's rights for...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/10/25

I have some articles on modern day slavery, racist immigration issues, climate articles, the war in Gaza and a tech article from down under. In the second half I bring you my rant about why women in the U.S. are losing their rights to their own bodies and civil rights in general in certain states and the puch byut the churches to make it a national ban for abortions and birth control.

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61:55

Massacres and Genocides Oct. 18th, 2023

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/10/18

This episode is devoted in some small part to the genocidal war happening in Gaza right now by the Zionist Israeli IDF, while the western world either takes the side of Israel or the hapless Palestinian civilians caught in the middle. In the second half, I lay out the history of Europeans and their colonial descendants war on the African Americans and Native Americans in North America since they came ashore in 1607.

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72:36

The Village Oak Tree for October 11th, 2023

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/10/11

Lots of news stories today about everything. In the second half, I have a monologue about book banning with a special blog article from James Finn about banning books and the celebration of National Banned Books Week, which I read to everyone. This episode is a little long so you might want to use your ear buds while doing something else.

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51:23

The Village Oak Tree for Oct. 4th, 2023

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/10/04

I have quite a few news stories and blog articles for everyone and an essay on racism and modern day slavery in the second half, Join me under the village oak tree as I bring you the news from beyond your village and enlighten you with things you may not know about.

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40:24

The Village oak Tree for September 27th, 2023

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/09/27

This week, I have more of the somewhat obscure headlines from around the world and in the second half, I discuss the uptick in right-wing populist-nationalistic politics rearing its ugly head in a lot of countries right now over global migration. I also add in a movie review as the movie plot ties into all of this populist politics.

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69:47

The Village Oak Tree for Sept. 20th, 2023

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/09/20

Todays episode starts with the usual mix of articles about racism, politics, environmental issues and a couple of American education articles I found. In the second half, I discuss world-wide racism, focusing on North America and Australia. I also have a special guest reader who reads her story about book banning and racism. The show is a little long because of her reading but it is well worth the listen.

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The Village Oak Tree for September 13th, 2023

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/09/13

This week, I have the usual mix of world politics, climate change, and racism. In the second half, I talk more about white supremacy and 'The Doctrine of Discovery,' around the world and what the Christian churches had to do with all of that.

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47:25

The Village Oak Tree for Sept. 6th, 2023

The Village Oak Tree ·

2023/09/06

This week, I have the usual mix of world politics, climate change, and racism, with a bunch of stories about China. In the second half, I talk about the state of the world and a little bit about something called 'The Doctrine of Discovery,' and how it is permeating throughout American society.

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