We have big challenges ahead from climate change. One of the biggest is how to provide electricity when needed with less pollution and harmful green house gasses. How will the grid accommodate renewable energy and energy sources with less greenhouse gas emissions? What is the role of energy storage in moderating fluctuating sources of  energy? Will having more micro-grids add to   stability or will they be disruptive?

Tune in 4-5:00 pm today to
Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show
to hear about this and more.

Tune in to Stepping Into Tomorrow, this evening at 8:00PM, as host Gabriel Bryant speaks with Bro. Omowale Afrika. He will be discussing his 6-Part lecture series titled "Strike Drum! The Political Awakening of Afrikan Consciousness." Focusing on everything from the lessons of Marcus Garvey to the Significance of Afrikan Spirituality, they will talk about what he has in store for each lecture and what he hopes leads to next steps for nation-building and scholarship. Feel free to call in at 215.609.4301! 

Good eve. Welcome to Skywave for more radio play listening thrills. We begin with a selection from the comedy series that starred Lucy Ball- My Favorite Husband. Originally aired 1949, "Valentine's Day considers the usual cutesy cupidity that makes all the characters involved dissolve into a slurry of mushy gooshy romance-inspired kissy yuck! We continue with a bit from the sci fi intergalactic suspense series Flash Gordon. 1st broadcast 1935, "Episode 3" Flash and co. attempt to escape the prison city of the Hawkmen. But with mating season heating up, how safe is anybody? Well, here to warm your hearts are voice regs Carol Moog, Susan Triggiani and your host, Andy Pettit. 

TODAY at 5pm on "The (Not So) Hidden Agenda," meet host Stephanie Heck's next fascinating guest, actor/rapper/poet/teacher, Benjamin Bass!  Ben is going to talk to us about his awesome variety of artistic work...including his current work with BRAHE MASK METHOD, which inspires deepened self-awareness through the use of sacred Balinese Masks.  Tune in and hear how Ben can help you to "chop your own head off" with mask work!  

Today at 5pm on THE (NOT SO) HIDDEN AGENDA, tune in to meet host Stephanie Heck's next guests, actor Bob Weick and director John Doyle. Bob and John wil introduce us to the ideas, work, and philosophies of the late Howard Zinn, who was an historian, playwright, and socialist thinker who died 10 years ago.  Bob will also tell us about his upcoming performance of Zinn's "Marx in Soho," which he will be performing on Sunday Feb. 16 at 5:30pm at the Trolley Car Cafe in East Falls.

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Tune in to Stepping Into Tomorrow, this evening at 8:00PM, as host Gabriel Bryant speaks with MOVE member, Delbert Africa, who was just released from prison this past Saturday after almost 42 years of imprisonment! Arrested and incarcerated along with 8 other MOVE members after the infamous and controversial MOVE 9 case of August 8, 1978, Delbert is a free man after decades of work by organizers, activists and a legal team determined to share the truth and build a movement that they were innocent. Listen in to hear from Delbert himself, as he discusses how he navigated his experience, what MOVE means to him and his first reactions to life back in the City of Philadelphia!