The Doomsday Clock, Violence Against Indigenous Tribes And Music From Banned Countries

Feb. 1, 2017, 4:28 p.m. CT

Shafts of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy strike smoke from fires burning outside family huts at an Mbuti pygmy hunting camp in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve outside the town of Epulu, Congo. Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo

The Doomsday Clock, Violence Against Indigenous Tribes And Music From Banned Countries

Feb. 1, 2017, 4:28 p.m. CT

On today’s show:

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist’s famed “Doomsday Clock” was created in 1947 to alert us about the potential catastrophe of nuclear weapons. We talk about the Bulletin’s decision to move the clock two and-a-half minutes to midnight last week.
We hear from the indigenous rights group Survival International about the challenges facing the Central African pygmy communities amid conservation projects on their lands.
We explore the musical contributions from artists who come from the countries listed in President Trump’s executive order on immigration