Tough Times with Lou Young

Tough Times with Lou Young - Show #91 - March 1st, 2025 - WE BROKE IT, WE BOUGHT IT

WE BROKE IT, WE BOUGHT IT The US Executive branch may be unhinged, but WE elected it.  What's a dissenter to do? We've got input from both coasts, and full half-hour with Westchester's new County Executive Ken Jenkins.  Plus, concerned callers and.... Rev Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping.  Tough Times: we were made for this.

Tough Times with Lou Young - Show #89 - December 7th, 2024 - THE GILMARTIN FILES- Part 1

He was a New York City cab driver, a political activist in the Nixon era, and ultimately an international journalist who walked the streets of Papa Doc’s Haiti, the Sandinista’s Nicaragua, and Tel Aviv at the dawn of a doomed peace process. Then he tackled true crime as a producer for DATELINE NBC. This man has stories to tell and begins with us in this two-hour broadcast. Plus, Rev Billy and Eco Riot radio—the Church of Stop Shopping unleashed! Strap in and ride along.

Tough Times with Lou Young - Show #88 - November 30th, 2024 - HOPE IN THE TIME OF TRUMP

Constitutional Lawyer Michael Sussman joins us for an assessment of the Trump electoral victory; What it means and what it doesn’t. How to read the results, what to expect from the dramatic change, and how reality may temper the shift. There is optimism amid the anxiety. Plus Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping as the Earth asserts itself. LOTS to think about here.

Tough Times with Lou Young - Show #86 - October 12th, 2024 - NUKE POWER & SUPERSTORMS

NUKE POWER & SUPERSTORMS- Can the decommissioned Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant be repurposed and reactivated? The folks who are taking the plant apart say a newer, smaller plant could be put eventually to use the spent fuel stored on site. Opponents say no way. We hear from both sides of that debate….Then…. In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton we talk with storm expert Dr. Suzana Camargo, Research Professor at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades NY. Climate change may be making the storms stronger but there’s apparently no evidence they are becoming more frequent. All that, music, Rev Billy and more.

Tough Times with Lou Young - Show #85 - September 28th, 2024 - ALL ABOUT E-V'S

ALL ABOUT E-V'S (Electric Vehicles) An automobile consultant joins Lou, George Potanovic, and Will Hennessey in debriefing a series of EV owners and experts as we help you decide if the all-electric road option is something for you.  Callers during the two hours include folks who participated in the DRIVE ELECTRIC event held in Mamaroneck NY on Sept. 28, 2024. There's information about Telsa, Rivian, Ford, Ionic., KIA, Hyundai, GM, and a number of others.  It's jam packed with info and includes a visit with Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping (ironic since we're shop[ping for EVs, huh?) News from the Natural World, and interview with NY Congressional hopeful Mondaire Jones AND......we even squeeze in a little music.