Unwelcome Guests
1500 hours of highly recommended dissident thought, indexed by category and author. |
Started: 10 March 2000
Founder: Lyn Gerry
Owner: Robin Upton (A Wikispooks editor)
In its own words:
"A program about wealth, power, and peoples' resistance to the corporate world order."
Constitutes: Podcast, Independent media
Unwelcome Guests is a radio show started by Lyn Gerry, a former Pacifica radio presenter disillusioned by the influence of corporate money over the station's output. Fortnightly shows last 2 hours and typically include a variety of speakers, often academics, whistleblowers, authors and/or activists on a range of topics lacking from commercially-controlled media.
History
The show was originally distributed at Radio4All.net, a site run by the show's producer, Lyn Gerry. When Robin Upton took over the show in 2010, he created a bespoke website at http://www.UnwelcomeGuests.net. The show has been produced irregularly since Summer 2016.
Adaptation of Operation Gladio
In 2015, the Unwelcome Guests collective adapted Alan Francovich's film about Operation Gladio for radio. The radio adaptation, which involved around a dozen volunteers was broadcast in 4 parts over 2 months.[1][2][3][4] As of 2018, it remains some of the most popular episodes of the show.[5]
Archives
In December 2015, the site facilitated mass downloads by publishing the following zipped archives of many episodes:
Link | Episodes | Size | Dates |
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ug-archive-001-099.zip | #1 - #99 | 4.4 GB | 10 March 2000 - 26 January 2002 |
ug-archive-100-199.zip | #100 - #199 | 5.1 GB | 2 February 2002 - 27 December 2003 |
ug-archive-200-299.zip | #200 - #299 | 5.1 GB | 3 January 2004 - 26 March 2006 |
ug-archive-300-399.zip | #300 - #399 | 5.2 GB | 2 April 2006 - 24 February 2008 |
ug-archive-400-499.zip | #400 - #499 | 5.2 GB | 3 March 2008 - 18 January 2010 |
ug-archive-500-599.zip | #500 - #599 | 5.1 GB | 26 January 2010 - 14 April 2012 |
ug-archive-600-699.zip | #600 - #699 | 5.2 GB | 21 April 2012 - 1 November 2014 |
ug-archive-700-728.zip | #700 - #728 | 1.5 GB | 15 November 2014 - 12 December 2015 |