Whistleblower

Whistleblower. The Hub Radio Show for Monday July 30, 2018. View the completely shrill playlist for 7-30-18 (CLICK HERE)

Dirty Projectors, Boy Willows, Gorillaz, Natalie Prass, Ryder Havdale

A whistleblower is a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public. The information of alleged wrongdoing can be classified in many ways: violation of company policy/rules, law, regulation, or threat to public interest/national security, as well as fraud, and corruption. Those who become whistleblowers can choose to bring information or allegations to surface either internally or externally. Internally, a whistleblower can bring his/her accusations to the attention of other people within the accused organization such as an immediate supervisor. Externally, a whistleblower can bring allegations to light by contacting a third party outside of an accused organization such as the media, government, law enforcement, or those who are concerned. Whistleblowers, however, take the risk of facing stiff reprisal and retaliation from those who are accused or alleged of wrongdoing.

Cornscateous Air is Everywhere

Cornscateous Air is Everywhere. The Hub Radio Show for Monday July 9, 2018. View the completely loamy playlist for 7-9-18 (CLICK HERE)

Luluc, Saintseneca, Eric Bachmann , The Milk Carton Kids

My, my, sniff that cornscateous air. I suppose it smells like money to farmers and like heavenly food to sweet-corn lovers. But that air is hot, humid and heavy and makes air conditioning my constant companion. “Cornscateous” (pronounced “corn SKAY shuss”) is really a word if you believe the Old Farmer’s Almanac. I tried to look it up in my 1971 dictionary and my 2009 edition, and the word isn’t there. The old almanac makers dreamed it up, I figure, and used it to signify a time in July when the air is damp and warm, which the farmers considered ideal for growing corn. Keep smilin’, folks, it looks good on you.

Dog Days

Dog Days. The Hub Radio Show for Monday July 2, 2018. View the completely canine playlist for 7-2-18 (CLICK HERE)

Harlan T Bobo, Arthur Buck, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, The Rock *A* Teens, The Essex Green

When the piercing power and sultry heat of the sun abate, and almighty Zeus sends the autumn rains, and men's flesh comes to feel far easier,—for then the star Sirius passes over the heads of men, who are born to misery, only a little while by day and takes greater share of night—then, when it showers its leaves to the ground and stops sprouting, the wood you cut with your axe is least liable to worm.