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Resistance Radio with John and Regan
"Resistance Radio” is where Native voices are offered to the public discourse on Native issues and issues that affect us all. “Resistance Radio" airs live every Thursday at 3:00 PM EST on WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC. "Resistance Radio" is the only Native hosted, live, call-in radio talk show in a major market.
Episodes
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
New York's Attorney General caving in on a provision of the State's mascot ban.
Letitia James seems to be pandering to the wealthy white folks of Long Island just weeks before her election.
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
10 years ago, Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem at an NFL game to protest racism. What's happened in 10 years?
Americans voted for Trump THREE times, electing him TWICE! Needless to say, racism is alive and well in America today!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Native candidates running in state and national elections are NOT representing Native people!
These candidates are there to serve the interests of the states they serve and the U.S.. Oh! And the parties they serve!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
WBAI is running behind in their Summer Fund Drive. Please help if you can!
Donate by going on line to buddy.wbai.org or calling 833-922-4692!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
David Harmony joins me to discuss "word swaps!"
So much has enter both the Native vernacular and the dominant narrative ABOUT Native people that is NOT accurate. We suggest some word swaps and understanding…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Thomas Jefferson: American Hero? Well! Your heroes are zeros for many of us!
In the wake of the US celebration of their Declaration of Independence, let's talk about the guy who wrote it!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
My guest today is Eve Reyes-Aguirre joining me from Phoenix, Arizona,
Eve helps run the Mexica Izkaloteka/Tontierra Cultural Embassy of Indigenous Peoples in Phoenix, Arizona and is headed to Atlanta to stand with others in…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
The Two Row Wamoum was OUR declaration of independence. It was NOT a declaration of war!
The Tiohateh or Two Row Wampum was about peaceful coexistence and respect for independence.
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Well, Let's read that Declaration of Independence! Wait! Did they say "consent of the governed?'
Any time I hear anyone claim the Declaration of Independence is the greatest thing ever written, I got to wonder.... Has anyone read this pack of lies?
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
"Merciless Indian Savages!" That's what you called us in your Declaration of Independence. OK! Let's go with that.
We'll spend the next few weeks in the run up to Trump's Independence Day circus stating some of the obvious to anyone who ever read the Declaration of…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Resistance Radio 5/28/26; Treaties are NOT the supreme law of the land!
According to the "Handbook on Federal Indian Law", Native people came under US authority by force and by treaty. They would have been more honest if it had…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Another holiday weekend to celebrate and romanticize war! Why?
The vast majority of US holidays are some celebration of war. Memorial Day is just one of many. But it kicks off the Summer season and revs us up for the 250th…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Does giving something a label or name make it real? And does that thing become the label or name?
I am not an "Indian" and I am not a "member" of a "tribe." Not my words and not my identity!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
My second show of the week. This one from DC on WPFW. My guest is our General Manager Shayna Lonoae who is also Kanaka Maoli from Hawaii.a
We spend the hour promoting our station and discussing Hawaii and our connections.
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Well Earth Day happened. Let me talk about how we're doing. Oh! and the 4th of July is just around the corner.
We continue to wreak havoc on the planet as we pretend 250 years of this behavior is something to celebrate.
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
The DNA lie! And country music is full of songs about white folks clinging to land. We tried that too.
DNA cannot determine ethnicity, origin stories or nationality. and why is it romantic for country singers to sing about refusing to sell land to developers…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Nothing in the 14th Amendment mentions "domiciliation" or allegiance but it still entered the SCOTUS debate!
Allegiance is literally in the definition of "citizen." But left out of the processes in the 14th Amendment, the takeover of Hawaii and the Indian Citizenship…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
So let's talk about birthright citizenship! It's not complicated but it may not be what you think.
Native People were NOT made citizens under the Constitution!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Are you free? What is freedom? David Harmony is my guest.
Being a "citizen" is about having an allegiance to a government in exchange for protections. Freedom is not in the definition of citizenship.
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
In spite the claims by the Trump administration, the US Commission on Civil Rights has condemned the use of Native mascots!
the USCCR has pushed to ban Native mascots for going on three decades!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
The Black, Native and Hawaiian experiences with the U.S. has been similar but still very distinct.
All three of us have had U.S. citizenship imposed upon us!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Resistance Radio in DC with Jacqui Luqman 2/27/26; WPFW Special Fund Drive Show
Support WPFW and Resistance Radio by calling 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9738 or go on-line at wpfwfm.org.
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Every "Indian Boarding School" was an Epstein Island!
The entire Me Too movement, every clergy sex abuse claim and everyone in the Epstein files can't come close to the number of children abused in 150 years of…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Kudos to the Seneca people for taking charge and action against the abuse of authority
The Seneca people organized, researched and educated each other to rise up and oppose the policing agreement that their "leaders" entered into. They forced the…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Don't Blame Us! Your Constitution is NOT based on ours!
Some have suggested that our Kaianerehkowa (Great Law of Peace) was the foundation and basis for the US Constitution. Well, I'm here to say NOT EVEN CLOSE! Our…
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The Two Row Wampum is weighing heavily on my mind.
As Native communities struggle with their autonomy, the symbol of the Haudenosaunee autonomy is the Two Row. But many of our communities struggle to stay on…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
The Trump Administration weighing in on school mascots is NOT just a distraction
Trump and his ED Secretary don't really care if these mascots stay or go. Their presence here on this issue is strictly performative. This is about political…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
David Harmony is my guest as we discuss the failures of historical reckoning.
From a holy book covered in human flesh to both the North and the South engaged in the American Holocaust, the US and Americans refuse to own their true…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
My friend, partner and co-producer Ross John joins me in studio!
Ross was the co-producer and he funded the production of THE LONG HOPE, our full length documentary. We discuss the film and its growing relevance in these…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Wow! THIS is the New Year? Is America Great Yet?
We are literally only one week into the New Year and the news cycle is INSANE. Trump hasn't even logged in a full year yet!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
It's the New Year! Let's make it new!
My emphasis in 2026 will be regarding Native identity; defending it, promoting it, defining it and protecting it.
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
I did separate shows for NYC and DC this week. Here is my Resistance Radio show for WPFW!
Please support WPFW by going to wpfwfm.org or calling 202-588-9739!
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
I can't believe i have to explain who and what Archie Bunker was!
If you take a racist bigot who abuses his wife, is angry and feels like his white privilege is under constant assault and make him rich and evil, you just…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
As we look back, let's not romanticize military violence; not Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima/Nagasaki or the violence against Venezuela.
We live in troubling times but much of it is history repeating itself. There is NOTHING happening now that hasn't been going on for a very long time. We must…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
Four shows left for 2025! So let's go out strong by supporting the program and the stations carrying it.
2025 has proven to be an incredible year by almost any measure. 2026 may be an even bigger run off the cliff or a tipping point. This show is more important…
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We need to have the courage to reject being held as a subclass of human beings. We are NOT wards of the US government!
The effort to dismantle the illegal doctrines of the US legal and legislative system is quite simply about rejecting being singled out simply for being Native…
Resistance Radio with John and ReganPeter d'Errico author of FEDERAL ANTI-INDIAN LAW joins me to discuss recent challenges to the Plenary Powers Doctrine
Sam Alito has questioned this power and now Thomas and Gorsuch are challenging its constitutionality and general legality. To be clear the UN has called…
Resistance Radio with John and ReganThe Canandaigua Treaty Day: Why I am not a fan!
Last Tuesday was the 231st anniversary of the Canandaigua Treaty! Why celebrate broken promises. And don't get me started on the Washington belt.
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Live in-studio Reggie Johnson from the WBAI studio in Brooklyn
In town for a screening of THE LONG HOPE so I had a chance to broadcast Resistance Radio from the WBAI studio this week, We do a little catch up and go to…
- Resistance Radio with John and Regan
The Long Hope and why you need to see it.
The Long Hope is our film that we are in the early stages of rolling out. I talk about why we made the film ans why we hope people will watch it.