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Creative FRONTLINE

by Robert Lundahl, Filmmaker/Journalist

Emmy® Award winning Filmmaker, Producer, and Radio Show Host, Robert Lundahl, broadcasting weekly Primetime on KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles.

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Episodes

  1. Unauthorized: The Campaign Chronicles

    Unauthorized: The Campaign Chronicles by Robert Lundahl, Filmmaker/Journalist

  2. KSVR Radio Unconquering Mt. Vernon

    Interview with Robert Lundahl filmmaker "Unconquering the Last Frontier"

  3. Finding Our Purpose: The Original Instruction Set

    This episode expresses directly and strongly the reasons and the purpose of producing Creative FRONTLINE since its beginning on KPFK as “Climate Change. Is Here” in 2022. As stated by a Yankton Lakota colleague to me, “Robert, you have two audiences, Non-Native and NaIIve. " It's never been a...

  4. Will Lithium Extraction Create Earthquakes on tne San Andreas Fault Alt. Open/Close

    Californias desert regions have a long history of get rich quick schemes development disasters and ceaseless promotional efforts. Poorly laid plans are often not founded on solid ground. Once the impermanent Salton Sea was touted as Americas latest and best vacation and lifestyle paradise. Today,...

  5. The 100 Foot Wave Alt Open Close

    Indigenous Hawai'ian David Pu'u informs on the gigantic Wind Farm planned for the California Coast it's vulnerabilities, costs, and non-ecological disposal in Africa.

  6. How to Save the Planet Alt Open Close

    Robert Lundahl, Host Version

  7. Rewilding LA October 2024

    Our topic today is dams including our own dams close to home. The Matilija dam on a tributary of the Ventura River, and the Devils Gate Dam along the Arroyo Seco, what it takes to course correct through transformation, regeneration and reconciliation taking into account all species, habitats and...

  8. Celilo Falls and the Culture of Death

    The story of Celilo falls is the story of the Pacific Northwest. Pictures of Indian people dip netting for the giant salmon that once freely made their way up the Columbia to a Lower Snake river now clogged and obstructed by 14 dams, many with navigation locks, may be seen on-line, a remnant of a...

  9. Water In The West Primetime Launch

    Special Program Launch features 1 hour on Lithium Mining, and Introduces how Hemp Bast may be Transformed into Graphene-Like Carbon Nanosheet Supercapacitors as an Alternative to Destructive Lithium Energy systems. Nations around the world rely on lithium based energy systems to power a…

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  10. Underground River: Downstream KPFK

    Rushing waters plunging off the Sierra Nevada from Yosemite form the Walker River, plummeting across state lines into Nevada and Walker Lake. It is a terminus or sink with no outlet. Where do the waters go? Underground and onward down the Amargosa, under Las Vegas, down the Colorado toward the…

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  11. Downstream

    Program research ©Copyright, Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone, Robert Lundahl, CreativeFRONTLINE, Agence RLA, LLC.All Rights Reserved.

  12. Water In The West 2.0 First Hour Rough KPFK

    Water In The West 2.0 First Hour Rough KPFK

  13. The BIA Made A White Man Out Of Me

    From "Gangster Shoes," to a newly arrived Navajo Boy barely speaking English, championship football, and a newly accredited school, the '70's produced change and the people who produced that change.

  14. Experiencing Sherman Institute and Sherman Indian High School

    On Creative FRONTLINE, we try to get our shows done for the upcoming **Monday Midnight** early... Experiencing Sherman Indian School. Much consideration and appreciation were given to this show, and have been felt for Matthew Leivas Sr., and his family, his mother, and grandfather, Henry Hanks…

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  15. Puha

    Creative FRONTLINE has focused on Ash Meadows as a biodiversity hot spot in the desert, and after learning of the Chemehuevi Peoples' history in the area we asked Hereditary Chief Matt Leivas to explain the meaning and importance to his people. We'll continue the series with commentary in…

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  16. The Heart Tells The Mind What To Do, Wild12, Larry Merculieff

    Today, Tracker and I are with Larry Merculieff (Unangan). in advance of the global Wild12 conference in the Black Hills, which places indigenous voices at the forefront for the first time.

  17. Larry Merculieff Raw Interview Pt 1 08 10

    Larry Merculieff Raw Interview Pt 1 08 10 by Robert Lundahl, Filmmaker/Journalist

  18. Larry Merculieff Raw Interview Pt 2 08 10

    Larry Merculieff Raw Interview Pt 2 08 10 by Robert Lundahl, Filmmaker/Journalist

  19. Blowout At Platform A

    This is a story of the early years of the oil industry, a burning river and a blowout, Earth Day, and the Environmental Protection Agency, and how it all intersects. We’re back with David Pu’u, Indigenous Hawai’ian and lifelong surfer raised in Santa Barbara, and the incredulous story of the…

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  20. One Bad Day: The Dissemination of Nuclear Pollution

    David Pu'u is a llfelong surfer, an engineer and a military analyst with an indigenous perspective We are discussing the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, in Japan, as we seek to understand human systems, the ways we produce energy, and how we seek to avoid calamitous mistakes, and the…

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  21. The 100 Foot Wave - Wind Farms On The California Coast

    Massive infrastructures are planned 20 to 60 miles offshore from the Pristine Beaches and natural environments of the Central Californiia Coast. New industrial facilities plug in via huge cables. Industrial construction: Assembly in SF harbor, tow to Los Angeles, configure and tow to Morro Bay....

  22. Chemehuevi Sweet Corn

    We have an episode coming up from the farm as we help tell the story of Chemehuevi Sweet Corn, visiting with Chemehuevi Elder Matt Leivas about regenerative practices on the land, revitalizing vegetative landscapes, and purifying water along the Colorado River. Tune in for this positive…

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  23. Mupila: Indigenous Plant Medicine

    Filmmaker, Journalist, Robert Lundahl interviews Dr. Oliver Mupila, internationally renowned Medical Doctor, Gerontologist, prolific Author, Environmentalist, and Human Rights Defender. Mupila has led research into indigenous plant medicine and is, himself, indigenous Lunda from Village Kameya ,...

  24. Chief Johnny Bobb–What's Really Going On

    What’s Really Going on in the Amargosa River Basin, Ash Meadows and Beyond? Western Shoshone Chief Johnny Bobb on impacts to the natural ecosystem, his people and animals from nuclear testing, transport, and disposal near his home at Jomba, NV.

  25. The Gift Of A Rattle with Artist, Max Carmichael

    The Cry: Traditional Grief and its Meaning Today. Amid the boulders and the Junipers, artist Max Carmichael shares notes on a ceremony, memorializing a dear friend, guided by place, its similarities with ancient practices, the Cry, a testimony of time and death. The Gift of a Rattle.

  26. Last Chance for Freedom. Leonard Peltier Part 2

    Last Chance for Freedom. Parole Hearing Leonard Peltier Part 2

  27. Awesome Program Lead In 2.

    KPFK On Air Lead in2

  28. Awesome Program Lead In 1.

    KPFK On Air Lead In

  29. Max Carmichael, Seeker

    It has been said Max Carmichael is a Stanford-educated rocket scientist, boxcar-hopping hobo, urban bohemian and desert survivalist – Moreover he is a seeker, perpetually curious, and an indie rocker (but that's a separate story) Lets join him on his travels to a remote mountain range in the…

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  30. Leonard Peltier Political Prisoner

    An astounding Radio Landscape on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, Leonard Peltier, Political Prisoner. A story told by Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone and Lenny Foster. This is a very special story and first hand account of the trials of a person who some call America's longest...

  31. Amargosa

    Pupfish. Little blue creatures endemic to pools upwelling amid rock strata at Ash Meadows. Here on Creative FRONTLINE, we’ve done several shows on water in the West. Only not the same water from your tap exactly but the waters in springs, aquifers, and rivers, and now, Death Valley and it’s...

  32. Timbisha

    Following the fast track development of Thacker Pass for lithium mining, and the abrogation of various laws like Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, NAGPRA, NEPA, and others, the continuing pressure on Oak Flat and mixed interpretation of laws there, and the unknown unknowns of...

  33. Ancient Solutions To Modern Climate Concerns

    Tonight we celebrate 43 Episodes. How Rad is that? Tonight **Midnight Monday** on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara. The orange goo you see along Kivalina's shores speaks volumes about temperature, industrial pollution, algae, human waste, and global heating, With Jeff Hallowell…

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  34. Earth Day and Beyond, Rights Of Nature Now! Campaign Launch

    For Earth Day and Beyond we have a special on the GLOBAL LAUNCH of the Rights of Nature Now! Campaign At Creative FRONTLINE we're very pleased, totally EXCITED, and very honored, indeed, to help accelerate outreach. For more information about Rights of Nature Now! visit...

  35. How To Save The Planet/Savimbo, The Jungle Speaks

    Here at KPFK Creative Frontline storytelling is our business, or… helping other people tell their stories. We give these visions titles. Sometimes one title, sometimes two. This one, How to Save the Planet. The Jungle Speaks. has two. We’re here with Drea Burbank, Johnny Lopez and Fernando Lezama...

  36. The Mysteries of Ayahuasca

    Fernando Lezama and Jhony Lopez, with Drea Burbank MD, from the Columbian Amazon. Learn About The Eagle and the Condor Prophesy and the Unity of Peoples, North and South. KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara Tonight's Program is very special. The opportunity to sit down and speak with...

  37. Nature is The Dose, The Medicine is the Microdose: The Rights Of Nature

    A Very Special Program Recorded Live from the Columbian Amazon on The Rights of Nature Movement on Creative FRONTLINE ! With Indigenous Healers/Shamans, Fernando Lezama, Jhony Lopez, and Shamans Network Administrator, Drea Burbank.

  38. The Water Cycle

    The Water Cycle by Robert Lundahl, Filmmaker/Journalist

  39. Water, Springs And Biodiversity with Andy ZDon

    “Water, Springs and Biodiversity,” with geologist Andy Zdon about the complex interrelationship between water, ecology, and geology that forms and informs the delicate ecological balance supporting wagon trains and tribal communities alike, including the Paiute, Shoshone, and Chemehuevi peoples,...

  40. Sucking California Dry, Cadiz Inc. and the Water Market

    I am fortunate to work with Pat Flanagan. We have a process together of writing and checking each other’s facts. Since she’s on the board of Morongo Basin Conservation Assn., and a scientist, she has a history with the Cadiz Inc. water marketing scheme and it’s new CEO, Susan Kennedy, former…

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  41. Water And Power, Why Utility Scale Solar is a Dumb Idea for the Mojave Desert

    I am fortunate to work with Pat Flanagan. We have a process together of writing and checking each other’s facts. Since she’s on the board of Morongo Basin Conservation Assn., and a scientist, she has a history with the Cadiz Inc. water marketing scheme and it’s new CEO, Susan Kennedy, former…

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  42. The 9000 Year History Of The Oasis Of Mara

    Pat Flanagan is a longtime compadre and friend and informal co-writer. She's a scientist, a botanist, biologist, naturalist and educator. Pat tells the story, the only story, the big story of humans and the environment, how people first got here, what they found and why it matters today. It was…

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  43. Tracker's Going In

    It’s that time again!! **Midnight Monday** Creative FRONTLINE is On The Air! KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara This episode features Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone, (Chiricahua Apache) again braving, storms, wind, and cold to provide us a real time report, “Tracker’s Going In,”...

  44. rewilding LA

    Dam removal on California's rivers is a highly visible and inspiring recognition of the benefits of natural services provided by healthy ecosystems. Tracker picks up where we left off as she reviews and reports on the progress of LA River rewilding. We discuss the role of tribal communities and...

  45. Rewilding LA

    Through Rain and High Water, Producer, Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone succeeded in visiting the swollen Ventura River at risk of evacuations, law enforcement actions, flooding and rain rain rain to bring you this timely and relevant report on Governor Newsom’s initiative to remove three more…

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  46. Robin Carneen Coming Home

    Robin Carneen (Swinomish) on climate, identity, community, environment, human rights, and finally the dangers of extractivism, geothermal and earthquakes.

  47. On The Edges Of Our Natural World: Bison Roam Free

    Bison Roam Free Trigger alert. There are gunshots and a general discussion of federal policies on hunting bison. We hear from John Trudell and other Native voices, along with Attorney John Meyer who has filed a challenge to federal and state restrictions on free roaming bison outside Yellowstone...

  48. Incident at Ft. McDermitt

    There was an incident at Ft McDermitt, at a community meeting between Lithium Nevada and the Pai-Sho community at the Ft. McDermitt Tribe. The headline could read, "Ft. McDermitt tribal leader attacks minor without warning."

  49. Patrick Anderson – Race, Resource, and Responsibility: Crisis on the Tundra

    Where do we go from here in the face of enormous costs of survival and tenuous connections to traditional resource harvesting and utilization, the bowhead whale, now nearly inaccessible to hunters due to the loss of pack ice. You have joined us, on CreativeFRONTLINE. I’m your host, Robert…

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  50. Patrick Anderson – Environment And Health In Alaska: Indicators and Influences

    Patrick Anderson is a tribal and healthcare administrator, former CEO and visionary... #RobertLundahlFilmmaking #ClimateChangeUnplugged #ClimateChangeisHere #humanity, #climateaction, #climateeducation, #energyresilience, and #securityandsustainability Patrick Anderson, Thunderbird Clan, #tlingit...

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Emmy® Award winning Filmmaker, Producer, and Radio Show Host, Robert Lundahl, broadcasting weekly Primetime on KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles.

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