Background Briefing – April 22, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Cover to Cover – April 22, 2025
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, and Jovelyn Richards.
Guest host Violet Moon discusses flower essences for connection, courage and grounding to face the current fascistic paradigm. She’ll also discuss meditative and community practices for times of change and chaos. This show is hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.
Floods are the most destructive natural disaster and, thanks to a heating climate, the damages caused by floods are expected to worsen significantly. Flood mitigation of the past, such as levies and dams, has proved inadequate and often counterproductive by misallocating precious resources. Tim Palmer argues that it’s time to start relocating our built environment … Continued
Thom Hartmann Program – April 22, 2025
The Thom Hartmann Radio & TV Program covers US politics and political news commentary, science, culture, and economics.
Guest: Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author or co-author of many books on constitutional law, including Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime; A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action; and The Free Speech Century.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – April 22, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
‘Copaganda’: Police & Media Manipulate Perceptions of Safety; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Martin Lynch
‘Copaganda’ is propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media that stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. Every day, mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe. The result is more and more authoritarian state repression, more inequality, and huge profits for the massive public and private punishment … Continued
UpFront – April 22, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Democracy Now 6am – April 22, 2025
On today’s show: Remembering Pope Francis on Earth Day: How He Linked Capitalism, Climate, and Catholicism “The Doxxing-to-Deportation Pipeline”: Update on Abduction and Jailing of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk Vijay Prashad: Historic 1955 Anti-Colonial Bandung Conference Inspired New Era in Global South
Kenneth Briggs / Frances Kissling / Lawrence Korb
Sadness Around the World at the Death of a Good Man, Pope Francis
A Tolerant and Empathetic Pope and the Reactionary Male-Dominated Institution He Headed
Another Scandal From the White Nationalist TV Host Heading the Pentagon
Night Magic – April 22, 2025
Music of the The Great Jazz Legends, with Alex Danzler
A Box of Toys – April 22, 2025
A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a … Continued