On today’s briefing: Iran Will Sign a Deal on Friday as the Winner, But Will the War Be Over? We begin with what we know so far about the deal that Trump, Vance and Qalibaf signed electronically which will be officially concluded in Geneva on Friday as an MOU leading to an eventual peace … Continued
How does a virtue become a vice? How does a basic building block of life turn into a threat to life? And how do you turn that vice back into a virtue? In this half-hour we visit with two unlikely pathfinders who are helping to revolutionize farming. Calla Rose Ostrander and John Wick of the … Continued
Is our growing web of wireless radiation causing havoc in the natural world? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about new research on plastic water bottles, including the chemicals and vast quantities of microplastics they contain, in addition to water which is often unregulated. Then renowned author, epidemiologist and toxicologist Dr. Devra … Continued
When a white student quoted a line from Blazing Saddles, blurting out the N-word in the middle of class, Professor Elizabeth Pryor froze. In that moment, she was shockingly confronted with not only the most notorious slur in the United States, but the line quoted by the student was one her father – the iconic … Continued
The Texas Republican Party has evolved from a corporate libertarian institution to one in which free market capitalism and evangelical Christianity are united in authoritarianism. Political scientist Clyde Barrow warns that Texan Christofascism serves as the rightwing blueprint for the rest of the United States in the coming years. Gregory Albo and Stephen Maher, eds. … Continued
Ralph talks to journalist and M.Div. Chris Hedges about Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence. Then, Ralph speaks with Rick Engler (former member of the US Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board) about Trump’s proposed closing of that agency. Finally, Ralph pays tribute to some recently departed friends. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning … Continued
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On today’s show: Headlines Will Israel Blow Up Trump’s Deal? Jeremy Scahill on Iran Talks, Strait of Hormuz, Nukes & More Major Antiracist Rally Held in Belfast to Condemn Anti-Immigrant Riots Egged On by Elon Musk DOJ Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Amid Fears Trump Allies Will Tighten Grip on Media Democracy Now! is a … Continued
On todays show’s Palestine Post where we look at Israel’s genocidal assault against Palestine and the region, the US complicity, the peoples resistance, and its ripple effect across the globe. Raed Jarrar is the Advocacy Director at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). He is an expert on political, social, and economic developments in … Continued
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On today’s show: Headlines Will Israel Blow Up Trump’s Deal? Jeremy Scahill on Iran Talks, Strait of Hormuz, Nukes & More Major Antiracist Rally Held in Belfast to Condemn Anti-Immigrant Riots Egged On by Elon Musk DOJ Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Amid Fears Trump Allies Will Tighten Grip on Media Democracy Now! is a … Continued
Instead of an End to Violence in the Persian Gulf as Trump’s 80th Birthday Gift From Iran, He Celebrates Mindless Violence in the Claw Where Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden Once Stood We begin with Trump hoping for a birthday present in the form of a peace deal to end his war on Iran which Iran’s … Continued
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Setting the Standard has been around 8-10 years, and was originally started by Maya Rise. We kept it going, and continues to evolve into many platforms. We are a all volunteer crew, and bring you information, poetry, music, and much more. You can tune in online at kpfa.org or on the radio at 94.1fm KPFA, … Continued
