Hosted by Anthony Bonet, “Calling All Seekers” is a journey through sound and memory. Probably there is no time of year more redolent with memories than the Winter Solstice and the various rituals around it. The fads and toys change from year to year but if we quiet our minds we can attend to the … Continued
Bonnie Simmons presents a unique mix of singer/songwriter folk, rock, soul, country, and R&B.
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Indiana senate votes down GOP redistricting plan that could have eliminated 2 democratic house seats; Senate votes down Dem, GOP health bills, Affordable Care Act health costs to skyrocket; Homeland Security Secretary Noem defends immigration crackdown at … Continued
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
On Hard Knock Radio, I sat down with Jelani Cobb—dean of Columbia’s Journalism School, longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, and a thinker rooted in Hip Hop’s habit of connecting dots across time. We talked about his new book, Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here (2012–2025). I called it “a book … Continued
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
“Keeping our small boat afloat- when so many have gone down in the storm.” (Robert Bly) Neptune radio – grief, money, and imagination that opens portals between worlds…. —Caroline re-welcomes, fellow public radio dedicated devotee, denizen of Moab Utah….collegial pragmatic mystic, that we all participate in the sacrament of grief, as love…. Christy … Continued
Bookwaves/Artwaves presents in-depth interviews with authors of fiction and narrative non-fiction, delving deeply into political and social issues, literary technique, and the life of the author, along with interviews devoted to theatre and film, and archive interviews from Bookwaves and Probabilities. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Anatol Lieven analyzes the Trump national security strategy • Susannah Glickman on the transformation of the US government into a private equity firm (NYRB interview here)
What life is like in the newsrooms and on the beat for LGBTQ+ reporters in a time when there’s too much news to and fewer jobs, according to Los Angeles chapter co-presidents Hansen Bursic and Katie Karl of NLGJA: the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists (in a roundtable with This Way Out’s Lucia Chappelle, interviewed by Brian DeShazor).
Plus the reign of a lesbian queen, two music halls, human rights milestones, Southern Hemisphere civil unions and more in The Rainbow Rewind (produced by Brian DeShazor and Sheri Lunn).
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UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
On today’s show: Is War Next? U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker as Anti-Maduro Campaign Escalates “Slow Poison”: Scholar Mahmood Mamdani on New Book About Uganda, Decolonization & More “My Advice to Parents Is Learn from Your Kids”: Mahmood Mamdani on Raising Zohran, NYC’s Next Mayor “Slower Form of Death”: Despite Ceasefire, Israel Keeps Killing in … Continued
On this episode, we speak with Addie Kitchen, the grandmother of Steven Taylor, the man fatally shot by a now-retired San Leandro police officer in a Walmart in April 2020, and she has since emerged as a leading advocate seeking justice and accountability in his case. We also speak with Adanté Pointer, an Oakland‑born civil‑rights attorney … Continued
00:08 — Sang Hea Kil is professor in the justice studies department at San Jose State University. Se was suspended from her tenured position at the university and is currently contesting her case. 00:33 — Peyrin Kao, is Lecturer in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, we previously spoke to … Continued
On today’s show: Is War Next? U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker as Anti-Maduro Campaign Escalates “Slow Poison”: Scholar Mahmood Mamdani on New Book About Uganda, Decolonization & More “My Advice to Parents Is Learn from Your Kids”: Mahmood Mamdani on Raising Zohran, NYC’s Next Mayor “Slower Form of Death”: Despite Ceasefire, Israel Keeps Killing in … Continued
A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some before this tasty Midnight snack is all gone!
