Joe Frank – June 1, 2008

Rent a Family – Part 11987 Work in Progress: This award-winning program tells the story of Eleanor, a divorced woman with two children, who joins an agency that makes her family available for rent. Eleanor’s story is interspersed with mock-serious panel discussions concerning the viability and morality of renting women and their children to bachelors.


Act One Radio Drama

Act One Radio Drama – June 1, 2008

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Seven Days in MayThe time is the Cold War. The President and Congress have entered into a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union. The charismatic chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff believes that the Soviets will not abide by the treaty and he begins to plan a coup, setting the stage for a … Continued


A Musical Offering

A Musical Offering – June 1, 2008

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This week we’ll feature music of Venice, in tribute to Toby Cole. And also you’ll hear from the Pacific Boychoir for the first time – but definitely not the last! With host Mary Berg.


The Hear and Now

The Hear & Now – May 1, 2008

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Crowsong performs live in the Hear & NowLed by guitarist Randy Clark, whose phenomenal chops bring echoes of Ry Cooder, Neil Young, Jeff Beck and Dick Dale into a riveting personalized style, the Bay Area’s own Crowsong fashions a rootsy California folk-rock sound that twangs and soars, capturing both desert desolation and surf ecstasy. Tonight … Continued


APEX Express

APEX Express – May 1, 2008

Join the Pretty Buoyant DJs, Phatrick & Adriel Luis, as we celebrate May Day with a call in from Kiwi and Geologic, aka Prometheus Brown (Blue Scholars) as they report live from the People Power Tour. Sponsored by Bayan USA, the People Power Tour will touch down in cities across the United States with the … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Hard Knock Radio – May 1, 2008

Weyland Southon comes to us live from the Fruitville district in Oakland at today’s May Day rallies. Anita Johnson speaks with the organizer of the ILWU about today’s protests. Later in the show we bring you part one of a two part discussion as Davey D speaks with Hip-Hop artist & activist Immortal Technique to … Continued


Free Speech Radio News

Free Speech Radio News – May 1, 2008

May Day Documentary Special We go to New York, where Abdulai Bah introduces us to domestic workers and day laborers asserting their rights and demanding justice. We’ll hear from Rami Al-Meghari in Gaza, where worker’s options are grim after the shutting down of nearly 4,000 industries due to Israel’s closure of the territory since June … Continued


The Talkies

Living Room – May 1, 2008

Port of Oakland shut down, to protest war in Iraq.  We’ll bring you the rally, live. Veteran journalist Reese Erlich on Iraq, Iran and the elections. Guests: Leo Robinson, ILWU organizer.Betty Olson-Jones, pres. Oakland Education Association.Brian Edwards-Tieckert live from the rally in S.F., with guests.Reese Erlich.journalist (CBC, NPR, SF Chron, etc.); author of "The Iran … Continued


The Morning Show

The Morning Show – May 1, 2008

International Workers Day, the Morning Show asks the question, What Is It Going to Take to End This War? Will demonstrations on May Day make a difference? Then open phones for listeners to comment on the Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright controversy. In the second hour a brief history of International Workers Day. Wrapping up … Continued


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – April 1, 2008

Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports on Israeli military shoot-to-kill orders on nonviolent protesters; also, a riveting documentary on the commemoration of Land Day in occupied Palestine, to bring attention to the continued theft of Palestinian land by the Israeli state; John Ross reports from Mexico on the killing of members of a Mexican family … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Hard Knock Radio – April 1, 2008

Davey D comes to us from Take Back American, today speaking with Deshawn Quinn & Victoria Woodards of the Progressive Majority. And later in the show Weyland speaks with Rupa of Rupa & the April Fishes about their remastered and re-released album, "Extraordinary Rendition".


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! (9 am) – April 1, 2008

"Iraq Has Really Become Somalia…A Collection of Different Militias", Back from Baghdad, Journalist Nir Rosen Paints a Picture of a Broken Iraq; EXCLUSIVE…Bush’s Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story. Today’s Headlines     * Death Toll in Iraq … Continued


The Morning Show

The Morning Show – April 1, 2008

Analysis of the economic meltdown stage 2, with Nomi Prins, a former employee of Bear Stearns, a Senior Fellow at Demos, and author of "Other People’s Money: The Corporate Mugging of America". Isabel Allende discusses her new book "The Sum of Our Days". In the second hour a look at the cease fire in Basra … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! (6 am) – April 1, 2008

"Iraq Has Really Become Somalia…A Collection of Different Militias", Back from Baghdad, Journalist Nir Rosen Paints a Picture of a Broken Iraq; EXCLUSIVE…Bush’s Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story. Today’s Headlines     * Death Toll in Iraq … Continued


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