Berkeley-raised, Julliard-trained pianist Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes has designed and curated an exhibit at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts entitled The Healing Project. Fundamentally an abolitionist project, The Healing Project explores particularly the prison industrial complex through music, visual arts, film, a digital library of audio interviews. The works are rooted in interviews and relationships … Continued
In this episode, we dive into the legacy of the Freedom Rides with David Dennis Jr, son of legendary civil rights activist and organizer David Dennis Sr. Together, they’ve collaborated on a book called The Movement Made Us – looking not only at the life of David Dennis Sr, chronicling everything from his first freedom … Continued
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Goddess,” a new musical, at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre through September 25, 2022.
He’s a comedian, a television host, a political pundit, an advocate, a husband, a daddy and Cat Brooks gets to call him her friend. Today’s show is in conversation with W. Kamau Bell about his new book which he co-authored with Kate Schatz: Do the Work! An Anti-Racist Activity Book. We also talk about his … Continued
Reports from inside Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) – a women’s jail in Virginia – show that the food prisoners are receiving is spoiled and moldy, leading to calls from elected officials for a deeper investigation and change. We are joined by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, senior reporter for The Appeal, a worker-led nonprofit news organization. … Continued
On September 26, 2014, students from a rural teachers college in Ayotzinapa, a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, were disappeared by state actors and police. Forty-three students completely vanished, igniting years of national protest. Now, the country’s former Attorney General – long thought complicit in the coverup – has been arrested, reopening wounds … Continued
Salman Rushdie discussing his memoir of his years in hiding from the fatwa, “Joseph Anton” with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded September 25, 2012. The recent attack on the famed author brought back memories of the fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini regarding the publication of the novel “The Satanic Verses.” The death threat forced Salman Rushdie into hiding for a decade, out of which he emerged and eventually resumed a normal life.
Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company discusses three of the four plays of the upcoming 2022-23 season with host Richard Wolinsky.
A grassroots movement has pushed to the surface that law enforcement should not be the first or primary response to mental health crisis — and the movement is winning the public debate. On this episode, a dive into Oakland’s Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) Program — a community response program for non-violent, non-emergency … Continued
The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature … Continued
