We speak with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. about Judas and The Black Messiah winning an Oscar.
We speak with activists about the rise in anti-Asian attacks during the pandemic. Guests: Michelle Mush Lee is a Cultural Affairs Commissioner and the founder of awhile Story Group, LLC / organizer of Stories of Solidarity. Hyejin Shimis an organizer and cofounder ofSurvived and Punished, and is also a member of theKorean American Coalition to … Continued
We speak with Steve Martinot about race and policing in communities of color. Steve Martinot is Instructor Emeritus at the Center for Interdisciplinary Programs at San Francisco State University. He is the author of The Rule of Racialization: Class, Identity, Governance, Forms in the Abyss: a Philosophical Bridge between Sartre and Derrida(both Temple) and The … Continued
Journalist Georgia Fort reports from Tulsa, Oklahoma on the anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre. Three of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis and Lessie Benningfield Randle, testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre – when a white mob attacked residents, homes … Continued
We speak with Melissa May Borja, Ph.D. a lead researcher on the Virulent Hate Project. The Virulent Hate Project is an interdisciplinary research initiative that studies anti-Asian racism and Asian American activism during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report (PDF) from the project focuses on the nature of anti-Asian racism reported by the news media … Continued
We hear from Dr. Sumi Cho who speaks about the politics and disinformation campaign around critical race theory.
[This interview was recorded in 2019] Here in California, we are surrounded by the world’s most elaborate system for moving water from the places nature puts it, to the places it will make the most money. Mark Arax started a book on that topic trying to resolve a basic question: why, in the midst of … Continued
Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013), Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love,” and other novels, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. The interview was first aired August 18, 2011 following the publication of “Thoughts Without Cigarettes,” a memoir, and “Beautiful Maria of My Soul,” a sequel to “Mambo Kings.”
This summer, Cuba saw some of its largest protests in decades, perhaps since the Cuban revolution itself. The protests broke out across the country at once — apparently spreading over social media. They were stoked by massive stresses — including food and electric shortages. And they were followed by a crackdown, dozens of arrests, and … Continued
One of the most remarkable developments of the pandemic, was how fast the political consensus moved on what government could do in the economy. All concern for deficits vanished. The feds started handing out money to people, to businesses, to local and state governments. Unemployment benefits massively increased in both amount and in the number … Continued