Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz, presents his analysis of the relationship between how Los Angeles is organized geographically to the relation of various racial and ethnic groups. At the center of the city lie banks and financial institutions. In the next ring property values decline dramatically, with working families occupying the third ring. … Continued
Reconceptualizing The Environment : Taking Off The Blinders / Mike Davis| produced by John Martinez. Talk by Mike Davis, urban theorist, social critic, and author of a social history of Los Angeles entitled City of Quartz. He examines the need to reconceptualize knowledge of the physical environment in Southern California. His model is the indigenous … Continued
Mike Davis examines the politics of land development, the abuse of land, and the danger of toxic conditions in East L.A. including the 1989 Southern Pacific freight toxic disaster in the Cajun Pass, and the political coverup — The history of zoning in Los Angeles : 1909, 1930, and the present — The First environmental … Continued
Mike Davis examines the politics of land development, the abuse of land, and the danger of toxic conditions in East L.A. including the 1989 Southern Pacific freight toxic disaster in the Cajun Pass, and the political coverup — The history of zoning in Los Angeles : 1909, 1930, and the present — The First environmental … Continued
Keynote address by Mike Davis on the social, political and economic underpinnings of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising. Their will be no solution to those fundamental problems if the voices of the communities involved (immigrant and gangs) are ignored. He goes on to point out that the very issues which the Kerner Commission criticized about … Continued
Tess Gerritsen, author of the best-selling Rizzoli & Isles series of novels, discusses her latest thriller, “Choose Me,” written in collaboration with mystery author Gary Braver. She also talks about how the pandemic affected her writing, her views on working as an Asian American author, and her history working in films and television. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Jennifer muses on the state of things and reads from her short story based in 1941, titled, Wartime Stories. Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash
Jennifer reads from her short story, Pepper Trees. Photo by Victoria Chen on Unsplash
In 2013, New Yorker staff writer George Packer’s book, “The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America,” closely examined the changes in American society and politics that led to the political turmoil of the Obama years and in a way predicted the outcomes we’ve seen since the book was published. “The Unwinding” went on to win the National Book Award for non-fiction. This interview was recorded on June 4, 2013. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
This episode contains 9 speeches by organizers of the event: From The Shellmounds to Sheikh Jarrah: Call to Honor Those We Have Lost to Colonialism, held on Memorial Day 2021. We share their memories, visions & voices with utmost care & consent. A few times, speakers explain that they are going to share a prayer, … Continued
