In today’s episode we hear audio from an event called Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving, that took place at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley on Sunday, November 19th, 2023. As we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday, the purpose of the event, was to challenge colonial narratives, support our native communities, and to reflect on our relationship … Continued
Discussed in this episode: The precautions Dr. Swartzberg’s taking when he travels to spend Thanksgiving with family: vaccines, masks, and tests Why we just don’t know yet whether nasal sprays like NoriZite actually help prevent infection The government is sending out more free tests. Here’s where to get yours: https://www.covid.gov/tests To send in questions: [email protected] … Continued
A.S. Byatt (1936-November 18, 2023), in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky on January 27, 2003 while on tour for the novel, “A Whistling Woman. Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize for her novel “Possession,” and for her two-novella collection, “Angels and Insects,” A.S. Byatt was one of Britain’s most celebrated authors.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “1984,” an adaptation of the George Orwell novel by Michael Gene Sullivan, directed by Barbara Damashek, at Aurora Theatre Company through December 10, 2023.
On today’s live show we preempted all of our normal coverage to go straight to the San Francisco Bay Bridge where protesters blocked all traffic in the westbound direction, demanding that no business continues as usual as long as Israel continues to bomb Gaza. We spend the hour with protesters blocking all lanes of traffic, … Continued
We’re just about a week ahead of the national colonial holiday Thanksgiving, so we’ll spend the morning with a member of the tribe that is depicted in the Pilgrim and Indian mythology of Thanksgiving. Hartman Deetz is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe and has been a cultural steward of his people through language, … Continued
In this short story by our co-host Jesse Strauss, Thanksgiving in the year 2223 in Israel celebrates the colonial promise of the complete settling of the land of Palestine. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage through December 30, 2023.
Discussed in this episode: The subvariant rising to dominance in North America: HV.1 Getting vaccinated when your immune system is suppressed Combining Paxlovid with Metfomin To send in questions: [email protected] Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.
As we do each Monday since October 7th, we spend today’s show on the ongoing violence Israel is waging against Palestinians. Today we’re in conversation with Linda Sarsour, a Brooklyn-born Palestinian Muslim American activist, author, and community organizer. She is the author of her memoir We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders. Follow Linda Sarsour … Continued
