Guest: Sara Wachter-Boettcher, a web consultant who works on designing things for people to use – and has just written a book about how that process so often goes so horribly off-track. It’s called Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and other Threats of Toxic Tech. Like this? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts , or paste our feed link into any … Continued
Lisa Peterson, Associate Director of Berkeley Rep, and director of “Watch On The Rhine” at Berkeley Rep, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. In this interview, she talks about this new stage production of the Lillian Hellman play, as well as her upcoming directorial project, “Office Hour” by Julia Cho, and her history as a director.
Bill Hayes, author of “Insomniac City: New York, Oliver and Me,” and co-editor of the posthumous collection of essays, “The River of Consciousness” by Oliver Sacks, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Bill Hayes was partnered with the previously closeted neurologist, and in this interview talks about their life together and his love affair with New York.
In this episode, we discuss the ongoing Olympia blockade against fracking proppants with several locals who have watched the blockade, also known as Olympia Stand, grow. Our guests discuss how the current encampment, which has now lasted for over a week, has grown every day of its existence. Our conversation raises the question about why … Continued
Thank you for laptops, velcro and living in an inter-glacial period. Thanks for the Hubble spacecraft pictures, life on other planets and that it’s not just about us. Thanks for gravity as we hurl through space on this rock. Thanks for all the wisdom of the world available to us, for the beauty of the … Continued
“Kerkhoff admitted that the state does not have any evidence to prove that any of these 6 defendants are themselves guilty of any acts of property destruction. Even so, Kerkhoff has pursued these politically motivated charges in order to crush dissent and pave the way for similar prosecutions to be used against any protesters anywhere.” … Continued
Download and Print PDF Here Photo from Tony Overman from The Olympian Over the past several days, a blockade has sprung up in Olympia, Washington against the transport of fracking proppants. A similar blockade erupted around the exact same time last year, however this year has returned with more people and a stronger encampment. Already, several reports … Continued
In the last week at the University of North Florida, Ken Parker, a former grand dragon of the Ku-Klux-Klan, and current member of the National Socialist Movement (NSM), one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US today, made violent threats against a campus organization through social media, which went viral. Parker was an attendee at … Continued
Every year or so, Bill English comes over to KPFA to discuss his theater company and the upcoming season. In this interview with KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky, he talks about the origins of SF Playhouse and how it came to be in its current location at 450 Post Street. The discussion includes a look at the upcoming season, including the musical “A Christmas Story’ which runs during the 2017 holiday season into January 2018, as well as the company’s previous productions this season.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Royale” a play by Marco Ramirez, directed by Darryl V. Jones, at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley through December 10, 2017.
