Unicorn Riot has become an amazing resource of social struggles and movements across North America. Last year, they led the charge in documenting the #NoDAPL struggle at Standing Rock and in Charlottesville they were on the front lines of the clashes against neo-Nazis who murdered Heather Heyer and injured up to 20 others. Attendees of … Continued
Richard Pryor was one of the most influential comedians of all time, but when he first arrived in the East Bay, he said: “I don’t think I have a style yet.” This episode explores how living in Berkeley during an era of riots and revolutionaries sparked Pryor’s creative evolution. Authors Cecil Brown and Ishmael Reed … Continued
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Blues Is A Woman” at Custom Made Theatre through August 27, 2017.
Encore podcast: Broadway legend Barbara Cook, who died on August 8, 2017, talks with host Richard Wolinsky about her memoir, Then & Now in an extended interview in which she discusses all of her major shows, her difficulty with alcoholism, and her triumph as a concert and cabaret performer.
We talk with former neo-Nazi Christian Picciolini who is involved in the group “Life After Hate” which helps to transition former white nationalists across the US out of the movement and also educate the public about the growing threat of far-Right violence. In this interview we talk about how the group lost their grant funding … Continued
Nuclear bombs, then and now. Plus: Outside Lands, Stilettos over Shanghai, and a touch immigration case.
Edward Abbey, who died at the age of 62 back in 1989 was a novelist, short story writer and non-fiction essayist who is now known as the father of the radical environmentalist movement and one of the great voices of America’s unfettered west. This podcast is drawn from a 1985 interview co-hosted by Richard Wolinsky and Lawrence Davidson. Written, hosted and produced by Richard Wolinsky.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the musical “La Cage aux Folles” at San Francisco Playhouse through September 16, 2017.
This week on the IGD podcast, we speak again to long term anarchist writer and analyst Peter Gelderloos, as we look back at the last 6 months of the Trump regime. We discuss both the failure of Bannon and Trump’s ‘economic nationalism’ as automation and neoliberalism continue to attack jobs, mounting deportations and increasing repression, … Continued
Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) was a leading light in the field of crime and thriller fiction. In this documentary using material from interviews conducted in 1988 and 1989, host Richard Wolinsky lets Elmore speak, in his own words, about his career and his writing process.
