Miranda July is a multi-talented artist, working in film, fiction, monologue, digital media presentations, and live performance art. This extended version of an interview while on tour for that novel and recorded in January, 2015 runs fifteen minutes longer than the show that originally aired.

Farah Al Mousawi — an Iraqi refugee who fled Iraq in 2003 and eventually gained political asylum in the US in 2008 — joins us to share her experiences as a refugee and to reflect on the state of affairs for refugees today Contact us: arabiyaat.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @arabiyaat Theme song: Muqata’a – Ahya’ (Instrumental) @boikutt

Dark of Moon-Dark of Year, Caroline features mycologist Paul Stamets, author of “Mycelium Running – How mushrooms can help save the world,” “Psilocybe Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide,” and dvd “Psilocybin and Amanita Mushrooms: Discovering the Infinite.” Originally aired December 10, 2015 {Fund Drive Show}  

Dennis Bernstein is an investigative journalist and host of KPFA’s drive-time program, Flashpoints. On December 7, 2015, he sat down with Richard Wolinsky to discuss how he first came to Pacifica, and how he became an investigative journalist.