KPFA Theatre Critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Motion” by Christopher Chen at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage through October 12, 2025.
After two tsunami warnings this year and a couple recent shakers, we speak with Dave Snider, the Tsunami Warning Coordinator at NOAA’s National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, where he leads efforts to ensure accurate detection and clear communication of tsunami threats through NOAA’s systems and emergency alert infrastructure. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get … Continued
Bay Area residents were jolted awake this week by a 4.3 magnitude earthquake. While it may not have been the “Big One” we are expecting, the tremor reminds us to be prepared for when, not if, the expected large earthquake does arrive. On the show today we speak with Dr. Angie Lux, a seismologist and … Continued
On today’s Palestine Post, we review news headlines from Israel’s assault on Gaza with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Also joining is Samer Araabi, member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and co-hosts the weekly Palestine Solidarity Announcements … Continued
New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean discusses her books “Rin Tin Tin” and “The Orchid Thief” in this interview from 2011. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. (photo: Larry D. Moore, Wikimedia Commons).
Jeff Chang joins Hard Knock Radio to break down his new book, Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. We start with a truth many of us in Black and Hip-Hop communities feel instinctively: Bruce isn’t just “an Asian hero,” he’s a global underdog icon—postered up next to Ali and Marley, sampled and name-checked … Continued
On Hard Knock Radio, host Dave “Davey D” Cook sat down with Oakland-raised investigator and former CPRA executive director Mac Muir, co-author (with Greg Finch) of Cop Cop: Breaking the Fixed System of American Policing. The conversation moves from New York’s entrenched resistance to oversight to Oakland’s imperfect but real gains, and lands on practical reforms that could … Continued
Student test scores have been dropping nationwide. The latest NAEP scores for 12th graders are alarming. Students nationwide are still struggling with basic reading and math, and the gaps between races and income levels remain stubbornly wide, showing almost no improvement over the years. We speak with Kitty Kelly Epstein — college professor, activist and … Continued
Oakland Councilmember Ken Houston wants to turn Oakland’s encampment rules upside down. His plan would let the city clear homeless camps without offering anyone a place to go, erase protections that keep people from being arrested just for being homeless, and treat the vehicles they live in like ordinary cars, towing them at will if … Continued
KPFA Theatre Critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Reservoir” by Jake Brasch, at Berkeley Rep Peets Theatre through October 12, 2025.