A podcast posted every Sunday featuring extended interviews and discussions from Bookwaves, Art-Waves, and Bookwaves Artwaves Hour programs on KPFA, and newly digitized and edited archive interviews from the pre-digital Probabilities series dating back to 1977. Literature, theater, film, the visual arts: in-depth interviews from a progressive and artistic viewpoint, with long-time KPFA/Pacifica host Richard Wolinsky.
Frederik Pohl (1918-2013) recorded at the Octocon Science Fiction Convention, October 15-16, 1978. Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky, Richard A. Lupoff and Lawrence Davidson, for KPFA’s Probabilities radio program. Digitized, remastered and re-edited February, 2021 by Richard Wolinsky. This interview has not been heard in any form since 1978.
Charles Yu, author of “Interior Chinatown,” winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. Charles Yu worked in the writers’ room of the first season of “Westworld,” along with other shows. This is his second novel, and riffs on the nature of Asian stereotypes in Hollywood movies and television shows.
Carl Hiaasen discusses his latest comic thriller “Squeeze Me,” and his work as a newspaper columnist. “Squeeze Me” is a satire of Palm Beach during the Trump era, and the author explains how difficult his has been to write satire when people like Rudy Giuliani exist in real life. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Five and a half years ago, Chris Hedges spoke about his book “Wages of Rebellion” in front of an audience as a KPFA benefit. Shortly afterward, Donald Trump declared his candidacy and America changed. This podcast contains the question and answer period after the speech. He was interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
Artist and illlustrator Ralph Steadman, whose work with Hunter S. Thompson has become the stuff of legends, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky about “Ralph Steadman: A Life in Ink,” a collection of artwork published by Chronicle Books.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Neil Sheehan, the man who broke the Pentagon Papers in the New York Times, died on January 7, 2021 at the age of 84. He discusses the nuclear standoff with the USSR, the Cold War and the lessons of Vietnam in this 2009 interview with host Richard Wolinsky.
Barry Lopez (1945-Dec. 25, 2000) in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded November 30, 2000, while on tour for his collection of short stories, “Light Action in the Caribbean.” The full interview has never been aired or posted.
Eddie Muller, the “Czar of Noir” discusses the 1951 film version of Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” starring Richard Wright and newly restored, along with international film noir and noir festivals, with host Richard Wolinsky.
Jan Morris (1926- Nov. 20, 2020) was a noted travel writer and historian, and a leading figure in the trans world. She was interviewed about her career on August 20, 1999 by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff.
Robert Macfarlane discusses his latest book, “Ghostways: Two Journeys to Unquiet Places,” a look at Orford Ness and the Holloways of Dorset, and talks about how the pandemic has affected England. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
