Today on the show: Nora Barrows Friedman on the Destruction of Al Shifa Hospital and related Genocidal acts by the Israeli Military. Also, violent gangs still dominate the streets of Haiti We’ll feature a frontline update with Pierre Labossier. And teachers, community groups, and farmworkers file a lawsuit challenging toxic pesticide approvals near public schools
We speak with Paul Alexander about his book Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday’s Last Year. In the first biography of Billie Holiday in more than two decades, Paul Alexander “author of heralded lives of Sylvia Plath and J. D. Salinger” gives us an unconventional portrait of arguably Americas most eminent jazz … Continued
Trump’s Piety in Contrast to the Porn He Faces and the Cruelty and Hatred He Displays We begin with Trump campaigning as a “Christian” televangelist, with his piety in contrast to the porn he is facing on April 15 in the New York hush money trial and his cruel display of racist hatred yesterday before … Continued
We’re in the Dark o Moon field of April 8th’s eclipse, traditionally a time of laying low, convening back-stage to guide the course of culture…. (Today’s radio guest, unavailable at the last minute, Caroline flys solo, weaving the themes of now) Tis a fluctuating quirky pre-eclipse shadowy field in which we be navigating…. So let’s … Continued
Rebecca Makkai discusses her latest novel, “I Have Some Questions for You,” now out in trade paperback. Otessa Moshvegh discusses her career and her short story collection, “Homesick for Another World,” recorded in 2017. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Alexander Stille is the San Paolo Professor of International Journalism at Columbia University. He is the author of many books including Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism; Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic. His latest, The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune.
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
We start our show with our recurring segment the State Terror Roundup. Then, we’re joined by the Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s Criminal Law & Justice Center and former District Attorney of San Francisco Chesa Boudin to discuss California’s inflated problem of retail theft and how the state is falsely using data to inflate police budgets in this … Continued
0:14 — Ken Jacobs is Co-chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center. 0:33 — Christopher Elmendorf is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law. His expertise includes property and land-use law. 0: 45 — Khalid M. Mosalam is the Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering and … Continued
