Education Today – April 3, 2024
Can academics be activists? Does it mess with their objectivity? Professor Steven Danley mixes academics and activism for himself and his students with some interesting results.
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Our World As We See It – April 3, 2024
A weekly talk show produced by Oakland School for the Arts high school broadcast students, Our World As We See It will focus on local and world issues giving a fresh youthful perspective on how to create change.
East Bay Yesterday – April 3, 2024
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Film brings to us — with unparalleled rawness — what feels like the intimate experience of war. But how true is that visceral feeling? And how do the tension and excitement of war on screen ultimately affect our sympathy toward each other and our humanity? David Thomson, one of the greatest film historians of our … Continued
Mac Marquis on “Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement”
An interview with David “Mac” Marquis, co-editor of the recently published “Books Through Bars: Stories From The Prison Books Movement” (University of Georgia Press, 2024) on prison books projects, what they say about conditions inside, some of the value of this inside-outside organizing and what you can expect to find in the book.
Guest: Daniel Ziblatt is a Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the co-author of How Democracies Die, and most lately, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point, also co-authored with Steven Levitsky.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – April 3, 2024
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).
Trans Erasure Laws Multiply Nationally; Baltimore Plans $1Bn Jail Construction; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Adi Oasis
Baltimore is planning a $1bn jail construction project, the most expensive state-funded project in Maryland ever. They’re using a consent decree for terrible jail conditions as justification for building a “better” jail. We’re joined by David Fathi, the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, which brings challenges to conditions of confinement … Continued
UpFront – April 3, 2024
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Democracy Now 6am – April 3, 2024
On today’s show: Haitians Resist Foreign Intervention as U.S. Pushes for Unelected “Transition Council” to Rule Island “A War Machine Out of Control”: Israel Keeps Attacking Aid Workers as Gaza Faces Famine Israel Moves to Ban Al Jazeera in Latest Attack on Journalists Who Expose Horrors of War & Occupation Ex-Israeli Negotiator Slams U.S. Arming … Continued