The Bonnie Simmons Show – October 23, 2025
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Bonnie Simmons presents a unique mix of singer/songwriter folk, rock, soul, country, and R&B.
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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. On tonight’s episode, we’re focusing on a particular segment of our immigrant and refugee community, Hmong and Bhutanese refugees. Both of … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump calls off San Francisco deployment, questions remain about whether Oakland is targeted; San Franciscans rally at Embarcadero to oppose possible deployment in SF; Federal shutdown enters Day 23 as Republicans blast Marxists and Dems blame Republicans … Continued
Today on the show: Trump calls off or delays his San Francisco ICE invasion, but the Trump troops show up in Alameda, where they were met with hundreds of local resisters who showed up to hold the line. And we present our weekly edition of the news from the Electronic Intifada and Nora Barrows Friedman
Literacy, Equity, and Showing Up: Ty-Licia Hooker on HKR and Miko Marks on Barbara Dane
In this Hard Knock Radio conversation, host Davey D sits down with educator and organizer Ty-Licia Hooker, executive director of The Children’s Education Project, to unpack Oakland’s literacy crisis and what it will take to fix it. Hooker traces the problem across generations—third-generation OUSD herself—recalling a sixth-grade class told they were “illiterate” and sent back to phonics. … Continued
From Trump’s War on Blue States to His Monument of Corruption — and Europe’s Test Against Russia: Reports from the Frontlines of Power and Resistance.
How Blue States Can Defend Themselves Against the Divisive Partisan Warfare Trump is Waging Against Them We begin with the most divisive American president since the Civil War deliberately waging war on blue states who did not vote for him and punishing them by canceling government projects while invading and intimidating them with ICE thugs and … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – Reclaiming Our Democracy
Onward from No Kings! “Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy” Caroline welcomes Sam Daley-Harris, that we all expand our repertoire of effective strategies, that Sam’s effective dedication may resonate and encourage our own… dedication to participatory democracy, author of Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizens’ Guide to Transformational Advocacy Sam Daley-Harris founded … Continued
Richard Powers discusses his latest novel, “Playground,” which focuses on Big Tech and AI and has just come out in trade paperback. Bebe Moore Campbell (1950-2006) in a newly digitized interview recorded in 2001 discusses racism and minority mental health and her novel, “What You Owe Me.” Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
The Zoomer tech bros • the new breed of arms makers
Margaux MacColl, co-author of a series of articles in the SF Standard, on the Zoomer tech bros • Susannah Glickman on the new arms makers who want to disrupt the legacy prime contractors (NYRB article here)
Jennie Arnau discovered her passion for music in her childhood home of Greenville, South Carolina, a place that called her back at a time of loss and grief. She’s now living and working in New York City, ending a self-imposed break from songwriting and performing with her new album, A Rising Tide (interviewed by David Hunt).