Hard Knock Radio – August 1, 2024
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
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Background Briefing – August 1, 2024
Russia Swaps Innocent Hostages For Putin’s Spies, Criminals, and Hackers We begin with today’s prisoner swap with Russia that involved an exchange which took place at an airport in Ankara, Turkey, with 24 prisoners imprisoned in seven different countries, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested in … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – Lughnasadh Radio
“Hail to the Sun God – he is a fun god- Ra! Ra! Ra!” Lughnasadh – Mid-Summer – Ritual Fire or arson?! – take your pick… Propaganda seeks to discourage participation (we play some great de-bamboozling clips from Igor Sushko, and Rep Ruwa Romman, Palestinian state Rep in Georgia ) The tonic antidote to … Continued
John Barth (1930-2024), America’s master of metafiction, died on April 2, 2024 at the age of 93. He talks about his career and his writing with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff in an interview conducted in 2001 while on tour for the novel, “Coming Soon.” This interview has never aired in its entirety. Also: An excerpt from a 2014 interview with short story master Lorrie Moore, and a review of “Collective Rage,” at Shotgun Ashby Stage through August 18, 2024. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
World Court v Israel, crypto politics, psychoanalyzing Biden
Heidi Matthews analyzes the World Court’s declaration of Israel’s occupations illegal • Molly White on how crypto is spending its money in politics • Nausicaa Renner psychoanalyzes Joe Biden
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – August 1, 2024
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches early American and American Indian history. Her previous work includes Independence Lost, a finalist for the George Washington Prize, and The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent. She is a co-author of Give … Continued
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – August 1, 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).
Black August Begins; Uhuru Leaders Face September Trial; Sonya Massey – Say Her Name
We start today’s show with our recurring State Terror Roundup segment. Then, acknowledging the beginning of Black August. Then we speak with Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Penny Hess from the Uhuru Movement, who face trial scheduled for September from a federal raid that occurred in July of 2022, with prosecutors accusing three Uhuru members of … Continued
Who Will Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate? Plus, Famine on the Rise and Peace Talks Cancelled: the Latest from Sudan
0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 0:33 — Elsadig Elsheikh is the Director of the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute of UC Berkeley.