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Bookwaves/Artwaves – February 8, 2024: Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018)

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Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018) , award winning science fiction and detective novelist, in conversation with Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studios, August 5, 1996. while on tour for her novel, “Malice Prepense,” (later renamed “For The Defense”). While a noted science fiction fantasy author in her early career, she later switched to the mystery and courtroom field with her Barbara Holloway series. Also: An excerpt of an interview with New York Times theatre critic Jesse Green, and reviews of “Cult of Love” at Berkeley Rep and “MJ The Musical” at the Orpheum in San Francisco. hosted by Richard Wolinsky

Law & Disorder

Ronald McDonald House Discriminates Against Incarcerated Families; State Terror Roundup; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Aya De Leon

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We start today’s show with our Thursday segment the State Terror Roundup. Then, in 2020 the country exploded in protest responding to the murder of George Floyd. One of those protests took place in Sumter, South Carolina in May of 2020 where Brittany Martin was a participant. She joined in  chanting, harmed no one, and … Continued

UpFront

The Political Battle Over US Border Security; Plus, How “Tyranny of the Minority” is Putting American Democracy into Crisis

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0:08 — Arelis Hernandez, is a Reporter for the Washington Post covering Texas, U.S. Southern border and Immigration. Joan Greve is a senior political reporter for Guardian US. 0:33 — Daniel Ziblatt is Eaton Professor of Government at Harvard University and director of Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. His latest book “Tyranny … Continued