Hard Knock Radio – July 29, 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 – July 29, 2024
Venezuela’s Maduro Defies Most of the World, Claiming Victory When the Vote Was as Much as 70 to 30% Against Him We begin with the election results in Venezuela and the victory claimed by Maduro that are widely seen as fraudulent. with Chile’s leftist president saying “Maduro’s regime must understand that the results are hard … Continued
About Health – July 29, 2024
A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.
Tribute to musician and activist Dr Bernice Johnson Reagon
Jovelyn Richards and Margo Okazawa-Rey pay tribute to Dr Bernice Johnson Reagon and listen to clips of her music and talks . Bernice Johnson Reagon (October 4, 1942 – July 16, 2024) was an American song leader, professor of American history, composer, historian, musician, scholar, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist who, in the early 1960s, was a … Continued
Automation, its advocates contend, will usher in a new era of leisure and abundance. Is that true, and what kind of thing is automation, anyway? Salem Elzway emphasizes the political dimensions of automation, including how it’s been used against workers and how the discourse of automation has been deployed by elites. Salem Elzway and Jason … Continued
Joe Steps Aside / Insurance Shenanigans
Ralph welcomes Jeff Cohen from the activist group “Roots Action,” whose “Step Aside Joe” campaign was years ahead of the curve urging Joe Biden — for many reasons — to keep his promise to be a one-term president. Plus, Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog, updates us on how the insurance industry, in cahoots with … Continued
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – July 29, 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).
Palestine Post: The Latest w/ Khury Petersen-Smith
As we do each Monday, today’s show focuses on the latest from Palestine. We’re joined by Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. This week’s Artist Resistance in Residence is San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin. Follow Tongo Eisen-Martin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_tongogara_ Follow Tongo Eisen-Martin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_tongogara_ — Subscribe … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. Peter Chin-Hong is a professor of medicine and infectious disease physician at UCSF Medical Center.
Democracy Now 6am – July 29, 2024
On today’s show: JD Vance Calls Democrats “Childless Cat Ladies”; GOP Opposes Paid Leave, Universal Child Care “He’s a Weirdo”: Reproductive Rights Activist on JD Vance’s History of Sexism and White Nationalism Politico’s Ian Ward on the Thinkers and Groups Who Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual Worldview “Militarism Isn’t a Solution”: Rami Khouri on Rocket … Continued