Cover to Cover – June 18, 2024
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, Jovelyn Richards and Jennifer Stone
Featured Episode
Join host Emiliano Lemus and guest Violet Moon for “Medicinal Ecologies,” an Herbal Highway series in which we explore the natural medicines present in California ecosystems. This month, we travel along California waterways, and discover medicinal plants of lakes, rivers, streams, bogs, and riparian habitats. Violet Moon is a clinical herbalist and native plant specialist … Continued
The backlash against trans people, which has swept both the United States and the world in recent years, is not as new as it seems, according to historian Jules Gill-Peterson. She traces the emergence of trans misogynistic violence over the last two centuries, which she links to the establishment of colonialism, capitalism, and more recently … Continued
Thom Hartmann Program – June 18, 2024
The Thom Hartmann Radio & TV Program covers US politics and political news commentary, science, culture, and economics.
Guest: Robert Elder, professor of history at Baylor University. Author of the book Calhoun: American Heretic.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – June 18, 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).
Basketball, Ascension, and Palestine w/ Hanif Abdurraqib; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Favianna Rodriguez
On today’s show, we’ll be in conversation with the author of one of the most anticipated books of the year. The book is called There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, and it’s a poetic love letter to basketball; also to being rooted in Columbus Ohio, where the author has lived most of his … Continued
Why Queer and Trans Activists Who Support Palestine are Calling for Boycott of SF Pride; Federal Firefighters Face Substandard Living Conditions; Plus, Negotiations Continue Over the State Budget as Mandatory Deadline Approaches
0:08 — Yaffa A.S. is the Executive Director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity. Yaffa is a trans Muslim and displaced Indigenous Palestinian. 0:30 — Gabrielle Canon is a climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for The Guardian. 0:45 — Alexei Koseff is a reporter for Calmatters covering CA state politics.
Democracy Now 6am – June 18, 2024
On today’s show: Ahead of Juneteenth, Maryland Pardons 175K Pot Convictions, Seeking to Remedy Harms of the War on Drugs Holocaust Scholar Raz Segal Loses University of Minnesota Job Offer for Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide
Background Briefing (5am) – June 18, 2024
Netanyahu Dissolves the War Cabinet as Tensions on Israel’s Border With Lebanon Intensify We begin with PM Netanyahu dissolving Israel’s war cabinet, as the danger of a war breaking out on the border between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies. Joining us from Israel is Asher Kaufman, Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and … Continued