The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – November 23, 2023
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Featured Episode
Flashpoints – November 23, 2023
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Annual Thingstaken Mix and Poor News Network
Our annual Thingsgiving mix featuring the voices of John Trudell, Leonard Peltier, and Wilma Mankiller. And later we hear from Poor News Network. 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.
Background Briefing – November 23, 2023
Was the Generosity of Native Americans Towards the Pilgrims Repaid With Genocide? We begin on this Thanksgiving with a history of this uniquely American holiday and explore whether the generosity of the Native Americans toward the first white settlers was later repaid with genocide. Joining us is Stefan Aune, a Professor of American Studies at Williams … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – Redemptive Thanksgiving of spiraling Blessings out into the World…
Redemptive Thanksgiving of spiraling Blessings out into the World… Caroline, with some great music, reminds us that Thanksgiving not just a hallmark card smiley face on top of colonial destruction of Indigenous people and their kinship with Flora Fauna Fungi, but tis astrologically timed as first Thursday ( Jupiter’s Day) after Sun enters Sagittarius … Continued
Jan Morris (1926-2020) was a noted travel writer and historian, and a leading figure in the trans world. This program contains two interviews with Jan Morris, the first from August, 1999 which focuses on her career as a travel writer and historian, and the second from November 2001, recorded during the tour for her book, “Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere.” Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Produced and introduced by host Richard Wolinsky.
Also: Review of “1984” a new adaptation by Michael Gene Sullivan of the novel by George Orwell, at Aurora Theatre Company through December 10, 2023.
Small island nations, libertarian enclaves
Tina Gerhardt, author of Sea Change, on the effects of rising oceans on small island nations • Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism, on libertarian enclaves insulated from democracy [rebroadcast of a May 2023 show]
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – November 23, 2023
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times. Among his bestselling books are biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Roberto Clemente, and Vince Lombardi, Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World, They Marched into … Continued
Democracy Now 9am – November 23, 2023
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.