Flashpoints – October 20, 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.
Featured Episode
Honoring Ruchell “Cinque” Magee and ReImagine Fashion
We speak with author/journalist Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Claude Marks the co-founder of Freedom Archives about the legacy of freedom fighter Ruchell “Cinque” Magee. Later we speak with Jeff Perlstein and Teju Adisa Farrar about Reimagine Fashion 2023 – the hub for fashion arts activations during Oakland Style week, an annual five-day series of events that celebrate … Continued
Talk-It-Out Radio – October 20, 2023
A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.
Judith Lesner, Disability Ally – Pushing Limits – October 20, 2023
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. The show alternates weekly and airs every Friday from 2:30-3 pm. This program was a rebroadcast of our Oct. 13th show: Judith Lesner, Disability Ally
Whose Point Reyes? Indigenous History and Public Lands
Dive into the history of Point Reyes National Seashore with us, an area in northern California known for rugged sweeping beaches and tule elk. We’ll recount the history of this land and the waves of colonization that violently upended the lives of the Coast Miwok peoples who lived there — and one Indigenous woman’s struggle … Continued
Roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict / Media slants on gun violence & writers’ strike / Dangerous “EARN-IT” Act
Eleanor Goldfield opens the program with a conversation about Gaza; her guest, Nora Barrows-Friedman, rebuts common Israeli / US talking points, and identifies Zionism as the actual obstacle to peace. Then Shealeigh Voitl tells Mickey about some of her recent research and writing. She finds fundamental differences in how corporate media and community media cover … Continued
Talkies – October 20, 2023
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Muskan Walia and Angelina Xu, two young environmental leaders who were recently recognized for their accomplishments by the 2023 Brower Youth Awards, join Terra Verde host Fiona McLeod to discuss their work organizing their schools’ transition to clean energy and zero food waste.
Today’s Agents of Change: Strikes, Unionization & Labor Militancy
Updates on how Social Security makes African-Americans subsidize whites, lessons from a new survey of young Americans’ politics, the injustice of Europe’s central bank raising its interest rates, Taylor Swift publicly supports Hollywood strikers, and Coco Gauff publicly supports climate change activists. Interview with Mike Elk, editor of The Payday Report, tracking the strike wave … Continued
Democracy Now 9am – October 20, 2023
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.