Rebecca Makkai discusses her latest novel, “I Have Some Questions for You,” now out in trade paperback. Otessa Moshvegh discusses her career and her short story collection, “Homesick for Another World,” recorded in 2017. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – April 4, 2024
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Alexander Stille is the San Paolo Professor of International Journalism at Columbia University. He is the author of many books including Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism; Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic. His latest, The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – April 4, 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).
Retail Theft Claims as Fodder for Bloating Police Budgets; State Terror Roundup; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Adi Oasis
We start our show with our recurring segment the State Terror Roundup. Then, we’re joined by the Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s Criminal Law & Justice Center and former District Attorney of San Francisco Chesa Boudin to discuss California’s inflated problem of retail theft and how the state is falsely using data to inflate police budgets in this … Continued
0:14 — Ken Jacobs is Co-chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center. 0:33 — Christopher Elmendorf is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law. His expertise includes property and land-use law. 0: 45 — Khalid M. Mosalam is the Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering and … Continued
Democracy Now 6am – April 4, 2024
On today’s show: Palestinian American Dr. Walks Out of Biden Meeting, Hands Him Letter from 8-Year-Old Orphan in Gaza Road to Famine: Israeli Law Prof. Neve Gordon on Israel’s History of Weaponizing Food Access in Gaza From Prison to the Presidency in 3 Weeks: In Senegal, Pan-Africanist Opposition Figures Take Office
Background Briefing (5am) – April 4, 2024
Jack Smith’s Shot Across the Bow at the Trump-Friendly Judge on the Classified Documents Case We begin with Special Counsel Jack Smith challenging the Trump-appointed judge on the documents case to make a ruling, which is likely to embrace her alternative reading of the 1978 Presidential Records Act instead of the Espionage Act and thus … Continued
Non-fiction Music – April 4, 2024
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
LoveSoul with Al Glenn – April 4, 2024
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Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some before this tasty Midnight snack is all gone!