Songs to Obsess Over & Over… September 2025 Edition

It’s that time! Last Tuesday of the month where IU, your loving Interim Music Director Mike Biggz(Host of Living In The Now on KPFA), reflects on 5 songs that I have been quite obsessed over in the past 30 days. LFG! Songs to Obsess Over & Over September 2025 Jalen Ngonda – All About Me (Daptone) … Continued


Law & Disorder

Conversation with Chris Hedges — Fall Fund Drive

On today’s show, we speak with Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, author, and former foreign correspondent for The New York Times, known for his sharp critiques of war, empire, capitalism, and the erosion of civil liberties in the United States. He is the author of Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine *Fall … Continued


Background Briefing (5am)

Trump’s “Eternal Peace” Farce and the Shutdown Showdown

Donald Trump declares “one of the great days ever in civilization” as he touts an imaginary Middle East peace plan Hamas hasn’t signed, while fawning over Netanyahu at a no-questions press conference. Later, experts unpack how his brinkmanship over a looming government shutdown reveals a strategy of bad-faith politics designed to sow chaos and shift … Continued


A Box of Toys

The Forgotten Volume 3

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This show focuses on forgotten tunes, mostly from the period 1965-1975.  However, this is not a sentimental survey of that period.  This is simply what ABOT would have done were it around back then- finding music worth hearing and giving it airplay.  There are two basic groupings- unfamiliar tunes by familiar artists, and familiar tunes … Continued