Hard Knock Radio – June 5, 2023
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.
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UpFront PM – June 5, 2023
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at [email protected].
6/5/23 Foot and Ankle Care
When all is well, we go about our day without thinking about how important our feet are. We walk, hike, run, play sports, or go shopping with ease. But when something is wrong and we have pain in our feet or ankles, it’s all we can think about. Join Nurse Rona and Podiatrist Dr. Sireesha … Continued
Drag Storytime: Pride Broadcast Team
Eric Jansen, aka Cinnamon Sugarshoes, was lead producer for KPFA’s June 2023 Drag Storytime Series. Eric is founding producer and host of Out in the Bay Queer Radio+Podcast, heard on KALW for 13 years, and previously worked for KQED and Minnesota Public Radio. He first worked for KPFA last year, fill-in hosting for Kris … Continued
What are the contradictions and uses of environmental conservation and land preservation in a settler colonial state? Like South Africa and the United States, the Israeli government has carved out large swaths of land for ecological protection — and the dispossession of native populations is often hidden from sight. Legal anthropologist Irus Braverman discusses the … Continued
License to Loot – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – June 5, 2023
A “license to loot” is what our guest, economist William Lazonick, calls stock buybacks. Until the Reagan Revolution, stock buybacks were considered market manipulation and at the very least are an unproductive use of profits used only to pump up the stock price and enrich upper management, while neglecting workers’ wages, capital expansion, and innovation. … Continued
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRIbOoJzPjg Guest: Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author and co-author of several books including his latest A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action co-authored with Lee C. Bollinger
Democracy Now 9am – June 5, 2023
On Today’s Show: David Sirota: Working Class Will Be “Deeply Harmed” by Biden’s “Big Win” on Debt Ceiling David Sirota: Florida Lawmakers Help Ron DeSantis Shovel More Cash to Wall Street Ed Bisch Fights to Hold Sacklers Accountable for Opioid Epidemic 22 Years After Son Died of Overdose
Suspending the Federal Debt Ceiling; Plus – It’s Grad Season!
President Joe Biden signed a bill over the weekend that suspends the US government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling with a package he says prevents the financial sky from falling but progressive democrats say weight of the plan falls heavily on the shoulders of americas most vulnerable populations and the planet. We are joined by John … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.