The Bonnie Simmons Show – January 22, 2026
Bonnie Simmons presents a unique mix of singer/songwriter folk, rock, soul, country, and R&B.
Featured Episode
APEX Express is a weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. On this episode, host Miata Tan speaks with three guests from the Coalition for Community Safety and Justice (CCSJ), … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump unveils his Board of Peace amid fears it would supplant United Nations; SF activists hold 24-hour fast to protest militarization of ICE; European leaders line up behind Greenland against Trump takeover plan; House narrowly rejects War … Continued
Headlines From Gaza From The Electronic Intifada w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman
Today on the show: Why is a U.S. citizen, Chantal Anicoche, locked inside a military camp and unreachable by US Human Rights Activists? Flashpoints Senior Producer, Kevin Pina reports on this story. Also we broadcast the weekly edition of the Electronic Intifada Newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman
KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon, February 21
Begun in 1986, the Grateful Dead Marathon returns for its 40th year of fun-raising and fundraising for KPFA on Saturday, February 21, 2026 from 9am – midnight PDT. Tim Lynch and David Gans will feature live, unreleased Grateful Dead recordings, as well as interviews, a live in-studio performance, and all manner of related material. David … Continued
Background Briefing – January 22, 2026
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
The Visionary Activist Show – Liberating Necessary Miracles
Ladling Liberating Necessary Miracles out of the Cauldron of Calamity Caroline, convening the Council of Sane Reverent, ingenious, effective, available Beings Myriad worthy woofy guiding voices, from Greenland – Tillie Martinussen, Ireland, Jamaica, Minneapolis, Davos & more – all in accord with the Guiding Astro* Mytho Animist narrative….collapse of systems, and what be we brewing, envisioning, … Continued
Part One: Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), interviewed on September 23, 1991 by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff while on tour for his collection of essays, “Fates Worse Than Death,” recorded for the “Probabilities” radio program.
Part Two. Mavis Gallant (1922-2014, noted anti-Fascist short story writer for the New Yorker magazine, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff on Ocrober 6, 1993 while on tour for her collection, Across The Bridge.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. (Photo: Jill Krementz, Delacorte Press)
Trump’s war on immigrants, Israel’s war on Lebanon
David Bier of the Cato Institute on what’s behind Trump’s war on immigrants • Aurélie Daher on the state of Hezbollah and why Israel is bombing Lebanon
Christopher Isherwood’s own stories of pre-War Berlin; remembering Renee Nicole Good; U.S. top court hears trans student sports ban cases, a new survey confirms pediatric transgender healthcare can be life-saving, Malaysian authorities shut down an empty “gay friendly” hotel, the latest Human Rights Campaign U.S. queer quality of life poll finds deterioration under Trump, and billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates 45 million dollars to the queer youth crisis intervention and suicide prevention group The Trevor Project.