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Debt ceiling bill clears House, now goes to Senate for vote; Recordings of Trump undermine his claim he didn’t know documents classified – June 1, 2023

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news. Debt ceiling bill clears House, now goes to Senate for vote. NATO leaders meet in Oslo, pressure Turkey to admit Sweden to alliance. Recordings of Trump undermine his claim he didn’t know documents classified. Veritas tenants call rent strike over unaddressed building complaints. Vice-President Harris announces White House plan … Continued

The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Syncretizing Science, Art, and Spirit

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Waxing Full Moon-Opening the Dakini portals!…. Caroline welcomes Jennet Inglis, practitioner of Chöd, dedicated to tracking the Wrathful and Peaceful Dakinis, back to their original liberating impulse, before Tibetan Buddhist orthodoxy made then ”pretty.”…When they were beautiful! woofy, part woman, part animal…original party animal… and offers them, through her craft, a portal through which they … Continued

Bookwaves/Artwaves

Bookwaves/Artwaves – June 1, 2023: Martin Amis – Bill English

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Martin Amis (1949-2023), Booker Prize winning novelist and essayist, who died on May 19, 2023, in conversation with Richard Woilnsky for “London Fields” November, 1991 (first of five interviews with Richard Wolinsky).
Bill English, Artistic Director of San Francisco Playhouse, talks about the current and upcoming season.
Review: “Let The Right One In” at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre through June 25, 2023.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Letters and Politics

The Pornography Wars

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Guest: Kelsy Burke is an award-winning sociologist of religion, gender, sexuality, and politics in the United States.  Her research has examined a wide range of topics, including debates over pornography, religious freedom laws and LGBT rights, evangelical women’s ministries, and the Christian sex advice industry.  She is the author of Christians Under Covers: Evangelicals and Sexual … Continued