DMC World DJ Championship
We speak with folks about the DMC World DJ Championship happening this Friday.
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Background Briefing – November 2, 2023
MAGA Mike Johnson’s Top Priority to Cut Taxes on the Rich by Gutting the IRS’s Ability to Collect Revenues From Wealthy Tax Cheats We begin with the top priority of MAGA Mike Johnson, the new House Speaker, which is to serve his benefactors by cutting taxes on the rich. Johnson’s first act is to gut … Continued
The Visionary Activist Show – All Souls: back-channels opening
All Souls – back-channels opening – for us all, to call in that which is more powerfully wise than our rogue species… Three Librans convening with Day of the Dead, All Souls, True Halloween – “A Libra is just an Aries that’s been to charm school!” (Jay Jacobs) Caroline hosts fellow politically engaged astrologer, … Continued
Ben Fountain discusses his latest novel, “Devil Makes Three,” set in Haiti during the coup that overthrew Aristide in 1992. Ben Fountain is the author of the award winning novel “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” and a book of reportage on the 2016 election, “Beautiful Country, Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion and Revolution.”
Palestinians in Israel and Israel’s plans for Palestinians, and how Nagorno-Karabakh is a taste of the newest world disorder
Amjad Iraqi on what it’s like to be a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and when what the Israeli state has in mind for Gaza • Georgi Derluguian (author of this article) on how the expulsion of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh is an example of the latest iteration of the new world disorder
KPFA’s Top 25 Most Played Songs List For October 2023
Rank Artist Song Label 1 Sam Gellaitry LIKE THIS / LIKE THAT Major Recordings; Viewfinder Recordings Limited 2 Hether Oidar Hether4theweather c/o R&R Digital 3 Jungle Back On 74 Caiola Records 4 1tbsp Moth Love BELIEVE – Sumoclic; 5 A Beacon School Middle of Winter Grind Select 6 Augustine Teach Me OKT8; ORCHARD … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – November 2, 2023
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power. His latest piece in American Prospect is The Agonizing Drift Toward Cease-Fire.
Democracy Now 9am – November 2, 2023
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Overcrowded SF Jail Reopens Abandoned Area; Anniversary of Lynching Death in Concord; Plus, State Terror Roundup
On today’s show, we’ll start with our weekly Thursday segment, the State Terror Roundup. Then, to San Francisco, where the Sheriff’s department is re-opening a jail facility that it closed in 2010 after a top-down systemic drug scandal. The sheriffs department wants to reopen because the city is locking up dramatically increasing numbers of people. … Continued