Don Winslow discusses his latest novel, “City of Dreams,” a sequel to “City on Fire,” and the second book of a noir trilogy using the plot of the Trojan War and its aftermath. He also discusses his political anti-MAGA work on Twitter. Then we hear from Norah Piehl, the Director of Literary Programs at the Bay Area Book Festival, which occurs in Berkeley the weekend of May 6-7, 2023. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Jacobin editor Micah Uetricht explains how Chicago elected a progressive mayor, Brandon Johnson • Lily Lynch, editor of Balkanist and contributor to New Left Review‘s Sidecar blog on how the Ukraine war destroyed Scandinavian neutrality
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
On Today’s Show: Oklahoma Parole Board Denies Clemency for Richard Glossip, Rejecting Plea from State Attorney General The Monroe Doctrine, Revisited: How 200 Years of U.S. Policy Have Helped to Destabilize the Americas Medea Benjamin: Pentagon Leaks Show Ukraine War Is a Stalemate. Why Isn’t the U.S. Pushing for Peace?
A new report highlights the experiences those sentenced to death by incarceration in Pennsylvania’s women’s prisons. Joining to discuss her article about it as well as a previous recent report on the ways in which prisons use menstruation as a form of punishment, is Victoria Law, is a freelance journalist and the author of Resistance … Continued
Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers. He also drafted nuclear war plans as a RAND consultant during the Kennedy era. His book about it is The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. *This interview is from February 2018. We’re re-airing it to Mark Daniel Ellsberg Week, declared by his friends and … Continued
On Today’s Show: Oklahoma Parole Board Denies Clemency for Richard Glossip, Rejecting Plea from State Attorney General The Monroe Doctrine, Revisited: How 200 Years of U.S. Policy Have Helped to Destabilize the Americas Medea Benjamin: Pentagon Leaks Show Ukraine War Is a Stalemate. Why Isn’t the U.S. Pushing for Peace?
We begin with what Ukraine’s President Zelensky described today as a “long and meaningful” conversation between him and China’s President Xi Jinping in which Xi promised to send a peace delegation to Kyiv apparently pledging that China would remain neutral in the conflict, with Xi saying Beijing “will neither watch the fire from the other … Continued
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
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Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some before this tasty Midnight snack is all gone!
