Happy Birthday to Us ~ KPFA turns 74!

Join us on Friday, April 14th and Saturday, April 15th for special birthday broadcasts Since the dawn of FM radio in the homes, KPFA has been ever vigilant in bringing uncompromising programing to the airwaves. Created by Lew Hill and a band of pacifists, KPFA quickly realized that by not relying on big business underwriting … Continued


Guest: Chad L. Williams is the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University.  He is the author of the award-winning book Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era and his latest, The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War.


Law & Disorder

First Ever Charges Against Officers for Louisiana Police Killing; Plus, the State Terror Roundup

We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Roundup. Then, Louisiana has for the first time ever filed charges against police for killing someone – in this case, that’s Ronald Greene. We are joined by Mona Hardin, the mother of Ronald Greene. She has been fighting to unearth truth and for justice in the … Continued


LoveSoul with Al Glenn

LoveSoul with Al Glenn – April 13, 2023

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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!