Today on the show: The celebrated founder of Culture Clash and award winning playwright, Richard Montoya. Also, noted refugee rights advocate and honorary Mayor of San Francisco’s Historic Mission District, Roberto Hernandez will join us
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Hard Knock Radio: Jennifer L. Pozner on Censorship, Power, and the Media’s “Bending of the Knee” and Poor News Magazine
In the wake of the campus-rally killing of Charlie Kirk—and the immediate media sanctification that followed—Hard Knock Radio host Davey D sat down with media critic and author Jennifer L. Pozner to connect the dots between shock headlines, corporate deals, and a chilling new phase of state pressure on speech. The conversation opened with Davey D framing … Continued
Talk-It-Out Radio – September 19, 2025
A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences.
First Six Months – Lasting Damage – Pushing Limits – September 19, 2025
Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all within the first six months of the Trump administration—have severely curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the right to a free, appropriate public education. That’s the finding of a recent report by the Center for American Progress, authored by Casey Doherty and Mia Ives-Rublee—who … Continued
The End of Academic Freedom / The Need for “Civic Solitude”
First up, Thea Abu al-Haj joins the program to discuss the unprecedented censorship she and other academic authors experienced when Harvard administration pulled the plug on an entire issue of the Harvard Educational Review, an issue that would have been dedicated to Palestine. Thea discusses this new level of censorship as an attack on the … Continued
Talkies – September 19, 2025
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
The City of Berkeley has passed strict regulations that will require residents in certain parts of the city’s hills to keep five feet around their homes, dubbed “Zone Zero,” free of flammable materials. That includes wooden fences and trellises that are attached directly to homes, trash bins, and most controversially, almost all vegetation. The State … Continued
The Fight Against Money Corrupting Politics
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Bernie-endorsed Independent U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner in Maine, the latest Gallup poll showing that 68% Americans are pro-union, more than 97% of park workers at Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon parks vote to unionize, ICE has so far deported half a million. At … Continued
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – September 19, 2025
On today’s show: Amy Goodman spends the hour speaking to Native American Activist and recently “freed” Leonard Peltier. Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza, What Comes Next to End it? Plus, Free Speech, Jimmy Kimmel Suspension and Trump’s TikTok Deal
00:08 — Joel Beinin is Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:20 — Nadya Tannous is a long-time organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement. 00:33 — Craig Aaron is resident of Free Press.