Not Forgotten Anymore: The African American Composer Initiative The Babblery, produced by Suki Wessling About the episode: One day at her piano lesson, LaDoris Cordell asked her teacher, Jodi Gandolfi, if there were any Black composers of concert music. Concert music is a more inclusive term for what many people know as “classical” music: art … Continued
KALW’s Uncuffed is the country’s leading radio and podcast training program for people in prison. In weekly classes taught by professional journalists, participants at San Quentin, Solano State Prison, and the California Institution for Women (CIW) learn how to make audio stories from start to finish using professional audio equipment and software. All stories workshopped … Continued
Unveiling the Ancestors By Ann Hoffman Welcome to “Unveiling the Ancestors,” a radio special that sheds light on who we are today by looking at WHO came before us. I’m your host, Anne Hoffman-Freedman. Throughout the next hour, we’ll explore five stories. Five stories that…you could say… act as a portal from our current reality…into … Continued
Hosted and produced by Linda Freund for KPFA Documentary filmmaker Linda Freund tells the story of Sabrina Butler-Smith, the first woman exonerated from death row in the United States. At 18, Sabrina was wrongfully convicted of killing her nine-month-old son after signing a coerced confession and standing trial before an all-white jury with inadequate legal … Continued
Hormonal changes associated with perimenopause can begin earlier than many women expect—sometimes in their 30s—and can significantly affect mental health. Anxiety, irritability, low mood, headaches, and brain fog are common symptoms, yet often misunderstood or misdiagnosed. In this episode of State of Mind, host Debra Sloss is joined by psychotherapist and hormone expert Helen Bennett, BACP, … Continued
Sign My Name to Freedom: The Betty Reid Soskin Story – A fresh interview with the filmmakers, by Delores Thompson
The Betty Ried Soskin Film Sign My Name to Freedom is a feature documentary about iconic National Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin, her hidden life as a singer/songwriter and a civil rights pioneer in california, and her journey to re-explore her music sixty years later. Dr. Delores Thompson talks with the films Director / Producer … Continued
Feminist Vision of Genuine Security Challenging Militarism and Militarization Produced Margo Okazawa-Rey
Edited and Produced by Lynn Borton American journalist and writer Lady Borton volunteered with the American Friends Service Committee to do relief work during the war in Viêt Nam and has spent many years since living and working there. In honor of International Women’s Day we sat down to share some of the stories she’s … Continued
Sharon Elliott is an author, international poet, and initiated Lukumi and Ifa priest residing in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dreams of freedom, peace and social justice filled her head and heart from a young age. She has been a writer and poet activist over several decades, beginning in the feminist, anti-war movements in the 1960s and … Continued
