The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Election Metaphoric Response & Ritual

Caroline re-hosts Sean Padraig O’Donoghue, herbalist, Bard, wizard, writer part of our Rapid Metaphoric Response Team…as we be Diving into the Dark, yet “in the mood for a good mood;” with our cauldron into which we toss poisonous cruelty, that it be dissolved from the human repertoire, and from which we ladle liberating blessing… This … Continued


Acclaimed director Emma Rice talks about her latest show, an adaptation of Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights,” which plays at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre November. 18 through January 1, along with a discussion of how her theatre company, Wise Children, fared during the pandemic shutdown. Then we hear a December 2009 interview with Julie Powell, author of “Julie and Julia” and “Cleaving,” who died at the age of 49 in October, 2022. Also, a review of “Colonialism is Terrible but Pho is Delicious,” playing at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley through December 4, 2022. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Law & Disorder

Berkeley PD embroiled in scandal; Plus, CA slowly investigates police shootings of unarmed people

Starting with the weekly State Terror Roundup, we look at state violence throughout the country in the past week. Then, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, and the national uprising that ensued, California’s legislature passed a bill that would create automatic oversight by the state’s department of justice when unarmed people are shot by … Continued


UpFront

Downballot: criminal justice reformers and democracy initiatives made gains

00:08 A special report by Jeannine Etter on the work of California’s first-in-the-nation Task Force on Reparations for African Americans 00:33 Daniel Nichanian, editor in chief of Bolts Magazine and contributing editor for Inquest  — on what downballot races signalled about voters’ appetite for expanding democracy and shrinking the prison system.