Background Briefing – September 2, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
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Cover to Cover – September 2, 2025
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, and Jovelyn Richards.
Join Renée Camila for all things back-to-school. She looks at herbs for immune health, support with re-establishing circadian rhythms, and shifting from summer to fall. Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.
Forced and sustained starvation is “shaving years off” of Palestinians’ lives, especially children, whose cognitive and growth development is dependent on good nutrition in their earliest years. Host Nora Barrows-Friedman speaks with Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a member of Healthcare Workers for Humanity and an emergency physician who has worked in Gaza for years. He explains … Continued
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – September 2, 2025
On Today’s Show: Trump’s Tariffs Struck Down: Attorney Neal Katyal & Oregon AG Dan Rayfield Respond Judge Blocks Trump’s Late-Night Deportation of Hundreds of Guatemalan Children Israel’s Killing of Yemen’s Houthi PM May Expand Regional War: Rami Khouri “Will Western Powers Take Action?”: Rami Khouri on Scholars Declaring Genocide in Gaza Democracy Now! is a … Continued
Opposing Solitary Confinement from Behind Bars w/ Christopher Blackwell
We’ll spend the hour today in conversation with Christopher Blackwell, an award-winning journalist currently incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center. He is serving a 45-year prison sentence for taking another human’s life during a drug robbery and has been incarcerated since 2003. We’ll talk about the book he’s contributing to about the terrors of solitary confinement, and … Continued
People’s Conference for Palestine and Oakland Airport’s Role in Shipping US Weapons to Israel; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — Nadya Tannous is a long-time organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Democracy Now! – September 2, 2025
On Today’s Show: Trump’s Tariffs Struck Down: Attorney Neal Katyal & Oregon AG Dan Rayfield Respond Judge Blocks Trump’s Late-Night Deportation of Hundreds of Guatemalan Children Israel’s Killing of Yemen’s Houthi PM May Expand Regional War: Rami Khouri “Will Western Powers Take Action?”: Rami Khouri on Scholars Declaring Genocide in Gaza Democracy Now! is a … Continued
This Labor Day special examines how Trump and Project 2025 threaten working Americans, fuel unprecedented inequality, and distort the meaning of labor itself—past, present, and future—with insights from labor experts Steven Greenhouse, Sylvia Allegretto, and historian Michael Kazin.
The State of Working America Under Assault From Trump and Project 2025 We begin on this Labor Day with the state of working America which is under assault from Trump and Project 2025 even as Trump’s groveling lackey, the Secretary of Labor, in a cabinet meeting praises her “Dear leader” telling him; “”Mr President, I … Continued
Night Magic – September 2, 2025
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Music of the The Great Jazz Legends, with Alex Danzler