Flashpoints

The Israeli Army Grudgingly Acknowledges that it Gunned Down Palestinian American Journalist

Today on the show: The Israeli Army grudgingly acknowledges that it gunned down in broad daylight the revered Palestinian American journalist,  Shireen Abu Akleh: Also Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues to terrorize immigrants and refugees, as more and more whole families drown trying to cross the Rio Grande into El Norte. The Chilean pro-democracy platform … Continued


What happens when meditation and yoga are taught behind bars? Are the imprisoned student-practitioners prodded to view their suffering as generated solely by their thoughts and actions, or do the classes foster an awareness of the structural and systemic factors that contributed to their incarceration? Farah Godrej taught yoga and meditation in prison and interviewed … Continued


Guest:  M. Leona Godin is a writer, performer, and educator who is blind. She is the author of the book There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness.   Her writing has appeared in The New York Times; Playboy; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Catapult, where she writes the column “A Blind Writer’s Notebook.”  She was a … Continued