Flashpoints – August 20, 2025
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Featured Episode
Fresh for School and Free Them All: CURYJ’s Town Nights & Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks
On today’s show, we begin with Frankie Ramos, Director of Campaigns and Organizing at CURYJ (Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice), joined by Mike Muscadine, Community Peace Manager. They share details about this Saturday’s Town Nights event, themed “Fresh for School.” The gathering continues CURYJ’s work to build safety through community, not punishment, with resources, … Continued
Protesters jeered at Vance, Hegseth, and Miller as they handed out cheeseburgers to National Guard troops at DC’s Union Station—where Miller dismissed demonstrators as “crazy communists”—before the show turned to GOP gerrymandering in Texas and Ukraine’s fight against a looming Russian offensive.
Protestors at DC’s Union Station Yell at Vance, Hegseth and Miller Who Calls Them “Crazy Communists” as They Bring Cheeseburgers to National Guard Troops We begin with Vance, Hegseth and Miller showing up today at DC’s Union Station with cheeseburgers for the National Guard troops only to be met by a cacophony of protest from … Continued
Education Today – August 20, 2025
Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein and Jaron Epstein that airs every week at 2:30.
Our World As We See It – August 20, 2025
A weekly talk show produced by Oakland School for the Arts high school broadcast students, Our World As We See It will focus on local and world issues giving a fresh youthful perspective on how to create change.
East Bay Yesterday – August 20, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Jews and the left have been closely associated with each other for well over a century, both in Europe where the Nazis genocidally linked one with the other, and in the United States. Scholar Benjamin Balthaser considers the history of American Jews and the left, including in opposition to Jewish nationalism, arguing that the recent … Continued
Interview with anarchist prisoner, Malik Muhammad, serving a 10 year concurrent Oregon and Federal sentence for participation in the 2020 uprising on organizing in prison, solitary confinement, communication with the outside, Black August and other topics
Guest: Glory Liu is a lecturer in social studies at Harvard University. She is the author of Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – August 20, 2025
On Today’s Show: Occupied D.C.? Six GOP States Send National Guard to Washington as Outcry Grows over Trump Power Grab For-Profit Presidency: New Yorker Mag Reveals Trump Family’s Frenzy to Cash In on the White House “Unprecedented and Not Normal”: ACLU Sues over Legal Black Hole at “Alligator Alcatraz” ICE Jail Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted … Continued