House votes to hold former Trump aide Steve Bannon in Contempt of Congress. UN warns pandemic could last another year due to lack of vaccines in poor countries. Federal government gearing up for vaccine roll out for children aged 5-11. Governor Newsom announces no new oil wells allowed within 3,200 feet of public. Palestinian prisoners … Continued
Today on the Show: We spend the hour in conversation with internationally celebrated writer, poet and activist, Alice Walker. Walker is the recipient of numerous awards including the Pulitzer prize, the National Book Award, and the Mahmoud Darwish Literary Prize for Fiction. Alice also has a delightful new children’s book Sweet People Are Everywhere, illustrated … Continued
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Full Moon Tide of Effective Wrathful Dakinis, Caroline hosting Diane Wilson returning with the dedicated Trickster woof that she inspires and encourages in all of us; that, against all odds composts dementor despoiling tyranny…into nutrient for the Community of All Beings. The Sun’s Image today is “Men toiling in a dark pit- a woman calmly … Continued
Daniel Handler, writing as Lemony Snicket, and the creator of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” discusses Lemony Snicket’s lastest book, “Poison for Breakfast” as well as the origins of the Baudelaire siblings. Then, an interview with Tim Bond, the new Artistic Director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. At 1:55: theatre review of “The Claim” now playing at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage.
Urbanist Mona Fawaz of the American University of Beirut talks about Lebanon’s political and economic crises. And cultural critic Mark Dery explores the allure of conspiracy theories, using former media critic Mark Crispin Miller as a case study. photo: Markus Winkler via Unsplash
Anxiety and depression are abroad in the land these days, but Dr. Meghan Krausch says activism keeps hope alive. PLUS: a new play by SF Mime troupe actor/director/writer Michael Gene Sullivan, on the African American experience. PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University. He is the author of The New Abolition, Breaking White Supremacy, Social Democracy in the Making, and his latest, American Democratic Socialism: History, Politics, Religion, and Theory.
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On today’s show: 0:08 – Youth climate activists with the Sunrise Movement have gathered in Washington, DC to stage a hunger strike. One of those activists, 18-year-old Ema Govea (@ema.govea) joins us to discuss. More information on the Hunger Strike for Climate Justice is available here. 0:18 – Rami Almeghari reports on the 150+ Palestinians … Continued
