Background Briefing – July 24, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Featured Episode
The Visionary Activist Show – The Soul and Science of Forests
Cooling out the conflagration: Caroline welcomes the return of Diana Beresford Kroeger, and her latest book, “Our Green Heart – The Soul and Science of Forests” Offered as a KPFA pledge enticement … “Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a world recognized author, medical biochemist, botanist and climate change visionary. She possesses a unique understanding of modern western science and … Continued
Fund Drive Special: Gore Vidal discussing his novel “The Golden Age” in 2000. Change the names and the interview could have been recorded in 2025. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky and Laura Prives. See listing for links to theatre and bookstore calendars.
Anatol Lieven looks at US relations with the world under the Trump regime, specifically Russia–Ukraine, Israel–Palestine, and US self-evisceration
How does a ghost writer get to the juiciest heart of their subject? Laura Zigman is the author of six novels and has ghostwritten and/or collaborated on multiple memoirs and non-fiction books. We have fun talking about writing with someone — not about them — and getting their voice right; the line between curiosity and … Continued
Guest: Laurence Rees is an award-winning English historian and documentary filmmaker. He has authored several books including The Holocaust: A New History, Hitler and Stalin, Auschwitz: A New History, and his latest, The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – July 24, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future w/ Emile Suotonye DeWeaver – Summer Fund Drive Special
Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In this hour, we’re joined by formerly incarcerated activist, essayist, and organizer Emile Suotonye DeWeaver, discussing his book Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine, reflecting on his 21 years of incarceration, what it took for … Continued
Can the Hague Group and Other International Legal Bodies End the Genocide and Starvation in Gaza?
00:08 — Munir Nuseibah is a human rights lawyer and an assistant professor at Al-Quds University Law School in Jerusalem, where he directs the Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic.