Guest: Ann Schmiesing is professor of German and Scandinavian studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of Disability, Deformity, and Disease in the Grimms’ Fairy Tales and most lately, The Brothers Grimm: A Biography.
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Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – July 31, 2025
On Today’s Show: UNRWA Rep Slams “Disaster” of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Says Aid Must Flow Without Restrictions NY Doctor Just Back from Gaza: Starvation Is Widespread & Undeniable, Despite Israeli PM Claims As Canada, U.K. & France Move to Recognize Palestine, Two-State Solution Remains Taboo Inside Israel “Total, Random Chaos” of Trump Tariffs Are Not Rebalancing … Continued
Anti-Zionist Author Sim Kern on Collective Liberation
In today’s episode, we speak with author, influencer and anti-Zionist Jewish activist Sim Kern about their book Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation. Fund Drive Special. Pledge $110 and receive a copy of Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation, which dismantles Zionist propaganda in ten unapologetic essays. Drawing … Continued
Robert Reich on His Path to Politics, Teaching and Winning Back Democracy
00:08 — Robert Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three presidential administrations, Republican and Democrat, as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, and has written eighteen books. His latest book is “Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America”
Democracy Now 6am – July 31, 2025
On Today’s Show: UNRWA Rep Slams “Disaster” of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Says Aid Must Flow Without Restrictions NY Doctor Just Back from Gaza: Starvation Is Widespread & Undeniable, Despite Israeli PM Claims As Canada, U.K. & France Move to Recognize Palestine, Two-State Solution Remains Taboo Inside Israel “Total, Random Chaos” of Trump Tariffs Are Not Rebalancing … Continued
This episode explores how Trump’s allies are reshaping the legal system by elevating unqualified ideologues, the foreign policy risks of his chaotic leadership style, and the GOP’s efforts to block transparency around the Epstein files. Ask ChatGPT
The Trump-controlled US Senate Elevates Bove as the Law is Weaponized to Keep Unqualified Ideologues on as US Attorneys We begin with the Trump-controlled US Senate elevating Emil Bove to the Court of Appeals and possibly on to the Supreme Court and assess the extent to which Trump has successfully weaponized the law by using … Continued
Non-fiction Music – July 31, 2025
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
LoveSoul with Al Glenn – July 31, 2025
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Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some before this tasty Midnight snack is all gone!
All Your Old Records – July 30, 2025
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Music from 1964 to the present, with David Ogilvy. *** To view a PLAYLIST for an episode that has broadcast, click on the episode’s title. ***
Dead to the World – July 30, 2025
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Music by the Grateful Dead, and music not by the Grateful Dead. Hosted by Tim Lynch.