An in-depth interview with Eric Ting, Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater (Cal Shakes) followed by a short 2001 interview with the late Kitty Carlisle Hart. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Building Sanctuary: Artist Collective Uses their Artwork to Protest for Their Rights
Listen to the full radio report here, first aired September 9, 2021 on UpFront Your browser does not support the audio tag. OAKLAND,CA – In Oakland, California, there are thousands of people experiencing homelessness on any given night. In November 2019, unhoused organizers and allies led an action in front of Oakland city hall, … Continued
How reactionaries maintain control in Texas, and the Blob’s worries about China and Afghanistan.
Texas is a highly diverse and urbanized state, but it’s run by a bunch of would-be cowboys. How is this possible? Political scientist Clyde Barrow has some answers. The Blob—the pejorative nickname for the foreign policy establishment—wants us to worry more about China than the climate crisis, and to see the withdrawal from Afghanistan as … Continued
Talkies – September 9, 2021
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Deepa Kumar is an award-winning scholar and activist, and Professor of Media Studies at Rutgers University. She is the author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire: 20 years after 9/11
Democracy Now – September 9, 2021
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
On today’s show: 0:08 – Rebecca Dixon (@RebeccaDNELP), Executive Director of the National Employment Law Project joins us to discuss the end of federal unemployment benefits, who it will harm, and who it has harmed already in the conservative states that ended it early. 0:34 – We discuss the downfall of Oakland’s Ceasefire program and … Continued
Democracy Now – September 9, 2021
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Letters & Politics – September 9, 2021
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Non-fiction Music – September 9, 2021
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.