John Santos joins Guest Host Gabrielle this week on BAJABA on JazzLine 11 pm 7/30th  in studio to discuss his upcoming performance at Yoshi’s Oakland “Legends of Afro-Cuban Percussion.” For tickets: http://www.yoshis.com/event/847667-john-santos-ernesto-oviedo-oakland/


Keyboardist Dr. Bernie Worrell was one of the greatest living musicians.  A child prodigy, the Plainfield New Jersey born genius trained at Juilliard and the New England Conservatory of Music.  He is the mastermind behind nearly every song by George Clinton’s Parliament / Funkadelic, and Worrell has a distinguished track record playing everything from industrial, … Continued


  A hour-long fund drive episode in which we dissect the fascinating intersection of fundraising and disability with Catherine Kudlick, editor of Telethons: Spectacle, Disability and the Business of Charity by Paul Longmore.   From Jerry Lewis – to the cancer survivor runs – to the many disability non-profits desperately hoping for support, money raising … Continued


Hillary Clinton Becomes First Woman to Accept Major-Party Presidential Nomination in U.S. History; California Delegates Walk Off the Floor of DNC in Protest of Hillary Clinton’s Nomination; As Hillary Clinton Accepts Democratic Nomination, Hundreds Protest Outside Convention Arena; Kshama Sawant vs. Rebecca Traister on Clinton, Democratic Party & Possibility of a Female President; Hillary Clinton … Continued


Hillary Clinton officially accepts the Democratic Presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to be the nominee of either major party. She reaches out to Bernie Sanders supporters say they had put economic and social justice issues front and center, where they belong and pledging to work with Sanders on making public college education free for poor … Continued


Live from loud radio row #DNCphilly, Caroline hosting Vermin Supreme, fellow Trickster, artist of atmosphere, and agent of liberating cultural high Jinx. And whatever other booking Trickster synchronicity magnetizes. Update:  Caroline Casey and Vermin Supreme Broadcasting Live from Outside the DNC Liberating Trickster  booted out – and yet, always aspiring to… “finding a way out of no way, … Continued


President Obama Implores Nation to Vote for Hillary Clinton: “Carry Her the Same Way You Carried Me”; “No More War”: Protesters Disrupt Ex-CIA Director Leon Panetta’s DNC Speech; Michael Eric Dyson vs. Eddie Glaude on Race, Hillary Clinton and the Legacy of Obama’s Presidency; Bill O’Reilly Claims Enslaved Africans Who Built White House Were “Well-Fed”; … Continued


We play excerpts from Oliver Stone’s compelling documentary series “The Untold History of the United States.” The series re-examines parts of America’s darkest past, such as how this country came closer than anyone knew to nuclear annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and how the end of the Cold War could have produced a very different world than the … Continued


President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and HIllary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee Virginia Senator Tim Kaine address the Democratic National Convention tonight. Supporters of Bernie Sanders may protest when Kaine delivers his speech. Some of them walked out of the convention hall and joined protests outside after Clinton’s formal presidential nomination yesterday.  Pacifica’s live coverage … Continued