Today we celebrate the musical contributions of Stevland Hardaway Judkins who for decades has delighted the disabled and non-disabled world with his music, commitment to blind and disability rights and to universal peace. Of course, we are talking about Stevie Wonder who still is a fixture in popular American culture and to think that this … Continued
Friday Host Salima Hamirani speaks with Ivan Jaigirdar, from the Third i Film Festival, about 15 years of South East Asian film. Myo Win and Jeanne Hallacy talk about their documentary film Sittwe, about the Rohingya refugee crisis. Liz Martinez from CIVIC – Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement – discusses Immigration and Customs Enforcement destroying … Continued
In Puerto Rico’s Highlands, Hurricane Maria Has Exploded Fault Lines of Poverty & Austerity; Yanis Varoufakis on Global Capitalism & How Trump’s Tax Plan is Class War Against the Poor; Economist Yanis Varoufakis: Puerto Ricans Deserve an Escape from “Permanent Debt Prison”; Greek Economist Yanis Varoufakis on Nazi Resurgence in Europe & Why ”ISIS Loves … Continued
Scott Pruitt the head of the Environmental Protection Agency just issued a bizarre set of new rules barring federally funded scientists from serving on advisory boards saying they could not be objective. On today’s show we’ll speak with Genna Reed from the Union of Concerned Scientists about the rule and how Pruitt seems to have … Continued
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Johnny Harper, stalwart Bay Area guitarist, singer, and songwriter, has a brand new CD, Light of a New Day, with his band, Carnival. The CD release concert is November 11 at Bjornson Hall in Oakland’s Fruitvale district. In advance of the concert, Harper will perform in the KPFA studio with pianist John R. Burr and backup … Continued
Doing Magic with “Finding Magic” author spirited*politico, Sally Quinn, who has consulted with astro*mytho*politico Caroline since 1978… Woo-Hoo, bringing culturally influential magic even unto the political realm! Finding Magic by Sally Quinn: www.harperone.com/findingmagic/ And support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon to find today’s Chart & Guiding Themes.
Listen in as Karyn Sanders interviews practicing energetic herbalists Lena Welker and Carla Vargas Frank. They will be discussing herbalism, the meaning of health and healing and, of course, the plants.
On today’s show, our host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Kurt Wagner, Senior Editor of Recode, who specializes in business and tech-related stories, about the relationship between the Russian government and American social media in terms of the 2016 election. We then discuss the recent Manhattan terror attack with Karen J. Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security … Continued
EncampmentThis morning, as Senate hearings regarding Russian involvement in President Trump’s election proceed, we speak with Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post’s Silicon Valley Correspondent who is in Washington DC covering the hearings. Continued coverage of the eviction of the Here There encampment by Ashby Bart in Berkeley brings us an interview with EmilyRose Johns, an attorney with Siegel, Yee … Continued
“Send Him to Gitmo”: Trump Urges Execution of Saipov After Defending “Both Sides” in Charlottesville; Trump Scapegoats Immigrants, Calls to End Diversity Visa Lottery That Brought Saipov to U.S. in 2010; Trump & Media Focus on Muslims After Attack in NYC, Even as NYPD Says Islam Played No Role; Uzbekistan Cooperated with CIA Rendition & … Continued
