Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan has been riddled right from the start with accusations of secrecy, conflicts of interest, and more. Just days after he demanded Congress produce a bill generating $1.5 trillion to fund new infrastructure, we’ll spend today’s show examining what his plan entails. My guest Charisma Troiano of the group Democracy Forward will … Continued
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Host Barbara Golden focuses on computer and electronic music with a blend of talk and music, mostly music.
Tonight, we have guest host Zuha Khan, or DJ Baqvas, who will be spinning music that is Defiantly Yours: Radical Music from the Asian Diaspora in the Era of Trump. Regardless of the offensive statements that come out of his mouth, People of Color will not be silent. The defiant music you hear tonight will underscore this … Continued
Ursula K. Le Guin, who broke the artificial wall between science fiction and literature, died on January 22nd, 2018 at the age of 88. An essayist and poet along with being a fiction writer, she transcended all genres with the quality of her prose and the allegorical nature of her work. On September 29th, 2000, Richard Wolinsky and his then co-host Richard A. Lupoff spoke with Ursula K. Le Guin about her career as a writer and about her latest novel, a political and social science fiction allegory, “The Telling.”
Caroline welcomes Lisa Gautier, as we animate the Rising Renaissance of Reverent Ingenuity, we concentrate on what we do want: the upcoming People’s Climate Summit in San Francisco, Matter of Trust’s hair and fur project for cleaning up diesel oils spills, Global compost project, heartening global work on clean energy, clean water, batteries, and the metaphysics … Continued
Join Karyn Sanders for an exploration of love and its importance to our health.
On today’s show, we are in conversation with Daniel Ellsberg, best known as a Top Defense analyst who leaked the so-called Pentagon Papers in 1971, revealing that the US government was lying to the public about the Vietnam War. With the book The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, he reveals more information about America’s nuclear … Continued
On today’s show, we feature an interview with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, notable activist, historian and academic, about her new book Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment. But first, we speak with Erica Perry and Walter Riley about Law for Black Lives, a national network of over 3,500 radical lawyers committed to building a responsive legal infrastructure for … Continued
Marcy Wheeler on Showdown over Nunes Memo, Mueller Probe & Reauthorization of Mass Surveillance; 16 Years of War: Trump Joins Obama & Bush in Using SOTU to Hail “Progress” in Afghan War; Johann Hari on How the “Junk Values” of Neoliberalism Drive Depression and Anxiety in the U.S.
Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday night was meant to be bi-partisan but instead it painted an unduly rosy picture of the economy and unsurprisingly demonized immigrants and people of color. On our show today we’ll have an in-depth conversation with our news correspondent Rosa Clemente and play for you clips … Continued
