Salima Hamirani hosts friday’s show, discussing the emergence of Hookworm infecting residents of Lowndes County, Alabama. With 1 in 3 residents testing positive for infection, the devastating lack of sanitation and infrastructure is to blame. Salima speaks with Rohelo Mejia, Founder of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise and author of the study from the … Continued


Today’s show begins with selections from the documentary Capitalism. A collection of six parts, the film investigates economic history and the logics of capitalism, both as the dominant economic system and as an ideologically propulsive structure.  Today’s segments deal with Adam Smith’s ideas. Narrated by Roger Waters, The Occupation of the American Mind  unpacks the politics of Israeli-American relations, … Continued


“Fingerprints” preview on The Hear and Now, Thursday, September 27.

On October 7, a new documentary, Fingerprints, premieres at the Mill Valley Film Festival. It chronicles the long-distance collaboration of two music programs for kids, one in Haiti and one in the Bay Area; they recorded two songs “together”—Jack White’s “We’re Going to Be Friends” and a Haitian folk song “Panama Me Tombe.” Tonight on The Hear … Continued


Today we talk to Brian Edwards-Tiekert, co-host of KPFA’s Up Front, about the ongoing situation in Puerto Rico in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Maria. From Trump’s humanitarian negligence to volunteers’ on-the-ground experiences, he has been closely following developments relating to this crisis. Additionally, we will be playing critically selected excerpts from Episode 5 of Ilan Ziv’s documentary … Continued


Profits vs. Puerto Rican Lives: Trump Admin Blocks Aid from Reaching Devastated Island; Yemenis Suffer “Silent Deaths” as Saudi Arabia Refuses Human Rights Probe in Deadly U.S.-Backed War; Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call for U.N. Security Council to Protect Rohingya from Attacks in Burma; Muhammad Yunus on Achieving a World with Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment … Continued