Let’s all wave our freak flags high and join the ever-ongoing celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, when Bonnie and Derk merge The Bonnie Simmons Show and The Hear and Now on the last night of the KPFA Get Up Stand Up Summer 2017 Fund Drive. As we explore some of our favorite sounds … Continued
Excerpts of the KPFA Sponsored event “Senator Al Franken: Giant of The Senate” at the King Middle School, in Berkeley, on July 6, 2017. Hosted by David Talbot. With Host Kris Welch.
Paul Robeson was an American singer, actor, and Civil Rights activist. He became politically involved in response to the Spanish Civil War, fascism, and social injustices. His advocacy of anti-imperialism, affiliation with communism, and criticism of the United States government caused him to be blacklistedduring the McCarthy era.A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the … Continued
Excerpts of the Audiobook: “Polishing The Mirror” by Ram Dass. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert.
Host Brian Edwards-Tiekert kicks off the morning with a new talk from Paul Hawken, presenting his book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reduce Global Warming. Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur and activist, as well as the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, a non-profit dedicated to finding and researching the best technological, social, … Continued
Explosive Lawsuit: White House & Fox Peddled Seth Rich Conspiracies to Distract from Russia Probe; Wray Confirmed as FBI Director as Questions Swirl over His Past Record & Close Ties to Big Business; Death at the Border: How CBP Agents Urged Mexican Teen to Drink the Liquid Meth That Killed Him; Yale Historian Timothy Snyder … Continued
Listen to excerpts of the audiobook “A People’s History of the United States” – Read by Howard Zinn; and “The Howard Zinn PRA Collection” from the Pacifica Radio Archives.
Is capitalism bad for your health? Gabor Maté thinks so. The acclaimed Canadian physician and Marxist discusses capitalism, stress, and chronic illness, inimitably combining profound humanism, dark wit, and extensive knowledge of science and social justice. He makes the compelling case that the psycho-social needs to be taken into account by both the medical establishment … Continued
Excerpts of the KPFA Sponsored event “Whistleblower at The CIA: An Insider’s Account of the Politics of Intelligence” at First Presbyterian Church, on June 21, 2017.
On today’s episode, hosts Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks replay excerpts from a talk with Melvin A. Goodman, in conversation with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Dan Ellsberg. Goodman is a former CIA analyst and author of the new book Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider’s Account of the Politics of Intelligence, which details his time inside … Continued
