Host Derk Richardson welcomes the return of fingerstyle guitarist Duck Baker–to the Bay Area, where he lived for many years before moving to England, and to KPFA. Stefan Grossman, who knows a thing or three about playing the instrument, says, “Duck Baker is a true genius of the guitar.” Over the past year or two, Baker … Continued
From Kobani in Syria to Cochabama in Bolivia, feminists are creating experiments in collectivism as a means to women’s equality and safety. We hear about the Rojava Revolution, a democratic socialist feminist democracy being constructed in northern Syria, and women’s collectives in Bolivia who are changing the meaning of self-defense in the country with the … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to Yasha Levine about the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project. Yasha Levine is an investigative journalist for Pando Daily, a San Francisco-based news magazine focused on covering the politics and power of big tech. He is the author of the book Surveillance Valley: The Secret … Continued
7:34 – George Kelley, breaking news reporter for the East Bay Times and East Bay co-chair of the Pacific Media Workers Guild 8:08 – Sarah Frier, technology reporter for Bloomberg who co-authored a story about Facebook’s little-publicized political unit. 8:34 – Michael Blecker, Executive Director of Swords to Plowshares; also co-founder of the California Association of Veterans Service … Continued
Enough! A Million Students Walk Out of Schools to Demand Action on Guns in Historic Day of Action; Remembering Courtlin Arrington: The Victim of a Recent School Shooting Largely Ignored by Media; Farmworkers Bring Human Rights Fight to Wendy’s Doorstep, Fasting & Calling for Boycott over Abuses; Rebecca Solnit on #MeToo, Mass Movements and the … Continued
Donald Trump has named a new CIA Director, Gina Haspel as part of his major reshuffle of agency heads. Haspel is the current Deputy Director of the CIA and has a sordid past in the CIA’s torture program under George W. Bush. On today’s show we’ll speak with Maha Hilal a fellow at the Institute … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to legal scholar Peter Afrasiabi about the history of the agency that is tasked with capturing, detaining, and deporting people, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and how immigration went from a labor issue to a national security one. Peter Afrasiabi is a federal court litigation lawyer at One LLP, he founded and directs the Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic … Continued
Trump’s New CIA Nominee, Gina Haspel, Faces Possible Arrest Warrant in Germany over Torture; “She Tortured Just for the Sake of Torture”: CIA Whistleblower on Trump’s New CIA Pick Gina Haspel; Jeremy Scahill: Gina Haspel Should Be Answering for Her Torture Crimes, Not Heading the CIA; Mike Pompeo, Christian Crusader & Koch Brothers Ally, Tapped … Continued
Chile’s first and only female President Michelle Bachelet just handed over power to her successor, second-time President, the center-right billionaire Sebastin Piera. On our show today we’ll speak with Chilean-born artist and activist Francisco Letelier about Bachelet’s legacy and what Piera would bring. Then, why Attorney General Jeff Sessions is suing California, and how a … Continued
Dr. Oliver Sachs, why do we love music? Robert Callum, the oceans of the past. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
