The Joys of Cooking in Palestine: An Electronic Intifada Special
Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to the joys of cooking in Palestine: A special podcast by the Electronic Intifada.
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Sound healer and performance artist Nekia Wright talks about her latest revelations in healing for community and a discussion of the ways communities and people are actively searching out alternative healing modalities. Hosted by Jovelyn Richards.
What has been the relationship between queer struggles and other struggles on the left against racism, imperialism, and war? It’s often assumed that gay and lesbian liberation has run on its own separate track, but historian Emily Hobson argues that’s a misconception. She reflects on the history of LGBTQ liberation and the politics of solidarity, … Continued
Today host Mitch Jeserich interviews Sociology Professor Antony Alumkal about his new book “Paranoid Science: The Christian Right’s War on Reality.” The book explains how and why Christian leaders came to see scientific truths as hostile. Then Jeserich talks to science writer Dava Sobel about her book “A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the … Continued
France’s parliamentary elections have handed a majority to newly elected centrist Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron. But Macron still faces large challenges, as does his counterpart Theresa May in England. On today’s show we’ll turn to analyst Larry Bensky to help understand the political forces shaping Europe and their relevance in the US. And, the internationally … Continued
On today’s show, hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich discuss yesterday’s elections in Georgia and South Carolina elections and their implications on the forthcoming Republican healthcare bill. Brooks and Jeserich also talk with Zainab Chaudry, spokeswoman for the Council on American Islamic Relations, about the shocking weekend slaying of Virginia high school student Nabra Hassanen. Civil … Continued
As Jon Ossoff Loses Georgia Special Election, Where Do Democrats Go from Here in Challenging GOP? Media Malpractice? As GOP Moves to Strip Healthcare from Millions, Press Remains Focused on Russia; Katrina vanden Heuvel Cautions Against Overreading into Ossoff’s Loss in Georgia Special Election; Can Brooklyn’s Little Pakistan Survive Trump? Inside One Family’s Fight to … Continued
The Quest for Immortality
Guest: Dr. Jay Olshansky, the Quest for Immortality. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Stephen P. Hinshaw, professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and of psychiatry at UC San Francisco. Stephen P. Hinshaw is the author of the book Another Kind of Madness; A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness, describing his father’s mental illness and the … Continued
Two white Seattle police officers have killed a pregnant black woman in her own home in front of her children. We’ll speak with Mark-Anthony Johnson of Dignity and Power Now about Charleena Lyles and how her killing fits within the broader picture of police brutality, but also incarceration and the lack of mental health resources. … Continued