March
31
2021
Featured Episode
March
9
2021
Sister Souljah: Life After Death
Sister Souljah will discuss her new book, Life After Death, and answer audience questions. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
WE DON’T NEED NO MISEDUCATION – JANUARY 4, 2021
In this episode, we bring you the first of a 2-part series on how the pandemic is impacting the long struggle for a culturally affirming, socially just, and liberating educational system. Segment 1: Education Before COVID Indigenous Ways of Teaching & Learning Dr. Leroy Little Bear, Professor Emeritus at the University of Lethbridge, and a … Continued
Pandemic in Prison: Monique and Kayla Jimenez, Pleasant Valley State Prison
As part of KPFA’s ongoing coverage of COVID-19 inside California state prisons, we spoke with Monique Jimenez and her daughter Kayla. Their husband and father, Chris, is incarcerated at Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP), which at one point had one of the highest number of active COVID-19 cases within California state prisons. They shared with … Continued
Pandemic in ICE Detention: Jonny and Eduardo, Yuba County Jail
Advocates are calling the COVID-19 outbreak at the Yuba County Jail in Marysville, CA a “humanitarian catastrophe.” As of December 28, 2020, 86 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the county jail, including five people in ICE custody and 15 staff. Our reporter Lucy Kang spoke to two men incarcerated in the ICE detention … Continued
Pandemic in Prison: Renee Benavidez, California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi
As the COVID-19 pandemic is surging inside California’s prisons, jails and ICE detention facilities, we hear from people incarcerated inside and their family members. Renee Benavidez is the founder of We Are Their Voices, a group of family members fighting for better conditions for their incarcerated loved ones during the pandemic. Her husband Jason is … Continued
Pandemic in Prison: Elsie Lee, San Quentin
Earlier this summer, San Quentin State Prison was the site of one of the country’s largest COVID-19 outbreaks. Elsie Lee is a co-founder of Sistas’ with Voices, an advocacy group formed to speak against inhumane conditions in California prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her husband, Wilbert Lee is currently incarcerated in San Quentin. Elsie spoke … Continued
Pandemic in Prison: What it’s like inside California’s prisons and ICE detention facilities as told by people incarcerated and family members
As COVID-19 surged inside California’s prisons, jails and ICE detention facilities, we hear from people incarcerated inside and their family members. Michelle Hoyt’s partner Lyle Crook, 54, is incarcerated at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, CA. She’s been regularly communicating with him and others inside throughout the outbreak. In mid-December, Lyle contracted COVID-19. … Continued
A Hear and Now New Year’s Eve, 10 p.m., Thursday, December 31, 2020
Tune in at 10 p.m., immediately following the Bonnie Simmons Show, as host Derk Richardson ushers out the old year–2020, good riddance!–with two hours of specially selected music leading up to the midnight hour and the turning of the year. PLAYLIST: Over the Rhine, (Merle Haggard’s) If We Make It Through December, Blood Oranges … Continued
A Hear and Now Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020
Host Derk Richardson pre-recorded two hours of music as a soundtrack for Christmas Eve. Whether or not you celebrate the holiday–perhaps you’re just grateful for the gradual return of the light following the winter solstice–you might find some fun, some compassion, some solace, and some beauty in this playlist: IN THE FIRST HOUR: Laurie Lewis … Continued