KPFA’s Impeachment Watch continues this week with a special Pacifica national broadcast of the House Intelligence Committee’s open hearings as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, the Committee will hear from Ambassador William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent. Taylor currently serves as the Chargé D’affaires for the U.S. … Continued
On the eve of the release of her stunning new album, Immanent Fire, Oakland-based singer-songwriter Emily Jane White joins host Derk Richardson in the KPFA performance studio for a live concert broadcast and interview on The Hear and Now. She’ll be joined by electric guitarist John Courage as she sings and plays guitar, keyboard, and … Continued
Award-winning novelist Carolina De Robertis discusses her newest book, Cantoras, which has gotten rave reviews. The New York Times calls it “Brazenly hopeful … a revolutionary fable, ideal for this moment.” De Robertis and host Kate Raphael have a deep discussion about queerness in Uruguay and immigrant communities, and how the terror of a military … Continued
“Du Rags & Conversations: Homage To The Yay” is a segment for Black and Brown Creatives that want to showcase their art, their way. Produced by DATBOYMEDIA of the First Voice Apprenticeship program, tune in tonight to hear it on Full Circle.
The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County has displaced roughly 200,000 people since evacuation orders began on October 24. There are over a dozen shelter locations, serving over 2,000 people, with even more evacuees sleeping in cars and RVs in parking lots. KPFA producers Corinne Smith and Ariel Boone went to the shelter at the Santa … Continued
As the Kincade Fire sweeps through Sonoma County, prompting mass evacuations, California marks the one-year anniversary of the Butte Camp Fire, the deadliest fire in state history. Last year’s fire covered the Bay Area in smoke and pollution for nearly two weeks. Usually the first advice public officials give in those circumstances is to stay … Continued
Mitch Jeserich is a journalist and host of Pacifica’s Letters & Politics (M-Th at 10am PST) and currently on special assignment as Pacifica’s Capitol Hill correspondent in Washington D.C to cover the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Tune in for live reports on UpFront’s Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich every … Continued
Laboring quite contently in obscurity for the past 50 years, guitarist Kinloch Nelson is riding a minor wave of recognition with the release of Partly on Time: Recordings 1968 – 1970 on the Tompkins Square Records label. Tune in at 10 p.m. when he joins host Derk Richardson in the KPFA Performance Studio to play … Continued
Guest: Andrej Grubacic, former teacher at the University of Rojava and is the founding Chair of Anthropology and Social Change at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Andrej talks with Mitch about Rojava the autonomous, mostly Kurdish region of Northeastern Syria. From Dissent magazine: “Turkey’s invasion of Rojava is not only a source of … Continued
Sing Out, Wednesday Oct. 2, 10 p.m. on KPFA 94.1 FM and kpfa.org Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar Before their Thursday Cal Performances concert at Zellerbach Hall, the acclaimed gospel choir Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar perform live on “Sing Out,” hosted by Larry Kelp Atlanta gospel sensation Trey McLaughlin and … Continued
