In today’s Open Book segment Nina Serrano interviews a mother and daughter writing team, Dena and Becky Taylor about their unique work, “Tell Me The Number Before Infinity.” The book is the story of raising a disabled child with cerebral palsy from the perspectives of the parent, Dena, and the child, Becky. Both authors are … Continued
Tune in to The Hear and Now at 10 p.m., right after The Bonnie Simmons Show, and listen to a conversation with, and dazzling fingerstyle guitar music by, Peppino D’Agostino. The Sicilian-born musician, a longtime Northern California resident, is widely recognized as an instrumental master, and he’ll play a few pieces live in the studio that … Continued
NY Politician: We Need to Block $3 Billion Handout for Amazon & Use Money to Forgive Student Debt; As Jeff Bezos Earns $191K Per Minute, Why Are NY & VA Giving Amazon $3 Billion in Corporate Welfare? Advocates: Trump Creating Border Crisis by Pitting Troops Against Women & Children Fleeing Violence.
On todays show well cover the brutal US-Saudi war in Yemen that has received so little media attention. Our guest Isa Blumi will explain what is happening in the port-city of Hodeidah, how bad the famine is, and what is needed to end the war. Then well tackle a number of climate-related stories including Californias … Continued
With Ian Masters
With Jerry Quickly and Greg Palast
Alan Watts Collection
7AM Margaret Prescod 8AM Sonali Kolhatkar Rising Up with Sonali
The second annual #MeToo Survivors March took place on Saturday November 10th in Hollywood, California. On todays show well bring you a report back from the march as part of our series Rising Up In the Streets. Then, author Edgar Villanueva joins us for a discussion about his provocative and powerful book critiquing philanthropy called … Continued
Was the post-9/11 use of torture by U.S. personnel unprecedented, as many have claimed? Alexa Koenig reveals that in the early decades of the twentieth century, police in the U.S. routinely employed torture during interrogations. Koenig draws parallels between those abuses, which were part of a cluster of practices known as “the third degree,” and … Continued
