Annie Jacobsen, The Pentagon’s Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency
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Can you build the world you want to live in, inside the power structure that already exists? That’s a debate that has raged inside social change circles for nearly two centuries. We’re gonna take that topic up with Gabriel Metcalf and see how it plays out in everything from the work place to transportation to housing. … Continued
Naima Shalhoub Live in the SF County Jail We’re getting ready to close out 2015 with some borderland soul. Singer Naima Shalhoub joins us in studio to talk about her debut album, Live in San Francisco County Jail. Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice Economic cooperation and cooperatives have … Continued
Entrevista con la Banda Mexicana Xochihua
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Entrevista con la Banda Mexicana Xochihua. Ademas algo de lo mejor de la música latina alternativa del 2015. Conducido por Miguel Guerrero
In the first hour Andrew Cockburn says the US is teaming up with Al Qaeda again, this time to fight ISIS. In the second hour Lillian Faderman has written the definitive book on The Gay Revolution.
Pianist Audrey Vardangea live in the KPFA studios
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Larry Bensky hosts pianist Audrey Vardanega, live on this program. Audrey Vardanega, Oakland born and raised made her Midsummer Mozart Festival debut in 2010 at age 14. Since then, Vardanega has earned high praise from audiences and critics, who describe her as playing “with an astonishing beauty and maturity beyond her years.” Audrey plays live … Continued
Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder; Cat Brooks, Anti Police Terror Project; Antonia Juhasz, Investigative Journalist; Thomas DarDar, United Houma Nation Chief; Mark Miller, Southern Utah University History professor; Sylvia Rivera, Remembering Stonewall oral history project; Michael Schirker, Remembering Stonewall oral history project; Aesha Rasheed, Southerners on New Ground. Host: Jasmin Lopez Producers: Laura Flynn, … Continued
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! Today, KPFA host Vylma V. on stage with the incomparable Sandra Cisneros. She talks about everything from her upbringing to writing to the politics of education to choosing to live on her own. Guest: Sandra Cisneros, author most recently of A House of My Own: Stories from my Life. She is … Continued
Caribbean Christmas. With Host Jose Ruiz
Spend Christmas Eve with KPFA’s Avotjca this Sunday, December 24 from 8:00 pm to Midnight as she hosts Buenanoche, a night filled with Spanish Christmas carols. Traditionally performed in Puerto Rico, Buenanoche is an annual ritual where neighbors go door to door serenading their neighbors with Chrismas carols. Celebrate Christmas Eve Puerto Rican style with this magical … Continued