Myra Melford is one of the most important composers, pianists, and bandleaders in contemporary music. Tonight she discusses, with host Derk Richardson, the inspirations, strategies, and collaborations that shape her jazz-rooted music, especially as it manifests in her Snowy Egret ensemble, which has a new recording, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12 Records), and will appear at … Continued
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Vanessa Zamora en vivo en los estudios de KPFA. Estrenos musicales e información sobre el día de los muertos en la Bahía. Conducción y producción por Miguel Guerrero.
Host Nancy Kahn talks with special guest, Kangs Trevens, an Oakland-based counselor and facilitator of Trauma-Informed Nonviolent Communication about de-escalation and grounding skills that every person could benefit from. Join us to learn essential skills that support safety and contribute to reducing harm during difficult and overwhelming human interactions without the default being calling law enforcement. … Continued
Actor, producer and activist Danny Glover dialogues with Kitty Kelly Epstein about the San Francisco State Strike and other influences which shaped his social justice activism.
Vanessa Zamora en vivo en los estudios de KPFA. Estrenos musicales e información sobre el día de los muertos en la Bahía. Conducción y producción por Miguel Guerrero. https://kpfa.org/program/rock-en-rebelion/
Updates on political economy of Trump/GOP attacks on China and their long term costs; parallel analysis of attacks on immigrants; Michelle Alexander on who today is “The Resistance;” and record funds pouring into US midterm elections. Interview with Lee Carter, a socialist elected to Virginia House of Delegates on why and how he won.
Trump Admin Opens Up Alaska for Drilling, Threatening Already At-Risk Arctic Biodiversity; While Trump Calls Climate Change a Hoax, Hurricane Michael Damaged US Fighter Jets Worth $6 BIllion; “I Believe in the Bible. I Also Believe in Science”: How One Man Built Florida Home to Survive Storm; Saudi Ties to U.S. Universities Under Question Amid … Continued
On today’s show we’ll dissect the White House Council of Economic Advisors’ recent report called The Opportunity Costs of Socialism. Our guest Dr. Richard Wolff is one of the nation’s preeminent Marxist economists and he’ll also take on the popularity of a Medicare-for-All system. Then we’ll turn to Scott Simpson of the group Muslim Advocates. … Continued
Pete Simi, ; California Neo-Nazi Group Members Arrested for Role in Violence at Rallies in CA and Charlottesville; Gustavo Arellano: Could Longtime GOP Stronghold Orange County Go Blue in Midterms?; Renters vs. Landlords: California’s Prop 10 Would Expand Rent Control Amid Affordable Housing Crisis.
Afghans went to the polls to vote for Parliamentary representatives for only the second time since the US toppled the Taliban government in 2001. On our show today we’ll turn to Kathy Kelly with Voices for Creative Nonviolence to discuss the elections and the on-going US war. Then we’ll speak with Ruby Corado, founder of … Continued
