Celebrating the release of a new double CD anthology, Hot Jazz, Cool Blues and Hard-Hitting Songs, a survey of 60 years of her music, singer and activist Barbara Dane returns to KPFA to share music from the new collection and talk with host Derk Richardson about her career, her music, her politics, and such new developments … Continued
Dr.Brian Greene, on the string theory; and Dr. Lisa Randall, on higher dimensional physics. hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Layna Berman discusses the failure of food gurus to take into account the unique needs of each person. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
By way of celebrating International Workers Day, or May Day, we look back at the legendary union, the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies, with historian Kenyon Zimmer. He discusses the lessons to be learned from how the Wobblies fought back and united workers across cultural and racial differences. Resources: Peter Cole, David Struthers, … Continued
Wavy Gravy celebrates his 82nd b’day with a Tornado of Talent! PLUS: Barbara Ehrenreich on International Workers Day, what’s alive, and what’s dead. PLUS: the U.S. Constitution, on stage. With host Kris Welch.
Worldwide Mourning as 10 Journalists Killed in Afghanistan’s Deadliest Day for Reporters Since 2001; “Talking About History Is Way to Liberate America”: New Memorial Honors Victims of White Supremacy.
Korean leaders Moon Jae In and Kim Jong Un meet at a historic border summit, signing an agreement that could lead to lasting peace in the region. As Donald Trump prepares for his own meeting with Mr. Kim, we’ll turn once more to Christine Ahn for analysis of what happened at the summit. Then, EPA … Continued
Long-discredited notions of race as rooted in biology fueled eugenics policies and the Nazi extermination project. And yet, Osagie Obasogie asserts, biological race as an ideology continues to inform and infect key developments in science and medicine. Obasogie believes that race impact assessments can address some of the dangers posed by the persistence of regressive … Continued
Ralph welcomes back president of Public Citizen, Robert Weissman, for an update on the Trump agenda and what they are doing to fight it. Also, aviation expert William McGee tells us what’s really going on in the airplanes you fly with his book, “Attention All Passengers: The Airlines Dangerous Descent and What You Can Do … Continued
Professor Isa Blumi argues that the war in Yemen today has been mischaracterized as a civil war, and instead, he says is a war over the empire and international finance, with a deep colonial history that stretches back to the Ottoman empire, the British empire and currently the American empire. Isa Blumi is Associate Professor in the Department of … Continued
