Background Briefing – December 18, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
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The Visionary Activist Show – Dark O Moon Dark o Year Radio
Visionary Activist Show 12.18.25 2pm KPFA/ 12.19.25 run wee hours & 1 pm KPFK Dark O Moon Dark o Year Radio Winter Solstice Delving Diving Deep into the Dark To Liberate our Mad Whimsy, skookum for now! astro* animist, weaver of context Caroline W Casey once again welcomes Sean Padraig O’Donoghue, long-time bardic Flora Fauna … Continued
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Thea Riofrancos, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, on the complications of using lithium batteries to green our future (think tank here)
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Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – December 18, 2025
On today’s show: “Divorced from Reality”: Economist Dean Baker Fact-Checks Trump’s Primetime Speech Meet Tania Nemer, Fired Immigration Judge Suing Trump Admin Amid Purge of Immigration Court System “No Military Solution”: Is Peace Possible in Sudan as “Proxy War” Expands? Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and … Continued
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts w/ Dr. Rebecca Hall — Winter Fund Drive
On this episode, we speak with Dr. Rebecca Hall, author of the acclaimed graphic novel, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour de force that tells the powerful story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about … Continued
U.S. to blockade “sanctioned” Venezuela oil tankers with military; John Nichols responds to Trump’s Oval Office address
0:10 – We start today’s coverage in Venezuela. President Trump has announced a blockade on “sanctioned” Venezuelan oil vessels. Miguel R. Tinker Salas is professor emeritus of History at Pomona College and joins us to talk about Venezuela’s oil industry and this development, and parse the “absurdity” of Trump’s comments. He is the author of The … Continued
Democracy Now! – December 18, 2025
On today’s show: “Divorced from Reality”: Economist Dean Baker Fact-Checks Trump’s Primetime Speech Meet Tania Nemer, Fired Immigration Judge Suing Trump Admin Amid Purge of Immigration Court System “No Military Solution”: Is Peace Possible in Sudan as “Proxy War” Expands? Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and … Continued