Directorate S: Steve Coll on the CIA & America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan & Pakistan; Black Lives Matter Activist Muhiyidin d’Baha, Who Grabbed Confederate Flag, Shot Dead in New Orleans.
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Oscar López Rivera, one of the longest serving political prisoners in the world, imprisoned for his anti-colonial activism for Puerto Rico, is a free man. Rivera served 35 years of a 70-year sentence when President Obama commuted his term. On our show today we’ll play an interview I had with him at Pasadena City College … Continued
Dead to the World Celebrates John Perry Barlow’s Life and Music
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Dead to the World celebrates John Perry Barlow’s life and music. Dennis McNally calls in about 8:30pm PT and Steve Parish calls in about 9:10pm. Tim Lynch hosts the program. @JPBarlow
A Celebration of the Life & Music of John Perry Barlow on Dead To The World, Wed 2/7/18 at 8pm.
Dead to the World will celebrate John Perry Barlow’s life and music tonight (Wed. 2/7). Dennis McNally will call in about 8:30pm PT. Tim Lynch hosts the program. @JPBarlow Barlow was a lyricist for the Grateful Dead, a founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and so much more. Barlow passed away in his his sleep … Continued
Part One: Radio’s interwoven pair—Foley and Serrano, like guitar and piano, like Piedmontese and Siciliano, like tenor and soprano, like Paris and Milano—having survived Trump’s SOTU, are back, unimpaired, to offer their unique blend of whatchamacallit: poetry, music, commentary, what have you. Continues at 3:30 pm.
Berkeley Choro Ensemble performs live at 10 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 8, on The Hear and Now
It’s week five of The Hear and Now’s six-week marathon of live music from the KPFA studio, and we feature the Berkeley Choro Ensemble–flutist Jane Lenoir, clarinetist/saxophonist Harvey Wainapel, percussionist Brian Rice, and guitarist Ricardo Peixoto. The ensemble will celebrate the release of its album, The View from Here, in a concert Saturday, Feb. 10, at … Continued
On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Loch K. Johnson about the history of US intelligence agencies and America’s struggle to balance liberty and security. Professor Johnson is one of America’s leading experts on the nation’s intelligence organizations. He is the Regent Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and served … Continued
Greg Mello, the Executive Director of the Los Alamos Study Group speaks with UpFront about standing president Trump’s new nuclear policy proposal and the dangers it presents. Storied activist and whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers. He also drafted nuclear war plans as a RAND consultant during the Kennedy era. His new book is The … Continued
NYC Taxi Driver Kills Himself at City Hall after Condemning Uber & Politicians for Financial Ruin; “They were Both Cops & Robbers”: Baltimore Police Scandal Exposes Theft, Cover-Ups & Drug Peddling; Bresha Meadows, Teenage Girl Who Killed Her Abusive Father, Finally Freed After 10 Months in Jail; NAACP vs. Trump: Racial Discrimination Suit Filed to … Continued
Donald Trump is ushering in a new and terrifying era of nuclear weapons. On our show today we’ll examine Trump’s recent words at the State of the Union, and the newly released Nuclear Posture Review with Jon Rainwater of the group Peace Action. Then, David Daley of Salon joins us to give us the latest … Continued