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The Trump administration has announced an end to an offshore drilling ban, rolling back hard won environmental victories. On our show today we’ll turn to long-time oil and gas expert Antonia Juhasz for what it means. Then, after Jeff Sessions’ announcement to rescind the Cole Memo on marijuana policies, we’ll speak with Justin Strekal of … Continued
Americas Back 40 – January 7, 2018
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The hicks from coast to coast. Hosted by Mary Tilson.
Music of the World with Joanna Manqueros – Live Performance by Yassir Chadly
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Moroccan born Yassir Chadly sings in Arabic, plays oud, gambri and other stringed instruments from the Arab world. Stephen Kent plays didgeridoo. We will be celebrating the vibrancy and strength of the KPFA musical community. Co-Hosted by Joanna Manqueros and Tawfic Halaby.
On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll examine how young people are using spoken word as a mechanism for social change. The show also will explore how Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam has challenged mainstream culture and created spaces that welcome and encourage marginalized communities to speak up about their life experiences – all through poetry. Featuring: Kayla Kitchen; … Continued
Updates on net neutrality, workplace sexual harassment, bitcoin, worsening global inequality, Europe’s recovery and instability, and using prison labor to fight fires. Major discussions of consumerism, gathering revolt against capitalism, and the economics of alternative populisms. Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff
On November 26th 2016, Honduras held its first election since the 2009 coup. Since then, Honduras has seen demonstrations erupting across the country, protesting the supposed re-election of semi-dictator Juan Orlando Hernandez. Speaking with us from El Progreso in Honduras, Ryan Morgan, an advocate with the International Team with Witness for Peace, gives an update … Continued
The Biggest Secret: James Risen on Life as a NY Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror.
We’ll begin our show today with a look at Iran. After nearly a week of mass protests the government has declared the unrest over. My guest Ahmad Sadri, a professor at Lake Forest College will explain what sparked the protests, how the US is involved, and what’s next for the democratic aspirations of the Iranian … Continued
Caroline welcomes Dan Flores, author of “Coyote America, a Natural and Supernatural History” That we may glean knowledge which leads to respectful honoring, and partnering with of our ingenious wiley playful Trickster Intelligence ally… which likes “against all odds.” Flores is the author of over ten books, recipient of innumerable awards, spiraling stories out into the memosphere in innumerable media venues, of which … Continued