UpFront features an interview with Reza Aslan author of Zealot and No god But God. The second half of the show Brian Edwards-Tiekert interview Eric Holt-Jimenez on his book, A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism.
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Former Federal Judge: Trump Is Packing the Courts with Unqualified Conservative Extremists; Outgoing NY City Council Speaker on Her Work to Close Rikers, Expand Living Wage, Protect Immigrants; Meet the Federal Judge Trump Attacked for Ruling NYPD’s Stop & Frisk Policy was Unconstitutional;
Former OC Weekly Editor-in-Chief Gustavo Arellano will be our special guest today to reflect on the changing media landscape as the OC Weekly and LA Weekly experience seismic shifts under new ownership, billionaire owners resist unionizing at other outlets, and journalists in general are facing a grim scenario. Arellano will also put the crisis in … Continued
Spend Christmas Eve with KPFA’s Avotjca this Sunday, December 24 from 8:00 pm to Midnight as she hosts Nochebuena, a night filled with Spanish Christmas carols. Traditionally performed in Puerto Rico, Nochebuena is an annual ritual where singers go door to door serenading their neighbors with Chrismas carols. Celebrate Christmas Eve Puerto Rican style with this … Continued
Entrevista con Vetusta Morla; Reportes de Chiapas y Cataluña; y lo Mejor del 2017.
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Entrevista con Alvaro Baglietto, bajista de la banda española Vetusta Morla. Angelina Llongueras comenta sobre las elecciones en Cataluña. Reporte de El Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, sobre el desplazamiento de comunidades indígenas de Chiapas. Además, seguimos con nuestro recuento de lo mejor de la música latina alternativa del 2017. Conducido … Continued
When one or both parents are incarcerated the family is also incarcerated and are adversely affected in profound ways that exacerbate existing structural inequalities and struggles. Programs for inmates and families like FamilyWorks and the Storybook Program, encourage rebuilding and maintaining relationships despite being separated by prison. The Osborne’s FamilyWorks program, the first comprehensive parenting … Continued
Why are struggles over Oakland schools’ budget and policies always in the news? Is it really because Oakland is irresponsible? Or has it actually been a 30-year struggle about the forcible installation of a state administration that spent $100 million dollars without accountability to Oakland residents?
Julie McEnery is a NASA Project Scientist and Astrophysicist, and describes what she says is a major breakthrough in astrophysics and the most extraordinary scientific event of her career: this year, scientists heard the universe for the first time. The witnessed two neutron stars circle and circle, and smash into each other with such force that … Continued
Rashid Khalidi: U.S. Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Means It Cannot Be a Peace Broker; Stoked! Journalist Alexei Wood & First J20 Defendants Found “Not Guilty” as 188 Still Face Trial; Catalan Separatists Win Slim Electoral Majority Despite Jailing & Exile of Pro-Independence Leaders..
A Tribute to Ralph Carney (and the winter solstice) on The Hear and Now, 10 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 21
On the winter solstice, after a few appropriate songs for the changing of the seasons, host Derk Richardson will remember beloved man-of-all-reeds (and other instruments) Ralph Carney, who died last Saturday at the age of 61, after a fall at his home in Portland, Oregon. The Akron, Ohio native, and San Francisco resident for 28 … Continued