On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Kate Manne, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University, about her book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. She addresses what is misogyny and how it manifest itself in today’s society. In this context of awareness about sexual harassment that characterizes 2017, we focus on the … Continued
Cat Brooks interviews Professor Tommy Curry about his book The Man-Not, Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood. Tommy J. Curry is a Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies at Texas A&M University, where he holds the prestigious Ray A. Rothrock Fellowship (2013–2016). He serves as Executive Director of Philosophy Born of Struggle … Continued
“Bussed Out”: How Cities Are Giving Thousands of Homeless People One-Way Bus Tickets to Leave Town; Lithium, Love and Losing My Mind: Jaime Lowe on Her Life with Bipolar Disorder & Drugs to Manage It.
With the recent stories of strife between US intelligence agencies and the White House, a new, timely book sheds light on internal strife and corruption within the CIA. Melvin Goodman, a CIA analyst and division chief from 1966 to 1990, has written a new book called Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider’s Account of the … Continued
In advance of her concerts at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, Dec. 29 & 30, singer-songwriter Vienna Teng will perform live on The Hear and Now in the KPFA performance studio, hosted by Derk Richardson. The Northern California native and former software engineer has recorded five albums, plus collaborations with Alex Wong and Tanya … Continued
From charter schools to enterprises like Teach for America — profiteering off of public education has surged, supported by both Democrats and Republicans. But Noliwe Rooks argues that the plundering of taxpayer-funded education has a long history, going back to the era after Reconstruction. Rooks discusses that history — and whether we’re now seeing the … Continued
In the first part of today’s show, Mitch Jeserich talks with Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn about the national political scene today. They founded the group Weather Underground in the early 1970s. Then, Lucile Rousseau is in conversation with Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita about the re-edition of her best-seller published 20 years ago Why Are All The Black … Continued
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.
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
