Today we are in conversation with Harvey Sachs, author of Toscanini: Musician of Conscience, a new biography of the renowned conductor whose genius flowed over into both his professional career and personal life, through his meaningful musical interpretations and inspiring political conscience. Throughout his sixty-eight-year career, Toscanini not only transformed orchestral performance, but notably reacted strongly … Continued
On today’s show, Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks dig into the archives to bring you Jimi Hendrix: The Radio Documentary from Pacifica Radio Archives. Then, James Forman, Jr. joins Cat Brooks to discuss Forman’s book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. They discuss the ways race, incarceration and justice have intersected throughout American … Continued
Naomi Klein Warns Europe May Water Down Paris Accord to Win Support from Trump; Naomi Klein: We Are Seeing the Shock Doctrine in Effect After Hurricanes Harvey & Irma; No Is Not Enough: Naomi Klein on Bernie’s Medicare-for-All Bill & Future of Democratic Party.
The Republican-dominated House has passed the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, which critics point out violates due process rights and encourages racial profiling. The act passed at the same time as the future of the DACA program is in grave danger. On today’s show we’ll speak with Thomas Saenz of the Mexican American Legal … Continued
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the the time of Baldwin’s death in … Continued
Special guest Chris Hedges joins Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff.
Deregulated & Unaccountable: For-Profit Nursing Homes in Florida Face Scrutiny After Irma Deaths; The Forgotten Americans: Why Did U.S. Media Ignore U.S. Virgin Islands Devastated by Irma? South Asia: 1,300 Dead, 40 Million Impacted in Climate Change-Linked Flooding.
Bernie Sanders has introduced a Medicare-for-all bill in the Senate, with more than a dozen co-sponsors. On today’s show we’ll turn to Dr. Margaret Flowers, a prominent activist for single payer healthcare about the timing and the details of Sanders’ bill, and how Democrats and Republicans are responding. Then, the Supreme Court has temporarily upheld … Continued
“I learned to use chopsticks when I was seven,” says our guest Dolores Huerta about growing up in diverse Stockton, California. Join us on Apex Express to hear Host Miko Lee and guest contributor Jalena Keane-Lee interview the legendary activist Dolores Huerta and filmmaker Peter Bratt all about the new documentary “Dolores“. Dolores shares her … Continued
Mitch Jeserich talks to Robert Paxton, about the history of fascism and why it is relevant in contemporary America. Paxton is a political scientist and historian specializing in the World War II era. He is professor emeritus at Columbia University. The Anatomy of Fascism will have a lasting impact on our understanding of modern European history, just as Paxton’s … Continued
