Most of the world simply has no health care… vast tracts of land and vast populations of people don’t have doctors – or at best must make great efforts to reach medical care. In addition, masses of displaced people and refugees – over 100,000,000 at last count – desperately need to be rescued from their … Continued
Three professors discuss the development of white allies in a wide-ranging conversation with Host Kitty Kelly Epstein: Dr. Diana Waters is at the Philadelphia Center; Dr. Laura Smith is at Columbia University; and Dr Carla Sherrell is at Naropa University in Colorado.
On Friday’s episode Salima Hamirani get in touch with Yvonne Helle, Country Director of the United Nations Development Program, on the ground in Haiti details the potential damage Irma might do to the already hurricane devastated nation. To mark the beginning of SF Fringe, Salima speaks with two writers featured this year: Amy Mihyang Ginthe and Kim … Continued
Florida Braces For Massive Hurricane Irma After Storm Pummels Caribbean; Texas Prisoners Are Facing Horrid Conditions After Hurricane Harvey & Retaliation for Reporting Them; Dave Zirin: Stand with NFL Star Michael Bennett, Who Refused to Be Silent About Racial Profiling; Nikole Hannah-Jones: How Wealthy White Communities Are Resegregating Alabama’s Public Schools.
Hurricane Irma, dubbed “one of the most powerful storms in history,” is wreaking devastation across the Caribbean as it heads to Florida, barely as Texans have begun their recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey. On today’s show we’ll speak with Thanu Yakupitiyage of 350.org about putting these storms into the climate context. Then, California is disproportionately … Continued
Part 2: Caroline welcomes back liberating satiric genius Tony Vigorito, author of (cannot recommend highly enough) spicy, jaunty, liberating, highly pertinent Trickster novel, “Love and Other Pranks.” We explore our shared dedication that Trickster be Liberating us from the Con. “May be the single wildest novel I’ve ever read. It rings the cosmic gong on … Continued
Listen in as Karyn Sanders explores ways of being in our power and standing strong in these times.
Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright connects the dots, from evolutionary psychology to the science and power of Buddhism. Wit, a hallmark of his writing, makes the medicine go down. With host Kris Welch.
Today we’re in conversation with Angela Nagle to talk about the roots and the rise of the far-fetched subcultures dominating the internet culture wars. Angela Nagle is an expert on the online culture wars, anti-feminist online, and the alt-right. Angela Nagle’s work has appeared in the Baffler, Jacobin, Current Affairs, the Irish Times and many … Continued
On today’s show, we touch base with Salvador Tio, a veteran civil rights attorney and Nelson Carrasquillo, a member of CATA the Farm-workers Support Committee, about the damage done by Hurricane Irma in Puerto Rico. Then, we move to a discussion between Christine Hong, Executive Board Member of the Korea Policy Institute and Jonathan Pollack … Continued
