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Cuban saxophonist, composer Yosvany Terry is a guest over the first hour. His group performs at Stanford on July 17th. In the second hour, there is a tribute to the late, great flamenco singer Juan Peña Lebrijano, who passed away on 7/13/16. The program concludes with tango classics. Hosted by Art Sato
Fredy Villaneuva was playing dice in a park in Montreal North when police officers arrived. In less than a minute, the 18-year-old was fatally shot by police. Eight years later, what happened in those sixty seconds remains unclear. The documentary play Fredy tries to untangle what happened before and after the shooting, as it asks … Continued
A spirited discussion of #CripTheVote, (an online non-partisan campaign about voting and disability issues), the Disability Visibility Project and media for disabled people. We talk to disability mover and shaker, Alice Wong. Alice Wong is the founder and Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, a project collecting oral histories of people with … Continued
Guests: Robert Allen, Adjunct Professor of African American Studies and Ethnic Studies David Neiwart, NW Correspondent for Southern Poverty Law Tur-ha Ak, Owner, CEO Urban Shield Security Cedric O’Bannon, Sacramento stabbing victim
As Bastille Day Attack in France Kills 84, Is the War on Terror a “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy”? Puerto Rico’s Payday Loans: The Shocking Story Behind Wall Street’s Role in Debt Crisis; Exclusive: Meet Yale Dishwasher Corey Menafee, Who Smashed Racist Stained-Glass Window; Craig Steven Wilder on How Georgetown & U.S. Catholic Church Expanded Thanks to Slave … Continued
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The Songs of Woody Guthrie on the 104th anniversary of his birth, and the extraordinary, wide-ranging drumming of the ill-fated Jim Gordon on his 71st birthday. With host Derk Richardson.
A conversation with Jim Obergefell, co-author of Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky In June 2015 in the case Obergefell v Hodges, the Supreme Court made gay marriage the law of the land. Since then he has become a spokesperson for gay rights around the country.
Caroline welcomes Martin A. Lee, author of “Acid Dreams” and “Smoke Signals,” just returned from Poland, “giving a full report on what happened at the International Cannabinoid Research Society conference.” Honoring imminent Terpestival (educational terpene cup) at Emerald Pharms (Hopland – Real Goods – Solar Living Center) that will take place July 23 and more, … Continued
Investigative journalist / activist Harvey Wasserman with his latest on the threats to the vote: Strip and Flip. PLUS: Ozomatli! playing the New Parish in Oaktown this Friday. With host Kris Welch.
In conversation with Gillen D’Arcy Wood on the history on how Indonesia’s Mount Tambora eruption in 1815 unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The eruption plunged Europe into winter and America into its first economic crisis. Gillen D’Arcy Wood is professor of English at the … Continued
