Playwright and poet Cherrie Moraga, co-editor of the class feminist of color book, This Bridge Called My Back, discusses her new play, THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE, with Lisa Dettmer. In a time-traveling re-encounter with a 16th century female slave-turned-slaveholder, a Mexican woman in the early stages of Alzheimers is forced to concede a radically revised … Continued
Ralph has a fascinating conversation about the billions of dollars spent on political philanthropy and what all that money is working for with David Callahan, author of The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age. Also, Ralph answers more listener questions!
Today we talk with Professor Lawrence from Duke University about the struggles to translate the Koran in English. For many Muslims the Koran is sacred only in its original Arabic but English versions are flourishing. Bruce B. Lawrence is the Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor Emeritus of Religion at Duke University.
Venezuela faces US sanctions after holding constituent assembly elections. On today’s show we’ll turn to our Venezuela expert Miguel Tinker Salas to learn what really happened during the elections and whether US media coverage is accurate. Then we’ll examine the opioid crisis in the US – a crisis that has eclipsed gun violence and car … Continued
To kick off the week, Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks talk current events and what’s happening in the world with Mitch Jeserich. Then, a conversation with Joshua Holland (contributor to The Nation and Rolling Stone and the host of Politics and Reality Radio) about why transitioning to a single payer system could prove to be more difficult … Continued
Meet Houston’s Latino Police Chief Standing Up to Texas’s Anti-Immigrant “Show Me Your Papers” Law; As Downtown Detroit Gentrifies, Longtime Black Residents Fight Illegal Tax Foreclosures; Charlottesville VA Backs “Reparations” Fund for Black Residents & Votes to Sell Robert E. Lee Statue; Houston PD Chief: Trump’s Support of Police Brutality Reinforces View of Officers as … Continued
today on Hard Knock we discuss Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming” by Paul Hawken. Drawdown maps, measures, models, and describes the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming. For each solution, we describe its history, the carbon impact it provides, the relative cost and savings, the path to adoption, … Continued
One in 3 people – and 60% of those over 65 – suffer from a functional limitation limiting their ability to carry out daily activities – like climbing stairs, carrying groceries or picking up a child. Join Dr. Will Courtenay and his guest Clinical Exercise Physiologist Karen Owoc in discussing how to remedy these problems … Continued
Excerpts of the 6 part series “Capitalism.” With Host Brian Edwards-Tiekert.
Excerpts of the documentary film “Why Not Now?” by Alan Watts; and the Alan Watts Pacifica Radio Archives’ Library Collection. With Host C. S. Soong.
