On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll explore the aftermath of the Ghost Ship fire and the battle to preserve live/work spaces, and then we look at the San Pablo fire in Oakland California that displaced at least a hundred residents…many of whom are now living on the streets in tent encampments. That’s next on … Continued
Phoebe Fico, a disabled woman, is playing one of the classic disability theatrical roles, that of Laura in Tennessee Williams, “The Glass Menagerie.” The production by Cal Shakes utilizes a multi-racial cast to portray the conflicts of this thinly-veiled autobiography set during Williams’ younger years. A disability activist and poet as well as an actor, … Continued
We’ll spend the hour today on the US history of slavery, a crucial component missing from our collective national psyche. First, author Ibram X. Kendi will look back at the history of racist ideas in America with his new book, Stamped From the Beginning. And then we’ll have an in-depth two part discussion with Professor … Continued
On Wednesday, former Brazilian president Lula da Silva was convicted of corruption and money laundering. To learn more, host Salima Hamirani talks with journalists Sam Berger and Travis Waldron. Plus: an old UN report projected that Gaza, the Israeli occupied territory, would be unlivable by 2020, but updated research says that Gaza is already … Continued
Criminalizing Critics of Israel: Congress Considers Sweeping Bills to Fine & Jail Backers of BDS; Has Jared Kushner’s Failed Deal with Qatar Fueled Trump’s Stance on Gulf Diplomatic Crisis? As Trump Touts “Made in America” Week, Indonesian Workers Toil Away Making Ivanka Trump Apparel; Sen. McConnell Plans Vote on Repealing Obamacare Despite Lacking Enough Support … Continued
Join Sarah Holmes for a discussion of the potential health impacts of stress as well as strategies for relaxing.
Guest host Vylma V celebrates what would’ve been Frantz Fanon’s 92th birthday with Dr. Frank Wilderson, UC Irvine Professor in the Department of African American studies and for the second half of the hour, Vylma discusses the latest in the struggle to end solitary confinement in California with local Bay Area attorney & activist, Anne … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich interviews David Brown author of an intellectual biography of Richard Hofstadter. They talk anti-intellectualism and populism in the US. Then, he is in conversation with Andrew Ervin about his last book: Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed our World.
Progressives are trying hard to push the Democratic Party to the left, as part of a Summer For Progress campaign. On today’s show we’ll speak with Erika Andiola, Political Director of Our Revolution, to find out what the People’s Platform is that her group wants the supposedly liberal party to back. Then, as California extends … Continued
In Venezuela, opposition groups are forming a parallel government and calling a national strike. Those moves come in response to the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro calling for a constituent assembly to re-write the constitution. And it’s all happening against the backdrop of what looks like economic chaos: widespread shortages of basic goods, lines that … Continued
