Standing Rock Sioux Chair on Militarized Repression & Ongoing Lawsuit to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline; Rep. Ellison Responds to Scalise Shooting: Wild West Atmosphere of Firearm Regulation is Ridiculous; Keith Ellison: GOP Is Pushing “Tax Cut Wrapped in Veneer of a Healthcare Bill” Under Extreme Secrecy; Did Trump Violate Emoluments Clause from Day One by … Continued


Tonight APEX Express has a very special presentation of next installment of Crossing East, the Peabody-awarded radio documentary series about Asian immigration to the United States. In this 10th anniversary since the original air date, Executive Producer Dmae Roberts, with the support of APEXer Robynn Takayama and Alan Monticello, created Crossing East: Relations. Relations unravels … Continued


On today’s show Mitch Jeserich speaks with John Nichols, he writes about politics for The Nation as its national-affairs correspondent. They are in conversation about the shooting attack on Republican Lawmakers and violence in politics. Then, Cat Brooks talks with Daria Roithmayr about he last book Reproducing Racism: How Everyday hoices Lock in White Advantage.


Hard Knock Radio

A Political Climate of Hate

We talk with political expert, Dr.  James Taylor about recent shooting in Washington DC and current political climate in the United States. And later we speak with film director Kali Oray about SF Black Film Festival which is celebrating its 19th year.


The Hear and Now presents a Garden of Memory preview with Sarah Cahill and Lucy Mattingly – 10 p.m., Thursday, June 15

Hear and Now host Derk Richardson talks with pianist Sarah Cahill and Lucy Mattingly, both on the board of directors of New Music Bay Area, which presents the annual summer solstice walk-through concert, the Garden of Memory, at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland. The organizers will explain the history and logistics of what is often the … Continued


On today’s show, host Mitch Jeserich interviews Robert Spitzer, Professor of Political Science at SUNY Cortland in NYC, about the history of gun control and the historic interpretation of the Second Amendment. This interview comes in the wake of today’s shooting of Republican congresspeople and staff in Alexandria, Virginia. Mitch also talks to Oakland-based community … Continued


On today’s show, hosts Mitch Jeserich and Cat Brooks analyze yesterday’s hearings of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rob Rosenstein. They recap both what was said in the hearings, and what was not. Then Jeserich and Brooks talk to Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, who yesterday put forth a resolution to cut ties between … Continued