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Bookwaves/Artwaves

June 12, 2025. Pride Month: Edmund White (1940-2026), The Patron Saint of Gay Literature

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Edmund White (1940-2025) in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA Studios, September 20, 2012 while on tour for the novel “Jack Holmes and His Friend” and February 17, 2014 while on tour for “Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris.” Edmund White, who died on June 3, 2025 at the age of 85, was often called the Grandfather of gay literature. Equally at home writing novels, biographies, plays, memoirs, essays and various hybrids, he was a pioneer in the LBGT world. Photo: David Shankbone.

Choose to Be Curious

In Praise of (Curiosity-Driven) Research, with Anthony Zador

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With science under attack, researcher Anthony Zador joins me to make the case for its value, especially of curiosity-driven, basic science. Anthony Zador is the Alle Davis Harris Professor of Biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. We explore the charms of curiosity as a research motivator, what distinguishes curiosity-driven research from all … Continued

Law & Disorder

W Kamau Bell on Trump’s Arts Cuts; Anti-ICE Uprisings in the Bay and Beyond; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Nikkolas Smith

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We start today’s show discussing the Trump Administration’s cuts to arts funding and those cuts’ impact on communities, as well as reactions to the ongoing national uprising against ICE detentions. We’re joined by W. Kamau Bell, a stand-up comic, commentator, performer and former host of CNN’s United Shades of America. He is kicking off his Who’s … Continued

UpFront

Netanyahu’s Government Faces Possible Collapse; ICE Raid Devastates Los Angeles Zapotec Community

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7:08 — Tamir Sorek, Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History at Pennsylvania State University 7:33 — Carlos Anastasio, son of one of the people snatched by ICE during a raid in the Los Angeles garment district last week. 7:45 — Joe Rivano Barros, reporter and editor at the independent news site Mission Local who’s … Continued

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now 6am – June 12, 2025

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On today’s show: Ex–U.S. Diplomat Joins March to Gaza, Says Biden Official Matthew Miller Has “Blood on His Hands” Block the Bombs: Representative Delia Ramirez Pushes Bill to Halt U.S. Weapons Sales to Israel over Gaza “The Beginning of Fascism”: Representative Delia Ramirez Says Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown Is Crushing Democracy The U.S. Accepts “Fruits of … Continued