The alternatives to prison are few and far between. And after serving time, the options for getting back on your feet are even worse. Finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women building their own support network after being released … Continued
Pushing Limits is pleased to present an interview with cultural and visual anthropologist Karen Nakamura who recently accepted the position as Haas Distinguished Chair of Disability Studies at UC Berkeley. She is a highly-educated, skilled woman who is deeply immersed in the disability community. Dr. Nakamura, who formerly taught at Yale, will be working on … Continued
Wildfires, large and small, have been an essential part of Western landscapes for millennia. And now a growing body of research is showing how most of the traditional fire-control methods we have been employing for nearly a century — like logging dense forests to thin them and removing dead trees so that the fire can’t … Continued
In Historic Shift, U.S. Government to End Use of Deadly, Costly, Negligent Private Prisons; Private Prisons May Be Phased Out, But Industry Leaves Trail of Bodies from Medical Neglect & Abuses; As Feds Close Prisons Run by Private Companies, Will They Do Same for Immigrant Detention Centers? Former Iran Hostage Shane Bauer: Claim That $400M … Continued
We speak with long-time activist Silky Slim about the devastating floods in Baton Rouge. And later community organizer George Galvis discusses legislative activities in Sacramento around police reform.
Kim Addonizio if the author of a new memoir/collection of essays, Bukowski in a Sundress, as well as a new book of poetry, Mortal Trash. She discusses both books, as well as an earlier collection of short stories, Palace of Illusions, in this interview with host Richard Wolinsky.
Caroline re-plays, (with a pertinent fresh intro, as we journey through collective combo psychotic break/Renaissance (take your pick)…entheogens, empathogens contributing and encourage us to cahoot with the latter.) Death by Astonishment” DMT Terrence McKenna Radio April 28, 2016 Caroline welcomes ancestral Terence McKenna, whose messages are all hopping up and down for us now… and … Continued
Listen in as Sarah Holmes discusses strategies for a smooth transition back to school for kids and adults.
Last night, CNN hosted a Green Party town hall with Jill Stein and her running mate, Ajamu Baraka. Does the Green party offer a viable alternative to a Clinton or Trump presidency? We speak to Laura Wells and Rosa Clemente to hear their thoughts. Guests: Laura Wells, Green Party candidate for the 2010 governor’s race in … Continued
Open Up the Debates: Green Party’s Jill Stein Accuses Democrats & GOP of Rigging Debate Rule; Meet Ajamu Baraka: Green VP Candidate Aims to Continue the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois & Malcolm X; Green Party’s Jill Stein: U.S. Should Stop Funding Israel & Saudi Arabia;; Stein & Baraka to Bernie Sanders Supporters: Vote Green … Continued
