The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Dedication to the Desirable Outcome

Disciplined dedication to the desirable outcome in dangerous times Welcoming the return of Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue, as Mythic News co-cahooter…. We be honoring Pluto, through the smokin’ embodiment of Letitia James, weaving to the chart of Kilmer Abridge Garcia (on the theme of “how we rescue our kin from Underworld”), and the US chart… “and … Continued


J.K. Fowler, Executive Director of the Bay Area Book Festival discusses the festival’s line-up and his own involvement in the process. Legendary folk singer and artist Joan Baez talks about her career and her most recent book. Plus reviews of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at San Francisco Playhouse and “Yellow Face” at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Guest: Gregory P. Downs is a history professor at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of several books including his latest, in collaboration with Anthony E. Kaye (1962-2017), Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History. Anthony E. Kaye (1962–2017) taught history at Pennsylvania State University and was the vice president of scholarly programs … Continued


Law & Disorder

Alexis Pauline Gumbs on the Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

We’re joined by Queer Black Troublemaker, Black Feminist Love Evangelist and aspirational cousin to all sentient beings Alexis Pauline Gumbs. She is the author of several works of poetry and of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals, which won a Whiting Writers’ Award in 2022. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. We’re discussing her latest book, Survival … Continued