Are the rich wealth creators, as we commonly hear? Should we be grateful to investors and entrepreneurs, as they like to be called, for generating jobs and greasing the wheels of the economy? Or is the source of their massive wealth the rest of us? Scholar Andrew Sayer discusses rentiers, capitalists, and why the planet … Continued
With Annie Jacobsen, author of the book The Pentagon’s Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency. Jacobsen also wrote New York Times bestsellers Area 51 and Operation Paperclip and is a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine. About the book: The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from … Continued
Richard Dawkins discusses his life in science and the public eye, from the debates within evolution, to the all-out war between his field and fundamentalist religion. But first: after years of secret trade negotiations, representatives from 12 countries announce they’ve reached a deal on the Trans Pacific Partnership. We’ll take a look at what’s in … Continued
Breast Cancer Patient Arrested for Protesting TPP: “This is Price Gouging at the Cost of Lives”; NAFTA on Steroids: Consumer Groups Slam the TPP as 12 Nations Agree to Trade Accord; Remembering Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015): “We Have to Change Ourselves in Order to Change the World.”
Our fund drive is over, time to jump into what’s been happening. We’re joined by John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine, to talk about John Boehner’s resignation, Kevin McCarthy’s run for house speaker, and the presidential field.
War Crime in Afghanistan?: Outrage After U.S. Airstrike on Hospital Kills 22 Patients & Staff; Mission Accomplished Redux: 1 Year After “End” to War in Afghanistan, Aid Workers Reveal Real Story; Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis: Climate Change Could Be Catalyst to Build a Fairer Economic System; Naomi Klein on The Leap Manifesto & What … Continued
War Crime in Afghanistan?: Outrage After U.S. Airstrike on Hospital Kills 22 Patients & Staff; Mission Accomplished Redux: 1 Year After “End” to War in Afghanistan, Aid Workers Reveal Real Story; Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis: Climate Change Could Be Catalyst to Build a Fairer Economic System; Naomi Klein on The Leap Manifesto & What … Continued
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Música de algúnas de las bandas y artistas nominados a los Latin Grammys 2015. With Host Miguel Guerrero.
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Introducing a few bands that will be performing at this years VertigoFest brought to you by (((folkYEAH!))) in North Fork,Ca on October 30 & 31, 2015. Featuring music by Mystic Braves (L.A.), Annie Girl & The Flight (SF), Pow! (SF/Castle Face), The Allah-Las (L.A.), Light Fantastic (SF/Spiritual Pajamas), Fine Points (SF/Dine Alone Records), Drug Cabin … Continued
Alan Watts, British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern Philosophy for a Western audience. With Host Mitch Jeserich. Click Here to Donate to KPFA Today
