As Trump-phobia stokes concert homophobia across the U.S. during Pride season, RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite Thorgy Thor weaves classical music into her unique performance style (interviewed by Brian DeShazor).
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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – May 29, 2025
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
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
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – May 29, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
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
Malcolm Harris on the paths through planetary crisis
00:08 Malcolm Harris, author of several books; the newest is What’s Left: three paths through the planetary crisis
Democracy Now 6am – May 29, 2025
On today’s show: Fear, Repression, and Brain Drain: U.S. Campuses Reeling as Trump Freezes, Revokes Student Visas Mosquito Protocol: Ex-Israeli Soldier on Army’s Systematic Use of Palestinians as Human Shields Jeremy Scahill: Shadowy Israeli-U.S. Aid Plan Is Weapon in “Netanyahu’s War of Annihilation” in Gaza
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Trump Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About How He Protects Putin
Musk, JD Vance, and Rubio Praise the German Neo-Nazi AfD Party, While the Trump Administration Weaponizes Anti-Semitism
The Impact of the U.S. Senate’s Republicans Revoking California’s Electric Car Mandate
Non-fiction Music – May 29, 2025
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
LoveSoul with Al Glenn – May 29, 2025
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Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some before this tasty Midnight snack is all gone!