The Bonnie Simmons Show – June 12, 2025
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Bonnie Simmons presents a unique mix of singer/songwriter folk, rock, soul, country, and R&B.
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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight on APEX Express, Host Isabel Li broadcasts her first show Obbligato, centered on music by contemporary classical composers who identify … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. CA senator Padilla dragged from news conference when he tried to ask Homeland Security Secretary Noem a question Heavy rains, floods in South Africa kills dozens as climate crisis impacts African countries Activists planning “No Kings” rallies … Continued
Today on the show: Senior Senator Alex Padilla of California forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s news conference, in the same building where Padilla has an office: And we feature, as we do every week, the independently produced weekly newscast from the electronic intifada, with Nora Barrows Friedma
ACLU’s Emerson Sykes on Book Bans, Free Speech, and Government Overreach
Fighting Back Against Censorship On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with Emerson Sykes, senior staff attorney at the ACLU, to unpack the growing wave of book bans and attacks on free speech sweeping across the U.S. The conversation spotlights the federal government’s removal of nearly 600 books—including Can’t Stop Won’t … Continued
Elizabeth Goitein / Sasha Abramsky / McKenzie Funk
Trump’s Lawless Unleashing of the Military, as He Threatens Americans Not to Protest His Strongman Military Parade
Finally Governor Newsom Steps Up to Challenge Trump
Trump is Asking For $45 Billion More for Private Prisons, Where 90% of Immigrants Are Detained
The Visionary Activist Show – Art of changing the story
Composting Tyranny into Nutrient for Democracy …… Caroline welcomes, encore, fellow Celtic Mytho Politico Animist, Sean Padraig O’Donoghue -together we suck the “g” out of Kingdom, blow it everywhere, leaving “the Kindom of Heaven is at hand.” Prep for Friday the 13th magic, and June 14th No Kings Day, welcoming storms and the Haboob (giant … Continued
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.
BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America
Paolo Gerbaudo on the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s rise (articles here and here) • Andrew Hartman, author of Karl Marx in America, on the bearded one’s reception in the US
The U.S. Navy launched a fleet replenishment oiler in honor of assassinated San Francisco Supervisor and Navy vet Harvey Milk in 2021, but a new administration finds the gay icon not “reflective of the Commander-in-Chief’s priorities” (produced by Lucia Chappelle).