Cover to Cover – June 10, 2025
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, and Jovelyn Richards.
Featured Episode
Join guest host Sam Roberts for an hour on the many virtues of our bitter herbs. Learn the nitty gritty of exactly how they do and don’t support digestion, when to work with which specific bitter herbs, when to avoid them all together, and the emotional medicine of bitters. Sam will also take call-ins with … Continued
What if humans acted with nature, not on it? What would farming look like if we stopped trying to master and dominate the environment? According to Andrew Pickering, the no-plowing, no-weeding form of farming developed by Masanobu Fukuoka is a shining example of poiesis, an acting-with that attunes human activity to the propensities of natural … Continued
This week on the show, international human rights lawyer and former senior United Nations official Craig Mokhiber speaks with hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah about an initiative called the Gaza Tribunal. Ali Abunimah reacts to new statements from former Biden administration State Department spokesperson Matt Miller who lied about the genocide in Gaza. On … Continued
Rest In Power Sly Stone 1943-2025
Legendary musician, songwriter, Sly Stone, of the iconic Sly & The Family Stone, has passed away at age 82. Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart on March 15th 1943, was a major factor in American music, known for his lead role in the groundbreaking band Sly & The Family Stone. Sly went from a radio … Continued
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – June 10, 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).
Beyond Limits: Understanding Third Trimester Abortion Care with Dr. Shelley Sella
As we face a government that is active in its efforts to remove people’s ability to make decisions about what happens in their own bodies, Dr. Shelley Sella challenges even the framework that imposing any limits on abortion access means that we are not truly providing the room to choose. Sella is a board certified OB GYN and the first woman to openly practice third trimester abortion care in the U.S. She recently retired from that work and compiled some of her deeply humanizing experiences, stories, reflections and hopes into a brand new book called Beyond Limits Stories of Third Trimester Abortion Care. Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is children’s book creator, artivist, and Hollywood film illustrator and concept artist, Nikkolas Smith, whose newest hand-painted children’s book is titled The History of We. Check out Nikkolas Smith’s website: https://www.nikkolas.art — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow … Continued
SEIU President Faces Federal Charges for Protesting ICE Raids; At Least 42 Arrested in Los Angeles ICE Protests
7:08 — Evelyn Zepeda, organizing director of Western States Regional Joint Board 7:33 — Dez Fonseca, a UCLA PhD student organizer 7:45 — Carol Sobel, a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles
Democracy Now 6am – June 10, 2025
On today’s show: Chaos & Cruelty: Trump Deploys Thousands of Soldiers to Put Down Anti-ICE Protests in Los Angeles California Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump for Deploying Troops, Warns President Is Trying to Provoke Violence Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Lawyer: Trump Administration’s Trafficking Charges Must Be Viewed with “Suspicion” “A Show of Human Solidarity”: Ex–U.S. Diplomat … Continued
Manuel Pastor / John Lawrence / Barbara Walter
An Eyewitness to Trump’s Dictatorial Dream of Crushing Blue State Opposition on His Way to Becoming An American Fuhrer
With Trump Itching to Provoke an Insurrection to Justify a Dictatorship, Has Los Angeles Played Into His Hands?
Trump’s Dual Strategies of Scaring Off Protests and Instigating Provocations to Enact Fascism