East Bay Yesterday – May 14, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Featured Episode
Fund Drive Special: Emerson and the Stoics
Mark Matousek discusses his book “Emerson, the Stoics, and Me: Timeless Wisdom for Living an Authentic Life.”
An interview with Clifton Ariwakhete Nicholas and Franklin Lopez about about the film currently in production via Amplifier Films, “A Red Road To The West Bank: An Indigenous journey of resistance and solidarity”, settler-colonialism, indigenous ties between Palestine and Kanehsatà:ke in so-called Canada followed by an interview with organizers of the 2025 Balkan Anarchist Bookfair, happening May 15-18 in Thessaloniki
Guest: Paul Cooper is a podcaster, a historian, and the author of Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline. He writes, produces, and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast which explores the collapse of different societies through history.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – May 14, 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).
Appropriating Rock n Roll from Legendary Artist Willie ‘Big Mama’ Mae Thornton – Spring Fund Drive Special
We spend today’s show in a deep exploration of the blues. We’ll explore the racialized, gendered, sexualized, and overarchingly monetized, tension of that music, and its relationship to normative socials and economics of whiteness – and we’ll do that through the lens of one of the legendary creators and original influencers of music that became … Continued
Democracy Now 6am – May 14, 2025
On today’s show: U.S. and Saudis Sign $142B Arms Deal, as Trump Meets with Syria’s New Leader and Drops Syrian Sanctions While Israel Wanted to Bomb Iran, Trump Pushes Talks; But in Gaza, Israel’s Mass Killings Continue Salvadoran Journalists Exposed President Bukele’s Ties to Gangs; Then They Had to Flee to Avoid Arrest
Sarah Leah Whitson / Jon Hoffman / Alex Lawson
Trump Signs a $142 Billion Weapons Deal In Saudi Arabia, Not the Peace Deal With Putin He Expected To Sign, But He Still Hopes to Sign a Deal With Iran
As Trump Throws His Lot in With Rich Arabs, How Much is Netanyahu Out in the Cold?
The Good “Christians” Speaker Johnson and the OMB’s Vought Are Working Tirelessly to Hurt the Poor and Reward the Rich
Rhythm Machine – May 14, 2025
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Rhythm Machine with hosts Ryan and Oliver(o-live-e-ay) aka Excuse My French. Wednesdays 2am-5am, playing all things on the electronic dance music spectrum.
City Cat Radio – May 14, 2025
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City Cat Radio, the weekly radio program of Oakland’s own DJ/Producer/Engineer DJ HENROC, is designed to celebrate plain old good music including Soul, Roots, Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Afro Beat, Funk, House and Underground Hip Hop. For nearly 25yrs, DJ HENROC has played at some the world’s premier venues and has collected music from all musical … Continued