Education Today – May 21, 2025
Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein and Jaron Epstein that airs every week at 2:30.
Featured Episode
Today’s episodes of Our World as We See It and Education Today are preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Winter Fund Drive. C.S. Soong talks with Christopher Bache, a professor emeritus of philosophy and religious studies, about his twenty-year psychedelic journey, which is described and interpreted in his book LSD and the Mind of … Continued
East Bay Yesterday – May 21, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
While we’re told by politicians that the ideas of Karl Marx are foreign and have no place in this country, history proves otherwise. Andrew Hartman shows that Marx and Marxism have had an a significant influence on the United States, from Marx’s journalistic writings for the New York Daily Tribune, to the mass politics the … Continued
An interview with Garrett Felber about the subject of his recently published biography “A Continuous Struggle”, Martin Sostre
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – May 21, 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).
‘Copaganda’: Police & Media Manipulate Perceptions of Safety – Spring Fund Drive Special
‘Copaganda’ is propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media that stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. Every day, mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe. The result is more and more authoritarian state repression, more inequality, and huge profits for the massive public and private punishment … Continued
Fund Drive Special: Josh Jackson on California’s Incredible Public Wilderness
00:08 — Josh Jackson is a writer, photographer. He advocates for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Through his Forgotten Lands Project, he employs storytelling and visual narratives to inspire engagement with California’s unknown landscapes. His latest book is The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California’s Public Lands.
Democracy Now 6am – May 21, 2025
On today’s show: “A Big, Ugly, Destructive, Deadly Bill”: Bishop William Barber Slams Bill Cutting Medicaid, Medicare “It Is Going to Kill People”: Disability Rights Activist Speaks Out on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Tax Revolt: Arjun Singh on the Roots of Trump’s Push for Massive $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut for the Rich Trump’s Brain Drain: … Continued
Alexander Motyl / Asher Kaufman / Patrick Bond
Trump’s Deference to Putin and His Unwillingness to Press For a Ceasefire and Sanction Russia Stuns European Leaders
As the UK, France, and Canada Condemn Israel’s Gaza Offensive and the Starving of Children, Trump Does Not Come To Netanyahu’s Defense
A South African Perspective on Trump’s Welcoming of Its White “Refugees”