Cover to Cover – October 21, 2025
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, and Jovelyn Richards.
Featured Episode
Host Emiliano Lemus dives into the world of medicinal berries. Join them to learn about the special healing properties carried by these fruits. Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon. Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.
How is it that some of the most privileged people in the world — the multimillionaire and billionaire owners of tech and finance companies — are some of the most aggrieved? Journalist Jacob Silverman reflects on the titans of Silicon Valley’s rightward turn, as well as the industry’s financing and its past and present deep … Continued
On October 10th, the clock started ticking on the first steps of the fragile ceasefire deal. Within days, Trump was doing victory laps in Israel and Egypt. Hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah join writer and journalist Helena Cobban to talk about the factors that might seal the fate of the ceasefire agreement that Israel … Continued
UpFront (Replay) – October 21, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – October 21, 2025
On today’s show: “We Are Under Attack”: Rep. Delia Ramirez on Immigration Crackdown in Chicago, Gov’t Shutdown & More Shadow President: Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Is Using Shutdown to Gut Federal Agencies “Armed Only with a Camera”: HBO Film on Life & Death of Brent Renaud, Journalist Killed in Ukraine Democracy Now! is … Continued
Federal Crackdown on Cities– Chicago, Portland and San Francisco
As ICE crackdowns and federal troop deployments continue to affect Blue cities nationwide, we check in with Damon Williams from Chicago. Damon is a movement builder, organizer, performing artist, educator, media creator and co-director of #LetUsBreathe Collective, an artistic activist organization birthed out of the Ferguson uprising. Next, we hear from Portland’s Anna Wilcox. Anna … Continued
Israel Continues to Ignore Terms of Ceasefire, Dropsite News Investigates Network of Canary Mission Connections; Plus, the Tech Companies Benefiting from an Inflated Defense Budget
00:08 — Muhannad Ayyash is Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary and Policy Analyst at Al-Shabaka. 00:33 — Jacqueline Sweet is an investigative journalist. Her work has been published in the likes of The Intercept, The Guardian, POLITICO and Mother Jones. 00:45 — Freddy Brewster is a reporter for the Lever.
Democracy Now! – October 21, 2025
On today’s show: “We Are Under Attack”: Rep. Delia Ramirez on Immigration Crackdown in Chicago, Gov’t Shutdown & More Shadow President: Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Is Using Shutdown to Gut Federal Agencies “Armed Only with a Camera”: HBO Film on Life & Death of Brent Renaud, Journalist Killed in Ukraine Democracy Now! is … Continued
“Crown, Chaos, and Corruption: Trump’s Vulgar Politics at Home and Abroad
Trump’s Outlandish Vulgarity has Support in the GOP and Deep Roots in American Politics We begin with the AI video Trump posted of himself flying a fighter jet wearing a crown and dropping poop on demonstrators at Saturday’s No Kings rallies and discuss how in spite of Joe Biden’s often repeated assurance that “This is … Continued