The Visionary Activist Show – May 8, 2025
The wedding of spiritual magic and compassionate social activism with host Caroline Casey.
Featured Episode
Walter Mosley in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded March 5, 2025 discussing his two most recent novels, “Been Wrong So Long It Looks Like Right,” a Joe King Oliver novel, and “Farewell, Amethystine,” an Easy Rawlins novel. Today, Walter Mosley is one of America’s leading authors. He is best known for his series of mystery … Continued
Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology
A look at Trumpian ideology: Kristin Du Mez on theology, Quinn Sloboidan on the latest iteration of neoliberalism (both rebroadcasts of interviews from February)
Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Vincent Bevins on the Mass Protest Decade
Today’s episodes of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa and This Way Out are preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Sasha Lilley speaks with acclaimed journalist Vincent Bevins about his new book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. To support our mission, please donate … Continued
Guest: Adam Shatz is the US editor of the London Review of Books and author of The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. He is the host of the podcast Myself with Others.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – May 8, 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).
Talking About Abolition w/ Sonali Kolhatkar – Spring Fundraising Drive
On today’s show, we’re in conversation with Sonali Kolhatkar about her latest book, Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive Sonali Kolhatkar’s new book: Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible – In Talking About Abolition, Sonali Kolhatkar presents a visionary outlook for a future rooted in … Continued
US Economy Under Trump; Plus, Rising India-Pakistan Tension
00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 00:33 — Rishi Iyengar is a reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the intersection of geopolitics and technology. Prior to joining FP, he spent six years at CNN Business as India editor in New Delhi.
Democracy Now 6am – May 8, 2025
On today’s show: Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Reporter’s Family Responds After Film Names Israeli Soldier Who Shot Her “Fascism Isn’t Coming, It’s Here”: Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Gaza, and Leaving MSNBC to Start Zeteo
Annelle Sheline / Sumit Ganguly / Faith Williams
After Claiming the Houthis Have Cried Uncle, Will Trump Announce a Nuclear Deal With Iran, While in Saudi Arabia Next Week?
Tit-For-Tat Military Strikes by India and Pakistan Appear Performative Not Escalatory
Musk’s Alarming Plan to Build a Single Centralized Database for All the Confidential Government Data DOGE has Scooped Up