Transitions On Traditions – May 18, 2026
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Journalist Galarza reports from Ecuador on deadly US strikes on boats, Ecuador military regime’s role; Organizers of Global Sumud Flotilla say 400 people taking part in 3rd humanitarian aid mission to Gaza, expecting Israeli interception; Palestinians in … Continued
Flashpoints – May 18, 2026
Today on the show: Have federal and state law enforcement agencies implemented programs that utilize private individuals and surveillance firms to track undocumented immigrants for financial rewards or bounties in Sonoma Country; Also fighting back against brutal and illegal immigrant sweeps in San Francisco and the wider bay area. An award winning front-line investigative news … Continued
Host Davey D welcomed Jamelle Bouie to Hard Knock Radio for an in depth conversation about disinformation, political manipulation, identity politics, and the growing threats facing American democracy. Bouie, one of the nation’s most prominent political commentators, is a columnist for The New York Times and is widely known for connecting current political events to … Continued
Background Briefing – May 18, 2026
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Mother Nature is the ultimate designer. After all, since life first emerged on Earth, she’s had 3.8 billion years of evolutionary R&D to get it right. Biomimicry is the art and science of learning from this ineffable genius: tapping into the patterns of nature to live harmoniously with life’s principles. We meet Janine Benyus, known … Continued
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Womens Magazine – May 18, 2026
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
It’s been called a new gold rush, but not of our external environment, which continues to be plundered, but of our internal environment — of our psyches. Historian of science D. Graham Burnett, one of the Friends of Attention, lays out what’s at stake — and how they’re organizing a movement to reclaim our attention. … Continued