Non-fiction Music – December 18, 2025
A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
Featured Episode
LoveSoul with Al Glenn – December 18, 2025
Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some before this tasty Midnight snack is all gone!
All Your Old Records – December 17, 2025
Music from 1964 to the present, with David Ogilvy. *** To view a PLAYLIST for an episode that has broadcast, click on the episode’s title. ***
Dead to the World – December 17, 2025
Music by the Grateful Dead, and music not by the Grateful Dead. Hosted by Tim Lynch.
Special Fund Drive Programming
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump announces blockade of Venezuela, as Pentagon says will not release video of Sept 2 boat attack; Activists urge State Insurance Commissioner to hold insurers accountable for skyrocketing home insurance costs; Trump delivers unusual Oval Office address … Continued
Today on the show: We talk with former Diplomat of Venezuela, Carlos Ron. Plus, David Bacon joins us in the station, writer, photographer, activist for immigrant, labor and human rights. And we talk Cuba, sanctions, and the Olympics with Brenda Lopez of Cuba Solidarity Network. And a news update about the Oakland ‘Peoples Arms Embargo’ … Continued
Fund Drive Programming: Ethnic Studies and Antisemtism
Davey D opens by grounding listeners in the fight over ethnic studies in California, focusing on AB715 and how claims of antisemitism are being used to roll back gains and potentially chill K–12 ethnic studies. Sameer frames this as part of a larger right-wing strategy coming out of the Heritage Foundation’s “Project Esther,” a companion … Continued
Background Briefing – December 17, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
East Bay Yesterday – December 17, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.