Womens Magazine – August 25, 2025
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Featured Episode
Film in the 20th century conjures up the glamor of the big screen, as well as the intimacy of family snapshots. According to film historian Alice Lovejoy, celluloid and its successors should also bring to mind war. She reflects on the history of film companies like Kodak in the making of the atom bomb, chemical … Continued
Film Making and War Making
Film in the 20th century conjures up the glamor of the big screen as well as the intimacy of family snapshots. According to film historian Alice Lovejoy, celluloid and its successors should also bring to mind war. She reflects on the history of film companies like Kodak in the making of the atom bomb, chemical … Continued
Up in Arms
Ralph welcomes Ben Cohen (anti-war activist and ice cream entrepreneur) to discuss his new campaign, “Up in Arms,” which advocates for a common-sense Pentagon budget. Then, Ralph speaks to Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi about her recent piece: “When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told.” Ralph Nader talks about … Continued
Guest: Dr Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee is a Post-doctoral Fellow in Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Mage: 2013), and his latest Myth and History in Ancient Persia: The Achaemenids in the Iranian Tradition
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – August 25, 2025
On Today’s Show: Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC UNICEF Report from Gaza City: U.N. Declares Famine as Children Starve Abrego Garcia Detained Again, Faces Deportation to Uganda After 3 Days of Freedom Meet George Retes, Disabled Army Vet to Sue Trump Admin over Unlawful ICE Detention Democracy … Continued
Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith, Zahra Biloo ; activists from Solidarity Fast for Gaza
On today’s Palestine Post, we review news headlines from Israel’s assault on Gaza with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Also joining is Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, the Trump Administration’s Deep Cuts to Federal Health Agencies
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Annie Waldman is a reporter at ProPublica covering health care.
Democracy Now! – August 25, 2025
ON TODAY’S SHOW: Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters UNICEF Report from Gaza City: U.N. Declares Famine as Children Starve Abrego Garcia Detained Again, Faces Deportation to Uganda After 3 Days of Freedom Meet George Retes, Disabled Army Vet to Sue Trump Admin over Unlawful ICE Detention Democracy Now! is a daily … Continued
Nina Burleigh/James Fallows/Bill McKibben
Trump Rewrites His Epstein/Maxwell History as He Has Done With “Russiagate” and “Stop the Steal” But This Time Are the American People That Stupid? We begin with Trump’s orchestrated campaign to rewrite his history with Epstein and Maxwell as he had done with Russia helping him win in 2016 and how he claims actually won … Continued