Flashpoints – February 6, 2025
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Featured Episode
A Hard Knock Radio Conversation: Leonard Peltier’s Commutation with Attorney Jenipher R. Jones
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with civil rights attorney Jenipher R. Jones about the commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence. Jones, Managing Attorney of For the People | A People’s Legal Office, discussed the legal battle, political resistance, and the path forward. Decades of Injustice Leonard Peltier, a member of the American Indian … Continued
David Super / Lisa Graves / Mike German
Government Workers Should Not Fall For the Musk/Trump Buyout Trick
The Moral Authoritarian and Billionaire Worshipping Author of Project 2025 About to Head the OMB
Collusion Between the Far Right and American Policing is About to Get Worse Under Trump, Bondi, and Kash Patel
The Visionary Activist Show – Animating Astro*Mytho Participatory Skills
All we have is us! Confluencing of Allies Caroline welcomes long-time ally Heather Roan Robbins, that we may animate all our participatory skills, invoke all our metaphoric allies Nemesis be on speed dial-she who brings down unjust Empire and Unjust Fortune.. “No fortune without a felony!” “Tis the practice of lightning to laugh through … Continued
Science fiction author and activist China Mieville discusses his career and early works in this September, 2002 interview. Noir expert Eddie Muller talks about the 1951 version of Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” now streaming on the free Kanopy and Hoopla library apps. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump
Kristin Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne, on Christian nationalism • Jennifer Middlestadt, author of this article, on “sovereigntism,” the foreign policy of Trump et al.
Transgender journalist Erin Reed is a respected independent voice with a large following on social media. She met with a group trans people and allies to review the growing list of anti-trans executive orders coming out of the Trump White House (produced by David Hunt). And in NewsWrap: gender-affirming healthcare for Australia’s trans and gender-diverse … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – February 6, 2025
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Carry the Light: KPFA Celebrates Black History and Culture
Here it is, for your listening pleasure. For those of you who missed the special on February 1st, here is your chance to listen whenever it fits your schedule. Join KPFA as we celebrate black history and culture all month long! … Continued
Trump’s Chaos and his Radical Expansion of Executive Power
Host Mitch Jeserich does an analysis of the current political landscape and the power grabs by corporations.