Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Health advocates protest plans to move SF General Hospital behavioral patients to new locked unit California resisting Trump administration deadline to change policies on transgender girls in high school sports Agriculture activists say Big Beautiful Bill would … Continued


Today on the show: Six people arrested today in Palo Alto California, while protesting Palantir and billionaire Peter Thiel for turbocharging ICE raids and profiting from genocide: Also we’ll have a special report on the administration’s bid to be allowed to enforce Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Uncovering Resistance: Dr. Eileen Tejada Breaks Down the Subversive History of Bomba on Hard Knock Radio

In a powerful and expansive conversation on Hard Knock Radio, Associate Dean Dr. Eileen Tejada of San Francisco State University joined host Davey D to break down the revolutionary roots of Bomba, an Afro-Caribbean tradition often misunderstood as just dance and music”but which, at its core, is a weapon of resistance. Reclaiming Erased Histories Kicking … Continued


Background Briefing

Trita Parsi / Mike German / Allen Frances

The Supreme Leader Congratulates Iranians on Their “Victory” over Israel and the U.S., While the Head of the IAEA Says Fordo is “No Longer Operational”
As Trump Demonizes Democrats and Democratic Lawmakers Are Assassinated, How Long Before ICE and DHS Start Rounding up His Political Enemies?
Explaining the 60-Fold Rise in Autism, While the Quack Heading HHS, RFK Jr. Still Blames it on Vaccines


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Democracy is calling

Democracy is calling….Trickster recruiting! Caroline welcomes fellow Libra Dragon astrologer, pragmatic mystic Rachel Lang, that we honor our teammate,  true Visionary Activist, Zohran Mamdani… and all the descriptive and navigational guidance available to us all….. With a Libra Sun and Taurus Rising, Rachel also weaves the astro-politico worlds — one foot in the mystical, the … Continued


Pride Month: Novelist and biographer David Leavitt discusses the career of gay mathematician Alan Turing in an interview recorded in November, 2005. Playwright Terrence McNally (1938-2020) talks about his work and its relation to gay themes in this 2004 interview. Plus: Reviews of “Co-Founders” at ACT Strand Theatre and “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” at ThaetreWorks Mountain View. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on pediatric gender affirming health care with a decision that lowered the bar for establishing its constitutionality and that imperils the rights of young trans patients in the 20 other states with similar laws — all despite the opposition of every major U.S. medical association. Brad Sears, Distinguished Senior Scholar of the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, unpacks the ruling (interviewed by David Hunt).


This week’s conversation is about curiosity in translation and interpretation. Not just the literal, “how do you say this thing in that language?” but how do we use our curiosity to communicate our ideas effectively, to investigate what’s really being said when we’re quite literally not speaking one another’s language. Luckily, there are people like … Continued