The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Out of Nothing, Something (replay)

Replay of January 2023 Show with updated context, intro …  Honoring Susan Griffin, who died Sept 30, 2025   Photo by Irene Young Caroline hosts fellow Council of Unreasonable Women, alumna Susan Griffin, “radical feminist philosopher, essayist, novelist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works.” on her 80th birthday! Honoring her latest book “Out … Continued


Two from the Bookwaves Archive 2007: Amy Bloom, award-winning novelist and short-story writer, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky in the KPFA studios, on October 4, 2007 while on tour for her second novel, “Away.” John Banville, Booker Prize winning novelist, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky in the KPFA studios, on March 19, 2007 while on tour for the novel, “Christine Falls,” written under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. Plus reviews of “A Driving Beat” at TheatreWorks and “Sally and Tom” at Marin Theatre. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


“Creativitry,” writes legendary playwright Stan Lai in the preface to his new book of that name, “Doesn’t exist as a word. Just as all creative things do not exist — until they do. “Rhymes with Artistry, and Chemistry, and Sorcery. “The know-how, practice and mastery of creativity.” The overlap, undercurrents and  interplay of creativity and curiosity come … Continued