The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – December 24, 2025
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Featured Episode
Flashpoints – December 24, 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.
Year in Review: Afrofuturism 2025 Reflections and 2026 Futures
Hard Knock Radio Afrofuturism Round Table 2025 Reflections and 2026 Futures Davey D closed out the year with the show’s annual Afrofuturism round table, bringing together writers, educators, artists, and cultural critics to reflect on what defined Afrofuturism in 2025 and what may shape 2026. The conversation moved fluidly across film, literature, comics, animation, music, … Continued
Background Briefing – December 24, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Education Today – December 24, 2025
A researcher for the Education Law Center explains their work on getting states to fund school districts more equitably. Their study also provides some surprising information on the huge discrepancy in funding BETWEEN states, and some factors which cause U.S. spending to be less than other countries on a practical basis. Education Today is a … Continued
Our World As We See It – December 24, 2025
A weekly talk show produced by Oakland School for the Arts high school broadcast students, Our World As We See It will focus on local and world issues giving a fresh youthful perspective on how to create change.
East Bay Yesterday – December 24, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
S.O.O.O (Songs to Obsess Over & Over…) Presents: KPFA’s Music DJ’s Top 5 Albums of 2025
-Updated 01/05/2026 It’s that time of year to reflect back on the music played and enjoyed by some of our amazing crew of talented KPFA music DJs. This list is also great for anyone of our listeners who’d like to get new music recommendations from the eclectic tastes of our tastemakers. Greg Bridges – … Continued
Cats and Marxism
Should Marxism be rooted in inter-species liberation? Or is it already, unbeknownst to most of us? Leigh Claire La Berge has delved into what she considers an unrecognized trove of evidence for Marxism’s deep engagement with the feline as a way of making sense of class society — and what would be necessary to leap … Continued
An interview with Leila Al-Shami about notable events of the last year in the Syrian post-Assad period, the status of the government, regional and factional conflicts and also the new internationalist project, The Peoples Want