Talkies – May 2, 2025
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Featured Episode
Hummingbird Farm is a community-led urban agriculture project in the Excelsior neighborhood of Southeast San Francisco, stewarded by PODER’s (People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights) Urban Compesinx. Since its inception in 2017, the community has transformed nearly seven acres of underutilized public land into a vibrant space for growing food, culture and resilience. … Continued
Resisting Trump’s Restoration Project, with Kali Akuno
This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff examines a major labor strike unfolding in California, where 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are fighting for better conditions. Next, he breaks down how tariffs function as an economic weapon, undermining the living standards of U.S. workers. Finally, Professor Wolff sits down with Kali Akuno, co-founder … Continued
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – May 2, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
On today’s show, I’ll spend the hour with filmmaker and three time Emmy winner Peter Klein discussing his latest documentary entitled, “Bribe, Inc.” which opens on May 3 at the Elmwood Rialto Cinemas in Berkeley. More About Bribe, Inc.: In the shadows of the global oil industry, a company with a jet-set lifestyle … Continued
Trump and Toxic Chemicals
00:08 Melanie Benesh is Vice President of Government Affairs at Environmental Working Group 00:33 Mario Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at NYU. Her forthcoming book is What to Eat Now
Democracy Now 6am – May 2, 2025
On today’s show: Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel “Losing Our Democracy”: Workers and Immigrants Lead Nationwide May Day Protests Against Trump “Palestine Is Really the Center of the World”: Angela Davis on Gaza, Black-Jewish Solidarity, and Trump Badar Khan Suri Is a Peace Scholar at Georgetown; Now He’s … Continued
Jacob Heilbrunn / James Liebman / Eric Blanc
Trump’s Reality TV Reshuffle of His National Security Team
SCOTUS Appears Poised to Smash Through the Wall Separating Church and State to Force Taxpayers to Subsidize Religious Indoctrination
On This May Day, How Unions Would Be the Only Way Reindustrialized American Factory Workers Could Make a Living Wage to Support a Family
Puzzling Evidence – May 2, 2025
Deranged “edits” segue into a cascade of echoing glossolaliac madness, the voicing of lyric ruminations from the free-falling brains of disintegrating personalities.
Over the Edge – May 2, 2025
Themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air, consisting of found sound of many kinds and from many sources, old and new, put together on the run as the continuous audio collage continues.