John Barth (1930-2024), America’s master of metafiction, died on April 2, 2024 at the age of 93. He talks about his career and his writing with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff in an interview conducted in 2001 while on tour for the novel, “Coming Soon.” This interview has never aired in its entirety. Also: An excerpt from a 2014 interview with short story master Lorrie Moore, and a review of “Collective Rage,” at Shotgun Ashby Stage through August 18, 2024. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Heidi Matthews analyzes the World Court’s declaration of Israel’s occupations illegal • Molly White on how crypto is spending its money in politics • Nausicaa Renner psychoanalyzes Joe Biden
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches early American and American Indian history. Her previous work includes Independence Lost, a finalist for the George Washington Prize, and The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent. She is a co-author of Give … Continued
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).
We start today’s show with our recurring State Terror Roundup segment. Then, acknowledging the beginning of Black August. Then we speak with Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Penny Hess from the Uhuru Movement, who face trial scheduled for September from a federal raid that occurred in July of 2022, with prosecutors accusing three Uhuru members of … Continued
0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 0:33 — Elsadig Elsheikh is the Director of the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute of UC Berkeley.
On today’s show: “A Perilous Moment” in Middle East: Iran Vows Revenge, as Israel Expands Assassination Operations Israel’s Torture and Rape of Palestinian Prisoners Defended by Knesset Members, Far-Right Mobs Trump Questions Whether Kamala Harris Is Black in Hate-Filled Interview with Black Journalists at NABJ Money War: How the U.S. Unleashed Economic Warfare Across the … Continued
With Assassinations in Tehran and Beirut, Netanyahu Taunts Iran and Hezbollah to Bring It On We begin with the assassination of Hamas’s top negotiator by a missile in Tehran, where Ismail Haniyeh was attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president. We discuss the near certainty that Israel was behind the assassination, along with the killing … Continued
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
