A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight we present our sister podcast Continental Shifts. Hosts Gabriel and Estella speak with Tavae Samuelu.   Opening: [00:00:00] Apex Express … Continued


Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.   Gershkovich, Whelan among prisoners swapped in US Russia prisoner exchange. Vice President Harris today eulogizes Sheila Jackson-Lee at memorial service for Houston Democratic Congresswoman. New York appeals court rejects Trump’s challenge to a gag order in … Continued


Background Briefing

Background Briefing – August 1, 2024

Russia Swaps Innocent Hostages For Putin’s Spies, Criminals, and Hackers We begin with today’s prisoner swap with Russia that involved an exchange which took place at an airport in Ankara, Turkey, with 24 prisoners imprisoned in seven different countries, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested in … Continued


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.


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