A Box of Toys

Episode 173 – Vietnam, Cambodia, Appalachia, Mississippi

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Episode 173 explores the color and fabric of folk music from two disparate regions: SE Asia and SE United States, including folk recordings from Vietnam, Cambodia and Appalachia. Most artists are unidentified, except: GB Grayson, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and Sylvester Weaver and a few others. “One evening, approximately 30 years ago, I went to a … Continued


Hard Knock Radio

Haiti Update and Working The Roots

We speak with Jacqueline Lugman with the Black Alliance for Peace about Haiti’s political landscape and foreign influence. And later we speak with Michele Lee about her book, Working the Roots: Over 400 Years Of Traditional African American Healing. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a … Continued


Background Briefing

Background Briefing – July 1, 2024

If Biden is Lucky to Be Running Against Trump and Not a Younger Candidate, Does That Mean The Republicans Would be Worse Off Against a Younger Democratic Candidate? We begin with Biden’s disastrous debate performance on Thursday and the chorus of calls from nervous Democrats to resign that followed. While it is clear that Biden … Continued


About Health

7/1/24 But You Look So Normal

Join Nurse Rona and her guest Claudia Marseille, author of the newly released memoir, But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found In A Hearing World.  Her story of severe hearing loss from birth is one of courage and persistence as well as shame and struggle.