Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. ACA health insurance costs skyrocketing, putting hospitals and 24 million people at risk of losing coverage; Jury convicts cop who shot woman who called 911, critics say 2nd degree murder charge was too little; UN blasts attacks … Continued
TODAY ON THE SHOW: Greg Palast returns with a new edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin: Today Greg starts with US military destabilization in Venezuela and ends with the US military in the streets of cities all over america to control the results of the next election: Palast says: I met Chávez and Maduro. I know drugs … Continued
Davey D opens with the stakes in Oakland and beyond. Cities are floating policies that make it easier to disappear unhoused people, often by criminalizing basic survival. He notes how public narratives erase who is actually living outside in Oakland. Many are older Black residents. That reality sits in tension with Black leaders invoking civil … Continued
Today’s Launch of DEFIANCE.ORG to Help Americans Push Back Against Trump’s Revenge We begin with a defiant one who was the first to be targeted by Trump for vengeful prosecution before Comey and the others who, in response to being continually asked what can we do to stop Trump, has launched a movement today to … Continued
Convening the Ouiji Board of Directors: Grief and Spooky Love for the World Amikaeyla Gaston and Caroline’s excellent Days of the Dead honoring….. Central will be our honoring of Ami’s great Dad, Alonzo Dubois Gaston, professor, wizard of Nature, Black Panther—and all our Beloved Dead….in all Flora Fauna Fungi realms. We cannot live through … Continued
Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues Susan Hill: Master of Ghost Stories and Noir Susan Hill, author of “The Woman in Black” and other novels, in conversation by phone with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded November 29, 2021. The Woman in Black, a play by … Continued
Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage, on the rightward move of the Silicon Valley elite • Forrest Hylton conducts a political tour d’horizon of South America
We commemorate the birthday of the renowned gay Irish writer Oscar Wilde with an excerpt from the play he was writing in October, 1891 — a scene from a production directed for Pacifica Radio by a “pre-Spock” Leonard Nimoy (hear the complete performance at thiswayout.org, presented by Brian DeShazor).
Plus: The “Rainbow Rewind” recalls the end of the picket line, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’s” demise, and no room at the National Council of Churches.
Brian Fretwell’s work grows out of a rich mix of neuroscience, anthropology, leadership and what you might call self-interested curiosity. Rather than obsessing about where we fell short and consoling ourselves we will learn from our mistakes, he encourages us to learn from our successes instead. The secret, he says, is connection. Brian Fretwell & Finding Good: www.findinggood.com … Continued
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