Flashpoints – October 13, 2025
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
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Hard Knock Radio – October 13, 2025
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
Today’s program explores Trump’s failed bid for the Nobel Peace Prize as it goes instead to Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado, Peter Thiel’s dark political ambitions for a post-Trump America, and Thom Hartmann’s warning that the U.S. stands on the brink of authoritarianism.
And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to…Maria Corina Machado Not Donald J. Trump We begin with the Nobel Peace Prize which Trump lobbied for and expected to get instead going to Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the opposition in Venezuela who should be the nation’s leader since she overwhelmingly won the last election but … Continued
Joy Harjo, former National Poet Laureate and musician, shares her artistic journey as a Native American woman into what she calls the “story field.” She says that in these times of radical disruption, chaos and disturbance, great creativity also pours forth… that what’s called for is deep listening, as well as seeing with our spiritual … Continued
On this special edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the issue of radiation from wireless devices and the emerging science linking exposure to wireless radiation with a host of human health problems including cancer. The show features an interview with Ellen Marks, Founder of the California Brain Tumor Association, and a presentation by … Continued
African Feminist Hope Chigudu bringing healing and hope to African feminist organizations
Today on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine Nunu Kidane and Lisa Dettmer talk to ground breaking African feminist Hope Chigudu about how she bring hope, groundedness and self care into organizing. As she explains in her article “Strategies for building an organization with a Soul” she goes beyond focusing on the organizational structure to focus on … Continued
While we’re told by politicians that the ideas of Karl Marx are foreign and have no place in this country, history proves otherwise. Andrew Hartman shows that Marx and Marxism have had an a significant influence on the United States, from Marx’s journalistic writings for the New York Daily Tribune, on the mass politics of … Continued
Busboys and Poets / Big Business
Ralph welcomes Andy Shallal of Busboys and Poets to discuss his new memoir, “A Seat at the Table: The Making of Busboys and Poets.” Then, Ralph speaks to business consultant and activist Bennett Freeman about why Big Business isn’t standing up to the Trump Administration. Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s … Continued
Guest: Mary Annette Pember is a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Wisconsin Ojibwe. She is currently national correspondent for ICT News, formerly Indian Country Today. She is the recipient of several awards for her journalism and is the author of Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools.
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – October 13, 2025
On today’s show: “We Lost Everything”: Palestinian Writer Ahmed Abu Artema on Gaza Ceasefire, Hostage Exchange & More Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé: Despite Ceasefire, Palestinians Still Face “Elimination, Genocide” “We Survived the Night”: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History