September
3
2019
Featured Event
November
7
2019
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & The Center for Investigative Reporting present: AARON GLANTZ
Homewreckers! How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks,& Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes & Demolished the American Dream
Homewreckers brilliantly weaves together the stories of those most ravaged by the housing crisis. The result is an eye-opening expose of the greed that decimated millions and enriched a gluttonous few.
October
24
2019
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Michael Lerner with Cat Zavis
Revolutionary Love, A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World
For those tired of shouting across the table as they debate the future of the country and the planet, Revolutionary Love brings hope, respect, and love to today’s political divide. Michael Lerner offers concrete solutions for future development by identifying why the left and the right have been so pathetic in achieving any lasting change...
August
24
2019
October
22
2019
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM with Project Censored & City Lights Present: Nolan Higdon & Mickey Huff
United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America
“Higdon and Huff have produced the best short introduction to the nature of Trump-era journalism and how the ‘post-truth’ media world is inimical to a democratic society.” —Robert W. McChesney, author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times
September
24
2019
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER & SAMIN NOSRAT
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of four novels:Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Tree of Codes, Here I Am, and two books of non-fiction: Eating Animals, and We are the Weather. His work has received numerous awards and has been translated into thirty-six languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
October
10
2019
CANCELLED: DENNIS J BERNSTEIN & WARREN LEHRER
“FIVE OCEANS IN A TEA SPOON” Poems & Visualizations
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, DUE TO POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Five Oceans in a Teaspoon is a memoir in short visual poems, written by poet/investigative journalist Dennis J Bernstein, typographic visualizations by designer/author Warren Lehrer. Like his journalism, Bernstein’s poems reflect the struggle of everyday people...
July
27
2019
KPFA Movie Matinee, The Hunger Games
In post-apocalyptic North America, 12 impoverished districts are forced, partly as punishment for a past rebellion against the state, to select a child to compete in a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games where participants fight to the death until only one remains. District 12's Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) must weigh survival......
September
17
2019
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: AMITAV GHOSH
Gun Island
Gun Island is a globetrotting, folkloric adventure novel about family that tells the story of a world on the brink, of increasing displacement and unstoppable transition. It is exactly what is needed. It is also a story of hope, of a man whose faith in the world and the future is restored by two remarkable women.
September
10
2019
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: RANDALL MUNROE
HOW TO: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Randall Patrick Munroe is an American cartoonist, author, scientific theorist, and creator of the webcomic xkcd - primarily a stick figure comic with themes in computer science, technology, mathematics, science, philosophy, language, pop culture, romance, and physics.