On today’s show:
0:08 – Dana Frank, Professor Emerita of History at UC-Santa Cruz joins us to discuss Honduran President Xiomara Castro’s swearing in. Frank’s latest book is The Long Honduran Night.
0:34 – We discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a challenge to affirmative action in the fall with Mona Tawatao (@monatawatao), Legal Director at the Equal Justice Society and Adam Harris (@AdamHSays), staff writer at The Atlantic and author of The State Must Provide: Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal–and How to Set Them Right.
1:08 – Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee (@OttoLee_) joins us to discuss the vote of no confidence by the County and the attendant investigation by the state Attorney General Rob Bonta into alleged corruption at the Sheriff’s office. Supervisor Lee served on the County Blue Ribbon Commission to study the County jail and the sheriffs department.
1:33 – We discuss the musical acts at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival as captured by Questlove’s documentary film, Summer of Soul. The soundtrack debuts on January 28. Joining us are Rickey Vincent (@rickeyvincent), author, educator, music scholar, and host of KPFA’s The History of Funk and Davey D Cook (@mrdaveyd), Hip Hop historian and host of KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio.
During this segment we play an early release off the forthcoming Summer of Soul (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, “Sing a Simple Song” performed by Sly and the Family Stone at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.