Art Spiegelman discusses MAUS and the role of comics in education in this 2000 interview with the late Richard A. Lupoff. Honoring Black History Month: A 1983 interview with the late Octavia Butler, with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Plus: Reviews of “Freestyle Love Supreme” at ACT’s Geary Theater and “Swept Away” at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theater. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.


Talkies

John Nichols! Town Crier!

Brilliant political commentator, eloquent writer John Nichols has a new book: Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers—John wants accountability, for the hundreds of thousands of lives needlessly lost to COVID.  PLUS: Raymond Nat Turner, poet.  Hosted by Kris Welch.


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – January 24, 2022

US puts 8,500 troops on alert for possibility of Russian invasion of Ukraine. Supreme Court to hear arguments against racial considerations in college admissions. San Jose poised to pass first-of-its-kind gun ownership liability insurance and fees. California lawmaker introduces bill to require school attendance Coronavirus vaccine requirement.  


We speak with R&B experimentalist and Jazz artist Georgia Anne Muldrow about honoring her parent’s musical legacy, life during COVID and creating art.  Yoshi’s event with Georgia Anne Muldrow this Tuesday, Jan. 25th @8pm: https://yoshis.com/events/buy-tickets/georgia-anne-muldrow-overload/detail