Flashpoints

Flashpoints – September 11, 2008

On the seventh anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we’ll speak to David Ray Griffin, the leading expert and researcher on the attacks and the subsequent coverup; Bonnie Faulkner of Guns and Butter co-hosts this important special; and we’ll report on the ongoing 9-11 film festival extravaganza at … Continued


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – September 11, 2008

911, missing money, market manipulation (Enron, Fannie and Freddie) and the greening of local economies. Seven year anniversaries are times of structurally implementing lessons from the initiatory event.May it be so! To animate this possibility: Caroline welcomes back Catherine Austin Fitts, former Assistant Secretary of Housing and investment advisor, so that we may inhale our … Continued


The Morning Show

The Morning Show – September 10, 2008

The Morning Show looks at the Palen Phenomena with Laura Flanders, host of grittv.org. And author of "Bush Women: Tales of a Cynical Species." Then David Bacon, labor correspondent, analyzes the ICE raid in Mississippi. In the second the Tree Sitters at UCB come down and Haiti tries to recover from two hurricanes. Wrapping up … Continued


The Morning Show

The Morning Show – September 9, 2008

The Morning Show continues coverage of the California Budget Stand Off with Assembly member John Laird, who represents the 27th Assembly District, which includes parts of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Santa Clara Counties, and is Chair of the State Budget Committee. Followed by John Zogby, author of "The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on … Continued


Making Contact

Making Contact – September 5, 2008

For Us, By Us. Health Care after Katrina Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, ranks among the costliest disasters in lost human lives and destroyed property in U.S. history. And while a full three years have passed since the storm, New Orleans and the surrounding region are still in a state … Continued


The Hear and Now

The Hear & Now – September 4, 2008

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Derk Richardson hosts a special three-hour edition of the Hear & Now, programming music to follow up on KPFA’s special UNconventional coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions – from politics to folk, pop, jazz and beyond.