APEX Express

APEX Express – March 13, 2014

Three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster started thousands of Japanese take to the street demanding an end to nuclear power. On this week’s show, we’ll go to Japan where the Fukushima plant continues to spew tons of radioactive water. Then we’ll head back to the Bay where the Center for Asian American media presents … Continued


March 2014 LSB Meeting Records

[Approved] KPFA Local Station Board Regular in-person meeting, March 8, 2014, 11am-4pm SEIU Local 1021 100 Oak St., Oakland, CA Note: An audio archive of this meeting is available at www.kpftx.org/archive.php Present: Craig Alderson, Tina Bachemin, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Paula Erkkila*, José Luis Fuentes*, David Gans, Donald Goldmacher, Cynthia Johnson*, Janet Kobren, Joy Moore, Andrea Prichett, … Continued


The History Of Funk

The History Of Funk – February 28, 2014 at 10:00pm

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This music filled edition focuses on two San Francisco/Berkeley groups, Buffalo Springfield and Country Joe And The Fish, along with a little history of Berkeley in the 60s. We cover almost all the music they made, much of it in alternate and unreleased versions. 3 Hours.


APEX Express

APEX Express – February 6, 2014

Tonight we’ll be looking at Islamophobia in America — from vandalism of a Sacramento mosque to a recent federal court decision that finds “no-fly lists” are creating second class citizens. We’ll also speak with an editor and contributor of Salaam Love, a new anthology of Muslim American Men on love, sex and intimacy. And it’s … Continued


Pushing Limits

Integrating a New Disability

Brooke was doing well, living with her multiple personality disorder. It had been a long road, but she was comfortable and able to spend more hours at work than ever before.  Then she had a stroke. Theodore “Teddy” Berman was in middle school when his life-long aversion to cookies and cake became excruciating stomach aches … Continued


Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – January 15, 2014

Shock Doctrine in Japan: Shinzo Abe’s Rightward Shift to Militarism, Secrecy in Fukushima’s Wake; From Atomic Bombings to Fukushima, Japan Pursues a Nuclear Future Despite a Devastating Past; For Fukushima’s Displaced, a Struggle to Recover Lives Torn Apart by Nuclear Disaster. HeadlinesJanuary 15, 2014     White House Panel Refutes NSA Claims    NSA Using Radio Waves … Continued


Democracy Now 6am

Democracy Now! – January 15, 2014

Shock Doctrine in Japan: Shinzo Abe’s Rightward Shift to Militarism, Secrecy in Fukushima’s Wake; From Atomic Bombings to Fukushima, Japan Pursues a Nuclear Future Despite a Devastating Past; For Fukushima’s Displaced, a Struggle to Recover Lives Torn Apart by Nuclear Disaster. HeadlinesJanuary 15, 2014     White House Panel Refutes NSA Claims    NSA Using Radio Waves … Continued