CounterSpin

Counterspin – May 6, 2011

Counterspin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media may have missed in their own coverage. Combines lively discussion and thoughtful critique. Produced by the national media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting).


Special Broadcast

National Day of Action – March 19, 2011

On the 8th Anniversary of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, many organizations coordinated by the ANSWER Coalition will hold a march and rally from UN Plaza in San Francisco. KPFA will cover the event in a joint production of Flashpoints, La Onda Bajita and Voices of the Mideast and North Africa and Hard … Continued


Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – March 15, 2011

“This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids”: Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen on Japan’s Growing Nuclear Crisis; Vermont Gov. Fights to Close Vermont Yankee, One of 23 U.S. Nuclear Power Facilities Nearly Identical to Failed Japanese Plant; “Get the Children Away from the Reactors”: Japan Urged to Expand Evacuation Area Around Nuclear Plants as Leaking Radiation Spreads; … Continued


Democracy Now

Democracy Now! – March 15, 2011

“This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids”: Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen on Japan’s Growing Nuclear Crisis; Vermont Gov. Fights to Close Vermont Yankee, One of 23 U.S. Nuclear Power Facilities Nearly Identical to Failed Japanese Plant; “Get the Children Away from the Reactors”: Japan Urged to Expand Evacuation Area Around Nuclear Plants as Leaking Radiation Spreads; … Continued


Womens Magazine

Women’s Magazine – March 14, 2011

The financial difficulties threatening  the future of the largest lesbian cultural event, the San Francisco Dyke March.  And we talk to the amazing artist Meshell Ndegeocello, one of the first African American queer musicians to make it to the mainstream.  MeShell has been nominated for ten Grammys and has performed with artists such as: the … Continued


The History Of Funk

The History Of Funk – March 11, 2011 at 10:00pm

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Adam Shaw and Don     Adam joins me to mix this tribute to a single artist, The Weatherman. With fully explained, on-the-air technical difficulties, we hook up with The Weatherman in Washington state via his computer there, plus his own self live on our phone. We cover a whole lot of Weatherman works, early and late, … Continued