Tonight’s program features everybody’s favorites­ food, music and a calendar of exciting, meaningful upcoming events! Julieta Kusnir explores Decolonize Your Diet with authors Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel who are life partners; when Luz was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, they both radically changed their diets and began seeking out recipes featuring healthy, … Continued


Tonight’s program is our new year’s gift to you: a concert of our favorite music of the year! It’s a blend of the best. Julieta Kusnir, Vanessa Bohm, Nina Serrano, and Brenda lIlescas each selected their top choices. Enjoy! Please receive our best wishes, Dear Listeners, for the new year!


Tonight’s program is a tribute to the late and dearly beloved poet, musician ­composer, spiritual leader, healer, feminist, internationalist and activist, Mamacoatl, Silvia Parra. We include her original poems and songs recorded at KPFA, and her historic conversation on the divine feminine with poet laureate Mary Rudge and Nina Serrano in 2010. We also offer an original elegy … Continued


Tonight’s program focuses on the inspiring Chicana writer, Sandra Cisneros who brought bus loads of teenagers to their feet, applauding wildly at her KPFA sponsored talk. The dynamic radio producer, Vylma V., who produced the La Raza Chronicle’s News from the Americas, “Noticias Sin Fronteras” hosted this memorable event. We will play excerpts from Sandra … Continued


On this week’s program we include a report from an advocate directly from the Adelante Immigrant Detention Center on the current hunger strikes. We feature interviews and music from this year’s Encuentro del Canto Popular; Soltron y La Mecanica Popular and the music of John Santos. We also share with you holiday mariachi music and … Continued


Tonight’s program includes a conversation focused on restorative justice with a formerly incarcerated prisoner; the newest poem by Jorge Argueta about keeping the culture of Mission district alive in the face of evictions and gentrification, and he also discusses his newest children’s bilingual book, “Olita y Manyula, The Big Birthday/ El gran cumpleanos”; and a chance to win … Continued


Tonight’s program features: the newly released music album of Nicaragua’s hottest new band LA CUNETA SON MACHIN, “Mondongo” and an interview with the musicians by Vanessa Bohm; Greg Landau talks about about an upcoming December 2015 tour to Cuba to enjoy the Havana Jazz Festival for Bay Area listeners; Nelson Valdez, Cuban­ American historian tells … Continued