12:00 PM Pacific Time: Fridays
What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Naomi Shihab Nye, award winning Palestinian-American poet, children’s book author, her upcoming event "An Evening with Palestinian Poets" is a production of Middle East Children’s Alliance. Micah May, co-founder of Just Democracy, on plans to organize 2000+ law students to go to polling places. Perry Lang, Senior Legislative Representative, People for the American Way Foundation, … Continued
The gender gap is a big factor in elections. But perhaps the biggest electoral factor is femiphobia: men’s fear of the feminine, including in themselves. Stephen Ducat ("The Wimp Factor: gender gaps, holy wars and the politics of anxious masculinity") joins host Kris Welch, noon to one.
Are you worried, anxious, uneasy, distraught? Are the polls, the headlines, the deaths, the smog getting you down? Well, me too! I’m looking for reassurance and reinvigoration, from Marc Huestis ("Way Cool: RNC as not seen on TV, at the Roxie 9/19 at noon, 415-863-0611), Kelly Duane ("Monumental: David Brower’s fight for wild America", at … Continued
Media Benjamin of Code Pink talks about being arrested on the floor of the Rebuplican National Convention; Meijing Ho of Siafu, a multiracial contingent of Bay Area community organizers, also arrested. The Healing Power of Art conference at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – www.yerbabuenaarts.org: A conference for anyone seeking to experience renewal and … Continued
Paul Rogat Loeb has made a career out of writing about courage and conscience. We’ll hear how he feels after four days of Republican weltanshauung (worldview). Plus a brazen 1980 political murder comes to trial today—in Fresno. With host Kris Welch, noon to one.
A report back from Haiti, and a slew of brand new films all about 9-11, the presidency, and the war in Iraq. Guests Jahahara Alkebulan Ma’at, American Friends Service Committee; Judith Scherr, journalist, former Berkeley Daily Planet editor, just back from Haiti; Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; Robert … Continued
The future may seem dark, as the grave—or as the womb! Danger and possibility are sisters, says author Rebecca Solnit. With host Kris Welch, noon to one.
Jeremy Rifkin talks about the Europian Union and his new book The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream.
Venezuela, the recall outcome and its meaning on the ground and regionally, with Fernando Vasquez, KPFK News Director, and Lisa Sullivan, a lay missioner in Venezuela. Don Foster guest hosts.
Frances Moore Lappe in the Bay Area with her new book You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear. She’ll be taking your phone calls. with host Kris Welch, noon to one.
