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Covering the movements, the issues, and the people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang.
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we bring you a story at the intersection of therapy, healing and social justice. We’ll hear about one therapist’s work to bring the lens of radical therapy and community care into her practice. This piece was produced by the podcast Re:Work from the UCLA Labor Center. GUEST: Claudia … Continued
Geoengineering is defined as some emerging technologies that could manipulate the environment and partially offset some of the impacts of climate change. Seems like the perfect solution for a consumerist society that lives on instant gratification and can’t stop polluting even at the risk of our futures, right? Well, let’s slow down. Today we’ll discuss … Continued
For Black Maternal Health Week, we celebrate the important work that Black midwives do in their communities. In this week’s show, we’ll hear a conversation about how one woman followed her calling to midwifery in a story brought to us by the podcast Re:Work from the UCLA Labor Center. GUEST: Kimberly Durdin, licensed midwife and … Continued
Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is perpetrated against a Dalit person. The average age of death for Dalit women is just 39. And the … Continued
On this week’s episode, we speak with Bay Area based comedian Karinda Dobbins about the release of her debut comedy album, Black & Blue. In Black & Blue, Karinda shares personal stories, finding humor in the most ordinary moments of her daily life, including her girlfriend’s arbitrary policy on household pests, the changes hipsters have … Continued
During his first term, Trump stacked the Supreme Court with hard right judges, creating a 6-3 split that led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a stunning ruling in which a human right which was previously granted by law was taken away from the public. This time Trump faces even less resistance and could … Continued
Dr. Flemmie Kittrell was a Black home economist whose research in the field of early childhood education shaped the way we think about child development today. She became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nutrition and contributed immensely to programs like Head Start — even though her name is often left out … Continued
Today’s episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Winter Fund Drive. Paul Reitter and Paul North discuss their translation of Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1, by Karl Marx. To support KPFA’s mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.
Today’s episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Winter Fund Drive. For four days in September of 1971, prisoners revolted, taking over the institution that incarcerated them in upstate New York. By the time the dust settled in Attica, 33 prisoners and 10 guards or staff had … Continued
Today’s episodes of Making Contact and Pushing Limits are preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Winter Fund Drive: David Walker, award-winning comic book writer, filmmaker, journalist, and educator, joins Brian Edwards-Tiekert to discuss Walker’s book The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom. To support our mission, … Continued
