Special Broadcast
Father Figures – March 10, 2012
This weeks Father Figures include Dave Zirin, sports columnist for The Nation; sports commentator and host of PRI’s The Takewaway Ibrahim Abdul-Matin; hiphop journalist and sociology professor Oliver Wang; and Bakari Kitwana, Executive Director of Rap Sessions. Musician and 10 time Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello is our Token Mom. SHOPTALK topics include the importance of … Continued
Open Book – March 9, 2012
Boxcar Theatre is running four Sam Shepard plays in repertory: Buried Child, True West, Lie of the Mind and Fool for Love. The Artistic Director of the company, Nick Olivero, talks about the plays and about the history of Boxcar with host Richard Wolinsky. For more information on Boxcar, go to www.boxcartheatre.org An extended version … Continued
Fukushima: One year later – March 9, 2012
Terra Verde reflects on the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, and examines the state of nuclear safety in California with Rochelle Becker of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility and veteran energy policy expert John Geesman.
Art Lande Performs Live – March 8, 2012
Pianist Art Lande, a mainstay of the Bay Area jazz scene in the 1970s and ’80s (and a resident of Boulder, CO, since 1987), is teaching this semester at the Jazz School in Berkeley. On Saturday, March 10, he performs a special duo set with reed virtuoso Paul McCandless (of the band Oregon) as part … Continued
Bookwaves – March 8, 2012
On International Women’s Day, an interview with Thrity Umrigar, whose new novel, “The World We Found” details the lives of four women in India and America and their friendship over thirty years. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.