As the San Francisco International Film Society celebrates their 50th year of having their annunal festivals, we are taking a retrospective look at the S.F. International Film Festival by showcasing interviews that have been part of the festivals. Today we listen to interviews that took place in front of a live interview, with Jack Nicholson … Continued
KPFA marks International Workers’ Memorial Day. From truckers to bikers, laborers to belly dancers, we’ll bring you the voices of workers who’ve been hurt on the job, telling stories of what happened to them, and what they had to go through to get care.
As the San Francisco Film Festival celebrates their 50th year, and as we celebrate KPFA’s 58th birthday, we bring you archival interviews and speeches from our archives.
We celebrate our 58th anniversary with a presentation from The Pacifica Radio Archives as we also salute Kurt Vonnegut by presenting a talk by Vonnegut in 1970 to New York University students. We also present an excerpt of Slaughterhouse Five as read by actor Donald Southerland in 1970. Kurt Vonnegut was born November 11, 1922 … Continued
KPFA airs live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ testimony in front of the US Senate. With Larry Bensky and guest experts.
KPFA airs live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ testimony in front of the US Senate. With Larry Bensky and guest experts.
KPFA airs live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ testimony in front of the US Senate. With Larry Bensky and guest experts.
KPFA airs a special broadcast on gun violence, in the wake of the largest shooting in US history at Virginia Tech, hosted by Larry Bensky. (The Gonzales Senate Hearing has been postponed.)
Organizers are calling Step it Up 2007 the largest day of action on global warming in the history of the United States. In New York, participants will outline a new high tide mark with their bodies. In Berkeley, they’ll have a bicycle rally. In San Francisco, a clean-car expo. And when the dust settles, they’ll … Continued
In this last episode, titled "The Future of California Farmworkers," producer Rachel Ann Goodman asks what does it mean that the vast majority of California farm workers are illegal immigrants? As border control efforts close off the pipeline for workers, who grows the crops? Will a guest worker program be any different from the Bracero … Continued
