CalMatters! Hiphop Fest! Town Crier
We catch up with CalMatters. PLUS: the 23rd annual SF International HipHop Dance Fest! PLUS: the Town Crier, poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Talkies
11:00 AM 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.
Talkies – November 3, 2021
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Ray Suarez: Going for Broke
Long-time, award-winning journalist and public broadcaster Ray Suarez turns his attention and serious chops to those left out of mainstream news: the working poor. Hosted by Kris Welch.
POWER!
Evolutionary biologists talk of the ‘maximum power principle’: that the human species’ thirst for “power over” is nearly genetic. How are we then to voluntarily reduce our power in order to save the planet? Richard Heinberg offers some guidelines. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Talkies – October 26, 2021
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Mental health= organizing! Great Khan! Town Crier!
Anxiety and depression are abroad in the land these days, but Dr. Meghan Krausch says activism keeps hope alive. PLUS: a new play by SF Mime troupe actor/director/writer Michael Gene Sullivan, on the African American experience. PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Sinema, Afghanistan, JFK, Facebook, Utopia!
What do Kirsten Sinema, JFK, Afghanistan, Facebook and Uptopia have in common? They are all topics of interest for Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for the Nation magazine.Hosted by Kris Welch.
Night-of-the-Living-Dead GOP! American Madness!
Go ‘head and holler at Manchin and Sinema, but don’t let the GOP off the hook, says investigative journalist and general rabble-rouser Harvey Wasserman. PLUS: a book and a doc, about how conspiracy theorists have hijacked America. Hosted by Kris Welch.
CalMatters! The Town Crier!
Fires, COVID, Newsom—all things California, with CalMatters newsletter editor Emily Hoeven. Hang on! PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
World War III????
The increasing tensions between the U.S. and China (Taiwan, Uighers, HongKing, Wuhan, etc.!) are giving rise to fears of the worst case scenario: some minor mistake could lead to World War III. Arms and China expert Michael Klare explains. Hosted by Kris Welch.