Living Room Special – The Trap
The Trap looks at the free market system run amok. With your host Kris Welch.
The Talkies
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.
Living Room – May Day demos; swine flu; Durban 2.
On International Workers Day, demonstrations across the country for human rights, immigrant rights. Plus: swine flu, or NAFTA flu? Mike Davis opines. PLUS: a report-back from the UN conference on racism. With host Kris Welch, noon to one. guests: May First Organizing Committee, UCB Mike Davis, social commentator, urban theorist, activist, author (City of Quartz, … Continued
Living Room – Voting Rights challenged; the first 100 days; American Violet.
The US Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the Voting Rights Act, in a case that will have enormous implications for minority voters. Plus: racial injustice in Texas goes to Hollywood. PLUS: Obama's first 100 days—good or bad? You do the voting. With host Kris Welch, noon to one. guests: Lachlan McDonald, dir. Voting … Continued
Living Room – People’s Park; South African elections; AIDS activism in South Africa.
Control of the parliament, and the future of the constitution, may still be up for grabs in South Africa's election. We hear what's at stake, for whom. PLUS: a remarkable woman who has devoted her life to sufferers of AIDs in her homeland, South Africa. With host Kris Welch, noon to one. guests: Andrew Feinstein, … Continued
Living Room – Walden Bello; Sulak Sivaraksa.
The global crisis of capitalism: a U2 headed for the bottom? That's what our guest has called it. PLUS: Sulak Sivaraksa, Thai Buddhist activist and teacher, on the recent mass protests in Bangkok, and revolutionary non-violence. With host Kris Welch, noon to one. Guests: Walden Bello, sr. analyst Focus on the Global South, prof. sociology … Continued
Living Room – Obama’s challenge in Latin America; Firesign Theater
Cuba, Venezuela, NAFTA, drugs, bio-fuels: just a few things on the Obama agenda at the Summit of the Americas, starting today. We get an analysis. PLUS: radio theater loonies Firesign Theater, with a reunion gig in Monterey. With host Kris Welch, noon to one p.m. guests: Firesign Theater (David Ossman, Phil Proctor, Peter Bergman, Phil … Continued
Over the Edge – “How Radio Was Done” Part 104
We here begin the next and final year in this radio history, inaugurating 1989 by delving into the radio jingle/station ID productions of Century 21 and other companies producing radio promos. The corporate sound takes over. The Exxon Valdese spills it’s guts, England compiles it’s top 40, The World Series San Francisco earthquake, odd DJs … Continued