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00:08 – Primary election results from Ohio, Michigan, Kansas and Missouri. John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) Washington correspondent with the Nation Magazine, joins us with analysis and races to watch out for. 00:20 – CalFire update: the Mendocino Complex fires are now the largest fire in California history. Jonathan Cox a Battalion Chief of the Northern Region with CalFire … Continued
7:08 – The court ruled the US government is responsible for the reunification of families at the border, but so far US authorities are rejecting responsibility. What’s happening now? We’re joined by Denise Bell, a researcher for refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International USA. Cathleen Caron (@CathleenCaron) is the Executive Director of Justice in Motion, dedicated to defending … Continued
7:35 Anniversary of the United States dropping the Hiroshima bomb on Japan. KPFA’s Carla West [@carlacwest] reports live from the March for Nuclear Abolition and Global Survival at the Lawerence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory. Protesters gathered at Livermore Lab to demand a stop the creation of new and “more usable” nuclear weapons proposed by President Trump in his Nuclear Posture … Continued
Thank you so much for supporting community radio this Summer Fund Drive. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732 and receive a copy of the following works. First hour – Alan Watts was one of the first to interpret Eastern wisdom for a Western audience. He is the author of many books, including The Wisdom … Continued
Thank you so much for supporting community radio this Summer Fund Drive. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732 and receive a copy of the following books: 7:08 – Fund Drive Premium: Obi Kaufmann (@Obikaufmann) is an artist, naturalist, creator of Coyote and Thunder blog, and author of The California Field Atlas. $240 for The California Field Atlas 8:08 … Continued
Thank you so much for supporting community radio this Summer Fund Drive. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732 and receive a copy of the following books: 7am – Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) is an award-winning peace activist, co-founder of Code Pink (@codepink) and Global Exchange, and author of many books. In 2012 she was awarded the U.S. Peace … Continued
Thank you so much for supporting community radio this Summer Fund Drive. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732 and receive a copy of the following DVDs. 7am – Bananas are everywhere: Americans eat nearly 10 billion of them per year, consuming more pounds of bananas than apples and oranges combined. When Banana Ruled (2018) tells … Continued
Thank you so much for supporting community radio this Summer Fund Drive. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732 and receive KPFA’s Emergency Preparedness kit here. 7am – Breaking update on the Carr Fire and Mendocino complex fires Gary Ferguson (@GaryAFerguson) is an award-winning author and speaker focused on ecology and conservation. He’s the author of Land on … Continued
It’s that time of year again, Summer Fund Drive – thank you so much for supporting community radio! This show features premiums offered as thank you gifts for your generous donation to support our work on UpFront, KPFA and Pacifica Radio. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732. 7:08 Fund Drive Premium: International … Continued
It’s that time of year again, Summer Fund Drive – thank you so much for supporting community radio! This show features premiums offered as thank you gifts for your generous donation to support our work on UpFront, KPFA and Pacifica Radio. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732. 7 am – Fund Drive … Continued
