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0:08 – Brexit: Corbyn announces vote of No Confidence in Theresa May Alex Dean (@AlexDean94) is a political correspondent with the Prospect Magazine (@prospect_uk) in the UK, covering Brexit. 0:34 – George Lakey is an activist, sociologist, and writer who added academic underpinning to the concept of nonviolent revolution. He also refined the practice of experiential training for … Continued
0:08 – Brexit: Corbyn announces vote of No Confidence in Theresa May *We apologize for the technical failures today during our 7:08am segment. Please join us tomorrow morning for an update on Brexit. 0:34 – The US Senate releases Russian influence reports detailing online campaign to sway the 2016 elections. Joining us to explain how, is April … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: analysis and commentary behind the headlines We mourn the loss of Emmit Powell, who passed away last week. His Saturday morning gospel program, the Gospel Experience was a Bay Area treasure. We will update listeners on a memorial when we know more. 7:35 – The ‘Yellow vests’ protests reach sixth … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special – The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Investigative journalist Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) presents an updated version of this film – When Donald Trump said, “This election is rigged”—he should know. His buddies rigged it. Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast busted Jeb Bush for stealing the 2000 election by purging Black voters from … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special – The California Field Atlas Obi Kaufmann (@Obikaufmann) is an artist, naturalist and author of The California Field Atlas. 1:08 – Fund Drive Special – This Immeasurable Place Blake Spalding (@blakerspalding) is a chef and co-owner of Hell’s Backbone Grill in Bolder, a Buddhist principled, farm-to-table restaurant in the heart of Mormon country in Utah. She and her … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special – This Immeasurable Place Blake Spalding (@blakerspalding) is a chef and co-owner of Hell’s Backbone Grill in Bolder, a Buddhist principled, farm-to-table restaurant in the heart of Mormon country in Utah. She and her partner, a co-owner Jennifer Castle are part of a lawsuit against the Trump Administration as part of their fight … Continued
0:08 – KPFA News: Caught Between Lives: Migrants in Limbo on US-Mexico Border Thousands of Central American migrants arriving from the caravan wait for next steps in Tijuana, Mexico. Critics say the US delaying in processing asylum requests has created a bottleneck at the border. All this is taking place against the backdrop of a … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: discussion of the latest developments in the Mueller investigation, sentencing of Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort this week, and what it means for the Trump presidency. 0:34 – Fund Drive Special: The Dubious Friends of Donald J Trump The Dubious Friends of Donald J Trump is a ground-breaking Dutch documentary first released in … Continued
KPFA’s Winter Fund Drive is here! Thank you, as always, for supporting community radio. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732 and receive the following collections and thank you gifts. 0:08 – Fund Drive Special: The Long Shadow Of all the divisions in America, none is as insidious and destructive as racism. In this powerful documentary, The Long Shadow the … Continued
0:08 – Richard Walker is a professor emeritus of geography at the University of California at Berkeley, where he taught from 1975 to 2012. He’s written dozens of articles and books on a diverse range of economic, urban, and environmental geography. His latest book is Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and The Dark Side of … Continued
