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On today’s show, Salima Hamirani talks to André Spicer about a new trend where companies microchip their employees, putting a small radio device under their skin. Then, David George Haskell joins us to talk about his new book The Song of Trees, in which he uses music of the forest to investigate the intimate networks … Continued
On today’s show, hosts Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks talk about diversity at Google, and in tech more broadly – and take your calls. Google is the midst of a blow-up over an internal memo circulated by one of its engineers suggesting the reason so few women work there might have something to do with … Continued
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On the first half of today’s show, South African president Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote. We discuss why, as well as the potential impacts on the country. Plus: the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, with North Korea threatening retaliation against the United States over a new round of sanctions that was voted through unanimously … Continued
To kick off the week, Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks talk current events and what’s happening in the world with Mitch Jeserich. Then, a conversation with Joshua Holland (contributor to The Nation and Rolling Stone and the host of Politics and Reality Radio) about why transitioning to a single payer system could prove to be more difficult … Continued
Featuring “Polishing The Mirror” by Ram Dass on today’s Up Front. It’s the last day of KPFA’s Summer Fund Drive, please support KPFA so we can continue to showcase independent voices, who speak truth to power. Thank you! You can get Ram Dass’ Polishing The Mirror audiobook as a thank you gift for donating today and … Continued
On today’s show, hosts Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert play segments from two of our fund drive premiums, which are available as thank-you gifts for supporting KPFA. First, we hear clips from James Baldwin’s revolutionary documentary, I Am Not Your Negro. The film covers the history of racism and the civil rights movement in the United States, … Continued
Host Brian Edwards-Tiekert kicks off the morning with a new talk from Paul Hawken, presenting his book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reduce Global Warming. Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur and activist, as well as the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, a non-profit dedicated to finding and researching the best technological, social, … Continued
On today’s episode, hosts Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks replay excerpts from a talk with Melvin A. Goodman, in conversation with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Dan Ellsberg. Goodman is a former CIA analyst and author of the new book Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider’s Account of the Politics of Intelligence, which details his time inside … Continued
Today we play clips from one of host Cat Brooks’ favorite speeches: Malcolm X’s “The Ballot or the Bullet.” The speech was delivered in 1964 and outlines Malcolm X’s belief that to gain full equality, blacks would need to take up arms in addition to exercising their rights at the ballot box, and holds particular relevance … Continued
