Featuring veterans: Andrew Bacevich on the Forever War After 9/11 Roy Scranton, talking about The Age of the Anthropocene Oliver Stone, filmmaker, his latest film Snowden.
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Today we hear excerpts from a talk by Alan Watts on the influx of Eastern philosophy into the American consciousness. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to … Continued
An update on the North Dakota Standing Rock Sioux demonstration against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Guest: Ladonna Brave Bull Allard, North Dakota Standing Rock Sioux tribal historian. John Hamilton, Democracy Now! producer and former anchor with Pacifica Evening News/KPFA. Premium: The Doctrine of Discobery: Unmasking The Domination Code. This powerful and landmark documentary is a result of the collaborative … Continued
Mitch Jesrich interviewed Fred Bransfman, American anti-war activist and author of a number of books about the Indochina War. Bransfman exposed the covert bombing of Laos by the US in the sixties and seventies, which he claimed was directed at civilians.
Studs Terkel, historian, actor, and broadcaster. Terkel was acclaimed for his efforts to preserve American oral history. His 1985 book “The Good War”: An Oral History of World War Two, which detailed ordinary peoples’ accounts of the country’s involvement in World War II, won the Pulitzer Prize. For Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression, … Continued
With Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC). Kiswani talks to Mitch Jeserich about the bill AB2844 and the protest against the Urban Shields conference. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement) is a global campaign attempting to increase economic and political pressure on Israel to end Israel’s occupation and colonization of Palestinian … Continued
Belle La Follete: Progressive Era Reformer. And Bravehearts: Whistle Blowing in the Age of Snowden
With Nancy Unger, professor of history at Santa Clara University and author of the book Belle La Follete: Progressive Era Reformer. About the Book: In 1931, the New York Times hailed Belle Case La Follette as “probably the least known yet most influential of all the American women who have had to do with public … Continued
With Steve Silberman, an editor and contributor at Wired for over 14 years, whose 2015 book Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, won the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. About the book: What is autism? A lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of … Continued
Today we talk to Christopher Martinez, Capitol Correspondent for Pacifica’s KPFA News. Martinez give us an update on the current bills seating in Governor Jerry Brown’s desk waiting for action. And A Round Table Discussion on Immigration Guest Davonte Jackson, Black Alliance for Just Immigration. Cathi Tactaquin, Executive Director and co-founder of the National; Network for Immigrants … Continued
With James Green, professor of Latin American History, director of Brown’s Brazil Initiative, Distinguished Visiting Professor (Professor Amit) at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the Executive Director of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA). And National Day of Prison Strikes Tio Brooke, member of the Oakland Chapter of Incarcerated Organizing Committee.