Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Federal health officials approve latest Covid 19 vaccine. Rescue workers in Morocco continue search and recovery after devastating earthquake. Nation pauses to remember 9-11 attacks with on 22nd anniversary of terrorist attack. Atlanta officials reject petition from … Continued
Discussed in this episode: The FDA is poised to issue final approval of a new round of COVID vaccines as soon as today; a CDC advisory committee will issue recommendations on who should get it tomorrow (Tuesday); the new shots could be available as soon as Friday. The vaccine is re-calibrated to target the main … Continued
On today’s show, I’ll speak to Rise-Economy’s Jamie Buell and Kevin Stein about their latest report on the oil and gas industrial complex’s collusion and grift of the COVID 19 Paycheck Protection Program with three of the top U.S. banks. Read more https://rise-economy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Whose-Paycheck-Are-We-Protecting_The-Role-Banks-Played-in-Funding-Climate-Change-Through-the-PPP.pdf
A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Host Miko Lee speaks with the creatives behind San Francisco Chinatown’s 2nd Annual Contemporary Arts Festival – Under the Same Sun: … Continued
TheatreWorks Sililcon Valley Artistic Director Giovanna Sardelli discusses the upcoming season as well as an overview of the state of live theatre both in general and at TheatreWorks specifically.
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) discusses the second half of his career in this interview recorded in 2012 in his townhouse in New York.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Congress faces deadline for government funding bill or risk a federal shutdown. Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty to election tampering. Proud Boys chief Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for … Continued
Discussed in this episode: New results from laboratory testing suggest BA.2.86 (nicknamed “Pirola”) may not be the menace people assessing its genetic sequence initially feared. These studies attach the spike protein from a COVID subvariant onto a harmless pseudovirus, then watch how it interacts with our cells and antibodies in a test tube. The first … Continued
This year, Mothers Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit ” but Guaranteed Income could be the solution. The Magnolia Mothers Trust in Jackson, Mississippi is the first in the country to provide Guaranteed Income of $1000 monthly to low-income families headed … Continued
Martin Amis (1949-2023) discusses his novels “Night Train” and “The Information” in this 1998 interview with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, newly digitized and edited and not aired for over twenty years.
Jacqueline Woodson discusses her novel, “Another Brooklyn” in an interview recorded in September, 2016.
Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Discussed in this episode: The new subvariant B.2.86 (nicknamed “Pirola”) is drawing concern in public health circles because a large quantity of mutations suggest it could be very effective at evading immunity from vaccination or infection from prior strains. It’s already been detected in multiple countries, including the US. A new study in Nature confirms the … Continued
