Our World As We See It – June 7, 2023
A weekly talk show produced by Oakland School for the Arts high school broadcast students, Our World As We See It will focus on local and world issues giving a fresh youthful perspective on how to create change.
Featured Episode
More than Just the 60’s – East Bay Yesterday – June 7, 2023
The Bay Area’s status as a rock & roll mecca may have peaked during the psychedelic sixties, but the party didn’t stop after the hippies took the flowers out of their hair. Following the height of the Haight-Ashbury scene, a wild diversity of styles and iconic performers continued to emerge from this region’s clubs, cafes, … Continued
As the world rushes headlong into the climate emergency, what might a liberatory approach look like, that would avert ecological disaster while making another world possible? Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese have laid out one vision for eco-socialism that takes on the difficult question of how to plan society in a radically different way. (Encore … Continued
On this episode, we present audio from the recent mass protest and public denunciation of the “Cop City” project in Atlanta at Atlanta City Hall and a recent talk from the authors of the new book, “States of Incarceration,” which looks at the abolitionist current in aftermath of the George Floyd uprising. photo via: Jean … Continued
Money, Power, & Murder: The Beginnings of Stanford University
Guest: Richard White is Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Stanford University. He is the author of Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University.
Democracy Now 9am – June 7, 2023
On Today’s Show: A National State of Emergency: Human Rights Campaign Sounds the Alarm over Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in U.S. Cornel West on Running for President, Ending Ukraine War & Taking on “Corporate Duopoly” of Dems & GOP
Special Focus: Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls Across the US
On today’s show, we bring a deep dive special focus into the crisis of missing and murdered Black women and girls in the US. We start in Oakland, in conversation with Selena Wilson, the executive director of the East Oakland Youth Development Center, whose mission is to develop the social and leadership capacities of youth … Continued
0:08 — Shaun Burnie is a senior nuclear specialist with Greenpeace. 0:17 — State Senator Nancy Skinner represents District 09 0:34 — Vernon Dailey, Street Spirit Vendor. 0:42 — Alastair Boone, editor in chief of Street Spirit, which was published by Youth Spirit Artworks.
Democracy Now 6am – June 7, 2023
On Today’s Show: A National State of Emergency: Human Rights Campaign Sounds the Alarm over Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in U.S. Cornel West on Running for President, Ending Ukraine War & Taking on “Corporate Duopoly” of Dems & GOP
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – June 7, 2023
We begin with the blowing up of the Nova Kakhovka dam presumably by the Russians which has caused catastrophic flooding and environmental damage downstream making it unlikely that a Ukrainian military attack from the south into Crimea could be launched until the flood waters recede and the ground dries. Joining us is Dr. Sasha Dovzhyk, a … Continued