Today on the Show: Is it time to pack the court and take back our democracy from an extreme minority? Also, Flashpoints Senior producer, Kevin Pina, delves into what author Robert Jensen calls an Inconvenient Apocalypse.
Featured Episode
In Conversation with Hip-Hop Artist BAMBU and Poor News Network
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Davey speaks with Hip-Hop artist Bambu about retirement from performing and his future plans. Later Poor News Network examines America’s war on the poor.
UpFront PM – July 14, 2022
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at upfront@kpfa.org.
The Visionary Activist Show – Beauty and Danger as Incentive
We convene, once again, with Political-Spiritual full-Spectrum Guide, Pat Ewing, to continue brewing our election magic council…Because the situation is so dire, we can’t afford the luxury of realism…Viewing so much dangerous, dingy horror, (that we shall delineate, as incentive) tis time to encourage our jaunty defiant Liberating Trickster selves – Let’s get down – … Continued
Susan Faludi discusses her most recent book to date, “In The Darkroom,” in this 2016 interview. Then, a 1997 interview with the late writers’ writer James Salter (1925-2015). Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Erik Baker, a lecture in history at Harvard and author of this piece, takes another look at a recent BtN obsession: post-leftism. And José Sanchez, author of this critique of Afropessimism, looks at the school of thought and its contradictions. photo: via Pixabay
Guest host Eric Jansen talks about the transgender experience with singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a family coach and former foster parent educator on LGBTQ topics. His album “I Am A Man,” release in June, is about his own transition. In our conversation for The Talkies, Lawrence dove deep into emotional and physical details, demystifying the transition … Continued
Democracy Now – July 14, 2022
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
On today’s show: 0:08 – J.W. Mason (@JWMason1), associate professor of economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute joins us to discuss the latest figures on inflation and share his thoughts on the Biden Administration’s response to rising prices. 0:33 – We discuss the Monkeypox … Continued
Democracy Now – July 14, 2022
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.