Flashpoints – December 30, 2021
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
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A Look Back at 2021 News, Politics & Culture – Part Three
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We continue are roundtable discussion of around a look back of 2021. We assembled journalists, activists, and organizers from all over the country to have an in-depth discussion about things that transpired in 2021 and what to expect in 2022. Our guests include Eric K. Arnold of Oaklandside, Nora Barrows-Friedman of The Electronic Intifada, Tim … Continued
UpFront PM – December 30, 2021
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: Jerome McGeorge & Heather Roan Robbins
Magi- arriving! Here to re-animate January 6th, Epiphany, when the Magi arrive, to honor the passing year, and look to the collaborative cahooting available in 2022, Caroline welcomes 2 favorite astro*mytho co-cahooters, Jerome McGeorge, and Heather Roan Robbins. Astro*mytho Wizard Ally Jerome McGeorge, Agent of Green Man: longtime organic*bioregional farmer, founding member of Coulee … Continued
Stephen Sondheim (1930 – November 26, 2021) in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in San Francisco, November 6, 2010. This interview has not aired since its original broadcast. Also, review of “The Woman in Black,” the original London production, at ACT’s Strand Theater through January 16, 2022.
Does Christopher Hitchens still matter, and how the death drive explains things.
Ben Burgis, author of a new book on Christopher Hitchens, on how he still matters and why. And Patrick Blanchfield, author of this article, on how Freud’s concept of the death drive explains so much.
Talkies – December 30, 2021
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: David M. Henkin is the Margaret Byrne Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley and author of The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are.
Democracy Now – December 30, 2021
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
0:19 Alec MacGillis is a senior reporter at Propublica just out with a new book that uses the story of one company to tell the story of an entire country coming apart at the seams — it’s called Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America 1:08 A new audio documentary from KPFA’s Sam Anderson on the clash … Continued