Caribbean Christmas. With Host Jose Ruiz
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Spend Christmas Eve with KPFA’s Avotjca this Sunday, December 24 from 8:00 pm to Midnight as she hosts Buenanoche, a night filled with Spanish Christmas carols. Traditionally performed in Puerto Rico, Buenanoche is an annual ritual where neighbors go door to door serenading their neighbors with Chrismas carols. Celebrate Christmas Eve Puerto Rican style with this magical … Continued
Exclusive: Wrongly Jailed over a Dream, Newly Free Clarence Moses-EL on Ending His 28-Year Nightmare
Clarence Moses-EL has walked free after 28 years behind bars for a crime he says he didn’t commit. In 1989, Moses-EL, who is African-American, was sentenced to 48 years in prison after a woman said she dreamed he was the man who raped and beat her in the dark. Moses-EL has always maintained his innocence. … Continued
Free Speech Not Allowed? Mall of America Can’t Stop Black Lives Matter Rally over Jamar Clark Death.
Will Sandra Bland Get Justice? Family Speaks Out After Grand Jury Won’t Indict Anyone in Her Death; Free Speech Not Allowed? Mall of America Can’t Stop Black Lives Matter Rally over Jamar Clark Death.
Free Speech Not Allowed? Mall of America Can’t Stop Black Lives Matter Rally over Jamar Clark Death.
Will Sandra Bland Get Justice? Family Speaks Out After Grand Jury Won’t Indict Anyone in Her Death; Free Speech Not Allowed? Mall of America Can’t Stop Black Lives Matter Rally over Jamar Clark Death.
Tribute to Mamacoatl, Silvia Parra
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Tonight’s program is a tribute to the late and dearly beloved poet, musician composer, spiritual leader, healer, feminist, internationalist and activist, Mamacoatl, Silvia Parra. We include her original poems and songs recorded at KPFA, and her historic conversation on the divine feminine with poet laureate Mary Rudge and Nina Serrano in 2010. We also offer an original elegy … Continued
The origin of religion with Prof. Dan Dennett, and the origin of the human mind with Prof. Steve Pinker Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Primatologist Frans de Waal, PhD, author of The Age of Empathy and Primates and Philosophers, discusses what we have to learn about empathy and cooperation from other animals and how humans can develop their own innate capacities to work together. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
With Suzy Kim, Associate Professor of Korean History at Rutgers University and author of the book Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950. About the book: During the founding of North Korea, competing visions of an ideal modern state proliferated. Independence and democracy were touted by all, but plans for the future of North Korea … Continued
We look at Bernie Sanders’ and Hillary Clinton’s proposals–how much do they plan on spending and how much taxing if elected? Then in the second half, an omnibus bill just passed in Congress. It includes provisions about visa waivers for people who have traveled to the Middle East which some organizations are labeling discriminatory. Last, we’ll … Continued