Podcasts about kpfa

Deranged “edits” segue into a cascade of echoing glossolaliac madness, the voicing of lyric ruminations from the free-falling brains of disintegrating personalities. The post Puzzling Evidence – August 29, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air, consisting of found sound of many kinds and from many sources, old and new, put together on the run as the continuous audio collage continues. The post Over the Edge – August 29, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

  Guest: Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic:The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory. Claudio Saunt is the Richard B. Russell Professor in American History at the University of Georgia.     The post Dispossession: The Indian Removal Act of 1830 appeared first on KPFA.

  Hell Cat! Caroline welcomes the return of indefatigable Diane Wilson, 4th generation fisherwoman, original effective, deliberate “Unreasonable Woman.” “Wilson previously won a landmark settlement in 2019 from her lawsuit against Formosa Plastics over plastic pollution in the Matagorda Bay system. Runoff from the proposed Exxon plant would drain into the same waterways, like Cox Creek, that are part of a multi-million-dollar cleanup effort funded by the settlement. In her new lawsuit, which was filed in Calhoun County District Court, Wilson alleged numerous violations of public notice requirements.” – Inside Climate News Hellcat: The True Story of an Unreasonable Texas Waterkeeper [Vimeo] PDF: San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper Challenges Four New Nuclear Reactors and Forever Radioactive Waste in Calhoun County   *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* · www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com · The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon The post The Visionary Activist Show – Hell Cat! An Unreasonable Woman & Waterkeeper appeared first on KPFA.

Sam Tanenhaus, author of Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that Changed America, on Bill, his thought, and his influence The post Bill Buckley: his life and thought appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Angela C. Sutton is an Assistant research professor at Vanderbilt University, where she has taught Seapower in History, the Golden Age of Piracy, and Comparative Slavery. She is the author of Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution. The post The Pirates That Halted The Slave Trade appeared first on KPFA.

Classrooms are places where teaching happens. What if they were also places of healing and justice-seeking? Tessa Hicks Peterson describes educational approaches that foster well-being, empowerment, and critical thinking. She also emphasizes the need for trauma-informed pedagogical practices. Tessa Hicks Peterson, Liberating the Classroom: Healing and Justice in Higher Education Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025 The post Healing Higher Ed appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show we return to Haiti and yet another clandestine interview from the heart of its gang occupied capital to discuss the reasons behind their stalemate with the Haitian police   Then we turn our attention to Trump's gunboat diplomacy in Venezuela where the government is reported to have mobilized 4.5 million citizens into militias to defend its territory. Finally, we revisit a segment by Flashpoints executive producer Dennis Bernstein, Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing that Galvanized New York City The post Haiti Update With Clandestine Interview From The Heart of It's Gang Occupied Capital appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez is a reporter for KFF Health News at the rural health desk and is based in Elko, Nevada. 00:33 — John Nichols is Executive Editor for the Nation. The post Medicaid Work Requirement Changes Compromise Native American Communities' Healthcare Coverage; Plus, Trump's Four New Executive Orders appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Political map of Israel-Palestine by Zamand Karim Congressmember Lateefah Simon tells Pacifica about use of military in cities; UN Security Council members – except US – sign statement recognizing man-made famine in Gaza; Jewish Voices for Peace floods the offices of Senators Padilla, Schiff demanding end to famine and genocide in Gaza; Largest Muslim civil rights group calls UC Berkeley hostile to Palestinian rights, anti-war activists; Grand Jury refuses to indict man for assault by throwing sandwich at Customs & Border Patrol agent; Alligator Alcatraz likely to be empty in days, after holding as many as 1,000 detainees earlier; FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines, but puts new restrictions on who can get them   The post UN Security Council members – except US – sign statement recognizing famine in Gaza; Jewish Voices for Peace floods Senators Padilla, Schiff offices demanding end to genocide in Gaza – August 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Gaza Doctor Says Israel's Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital “Crosses All Red Lines” DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His Attempt to Fire Her Katrina Declaration: FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – August 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

As the redistricting battles in California and Texas move forward, we speak with Los Angeles-based journalist Gustavo Arellano.  He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the former editor of Orange County's alternative weekly OC Weekly. You can read his most recent column In Texas and California redistricting battles, Latino voters hold the key.  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-25/in-texas-and-california-redistricting-battles-latinos-hold-the-key — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post LA Times' Gustavo Arellano on California and Texas Redistricting Battles appeared first on KPFA.

Join us to learn about Japanese Education with Dr. David Blake Willis. Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein and Jaron Epstein that airs every week at 2:30. The post Education Today – August 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

After Trump's federal takeover of D.C., Oakland is preparing and responding to threats of federal invasion. We speak with Oakland-based organizer George Galvis, the co-founder and executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Oakland's Community Response and Readiness Plan for the Feds w/ George Galvis from CURYJ appeared first on KPFA.

The Bay Native Circle weekly program presents special guests and explores today's Native issues, peoples, cultures, music & events with rotating hosts Morning Star Gali, Tony Gonzales, Eddie Madril and Janeen Antoine. The post Bay Native Circle – August 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Haim Bresheeth-Zabner is a Professor of film studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He is the author of An Army Like No Other: How the Israeli Defense Force Made a Nation. The post IDF: A History of Israel's Army of Occupation appeared first on KPFA.

For decades after World War Two, the defense industry polluted the desert near Tucson's Southside and poisoned the aquifer from which the largely Mexican American neighborhood got its drinking water. Sunaura Taylor, who was born there, reflects on lessons from the residents' struggle — and asks what a genuine remedy might look like. She discusses an environmentalism that recognizes that we all are or will become disabled — and fights not just for the able-bodied, but to extend care to all, including the rest of the natural world. (Encore presentation.) Sunaura Taylor, Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert UC Press, 2024 The post Environmentalism of the Injured appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: A Palestinian-American physician and co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide issues an urgent call for justice following the illegal confiscation of his and his family's ancestral land by renegade Israeli settlers. Also The doctors from DAG will share crucial information about hunger, starvation and the multiple medical emergencies now unfolding in Gaza. Also we'll feature a new movie about the violence of sweeping houseless humans up like so much trash, from Tiny and the folks At the Poor News Network The post Doctors Against Genocide on The Hunger And Starvation of Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Stephanie Kramer is a senior researcher at Pew Research Center. 00:33 — Amy Belsher is director of Immigrants' Rights Litigation at the New York Civil Liberties Union and worked on the case of Mata Velasquez who was taken by ICE during its new practice of stationing agents outside of immigration courts. 00:45 —  Abigail Kunkler is an EPIC Law Fellow focusing on surveillance oversight. Sergio Alcubilla is the Director of Community Engagement at the ACLU of Hawaiʻi. The post Data Shows US Immigrant Population Declining First Time in 50 Years; Lawsuit to End ICE Arrests at Mandated Court Hearings; Plus, How ICE Tracked Wire Transfers to Spy on Immigrants appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Gaza City residents struggle to find food since Israel took over aid distribution from UN; Democratic National Committee passes resolution on aid for Gaza, defeats one to cut military aid to Israel, then withdraws the successful resolution; Israelis block roads in “Day of Disruption” to protest attack on Gaza City, call for end of war; Man arrested for burning flag outside White House hours after Trump's flag burning executive order; Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against all 15 Maryland federal judges, calling it “potentially calamitous”; Illinois Governor Pritzker, other top Dems warn Trump to stay out of the cities they run The post Gaza City residents struggle to find food as Israel prepares assault; DNC defeats Gaza resolution, passes another then withdraws it – August 26, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

On Today's Show: “Time to Cut Ties with Israel”: U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese on Gaza Hospital Bombing “We Must Defeat Fascism”: Chicago Alderman on Trump's Threat to Deploy Troops to City Trump Targets Bail Reform, Wants to Let Rich “Buy Their Way Out of Jail” Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.     The post Democracy Now! – August 26, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's episode, we speak with former Black Panther newspaper editor JoNina Abron-Ervin about her book Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era, a moving account of the often overlooked contributions of local and regional African-American social justice activists of the late 1960's. Learn more about the book here https://www.akpress.org/driven-by-the-movement.html — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era w/ JoNina Abron-Ervin appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dr Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee is a Post-doctoral Fellow in Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews.  He is the author of Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Mage: 2013), and his latest Myth and History in Ancient Persia: The Achaemenids in the Iranian Tradition The post The Shahnameh & Iran's Ancient Past appeared first on KPFA.

Film in the 20th century conjures up the glamor of the big screen, as well as the intimacy of family snapshots. According to film historian Alice Lovejoy, celluloid and its successors should also bring to mind war. She reflects on the history of film companies like Kodak in the making of the atom bomb, chemical warfare, and the legacy of radioactive fallout. Alice Lovejoy, Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War UC Press, 2025 The post Film Making and War Making appeared first on KPFA.

Today on Flashpoints: With more starvation and another massacre of journalists in Gaza, we commence with a new weekly column, Genocide-Watch, co-hosted by Sam Husseini.  Also Code Pink's Cythia Papermaster calls out the corporate media. Norm Solomon wants to know where the hell  the week-kneed democrats are on the expanding ethnic cleansing o Palestine: and Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing that Galvanized New York City The post F;ashpoints Debuts New Weekly Segment: Genocide Watch, with Sam Husseini appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Annie Waldman is a reporter at ProPublica covering health care. The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Plus, the Trump Administration's Deep Cuts to Federal Health Agencies appeared first on KPFA.

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Today – August 25, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump issues Executive Order to create National Guard units to quell unrest, end cash bail, and send flag burners to jail; UC law school dean Chemerinsky discusses Trump executive orders with KPFA; Democratic leaders blast Trump sending troops to democrat-run cities; California celebrates Transgender History Month as trans people face attacks from Trump administration; Illinois becomes first state to create legal advice line “Illinois Pride Connect” for LGBTQ residents; Israel hits Gaza hospital with missile, then second strike as medics, journalists rush to help, killing 20 The post Trump Executive Order creates National Guard units to quell unrest; Democratic leaders blast Trump sending troops to democrat-run cities – August 25, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters UNICEF Report from Gaza City: U.N. Declares Famine as Children Starve Abrego Garcia Detained Again, Faces Deportation to Uganda After 3 Days of Freedom Meet George Retes, Disabled Army Vet to Sue Trump Admin over Unlawful ICE Detention Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – August 25, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Our Resistance in Residence artist is Dr. Ayodele “Wordslanger” Nzinga. Ayodele is a ​​multi-hyphenated artist, actress, producing director, playwright, poet, dramaturg, performance consultant, educator, and community advocate. Ayodele was Oakland's first poet laureate and recently released a spoken word poetry album called Ghetto Grimoire available for streaming and download https://open.spotify.com/album/7bysGXTOSHKxdaoOWHaU3B?si=eTk2_duVSgC_M2NymS3C0A — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Resistance in Residence w/ Dr Ayodele “Wordslanger” Nzinga appeared first on KPFA.

As the genocide in Gaza rages on, we speak with activists participating in a Solidarity Fast for Gaza. Joining us is  Annie Banks, parent and organizer in Oakland, member of East Bay Families for Ceasefire and a participant in the Parents Solidarity Fast for Gaza and Brooke El-Amine, mom and organizes with Alameda Families and Friends for Collective Liberation. Sign up here to join the Solidarity fast https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548AFAC2DAAF8C61-57741178-parents#/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post: Solidarity Strike for Gaza with Annie Banks and Brooke El-Amine appeared first on KPFA.

This hour long radio program presents and discusses women's lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective. The post Womens Magazine – August 25, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's Palestine Post, we review news headlines from Israel's assault on Gaza with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Also joining is Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of the Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith and Zahra Billoo appeared first on KPFA.

CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the each week's major news stories, and exposes what the mainstream media may have missed in their own coverage. Produced by the national media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting). The post CounterSpin – August 24, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Deranged “edits” segue into a cascade of echoing glossolaliac madness, the voicing of lyric ruminations from the free-falling brains of disintegrating personalities. The post Puzzling Evidence – August 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Themed mixes are made live and spontaneously on the air, consisting of found sound of many kinds and from many sources, old and new, put together on the run as the continuous audio collage continues. The post Over the Edge – August 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week's program, and dedicates the full hour to a discussion of Palestine. Her first guest, Ramzy Baroud, describes the essential role of cultural hegemony in subduing a colonized people, why Israel has failed to culturally colonize the people of Gaza, and has therefore resorted to horrific violence. He also explains how reporting by Gazans has changed the global perception of what accurate journalism really is. Next, Nikki Morse, recently returned from the West Bank, describes conditions there, notably the rising levels of harassment and attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers, and how solidarity allies work to reinforce nonviolent resistance. ———- Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, and the editor of the Palestine Chronicle (www.palestinechronicle.com), and is the author of six books. His personal web site is www.ramzybaroud.net. Nikki Morse is a volunteer with the International Solidary Movement (www.palsolidarity.org), and with Jewish Voice for Peace (www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org)   The News That Didn't Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The post Cultural colonization's failure in Palestine / West Bank update appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Flashpoints – August 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, co-founders of the L.A. Tenants Union, and now co-authors of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis The post Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on Abolish Rent appeared first on KPFA.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – August 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

On Today's Show: “Commander-in-Cheat”: After Texas, Trump's Redistricting Push Goes National EXCLUSIVE: Fired State Dept. Official Speaks Out, Suggested Condolences for Killed Gaza Journalists Day Laborer Dies Fleeing ICE: Family Mourns, Community Demands Answers   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – August 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Golden State Salmon Association Logo On today's show, the Stop Billionaires Summer continues.  I speak to Scientists Rebellion Turtle Island's Dr. Michelle Merrill on today's action in San Francisco and beyond entitled, “Thiel Takedown – Action at Founders Fund”.  We'll switch gears and speak to the project manager for Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project, Michelle Kanoelehua Marsonette about their vigil for the whales that have perished in the Bay.  We'll close out the show with Barry Nelson, senior policy advisor for the Golden State Salmon Association about the latest water strategy coming out of Sacramento. The post Newsom Administration's Clandestine Water Strategy appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – August 21, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

  “Mushrooms having a Moment” So – Caroline hosting Mushroom Messenger Mark J Plotkin, ethnobotanist, advocate, author, podcast host Double Taurus, agent of plant human collaboration throughout time. Mentoree of Richard Evans Shultes He is the author of the book Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice. Other critically acclaimed books by Plotkin include Medicine Quest, The Killers Within: the Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria (with Michael Shnayerson), and The Shaman's Apprentice, (a children's book with Lynne Cherry). Called environmental hero by Smithsonian, ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin is a Harvard and Yale-trained scientist who has been studying the healing plants and shamans of the Amazon rainforest for almost four decades. Enthused to explore  wariness standards, and opportunities as a collaborative kinship assist, remedial support for our rogue species…   Website https://markplotkin.com/ Podcast:  Plants of the Gods https://markplotkin.com/podcast/ “The Mushroom Moment” https://www.flipsnack.com/amazonteam/the-mushroom-moment.html The post The Visionary Activist Show – Mushrooms having a Moment appeared first on KPFA.

Osita Nwanevu, author of The Right of the People, on the flaws of American democracy—and some cures • Derek Guy on the evolution of upper-class men's dress over the decades The post The flaws of American democracy, the evolution of upper-class men's dress appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Suing the US government for genocide in occupied Palestine. Also a preacher speaks out against the genocide and we'll feature our weekly news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: The post Suing The US Government For Genocide in Occupied Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills.  00:33 — Sam Levine is Voting Rights Reporter at Guardian.  00:45 — Bob Mulholland is Campaign Advisor to the California Democratic Party. The post Crypto Money Funding SFPD Surveillance Unit; Plus, Texas House Passes New Congressional Maps While California Prepares Its Response appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – August 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Jews and the left have been closely associated with each other for well over a century, both in Europe where the Nazis genocidally linked one with the other, and in the United States. Scholar Benjamin Balthaser considers the history of American Jews and the left, including in opposition to Jewish nationalism, arguing that the recent florescence of Jewish anti-Zionism is a return to a much longer tradition. Benjamin Balthaser, Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left Verso, 2025 Photo credit: Bruce Emmerling The post American Jews and the Left appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – August 19, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.