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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. Combines lively discussion and thoughtful critique. Produced by the national media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting).
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
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Bay Area theatre reviews with KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky, plus interviews with local Artistic Directors, actors and directors. Older posts include interviews witth former associate KPFA theatre critic C.S. Soong. Dates when reviews airs can be found at http://bookwaves.homestead.com/Theatre_Reviews.html
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A podcast posted every Sunday featuring extended interviews and discussions from Bookwaves, Art-Waves, and Bookwaves Artwaves Hour programs on KPFA, and newly digitized and edited archive interviews from the pre-digital Probabilities series dating back to 1977. Literature, theater, film, the visual arts: in-depth interviews from a progressive and artistic viewpoint, with long-time KPFA/Pacifica host Richard Wolinsky.
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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.
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Acclaimed program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on a variety of matters—political, economic, social, and cultural—important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
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A Rude Awakening is an award-winning climate crisis and environmental justice radio show with interviews and commentary – hosted and produced by Sabrina Jacobs. Tune In! Every Friday @ 8am Follow A Rude Awakening on Facebook, Mastodon, Twitter and Instagram
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Dedicated to “anything we need to know to have a democracy”: Democratic Animism, Pragmatic Mysticism, Applied Divination, Renaissance of Reverent Ingenuity. Hosted by Caroline Casey. Her guests are allies contributing to a culture of reverent ingenuity. Critique and Solution.
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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
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Terra Verde delivers news and views about the most critical environmental issues across California and globally. From agriculture and wildlife to energy and climate change, industrial pollution to design solutions, Terra Verde brings you stories of struggle and triumph that will determine the future of our planet.
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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 [email protected]. Theme Music: Turn It Up by Digital Primitives, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.
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A weekly update on new research and developments concerning COVID-19 (and occasionally other infectious diseases that hit the news). We take questions via call-in during the live broadcast, Mondays at 7:33am Pacific, streaming via kpfa.org. Podcasts with show notes go up later the same day. Between live shows, we take questions via email at [email protected] . Our guest most weeks is Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Heal ...
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The Pacifica Evening News is a collaboration of KPFA and KPFK in Los Angeles and KFCF in Fresno. The hour-long newscast airs on all three stations each weeknight at 6:00 PM. KPFA News broadcasts news headlines throughout the day at 5:55, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 and 4:00. Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
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Planting Medicine enhances the community’s knowledge of herbal medicine by sharing voices of traditional, holistic healers and healing practices. Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.
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The Herbal Highway enhances the community’s knowledge of herbal medicine and alternative choices to standard medical practices for healing. In order to have balanced life, The Herbal Highway actively supports and promotes Indigenous land rights, protection of sacred sites and the sustainability of the Earth as integral parts of individual, community and global healing. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. Hosted and produced by Karyn Sanders and Sarah Holmes. Additionally h ...
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Weekly interviews with poets, performance artists, film-makers, novelists and storytellers. The first week of every month is a combined one-hour program featuring Jack Foley & Nina Serrano. The archive can be found at Cover to Cover with Jack Foley. The second week is hosted by Nina Serrano, Poet 2 Poet. The third week is hosted by Jovelyn Richards, Jovelyn’s Bistro. The fourth week is hosted by Reyna Cowan, Frame to Frame. And the fifth week (if there is one) is hosted again by Jovelyn Rich ...
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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa is a weekly program hosted by Malihe Razazan and Mira Nabulsi. It explores the richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa through a complex web of class, gender, ethnic, religious and regional differences. Voices of the Middle East and North Africa airs on KPFA radio, 94.1 FM, in Berkeley, CA. Online on kpfa.org or on Apple Podcasts.
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John Fisher, Artistic Director of Theatre Rhino, and writer/performer/co-director of “The Doodler,” now at The Marsh in San Francisco through July 6, 2025, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Theatre Rhino is the longest running LGBTQ+ theatre company in America, and John Fisher has been its Artistic Director since 2002. His show, “The Doodler” …
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KPFA goes live from the streets of San Jose for Broadcasting Resistance – Summer of Rage, a special broadcast confronting authoritarianism and uplifting voices of defiance. Hosted by Dennis Bernstein and Miguel Gavilan Molina, this three-hour program brings you frontline interviews with community organizers, healthcare advocates, immigrant rights l…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Israeli attack on Iran raise fears of regional conflagration, as diplomats call for de-escalation “No Kings” national day of action against Trump, ICE planned for Saturday Disability activists fear financial mismanagement could shutte…
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To celebrate Pride Month, we have a special show featuring stories from the Making Contact archives. We’ll revisit the Stonewall Uprising with the 1989 audio documentary Remembering Stonewall and then head to the gay rodeo with producer Vanessa Rancaño in a story from 2014. The post A Making Contact Pride Show! appeared first on KPFA.…
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Last year, an estimated 330 million people visited our national parks here in the United States. Tens of millions more visited national wildlife refuges, national forests, and Bureau of Land Management lands, connecting with our wild places, our shared history, and the wildlife these lands protect. Despite broad public engagement with our protected…
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On today’s show, we will hear the remaninder of my conversation with U.S. Right to Know investigative journalist Pamela Ferdinand about all the plastic in our bodies. We’ll switch gears and have a conversation with policy advocacy director for CA Environmental Voters Melissa Romero on the closure of the Valero’s Benicia refinery and how the oil ind…
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0:08 — Alex Vitale, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College 0:33 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor/Director of Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism/Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign The post Policing Tactics Used at Anti…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. CA senator Padilla dragged from news conference when he tried to ask Homeland Security Secretary Noem a question Heavy rains, floods in South Africa kills dozens as climate crisis impacts African countries Activists planning “No Kings…
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Today on the show: Senior Senator Alex Padilla of California forcibly removed from Kristi Noem’s news conference, in the same building where Padilla has an office: And we feature, as we do every week, the independently produced weekly newscast from the electronic intifada, with Nora Barrows Friedma The post CA Senator Alex Padilla Violently Detaine…
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Fighting Back Against Censorship On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with Emerson Sykes, senior staff attorney at the ACLU, to unpack the growing wave of book bans and attacks on free speech sweeping across the U.S. The conversation spotlights the federal government’s removal of nearly 600 books—including Can’t Stop Won’t St…
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Composting Tyranny into Nutrient for Democracy …… Caroline welcomes, encore, fellow Celtic Mytho Politico Animist, Sean Padraig O’Donoghue -together we suck the “g” out of Kingdom, blow it everywhere, leaving “the Kindom of Heaven is at hand.” Prep for Friday the 13th magic, and June 14th No Kings Day, welcoming storms and the Haboob (giant dust st…
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7:08 — Tamir Sorek, Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History at Pennsylvania State University 7:33 — Carlos Anastasio, son of one of the people snatched by ICE during a raid in the Los Angeles garment district last week. 7:45 — Joe Rivano Barros, reporter and editor at the independent news site Mission Local who’s been covering the anti-ICE pr…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. AG Bondi defends military in Los Angeles, Newsom says Trump wants your silence, “don’t give it to him” Newsom, lawmakers at odds over cuts Activists for homeless say Bay Area cities veering right with legislation in San Jose, SF and B…
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Today on the Show: Gaza in the rubble as the people there start to starve. Meanwhile, the US keeps up its extensive military support for the expanding genocide. We’ll feature an in-depth update from Flashpoints special correspondent for the region, Jennifer Lowenstein. Also food fights, real ones, as hunger and hopelessness continue to devastate th…
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Voices of Spirit, Resistance, and Revival: Jennifer Johns and Rev. Dereca Blackmon on Unity, Media, and Movement-Building In this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with singer-activist Jennifer Johns and Reverend Dereca Blackmon about the upcoming East Bay Freedom Revival, a four-day celebration blending Juneteenth, Pride, Winter Sol…
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As Trump sends troops into Los Angeles, a look at the U.S. Constitution — an object of great political veneration in this country. Legal scholar Aziz Rana examines the contradictions within it, which have allowed for the authoritarianism of the Trump administration. Aziz Rana, The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That F…
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0:08 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor/Director of Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism/Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign 0:33 — David Dayen, executive editor of the American Prospect The post How Illegal is It for Trump to Send Troops to Police Protests?; Continued Coverage of LA …
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump sends more National Guard troops and Marines to LA, Dems blast move as staged spectacle Nations gather for UN Oceans conference as report says CO2 emissions making oceans more acidic Army anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday t…
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Today on the Show: Israeli military and Israeli-backed gangs shoot aid seekers in Gaza, killing 14. Also we return Los Angeles for an interview with celebrated actor, producer, and co-founding member of the legendary performance troupe, Culture clash, Richard Montoya. And ICE roundups in the bay area continue to spread terror into the affected comm…
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Hard Knock Radio Summary: Davey D in Conversation with Dr. Rupa Marya On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, Davey D spoke with Dr. Rupa Marya—physician, musician, and author of Inflamed—about her recent firing from UCSF. Marya asserts that her termination was retaliation for her outspoken support of Palestinian rights and criticism of Israeli action…
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What if humans acted with nature, not on it? What would farming look like if we stopped trying to master and dominate the environment? According to Andrew Pickering, the no-plowing, no-weeding form of farming developed by Masanobu Fukuoka is a shining example of poiesis, an acting-with that attunes human activity to the propensities of natural phen…
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7:08 — Evelyn Zepeda, organizing director of Western States Regional Joint Board 7:33 — Dez Fonseca, a UCLA PhD student organizer 7:45 — Carol Sobel, a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles The post SEIU President Faces Federal Charges for Protesting ICE Raids; At Least 42 Arrested in Los Angeles ICE Protests appeared first on KPFA.…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump mobilizes CA National Guard to quell immigrant rights protests in Los Angeles Trump action sparks outrage from local and state leaders, Dems, Unions – and a lawsuit SF police arrest 152 at immigration solidarity rally, including…
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Today on the Show: Miguel Gavilan Molina walking the long walk for immigrants rights. Also a special extended report from Gary Baca in Los Angeles where Trumps is still threatening to send in the Marines. And to consider the big picture, we’ll be joined by Latino Human rights activist and historian, Juan Jose Guiteriz The post Trump Calls Up The Ma…
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Discussed in this episode: There are growing concerns that a new Omicron subvariant – NB.1.8.1 – may be good enough at spreading to cause a new case surge. The Trump administration appears to have just fired four members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — the council of experts that recommends vaccination policy to the Centers fo…
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In the decade of the 2010s, more people took to the streets than in any other time in history. And yet those horizontal protests, often spread through social media, were frequently co-opted by the right — and the decade ended with the rise of authoritarianism. Journalist Vincent Bevins spoke to activists around the world about the lessons they drew…
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Ralph welcomes Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, to break down the budget bill passing through Congress that is the largest transfer of wealth from the poor and working-class to the wealthy in United States history. Then, insurance expert, Robert Hunter returns to discuss the recent rise in auto insurance rates. GUESTS: H…
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Edmund White (1940-2025) in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA Studios, September 20, 2012 while on tour for the novel “Jack Holmes and His Friend.” Edmund White, who died on June 3, 2025 at the age of 85, was often called the Grandfather of gay literature. Equally at home writing novels, biographies, plays, memoirs, essays an…
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This week on CounterSpin: An email we got this week tells us: “The radical left is up in arms about DOGE. Just think about it — DOGE has exposed BILLIONS in wasteful spending, and is rooting out fraud and corruption at every turn. They’re making the government work for the people of this great nation once again, as the founders intended, and that i…
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In the first hour, “Scrooge in the Driver’s Seat” with Bill Fletcher Jr. In the second hour, “The Gold Diggers of ‘25″ with Dean Baker. The post Sunday Show – June 8, 2025 “Scrooge in the Driver’s Seat” and “The Gold Diggers of ‘25” appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Activists mark Gun Violence Awareness Day with rally in SF, legislation in Congress Immigrant rights activists in LA rally to protest ICE arrests at court hearings and check-ins LGBTQ veterans, State Sen Wiener, rally to protest renam…
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Today on the Show: We welcome back Flashpoints Troubadour and human rights activist Francisco Herrera, protesting Trump’s plan for fascism in America and the deportation of over 2 million, mostly people of color: Also our L.A. Report, Baca’s backyard, with Gary Baca. We’ll also have another sweeping up date on Israel’s expanding killing fields. Als…
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New Beginnings: 16-Year-Old Jayydon Debuts Bold, Reflective EP on Hard Knock Radio A Rising Voice from Richmond On this special edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with 16-year-old Richmond-based emcee Jayydon, a standout talent emerging from the Kingmakers artist development program. With wisdom well beyond his years, Jayydon discus…
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A year ago, the world said goodbye to Reverend James Lawson Jr. On today’s show, we look back at the work and legacy this leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement and advocate of nonviolence, with the help of the podcast Re:Work from the UCLA Labor Center. The post Soul Force: The Legacy of Rev. James Lawson Jr. appeared first on KPFA.…
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On today’s show, investigative journalist for U.S. Right To Know, Pamela Ferdinand on her recent article entitled, “Plastics may disrupt the body’s clock, raise risk of chronic disease”. We’ll switch gears and speak to founder and executive director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network on their upcoming virtual online summit from June 23-28.…
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7:08 — Laura Carlsen, director of the Mexico-City based international relations think tank Mira: Feminisms y Democracies 7:20 — Jessica Mason-Pieklo, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of Rewire News Group. She also co-hosts the podcast Boom! Lawyered 7:33 — Steve Phillips, Founder of Democracy in Color The post Mexico’s Ruling Party Sweeps…
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