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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. UN Security Council passes Gaza peace with “Board of Peace” headed by Trump; COP 30 Climate Summit hears small island nation calls for stronger action on global warming; Weekend immigration raids in Charlotte NC trigger protests over …
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Today on the show: We feature our weekly segment, Genocide-Watch, with Sam Husseini and Special Guest Craig Mokhiber, an international human rights lawyer and activist and a former senior United Nations human rights official. Mokhiber will comment on the UN Security Council resolution just adopted today: This proposal has been rejected by Palestini…
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An all-audience-questions episode, including: If I’ve been exposed but haven’t gotten sick, how long until I’m safe to be around other people? Are any of the currently-approved COVID vaccines better than the other ones available? How long until I need to get re-vaccinated for RSV If I’ve had shingles, do I still need the shingles vaccine? To send u…
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Are mass protests and elections enough to block the slide toward authoritarianism? Labor scholar and organizer Eric Blanc argues that neither will suffice without exerting leverage on the key pillars of Trump’s support. He discusses how a multi-level campaign against the corporations and other entities that back the administration could be organize…
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On today’s wide-ranging program, Ralph welcomes David Dayen of “The American Prospect” to discuss the Democrats caving on the shutdown. Then, Ralph speaks to Dani Noble from Jewish Voice for Peace about their BDS campaigns, efforts to block weapons shipments to Israel, and the state of the ceasefire in Gaza. Finally, Ralph speaks to original Nader’…
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Amy Bloom, award-winning novelist and short-story writer, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky in the KPFA studios, on October 4, 2007 while on tour for her second novel, “Away.” Amy Bloom, says the New Yorker, gets more meaning into individual sentences than most authors manage in whole books. The author of five short story collections and two wo…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Football coach killed in Oakland’s second fatal school shooting in 2 days; Shutdown agreement promises vote on Affordable Care act subsidies, many Democrats skeptical; Berkeley license plate readers, police surveillance used by ICE in…
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Hard Knock Radio conversation between host Davey D and Professor Nisrin Elamin. Host Davey D opens with a straight ask. What is really happening in Sudan, and how did we get here. Professor Elamin answers with a mini history lesson. Sudan gained independence in the 1950s with a colonial economy built for export and a political system tilted toward …
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Youth movements are at the forefront of the fight for a livable future. Around the world, young people are reimagining solutions to urgent environmental challenges and taking bold action to build a more sustainable and just world. On this episode of Terra Verde, host Fiona McLeod is joined by two young environmental leaders — Sophie Tipper and Lily…
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On today’s show, independent policy think tank the Oakland Institute has come out with a new report about land grabbing and mineral grabbing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo entitled, “Shafted: The Scramble for Minerals in the DRC”. I’ll speak to policy director Frederic Mousseau about the findings from their in depth report. The post Minera…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. COP-30 Climate Summit turns focus to Health on Day 4 of meetings; Bay area congressmember Huffman discusses shutdown, Prop 50, Epstein files; State senators look at SNAP food aid in wake of shutdown, recent GOP legislation; More than …
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Today on the show: We feature our weekly segment, Genocide Watch with Sam Husseini. Today, Sam connects the dots between child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, including deep connections with the Mosad. Also, the US under Trump continues its arms build-up and expanding threats of a possible invasion of Venezuela. We’ll speak to Steve Ellner, associate edit…
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On Hard Knock Radio, Davey D sat down with Samer Araabi of AROC to unpack the realities in Gaza after the so called ceasefire and the political currents swirling around it. Araabi said the ceasefire created a brief window of relief but did not end the crisis. He noted that hundreds of Palestinians have been killed since the agreement and that promi…
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Replay of January 2023 Show Photo by Irene Young Caroline hosts fellow Council of Unreasonable Women, alumna Susan Griffin, “radical feminist philosopher, essayist, novelist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works.” on her 80th birthday! Honoring her latest book “Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Som…
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00:08 — Claudia Boyd-Barrett is the Southern California Correspondent for KFF Health News. She writes about health care access and local impacts of national health policy changes. 00:33 — Michael Willrich is professor of history at Brandeis University. He discusses his book “Pox: An American History.” The post Government Shutdown is Done, How is He…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Activists paddle to COP-30 climate summit with call for solidarity in climate struggle as nations fall short; Court strikes down LA warning against false complaints against police officers, calling it biased; Democrat Adelita Grijalva…
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Today on the show: Are Brentwood Police in Contra Costa, covering up brutality that may have led to elder Yolanda Ramirez’s death? We speak to her family. And, Alameda Labor Council (ALC) endorses the Oakland Peoples Arms Embargo campaign, and are largest labor body to support ending military cargo shipments leaving from the Oakland Airport to Isra…
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Here is what went down on Hard Knock Radio. Davey D opened by pressing into a fresh claim from Donald Trump that American troops should intervene in Nigeria to protect Christians. He linked it to earlier talk about South Africa and asked a basic question. What is really happening on the ground and who would benefit from U.S. muscle Lagos based jour…
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First-time presentation of the full-length interview with Brandon Keim about his book Meet the Neighbors, in which he considers the explosion of research into animal intelligence, emotion, and sociality; takes research findings out into everyday landscapes; and examines how wild animals are viewed and treated. Brandon Keim, Meet the Neighbors: Anim…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. World War II Veteran Decries Authoritarian Backslide; The President of Syria Met with President Donald Trump to Discuss Diplomatic Relations; Harsh Words but Little Violence Between Protestors and Attendees at Turning USA’s UC Berkele…
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Hard Knock Radio opened with a sobering conversation about the death of 72 year old Brentwood resident Yolanda Ramirez after an encounter with police. Host Davey D spoke with KPFA’s Frank Sterling, civil rights attorney Melissa Nold, and family members Rich and Rudy. The family and their attorney allege that Ramirez suffered a head injury during a …
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Did Lincoln free the slaves? Or did they just as much free themselves? And what were the ramifications of their seemingly impossible achievement — immediate and uncompensated emancipation — for other oppressed groups? Historian David Roediger discusses that revolutionary period in U.S. history — and the consequences of its failure today. (Encore pr…
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KPFA Theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Sally and Tom” by Suzan Lori-Parks at Marin Theatre through November 23, 2025. Text of Review: All Men Are Created Equal. Or so Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence. It’s kind of weird then, to know that Jefferson owned slaves. And it’s even weirder to realize that one of them, Sall…
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Turning Point USA makes stop at UC Berkeley after death of founder Charlie Kirk; Republicans reject Schumer plan to reopen government, extend ACA subsidies for 1 year; Bay area advocates challenge ICE courthouse arrests and conditions…
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Supporting members of the military to resist deployment has taken on a new urgency as Trump sends troops into American cities. Journalist Steve Early discusses the history of soldier organizing — including as workers — from Vietnam to the present. And Suzanne Gordon reflects on why the broad public should care about the administration’s attack on t…
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Ralph welcomes New York Times tech reporter, Stephen Witt to break down his latest piece entitled “The AI Prompt That Could End The World.” Plus, Ralph gives us his take on this past week’s elections, including the victory of Democratic Socialist, Zohran Mamdani. Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world…
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Discussed in this episode: The government shutdown has deprived us of the statistics the CDC normally aggregates and publishes to track the prevalence of respiratory infections this time of year — but other sources of data suggest this season is off to a mild start To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: [email protected]
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From the Probabilities Archive: Joe R. Lansdale, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded August 2, 1994 during the author tour for the Hap and Leonard novel, “Mucho Mojo,” recorded in the KPFA Studios. Joe R. Lansdale writes a broad spectrum of fiction, from his successful Hap and Leonard series of noir mysteries, to f…
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In the first hour, “Venezuela Under Attack”, with Simon Rodriguez. In the second hour, “A Peace Plan without peace” with Juan Cole. The post Sunday Show – November 9, 2025 “Venezuela Under Attack” and “A Peace Plan without Peace” 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. California sending big delegation to COP-30, as federal government skips the summit; SF expanding wifi to Chinatown, SF’s densest neighborhood with low internet access; Republicans reject Schumer plan to reopen government, extend ACA …
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