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Airs at: Tue, 07/22/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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INVESTIGATIVE News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein

 

 

Investigative News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein from KPFA, historic community radio station in Berkeley, California. Flashpoints is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine. Through original reports and some of the key investigative reporters of our time, Flashpoints goes to the frontlines and to the core of the stories in the areas of government and corporate criminality, human rights, and economic justice. From Baghdad to the US-Mexico border, Palestine to San Francisco, Port-au-Prince to Washington DC, Flashpoints monitors the centers of power as an uncensored platform of independent media.

 

 

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Flashpoints on 10/21/16

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Would a Crisis Benefit Left or Right?

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Flashpoints was pre-empted last night for the Presidential Candidate Debate, so we'll hear the latest episode from the series Radio Ecoshock with host Alex Smith. The show asks, "Should we hope for a crisis as a way out?"  Alex speaks with Eddie Yuen from Pacifica's "Ag... Read more

ADHD Nation: The Making of an Epidemic

Airs at: Wed, 10/19/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Flashpoints is off today. We hear an interview from the series Letters to Washington featuring an interview with Alan Schwarz, an award winning journalist with the New York Times who wrote the book "ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma and the Making of an American... Read more

Flashpoints on 10/18/16

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Today on Flashpoints, Robert Meeropol and his daughter Jennifer explain new efforts to clear the name of Robert's mother, Ethel Rosenberg. Then, Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah discusses current affairs in the Middle East. Read more

Greg Palast's Election Crimes Bulletin, North Korea Update, Teacher Dismissed for Her Politics, and a Little Bob Dylan

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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  Today on Flashpoints: The election crimes bulletin returns with Greg Palast. Then, the saber rattling continues against North Korea, even as the US carries out invasive war games in the south. Also, a Bay Area teacher dismissed because of her political views. And we c... Read more

Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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  This edition of Flashpoints features a report from Haiti on the effects of Hurricane Matthew and the devastating US policy toward the poverty stricken nation and an interview with Walter Riley of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. Read more

Flashpoints on 10/12/16

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Flashpoints on 10/11/16

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Today on Flashpoints, AIM co-founder Bill Means speaks out against the racist dual standard by which John Hinkley Jr. is freed while Leonard Peltier remains behind bars. Then, NDLON's Pablo Alvarado discusses his music and activism. Read more

Flashpoints on 10/07/16

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Flashpoints on 10/06/16

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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