Government/Politics

War on Iran?

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, about John Bolton’s dangerous aggression toward Iran and obsession with regime change around the world, and how to mobilize to prevent war. Feffer's latest article ... Read more

Supervised Consumption Sites

Airs at: Wed, 05/22/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies, the UK House of Commons discusses medical cannabis prescribing, and the Philadelphia City Council and Philly DA Larry Krassner talk about harm reduction and supervised consumption sites. Note: new recordings of Century of Lies are now being rel... Read more

Expungement

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Karen James speaks with Nikki Thompson about expunging criminal records for youth and adults. Nikki, an attorney with the Metropolitan Public Defenders Community Law Division, runs the MPD Expungement Clinic. A motion to set aside (expunction) is a legal proceeding for se... Read more

Ted Wheeler: Neoliberalism Personified

Airs at: Wed, 05/22/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Ted Wheeler, Portland’s Millionaire Mayor, has his fingers in a surprising number of pies involving Oregon’s public resources, funding, and policy. As State Treasurer he oversaw the investment of almost a billion dollars of PERS funds into the volatile and exploitativ... Read more

Michael Kimble, Akbar + Mustafa: Prisoners in Ohio and Alabama Speak

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 05/17/2019 at 5:00am

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

Prisoners in Ohio and Alabama Speak This week, we hear the voices of three prisoners: anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble and jailhouse lawyer Arthur “Akbar” Griggs at Holman CI in Atmore, Alabama, and Mark “Mustafa” Hinkston at Toledo CI in Ohio. Download This Episode Mi... Read more

APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Pacific Underground

It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somewhat controversial among members of Pacific ... Read more

Rising Up With Sonali

Rising Up with Sonali is an all-women run Radio and Television show that brings progressive news coverage rooted in gender and racial justice to a wide audience. The radio program airs on Pacifica stations KPFA and KPFK, and several affiliate stations. The television sho... Read more

U.S. & Iran: Four Decades of Hostility

Airs at: Tue, 05/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

The danger of war between the U.S. and Iran is increasing. U.S. forces virtually surround Iran. And they are being ramped up. In classic gunboat diplomacy a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group is positioned off the coast of Iran. Imagine if Iran had a naval armada off of ... Read more

APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Produced for: Pacific Underground

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somew... Read more

Trump Threatens to Cut EPA Budget Once Again

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

President Donald Trump delivered his budget roadmap with a promise to balance the budget in 15 years, and once again, the Environmental Protection Agency found itself in the Trump administration’s crosshairs, with the White House proposing to slash its budget by 31 percent.... Read more