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History of Feminism

Airs at: Fri, 01/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Throughout history, women have suffered many injustices in the workplace including unequal wages, unsafe work conditions and predatory sexual harassment from male administrators.  By early 2018, there have been some encouraging steps taken to change this, most notably i... Read more

Harm Reduction in the UK

Airs at: Wed, 01/17/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On Wednesday, January 17, the UK Parliament's House of Commons held a debate on supervised consumption sites. On this installment of Free Culture Radio, we bring you portions of that audio, including MPs Ronnie Cowan, Thangam Debbonaire, and Alison Thewliss. In several nat... Read more

Buscando America on 01/16/18

Airs at: Tue, 01/16/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este episodio hicimos un recuento de la historia de KBOO Community Radio. Este 2018 esta radio 100% independiente cumple 50 años y estamos en la búsqueda de ex-locutores y productores del programa Buscando América. Escucha a Alfredo Fuentes Feliciano contando sobre su ex... Read more

"$#!THOLE!"

Airs at: Wed, 01/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Trump admits to using "tough" language in a meeting with bipartisan senators on immigration. He reportedly referred to Haiti and Africa as "s***hole" countries. We discuss Trump's racist remark with Kumi Naidoo, launch director of Africans Rising. Our roundtable panelist... Read more

Wealth Inequity and Universal Basic Income

Airs at: Tue, 01/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United states, the wealth gap between rich and poor was already very wide. The top 10% of families -- those who had at least $942,000 -- held 76% of total wealth. The average amount of wealth in this group was $... Read more

Propaganda, Facts & Fake News: Julian Assange

Airs at: Tue, 01/16/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Jonathan Haewood, John Pilger & Julian Assange - Propaganda, Facts & Fake News, Part I & II We live in an era of fake news. Fabricated reports go viral on social media. Totally false stories are concocted then tweeted and retweeted. Fantastical theories and wild claims ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2018

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick will host this Martin Luther King day and we will hear: California fires, floods, mudslides, loss of life. But California will recover.  Probably not Puerto Rico and many undeveloped countries  Ballot Measure 101: What are the issues? S -- t-hole countries: ... Read more

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Path To Nonviolence

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Two women with very close ties to Martin Luther King Jr. reflect on how King developed into one of the great moral and political philosophers of the 20th century and how his philosophies might still guide the world through troubled times today. Dr. Dorothy Cotton was the... Read more

Press**Watch: Nixon time again

Airs at: Thu, 01/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
The Republicans had demagoguery, gerrymandering, poll closures, vote switching, the Electoral College, and the Democrat's sleazy primary-stealing strategy to help them win the Presidency; they didn't need the Russians' help.  But the Mueller probe and the Congressional inqu... Read more

Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions

Airs at: Wed, 01/10/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  The Black Panther Party was formed by community college students in Oakland California in 1966, the year after Malcolm-X was murdered in New York City. Its original name was the Black Panther Party For Self Defense. The Black Panther Party set an example by its community... Read more