Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 11 21 24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Conversations with Monty
Dave continues his protracted series of conversations with his new co-host, combat veteran turned researcher Monty.

1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate
The Meltdown Begins
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the liberal meltdown over the latest round of Trump picks, and what they mean for his second term agenda, particularly on the world stage. They will also cover the latest from Gaza, Lebanon, and highly revealing comments by Tony Blinken on Ukraine.

2:00 AM
Final Straw Radio
Prison Conditions in North Carolina.
First up, you'll hear from Elizabeth Simpson of Emancipate NC, one of the signatories to a public letter to this states department of corrections calling for the release of hundreds of prisoners in North Carolina. This comes in response to over-crowding and understaffing of prisons following the emergency transfer of 2,000 prisoners from prisons in the western part of the state effected by Hurricane Helene. [00:01:15 - 00:18:50]
Then, Mona Evans of Benevolence Farm, a post-release residence and re-entry program in North Carolina for people coming out of the womens prisons talks about their programs, re-entry and some of the realities faced inside womens prisons in this state. [00:20:04 - 01:04:40]
In this conversation I mentioned Victoria Law's latest book, Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket Books). You can find our 2013 interview with her about her 2nd edition of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women at this link.
Other projects Mona mentioned include:
Arise Collective re-entry program
DownhomeNC engages in a number of progressive causes in this state, including the bail fund that Benevolence Farms is currently running. You can find our 2020 interview with them here.
Featured Track:
- Women on the Inside by Sistas In The Pit from The We That Sets Us Free: Building A World Without Prisons

3:00 AM
Out-FM from sibling station WBAI
TRANS PANIC & TRUMP'S TRIUMPH
Pauline Park speaks with sociology professor Cary Gabriel Costello and gender and sexuality studies scholar and activist Stephanie Bonvissuto about Donald Trump's election and the implications for the transgender community.
To listen to the promotional trailer go to outfm.org

4:00 AM
Omali Yeshitela, chair of the African Peoples Socialist Party and one of the Uhuru Three, discusses what Trump's victory means for Black people

5:00 AM
Work Week with Steve Zeltzer
News of how labor is confronting the current political and economic situation, locally and globally

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 11 20 24

12 AM
Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie
Hip Hop and Community Outreach
The scholar-artivist presents a hip-hop generation take on mental liberation, community self-care and other matters. This is a re-broadcast.

1 AM
The Herbal Highway
Herbal Legacy
Join Sarah Holmes and her guest Danielle Benjamin @templeofearth @templefreedomschool for an exploration of reclaiming herbal legacy, creating community through plant medicine, and Black indigeneity. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.

2:00 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Health hazards from gas stoves
Did you know that gas stoves pose health hazards, especially to vulnerable populations? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Mark Vossler, M.D., cardiologist, and President-elect of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Vossler discusses the unhealthy air pollution from gas stoves, related health risks, including causing and exacerbating asthma, vulnerable populations, and ways to mitigate risks.
Related Websites: Rewiring America: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/
Gas Stove Pollution Fact Sheet: https://psr.org/resources/gas-stove-pollution-fact-sheet/

2:30
WINGS- Women's International News Gathering Service
Violence Against Women Act
Archival coverage regarding the introduction and eventual passage (30 years ago last month) of the federal violence against women act. Sarah McClendon grills then Sen. Joe Biden.
On September 12, 2024, the Biden-Harris administration celebrated 30 years since the passage of the US Violence Against Women Act, with an announcement of new funds and new areas of coverage. Although passed by Congress in 1994, the VAWA bill was first introduced in 1990. From the WINGS archive 1991, here is then-81-year-old Washington reporter Sarah McClendon, interviewing then-49-year-old Senator Joe Biden, about the bill he drafted and introduced in the Senate, and would finally successfully shepherd through. He explains his first realization that the problem existed, and many of the angles to address it written into that bill. A similar version was introduced in the House by Barbara Boxer of California.
The VAWA finally passed in both houses in 1994 and has been renewed - although with stops and starts and amendments - ever since. McClendon opined that Biden's work on this bill would make up for his performance as chair of the Judiciary Committee, when Anita Hill's testimony was dismissed and Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the US Supreme Court.

3:00 AM
Whole Mother with Pat Jones from sibling station KPFT
Dr. Eric English – Technology and Babies
Dr. Eric English is a clinical psychologist licensed in Maryland. He received his PhD in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981, after completing a Masters degree at UW-Madison in physiological psychology in 1976 and an internship in clinical psychology in 1979 at Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts.
He has been a licensed psychologist for 37 years, including 34 years working for the State of Maryland Department of Health. He retired from the State of Maryland in 2018. Dr. English has three children, all born at home with a midwife. (This is an archival episode of Whole Mother that has not previously aired on KPFK.)

4:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
An hour from Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast yesterday

5:00 AM
Bad Faith with Briahna Joy Gray (former press secretary for Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign)
Interview with Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges was interviewed on the 2024 election - what he sees as a contest between the corporate and the oligarchic elite -- and on the failures of the left as well as the Democratic Party, and the weakness of third-party efforts.

Monday Night

Program Notes Somethings Happening 11 19 2024

12 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer

1 AM
CodePINK Radio
Why the Dems Lost & NATO: What You Need to Know
In this episode of CODEPINK Radio, host Marcy Winograd updates us on CODEPINK’s latest campaigns against Trader Joe’s and Netflix, then shares Bernie’s arms embargo speech and a Useful Idiots podcast analyzing the Presidential election.
The second half of the program features Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, and David Swanson, executive director of World Beyond War, the co-authors of NATO: What You Need to Know, a foundational text that unmasks the nuclear alliance as a global threat to peace.

2:00 AM
Old Radio Break
Cloak and Dagger
A 50s radio program glamorizing the World War II origins of the CIA as the OSS, carrying out clandestine warfare against the Nazis, designed as propaganda to support the National Security State apparatus built up post WWII which actually absorbed the Nazi intelligence apparatus, just as the military and NASA incorporated the Nazi physicists and rocket and weapons makers.

2:30 AM
Counterpunch Radio
Interview with Ralph Nader regarding incoming Trump administration and US weapons shipments to Israel

3:00 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sibling station WBAI
Auto workers and other UAW members call for union to divest from Israel; Countering Trump's terrorizing of immigrants

4:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
An hour of Hartmann's program from yesterday's non-commercial broadcast, looks at Trump's cabinet picks and related issues.

5:00 AM
Project Censored
In the first half of the program, Eleanor's topic is India's occupation of Kashmir and its violent suppression of human rights there. She says, for this topic, the guest's chair stayed empty, because Kashmiri journalists and activists -- even those outside Kashmir -- are forced to stay silent for fear of retribution against their families. Eleanor also points out the multiple parallels and connections between the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the Indian occupation of Kashmir.
For the second half-hour, Ben Norton returns to the program to discuss the recent BRICS summit in Russia and compares the fast-growing BRICS group of economies with the US economy and its rising inequality

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 11 13 24

12 AM
Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie
Hip Hop and the Grammy Awards

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Yarrow and Boundaries

Join host Renée Camila for an exploration on Yarrow and boundaries. Why is Yarrow renowned for boundaries? Where does that spiritual indication come from? What can this indication teach us about understanding plant spirit medicine and learning from plants directly?
Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.

2 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Sustainable Agriculture and Hurricane Helene

Did you know that in September, the Appalachian region was surprisingly hit by Hurricane Helene which destroyed mountain communities and farms, disrupted their water infrastructure, and impact their tightly-knit, well-connected regional food system. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Molly Nicholie, Executive Director of the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Nicholie will discuss the impact of Hurricane Helene on the regions food system, as well as recovery efforts.

Related Websites: asapconnections.org
Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners "think beyond their plates," connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth.

2:30 AM
Free Culture Radio
Medical Cannabis in the Time of Corporate Legalization

Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Anthony Taylor, a longtime lobbyist on drug policy and marijuana reform issues and the co-founder and Legislative Director of Compassionate Oregon.
Free Culture Radio is an examination of drugs, drug cultures, and the impact of drugs on society. Free Culture Radio neither promotes the use of any drugs nor condemns people for being involved in drugs. To the extent that drug use presents problems for individuals or society, those problems are made worse and more intractable when people who use drugs are treated as others and ignored, stigmatized, and even brutalized.

3 AM
Whole Mother with Pat Jones from sibling station KPFT
Parent Education

Marya Axner has spent the past 30 years as an activist working against oppression of all kinds and also working as parent educator. She speaks and leads workshops on the topic of anti-Semitism and racism on college campuses, at social justices organizations, and at worker organizations. Fifteen years ago she was the Director of a parents' program in the Somerville Public Schools, supporting parents to be involved in their children’s education. She has worked as a Multicultural Consultant for collaborative of schools near Boston. She has also worked for the non-profit, Everyday Democracy, which encourages people to have small group discussions that lead to lasting change. Marya also worked in the Education Department of the Jewish Women’s Archive where she wrote curricula about Jewish women’s history. More recently, she was the Director of the New England Jewish Labor Committee, where she organized the Jewish Community to stand up with workers for their rights.

Marya Axner has taught listening skills through Re-evaluation Counseling for many years. Axner has also been active in United to End Racism (UER), which is a project of Re-valuation Counseling. United to End Racism is group of people of all backgrounds in many countries who are dedicated to eliminating racism in the world. UER does this by teaching people to listen to each other, thereby undoing the damage done to people through racism and thus enabling people to speak out about racism, interrupt it when it happens, make deep friendships with people of different races, and take leadership in removing racism from society’s institutions

She was the Regional Director of the New England Jewish Labor Committee (NE JLC) for 12 years. She is currently working with the Jewish Climate Action Network, working on legislation that will support the transition away from fossil fuels. She is also active in Fix the Grid, which wants the Independent Systems Operator of New England (ISO NE) to become more democratic in its governance of our electric grid, which is mostly energized by fossil fuels at this time.

4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from his non-commercial broadcast yesterday
Hartmann interviews Trevor Timm, Freedom of the Press Foundation

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 11 12 24

You can see the logs here: http://somethingshappeningkpfk.blogspot.com


12 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer

On this weeks edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of A.I., News of Smart World, The Apologies of the Week, News of Bees, News of the Olympic Movement, and News of Microplastics. He also considers the shift in American politics, shares a message from Springfield Dog & Cat Burger, and listens to Dick Cheney, Confidential.

1 AM
Code Pink Radio

Co-ops & the Path to Peace:
What does joining your local food co-op have to do with ending war? Join us this week on CODEPINK Radio to find out! We’re not going to end war until we end the war economy. We’re not going to see peace until we ourselves are cultivating it within ourselves and our communities. Co-ops are seeding peace in communities across the U.S. as they bring a shared ownership model to food stores, child care, housing, and more.

In this episode, we talk with Kate "Sassy" Sassoon, who has deep roots in both anti-war and co-op organizing, for this webinar. She shares from her years of experience working with co-ops and illuminates how local peace economy organizing can strengthen our anti-war activism.

2 AM
Old Radio
Gracie Allen runs for President in the "Government Jobs" episode of the George Burns and Gracie Allen show from 1940; then Phil Harris tries to register voters and get out the vote in an episode of the Phil Harris and Alice Faye show.

3 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sibling station WBAI

4 AM
Project Censored
Historian Claudio Saunt joins the program for the hour to discuss the mass expulsion of American Indians from the southern US, an event that would later be remembered as the "trail of tears." Prof. Saunt's 2020 book "Unworthy Republic," examines this episode in history, including the political maneuvering by President Andrew Jackson to push the Indian Removal Act through Congress.

5 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
The second hour from yesterday's non-commercial broadcast

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 11 08 24

12 AM
Alan Watts
Philosophy and Society
A nearly hour-long lecture by Watts on "What is Reality?"

1:00 AM
Magical Mystery Tour
Hospicing Modernity and Facing Humanity's Wrongs - part II

This is the second half of Tonio Epstein's interview with Vanessa Machado de Oliveira. Vanessa grew up in Brazil. Her father is German and her mother is indigenous Guarani. She's a professor at the University of British Columbia, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change and is a founding member of the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures collective, and Weaving the Web of 5 Cures. She's currently directing research projects & learning initiatives in collaboration with Indigenous communities in Canada & Latin America related to global healing & well-being in these times of unprecedented challenges. & she's the author of Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs & the Implications for Social Activism.

In this fascinating and far reaching interview we talk about how modernity/coloniality has reached the limits of its reign of domination, and is collapsing, and needs to be allowed to die, and we need to fully acknowledge its short comings and learn from its mistakes, so we can begin to imagine a genuinely new future where all life is honored and respected.

2:00 AM
Old Radio Break
Nineteen-Eighty-Four by George Orwell
A 1953 radio dramatization

3:00 AM
Caroline Casey - Visionary Activist
Halloween Dark O Moon to New Moon to Election and beyond….
Participatory Astro*Animism

Caroline welcomes long-time ally Heather Roan Robbins, that we may all co-navigate, dedicate, envision,
Inaugurate the most desirable story…good for the Earth and all her FloraFaunaFungiCitizens…
Nemesis be on call… “Nemesis was the goddess of retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune.

She was a personification of dynamic balance aroused in men by those who committed crimes with apparent impunity, or who had undeserved good fortune.

Nemesis directed human affairs in such a way as to maintain equilibrium.”
(Kinned to Dark Moon Lilith, the balance point, now at 13+ Libra, whose Sabian be “”tuning in to the social dreams which weave the politics of a situation…”)

Before Nemesis got a bad rap – she was the destroyer of unjust Empire…. Her name was derived from the Greek words nemêsis and nemô, meaning “dispenser of dues.”
“Take the zircon to Foppa – and tell him we ride tonight!” -Richard Farina

Heather Roan Robbins M.Th. is a practical, intuitive, choice-oriented astrologer, interfaith minister, and author of the Starcodes Book, the Starcodes AstroOracle Deck, other books, the weekly Starcodes forecast, and contributes to the We Moon calendar. She organizes the Shining Mountains Grove for the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and has an on-line global practice based in Montana.
www.roanrobbins.com

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Hartmann's program from yesterday

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 11 07 24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Dave continues his protracted conversation with his new co-host Monty. An important reminder that fascism and even Nazism were well-integrated into the US state apparatus and global military posture and interventionism long before the recent election.

1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate'
The Grayzone's special election night stream, as Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate, and some possible surprise guests vote like their lives depend on it.

2 AM
The Final Straw Radio
A recent conversation with Ben Lorber and Shane Burley, co-authors of the recently published book, "Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism". For the hour we discuss the roots of antisemitism in the West, pushing back on Zionism in the midst of the genocidal war on Palestinians, a rebirth of Bundism and addressing antisemitism in left spaces.
Featured Tracks: - Daloit Politsey by Isabel Frey In Ale Gasn = In Every Street / Hey, Hey, Daloy Politsey! = Hey, Hey Down With The Police! featuring Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne
The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world. Since 2010, it's been broadcasting from occupied Tsalagi land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humorous) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain.

3 AM
Out-FM
One hour edit of last week's program focuses on a conversation by Bob Lederer of the Out-FM collective with Mumia Abu-Jamal from behind prison walls about his embrace of LGBTQIA+ liberation, and his recollections of his reaction to attempts to raise such issues and women's role within the Black Panther Party in his youth and in relation to the MOVE organization which he was close to in his young adulthood prior to his frame-up for murder, and what he learned during his long incarceration.

4 - 6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
The final two hours of Hartmann's program from yesterday after the election.

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 11 06 24

Post election day

12 AM
Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie
Hip Hop and Electoral Politics

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Poetics of Flower Essences
Join host Renée Camila and guest Liz Migliorelli for an exploration of the poetics of flower essences. During this episode Liz shares her understanding of flower essences, how folktales and cultural story traditions inform herbalism, and her favorite essences of the season.
Liz Migliorelli is a herbalist, educator and storyteller who lives in the Hudson Valley of New York on Munsee-Lenape-Esopus lands.

2 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
In This Together: Connecting with your Community to Combat the Climate Crisis
Did you know that community networking is key to taking steps toward mitigating climate change? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Marianne Krasny, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab at Cornell University and author of In This Together: Connecting with your Community to Combat the Climate Crisis. Krasny explains network climate action - the power of our social networks in making collective lifestyle changes and instituting policies for mitigating climate change.
Related Websites: https://cals.cornell.edu/marianne-elizabeth-krasny
webinar series: https://www.civicecology.org/prd

2:30 AM
Wings
Birthing under Genocide

Today on WINGS, the guest is Sherene Seikaly, editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. Since its founding in 1971, JPS has been the English-language academic journal of record on Palestinian affairs. Elizabeth Robinson interviewed Professor Seikaly in September 2024, about her fully documented - and heart-rending - editor's note in the August 2024 edition. Seikaly points out that suppression of the voices and views of Palestinians continues to be severe. She brings forward the personal experiences of those who must parent under the ongoing assault.

Historian Sherene Seikaly edits the Journal of Palestine Studies. She is Associate Professor of History at University of California Santa Barbara, and affiliated with the Feminist Studies Department there.
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service has been covering the global women's movement and related issues for community radio since 1986. Contact: wings@wings.org

3:00 AM
Whole Mother with Pat Jones from sister station KPFT
Jessica Gonzales, LM, CPM and Paige Hopkins, Doula
Jessica Gonzales, LM, CPM, co-founder and midwife at Heart of Houston Birth and Wellness Center in central Houston and Paige Hopkins, Doula and Program Director for the Whole Heart Collective at the Heart of Houston. Hear all about the collective options and see how Houston benefits from this work which greatly contributes to changing our birthing and parenting community.

4:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
One hour of Hartmann's non-commercial program from yesterday, election day, before the ballots were counted.

5:00 AM
Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman
Live from the east Coast, one early hour of DN! with election updates

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 11 05 24

Election Day, although tens of millions of ballots have already been cast in early voting at sites and by mail.

12 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer
On this week's edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular segments like News of Musk Love, News from the Land of 4,000 Princes, News of A.I., News of the Godly, News of Crypto-Winter, Trump Social Audio, News of the Olympic Movement, What the Frack?!, The Apologies of the Week, and News of Inspectors General.
Part-time New Orleans resident Harry Shearer hosts a look at the worlds of media, politics, cyberspace, sports and show business while providing an eclectic array of music along the way. Courtesy of the Pacifica affiliate radio station in NOLA.

1:00 AM
Code PINK Radio
BOO! Capitol Horror Awards and TikTok Terror! a post-Halloween/Day of the Dead show:
Join CODEPINK's Digital Engagement Manager, Grace Siegelman, as we first hear segments from TikTok: Social Media Hit or Chinese Threat? Webinar. Then we are joined by CODEPINK Co-founder Medea Benjamin to discuss the horrors on Capitol Hill! The most terrifying monsters are the elected officials who take money for war and genocide!

2:00 AM
Project Censored with Mickey Huff from sister station KPFA
Mickey's first guest this week is Project Censored's Associate Director, Andy Lee Roth. He's been awarded a fellowship for a project to develop an "algorithmic literacy" tool kit for journalists. Andy explains why all contemporary journalists need a basic understanding of the algorithms used by internet and social media tech giants.
Then in the second half of the show, Maya Schenwar and Lara Witt introduce the organization they co-founded, the Movement Media Alliance; they explain why social-justice-oriented media outlets should work together, both to enhance their impact and to better the working conditions for journalists in independent media.
Andy Lee Roth is Associate Director of Project Censored, co-editor of its state-of-the-free-press yearbooks, and coordinator of its Campus Affiliates Program. His work on algorithmic literacy for journalists is supported by a fellowship from the Reynolds Journalism Institute (www.rjionline.org) at the University of Missouri.
Maya Schenwar is Editor-At-Large for Truthout.org, and writes extensively on prison and policing issues. Lara Witt is Editor-In-Chief at Prism Reports (www.prismreports.org)
The Movement Media Alliance site is www.movement-media.org It counts 21 media outlets as members, including In These Times, Haymarket Books, Palestine Square, and the Real News Network. Its main project to date is Media Against Apartheid and Displacement (www.themaad.org), a central hub for Palestine coverage from Movement Media members.

3:00 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Coverage of the "people's anti-fascist rally" in NY, then Mimi interviews Prof. Jason Stanley, author of "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future," discussing whether Donald Trump is a fascist.

4-6:00 PM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast yesterday on the eve of Election Day. Thom discusses the elections with Greg Palast, regarding concerns about election integrity and voter suppression, and later discusses FOX News's role in the election campaign and societal divisions.

Wednesday Night

Program Notes Somethings Happening 10 31 24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Conversations with Monty #
Dave continues his protracted conversation with his new cohost, Monty, a former military man who saw combat in US wars in southwest and central Asia and became a researcher into Nazi elements in the US national security state apparatus.

1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate'
The Torture Never Stops (Part II)
Jeremy Loffredo joins The Grayzone to discuss his disturbing and abusive detention by the Israeli police for the crime of journalism. Then Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate provide a war report from Gaza, where Israel embarks on a horrific plan to conquer the north, to Lebanon, where the Biden-Harris admin colludes with Israel to crush the country's sovereignty, to Iran, where a new leak shows the US spying on Israeli plans to attack Tehran, and back to the US, where the presidential campaign grows more absurd by the day.

2 AM
Final Straw Radio
Prisons and Prisoner Solidarity
This week they're sharing a discussion recorded some months back in the pacific northwest featuring former political prisoners Eric King, who went in for actions in solidarity with the Ferguson Uprising in 2014, and Jake Conroy, who was convicted for coordinating successful anti-vivisection divestment campaigns against Huntington Life Sciences as one of the SHAC7. They are joined by Erics co-author of Rattling The Cages, Josh Davidson. We hope you appreciate the wisdom and passion of the discussion. You can check out a slightly longer version at their website. https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org thefinalstrawradio@riseup.net

3 - 4:45 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI
A nearly two-hour fund drive special with an exclusive interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal
a special two-hour, fund-drive edition of Out-FM, WBAI and KPFK's anti-racist LGBTQ-plus program. Youll hear Bob Lederer's exclusive interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal, the brilliant Black revolutionary journalist unjustly serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. It's the first time in Brother Mumia's almost 43 years in prison that he has spoken at length about LGBTQ issues in a public forum. Mumia will describe his decades-long evolution to open solidarity with queer and trans liberation.

In the interview, Mumia covered many fascinating topics, including a deep dive into the day-to-day functioning of the Black Panther Party. Just a few teasers:

In 1970 Black Panther Party (BPP) leader Huey Newton gave groundbreaking public support to the then-strong movements for womens and gay liberation, criticizing homophobia and calling for the BPP to build an alliance with both movements. At the time, Mumia was the 16-year-old Communications Minister of the Philadelphia Chapter of the BPP. A taste of what Mumia told me:

When you think about what Huey said about gay folks and lesbian and queer folks, I must be honest with you, it was not well received by members of the party....But as usual, this was Huey at his finest.

Mumia pays tribute to the women of the BPP, whom he describes as "the glory of the party, the hardest workers, the most disciplined members and leaders." In particular, he cites the key roles of former political prisoners Afeni Shakur, who (although not an attorney) brilliantly self-represented in the Panther 21 conspiracy frameup case -- all were acquitted -- and Ericka Huggins, a BPP leader who beat yet another conspiracy frameup, and whose husband, BPP member John Huggins, along with Bunchy Carter, were murdered in an FBI-induced plot. (Ericka, an out-queer woman who continues her lifelong community activism, has been a periodic guest on Out-FM.)

Mumia explains how his thinking has significantly evolved since 1991, when he responded to a letter from Queers United in Support of Political Prisoners (QUISP) about our then-upcoming lesbian/gay forum to support him, by writing, As a MOVE person, we see Heterosexual Hookups as natural and inherently right, while also thanking and encouraging us to hold the event (we did). This started a long-term dialogue with Mumia by LGBTQ activists nationwide that played a role in his later evolution.

Mumia cites the leading role of the late Delbert Africa, a member of the MOVE 9 (a frameup murder case) and political prisoner for 42 years, in arguing for support of the lesbian and gay community.

Dhoruba Bin Wahad, former Black Panther Political Prisoner

Mumia also mentions the public support for lesbian and gay liberation by yet another ex-political prisoner, former BPP and Black Liberation Army member Dhoruba Bin Wahad. (We'll play a short clip from Dhoruba's powerful 1991 speech at the above-mentioned QUISP event.)

Mumia speaks movingly about his first-hand knowledge of the "hell within a hell" suffered by gay and trans incarcerated men, mistreated by both staff and other prisoners. He mentions having witnessed attempted suicides.

Other components of the special:

A short clip from the film "Manufacturing Guilt: - A Short Film About Mumia Abu-Jamal's Case," by First Run Features.

Two of Mumia's audio commentaries, from 2000 and 2019, decrying the murders of white gay men and Black trans women, respectively, and putting both in the context of a violent, racist society.

A brief excerpt of a recent phone dialogue between Mumia and students who had organized various Palestine/Gaza solidarity encampments, where he answers questions about strategy and tactics to build a strong movement.

What's happening now with Mumia's legal case and the importance of movement organizing to free him and other political prisoners.

What you can do to help free Mumia and demand he (and all incarcerated people) get proper health care and nutrition while he's still held. (For more, visit bit.ly/MAJUpdates.)

4:45 AM
Free Leonard Peltier Now
Peltier has just been sent to a prison hospital. The longest-held Indigenous political prisoner in the world, now 80, must be released immediately from incarceration to medical care outside prison walls and to his family. President Biden just apologized for the removal of Native people to oppressive boarding schools. Peltier was a victim of and resister to that from his childhood, which led him to his role as a leader of the American Indian Movement and defender of Indigenous people and lands.

5-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final hour from Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast yesterday.

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 30 2024

Don't miss our in person film screening Wed evening 10 30 24, 6:30 PM at Strategy and Soul Center - 3546 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd at Crenshaw - Reimagining Safety documentary film on policing, with a panel discussion and Q & A with film maker Matthew Solomon, Channing Martinez of Labor Community Strategy Center, Michael Novick, KPFK iGM, Gina Viola, Matt Sedillo and a member of Black Lives Matter LA Grassroots.


12 AM
Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie
Hip Hop and Drill Music

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Grief
Join Sarah Holmes for an exploration of grief and the plants that support us at this time. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.

2 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Agriculture, Climate Change and Agro-Ecology

Did you know that agro-ecology offers a holistic approach to agriculture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with Alexis E. Racelis, PhD, Professor of Agroecology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Racelis discusses the impact of climate change on agriculture in his unique geographical region in south Texas, and the potential benefits of agroecology and regionalized food systems.

Related Websites: https://www.rgvagroecology.com/
Planet Hunger: Inside the Global Food Crisis, by Jeff Goodell: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ukraine-food-crisis-1367826/
TX sugar mill closure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMXbebDCnQw

https://youtu.be/gMXbebDCnQw

2:30 AM
Making Contact
Traditions and Spiritual Practice in dealing with Substance Abuse for Indigenous People

3:00 AM
Aging Matters
Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient system of healthcare that has evolved over thousands of years to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. Older adults may consider using acupuncture for certain health conditions along with those recommended by their primary healthcare provider.
Damon Iacovelli, MAcOM LAc, Acupuncturist and Herbalist, Alleva Acupuncture, www.allevaacu.com, talks about acupuncture therapy, how it affects the body, health conditions treated, and the therapy session experience.

Launched in 2017, AGING MATTERS features individuals with expertise about a broad array of aging related topics. The programs focus is to bring more awareness about aging issues to older adults and their families. Produced in an interview format, guests educate and inform listeners about timely topics that impact the lives of older adults, their care partners, and families.

Cheryl Beversdorf, BSN, MHS, MA is executive producer and host of AGING MATTERS. She is a registered nurse, Veteran, and communication specialist. Contact: cbeversdorf@comcast.net.
Website: www.agingmattersonline.com
All radio programs: www.agingmattersonline.com/radio-show
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Twitter: www.twitter.com/AgingMattersPod

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Hartmann's earlier non-commercial broadcast on 10/29/24. Hartmann looks at Elon Musk and what he's up to.

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 29 2024

12 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer
On this week's edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like The Memory Hole, News from the Land of 4,000 Princes, News of Forever Chemicals, News of the Godly, News of Crypto-Winter, Trump Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of Food, News of the Atom, the Apologies of the Week, and News of A.I. Plus, you'll also find out why Harry's official endorsement for the presidential election has come to a grinding halt.

1 AM
CodePINK
Anti-Imperialist Feminist Movement Building:
In this episode we feature two segments from recent CODEPINK webinars about putting our values into practice as anti-imperialist feminists.
First, Danaka, Grace, and Jasmine of CODEPINK staff highlight the relational values we must embody as we build the world we want to see that leaves no one behind.
Then, hear Nadine Naber, Hadiya Afzal, and Noor in conversation about co-optation of feminist messaging and continuing to practice curiosity and solidarity.

2 AM
Project Censored
Crisis, Culture and Civility
With the 2024 US elections drawing near, Mickey hosts a panel discussion with three media educators about how critical-media-literacy education can enhance civic participation. They also explore what educators should do to engage today's students, and to bridge communication barriers, both inside and outside the classroom.
Allison Butler is a Senior Lecturer in Communications at the University of Massachusetts. Nolan Higdon is a Lecturer in the Education Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a prolific author on media issues. Sidney Sullivan is a Lecturer at San Diego State University, and a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis.

3 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Outrage over Canadian and US ban on Samidoun Palestinian political prisoner solidarity network, claiming it is a "terrorist" organization; interview with co-founder Charlotte Kates, plus coverage of a rally for an arms embargo on Israel.

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast from the previous day. Hartmann interviewed Brian Hansbury, of The Media & Democracy Project, discusses the possibility of the use of the military against people in the US, and in the last hour, Dr. Justin A. Frank, MD discusses Trump's Madison Square Garden Rally.

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 25 24

12 AM
Alan Watts
Early Chinese Zen

1 AM
Magical Mystery Tour
The Fascinated Realm of Neurodiversity with Annika and Tristan
This is a fascinating interview with Annika and Tristan, two individuals who share the same body, about their experience learning to cooperate, collaborate, share and love. While many others in similar circumstances don't do well together. They are an amazing model for how to get along in a relationship with the deepest respect and love. It's a wonderful interview with two amazing people.

2 AM
Old Radio Break
Dimension X - 1950s science fiction radio drama anthology series
There Will Come Soft Rain - Zero Hour
Hello Tomorrow

3 AM
Visionary Activist Caroline Casey from sister station KPFA
Full Moon Magic
The Whole Team of Creation is Counting on Us *Full Moon Magic- for necessary miracles….!

Caroline re-welcomes Elaine Mayumi Whitefeather, following up on last week's conversation
welcoming Mythic and ancestral allies, Yemaya! Dame Ragnall, Octavia Butler for mega-story re-write, from dystopian to Renaissance of Reverent Ingenuity….19 days out….
“As a Queer Elder of many colors, I walk and live, love and thrive with the Grace, Wisdom and ongoing guidance of our Star Ancestors; the Wisdom passed onto me from Above and the medicine I have gained from the many teachers from all paths that have led me to my own wholeness and peace. I am grateful to offer their messages to us all-through the books that I am asked to write, the voice I still have to speak it into the winds and the spirit that still burns with the fire and passion of one who seeks to contribute to a new journey, a better dream for all women and consequently, for all our Human Tribe.

The urgency of the moment, the world that is at the precipice of a grand transformation has called me to join the hearts and hands of my sisters, who also find themselves being called to act in this NOW moment. Whatever I can do, whatever I can offer, it is my giveaway at this important time. There can be no greater call for me to answer in this season of my life.
The Next generations and those yet to be born require us all to help each other through the fear and intimidation of the FearCallers’ Dark Night of our Collective Soul and to collectively light the way toward the world all women deserve to live in-Free in Body, Mind, Heart and Spirit. Emancipated to own and to be herself; and sovereign enough to be a light in the darkness for another sister, that she too, can be free.”
https://www.turtlewomenrising.live/

4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from yesterday's non-commercial broadcast