Thursday Night

Thursday Night program guide, April 13, 2023

Fund drive pitch: Dear Something's happening (SH) with Roy Tuckman listeners, KPFK is in the midst of its spring fund drive. I want to encourage you to make a generous contribution to the station and become a monthly sustainer. You know kpfk very well—it’s been on the air for over 63 years. The reason you have been listening during SH show is because of the content Roy has been bringing and providing you for years and decades. So, I want to plea with you to make a generous contribution during SH program, 12 midnight to 6 am, by calling 818-985-7535 or go to kpfk.org, click on DONATE button, and follow a few easy steps to make your generous contribution. Can one of you give a $1000 contribution, one of you $500, or $250, or $50. We both understand the importance of keeping the station alive and on the air. I don’t have any shiny object to allure you to make a financial contribution—kpfk is here for you and because of you. Please call 818-985-7535 or go to kpfk.org, click on DONATE button, and make your generous contribution.

Also, I am looking for one person, and I mean you, to make a generous $250K contribution, it can be broken down to monthly payments, to help the station and foundation out. I will personally arrange a meeting with the Boss Lady, our Executive Director, for you to have informative conversation with her—this includes a glass of wine or two! So, please call 818-985-7535 or go to kpfk.org. I will welcome your $100K as well as $50 contribution; however, I am looking for one person, you, to make a generous $250K contribution. Please call 818-985-7535 or go to kpfk.org.

12:00-1:07 am: Jack Gariss: On the topic of Letters to a Wayfarer, part 1 of 3. This lecture begins with human evolution, bringing together religion and science in a discussion of humanity, nature, and the universe, and ends with talks about the human mind, consciousness, and meditation. Jack Gariss was an American spiritual teacher and meditation instructor, and a radio personality on KPFK in Los Angeles from the 1960s until his death in Los Angeles in 1985.

1:09-2:13 am: Tami Simon, director of Sounds True, in conversation with Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, an author, poet, ordained Zen Buddhist priest, teacher, and artist, whose diverse background, education, and experience all provide a unique integral and cultural perspective within the space of religion and spirituality. She is the author of The Shamanic Bones of Zen, The Way of Tenderness, The Deepest Peace, and her latest one, the topic of this conversation, is Opening to Darkness: Eight Gateways for Being with the Absence of Light in Unsettling Times, and how we can begin to change the way we relate to darkness and blackness.

Website: soundstrue.com

2:16-3:14 am: Caroline Casey, Visionary Activist, of Coyote network news, in conversation with Susan Griffin on the topic of her latest book “Out of silence, Sound; Out of Nothing, Something”. Caroline Casey’s website is coyotenetworknews.com

3:16-4:42 am: The Thom Hartmann program.

4:45-6:00 am: Special program. "What Should We Do About the War in Ukraine?" This is a panel discussion/debate between Medea Benjamin, author and co-founder of Code Pink, and Bill Fletcher, labor organizer and historian, as they provide two very different perspectives on the war in Ukraine. This event was organized by Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) on April 8th.

Link: https://youtu.be/CAdMYNAAR-4