Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 06-21-24

12 AM
Alan Watts
The Tao of Philosophy - The Myth of Myself
Continuing a series of longer lectures by Watts

1 AM
Old Radio break - Frankenstein
A serialization of Mary Shelley's novel of scientific hubris and the misunderstood monster created in Baron von Frankenstein's laboratory from reanimated human parts. We will do 3-4 short episodes a night until completion.

2 AM
Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein
Liminal Dreaming & Exploring the Edges of Consciousness with Jennifer Dumpert
Jennifer Dumpert is a dream explorer and writer and the founder of the Oneironauticum, an international organization that explores the phenomenological experience of dreams as a means of experimenting with mind and consciousness. She also developed the concept and practice of liminal dreaming "surfing the edges of consciousness using hypnagogic and hypnopompic dream states. Jennifer Dumpert lectures and leads workshops all over the world & she's the author of a fascinating book Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep, that we talk about in depth.

3 AM
Visionary Activist Caroline Casey from sister station KPFA
LISTENING TO THE OCEAN with Michael Stocker
Dissolving the hubris of humans into nutrient for participatory animism….To dispel bad ideas disguised as “energy transition,” Caroline welcomes, long-time-ally, marine acoustician, Michael Stocker…(who is as though the Ocean adopted a human guise to be its voice…) What is the Ocean saying say to us now?!
Michael has served as the electronic and musical engineer on the benchmark film “Koyaanisqatsi,” and as a project development engineer for Pax Scientific, working in applied physics and acoustics – exploring how the principles of bio-mimicry can be used in fluid and air movement systems.
As founding director of Ocean Conservation Research he is using his fluency in bio-acoustics to explore the impacts of noise on ocean animals to inform ocean policy and practice toward decreasing human bio-acoustic impacts on marine habitats..
More information at Ocean Conservation Research: https://ocr.org/
Michael’s book: Hear Where We Are: Sound, Ecology, and Sense of Place

4-6 AM
MOATS - The Mother of All Talk Shows with George Galloway
Moving toward the end of our trial run, we have had a limited response so far, and it is trending more negative than positive. If you think we should keep airing the Mother of All Talk Shows, let us know by emailing comments at kpfk dot org, or better yet, by donating to support Somethings Happening and KPFK and let us know that you're in favor. Conversely, if you'd rather have us bring back Thom Hartmann for all four nights, donate and let us know that. Because without your donations, we may end up with nothing at all.

Guests include Ken Klippenstein, formerly with the Intercept, on US troops moving into Jordan in large numbers, and Chris Hedges

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 06-20-24

12 AM
Dave Emory - For the Record
"Conversations with Monte"
David Emory begins a new series, introducing his new co-host, Monte (or spelled Monty in some spots), a medically-retired 10+ year US military combat veteran who fought in Iraq, Afghanistan and in cross-border operations in Pakistan and elsewhere, and came out feeling that everything he was reading about that "theater of operations" was a lie. He has been researching the roots of US military involvement there and his study exposed links to same Nazi intelligence apparatus that Emory has tracked since its integration into the US national security state at the end of World War II.

1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate'
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal joins Ilan Pappe, trailblazing Israeli revisionist historian and author of "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" to discuss how the Israeli military relies on state terror as part of its doctrine to suppress resistance to its occupation of Palestine. Junaid Ahmad moderated the discussion.

2 AM
Final Straw Radio
This week you'll hear an interview with Cricket, a tree sitter in a tree called Goldie in southern so-called Oregon as well as D of Siskiyou Rising Tide. The two talk about the experience and efficacy of tree sits, about the land threatened by the Bureau of Land Managements plan to have Boise Cascade and other timber companies log this area theyre calling Rogue Gold, recent success of a tree sit at Poor Windy, revelations of police surveillance and some of the history of forest defense in this region.
You can find more at TreeSittersUnion.org , donate via venmo to @Cascadia-Defenders or see lovely pictures on the instagram accounts @TreeSittersUnion or @Siskiyou_RisingTide

- Police spying on Siskiyou Rising Tide: https://risingtidenorthamerica.org/2023/11/oregon-police-obsessively-spied-on-siskiyou-rising-tide-for-years-even-after-pipeline-fight-ended/
- Recent article on both tree sits: https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/tree-sit-stops-old-growth-logging-project-in-southern-oregon/
- Announcement of lawsuit by conservation groups: https://www.kswild.org/press-releases/rogue-gold-litigation
- Another article on the BLM sale & logging: https://siskiyoucrest.com/2021/10/18/the-rogue-gold-timber-sale-logging-the-last-old-forest-above-the-rogue-river-valley/

3 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI
Reclaim Pride March; ACT UP & JVP Protest Global Queer Rights Group’s Refusal to Denounce Gaza Genocide

2024 Reclaim Pride March
Naomi Brussel discusses the Reclaim Pride March with Jay Walker, an organizer with the group Reclaim Pride. The Reclaim Pride Coalition is the grassroots collective that has organized the Queer Liberation March in New York City every June since 2019. They seek to honor and reclaim the spirit of the Stonewall Rebellion, centering and amplifying the voices and needs of marginalized LGBTQIA2S+ communities. In the tradition of early Pride Marches, they reject corporate sponsorship and police involvement. As a community, they take to the streets to challenge systemic oppression, advocate for justice, and create a world where all queer and transgender individuals are free to live authentically and without fear.

ACT UP & JVP Protest Global Queer Rights Group’s Refusal to Denounce Gaza Genocide

John Riley interviews two guests:
Ariel Friedlander, an ACT UP organizer since 2018 and a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) member, and Emmaia Gelman, ACT UP member since 1996, Director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionist and longtime Palestinian Solidarity Activist Organizer.
They discuss how ACT UP's support for the Palestinian struggle came about as a result of the genocide being committed against Palestinians and their subsequent solidarity actions pressing progressive LGBTQ+ organizations to support the Palestinian struggle and work against the genocide. ACT UP continues its work on a range of HIV/AIDS, MPOX, STDs, and other health issues.

4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Thom's non commercial broadcast of 6-19-24
Includes Congressman M, Pocan taking calls when he was on live.

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 06-19-24

12 AM
About Health
Vision Health
Join Nurse Rona and Dr. Ella Faktorovich as they discuss vision health as it relates to different stages of life. They will answer question about issues such as myopia (near-sightedness), computer vision syndrome, presbyopia (far-sightedness), cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and how to keep your eyes healthy. Dr. Faktorovich is the Director and Founder of Pacific Vision Institute in San Francisco. More information here: https://www.pacificvision.org/

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Herbal first aid at protests
More information at IG accounts @indigenousRN and @grassrootsapothecary

2 AM
Green Street
Standing Up to the Methane Industry
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about micro- and nanoplastic particles and what we can do to reduce them. Then biologist, author and cancer survivor Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks about her efforts to stop the expansion of natural gas infrastructure and the tactics the industry is using to silence any opposition.

2:30 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Child Nutrition
Did you know that teaching children how to cook improves their motivation and ability to eat well? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Pam Koch, Ed.D, R.D., Mary Swartz Rose Associate Professor of Nutrition and Education, and Faculty Director at the Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. Koch describes her decades of research working to improve childrens nutrition, defines ultra-processed foods, and explains the importance of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.
Related website: Food Systems Based Dietary Guidelines: https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/20b9fd77-47f5-46f0-bdd9-94f798620368/content
Tisch Center: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/tisch/
Mary Swartz Rose Memorial Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkU1D-z2jXw
(Koch starts at 18:09)

3:00 AM
Whole Mother
Disparities in Birth and Maternal Care
For too long, the medical system has operated without transparency or any public accountability, particularly to Black women who are disproportionately dying in hospital settings during and after childbirth. Our back-end database, turns your qualitative experiences into quantitative data to identify patterns and behaviors, as we leverage the collective power of Black and brown consumers to push for social change.

Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the racial and socio-cultural complexities of birth, breastfeeding, and motherhood. She is the founder of IRTH a new “yelp-like” app for Black and Brown parents to address bias and racism in maternity and infant care. Kimberly also created BIRTHRIGHT, a podcast about joy and healing in Black birth that centers on positive Black birth stories as a tool in the fight for birth justice and reverses the narrative of negative statistics common in mainstream media coverage of Black maternal health. Learn more at kimberlysealsallers.com Follow her @iamKSealsAllers on Facebook, twitter, and Instagram.

Sheridan Blackwell assumed the role of Head of Systems Change, Hospitals, and Partnerships in November 2022. Ms. Blackwell is a seasoned healthcare professional with 10 years of experience. Sheridan began her career as an administrative fellow and quickly rose to managerial positions holding various roles of increasing responsibility across program management, ambulatory operations and special IT projects. Most recently, she served as Administrative Director of Women’s Health at Jersey City Medical Center – RWJBarnabas Health. Sheridan oversaw a team of over 50 employees, responsible for administrative and financial management, strategic planning, population health and community engagement, and operations of inpatient and ambulatory Women’s Health Services. Ms. Blackwell holds a master’s degree in Health Administration from Seton Hall University and a bachelor’s degree in Health Administration from St. John’s University. Ms. Blackwell is passionate about improving maternal health outcomes with a strong emphasis on population health and improving health equity, reducing bias in care, and patient education.

4-6 PM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from the non-commercial broadcast on 6-18-24

Monday Night

Program Notes Something's Happening 06-18-24

12 AM
Creative Frontline with Robert Lundahl and Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone
The Gift Of A Rattle
Max Carmichael, Artist, is the guest again. "The Cry: Traditional Grief and its Meaning Today." Carmichael talks about what, as a person of European descent, learned from an Indigenous elder abut the role of ceremony in dealing with grief and loss more communally, to experience and express the feelings of loss in a safe space. Video version of each episode is on YouTube. This one is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-vtijPnzJw
Website for Creative Frontline is here: https://CreativeFRONTLINE.com

12:30 AM
A Sharpening of the Already Present - with Kim Tall Bear
This talk explores an Indigenous analytical approach to understanding the concept of the ‘Anthropocene,’ including why the present era is not quite everyone’s apocalypse: some Peoples are already post-apocalyptic survivors. In addition to drawing on Indigenous scholarship, Indigenous ideas about apocalyptic grieving are offered as alternative foundational concepts to counter settler-colonial ideological responses to the current environmental crisis and to the denied/impending fall of US empire.

1 AM
Behind the News with Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer
Edwin Ackerman on the Mexican elections, and the reasons for AMLO’s immense popularity {Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his MORENA Party, whose candidate Claudia Scheinbaum was just elected as Mexico's first female and first Jewish president.
(Sidecar piece here: https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-amlo-project); Joel Whitney, author of Flights, discusses radicals' and revolutionaries’ battles with the CIA.

2 AM
Project Censored
In the first half of the show, Eleanor Goldfield speaks with professor Mohammed Bamyeh about a no-state solution for Palestine, an idea rooted in both Palestinian and broader Middle-eastern history, when societies often functioned primarily on organic anarchy rather than government orders. He also explains the actual origins of religious fundamentalism in Arab countries, and the appeal of revolution when realistic options fail.
Next, Eleanor interviews author John Washington about his latest book, "The Case For Open Borders" (Haymarket, 2024). Washington surveys some of the history of US border policies, and the surprisingly recent origins of today's militarized US borders. He explains why efforts to block human migration fail, and why, contrary to politicians' rhetoric, open borders actually are beneficial.
Mohammed Bamyeh is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. His areas of scholarship include anarchism, revolution, religion, and the Arab world.
John Washington is a staff writer for Arizona Luminaria (azluminaria.org). He has also been published in the Atlantic, the Nation, and the New York Review of Books, among others.

3 AM
Equal Rights & Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Netflix's offensive stereotypical animated reboot of Good Times draws protests for racist portrayals of Black people ; then Biden's xenophobic border closure - Mimi talks with Todd Miller, author of Build Bridges Not Walls, about whether Biden's executive order is about more than political theater and jockeying with Donald Trump for political advantage.

4-6:00 AM
MOATS - Mother of All Talk Shows with George Galloway
Continuing a trial run to the end of the month -- let us know what you think. George discusses US politics with Rachel Blevins, a Texas journalist formerly with RT America; discusses Palestine with Aarab Barghouti, son of Marwan Barghouti who is referred to as the Palestinian Nelson Mandela, one of the longest held Palestinian political prisoners in Israel; takes listener calls from the UK and the US discussing RFK Jr., Jill Stein, Biden and other aspects of US politics and government; and marks Fathers Day and the Muslim holiday of Eid.