Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 24 24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Dave continues his protracted conversation with co-host Monty - #19 in the series.

1 AM
Covert Action Bulletin with Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa
US Blockade/embargo threatens Cuban electric grid
The devastation of Hurricane Oscar, which hit Cuba on October 18th, has significantly worsened the deep crisis of the island’s electric grid. The U.S. government and its media lackeys are trying to blame the socialist government for supposed mismanagement of the country’s power system, but the reality is that the biggest contributor to the situation is the U.S. blockade of Cuba.

On October 22nd, The People’s Forum published an open letter in the New York Times calling on President Biden to overturn the Trump administration’s anti-Cuba policies. Biden has 90 days left in his term to restore the Obama-era reforms and steps towards normalization that are desperately needed.
We talk more about the history of the criminal blockade and its impact on Cuba.

2 AM
Final Straw Radio
Jail and Housing Conditions in Post-Hurricane-Helene Asheville
This week on The Final Straw Radio, you'll hear three interviews interviews relating to community needs and recovering concerning Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina.

First up, Jen Hampton of the WNC Tenants Network talks about the re-opening of eviction courts in Buncombe County and conditions of housing in an already difficulty place to live.

Then, Bruce and G talk from the Asheville Community Bail Fund speak about conditions in the local jail during and after this unnatural disaster.
If you're listening to the radio edition, consider checking out the podcast where you'll find an additional interview with Yousef of the Palestinian and Arab-led Sumud Collective speaking about his experience of the storm and recovery work in the region in an interview recorded a couple of weeks ago.

3 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI
Coming Out as a Queer/Trans Asian; and Queer Singaporean Poetry and Organizing
- Including Palestine Solidarity Activism

On today's show, four LGBTQ Asian Americans talk about coming out, family and activism at a National Coming Out Day event at the Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library.
Pauline Park talks with gay Singaporean American poet Jee Leong Koh about poetry, organizing the Singaporean expatriate community and activism.

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from yesterday's non-commercial broadcast. Thom discusses billionaires hijacking affordable housing, and lies from Fox News and Sean Hannity.

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 23 24

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

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Medicinal Ecologies: Coastal California
Join host Emiliano Lemus and guest Violet Moon for “Medicinal Ecologies,” an Herbal Highway series in which we explore the natural medicines present in California ecosystems. This month, we visit the California coastline, and discuss the herbs that can be found where the land meets the ocean. Violet Moon is a clinical herbalist and native plant specialist based in Oakland, CA (unceded Lisjan Ohlone land).

2 AM
Food Sleuth Radio with Investigative Nutritionist Melinda Hemmelgarn
Food-borne illnesses part 2
Did you know there are probably millions of cases of food-borne illness every year in the U.S.? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with Don Schaffner, PhD, food microbiologist, Distinguished professor, and Extension Specialist at Rutgers University. Schaffner discusses Covid -19 and foods as an unlikely route of Covid exposure, hand-washing specifics (time and water temp.), and specific foods he avoids and why. (part 2 of 2)
Related Websites: https://www.riskyornot.co/
- Eating expired baby carrots: https://www.riskyornot.co/episodes/625-eating-expired-baby-carrots
http://foodsafetytalk.com/

2:30 AM
Sprouts:
Why Neuroscience Matters
Lynn Borton hosts Ilya Monosov, who invites us to rethink our "too-facile understanding of the brain" and to wrestle with the implications of how we define curiosity.
Our conversation took us to the importance of neuroscience and information seeking for the fate of humanity and how achieving an engineer's understanding of the brain could be helpful for those living with mental health challenges like OCD.

3 AM
Whole Mother

Please note the sound quality on the original file was quite poor; we did our best to enhance it.

Dr. Esther N. Amagoh, PT, DPT, is a highly specialized expert in Women’s Health and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation. With a passion for empowering individuals through education and tailored care, Dr. Amagoh’s journey in physical therapy began with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Education and Physical Exercise Science from Virginia Commonwealth University. She then earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Howard University, followed by a residency in Women’s Health and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation.

Dr. Amagoh played a key role in establishing a pelvic rehabilitation practice in Virginia before relocating to Houston, Texas in 2016. There, she served as a Physical Therapy Specialist at The Women’s Hospital of Texas, managing one of their satellite office locations. Driven by a desire to provide personalized care, she founded The Pelvic Place Physical Therapy.

As a specialist, Dr. Amagoh focuses on a broad range of pelvic health concerns, including sexual dysfunction, pregnancy and postpartum pain, bladder and bowel issues, and musculoskeletal conditions. She is an active member of leading professional societies in pelvic pain and sexual medicine and has shared her expertise as a keynote speaker at universities and pelvic health conferences around the world. Dr. Amagoh is deeply committed to education, community service, and helping individuals navigate and overcome pelvic health challenges, ensuring they can live their lives with confidence and comfort.

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast yesterday. Hartmann looks at quickly a fascist can take over a government.

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 22 24

12 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer
This week on Le Show, Harry brings us News About Food, News of AI, News of the Godly, Truth Social Audio, Looks Like Musk Love, Apologies of the Week, original music selections, and more!

1 AM
Code Pink
Israel’s War on Lebanon & the Multipolar World:
During the first half of this episode, we feature a segment from CODEPINK Congress, in which Rania Khalek, host of Breakthrough News, talks about Lebanese resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and bombings of civilian neighborhoods in Lebanon.
In the second half, CODEPINK organizer Marcy Winograd interviews economist and author Jeffrey Sachs about his recent article, “Beyond Hegemony-A New International Order Under the UN Charter.”

2 AM
Project Censored with Mickey Huff from sister station KPFA
The 2023 Election and Critical Media Literacy; Portraits of Struggle
The National Association for Media Literacy Education has named the week of October 21 as "Media Literacy Week." In light of this -- and the upcoming November election -- Mickey speaks with media scholar Nolan Higdon about identifying fake news and attempts at opinion manipulation, from all quarters.

Then in the second half of the program, photojournalist Orin Langelle joins Eleanor to discuss his new book, "Portraits of Struggle," a collection of images of people engaged in the defense of their lands and lives across the globe. He also explains the stories behind the images, and what he's learned about corporate/government domination and popular resistance.
Nolan Higdon is a lecturer in Education at the University of California Santa Cruz campus, a prolific author on media issues, and a frequent guest on the Project Censored Show. His books include "The Anatomy of Fake News." He writes at NolanHigdon.substack.com
Orin Langelle has been a photojournalist for 50 years; his work has been featured in many publications, both corporate and nonprofit.

3:00 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Let Cuba Live
CubanForeign Minister Bruno Parrilla and US journalist and solidarity activist Rosemari Mealy discuss efforts to end the destructive US embargo/blockade that seeks to punish the Cuban people and prevent other countries, as well as any US businesses, from doing any business with or providing needed supplies and equipment to Cuba.

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast from yesterday, look at voter suppression efforts and other election-related news.

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 18 24

12:00 AM
Alan Watts
Eastern & Western Zen I
Watts lectures on "The Wisdom of the Ridiculous"

1 AM
Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein
Part 2 of interview with AJ Bond
AJ Bond is a writer, filmmaker, shame educator & the author of Discomfortable: What is Shame & How Do We Break Its Hold? Which is a fascinating deep exploration into the evolutionary role of shame in our lives & the wide ranging impact it has on our lives, both negative & positive.
AJ talks about the importance of learning to get comfortable with uncomfortable emotions, especially shame, which he refers to as the master emotion. And how do that even though it is very difficult to do. And that shame is like a shape-shifting demon, trickster, little child & teacher all in one, that hides in the shadows until you face it and stay present with it.
This show ends with a presentation by Sheila Rubin titled From Embarrassment to Breakthrough.

2 AM
Old Radio Break
Dimension X - 1950s radio science fiction anthology series -- two episodes that offer insight in how people in the past viewed the future.
Courtesy
First Contact

3 AM
Caroline Casey - Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA
Awareness and Guiding: Awareness of Danger and Guiding Liberating Narrative

2 Dragons: Caroline welcomes Elaine Mayumi Whitefeather,

Honoring the Power and contribution of multi-racial Women….Especially Now!

Elaine M. Whitefeather shares: “In the winter season of my life, I am honored to offer service to our Greater Sisterhood – at such a time as this. After spending over 4 decades serving women and children around our Mother Earth, I leave behind a path of advocacy, activism and innovative ways of healing and empowering women rooted in the strengths, wisdom and principles of my multi-cultural heritage, the Red, Black, Yellow and White Winds of me that enabled me to walk in the shoes of many women whose journey through and out of abuse and trauma, I share.

"My life’s work has been shaped by the hearts and spirits of women, who honored me with trust and vulnerability as I assisted them toward their own empowerment and emancipation. 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.”
turtlewomenrisinglive.com

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast yesterday.

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 17 24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Dave continues his extended conversations with his co-host Monty

1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss Israel's arrest and persecution of journalist Jeremy Loffredo as it escalates its assault on Lebanon, threatens to strike Iran, and enacts a horrifying plan in Gaza, generating searing images that capture the essence of a year-long campaign of brutality.

2 AM
Final Straw Radio
This week on the show we're featuring two inteviews. First up, you'll hear from Freeway, a houseless activist in Oakland, CA, about the recent series of sweeps of homeless being promoted by Governor Gavin Newsom. Freeway has been a member of Wood Street Commons and is now a member of Oakland Homeless Union (IG or donate). Then, Janet of Rural Organizing and Resilience (IG or donate) in Madison County, speaks about post-Hurricane Helene organizing and disaster preparedness in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

If you're listening to the radio edition of this episode, you can find a little more audio in the podcast at our website.
Other groups mentioned by Janet of ROAR include:
- Holler Harm Reduction
- PODER Emma
- Appalachian Medical Solidarity
- Asheville Tool Library
- Asheville Repair Clinic
- Another Gulf is Possible
- Bulboncha Liberation Radio

Announcement
Phone Zap for Buncombe County Jail
Members of the Asheville Community Bail Fund have announced a phone zap concerning conditions in the Buncombe County Detention Facility where reports are coming out of a lack of clean water, irregular bathroom breaks and other lack of access are leading to calls for those in the jail to be released or transferred to a facility with more humane conditions.

3 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI
Naomi Brussel and Pauline Park on the current situation in the US preceding the elections. (A scheduled segment with Mandy Carter on LGBTQ resistance to homophobia and white supremacy was postponed due to aftermath of the hurricanes that hit Florida and the Carolinas)

Ong Keng Sen on Queering Singaporean Theater
Pauline Park talks with renowned theater director Ong Keng Sen about being LGBTQ and doing theater in Singapore that challenges the sex/gender binary. Ong Keng discusses how a Greek play set in modern Korea still can have current relevance and yet be difficult to censor. He will be speaking at 6TH SINGAPORE LITERATURE FESTIVAL IN NYC this coming weekend.
Long-time AIDS activist Nanette Kazaoka dies.

4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast yesterday. Thom focuses on election related developments as the election grows closer and tighter, and has a guest from MSNBC who joined him in taking calls. Obviously no calls during the delayed broadcast but you can catch Hartmann live at 9:00 AM and call in then.

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 16 24

12 AM
Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie

1 AM
Herbal Highway
Respiratory Steaming
Archival episode of Herbal Highway, but new to listeners here at KPFK, and timely given the likelihood of various respiratory issues at this time of year.

2 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Investigative Nutrition with Melinda Hemmelgard, MS, RD
Did you know that pregnant women should avoid deli lunch meats due to the risk of listeria-related food-borne illness? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Don Schaffner, PhD, food microbiologist, Distinguished Professor, and Extension Specialist at Rutgers University. Schaffner discusses his research on handwashing, characteristics of listeria and the recent Boars Head lunch meat recall, and food safety related to power outages.
(Part 1 of 2)

Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn helps listeners "think beyond their plates," connect the dots between food, health and agriculture, and find food truth
Related Websites: https://www.riskyornot.co/
Historical perspectives on handwashing: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144018/
Boars Head meat recall CDC updates: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s0828-listeria-outbreak-deli-meats.html

2:30 AM
Senior Citizen Radio with Dave McGaughy
Going Out of My Head
We Seniors have traveled and experienced life more than previous generations. Now we face ageing with many struggles In this program/podcast we trace some of our steps in history with our music and needed info.
Another tryout, as Green Street has moved into the daytime lineup. Let us know what you think. comments@kpfk.org

3:00 AM
Aging Matters
Cognitive Decline
After age 60, nearly everyone will start to experience some decline in cognitive skills, most noticeably in memory. Consistent memory loss or often losing things may suggest cognitive impairment.
Amy Sanders, MD, Dementia Neurologist, Sunday Health, and Clay Ackerly, MD, PrimaryCare Physician, Co-Founder, Ackerly McBride Group, and Senior Clinical Advisor, Sunday Health, www.sundayhealth.com, talk about cognitive decline among older adults, cognitive assessment tests and treatment, and how the condition can be prevented.
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
Facebook: www.facebook.com/agingmatterswera
Twitter: www.twitter.com/AgingMattersPod

About Health from sister station KPFA is no longer being produced, and Whole Mother from sister station KPFT had no new content available this week, so we are using Aging Matters from the Pacifica affiliates unit. Again, please send us your comments and reactions to comments@kpfk.org. Do you like it? Should we air it regularly? At an earlier hour? Feedback welcome.

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours from yesterday's non-commercial broadcast. Hartmann discusses evangelicals opposing Christian nationalists trying to take over the US state, and other matters related to the upcoming election.

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 15 24

12 AM
Le Show with Harry Shearer
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.
Join Harry Shearer for another edition of Le Show! This week Harry brings us News of A.I., News of Musk Love, News of Forever Chemicals, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of Birds, News of Smart World, The Apologies of the Week, News of Crypto-Winter, News of Inspectors General, great music and more.

1 AM
Code Pink
One Year of Genocide, One Year of Resistance:
In this episode, Tim talks with CODEPINK co-founders and organizers across the country about the past year of organizing since October 7th and how they took action this past week.

2 AM
Project Censored
Julian Assange has been a free man since June, but the issue of his long confinement in a UK prison is still in the news. Recently he testified before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and the Council then passed a resolution declaring that Assange could be designated a political prisoner. Independent journalist Kevin Gosztola joins Mickey to examine the implications of the PACE decision.
They also discuss other press-freedom issues, notably the unprecedented death toll among journalists in the Gaza Strip, at the hands of Israeli forces there.
Then Steve Macek looks at foreign campaign spending in US elections, taking note both of its widespread presence as well as the relative lack of interest by corporate media in reporting on the subject. He observes that only occasional stories about individual politicians' potential campaign funding transgressions (such as those of NYC Mayor Eric Adams) make the news, but the system itself is seldom covered

Kevin Gosztola is the editor of the Dissenter newsletter, www.thedissenter.org His book on the Julian Assange case, "Guilty of Journalism," was published in 2023. Steve Macek teaches communications and media studies at North Central College in Illinois. He's also the co-coordinator of Project Censored's Campus Affiliates Program. His recent article on widespread foreign spending on US political campaigns is on the Project Censored web site at www.projectcensored.org/foreign-influence-elections-russia

Campaign-finance watchdog organizations mentioned on this week's program:
www.opensecrets.org
www.commoncause.org
www.citizen.org (Public Citizen)
www.citizensforethics.org

3 AM
Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI
Stand with Palestine - Stop the US-Israel War Machine; Distorted Definition - Antisemitism Redefined to Silence Advocacy for Palestinian Rights
Mimi talks with Alissa Wise of Rabbis for a Ceasefire, Palestinian activist Rajah Abdulhaq, Haitian activist Audrey Joseph, and more.

4 AM
Alternative Radio with David Barsamian
Russell Means and the American Indian Movement
David requested that we run this archival episode in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day. For years the indigenous peoples of the U.S., after having been dispersed and decimated and relegated to reservations, were reduced to caricatures. We all knew Indian cultural stereotypes. There was the familiar medicine man, the trading post, Geronimo and Crazy Horse, papooses and squaws, tepees and tomahawks, war dances and war parties. Tonto was the epitome of faithfulness and subservience. The formation and rise of the American Indian Movement, AIM, in the late 1960s and early 1970s did much to break down these conventional tropes. AIM, through its actions at Wounded Knee, Alcatraz, Mount Rushmore and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, demonstrated that Native Americans could and would fight back against colonialism, racism and oppression.
Russell Means was a renowned activist for Indigenous rights. An Oglala Lakota, he was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was a founding member of the American Indian Movement and its first national director. His autobiography is Where White Men Fear to Tread. He passed away in 2012.

Alternative Radio, established in 1986, is an award-winning weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and beyond. AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in corporate media. With headquarters based in Boulder, Colorado and with only two full-time and two part-time paid staff, AR airs on over 200 radio stations, and regularly on KPFK on Friday mornings at 10 AM, as Mitch Jeserich only produces Letters and Politics 4 days a week.

5 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Just one hour of Hartmann today from his non-commercial broadcast yesterday, as we ran the previous special edition of Alternative Radio featuring the late leader of the American Indian Movement, Russell Means, in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day.

Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 10 24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Conversations with Monty #17
Dave continues his protracted series of conversations with his new co-host Monty, a retired combat veteran turned researcher into the national security state and its Nazi roots.

1 AM
Grayzone Radio's Aaron Mate' with Judge Andrew Napolitano on Judging Freedom
Israel's destruction of the infrastructure of Gaza, invasion of Lebanon, and arrest of The Grayzone investigative journalist and foreign correspondent Jeremy Lofredo in the West Bank along with several other journalists by the Israeli military. The others have been released, but Lofredo, a US citizen and journalist going about his business of reporting was still in detention as of the recording. This may account for why there was no episode of Grayzone Radio provided to us in time to schedule on Something's Happening

1:30 AM
Between the Lines radio newsmagazine with Scott Harris
US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel's Savage War in Gaza and Lebanon; Corporate Media is 'Sanewashing' Trump's Obvious Cognitive Decline; As Hurricanes Ravage the Southeast US, Fossil Fuels Destructive Infrastructure Impacts Rural Communities Climate Activist.
Guests: Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org; Parker Malloy, publisher of the Present Age newsletter, former editor-at-large with Media Matters 4 America; Sydney Collins speaking at a Stop Project Maple rally in Hartford, in CT in late Sept. with prophetic remarks about Big Oil and Big Coal's responsibility for the destruction now being wrought by Hurricane Milton in FL.

2 AM
The Final Straw Radio
Mutual Aid and Disaster Relief in Southern Appalachia
Over the first weekend of October, 2024, there was a deluge from two storms (including level 4 Hurricane Helene) descended on southern Appalachia, mostly on the eastern side which includes Asheville and other parts of western NC, eastern TN, south eastern Ohio, and northern Georgia.
At the point of this recording there are over 200 known dead and hundreds missing, portions of the region continue to be without electricity or cellular service, and where the toxic mud and water linger and separate people from medical and community care.
This episode, we're speaking with three people who've lived in the region and have been helping other residents distribute storm relief. If you're listening to this on the radio, please consider checking out the podcast for an additional half an hour of reports of their experience.
Groups worth following doing work on the ground include:
- Mutual Aid Disaster Relief https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/ "Solidarity Not Charity"
- Appalachian Medical Solidarity/Asheville Survival Program: Venmo @AppMedSolid / https://www.facebook.com/appmedsolid/
- Hood Huggers in Asheville NC: https://hoodhuggers.com/
- Rural Organizing And Resilience https://ruralorganizing.wordpress.com/

3:00 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI in NY
Queer Palestinian and Lebanese Responses to the Gaza Genocide and the Lebanon War.
Apartheid Israel is currently pursuing genocide in Gaza and has launched a new war in Lebanon yet mainstream media rarely include authentic Palestinian perspectives let alone center the perspectives of LGBT/queer Palestinians or Jewish Americans who support justice for Palestine. On today's show, we speak with Mohammad Hamad, an openly gay Palestinian activist based in New York City; and with Afeef Nassouli, an openly gay Lebanese American who has family in Beirut.

A Jewish Anti-Zionist Perspective on Repression by Universities
Queer activist and scholar Emmaia Gelman talks about university "leaders'" suppression of student campaigns for Palestine and of faculty discussion exposing Israel's genocidal intentions toward Palestinians. Dr. Gelman is a founder of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism.

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast yesterday

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 09 24

12 AM
Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie
Hip Hop and Community Outreach

1 AM
Herbal Highway
African-based Herbalism
Sara Holmes welcomes Olatokunboh Obasi, from Puerto Rico, whose herbalism is based in African origins and plants. Ola Obasi is a yoga and dance instructor, clinical herbalist, nutritionist, and birth doula. Committed to community holistic health, social justice, and education, she works heavily in community service and African (Diaspora) Traditional Medicine. Presently, she coordinates Herbalists without Borders International in Puerto Rico. This is a rebroadcast of a Herbal Highway that previously aired on KPFA, but not one we have aired here on KPFK.
More information: https://www.internationalherbsymposium.com/olatokunboh-obasi/

2:00 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Organic Insider
Did you know that there are efforts to weaken the organic label on foods? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Max Goldberg, MBA, Founder and Editor of Organic Insider newsletter covering the organic industry, and administrator of the Organic Food Industry group on LinkedIn. Goldberg discusses gene editing, regenerative agriculture, and food labels consumers can trust. Related Websites: www.organicinsider.com

2:30 AM
Choose To Be Curious
Curiosity and Bio-Diversity
Curiosity, biodiversity, rewilding -- these are the exciting places Carolin Sommer-Trembo Ph.D. takes us today. Carolin Sommer-Trembo PhD is a post-doctoral researcher and evolutionary biologist
Carolin is an evolutionary biologist. Her big goal is to focus attention on animal behavior as it effects evolution and biodiversity. To get there, she has studied curiosity in cichlid fish in Africa's Lake Tanganyika, combining some good old-fashioned field work with exciting new investigative tools, including AI and genetic scissors.
I came to the conversation interested in the curiosity angle, but Carolin's impassioned case for the importance of this basic research to eventually rebuilding vanishing biodiversity -- and the aforementioned "rewilding" -- puts the discussion on another level entirely.
Curiosity doesn't only promote biodiversity, it might just save us all.
Episode webpage: https://lynnborton.com/2024/08/22/curiosity-promotes-biodiversity-with-carolin-sommer-trembo/
Choose to Be Curious is a show all about curiosity. We talk about research and theory, but mostly it's conversations about how curiosity shows up in work and life.
Choose to Be Curious won the Alliance for Community Media's Hometown Media Award for best audio programming by an independent producer (2024) and best information talk show series (2021), as well as Arlington Magazine's Editor's Pick for best local podcast (2020).
WEBSITE: www.choosetobecurious.com
We are experimenting with various health related programming from the Pacifica affiliates since we moved Green Street from WBAI up to the daytime schedule. Let us know what you think about these auditions by emailing comments at kpfk dot org

3:00 AM
Whole Mother from sister station KPFT
Mike Loomis, Nurse, OB1Health
Mike Loomis is a nurse, a father, and the founder of OB1Health, a startup focused on developing applications to achieve better outcomes for patients and families. With over 18 years of experience as a registered nurse in maternal-child health, Mike has supported and empowered families during some of life’s most transformative moments. After witnessing firsthand the unique challenges and gaps in resources faced by new fathers, he decided to create Call of Dad Duty, an app designed to provide guidance and support alongside humor and experience. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/call-of-dad-duty/id6605920847
More information at https://www.ob1health.com/

4-6:00 AM
We Decide - national Pacifica coverage of the election process
Health Care and Medicare At Issue in the 2024 Elections
Two-hour special looking at issues around health, health care and Medicare as they are being addressed (or not addressed) by candidates in the 2024 elections. This weekly program, focused on issues rather than personalities, was developed by sister stations WBAI in NY and WPFW in Washington DC, and is building towards special national Pacifica coverage on Election night, Nov. 5, with participation from KPFK here in So Cal, KPFT in Houston, TX, and Pacifica affiliates around the country, including in such "swing states" as Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, as well as from Florida.
Following the Medicare discussion, they check in with our Pacifica affiliate in Asheville North Carolina to see just how that region is doing in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. They discuss the facts around FEMA recovery and relief efforts as opposed to social media lies, and issues around whether Congressmembers in the affected states supported funding for FEMA, as well as the role of radio in such crises.
While most of the US labor union movement has lined up behind the Harris-Walz ticket, the national Teamsters and Firefighters opted to stay neutral. We Decide talks with noted labor historian Joshua Freeman about organized labor's role in the election. Jenna Flanagan hosts.

Monday Night

Prog Notes S H  10 08 2024

 

12:00 AM

Le Show with Harry Shearer

 

On this week's edition of Le Show, Harry brings us regular features like News of Musk Love, News of the Warm, News of Inspectors General, News of A.I., News of the Godly, Truth Social Audio with Donald Trump, News of the Atom, The Apologies of the Week, and News of Crypto-Winter. Hell also play great music and debut a new feature, The Memory Hole.    

 

1:00 AM

Code Pink

 

Korea on the Frontlines of War:

     On this episode, political analyst K.J. Noh and Notdutdol's Sheen Kim discuss US operational control of South Korea's military and the threat this poses of a possible future war with China.

 

2:00 AM

Project Censored

 

     Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week's program. Her first guest, international human rights lawyer Karnig Kerkonian, warns of a dire situation in Atsakh, known in the former Soviet Union as Nagorno-Karabakh, a South Caucasus region with a majority of ethnic Armenians, but surrounded by Azerbaijani territory. He says the ruler of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has already carried genocidal attacks on the Armenians, driving many from their homes and land, and global institutions must take action.
     Then Chip Gibbons returns to the program, to describe the unprecedented death toll among journalists in the Gaza Strip, which in one year has exceeded number of journalists who were killed in WW II or the Vietnam War. He says there is abundant evidence that Israeli forces are deliberately targeting reporters, and asks what's become of the supposed US support for press freedom.  

 

3:00 AM

Equal Rights and Justice with Mimi Rosenberg from sister station WBAI

 

4-6:00 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours from yesterday's non-commercial broadcast

Will SCOTUS play a role in the current election? Plus how reducing glucose can aid brain function and health

Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 04 24

12 AM
Alan Watts
Buddhism - Religion of No Religion
Next in this series of mostly longer lectures by Watts. This early morning's topic is "Transcending Duality". There is one shorter lecture we will run on Sunday that wraps this series up as we continue to work our way back though the corpus of Watts's work.
The PRA collection of 28 Watts lectures is available as a thank you gift for a donation of $120 to KPFK. More information available if you click on the donate button or fund drive banner at kpfk [dot] org.

1 AM
Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein
Love's New Earth: Awakening to Our Collective True Nature as Love with Freedom Mauran
Freedom Mauran is an artist, writer and a psychic who says she's a translator of wisdom from other dimensions. She's the author of Where the Wisdom Lies: A Message From Nature's Small Creatures, Being the Miracle of Love, and The Key to Love. And her new book is Love's New Earth: Awakening to Our Collective True Nature as Love with Rays of Hope and Reasons to Prevail.
Freedom Mauran talks about our current unfolding crises as the collapsing of the old world, making way for the envisioning and creation of a new world that reflects our individual and collective true nature as love.

2 AM
Old Radio Break
Dimension X - 1950s science fiction radio drama anthology series
"The Last Objective"
"Nightmare"

3 AM
Caroline Casey the Visionary Activist
Voting for the Earth Radio
We be voting for the earth- in our Fund Drive while answering Antonio Machado’s query “What have we done with the garden entrusted to us?!”
We are available to Mystery & Willing to Participate! Woofing the dedicated work of Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue
and John Perlin…
So, deftly, once again to guide us, be Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue, with his latest book The Silver Branch and the Otherworld: Forest Magic with Plant and Fungi Allies.
“Braiding together insights from herbalism, ecology, neurobiology, psychology, Irish history, and magical tradition, Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue shows how we can tap into the flow of communication from the wild world and our ancestral traditions.”
Seán is a poet and herbalist living in western Maine in the shadow of a chain of mountains that stretch south to Georgia and north and east across the sea to Ireland and Scotland. He guides individuals in finding better ways to connect with the living world along their journeys toward healing, insight, meaning, and liberation. With compassionate listening and deeply intuitive insights, Seán works with clients to identify the patterns they want to shift in their lives. Then, he shares perspectives and strategies with them for connecting with plants, ancestors, and the land as allies in transformation. https://otherworldwell.com/
Then Caroline re-welcomes John Perlin, whose prodigious “A Forest Journey,” re-published by Patagonia, is our primary magnetizing pledge incentive for today!
How did we get here? this mega-crisis.. and what shall we do?
Radio Magic…to honor Symbiotic Mutualism… How can we humbly receive guidance from the forest regarding community…
To protect what we love, become like it, adapt its qualities…
To protect wolves – become more like wolves.
To protect Coyotes – adopt Coyote strategy. (I have lived with actual Coyote and Wolf Dog, longer than have lived with humans.
They certainly taught me a thing or two… all a negotiation for reciprocal evolutionary benefit…)
To protect water, become as water. To protect the forest …
“Retaining our forests can help keep resolve climate crisis protect the integrity of many of our streams and rivers, and continue to provide food and shelter for much of the world’s land animals,” says Perlin, author of four books and former physics professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. “It is my hope that the new edition of A Forest Journey will make clear the imperative humanity faces, because losing our forests would not merely be the end of nature, it could mean the end of us.”
John Perlin is the author of four books: A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology; A Forest Journey: A History of Trees and Civilization; From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity; and Let It Shine: The 6000-Year Story of Solar Energy. Perlin taught physics at University of California, Santa Barbara. He lives in Santa Barbara. https://john-perlin.com/
For truly this dedicated work should be included in all curriculums,
in our on-going task of becoming good earth steward Citizens….

4-6:00 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final two hours of Hartmann's non-commercial broadcast from yesterday.
In the first hour, the topic is the Reagan-Bush "October Surprise" and subsequent electoral schemes and malfeasance.
In the second hour (hour 3 of yesterday's live program) LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder-Black Voters Matter - expresses thoughts on the VP debate & state of the Black vote.


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Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 03 24

12 AM
For the Record with David Emory
Conversations with Monty #16
Dave continues his protracted series of conversations with his new co-host, Monty, a former combat military person who began to research the connections between Nazi elements absorbed into the US national security state and the US role in clandestine and open military actions in southwest and central Asia, where he served in combat.

1 AM
Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate'
Max Blumenthal, Anya Parampil and Aaron Mate discuss meeting Iran's president at the UN General Assembly, Netanyahu's latest war-crazed rant, Israel's war with Hezbollah, Volodymyr Zelensky's desperate trip to the US, and Washington's game of nuclear chicken with Moscow.

2 AM
Final Straw Radio
Black Autonomy Reader
Mutt talks abut the (incomplete) Black Autonomy Reader, as a contributor to Muntjac Magazine, Organise Magazine and Seditionist Distro.
We speak about Black Anarchism, intellectual property, community self-defense in response to the racist riots that spread around the UK in August of 2024 as well as other topics. And keep an ear out for an interview on the ItsGoingDown podcast with Mutt as well.

3 AM
Out-FM from sister station WBAI
North Carolina's Queer Resistance & Queer Asian American Poets
On tonight's show, we hear an important conversation from "Laura Flanders & Friends" with Alex Lafferty (a student & trans activist in Moore County), organizers Serena Sebring, Courtney Patterson (eastern North Carolina organizer with Blueprint NC) and Mab Segrest (writer, organizer & consultant, Blueprint NC) about LGBT community resistance to homophobia and transphobia and from North Carolina's attorney general Josh Stein on the scandal engulfing his gubernatorial election rival Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.

Queer Asian American Poets
We then hear renowned Seattle poet Ally Ang and Out-FM's own Pauline Park reading poetry at the Sept. 18 Asian American Literary Festival.
Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show by and for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, gender non-conforming, intersex, queer, and questioning communities. Our program originates from listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio in New York, 99.5 FM and wbai.org. It’s also heard on Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles, 90.7 FM and kpfk.org. Our programs are archived at outfm.org. You can also follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram.

4-6 AM
The Thom Hartmann Program
Final 2 hours from yesterday's non-commercial broadcast
Fact checking the vice-presidential candidates' debate and looking at why the race seems to be so close.

Tuesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10 02 24

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

1 AM
The Herbal Highway
Peri-menopause
Join Renée Camila and her guest Kelly McCarthy for an exploration of peri-menopause. During this episode Kelly shares a roadmap of what to expect and walks us through herbal and dietary support. Kelly is a clinical herbalist and Somatic Experiencing™ practitioner living and gardening on Abenaki land in Vermont.
The Herbal Highway enhances the community’s knowledge of herbal medicine and alternative choices to standard medical practices for healing. In order to have balanced life, The Herbal Highway actively supports and promotes Indigenous land rights, protection of sacred sites and the sustainability of the Earth as integral parts of individual, community and global healing. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. Hosted and produced by Karyn Sanders and Sarah Holmes. Additionally hosted by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila.

2 AM
Food Sleuth Radio
Regenerative Organic Agriculture
Did you know that organic farming is both regenerative and climate smart? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Thelma Velez, PhD, Research and Education Program Director at the Organic Farming Research Foundation. Velez explains USDAs organic label, and how organic farming practices benefit planet and people. She shares challenges faced by organic farmers, confusion over the regenerative label, and describes OFRFs new tool kit explaining how organic farming is truly regenerative.
Related Websites: Organic Farming Research Foundation: www.ofrf.org
Organic is Regenerative Toolkit: https://ofrf.org/organic-is-regenerative/
National Organic Research Agenda (2022): https://eorganic.org/node/35366

2:30 AM
Mothering Earth
Calcium Sources
Are milk, cheese and other dairy products really the best source of calcium in our food? You may be surprised to learn that plants are a better source of calcium and the many other nutrients we need for bone health. In this program, we take a hard look at the dairy industry with Mark Rifkin, a registered dietitian and sustainability specialist. Mark Rifkin, MS, RDN LDNRegistered Dietitian & Sustainability Specialist
The mission of Mothering Earth is to bring you stories of people taking action for a sustainable world.
Mothering Earth is built on the belief that one person can have a powerful impact in confronting important issues that affect the environment.
To that end, we find interesting people who have expertise in a field related to living gently and sustainably on our sweet Earth, and have them share their stories and knowledge with me and you

3-6:00 AM
The Vice-Presidential Debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance
Delayed broadcast of the Debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates for vice president, with commentary from Mitch Jeserich and John Nichols; Mitch took listener calls in the third hour.