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Buscando America

Airs at: Tue, 03/05/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
Una conversación con Alejandro Velasco  profesor de la Universidad de Gallatin, historiador de la América Latina moderna y  autor de libro Barrio Rising: Políticas populares urbanas y la creación de la Venezuela moderna. Matias Trejo Director Ejecutivo del Instituto de Cult... Read more

Strategy? What Strategy?

Airs at: Sun, 03/17/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: a Congressional committee takes a critical look at White House drug policy. We'll hear from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, as well as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Plus, there was a debat... Read more

Did the CIA Kill Thomas Merton? A Conversation with Hugh Turley

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Beloved Community
  (This episode would have aired Friday March 8th, 2019 but it was International Women's Day and all programming that day was hosted by women. The alternative air date for the March 8th show is Monday, March 18th, at 11:00 am Pacific. The Beloved Community will return to i... Read more

Talking with Stephanie Skora about queerness, Israel/Palestine, and anti-Zionism.

Airs at: Tue, 03/12/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Preference
We'll be talking with Stephanie Skora on queer allyship with Palestinians. In particular, we'll focus on the continuing effort of the organization A Wider Bridge to coöpt queer Jews to stand in for Israel's comment to 'democracy and pluralism.' As part of that work, "A Wide... Read more

U.S. and Cuba: Back to the Past

Airs at: Tue, 03/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
The island of Cuba has preoccupied Washington officials for decades. Prior to the 1959 Fidel Castro-led Revolution, Cuba was a virtual U.S. colony. It was also a mafia playground. The Revolution changed all of that. Cuba allied itself with the Soviet Union. Goaded by an inf... Read more

A View on Youth Incarceration: An Interview with Trevor Walraven

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Join host Isabelle Sinclair in a discussion with Trevor Walraven, co-Founder of the Oregon Youth Justice Project (YJP), in exploring both his 18 years of experience within Oregon's criminal justice system, and the current political movements surrounding incarcerated youth. ... Read more

International Womxn's Day Threshold Shift Special Feature

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Produced for Threshold Shift
A Conversation with Two Scientists from Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology and Bioacoustics Research Program Nikki Martin delves deep into a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Laurel Symes and Dr. Michelle Fournet about their work as well as their experiences of being... Read more

Making Abortion Accessible

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Positively Revolting
It's not enough to make sure that abortion services are legal and available if women cannot access those services due to the cost of the medical treatment. In 1973, the landmark Roe vs Wade decision affirmed that a woman's right to choose to end a pregnancy became the law ... Read more

Poetry and Science

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Poetry and sound with Judith Arcana of Poetry and Everything, Tiel Ansari of Wider Window Poetry, and Nikki Martin of Threshold Shift. We'll be exploring the intersections between poetry and sound, words and representation, art and science on this International Womxn's Day.... Read more

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 12:00pm - 12:30pm
The Women's International News Gathering Service brings us a special Angela Davis's talk to the Birkbeck School of Law, University of London, "Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Closures and Continuities." Read more