September marks the 5 year anniversary of Occupy. We go to Zuccotti Park, and Oakland to talk to individuals that were part of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Oakland to gain insight and reflection on the movement that swept the nation. We revisit how Occupy started, how it evolved, how...
This week on Sprouts: The Pacifica Radio Archives celebrates John Coltrane's 90th Birthday September 23, 2016 with special rare recordings of john Coltrane from 1966 and a 2005 interview with his wife Alice Coltrane. This Pacifica Radio Archives gem showcases the legacy of John Coltrane through an interview with his...
Today we re speaking Faith Gemmill, a Pit River/ Wintu and Neets aii Gwich in Athabascan earth defender from Arctic Village, Alaska. She is a campaign organizer for REDOIL (Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands). Faith has worked on behalf of the Gwich in Nation for over ten years as...
Caption: William Bell This week on American Routes, we hear from great songwriters and performers- and those who emulate them. Original songs can take on new form and meaning when interpreted by different voices, and we’ll hear some of those renditions and transformations this week. We’ll hear the rocking Southern sound...
This November, Missouri voters will decide on Amendment 6, which would require Missouri voters to show a state or federal issued ID card for the purpose of voting. Ron Berry is coordinating the NO campaign against Amendment 6 and has been organizing around this issue for years.
Floods, fires, droughts, and rising temperatures are all on the increase in frequency and intensity. The terms unprecedented and record breaking are now so often used that they are becoming routine. Climate change is generating climate refugees from island nations in the South Pacific to small coastal communities in Alaska...
Guest DJ Steve Pellettiere brings a very intersting mix from 6:30 to 7:30am.
This week on CounterSpin: After more than a half century of bloody conflict that saw more than 200,000 mostly poor civilians killed, Colombia has a chance at a peace accord between the government and the FARC, the region’s oldest insurgent movement. You aren’t hearing too much about it in the...
