Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently went on trial in Arizona for discriminating against Latinos and for usurping federal authority with roundups of undocumented immigrants. In a related action, a coalition of groups is asking a federal court to block enforcement of Section 2(B) of SB 1070, the Arizona law that compels...
In this episode of From the Vault, we'll hear a fascinating 1971 interview with controversial twentieth century fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, with a contemporary introduction by WBAI's Andrea Katz. Although Gernreich became internationally famous for his 1964 "Monokini," or topless swim suit for women, his most striking presentation was the...
Although folks don't really bat an eye when a man is 17 years older than his wife, most seem to get their panties in a bind when the woman is the elder. Marty Stuart and Connie Smith have had to endure lots of snickering over the years about Connie robbin' the cradle,...
The birth of Armageddon: the first H-bomb detonates, and the proud father is Edward Teller. But he's on a collision course with Robert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the bomb that obliterated Hiroshima. Oppenheimer has turned pacifist, and the government will stop at nothing to "neutralize" him. And Teller is their...
Interview with Lydia Ajono, whose personal history in community radio is thoroughly embedded in the story of her community in northeastern Ghana and the major issues of her country.
Bobby Womack on the fall 2011 Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise Preston Laterbach /The Chitlin Circuit and the Road to Rock & Roll Former Sam Cook protégé and soul veteran, Bobby Womack, gives the young ones a lesson in soul on the 2011 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise off the coast of...
David Gans talks with Little Feat's Bill Payne about the band's new Rooster Rag CD, many of the albums songs co-written by Robert Hunter, the poet laureate of the Grateful Dead. Also, Little Feat's sweet version of Tennessee Jed, and a Pigpen-led version of Good Lovin'.
We’re all indigenous to planet Earth, but we’ve not been acting that way. Cultural ecologist, indigenous scholar and activist Dr. Melissa K. Nelson reminds native and non-native peoples alike that we all need to re-indigenize ourselves by learning and practicing nature’s operating instructions and the Original Instructions for how to...
