Arts & Culture
Pacifica Radio Archives’ “From the Vault”
Each week the Pacifica Radio Archives chooses a program "From the Vault" of broadcasts in a half-hour program.
Each week the Pacifica Radio Archives chooses a program “From the Vault” of broadcasts in a half-hour program.
Recent Episodes
May 29, 2019 Arts & Culture
Dr. Wangari Maathai
On this edition of From the Vault we salute the tireless and visionary work of the late Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai, who led an environmental and peace movement that touched lives around the world.
Read MoreMay 15, 2019 Arts & Culture
South African: A Lesson Of Freedom
For Africa Month, From the Vault explores the stories of three heroic South African leaders, woven together by the songs of Mama Afrique, Miriam Makeba, and the recollections of Pacifica's own Eva Georgia and Bridgette Ramasodi of South Africa.
Read MoreMay 1, 2019 Arts & Culture
May Day!
The Pacifica Labor Teach-in was intended to stimulate dialogue on important labor issues such as unions and membership, working conditions and employee rights, and wage disparity between the rich and the working class. Using a mix of historic recordings from Pacifica Radio's broadcast legacy, this episode of From the Vault brings a historical context into the labor discussion.
Read MoreApril 24, 2019 Arts & Culture
Donald Byrd 1987
This week on From the Vault we present an informal and educational conversation about the life and career of one of the most prolific trumpet players of our time, Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, known to the music world as Donald Byrd.
Read MoreApril 17, 2019 Arts & Culture
Gwendolyn Brooks Amiri Baraka 1964
This week on From the Vault we present one of Pacifica Radio�s newly-restored audio treasures, �rediscovered� during preservation work funded by our most recent National Endowment for the Arts grant: 1964 recording of Poetry giants Gwendolyn Brooks and LeRoi Jones now Amiri Baraka
Read MoreApril 10, 2019 Arts & Culture
Sun Ra
This week on From The Vault we take a look at one of the most innovative artists and creative forces of our time.... Jazz Mystic Sun Ra
The Pacifica Radio Archives presents our 2 landmark interviews with Sun Ra... 1968 by Dennis Irving and 1991 with KPFK producer Jay Green.
April 3, 2019 Arts & Culture
The Beats of San Francisco
This week on From the Vault we take a listen to the last great literary revolution in America by presenting the 1979 program The Beats of San Francisco.
Read MoreMarch 27, 2019 Arts & Culture
From The Vault #86 Ringing Testimonies: Women of the World Speak Out
Archival sound from Rachel Carson, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Wangari Maathai, Vandana Shiva, Arundhati Roy
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