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Buscando America on 05/29/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
En este programa hablamos con Blanca Stacey Villalobos sobre la curación y el empoderamiento a través de los sueños. Además en cabina tuvimos a dos integrantes de la banda Ojos Feos un proyecto del Pacific Northwest compuesto por músicos viajeros y dedicados a la organizaci... Read more

LAS CAFETERAS: POLITICAL FOLK FOR THE SOUL

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Las Cafeteras, the Chicano band from LA, and what I like to think of as unapologetic political folk music for the soul! They brilliantly mix traditional son jarocho with contemporary issues. Las Cafeteras hail from the Zapatista-inspired EastSide Cafe in East LA. Their f... Read more

Noam Chomsky: There Are Plenty of Opportunities

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  In the immortal words of Howard Beale, the TV anchor played by Peter Finch, in the classic film Network,  “Things are bad, they’re worse than bad. I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore. Things have got to change.” If you are feeling that way you’re no... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 28, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode  of the Old Mole: Building a Healthy Neighborhood in Cully: Bill Resnick interviews Carolina Iraheta and Tony DeFalco of the organization Verde. Civilization and Our Discontents: Clayton Morgareidge comments about how the comforts of modern li... Read more

Unbelievable: A Conversation with Critic of Christianity, Bishop John Shelby Spong

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  Bishop John Shelby Spong has been on the leading edge of progressive Christianity.  Over the decades he has shared his own honest journey with faith, doubt, and social activism as an Episcopal priest, bishop, and author. Some of his many books include: Living in Sin? A ... Read more

Queering Christianity: A Conversation with Angela Yarber

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber discusses the revolutionary work of the Holy Women Icons Project. As an intersectionally ecofeminist organization, the Holy Women Icons Project seeks to empower marginalized women and to be an accomplice in the work for justice for ethnic and racia... Read more

Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh-Century Martyr (2 of 2)

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  On April 28th2018, The Husayniah Islamic Society of Seattle sponsored an interfaith educational event called Husayn Day.  The event was a reflection upon Husayn, the martyred grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. Rather than bow to his oppressors, he, along with 72 family me... Read more

The Martyrdom of Gaza: A Conversation with Norman Finkelstein

Airs at: Tue, 05/01/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  “On May 14th or May 15th the people of Gaza are going to make their big last effort to break out of prison. And it will be a huge mobilization to try to break down that prison fence, that ghetto fence, that concentration camp fence. And we here have to give our all to ma... Read more

The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Radiozine
  On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea came together for reunification and an end to an era of martial law imposed by U.S.-backed military dictators. Over the course of ten days, they staged mass protests, battled riot police and soldiers, and were met with ... Read more

APA Heritage Month

Airs at: Fri, 05/25/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Pacific Underground
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!  While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somewhat controversial among members of Pacific Underground, this year we are choosing to highlight certain important figures and moments in the As... Read more