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Radio Wolinsky 5: A Conversation with Dennis Bernstein, investigative reporter and host of KPFA’s Flashpoints program.

On December 7, 2015, Dennis Bernstein sat down with Richard Wolinsky to discuss how he first came to Pacifica, and how he became an investigative journalist. He also talks about the relationship between his poetry and his politics. Dennis’s pieces have been published in The Nation, The Progressive and several other publications, including the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Philadelphia Inquirer.  This is a Radio Wolinsky podcast exclusive.

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Radio Wolinsky 4: A Conversation with Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside.

Richard Wolinsky talks with Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside. Leovy, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, spent many years embedded with police and community members in the part of the city known as South Central. In this book, she focuses on the ongoing issue of homicide involving African American men, and the results of both under-policing and over-policing. This interview was aired in two parts on KPFA, and is heard here in its entirety. The book was released in paperback in October, 2015. The NY Times just named Ghettoside one of the 100 notable books of 2015.

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Radio Wolinsky 3: A Conversation with Gore Vidal, 1990.

Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was the author of such novels as Burr, 1976, Julian and Myra Breckinridge, as well as one of America’s greatest essayists. On June 30, 1990, he sat down with Richard Wolinsky for an illuminating interview about his career as both writer and social critic. The interview was transcribed and published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian on July 11, 1990. It has not been heard for over twenty years.

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Radio Wolinsky 2: A Conversation with Bill English, Artistic Director of San Francisco Playhouse.

San Francisco Playhouse is one of the mid-sized regional theaters in the Bay Area, on Post Street in Union Square. This is a wide-ranging discussion recorded July 28, 2015 about various issues in the theater world, including the past and current seasons of San Francisco Playhouse. A shorter version aired on KPFA’s Arts-Waves program. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky and recorded in the studios of KPFA. San Francisco Playhouse website.

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Radio Wolinsky 1: A Conversation with Lee Grant, author of I Said Yes to Everything, a memoir.

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