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A big speech to mark Biden’s first 100 days: what can a speech do?  PLUS: the Biden agenda and the U.S. today, backed by the Paris Commune and May Day. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority could make it easier for dark money to buy democracy.  The Brennan Center gives us the heads-up. PLUS: Newsom recall, census figures, drought—welcome to California!!!   !Hosted by Kris Welch.

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We celebrate Earth Day with authors who remind us that we are not separate from nature—despite decades of market forces propaganda. PLUS we honor two giants who recently passed: media star Jerri Lange, and poet Al Young.  PLUS! poet Raymond Nat Turner! Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The morning after the historic guilty verdict in the murder of George Floyd, we check in with activist organizations, and YOU, for reactions, hopes, fears—and plans for the future.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Walter Johnson, Harvard professor of history, and African and African American Studies, with a new book: The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PACIFICA!!!!!   We celebrate the miracle of the birth of listener-sponsored radio with hearing some sound from the great video, KPFA On the Air.  We also pay a sound tribute to our dear friend, and frequent KPFA guest, journalist Reese Erlich, who died of cancer just days ago.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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New national security report names China as the biggest threat to the U.S. Clarifications form Michael Klare.  PLUS: a beautiful, heartbreaking poem/memoir from Adam Mansbach, about his brother’s suicide.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Black Lives Matter.  Anti-Asian violence.  Most recent, and recurring, faces of racism in America. We speak with two artists and activists, whose lives and work seek to repair, rather than repeat, these wounds.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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We get updates on the Newsom recall effort, California and COVID,school openings—all matters Cal.  PLUS: Kyle Gift will run 70 miles from home to the GG Bridge, for the Earth and for peace and unity.  PLUS! the Town Crier, with new poems. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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What’s good, and what needs work, in the Biden infrastructure plan.  PLUS: the venture vultures’ plans to suck that plan dry. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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