In a special Pride Month feature produced by Brian DeShazor, young poets from Los Angeles-based Get Lit – Words Ignite respond to the words of LGBTQ trailblazers across generations. After listening to archival recordings by James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and Quentin Crisp, the poets James Mondares, Candi aka Vonne, and Samantha Rios created original spoken-word pieces inspired by those voices and their enduring messages.
I often find myself laughing that my biggest job as a radio host is not talking, it’s listening. That resonated for novelist and ghost writer Laura Zigman. “When you’re interviewing or trying to get the[ir] story out,” she says, “the best thing you can do is just not say anything. The more you just let … Continued
The Stakes breaks down the 2026 political landscape. Hosted by Teresa Wierzbianska and Scott Baba, this KPFA News show delivers analysis of national, state, and local races and policy battles. Thursdays at 10 a.m.
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
On today’s show: Headlines Trump’s War on Iran Ends with a “Triumphant” Tehran and a Diminished U.S.: Vali Nasr G7 Summit Highlights Global Economic System “Captured” by Billionaires: Oxfam DOJ Takes Elon Musk’s Side in NAACP Lawsuit Against xAI for Polluting Black Neighborhoods “Shoot the People”: Meet Misan Harriman, Celebrated Photographer & Outspoken Advocate for … Continued
On today’s show, we are joined by members of the Justice Team Network and Anti-Police Terror Project to talk about the Care Not Cops Conference and what a world without cops and filled with care can look like. Then, the Oakland budget with Millie Cleveland from the coalition for police accountability and Lance Wilson from … Continued
00:08 Walter Riley, longtime civil rights attorney, fixture of struggles for justice in the Bay Area, subject of the new book cao-authored byJesse Strauss: Civil Rights and Structural Attacks: Conversations with Walter Riley
On today’s show: Headlines Trump’s War on Iran Ends with a “Triumphant” Tehran and a Diminished U.S.: Vali Nasr G7 Summit Highlights Global Economic System “Captured” by Billionaires: Oxfam DOJ Takes Elon Musk’s Side in NAACP Lawsuit Against xAI for Polluting Black Neighborhoods “Shoot the People”: Meet Misan Harriman, Celebrated Photographer & Outspoken Advocate for … Continued
On today’s briefing: Even if Trump Has Given Away the Store, Diplomacy is Better Than Continuing to Fight a Lost War We begin with the White House having to release the text of the so called peace deal with Iran they kept secret after it was leaked and, although it is clear the US lost … Continued
A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some before this tasty Midnight snack is all gone!
