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Peace Talks RadioArtists / Writers Creating for PeaceOn this episode of Peace Talks Radio, we focus on two artists building bridges of understanding in the pursuit of peace. In part one, correspondent Andrew Stelzer speaks with John Noltner, a photographer who founded the multimedia project A Peace of My Mind. He travels the country, using images and words to put our humanity on display for one another. In Part 2, we hear from New Mexico-based writer and activist Margaret Randall. Randall was an eyewitness to and participant in revolutionary movements in Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua. As a publisher, she provided exposure and connections to numerous authors just getting...2025-07-1659 minPeace Talks RadioArtists / Writers Creating for PeaceOn this episode of Peace Talks Radio, we focus on two artists building bridges of understanding in the pursuit of peace. In part one, correspondent Andrew Stelzer speaks with John Noltner, a photographer who founded the multimedia project A Peace of My Mind. He travels the country, using images and words to put our humanity on display for one another. In Part 2, we hear from New Mexico-based writer and activist Margaret Randall. Randall was an eyewitness to and participant in revolutionary movements in Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua. As a publisher, she provided exposure and connections to numerous authors just getting...2025-07-1659 min
pharmaphorum PodcastAI in drug development: The real hurdle is implementationIt can take up to 15 years for a new drug to reach the market, and with only 20% of pharmaceutical professionals adopting AI, one thing is clear: innovation in drug development is lagging behind.
In a new pharmaphorum podcast, web editor Nicole Raleigh speaks with Andrew Stelzer, head of business development at Unlearn.AI, about how the real hurdle in clinical research lies in effectively integrating AI.
Stelzer discusses the need for greater coordination within the pharmaceutical industry, particularly between life sciences and software engineering and explains how bridging the cultural divide can significantly enhance the...2025-05-0112 min
Snap JudgmentHole in the Heart from UncuffedDo you remember the moment you saw your first love? Rodney Hines sure does. He was 13 years old, and it was the 4th of July. His parents took him to their friends’ house where he saw Shani Browning. For the next two decades, their lives each resembled a rollercoaster ride with dramatic ups and downs.One day on the yard at Solano State Prison, Hines was recounting the details of how the relationship with his childhood crush transformed into a tragic love affair. Uncuffed producer Anthony Ivy realized he needed to get Hines into the studio to te...2024-06-2513 min
This is LoveThe Most Romantic Place in PhiladelphiaMcGillin’s Olde Ale House is the oldest bar in Philadelphia, and it also claims to be the most romantic place in the city. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: “McGillin’s has matchmaking magic.” Special thanks to Andrew Stelzer. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery ad-free. Plus, behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make...2024-05-1530 min
This is LoveThe Most Romantic Place in PhiladelphiaMcGillin’s Olde Ale House is the oldest bar in Philadelphia, and it also claims to be the most romantic place in the city. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: “McGillin’s has matchmaking magic.”Special thanks to Andrew Stelzer. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2BmMZr5Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery ad-free. Plus, behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Lea...2024-05-1528 min
The Final ServiceUkraine Diaries: The Ones Who StayedThe 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced millions to flee their homes. And for the Ukrainian civilians caught in the crossfire, war has become a way of life. This week, we talked to Ukrainians about the ways that the war unexpectedly changed their lives. Kateryna Lazarevych, an archivist at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, shares how she’s working to improve her country, as if everyday were her last day on earth. Filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk takes us through her decision to leave Kyiv where her husband is fighting as a soldier in Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces...2024-03-1139 minThe Final ServiceUkraine Diaries: The Ones Who StayedThe 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced millions to flee their homes. And for the Ukrainian civilians caught in the crossfire, war has become a way of life. This week, we talked to Ukrainians about the ways that the war unexpectedly changed their lives. Kateryna Lazarevych, an archivist at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, shares how she’s working to improve her country, as if everyday were her last day on earth. Filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk takes us through her decision to leave Kyiv where her husband is fighting as a soldier in Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces...2024-03-1139 min
Snap JudgmentCon Man Daddy - Snap ClassicA charming father wins just about everyone over until his criminal ways force his family on a ten-year journey running from the law. A secret artist becomes an art world sensation but unearths a family scandal. And a bank manager who loves to gamble gets into trouble.
Sometimes the con job hits close to home.
STORIES
Con Man Daddy
You’re young, fun, and on the run from the law. One kid’s journey across the Deep South leads to a big confrontation with the man who inspired it all… Con Man Dad...2024-01-0449 min
Failing to Success194 | Science and Business Synergy | Filling Gaps with AI | Entrepreneurial Path | Ethical and Commercial Balance | Andrew Stelzer from Unlearn.ai🚀 Key Talking Points:🧪 Science and Business Synergy: Andrew Stelzer's transition from being a scientist to a key player in business development at Unlearn.Ai showcases the valuable intersection between science and entrepreneurship, driving innovation for the future of medicine.💡 Filling Gaps with AI: AI-driven clinical outcome predictions bring potential for more efficient drug trials, minimizing participants' risk, and expediting approval processes, thereby revolutionizing pharmaceutical and biotech industries.🚀 Entrepreneurial Path: Stelzer's journey exemplifies the power of embracing uncertainty and charting new territories in startups, creating from scratch, and finding fulfillment through driving the growth of a company...2023-09-2109 min
Snap JudgmentThe Kid Who Built An Urban Tree House To Survive from UncuffedAs kids many of us dreamt of building and playing in a tree house. For Donald Vaughn, also known as “fish”, that became his everyday reality… but it was far from a dream. Cold, hungry and all alone, Vaughn was kicked out of his house at 11 years old, and built a makeshift treehouse in order to survive. Anthony Ivy, an Uncuffed producer at Solano State prison, asked Vaughn to share his nightmare of being unloved, unkept and isolated.
Thank you, Donald Vaughn, for sharing your story! This piece comes from our friends at Uncuffed.
You can li...2023-06-0812 min
Science VsAlcohol: Time to Put a Cork in It?For decades we’ve been yanked around over alcohol: one day it’s actually good for us, the next day it’s a killer. And recently there’ve been reports that even a little bit of booze is bad for you overall. We first looked into this back in 2019, and since then the research has evolved faster than a nanobrewery’s tap list. So today we’re diving back into the science to find out: is just a bit of alcohol dangerous? We talk to epidemiologist and nutritionist Prof. Eric Rimm, psychologist Prof. Tim Stockwell, cancer researcher Dr. Susan Gapstur, and...2023-03-3032 min
The Kitchen Sisters Present203 - A San Quentin WeddingEdmond Richardson is an audio producer for Uncuffed, a KALW podcast produced by people in prison. Recently, Edmond and his love, Avelina, got married inside San Quentin and Uncuffed produced this story.
The Kitchen Sisters are great admirers of KALW’s Uncuffed podcast and are proud to share this story. KALW, San Francisco, has led rehabilitative classes in audio production inside San Quentin State Prison since 2012, and Solano Prison since 2018. Their mission is to provide media training to people in the carceral system. Radio producers from KALW visit the prisons to teach classes in audio production, and to...2022-12-0632 min
DENTRO DEL CÍRCULO | con Javier ReyDDC 29 / 31 MAR / Steep GlossDentro Del Círculo es un programa creado por Javier Rey, que se emite en el canal de Audiotalia en Twitch. El programa de esta entrada corresponde a la emisión del 31-03-2022 y esta disponible 60 días después de su emisión, en su formato original audio visual en Twitch y en formato podcast de audio en vuestras plataformas favoritas.
https://www.twitch.tv/audiotalaia
Programa número 29 dedicado al sello Steep Gloss. https://steepgloss.bandcamp.com
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Tracklist:
Howard Stelzer & Steffan de Turck - Fernwirkung / For Charlie Mopps
Ezio Piermattei & Ben Presto - The Quixotic Lancejack , Sufficient , Nobody T...2022-05-122h 30
NaukowoO zimnie, świnkach, szpakach i psychopatach - #002Zapraszam na drugi odcinek podkastu Naukowo, czyli autorskiego przeglądu prasy, badań i informacji ze świata nauki. W tym odcinku wyczyścimy panele słoneczne, spróbujemy zniszczyć komary i polatamy w stadzie szpaków :)A jeśli uznasz, że warto wspierać ten projekt to zapraszam do serwisu Patronite, każda dobrowolna wpłata od słuchaczy pozwoli mi na rozwój i doskonalenie tego podkastu, bardzo dziękuję za każde wsparcie!Zapraszam również na Facebooka, Twittera i Instagrama, każdy lajk i udostępnienie pomoże w szerszym dotarciu do słuchaczy, a to jest te...2022-03-1914 min
Good Choices - A Holistic Conversation about Dance, Art & LifeGood Choices - A Holistic Conversation about Dance, Art & Life | Episode 6 - Chris AikenChris Aiken has devoted his dance career to the practice, performance and teaching of dance improvisation and contact improvisation. He has collaborated extensively with Angie Hauser, Andrew Harwood, Kirstie Simson, Ray Chung, Joerg Hassman, and Peter Bingham as well as with Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith. His work seeks to connect the ecological with the poetic, linking what we have come to understand through science, design, aesthetics, dance making and the study of collaboration and community building. In addition to touring internationally, Chris is an Associate Professor and MFA Director in the Department of Dance at Smith College...2022-02-111h 09
The Watt From Pedro Show2021-06-27 The Watt from Pedro Showhour one:
"black pearls" john coltrane
"parallel systems - system 03" rambutan (jeff barsky + euan currie + karen schoemer + frank baugh + eric hardiman)
"parallel systems - system 04" rambutan (gayle brogan + andrew paine + mike watt + kevin mccarvel + chris robert + eric hardiman)
"heaven" tropical fuck storm
"mood board" p cain
"holiday strut" bomis prendin
"uptown synthi" headboggle
"parallel systems - system 05" rambutan (walker martin + michael kiefer + chris robert + glen galloway + eric hardiman)
hour two:
"parallel systems - system 06" rambutan (guy picciotto + michael kiefer + mike griffin + glen galloway + eric hardiman)
"measure" ben salter featuring captain fighting machine
"I love looking at my face" justice yeldham
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The Ann & Phelim Scoop79: Save Women's Sports! Biden's Awful New Executive Order & John Nolte Joins Us On Woke Hollywood!Joe Biden has passed a radical new executive order that will destroy women's supports. The new order allows transwomen (who were born as men) to compete in supports with young women. We are joined by Beth Stelzer, a powerlifter and the founder of Save Women's Sports who tells us why it is so critical that Biden's order is reversed.
Also on today's episode, we are joined by John Nolte of Breitbart! We discuss with John the origins of Breitbart and the powerful site created by our late friend Andrew Breitbart. We also discuss with John how the left a...2021-02-171h 17
Can't Win 4 LosingKiller Weight Loss Secrets: Fighters Cutting WeightWeight cutting. It's hard. It's painful. It doesn't really give fighters a competitive advantage. And it can be deadly. Andrew Stelzer on some fighters' toughest battle, the one fans never see. Plus: King Kaufman on Billy Conn, "The Pittsburgh Kid," who gave Joe Louis all he wanted — and then gave him a little too much. Featuring the Bible Code Sundays. Originally published Nov. 25, 2017.2020-05-0423 min
tanztalktanztalk mit Barbara HagerMag. Barbara Hager, geb. (Frischauf) 1975 in Linz, aufgewachsen in Nettingsdorf und Haid, Matura im BRG Traun, Studium der Sportwissenschaften und Psychologie in Salzburg (1. Abschnitt), Studium der Sportwissenschaften und Freies Fächerbündel Medizin in Graz (2. Abschnitt), Diplomprüfung im Jänner 1999;
Afrikanischer Tanz bei Beda Percht in Salzburg (Pflichtfach Gymnastik und Tanz), ab 1996 bei Marianne Weninger sowie Tänzerin im Tanzensemble AKUABA unter der Leitung von Marianne Weninger und Thomas Pfob (Percussionensemble); zahlreiche Tanzworkshops in der Bühnenwerkstatt Graz und bei den Tanztagen in Wien u.a. bei Bruno Genty, Andrew Harwood, Chandiru Mawa Straub, Elio Gervasi, Germaine Acogny...2020-04-081h 41
Uncommon SenseUncommon Sense - 7 April 2020Hong Kong-based lawyer and author Antony Dapiran joined Amy to discuss his new book, City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong, which takes us to the frontlines of the 2019 protest movement. Virologist Dr Sacha Stelzer-Braid from UNSW’s Faculty of Medicine tells us all about the behaviour of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, why it's so contagious, and how to keep it away from your home, hands, face, and surfaces. Professor Andrew Walter, an international relations expert from The University of Melbourne explores the latest developments in UK politics, including the election of Keir Starmer as Labour Leader. Plus Ben...2020-04-071h 46
Snap JudgmentThe Art of the ConA secret artist, an art world sensation, a family scandal.
Thank you, Ron, for sharing your story with us.
Produced by Andrew Stelzer with additional support from Anna Sussman2020-01-2410 min
Snap JudgmentSpace Rocks - full episodeAn explosion in the night sky of western Colorado brings townspeople out to search for something more, something… out of this world. And a secret artist creates an art world sensation.
STORIES
Pecking Order
The chicken that causes the most trouble... gets cooked.
Produced by Pat Mesiti-Miller
Space Rocks
There’s something special about the small town of Montrose, surrounded by the majestic mountains and quiet mesas of western Colorado. One night, an explosion in the night sky brings townspeople out to search for something more. Something bigger. Something… out of this world.
Special thanks to Brendan Borrell for his origin...2020-01-2449 minScience VsAlcohol: A Pour Decision?For decades we’ve been told that having a glass or two of wine is good for you. But recently there’ve been reports that even a little bit of booze is bad for you. So what is going on? Is just a bit of alcohol dangerous? To find out we talk to epidemiologist and nutritionist Prof. Eric Rimm, psychologist Prof. Tim Stockwell, and cancer researcher Dr. Susan Gapstur.Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/31p8pk5Selected references: Eric’s study of drinking and heart attacks in over 40,000 men Tim and Kaye’s m...2019-03-1533 min
KPFA - Making ContactA Dream Remembered?: Martin Luther King Jr and the Grassroots Civil Rights Movement (ENCORE)Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago, and is widely remembered for his speech, ‘I Have a Dream.’ Journalist Gary Younge analyzes the King’s speech, delivered on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, highlighting the day’s tensions, and the importance of remembering the entirety of King’s message and evolution as a critical activist.Guatemala.
Featuring:
Gary Younge, author and journalist
Credits:
Producer: Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender
Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audi...2018-04-0616 min
When to JumpSheryl Sandberg asks the questions (Live at the Palo Alto JCC)Sheryl Sandberg shares the story of how her immigrant family led her to write the forward for the When To Jump book, and host Mike Lewis takes questions from the audience at the first event on the When To Jump book tour.Production help for this week's episode by Andrew Stelzer.This week's episode is sponsored by Grasshopper (grasshopper.com/whentojump) and RXBar (RXBAR.com/jump). Also check out the new podcast But That's Another Story, available wherever you get your podcasts.Purchase the When To Jump book here
2018-03-0632 min
When to JumpSheryl Sandberg asks the questions (Live at the Palo Alto JCC)Sheryl Sandberg shares the story of how her immigrant family led her to write the forward for the When To Jump book, and host Mike Lewis takes questions from the audience at the first event on the When To Jump book tour.
Production help for this week's episode by Andrew Stelzer.
This week's episode is sponsored by Grasshopper (grasshopper.com/whentojump) and RXBar (RXBAR.com/jump). Also check out the new podcast But That's Another Story, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Purchase the When To Jump book here2018-03-0632 min
KPFA - Making ContactFallen Heroes of 2017Thousands of local social justice organizers, activists and other leaders passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn’t make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, as we do every December, we’ll hear about some of the fallen heroes of 2017.
Featuring:
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist
Sumiteru Taniguchi, chairman of the Nagasaki Council of A-Bomb Sufferers
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation executive director
Prudence Nobantu Mabele, Pres...2017-12-2908 min
KPFA - Making ContactThe Cost of War: A Reflection on the United States and Iraq Conflict (Encore)
Given Trump’s massive military budget proposal and the 14th Anniversary of the United States war in Iraq, we bring you this program from our archives with the voices of U.S. Soldiers and Iraqis reflecting on the costs of war. Special thanks to KALW News in San Francisco. Photo Credit: Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War present at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, GA.
Featuring:
George W. Bush, former U.S. President; Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense; Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State; Yara Badday, Iraqi-American; Paul Bremer, former U.S...2017-03-2404 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – March 17, 2017Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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2017-03-1704 min
KPFA - Making ContactFallen Heroes of 2016Thousands of local social justice organizers passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn’t make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll hear about some of the fallen heroes of 2016.
Featuring:
Joani Blank, founder of Good Vibrations; Carol Queen, Sexologist; Darren Seals, Ferguson activist; Ebony Williams, Chosen Diamonds mentor; Berta Caceres, co-founder of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH); Silvio Carillo, journalist and nephew of Berta Careres; Cedric Robinson, UC Santa Barbara professor and author of Black Marxism: The Making of the Bla...2016-12-3004 min
KPFA - Making ContactThe Long Ride Home: Get on the Bus, and Incarcerated FamiliesThe Get On The Bus program coordinated by the Center for Restorative Justice Works that offers support and free transportation services to families affected by the criminal justice system by bringing children and their guardians/caregivers from throughout California to visit their mothers and fathers in prison. These ride happen for several weekends, from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day, hundreds of families are reunited for the holidays.
Special Thanks for funding from the Omnia Foundation. Thanks to Center for Restorative Justice Works, and the Get on the Bus program and to filmmaker Elizabeth Lo, whose fort...2016-12-2304 min
KPFA - Making ContactThe Electoral College’s Dirty History EncoreGiven the Trump Election and the difference between popular votes and Electoral votes, we explore the Electoral College. Who are the electors, anyway? And will the United States ever join the rest of the world, and adopt a popular vote for president? Yale University Law & Political Science Professor Akhil Reed Amar says the Electoral College discourages voting, lessens the power of the states, and could work to the disadvantage of either major political party. On this edition of Making Contact, Akhil Reed Amar speaks with Angela McKenzie of Initiative Radio about how the US constitution can be changed to cr...2016-11-1804 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – November 4, 2016Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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2016-11-0404 min
Making ContactRosa Brooks on How Everything Became War and the Military Became EverythingThe US military didn’t shrink much under President Obama, and our perpetual state of war has barely waned since 9-11. Author Rosa Brooks says the consequences of this ‘new normal’ reach deep into our society; far beyond the body count of those killed overseas. On this edition, Rosa Brooks speaks about her new book, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything. Special thanks to Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington DC Featuring Rosa Brooks, author of How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything. Host: Andrew St2016-09-1429 min
KPFA - Making ContactInvisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows (Encore)Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. They’re often not even thought of as legitimate work.
On this edition of Making Contact, we’re going to meet people making work where there is no work for them. From recyclers, to border couriers, to waste pickers, we’re exploring the informal labor sector and what some are doing to gain greater recognition, protections, and rights.
Featuring:
Landon Goodwin, recycler and pastor and also featured in documentary Dogtown Redempti...2016-09-0204 min
KPFA - Making ContactCoffee: Trouble Brewing? (Encore)It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to the trash produced by your single-cup coffee machine, Making Contact and Green Grid Radio team up to count the costs of your morning cup o’joe.
Featuring:
Jairo Martinez, Mariana Cruz, Suzana Angarita, coffee farmers; Jeff Goldman, former executive director Fairtrade Resource Network, Jeff Chean, Principal and Chief Coffee Guy Groundworks Roasters; John Hazen, single-cup coffee machine owner; Rebecca Jewell, recycling program manager for Davis Street Trans...2016-08-2604 min
KPFA - Making ContactWomen Rising 29: Food SovereigntyWomen Rising radio profiles food sovereignty activists from India, Mexico, and Native American communities.
Featuring:
Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya; Adelita San Vicente Tello, founder of Semillas de Vida; Sage La Pena, Native American, ethno- botanist and food sovereignty activist; Kanyon Sayers-Roods, Native American youth educator.
Credits:
Host: Sandina Robbins
Producers: Andrew Stelzer, Laura Flynn, Jasmin Lopez
Contributing Producers: Lynn Feinerman, Stephanie Welch
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
For More Information:
Navdanya
fundación semillas de vida
The Women’...2016-08-1204 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – July 22, 2016Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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2016-07-2204 min
KPFA - Making ContactJane Mayer on the Hidden History of America’s BillionairesWho is Charles Koch–really? Who are the members of “the Network”?—a semi-secret group assembled by the Koch brothers? How are the superrich’s priorities transforming American society? Journalist Jane Mayer spent several years searching for some of those answers, and her new book is titled Dark Money, the Hidden History of the Billionaires.
Mayer is interviewed by Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief James Bennet.
Special thanks to Politics and Prose Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
Featuring:
Jane Meyer, author of Dark Money, the Hidden History of the Billionaires; James Bennet, Atlantic Magazine editor-in-chief
Host: Andrew Stelze...2016-06-2404 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – June 17, 2016Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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2016-06-1704 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – April 15, 2016Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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2016-04-1504 min
KPFA - Making ContactNot a Drop to Drink (Encore)This is a special encore edition. It’s something many of us take for granted: access to clean drinking water. But for many Americans it’s not something they can rely on. From chemical spills in West Virginia to ecoli in the water on the Texas-Mexico border, to contamination from farming in California. On this edition, we hear what happens when there’s not a drop to drink.
Featuring:
Angela Walker, Charleston resident; Neena Satija, environment reporter Texas Tribune; Daisy Gonzalez and Vicente Lara, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water; Horacio Amezquita, resident San Jerado.
Cred...2016-04-0804 min
KPFA - Making ContactUnstoppable: The Fight for 15In 2012, fast food workers in NYC kicked off a movement that has exceeded all expectations, and changed the conversation about the minimum wage. On this edition, low paid workers tell the story of the fight for 15, the exploding nationwide movement for fair wages.
Featuring:
Alvin Major, KFC employee and original NYC striker; Richard Wilson, Walmart employee; Bernardo Monteo, Chanda Roberts, Jayla Mosley; fast food workers; Mary Kay Henry, SEIU President; Ken Jacobs, chair of the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education; Thomas Geoghegan, author of “Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs A New...2016-03-2504 min
KPFA - Making ContactSquatters: Intruders or Innovators (ENCORE)Robert Neuwirth, author of “Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World”, estimates that more than a billion people—that’s 1 in 7–are squatters. This week, we visit squats in Venezuela and the Philippines. We find out why squatters aren’t just tolerated, but are crucial to the growth of major cities and national economies.
Featuring:
Robert Neuwirth, author of “Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World”; Filomena Cinco, Barangay captain of Estero de San Miguel; Luz Sudueste, Urban Poor Associates organizer, William Gonzalez, Gladys Flores, Jacqueline Calderon and Yolimar Noriega, Toree David res...2016-01-0104 min
KPFA - Making ContactLooking Back, Moving Forward: 2015 Year in ReviewAlicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder; Cat Brooks, Anti Police Terror Project; Antonia Juhasz, Investigative Journalist; Thomas DarDar, United Houma Nation Chief; Mark Miller, Southern Utah University History professor; Sylvia Rivera, Remembering Stonewall oral history project; Michael Schirker, Remembering Stonewall oral history project; Aesha Rasheed, Southerners on New Ground.
Host: Jasmin Lopez
Producers: Laura Flynn, Andrew Stelzer, and Jasmin Lopez
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
Music:
Ketsa: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
Ryan Little: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/
...2015-12-2504 min
America AbroadHumanitarian DronesDrones may be best known for their surveillance and military capabilities, but there’s a growing movement to use them for humanitarian aid.
Inventor Mark Jacobsen is building drones to deliver humanitarian aid to Syrians stuck inside their war-torn country. But as he’s learning, bureaucracy – combined with public fears about the use of drones – has hamstrung efforts to get that aid anywhere near the Syrian border. Producer Andrew Stelzer brings us this report.
Image Credit: Andrew Stelzer2015-12-0507 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – November 20, 2015Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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2015-11-2004 min
KPFA - Making ContactInvisible Workers, Laboring in the ShadowsMillions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. They’re often not even thought of as legitimate work.
On this edition of Making Contact, we’re going to meet people making work where there is no work for them. From recyclers, to border couriers, to waste pickers, we’re exploring the informal labor sector and what some are doing to gain greater recognition, protections, and rights.
Featuring:
Landon Goodwin, recycler and pastor and also featured in documentary Dogtown Redemption; Aicha al Azzouzi2015-10-2304 minMaking ContactChanging Communities, Imminent Threats: Katrina’s LegacyOn August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Southern Gulf Coast. Drawn by reconstruction work, the number of Latino immigrants has nearly doubled. Reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina drew thousands of people from India, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, and other Latin American countries. Workers were charged with pulling dead bodies from abandoned homes and rebuilding New Orleans. But the influx of migrant workers also increased immigration crackdowns.
Making Contact’s Jasmin Lopez follows Jose Monterubio, a reconstruction worker. He tells us about his detention and how he stands for immigrant rights with the support of Congress of Day Laborers. Next, Jos...2015-08-1929 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – August 14, 2015Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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2015-08-1404 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – July 31, 2015Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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2015-07-3104 minKPFA - Making ContactLiving Downstream ENCOREThis is a special encore edition.
Renowned biologist Sandra Steingraber has made fighting environmentally induced cancers her lifes work. Steingraber’s book, Living Downstream, has been turned into a movie chronicling a year in her life trying to create a world free of cancer causing toxics. On this edition, we hear excerpts of the documentary film, Living Downstream.
Special thanks to The People’s Picture Company for allowing us to excerpt the film ‘Living Downstream’.
Featuring: Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment
Host:2015-07-2404 minKPFA - Making ContactWhy We Owe: David Graeber on the Origins of DebtFrom unpaid bills to entire governments facing bankruptcy, debt is never far from our minds or the news. It’s deeply embedded in our lives: our language, culture, even major religions. It’s also at the heart of many of our most pressing political debates. But have you ever thought about where debt comes from? On this edition of Making Contact we hear from Anthropologist David Graeber, author of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years.” Graeber traces the history of debt and asks what might we learn from how societies in the past dealt with it. His 2011 talk was recorded by Allan Ca...2015-07-1704 minKPFA - Making ContactMy Body, My Message (Encore) – July 10, 2015This is a special encore edition. The female body as medium, and as message. How can a woman determine how she is perceived by the world, and even by herself? On this edition, we hear stories of women who are using their bodies for political protest, and as tools of self-empowerment…forcing everyone to reevaluate their perspectives on the female form.
Featuring: Neda Topaloski & Xenia Chernyshova, Femen members; Galia Ackerman, author of the book “Femen”; Catherine King, International Museum of Women Vice President of Exhibitions and Programs; Yolando Y’Netta Harbin-Venson, Big Ol Pretty Girls owner; Jenny “Diva” Davis, Diva...2015-07-1004 minKPFA - Making ContactBodily Safety: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police ShootingsWhen journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates set out to write about police killings he went to visit Mable Jones. Back in 2000, Jones’ son, a friend of Coates from their time at Howard University, was shot and killed by police in Virginia. He was twenty-five years old. Written in the form of a letter to his own teenage son, Coates’ book “Between the World and Me” puts police shootings in a wider context.
Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke as part of the Lannan Foundation’s Pursuit of Cultural Freedom Series.
Featuring: Ta-Nehisi Coates journalist and author of “Between the World and Me”
...2015-07-0304 minKPFA - Making ContactFailing Our Youth: An Inadequate Foster Care SystemThis show takes a look at issues within the foster care system in the U.S. from the high rate of teen pregnancy to the alarming use of psychiatric medications in California’s foster care system.
Special thanks to the Bay Area News Group.
Featuring:
Nicole Rocke, former foster youth; Kyle Lafferty, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: Linda Bryant, Clinical Professor at New York University’s School of Social Work; Benita Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Family Permanency Services at the Administration of Children’s Services; Lorraine Jacobs, caseworker; Yolanda Vasquez, former foste...2015-06-1904 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – June 12, 2015Covering the movements and organizations fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Laura Flynn, and Jasmín López.
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KPFA - Making ContactBP Five Years Later: Deepwater Horizon and the Cost of Oil
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, not everyone is “back to normal”. On this edition, we follow BP’s trail from the bayous of Louisiana to the fine art galleries of London.
Featuring:
Antonia Juhasz, investigative Journalist; Monique Verdin & Beau Verdin, Houma tribe members; David Gauthe, community organizer; Thomas DarDar, United Houma Nation Chief; Mark Miller, Southern Utah University History professor; Mel Evans, author of Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts.
Host: Andrew Stelze...2015-04-1704 min
KPFA - Making ContactHeat of the Moment: Sea Level Rise
Climate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it’s also having a more surprising influence on the country’s tigers. On this edition of Making Contact, reporter Daniel Grossman takes us to India in Heat of the Moment: Sea Level Rise. Heat of the Moment was originally produced for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and WBUR.
Featuring:
Pranabes Sanyal, former park director for the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve; Amit Mallick, Sundarbans resident and man attacked by tiger; Tushar Kanjilal, secretary of the Tagore Society for Rural Development; Mohammed Sheikh Gafu...2015-04-1004 min
KPFA - Making ContactThe Controversial Nicaragua Canal
Officially opening in 1914, the Panama Canal connected the Atlantic and Pacific creating a short-cut for ships. It was the biggest infrastructure project of its time. But originally the United States wanted to build the canal in Nicaragua. The plans shifted largely after French engineer Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla convinced U.S. lawmakers otherwise. Well now the Nicaragua canal plans are back on the table. Nicaragua plans to build a $50 billion canal to connect the Caribbean and Pacific. Supporters argue it will create more than 250,000 jobs. But small farmers and environmentalists say the project will destroy Lake Nicaragua. On this edition, we...2015-04-0304 minKPFA - Making ContactCoffee: Trouble Brewing?It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to the trash produced by your single-cup coffee machine, Making Contact and Green Grid Radio team up to count the costs of your morning cup o’joe.
Featuring:
Jairo Martinez, Mariana Cruz, Suzana Angarita, coffee farmers; Jeff Goldman, former executive director Fairtrade Resource Network, Jeff Chean, Principal and Chief Coffee Guy Groundworks Roasters; John Hazen, single-cup coffee machine owner; Rebecca Jewell, recycling program manager for Davis Street Transfer Station.
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BoomtownBattle Over Porta-Potty in Gentrifying Oakland NeighborhoodDriver Plaza is a large traffic median at the Oakland-Berkeley line. It's not much to look at but it is also a longtime gathering place in a historically African-American neighborhood. Driver Plaza illustrates, in some ways, how gentrification is changing the East Bay. Reporter: Andrew Stelzer2015-02-0600 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – All the Presidents’ BankersNomi Prins, journalist and a former managing director of Goldman Sachs, discusses her book All the Presidents’ Bankers, the hidden alliances that drive American power. Prins retraces the relationship between American financiers and presidents stretching more than a century. From family friends, trusted confidants to the present day; how the relationship has deteriorated and presidents have lost control of the economy.
Special thanks to Pirate TV for the original recording from June 17, 2014.
Featuring: Nomi Prins, journalist and author of “All the Presidents’ Bankers, the hidden alliances that drive American power.”
Host this wee...2014-08-2204 min
Distillations | Science History InstituteEpisode 178: In the AirIt’s hard to make decisions without information, that’s why some researchers in the San Francisco area are collecting carbon dioxide data at the neighborhood level. As producer Andrew Stelzer discovers, the BEACON project does more than gather data; it also brings home the effects of small-scale events, such as rush hour, and allows researchers to track pollution to its source. Then Eileen Fleming discusses DIY monitoring with Shannon Dosemagen from the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science.
Show Clock
00:00 Opening Credits 00:44 Introduction 01:44 Air Monitoring 09:02 Interview: Shannon Dosemagen 14:41 Closing Cred...2013-07-2315 minDistillations | Science History InstituteEpisode 153: Best Of Distillations #10We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: attempts to contact aliens in space and the secret behind the sweet sound of Stradivari violins.
SHOW CLOCK
00:00 Opening Credits
00:31 Introduction
01:01 The Interstellar Rosetta Stone
08:02 Strad Secrets?
14:58 Closing Credits
CREDITS
Special thanks to Andrew Stelzer and Anne Fredrickson for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.2012-08-0300 min
Tell SomebodyPrometheus' Brandy Doyle on Historic Opportunity for New Community Radio StationsThe March 27, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody features Brandy Doyle, Policy Director for the Prometheus Radio Project speaking about the historic opportunity for new community radio stations in the wake of the signing into law of the Local Community Radio Act in January, 2011 and an FCC ruling issued on March 19, 2012 about implementation of the law.
After that we heard Making Contact's Andrew Stelzer in excerpts from a panel discussion at the National Conference on Media Reform in Boston in April, 2011, and part of Michael Moore's speech at the Left Forum in New York on March 17, 2012.
Click...2012-03-271h 00Distillations | Science History InstituteEpisode 134: Is Anybody Out There?How did we get here and who else is out there? These questions have nagged at humans for centuries. On today's episode of Distillations we explore early debate over the Big Bang Theory and find out what tools researchers are using to greet aliens.
SHOW CLOCK
00:00 Opening Credits
00:33 Introduction
01:19 Debating the Big Bang Theory
03:48 The Interstellar Rosetta Stone
11:35 Closing Credits
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Special thanks to Andrew Stelzer and James Voelkel for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org...2011-11-1100 minDistillations | Science History InstituteEpisode 129: TasteToday's show explores one of our favorite senses: taste. First, revist the tongue map you may have studied as a kid. Next, learn how a natural sweetener might benefit waistlines—and even the world.
SHOW CLOCK
00:00 Opening Credits
00:32 Introduction
01:11 The Tongue Map Myth
05:02 Stevia: Sweeter than Sugar
12:17 Closing Credits
CREDITS
Special thanks to Audrey Quinn and Andrew Stelzer for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.2011-09-0212 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind BarsWhat’s it like to give birth or raise an infant, inside the walls of a prison? Or even worse, have to give up your child the day it’s born? On this edition, a look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside Americas jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next generation of America’s kids?
Special Thanks to segment producers: intern Shaunnah Ray, and freelancer Shannon Heffernan. Heffernan’s Time on the Outside project is produced with support from the Soros Justice Media Fellowships Program of the Open Society Inst...2011-04-0804 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – Broken, Not Broke: The Economy According to Richard WolffAs the ‘great recession’ continues, Economist Richard Wolff says failed ‘trickle down economics’ theories are being recycled under a different name. Now state and local governments are enacting even more cuts to the people who can afford them the least. On this edition, Making Contact’s Lisa Rudman conducts an exclusive interview with economist and educator, Richard Wolff. He explains how we got into this economic mess, who’s to blame, and how, if we get organized, the flow of resources might be reversed.
Featuring: Richard Wolff, University of Massachusetts at Amherst professor; Jerry Brown, Governor of California. ...2011-04-0104 min
KPFA - APEX ExpressAPEX Express – March 31, 2011Tonight, we replay a program produced by Making Contact, “Presumed Guilty: American Muslims and Arabs” produced by Andrew Stelzer.
Marie B. Choi kills it with an amazing interview with Anh Pham, a anti-war and solidarity activist whose home was raided in September 2010 because of her political activity.
And we bring you a commentary from Veena Dubal, staff attorney at the Asian Law Caucus.
Jane Chang hosts with Karl Jagbandhansingh at the controls.
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2011-03-3135 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – “Presumed Guilty: American Muslims and Arabs”American Arabs and Muslims are under the microscope, from capital hill, to your local shopping mall. Almost every week, there’s more news about the bust of another terrorist cell. The effect on those communities-living in fear of demonization, or arrest– has been devastating. On this edition: 10 years of America’s homeland war on Muslims and Arabs. Racial profiling has happened in times of war before—how will it end this time around?
Featuring: Veena Dubal, Asian Law Caucus National Security and Civil Rights Program Staff Attorney: Lejla Duka, family member of the Fort Dix Five: Dominick Calsolaro, A...2011-03-2504 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – Egyptian Women on the Frontlines of ChangeYouth and their use of social media have been cited as leading factors for Egypt’s January 25th revolution. But women also came out in force to protest Hosni Mubarak’s 30 years of dictatorial power. On this edition, we look at the role women played in the 2011 revolution that successfully brought down a regime. What’s been the history of women in the Egyptian liberation movements, and what’s the role women will play in politics going forward?
Featuring:
Nawal El Saadawi, author activist and re-founder of the Egyptian Women’s Union. Melanie Tanielian, PhD candidate...2011-03-1804 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – “The Toxic Truth About Nail Salons”If you’ve ever stepped into a nail salon, you know the smell of a chemical cocktail that hits you like an invisible wall. While consumers may tolerate it during a short visit, the nail salon workers find themselves stewing in a toxic bubble for years. On this edition, we take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail salons.
Featuring:
Alisha Nga Tran, Patient Leadership Council facilitator, Asian Health Services; Dr. Thu Quach, Epidemiologist, Cancer Prevention Institute of California; My Tong, translator, he...2011-01-2804 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – The Price of Nature: Buying Our Way Out of Climate Chaos?In late November, the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Cancun, Mexico. Most of the solutions being offered will center on carbon trading or cap and trade schemes – in other words, market based solutions to the problem. But is there a way to approach the climate crisis other than through the language of economics? On this edition, a roundtable discussion about alternative ways to both understand, and solve the climate crisis.
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Rose Braz, Center for Biological Diversity Climate Campaign Director; Ananda Lee Tan, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives US a...2010-11-1204 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – Working Beyond Unions [Labor Day Special Encore]It’s been decades since the U.S. has had a powerful labor movement and recent efforts to revive it have mostly fallen flat. But there is hope for a new U.S. labor movement. It’s a vision that goes beyond the unions. On this edition, we’ll hear from an array of panelists discussing the future of labor in the U.S. recorded at the 2010 Left Forum in New York City.
Special thanks to Between the Lines at WPKN Radio in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Featuring: Dr. Frances Fox Piven, Left Forum 2010 ‘Future of Labor in the U.S...2010-09-0304 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – No ‘Fracking’ Way: The Perils of Natural Gas DrillingWe’ll hear excerpts from the movie Gasland, including stories from residents who say their drinking water catches on fire—one of the toxic affects of hydraulic-fracking a natural gas drilling method that uses hundreds of chemicals. While the BP oil spill has increased calls to use natural gas as a so-called ‘clean energy’ alternative, activists are sounding the alarm bell about this controversial technique. Special Thanks to Josh Fox, the producer of “Gasland”, and to Alton Byrd and Rachel Zurer for helping to produce this show. Featuring: Walter Hang, Toxics Targeting President; Josh Fox, “Gasla...2010-08-0604 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – Breaking Through the Blue Wall of SilenceWho polices the police? Do you or your neighbors have any say in the way your town’s cops and sheriffs do business? For more than 35 years, cities around the country have been creating civilian oversight agencies – trying to make local police and sheriffs accountable to the communities they serve. On this edition, producer Andrew Stelzer takes a look at the ongoing battle between the people and the police – and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.
Featuring:
Barbara Attard, civilian oversight consultant, former San Francisco Office of...2009-08-1404 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – Born in Flames: Case of the New Jersey 7It¹s a case that made headlines across the nation. On August 18, 2006, seven Black, lesbian and gender non-conforming young women from New Jersey went out for a night in New York City. A man selling DVDs on the sidewalk. Also Black propositioned one of the young women. She turned him down, but he followed them anyway. They said he yelled insults and made threats. He says he said just, "hi". An attack ensued. But who struck first is still being debated in court today. Is this a case of self-defense or of attempted manslaughter? An assault by a lesbian gan...2008-12-1904 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – A Journey To Darfur: Rethinking InterventionIt's been 5 years of genocide in Darfur. 300,000 lives have been lost and millions have been displaced. While the UN says lack of security has prevented the full deployment of a peacekeeping force, even Hollywood stars have taken on the cause.On this edition, we'll hear what it's like to embed with rebels in Darfur who say they are fighting for political and economic rights. And, new perspectives on intervening in the crisis.
Featuring:Shane Bauer, filmmaker; David Martinez, filmmaker; Selena Brewer, Human Rights Watch Darfur researcher; Ali Muktar Ali, Sudanese Rebel; Idp Umda Hamid Manna...2008-12-1204 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact: Food for Thought. – November 28, 2008How much does it cost to put food on the table for your family these days? Definitely more than last year at this time. And it¹s a sure bet that it'll be even higher next year. The cost of producing food is skyrocketing and the basics are becoming out of reach to average American households. Solutions for an oncoming food crisis are needed locally, nationally and globally. On this edition, we take a look at sustainable farming practices. Urban farms in the heart of San Francisco. The future of food production in a skyscraper. And on the g...2008-11-2804 minDistillations | Science History InstituteEpisode 36: OlympicsAddicted to the Olympics? Take a break from too much video with 12 minutes of audio. On today’s show, we investigate Olympic mysteries, from the flame of the torch to the composition of those so-called gold medals. SHOW CLOCK 00:00 Opening Credits 00:31 Introduction 01:12 Element of the Week: Gold 03:13 Mystery Solved! The Olympic Torch 06:01 Citizen Air Quality Monitoring 10:43 Quote: Albert Camus 11:03 Closing Credits CREDITS Special thanks to Hilary Domush and Andrew Stelzer for researching this show. Additional cred...2008-08-1511 minKPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – May 26, 2008British-Pakistani author, Tariq Ali, is one of the world’s leading historians and speakers on South Asia, U.S. foreign policy and the so-called clash of civilizations. This past March, before an audience at the Left Forum in New York City, Alternative Radio’s founder and host, David Barsamian, spoke with Mr. Ali. They talked about Pakistan’s history, recent news events, and about what the future holds for the country. This is an excerpt of that conversation.
Featuring:
David Barsamian, Alternative Radio founder/host and author; Tariq Ali,renowned author and historian
Exec...2008-05-2604 min