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Berkeley Voices128: An evolution of American friendship, from Victorian-era letters to Swiftie braceletsHave you ever seen letters from the 1800s? Aside from the pristine penmanship and grammar, the way friends expressed their fondness for each other is remarkable.“Letters sent between friends are often full of the kinds of loving and affectionate language that today we would only associate with romantic or sexual relationships: ‘My darling,’ ‘I love you,’ ‘I can't wait to be near you,’” said UC Berkeley historian Sarah Gold McBride, who in 2022 created the course, Friendship in America, with Berkeley anthropologist Christine Palmer. Throughout history, with changes in cultural norms and communication technology, the ways we stay conn...2025-02-2414 min
Berkeley Law Voices CarryClimate and Energy Policy After ChevronThis special episode features two Berkley Law experts discussing the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, which overruled the longstanding doctrine of the Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council case, which was decided in 1984. The decision sent shock waves through the field of administrative law and is expected to have a particularly large impact on climate and energy policy. In this episode, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment Executive Director Louise Bedsworth leads a conversation with Berkeley Law Professors Daniel A. Farber and Sharon Jacobs about the decision, its reasoning...2024-11-0757 min
The Culture Kit with Jenny & SameerHow Tribal Instincts Can Bring People Together“Tribalism” has a generally negative reputation these days. It’s often used to refer to an us-versus-them mentality, or a culture that’s divisive and exclusionary. But that perception, according to cultural psychologist Michael Morris, “could not be more inaccurate as a description of what human tribal instincts are. They're instincts for solidarity, not for hostility.” On this episode of The Culture Kit, hosts Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srviastava interview Michael Morris, a professor at Columbia Business School, about his new book Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together. Jenny, Sameer...2024-10-2928 minBerkeley Law Voices CarryProfessor Osagie K. Obasogie’s ‘Legacies of Eugenics’ ProjectIn this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks to Professor Osagie K. Obasogie, a professor of law and bioethics and the only UC Berkeley faculty member to hold an appointment at both our law school and our School of Public Health, including the Joint Medical Program with UC San Francisco. As a sociologist of law and medicine, Obasogie’s research combines doctrinal scholarship with empirical methods and novel theoretical approaches to understand the ways race is central to how the institutions of law and medicine operate.He’s the author of Blinded By Sight: Seeing Race Through the Eyes...2024-08-2335 min
Berkeley TalksJournalist Jemele Hill on the intersection of sports and race (revisiting)In Berkeley Talks episode 205, sports journalist Jemele Hill discusses her career at the intersection of sports, race and culture in the U.S. at a UC Berkeley event in January 2020."Sports journalism," began KALW radio journalist Hana Baba, with whom Hill joined in conversation as part of a Cal Performances speaker series. "So you’re growing up, you’re watching TV, you’re reading the papers ... When did you realize that this is a male journalist's space?"I knew that, but I didn’t know it," replied Hill, author of the 2022 memoir Uphill and host of the p...2024-07-261h 31
Berkeley TalksSociologist Harry Edwards on sport in society (revisiting)In Berkeley Talks episode 194, Harry Edwards, a renowned sports activist and UC Berkeley professor emeritus of sociology, discusses the intersections of race and sport, the history of predatory inclusion, athletes’ struggle for definitional authority and the power of sport to change society.“You can change society by changing people’s perceptions and understandings of the games they play,” Edwards said at a March 2022 campus event sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI) and Cal Athletics.“I’m saying whether it’s race relations in America, whether it’s relations between the United States and...2024-04-061h 13
Climate BreakRERUN: The Clean Energy Potential of Nuclear Fusion, with Annie KritcherWhat is nuclear fusion?Nuclear fusion produces energy by fusing atoms together. Atomic cores (nuclei) merge together to form a heavier—though unstable—nucleus, releasing mass to regain stability. This mass release corresponds to an energy release, given Einstein’s equation E=mc2, which says in part that mass and energy can be converted into each other. The sun, along with all other stars, uses nuclear fusion to generate energy, which is released as heat and light. The 2022 Fusion Breakthrough In late 2022, scientists led by Dr. Annie Kritcher at the Lawrence Livermore National Laborato...2024-01-1601 min
Not Your Bubbe's NoshRestauranteur-ing in Berkeley with Joan Ellis of BabetteOn this episode! Micah talks with Joan Ellis, chef and co-owner of Babette, a Berkeley-based restaurant, bakery, and cafe. Ellis talks about the restaurant industry after COVID-19, bring together her love of music and food with a music series at Babette, and working with her husband (the other Babette co-owner) all these years. Plus, funny customer stories and finding Jewish bakery recipes!Babette’s site: https://www.babettecafe.com/Coverage of Babette: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/06/22/new-berkeley-brunch-babette and https://sf.eater.com/2022/5/23/23138612/babette-berkeley-art-museum-cafe-new-location Be in touch! micah@noshwithmicah.comNosh With Micah website: https://ww...2023-12-2050 min
The Berkeley RemixVoices for the Environment - Episode 1: A Preservationist SpiritEpisode 1: A Preservationist Spirit
The podcasts for "Voices for the Environment: A Century of Bay Area Activism" are part of a Bancroft Library Gallery exhibition at UC Berkeley. This exhibit charts the twentieth-century evolution of environmentalism in the San Francisco Bay Area through the voices of activists who galvanized public opinion to advance their causes—from wilderness preservation, to economic regulation, to environmental justice. The "Voices for the Environment" exhibition was curated by UC Berkeley's Oral History Center and is free and open to the public from Oct. 6, 2023 to Nov. 15, 2024, in The Bancroft Library Gallery, located just inside the east en...2023-10-0329 min
Berkeley TalksJessica Morse on how we can live with fireIn this Berkeley Talks episode, Jessica Morse, the deputy secretary for forest and wildland resilience at the California Natural Resources Agency, discusses the current wildfire crisis in California and how we got here, strategies the state is implementing, and lessons they've learned in order to decrease catastrophic wildfires and create more resilient forests.Morse began her Nov. 4, 2022, lecture with a story about the Camp Fire, the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century that killed 85 people and destroyed more than 18,000 structures in Northern California. "The story for me starts Nov. 8, 2018, almost four years ago to the d...2023-07-291h 25
Berkeley TalksPulitzer-winner Natalie Wolchover: 'Knowledge of physics is a superpower'In this Berkeley Talks episode, Natalie Wolchover, a senior editor at Quanta Magazine and winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting, gives the keynote commencement speech to the Class of 2023 at Berkeley Physics"'Knowledge is power,' my grandpa always used to tell me," said Wolchover at the May 14 ceremony. "Well, I think knowledge of physics is a superpower. We tend to forget, when we're in a bubble of people who've studied physics, as we are in this auditorium, just how unusual it is to understand the laws of nature. Galileo wrote that 'the universe is w...2023-05-3010 min
Berkeley Voices112: How the Holocaust endsGrowing up, Linda Kinstler knew that her Latvian grandfather had mysteriously disappeared after World War II. But she didn't think much about it."That was a very common fate from this part of the world," says Kinstler, a Ph.D. candidate in rhetoric at UC Berkeley. "It didn't strike me as totally unusual. It was only later when I began looking into it more that I realized there was probably more to the story."What she discovered was too big for her to walk away.In 2022, she published her first book, Come to...2023-05-1828 minClimate BreakThe Clean Energy Potential of Nuclear Fusion, with Annie KritcherWhat is nuclear fusion?Nuclear fusion produces energy by fusing atoms together. Atomic cores (nuclei) merge together to form a heavier—though unstable—nucleus, releasing mass to regain stability. This mass release corresponds to an energy release, given Einstein’s equation E=mc2, which says in part that mass and energy can be converted into each other. The sun, along with all other stars, uses nuclear fusion to generate energy, which is released as heat and light. The 2022 Fusion Breakthrough In late 2022, scientists led by Dr. Annie Kritcher at the Lawrence Livermore National Laborato...2023-05-1601 min
Berkeley Voices107: 'Be the Change': Nazune Menka on creating the course, Decolonizing UC BerkeleyIn this episode of Be the Change, host Savala Nolan, director of Berkeley Law's Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, interviews Nazune Menka.Menka is a lecturer at Berkeley Law and a supervising attorney for the campus’s Environmental Law Clinic. She is Denaakk’e from Alaska and Lumbee from North Carolina. In fall 2021, Menka designed and taught a new undergraduate legal studies course called Decolonizing UC Berkeley, and she taught Indigenous Peoples, Law and the United States at the law school in spring 2022.During their conversation, they talk about how to bring a deco...2023-03-1545 min
Berkeley TalksWomen of the Black Panther PartyIn celebration of the new book, Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party, Judy Juanita, Madalynn Rucker and Ericka Huggins discuss their time with the Black Panther Party."I knew that my big purpose was to learn how to love because I was raised in a community that was not loved," says Ericka Huggins, who co-authored Comrade Sisters with photographer Stephen Shames and was director of Oakland Community School led by the Black Panther Party. "I could see the impact on the future generation's understanding that I came from a generation that didn't have what we...2023-02-111h 26
Berkeley TalksArtist William Kentridge on staying open to the 'less good' ideasWorld-renowned South African artist William Kentridge discusses the process of making the 2019 chamber opera Waiting for the Sibyl. He also touches on why artists should stay open to new ideas, the complex relationship between humans and algorithms — "one has to make space for that which does not compute," he says — and the "unavoidable optimism" in the activity of making.During the 2022-23 academic year, Cal Performances, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) and the Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC Berkeley are participating in a campuswide residency with Kentridge.Cal Performances will...2023-01-281h 27
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – December 29, 2022: Shelley Singer – Philip PullmanBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Shelley Singer (1939-2022), mystery author of six Jake Samson mysteries and four Barrett Lake mysteries, and former book reviewer on KPFA, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded on November 19, 1986 at her East Bay home.
Mystery and suspense novelist Shelley Singer died of heart failure on November 10, 2022 at the age of 83. The author of six mysteries, two science fiction novels, one mainstream novel and several short stories, she was a...2022-12-2959 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – December 22, 2022: Helen BenedictBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Helen Benedict, co-author (with Eyad Awwadawnon) of “Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Helen Benedict is the author of seven novels, including “Wolf Season” and “Sand Queen,” and five books of non-fiction. Her latest book, “Map of Hope and Sorrow,” co-written by Eyad Awwadawnon, a Syrian refugee who was planning to get a law degree in Damascus, is partly an oral history of refugees coming to Greece...2022-12-2259 min
KPFA - Radio WolinskyShelley Singer (1939-2022), mystery author and KPFA book critic, 1986Shelley Singer (1939-2022), mystery author of six Jake Samson mysteries and four Barrett Lake mysteries, and former book reviewer on KPFA, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded on November 19, 1986 at her East Bay home.
Mystery and suspense novelist Shelley Singer died of heart failure on November 10, 2022 at the age of 83. The author of six mysteries, two science fiction novels, one mainstream novel and several short stories, she was a key writer in the Sisters in Crime movement of the nineties. She also taught fiction writing and served as a manuscript consultant.
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Berkeley Voices103: Law student Hoda Katebi: Iran's protests are about 'total liberation'In this episode of Berkeley Voices, Berkeley Law student Hoda Katebi discusses how, after she began wearing the hijab as a sixth-grader in Oklahoma, she learned that clothes are inherently political. "It played a huge role in shaping my own personal growth, as well as my relationship to politics," Katebi says.Since protests broke out in Iran nearly three months ago, sparked by the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini by Iran's so-called morality police, Katebi has been an outspoken supporter of the protesters. "The main demand that we're hearing is, 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî,' or...2022-12-0814 min
KPFA - Radio WolinskyDerek Goldman, co-playwright/director, “Remember This” at Berkeley RepDerek Goldman, co-playwright (with Clark Young) and director of “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” starring David Straithairn, playing at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theatre through December 18th, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Recorded by zencastr on November 16, 2022.
“Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” tells the story of holocaust witness Jan Karski, who was sent to Poland to report back on what he’d seen. When he returned to the United States and Britain, no one believed him when he spoke of the atrocities he’d seen. The play uses Karski’s words and Straithairn’s ac...2022-12-041h 24
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – December 1, 2022: Derek Goldman – William GibsonBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Derek Goldman, co-playwright (with Clark Young) and director of “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” starring David Straithairn, playing at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theatre through December 18th, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Recorded by zencastr on November 16, 2022.
“Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” tells the story of holocaust witness Jan Karski, who was sent to Poland to report back on what he’d seen. When he returned to the United St...2022-12-0159 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – November 17, 2022: Emma Rice – Julie PowellBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Emma Rice, whose latest production, an adaptation of Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” plays at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre November 18th through January 1st, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Emma Rice was formerly the Artistic Director of Kneehigh Theatre, which brought several shows to Berkeley Rep, including Brief Encounter, and The Wild Bride, along with 946 (The Story of Adolpho Tips). Her new company, Wise Children, as formed in 2017 following a short sti...2022-11-1759 min
Berkeley Voices102: Exploring the sound of the American Indian occupation of AlcatrazOn Nov. 20, 1969, a group of Indigenous Americans that called itself Indians of All Tribes, many of whom were UC Berkeley students, took boats in the early morning hours to Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. They bypassed a Coast Guard blockade and took control of the island. The 19-month occupation that followed would be regarded as one of the greatest acts of political resistance in American Indian history.Everardo Reyes is a Ph.D. student in ethnomusicology at Berkeley. After taking several classes with John-Carlos Perea, who last year was a visiting associate professor in Berkeley’s De...2022-11-0919 min
KPFA - Full CircleFull Circle – November 4, 2022 – THE DYNAMIC MS FAYE CAROL – ENCOREYour cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program right here in Huichin, in that part of occupied Ohlone Territory known as Berkeley, California.
On tonight’s show we enjoy again the talents of The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol. We had the blessing of recording Ms Carol, accompanied by her musical director Joe Warner, in the KPFA performance studio.
In addition to hearing Miss Carol’s performance again, tonight’s show serves as a reminder that on Sunday, November 27, at 4 pm, the Black Women’s Roots Festival takes place at th...2022-11-0459 min
KPFA - Pushing LimitsVote for Your LIfe -Pushing Limits – October 21, 2022
The weather’s getting colder, November’s drawing near, and you know by your full mailbox the SPOOOOOOOOKY season is here!
Today, the Pushing Limits crew sketches some state and local issues with a LEETLE Federal spice, and tell you which measures are naughty and which nice.
Our web site has goodies to make you more wise, and inoculate you against tricks and the evil surprise.
Konstantine Anthony, Chair of the California Democratic Party’s Disabilities Caucus, is soon to be Mayor of Berbank a...2022-10-2129 min
KPFA - UpFrontWhat’s the proposed Berkeley vacant homes tax on the ballot this November?What’s the proposed Berkeley vacant homes tax on the ballot this November?
Berkeley residents will be voting on a proposed tax on vacant rental units this November. Proposed by Vice Mayor Kate Harrison, it could mean that property owners of residential buildings will have to pay a tax on vacant units that have been empty for a year or more. KPFA reporter Elizabeth Santos has more.
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Berkeley TalksNovelist Ilija Trojanow on the utopian prerogativeNovelist Ilija Trojanow discusses why we need to embrace the idea of utopia in order to imagine a better future."It's important to not confuse what does exist with what is impossible, which is how most people use the word "utopian" in everyday parlance," Trojanow says. "Progress has, at times, been utopia come true. By envisaging differing realities, we are imagining alternatives into existence."Truly utopian narratives challenge existing preconceptions by opening windows of thought and fantasy that give life to a multitude of possibilities," Trojanow continues. "In order to survive, we will have to...2022-09-2347 minKPFA - Full CircleFull Circle – September 16, 2022 – ARCHIVED MUSIC PERFORMANCEYour cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program right here in Huichin, in that part of occupied Ohlone Territory known as Berkeley, California.
On tonight’s Full Circle show we share the music performances of:
-The Lovelight Blues Band. This show was hosted by First Voice graduate J.C. Howard. J.C. is now a producer for NPR in Washington, D.C.
-Soul Mechanix. This show was hosted by Joy Moore, our Full Circle Production Consultant and resident health & garden maestra.
-The Bernard Anderson...2022-09-1659 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves, September 15, 2022: Peter Straub and Stephen KingBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Masters of Horror and Suspense
Peter Straub (1993-2022), in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded April 4, 1993 while on tour for his novel, “The Throat,” third in a thematic trilogy that included “Koko” and “Mystery.”
Peter Straub, who died on September 4th, 2022 at the age of 79, was a master of horror and supernatural fiction whose work erased any distinction between genre and the literary world. Among his best known novels were Ghost St...2022-09-1559 min
Berkeley TalksActivist Pua Case on the movement to protect Mauna KeaPua Case, a Native Hawaiian activist and caretaker from the Flores-Case ʻOhana family, discusses the movement to protect Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii and the tallest mountain in the world."We have been standing successfully for 12 years against the building of a huge telescope," Case said at a Berkeley Center of New Media event on Aug. 29, 2022. "Not because it's a telescope, but because it's an 18-story building of any kind that would be built on the northern plateau in a pristine landscape on a sacred mountain, and for so many reasons.2022-09-091h 15
Data Points: A Podcast by Berkeley EarthEPIC's Air Quality Life Index: Air pollution is costing the world an average 2.2 years of life97% of the world is breathing air considered to be “unhealthy” according to the WHO’s 2021 updated guidelines. Responsible for a host of ailments ranging from lung cancer and heart disease to cognitive impairment, air pollution is one of the defining global health challenges of our generation.
In recognition of the 2022 UN International Day of Clean Air, we welcome back Christa Hasenkopf, Director of Air Quality Programs and the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) at the Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago (EPIC) to discuss the current landscape of global action on air pollution, and how the AQLI a...2022-09-0630 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – September 1, 2022: Mary Roach – Stuart WoodsBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Mary Roach discusses her latest book, “Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law,” out this week in trade paperback, with host Richard Wolinsky.
The author of several non-fiction works that examine specific areas of life that are rarely covered elsewhere, Mary Roach brings a sharp eye and excellent research skills to explain how things work, how they don’t work, and the various things that happen in between.
“Fuzz” deals with such issues...2022-09-0159 min
KPFA - Bay Area TheaterReview: “Goddess” at Berkeley Rep Roda TheatreKPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Goddess,” a new musical, at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre through September 25, 2022.
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Berkeley TalksHow we learn language across communities and culturesIn Berkeley Talks episode 149, Mahesh Srinivasan, an associate professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Psychology, discusses the importance of child-directed speech in language learning, how poverty may suppress parents' speech to their children and how children learn language from overheard speech, a main form of children’s early experience with language in many cultures around the world.This March 2022 lecture was sponsored by Science At Cal.Read a transcript and listen to the episode on Berkeley News.Music by Blue Dot Sessions.Photo by Esteban Benites via Unsplash. Hosted on...2022-08-271h 35
KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, WeekdaysBiden administration pledges enough Monkeypox vaccine for all, despite disparity; Farm workers finish 335 mile march to Sacramento for worker rights; Abortion opponents-supporters clash at U.C. Berkeley campus rally – August 26, 2022
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago estate held top secret, classified documents, according to FBI affidavit.
Abortion opponents and supporters clash at U.C. Berkeley campus
Biden administration pledges enough Monkeypox vaccines for all who need it, despite existing disparity.
Federal judge gives o.k. to clear out Wood St. homeless encampment.
California lawmakers pass bill to rename U.C. Hastings law school.
Federal Reserve to impose more interest rate hikes in an effort to beat back inflation.
California launches pr...2022-08-2659 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – August 25, 2022: Joyce Carol Oates, “Blonde,” 2000Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Joyce Carol Oates, author of “Blonde,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded May 3, 2000 in the KPFA studios.
Joyce Carol Oates is one of American’s greatest writers, and one of its most prolific. Over a career that spans nearly sixty years, according to Wikipedia she’s written 58 novels, and according to Good Reads, has had 116 books published. She has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction five times and has b...2022-08-2559 min
Berkeley Voices101: 'Interior Chinatown' is about roles and how we play them In this episode of Berkeley Voices, Charles Yu discusses his 2020 book, Interior Chinatown, which goes inside the mind of a young Asian American man trying to make it in Hollywood. Incoming UC Berkeley students read the book over the summer as part of On The Same Page, a program from the College of Letters and Science."This is really a book about roles and how we play them," Yu said. "Sometimes they are fundamental to who we are, but they can also be very limiting or reductive. I hope that people can see that, in one way...2022-08-2423 minKPFA - Full CircleFull Circle – August 19, 2022 – Black August CommemorationYour cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program right here in Huichin, in that part of occupied Ohlone Territory known as Berkeley, California.
The month is August, the year is 2022. Since 1979, August has been a time, particularly in the black community, to commemorate black freedom fighters, to honor political prisoners, to condemn the horrific conditions of U.S. prisons, and to highlight black resistance against racial oppression.
Observers of Black August call for the immediate release of all political prisoners, including Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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The Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastThe Buzz: What BHS Students do for Self-CareAs Berkeley High welcomes students back onto campus for the 2022-2023 school year, many are feeling overwhelmed by starting school. The best way to manage all of this? Take care of yourself and recognize your needs so that you can be at your best. Jacket Podcast producers Miriam Reichenberg and Sofia Rodriguez spoke to students about what they do to practice self-care.
This episode is the first in a series exploring students' mental health. It was executive produced by Miriam Reichenberg and Sofia Rodriguez, and was edited by Lucy Rickart-Webb. You can find more episodes and coverage o...2022-08-1903 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – August 11, 2022: Paul RudnickBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Paul Rudnick, author of the novel “Playing the Palace,” and the teleplay for the HBO film “Coastal Elites,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Playwright, screenwriter and novelist Paul Rudnick’s latest novel, “Playing the Palace,” is the story of a gay man living in New York who falls in love with a gay Prince of Wales, and what ensues. His recent film, “Coastal Elites,” with Bette Midler, Dan Levy and others, is a contemporary ac...2022-08-1159 min
KPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – August 10, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – August 4, 2022: Christopher MooreBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Christopher Moore, author of “Razzmatazz,” “Noir,” and other novels of comic fantasy and horror, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Christopher Moore has eighteen novels to his credit, including Practical Demonkeeping, Bloodsucking Fiends, Fool and Secondhand Souls, many of which take place in San Francisco, where he now lives.
Razzmatazz, his latest novel, is a follow-up to Noir, and takes us back to the City by the Bay in 1946, and the world...2022-08-0459 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – August 3, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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KPFA - Bay Area TheaterReview: “Sanctuary City,” at Berkeley Rep Peets TheatreKPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Sanctuary City” by Martyna Majok, at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theatre extended to August 14, 2022.
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2022-07-2905 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – July 27, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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2022-07-2759 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – July 20, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – July 14, 2022: Susan Faludi – James SalterBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Susan Faludi talks with host Richard Wolinsky about her book, In The Darkroom, winner of the 2016 Kirkus Prize and a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. This encore podcast was first posted on October 5, 2016. In The Darkroom remains Susan Faludi’s most recent book to date.
In The Darkroom is about a search for identity … specifically the identity of her father, who moved to Hungary and had a sex-change operation late in his life...2022-07-1459 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – July 13, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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Berkeley TalksACLU leader on how voter suppression worksAbdi Soltani, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California, discussed on Feb. 18, 2022, key moments for voting rights and elections throughout U.S. history, current threats to voting that are unfolding across the country and work the ACLU is doing in California.Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News.Follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts.Music by Blue Dot Sessions.AP photo by Morry Gash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-07-0159 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – June 30, 2022: David SedarisBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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David Sedaris, whose latest collection of essays is titled “Happy Go Lucky,” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. Recorded June 9, 2022 at Book Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, California.
David Sedaris is author of thirteen books, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, A Carnival of Snackery, The Best of Me, Calypso, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls and others. He has been a commentator on NPR and CBS.
In this wide-ranging interview he disc...2022-06-3059 min
Berkeley Voices100: How Roe v. Wade radically changed American cultureWhen Roe v. Wade was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973, which protected a woman’s right to an abortion, “it changed everything,” says Kristin Luker, a professor emerita of law and of sociology at UC Berkeley. “It was so revolutionary — I argue it was on a par with the American Revolution or the French Revolution.”Last Friday, the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe, giving states broad power to curtail or end abortion. As of today, abortion is now banned in at least seven states, and about half of states across the country are expected...2022-06-2922 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – June 29, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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2022-06-2959 min
The Berkeley RemixFifty Years Of Save Mount Diablo Episode 3 - The FutureThe Berkeley Remix is a podcast from the Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. This season we're headed east of San Francisco to Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County. In this three-part series, "Fifty Years of Save Mount Diablo," we look at land conservation through the lens of Save Mount Diablo, a local grassroots organization. It's been doing this work since December 1971—that's fifty years. This season focuses on the organization's past, present, and future. Join us as we celebrate this anniversary and the impact that Save Mount Diablo has had on land co...2022-06-2819 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – June 22, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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2022-06-2259 min
The Berkeley RemixFifty Years Of Save Mount Diablo Episode 2 - The PresentThe Berkeley Remix is a podcast from the Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. This season we're headed east of San Francisco to Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County. In this three-part series, "Fifty Years of Save Mount Diablo," we look at land conservation through the lens of Save Mount Diablo, a local grassroots organization. It's been doing this work since December 1971—that's fifty years. This season focuses on the organization's past, present, and future. Join us as we celebrate this anniversary and the impact that Save Mount Diablo has had on land co...2022-06-2130 min
KPFA - Bay Area TheaterReview: “Dana H” at Berkeley Rep Roda TheatreKPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Dana H” by Lucas Hnath, directed by Les Waters, at Berkeley Rep‘s Roda Theatre through July 10, 2022.
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2022-06-1805 min
Berkeley Talks'Mother Jones' editor on how the super-rich really liveIn Berkeley Talks episode 144, Mother Jones senior editor Michael Mechanic joins Berkeley Journalism professor David Barstow to discuss his new book, Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live — and How Their Wealth Harms Us All.This conversation was streamed live on May 4, 2022.Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News.Follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts.Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-06-171h 04KPFA - Pushing LimitsTed Jackson – E.D. of Berkeley Independent Living Center – Pushing Limits – June 17, 2022
Disability Activists in Berkeley made history in 1972 when they opened the first Independent Living Center in the country. All U.S. states and territories now have multiple Independent Living Centers.
Numerous people have served as Executive Directors of the Berkeley Center as the organization weathered ups and downs, grown and survived. In April of this year Ted Jackson was appointed the new Executive Director.
Ted Jackson is a disability advocate, LGBTQ activist, accessibility consultant, and former political operative with three decades of experience working in grassroots social justice, electoral and nonprofit communities. Listen to hea...2022-06-1729 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – June 15, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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2022-06-1559 min
The Berkeley RemixFifty Years Of Save Mount Diablo Episode 1 - The PastThe Berkeley Remix is a podcast from the Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. This season we're headed east of San Francisco to Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County. In this three-part series, "Fifty Years of Save Mount Diablo," we look at land conservation through the lens of Save Mount Diablo, a local grassroots organization. It's been doing this work since December 1971—that's fifty years.
This season focuses on the organization's past, present, and future. Join us as we celebrate this anniversary and the impact that Save Mount Diablo has had on land co...2022-06-1524 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – June 8, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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2022-06-0859 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – June 1, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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2022-06-0159 minKPFA - Full CircleFull Circle – May 27, 2022 – Salute to FV API CommunityYour cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members and graduates of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program right here in Huichin, in that part of occupied Ohlone Territory known as Berkeley, California.
As time moves toward the end of this 2022 May, we at First Voice honor and share memories of our community who have Asian and Pacific Island roots.
Tonight we share just some of the stories our API colleagues have produced for Full Circle: We’ll hear about:
– A storytelling group
– The farmworkers movement
– John Trudell
– Services for youth
...2022-05-2759 minKPFA - East Bay YesterdayEast Bay Yesterday – May 25, 2022This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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2022-05-2559 min
Berkeley TalksAn update on Public Service Loan ForgivenessIn episode 140 of Berkeley Talks, a panel of student loan experts discuss the Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver, the recently extended COVID payment pause and student debt cancellation.Panelists of this April 2022 talk included:Kat Welbeck, Student Borrower Protection CenterSuzanne Martindale, California Department of Financial Protection and InnovationKyra Taylor, National Consumer Law CenterModerated by Amanda Prasuhn, Berkeley Law Financial Aid OfficeListen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News.Follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts.Music by Blue Dot Sessions.Photo by Elena...2022-05-061h 00
Berkeley Voices99: Indi Garcia lives and breathes the 'abolitionist philosophy'In episode 99 of Berkeley Voices, Berkeley Law student Indi Garcia, who is graduating on May 13 with pro bono honors for her work on the Post-Conviction Advocacy Project, talks about how meeting with incarcerated men as a college student inspired her anti-prison and criminal justice work. "These men were just brilliant," said Garcia. "They were so much more than the crimes that led them there."Listen to the episode, read the transcript and see photos on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/05/05/berkeley-law-student-indi-garcia-graduation-2022Follow Berkeley Voices and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.2022-05-0510 min
KPFA - APEX ExpressAPEX Express – 5.5.22 Explore AAPI Heritage EventsA weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.
In honor of AAPI heritage month Powerleegirls Hosts Miko Lee and Jalena Keane-Lee highlighting the ways to celebrate in the Bay Area and beyond. Listen interviews with Plague at the Golden Gate, filmmakers Li-Shin Yu and James Chan and the creatives behind Alameda’s Island City Waterways Uprooted Janet Koike and Kimi Okada. Check out the extensive curated calendar li...2022-05-0559 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – May 5, 2022: Don Winslow – David ThomsonBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Bookwaves
Don Winslow, author of “City on Fire,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded at Book Passage bookstore in Corte Madera on April 27, 2022.
Don Winslow is the author of 21 novels, many of which focus on crime and the criminal underworld, including The Cartel, The Force, Savages (which became an Oliver Stone film), and The Border. His latest novel, “City on Fire,” tells the story of a mob war in the 1980s in Rhode Island us...2022-05-0559 min
KPFA - Bay Area TheaterReview: “Octet,” at Berkeley Rep’s Peets TheaterKPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Octet,” with music, lyrics, book and choral arrangements by Dave Malloy, directed by Annie Tippe, from Signature Theatre in New York, at Berkeley Rep‘s Peets Theater through May 29, 2022.
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2022-05-0406 min
Berkeley TalksDamilola Ogunbiyi on driving an equitable energy transitionIn episode 139 of Berkeley Talks, Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All, gives the UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group's 28th Annual Lecture on Energy and Environment. In the March 31, 2022 talk, Ogunbiyi discusses how to drive a just, inclusive and equitable transition to affordable and sustainable energy for all, and how the Russia-Ukraine war is affecting energy markets around the world.Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News.Follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts.(Photo by...2022-04-221h 23
BorderlinesDigital Markets ActThe Digital Markets Act will regulate tech giants through a unique “gatekeeper” scheme. The Act imposes antitrust obligations only on the market’s largest actors – predominantly American companies. Is this fair? Will it work?In this special episode of Borderlines, listen to Margrethe Vestager, Europe’s top competition regulator and the policymaker Silicon Valley fears most, discuss the bill at the 2022 Riesenfeld Symposium at Berkeley Law School. Professor Anu Bradford of Columbia Law School, one of the nation’s leading antitrust experts, offers additional insight and perspective. Margrethe Vestager is the European Commissioner for Competiti...2022-04-2153 min
Data Points: A Podcast by Berkeley EarthBehind the Stripes: Communicating climate science and using data to build resilience with Professor Ed Hawkins and Berkeley Earth's Dr. Robert RohdeThe world's first confirmation of global warming using actual temperature observations was published in 1938 when engineer Guy Callendar linked an observed 0.3°C warming to an increased atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Fast forward nearly 90 years and 1.3°C, and climate scientists are still using crucial environmental data to communicate the significance of - and urgency around - carbon emissions and global warming. But now with significantly better data, data that modern illustrative styles and communication tools are dispensing to a mass audience — none more recognized than the ubiquitous climate stripes, a colorful progression from...2022-04-2136 min
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Berkeley Voices98: How one student finds hope in her 'fellow earthlings'In this episode of Berkeley Voices, Hope Gale-Hendry, a fourth-year student in ecosystem management and forestry at UC Berkeley, shares in her own words how she discovered her deep interconnectedness with all living things, and why she decided to study the American pika. "We have a shared history on this planet," said Hope. "That is the lesson that I have been able to use to foster my passion for conservation and foster this love and admiration that I have for my cousins on this planet. Not just humans, but moss and squirrels and horses and farm animals and lichen...2022-04-1516 minSanctuary BerkeleyPalm Sunday 2022Palm Sunday 20222022-04-1035 min
KPFA - Radio WolinskyMargo Hall, Artistic Director Lorraine Hansberry Theatre; actor, “Blindspotting”, 2022Margo Hall, Artistic Director of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre and noted Bay Area actor, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Margo Hall has established herself as one of the premier actors on Bay Area stages, having performed at Marin Theatre Company, Cal Shakes, Shotgun Players, ACT and elsewhere. A playwright whose work appeared at Berkeley Rep, she has also directed several plays around the area, and currently teaches at both UC Berkeley and Chabot College. She is also a featured performer in the TV series Blindspotting, on STARZ and in the original Blindspotting film.
Lorraine Hansberry‘s...2022-04-031h 13
Berkeley Voices97: Biologist confronts deep roots of climate despairIn this episode of Berkeley Voices, Bree Rosenblum, a professor of global change biology at UC Berkeley, talks about why we need to stop blaming each other for the environmental crisis that we’re in, and instead confront its root causes and expand our ideas of what it means to be human on our planet. "We are in such an individual and collective squeeze point," she said. "Do we want humanity to mean what it has meant in the past, or do we want to create a new meaning for our species and our purpose?"Listen to th...2022-04-0119 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – March 31, 2022: Margo Hall – Jan HunterBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
Today’s program is devoted to the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. Named after the noted playwright (A Raisin in the Sun), the company was formed in 1981 by Stanley E. Williams and Quentin Easter, the Lorraine Hansberry had established itself as the premier African American theatre company in the Bay Area within a few short years, and over the next decades produced and premiered several plays by major black playwrights. Both founders died of c...2022-03-3159 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – March 24, 2022: Wayne Wang – Susan OxtobyBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archives
Wayne Wang, director of such films as “Chan is Missing,” “The Joy Luck Club” and “Smoke,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
In this second of two parts , the noted filmmaker discusses his move toward the mainstream, from independently-minded studio films like The Joy Luck Club and Smoke to such movies as Anywhere But Here and Maid in Manhattan. He goes on to discuss his later films, and his views...2022-03-2459 min
Data Points: A Podcast by Berkeley EarthHow can an early warning system in East Africa use climate data to adapt to climate change?The UN IPCC's late February publication Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, looking specifically at the socioeconomic impacts of climate change, was described by UN Secretary General António Guterres as, "an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership." The report issued a strong call-to-action to lower emissions and mitigate climate change while recognizing the urgent need to ramp up funding streams for adaptive measures.
Taking a deeper look at the relationship between investing in climate data and building adaptive capacity, we are thrilled to welcome Abubakr Salih Babiker, Erick Otenyo, and Ma...2022-03-2237 min
Berkeley Voices96: Should we bring back woolly mammoths?Today, we are sharing an episode from The Edge, a podcast by California magazine and the Cal Alumni Association: "Should we bring back woolly mammoths?" Hosts Laura Smith and Leah Worthington sat down with a genetic engineer and an ecologist to understand how de-extinction works and to explore its unintended consequences. This episode was originally released in June 2021.Listen to the episode and read the transcript on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/03/18/berkeley-voices-should-we-bring-back-woolly-mammothsPhoto by Timothy Neesam via Flickr. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-03-1845 min
The Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastMeet the Candidates: ASB President & Vice PresidentThis is one of three episodes interviewing the candidates for 2022-2023 student government at Berkeley High School.2022-03-1818 minThe Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastMeet the Candidates: Chief of ServiceThis is one of three episodes interviewing the candidates for 2022-2023 student government at Berkeley High School.2022-03-1804 minThe Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastMeet the Candidates: Chiefs of PublicityThis is one of three episodes interviewing the candidates for 2022-2023 student government at Berkeley High School.2022-03-1812 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – March 17, 2022: Paul Gordon – Wayne WangBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Bookwaves
Paul Gordon, composer/lyricist for the musical adaptation of “Sense & Sensibility,” and other works, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Paul Gordon was a pop music songwriter when he decided to create a musical adaptation of Jane Eyre, which arrived in Broadway in December 2000 and ran for six months. Since then, he’s written the music and lyrics for several shows, including Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Daddy Long Legs, Estella Scrooge and Sleepy Hollow...2022-03-1759 minKPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – March 10, 2022: Fund Drive Pre-EmptionBookwaves/Artwaves is pre-empted today for the Fund Drive, and returns at this time on March 17, 2021 with new interviews with filmmaker Wayne Wang and composer/lyricist Paul Gordon.
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Note: Most in-person events still require proof of full vaccination for all audience members over 12 and masks. Many venues will require proof of boosters. Shows may unexpectedly close early or be postponed due to actors’ positive COVID tests. Check the venue for closures, ticket refunds, and vaccination status requirements before arrival. Dates are in-theater performances unless otherwise noted. All...2022-03-1059 min
Your College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission InterviewsYCBK 215: Judge orders UC Berkeley: Admit less kidsIn this episode you will hear: (12:32) In this week’s “In the news” segment, Dave has the week off to celebrate his birthday, but Vince Garcia and Mark discuss a Feb 14th, 2022 article, by Frances Dinkelspiel of Berkleyside, “UC Berkeley must slash new enrollment by one third unless high court intervenes. Vince and Mark discuss why the court ruled against Berkeley. They look at whether the problems caused by Berkeley having too many students are real? They also speculate where is this going and what implications does this ruling have? https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/02/14/uc-berkeley-enrollment-drop-court-of-appeal-ruling (49:24) Mark starts a bonus content section that wi...2022-03-102h 04
KPFA - Radio WolinskyWayne Wang: Career Retrospective, 2022Wayne Wang, director of such films as “Chan is Missing,” “The Joy Luck Club” and “Smoke,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Recorded March 1, 2022.
In this hour-long conversation, the noted filmmaker discusses, in depth, several of his movies, talks about his origins as a director, his work on Hollywood films like “Anywhere But Here,” “Smoke,” and “Maid in Manhattan,” his difficulties filming in China, his view of Chinatown and Chinese families, and much more.
A Wayne Wang retrospective is currently on view at Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive, featuring several of his films, including Chan is Missing, Dim Sum...2022-03-062h 08
Berkeley Voices95: 'The past will be present when Roe falls’ Berkeley Law professor and anthropologist Khiara Bridges discusses the history of reproductive rights in the U.S., what’s at stake when Roe v. Wade is overturned and why we should expand our fight for reproductive justice. "Roe v. Wade didn't fall out of the sky," says Bridges. "In 1973, the justices weren’t like, 'You know what we should make up? A right to an abortion.' Roe v. Wade was actually part of a long line of cases dating back to the 1920s." And it likely won’t stop at abortion rights, says Bridges. By saying that Roe v. Wad...2022-03-0425 min
The Global BearsS2, Ep.3: The Putin-Ukraine Crisis: An Analysis by Professor Michaela MattesFebruary 26th, 2022.
Embark on a new episode with our esteemed guest, Professor Michaela Mattes, an associate professor at UC Berkeley specializing in conflict management. Additionally, we feature insights from students on campus, sharing their perspectives on the present situation.
Podcast produced by Maurice Ruttimann
Voices include Maurice Ruttimann, Tiffany Liu and Kaitlyn Lenkeit2022-02-2638 min
Berkeley Voices94: How the seven-day week made us who we areAs a kid growing up in New York City, Roqua Montez was interested in everything — comics, dinosaurs, science, music and dance, martial arts — and his calendar filled up fast. Now, as the executive director of communications and media relations in UC Berkeley's Office of Communications and Public Affairs, he still has a lot to keep track of. To manage his activities and responsibilities, Roqua has relied on something that we all rely on: the seven-day week.The week has been used as a timekeeping unit and calendar device to organize society for about 2,000 years, says David Henkin, a pr...2022-02-1813 minKPFA - Pushing LimitsPushing Limits – February 11, 2022On February 11, Pushing Limits radio program will present an interview with Cara Reedy who is the Director of Disability Media Alliance Project (DMAP) at DREDF where she is working to change the way media represents little people, and the general disability community. Ms. Reedy has previously worked is a journalist and producer for CNN producing documentaries; as well as writing for Eatocracy and CNN Business. In 2019, she produced her most recent short documentary for The Guardian entitled Dwarfism and Me, which was an exploration into the treatment of Dwarfs in American society. DREDF is the Disabilty Rights and Education D...2022-02-1129 min
Berkeley Voices93: How the Great Migration transformed American musicBetween 1910 and 1970, about 6 million Black Americans moved from the rural South to cities in the North, the West and other parts of the United States. It’s known as the Great Migration. Musicians who moved to these cities became ambassadors, says UC Berkeley history professor Waldo Martin, “not only for the music of the South, but for the culture from which the music emerged. And the music was made and remade, and continues to be today. On Feb. 17, mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran and jazz pianist Jason Moran — and an all-star roster of jazz collaborators — will perform their remaking of the musi...2022-02-0415 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – February 3, 2022: Art Spiegelman – Octavia ButlerBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Bookwaves
Art Spiegelman, co-editorr of the series “Little Lit,” and author of “MAUS” and “MAUS II”, in conversation with Richard A. Lupoff, aired originally on December 7, 2000.
On the day before Holocaust Remembrance Day, the McMinn County Board of Education voted 10-0 to ban Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel memoir of his father’s experiences during the Holocaust, MAUS, from county classrooms.
One of the most important records of the Nazi extermination of Jews during Wor...2022-02-0359 min
KPFA - Bay Area TheaterReview: “Swept Away” at Berkeley Rep’s Peets TheaterKPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Swept Away” at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theater through March 6, 2022.
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Berkeley Voices92: California needs a new water supply. Could wetlands be an answer?As drought and the effects of climate change continue to threaten the water supply that Californians rely on, experts at UC Berkeley are looking for new ways to generate an ongoing, stable water supply in its cities that is not as reliant on the weather. "Californians are leaders worldwide in the recycling of water," says David Sedlak, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Berkeley Water Center. There's just one problem that needs to be solved — and if it is, it could open up water recycling opportunities in many parts of the wo...2022-01-2113 min
KPFA - Radio WolinskyItamar Moses, librettist, “The Band’s Visit,” the musical, 2022Itamar Moses, playwright and librettist for “The Band’s Visit,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded January 10, 2022.
Itamar Moses has written several plays, including “Yellowjackets,” which was performed in 2008 at Berkeley Rep, and the books for three musicals. He won a Tony Award for “The Band’s Visit,” which plays at BroadwaySF‘s Golden Gate Theater through February 6, 2021.
Raised in Berkeley (and his parents kept the radio tuned to KPFA), Itamar Moses attended Yale and the Tisch School at NYU. Along with his work as a playwright, he served in the writing room for Men of a Certain A...2022-01-161h 59KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – January 13, 2022: Itamar Moses, “The Band’s Visit,” 2022Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
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Artwaves
Itamar Moses, playwright and librettist for “The Band’s Visit,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded January 10, 2022.
Itamar Moses has written several plays, including “Yellowjackets,” which was performed in 2008 at Berkeley Rep, and the books for three musicals. He won a Tony Award for “The Band’s Visit,” which plays at BroadwaySF‘s Golden Gate Theater through February 6, 2021.
Raised in Berkeley (and his parents kept the radio tuned to KPFA), Itamar Moses...2022-01-1303 min
Berkeley TalksEva Paterson on transforming the nation's consciousness on raceIn episode 130 of Berkeley Talks, Eva Paterson, president and co-founder of the Equal Justice Society, talks in 2017 with Savala Nolan (then Savala Trepczynski), director of Berkeley Law's Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, about when Paterson first realized the need for social justice, litigating implicit bias and why she loves — and hates — America. This conversation first appeared on Nolan's 2017 summer podcast series, Be the Change.Berkeley Talks is going on winter break. We'll be back with new episodes on Jan. 14, 2022.Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News.(The Atla...2021-12-1742 min