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Airs at: Tue, 07/15/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

INVESTIGATIVE News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein

Investigative News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein from KPFA, historic community radio station in Berkeley, California. Flashpoints is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine. Through original reports and some of the key investigative reporters of our time, Flashpoints goes to the frontlines and to the core of the stories in the areas of government and corporate criminality, human rights, and economic justice. From Baghdad to the US-Mexico border, Palestine to San Francisco, Port-au-Prince to Washington DC, Flashpoints monitors the centers of power as an uncensored platform of independent media.

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Topic tags:

Civil Rights/Human Rights, Government/Politics, Class, Corporations, Global Affairs

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Flashpoints on 02/09/16

Airs at: Tue, 02/09/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, Kevin Pena provides an update on the Struggle for democracy in Haiti. Then KJ Noh reports on the latest tensions between North Korea and the US. Finally, Professor Marjorie Cohn discusses Hillary Clinton's hawkish foreign policy. Read more

Flashpoints on 02/05/16

Airs at: Fri, 02/05/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Human Rights in Palestine and American Militarism's Effect on U.S. Constitutional Principles

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Flashpoints is off today. We'll hear Law and Disorder Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, discusses his trip to Palestine Israel. And Todd Pierce, a retired Army Major who has written about the term American exceptionalism and Ameri... Read more

Analysis of the Iowa Caucus and Nomi Prins on Big Money in the Campaigns

Airs at: Wed, 02/03/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Analysis of the Iowa caucus with a focus on the neck and neck battle between Sanders and Clinton for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. And best selling author Nomi Prins talks about the big money that is now being thrown around to buy the next p... Read more

Flashpoints on 02/02/16

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, investigative journalist Greg Palast discusses how the next presidential election could be stolen electronically. Then Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness, explains the impact the upcoming Super Bowl is having o... Read more

The Role of the Latino Community in the Cannabis Revolution

Airs at: Fri, 01/29/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Activist Nativo Lopez talks about the role of the Latino Community in the cannabis revolution. Read more

Arun Gupta on the Takedown of the Bundy Brothers and an Eyewitness Account from Syria

Airs at: Thu, 01/28/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Dennis Bernstein speaks with Arun Gupta about the take down of the Bundy Brothers. He also gets an eye witness account of the bloody war in Syria and the US role in fanning the flames. Read more

Economist Richard Wolff

Airs at: Wed, 01/27/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: An in depth discussion with radical author and economics Professor Richard Wolff on what a socialist presidency under Bernie Sanders would look like. Read more

Flashpoints on 01/26/16

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, Kevin Pena gives an update on the disputed elections in Haiti, and journalist Harvey Wasserman discusses a plan to prevent US elections from being stolen electronically. Read more

Flashpoints on 01/22/16

Airs at: Fri, 01/22/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints