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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

David Talbot, author of "The Devil's Chessboard"

Airs at: Wed, 12/16/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: We play an extended excerpt of a speech given recently by progressive journalist, author and media entrepreneur, David Talbot. His latest book is "The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government." Read more

Flashpoints on 12/15/15

Airs at: Tue, 12/15/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, Zahra Billoo from CAIR discusses violence and intimidation that American Muslims are facing. Then, Flashpoints presents interviews with Dr. Mads Gilbert and Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb about the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Read more

The Initiative for Equality and Excerpts from a Recent Talk By Economist Richard Wolff

Airs at: Fri, 12/11/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on flashpoints: Civil society groups in Paris call on the rich nations to address the devastating inequalities in climate change policy. And we'll here about the excellent work being carried out on this front by the Initiative for equality. We'll also feature excer... Read more

Honoring the Life and Times of John Trudell

Airs at: Thu, 12/10/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Flashpoints honors the life and times of noted Native American poet and spoken word artist, John Trudell. The program includes an excerpt from a broadcast John Trudell did from Alcatraz in 1969. Read more

Doctors Without Borders Calls for War Crimes Investigation

Airs at: Wed, 12/09/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Doctors Without Borders calls for an international war crimes investigation into the US/NATO bombing of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 31 civilians and wounded dozens more. Also we will rebroadcast excerpts of a recent speech by Vija... Read more

Flashpoints on 12/08/15

Airs at: Tue, 12/08/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, former Flashpoints producer Nora Barrows-Friedman speaks about her latest book and trip to the Middle East. Then, KJ Noh gives an update on the Pacific Pivot. Read more

Flashpoints on 12/04/15

Airs at: Fri, 12/04/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Flashpoints on 12/03/15

Airs at: Thu, 12/03/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Police Violence

Airs at: Wed, 12/02/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: tracking police violence against Black-Lives-Matter protesters in Berkeley, the home of the free speech movement in America. Read more

Flashpoints on 12/01/15

Airs at: Tue, 12/01/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, Ann Garrison reports on the possibility of more slaughter in Burundi. Then, Michelle Gross from Communities United Against Police Brutality gives an update on the protests of the police killing of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis. Finally, Andrea Pritchet... Read more