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Local Folks Podcast Insert Edition, Episode Three

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2019 at 5:45pm - Wed, 07/31/2019 at 5:45pm
Produced for:  Local Folks
Mickey served in the army in World War II, experienced combat in Belgium and was seriously wounded. Those events took place over 70 years ago, but his memories of them are as clear and immediate as if they had just happened yesterday. In this episode, he recounts how he was... Read more

OutCasting: The Stonewall Uprising 50 Years Later (part 1)

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  June 1, 2019 - During the 1960s, gay bars, like the Stonewall Inn in New York City, were some of the only places where LGBTQ people could meet with each other and simply be themselves. This included people who had been kicked out of their homes for being LGBTQ, or people... Read more

Making Contact: Beyond Stonewall

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On today's Radiozine, we feature Beyond Stonewall from Making Contact: We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On todays show well hear about the day that galvanized a generation and the continued fig... Read more

Remembering Stonewall

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2019 at 8:00am - 8:30am
  KBOO presents our annual broadcast of "Remembering Stonewall," which aired first on the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in 1989. On Friday, June 27, 1969, eight officers from the public morals section of the first division New York City Police Department pulled u... Read more

The Things We Don't Say: a Novel

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Ella Carey’s 2018 novel, The Things We Don’t Say, set in early twentieth century London and Provence. The book is inspired by the history of a collective of young artists and writers known as the Bloomsbury Group. Read more

Socialism or Barbarism

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Good morning.  This is Frann Michel for the Well-Read Red, with some comments on “Socialism or Barbarism,”  a slogan most associated with the work of Rosa Luxemburg.  Luxemburg was born in Russian-controlled Poland in 1871 to a Jewish family, and early in her life becam... Read more

The Blood and Guts of Silent Sam: Maya Little + Dwayne Dixon

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 06/21/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
Taking Down Racist Monuments and Growing New Worlds This week on TFSR, we’re featuring two audios from affiliates of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Maya Little & Dwayne Dixon talking about resisting neo-Confederate monuments in the so-called U.S. south, in ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 24, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts today's show which includes: Forest Health and Climate Change: An interview with Brenna Bell, forest protector and Policy Director and Attorney for Bark. Socialism or Barbarism: A reading from an essay by Rosa Luxemburg. The Things We Don’t Say: A review o... Read more

Juneteenth Special

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
June 19 is Juneteenth. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth as a holiday or a holiday observance. Since this edition of Free Culture Radio is being recorded on and will be broadcast on June 19, we make a technical departure from our usual cove... Read more

Hari Jones on Juneteenth

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, historian and author Hari Jones speaks about Juneteenth, and the California State Assembly approves a measure to allow San Francisco to set up a supervised consumption facility. Read more