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Erin Entrada Kelly | AT LAST SHE STOOD: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, & Fought for Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Produced for: Open Air

World War II spy, Filipino guerrilla fighter, war hero, Medal of Freedom recipient, leprosy survivor, teacher, peacemaker....The legendary and inspiring life and work of Josefina "Joey" Guerrero is introduced to readers by two-time Newbery Medal winner, National Book Awa... Read more

Carolyn Dasher launches her debut novel "American Sky"

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Our In Depth guest today is Carolyn Dasher, author of the new novel American Sky. The book tells the story of three generations of American women over the course of three wars – World Wars I and II, and Vietnam. The novel has its roots in Carolyn’s own childhood, growing... Read more

Rupert Kinnard's Cathartic Comics

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Rupert Kinnard has been drawing comics for fifty years, while nurturing his side gigs as a designer, art director, and community activist. His characters The Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé were the first queer African-American superheroes — long before DC and Ma... Read more

Truth Demands

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Matt Witt reviews Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice, by lawyer, climate activist, and writer Abby Reyes. Twenty years after Abby Reyes's partner, Terence Unity Freitas, was assassinated in Colombia while working with the ind... Read more

More Jerry Lewis

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Fortunato returns with an excerpt from a history of Comedy about how Jerry Lewis tried to become the King of Primetime Television but only ended up killing one of the greatest TV shows of all. Read more

Pride Month

Produced for: The Underground

The Youth Collective talks Pride for our June episode. Queer History, Music, Culture and Activism are all topics of discussion, for a fun and informative episode. Read more

Makdisi Street: Podcasting for Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier speaks to Ussama Makdisi, a professor of history and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley, whose research focuses on the cultural and political history of the modern Middle East. They discuss Israel’s genocide and the Makdisi Street ... Read more

Music for the Season

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Fortunato presents a couple of hours of music and stories. Featured today will be an excerpt from the the show business autobiogaphy Dean & Me: A Love Story by Jerry Lewis. Read more

Ann Telnaes and Laura Nix

Airs at: Thu, 06/12/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Ann Telnaes has won the Herblock Prize, the Reuben Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for her political cartoons. Recently, she left the Washington Post after 16 years when the paper spiked her cartoon depicting billionaires bowing down to Trump. Now Ann is at the center... Read more

Entertainment

Airs at: Fri, 06/13/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine