Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong

Welcome to Conversation Piece! Today on Conversation Piece we may reshape or confirm your music taste and playlists, as we get into the discussion about Building A United Front Against Murder Music with Kwabena Rasuli, of Clear The Airwaves Project whose objective is to Clear The Airwaves of misogynistic, violent, destructive lyrics on radio stations that are specifically geared towards the Youth!...

CONVERSATION PIECE Do you have a book deep in your belly in your soul waiting to burst out! What and whose story would you be writing about? Meet today’s guest to tell us their writing journey, and the ups and downs of the process from finding a publisher vs self publishing, book covers, font size, writer’s block, you name it, they most likely experienced it while writing their books. The three au...

Surrogate Pregnancy, the love, the stigma, the joy and the goodbye...Do you know anyone? Meet my guests on Conversation Piece: Bettina Sanborn MSN, and Chantel Runnels CD (DONA). Hear the journey of being a surrogate from Sanborn, and how & why a Doula can help with this process and more with Runnels. Websites mentioned in this episode... For doula services: ChantelRunnels.com FrontlineDoulas.com...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News -KPFK is the strongest FM signal west of the Mississippi, broadcasting at 112,000 watts of power, serving most of Southern California from Santa Barbara to San Diego, webcasting at KPFK.org, with an eclectic mix of public affairs, talk, news, culture, music, and health and spirituality content, including some Spanish language programming. We are in our August membership fu...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News KPFK has been on the air non-stop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year (366 next year), since July 1959, the second Pacifica listener-sponsored, non-commercial educational radio station after KPFA in Berkeley invented the concept and made it a reality in 1949. We are in our August membership fund drive! Go to  KPFK.ORG and pledge securely online or call 818-...

The writer and actors strike that has paralyzed Hollywood is part of the ongoing "hot labor summer" strike of 2023, becoming the biggest moment for strikes since the 1970s. Ethnic Media Services briefing, brings experts providing the front-line view of striking workers and the point of view of labor experts on the larger issue at stake. As announced on KPFK Rebel Alliance News... Monday - Friday 6...

African Focus... We have a history making show for you today!!! Just as Marcus Garvey had a mission of liberation to bring all descendants of Africa together with options to repatriate to Africa or to simply have a connection to our homeland. Our guests today are concerned about the Unity of the African Diaspora and the Akan History. It is my honored to introduce you to HRH Nana Semeshia Ohene Asa...

Liberated Sisters at KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles Check out our amazing guest, learn about the Buy Black Movement, and several announcements... ~Delxino Wilson de Briano, President of the BuyBlackMovement.com, and check out their event Friday, August 18th in person and online. Get details at GarveyNation.com. See you there!! ~Coalition of Black Museums Press Conference w/ Dr. Sajdah Wendy Muhammad...p...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News KPFK has been on the air non-stop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year (366 next year), since July 1959, the second Pacifica listener-sponsored, non-commercial educational radio station after KPFA in Berkeley invented the concept and made it a reality in 1949. We are in our August membership fund drive! Go to  KPFK.ORG  and pledge securely online or call 818...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News California’s lieutenant governor and other elected officials on Tuesday urged Taylor Swift to postpone her Los Angeles concerts as a way to stand in solidarity with striking hotel workers. Starting Thursday, Swift is scheduled to perform six sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood near Los Angeles, with some hotel properties doubling and tripling what they charge becau...

Today on Liberated Sisters, we bring you exclusive coverage from across Los Angeles County in Palmdale with SCM with her Pumps on the Ground in the Antelope Valley covering a press conference called by the new Antelope Valley NAACP President Lourie Walker to address police brutality against Black women and allegations of mistreatment by child welfare officials. Later we will hear from the We Are L...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News A woman who was punched by a sheriff’s deputy while holding her baby last year has filed a federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County and the deputies involved in the violent encounter. In a federal civil rights lawsuit, Yeayo Russell alleges the deputies involved in the July 13, 2022 incident used excessive force in her wrongful arrest. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Go...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News Cedars-Sinai faces federal civil rights investigation over treatment of Black mothers and the family of April Valentine who died in child birth on January 10, 2023, at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood is still waiting for that facility to be fully investigated. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -No reparations for...

Father & Son team, Sylvester Rivers and Jom Kijana Rivers, delivers two separate enlightening commentaries: One is about the 4th of July aka the 4th You Lie with Sylvester Rivers, and the other is Being an American by Jom Kijana Rivers. Enjoy

KPFK Rebel Alliance News On the Fourth of July, thousands of workers of Southern California hotels marched through downtown Los Angeles in what was their third day on strike, pushing for higher wages and better health and retirement benefits. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -Starbucks Employees are Striking -Inglewood Postpones Action a...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong -KPFK is in our on-air member drive through the month of June become a sustainer or simply support my efforts on air and donate today at KPFK.org. THANK YOU :)) Here are Today’s Headlines: -Los Angeles and Orange counties hotel workers say more homes not hotels -10 Ways to Love Your Brain with Tia Delaney St...

Sneak Peak to segment for KPFK Rebel Alliance News this Wednesday. The Alzheimer’s Association says there is Growing evidence that shows people can reduce their risk of cognitive decline by adopting key lifestyle habits. Public Health Nurse Tia Delaney-Stewart, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter, provides Brain Health Tips… ALZ.org...

I am guest hosting for the founder and host of Liberated Sisters, Sister Charlene Muhammad. Liberated Sisters, today’s show will remind us How to Eat to Live, and remember, Let Your Food Be your medicine and your medicine be your food. We are reconnecting with the One Meal One Mile iMprOVEMENT project that Sister Charlene created (and if she joins us today we will here more about it) to get health...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong -KPFK is in our on-air membership fund drive throughout the month of June, become a sustainer today at KPFK dot org Here are Today’s Headlines: -From Jose Huizar to Mark Ridley Thomas to now Curren Price, another Los Angeles politician bites the dust -Florida, Governor Ron Desantis and his political terror c...

This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong We are in our Fund Drive, our Membership Drive that allows you to vote in the upcoming elections that might determine the future of KPFK as a lean mean fighting machine of uncensored news and inspiration as opposed to sounding like all other news outlets. With at least a donation of $25 gives you the right to vote in our elections....

KPFK Rebel Alliance News This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong KPFK is in the first week of our on-air member drive through the month of June become a sustainer today at KPFK.org Here are Today’s Headlines: -Cornell West announcement to run for US President -Learn about the Weusi Multimedia Arts bringing healing from the arts during Juneteenth...more info at WeusiArtExh...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News The 80th Anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots is upon Los Angeles. LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis in her motion to the Board of Supervisors denounces the devastation of the Zoot Suit Riots, to recognize this as dark chapter in Los Angeles County’s history and recommit to fighting against racial discrimination. This is KPFK Rebel Alliance News Good evening I’m Angela Birdso...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News Tina Turner, music icon, unstoppable with a comeback story unlike no other from leaving harsh farm living in Jim Crow South, and surviving an abusive work marital relationship to becoming a legend with over 7 decades as a powerful singer entertainer died today in her home near Zurich, Switzerland. Tina Turner was 83 years old. Simply The Best… Good evening I’m Angela Birds...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday. Good evening I’m Angela Birdsong Here are Today’s Headlines: -End The Gun Violence Movement -UFCW Organizer Speaks with Reporter Dan McCrory -Range Projec...

KPFK Rebel Alliance News Billboards across Iran’s capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. But perhaps for the first time since the chaotic days following Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, more women — both young and old — choose not to do so. Some women said they’ve had enough — no matter the consequence. They say they are fighting for more freedom...