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Tonight we bring you the documentary film, “Till Infinity” created by Bay Area filmmaker, creative multimedia artist Shomari Smith, who joined us in the studio. The film features Bay Area Rap/ Hip Hop crew souls of Mischief AKA as Hieroglyphics, featuring interviews with the crew and other hip hop artists, DJ's and producers.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO “FULL CIRCLE ON TONIGHT’S SHOW: STEVIE “G” TAKES A FIRST HAND RETROSPECTIVE ON THE NEMESIS OF CRIME, THE PURVEYOR OF TERROR TO THE UNDERWORLD… THE SHADOW…. THE SHADOW HAD ITS INAUGURAL SHOW ON 9.26.37 AND IT LAST AIRED 12.26.52, SPANNING 15 YEARS. YESTERDAY (… 82 YEARS AGO) WAS THE DATE OF THE SUNRISE OF A HERO OF YET ANOTHER ROUND OF TOUGH TIMES IN URBAN AMERICA, MUCH...

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO “FULL CIRCLE ON TONIGHT’S SHOW: FOCUSES ON THE NATIVE AMERICAN TWO-SPIRIT COMMUNITY. THE BAY AREA AMERICAN INDIAN TWO-SPIRITS, KNOWN AS BAAITS, DEFINE TWO-SPIRIT AS “THE COMMONLY SHARED NOTION AMONG MANY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS NATURALLY POSSESSED AND MANIFESTED BOTH A MASCULINE AND FEMININE SPIRITUAL QUALITIES. THE SHOW WILL FEATURE A VARIETY OF TW...

This is the “All Eyes On Him: The Tupac Tribute Show,” on Full Circle and tonight, we celebrate the legendary, the iconic, Grammy nominated rapper, actor, fashionista, and freedom fighter. Today marks 23 years since his death; he would be 49 if he was alive today. At 25 years old, Tupac did more for the culture and the music than most do in a much longer lifetime. On tonight’s show, we’ll honor an...

Tonight’s show is all about the upcoming Oakland International Film Festival! We will have a conversation with the festival’s founder, David Roach, to discuss the films, the festival’s history and mission and creative infrastructure. Other guests tonight are filmmakers Bennie Mitchell and Jamel Lajuan. Stay tuned.

On tonight’s show, we will take a look at what is happening to and for our Unhoused Brothers and Sisters in Antioch, California. Tonight, we’re having a conversation between Homeless Advocates and members of the Antioch City Council discussing treatment of the homeless by the Antioch Police Department. We will also learn about “Stand Down on the Delta 2019”, a four-day event designed to get strugg...

On tonight’s show, we will delve into a discussion of the state of affairs within the Oakland Unified School District. It has been nearly 6 months since Oakland teachers went on strike to protest deplorable conditions within our public schools. Now, at the start of a new school year, we ask, "What, if anything, has changed since the strike?" Our guests tonight are educators, Fatima Salahuddin and...

Good evening everyone and welcome to Full Circle your cultural affairs radio magazine. This show is written, produced, and recorded by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program in Huichin, Occupied Ohlone territory, also known to colonizers as the Bay Area. Tonight’s broadcast is the first show in a series focused on healing racialized trauma in the Black American Community, today, you wil...

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO FULL CIRCLE WHEN POLICE VIOLENCE TAKES THE LIFE OF A LOVED ONE THERE IS OF COURSE ANGER… SADNESS… DEPRESSION AND LONGING FOR THE LIVES LOST. THEN THERE IS THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE… BUT WHAT HAPPENS AS THE YEARS PASS? HOW DO FAMILIES MOVE FORWARD? ON TONIGHT’S SHOW………..  WE’LL SPEAK WITH 4 FAMILIES AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR PARTICULAR CASES AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO SEEK JUSTI...

Wilson Chifike talks about a two-month camping tour throughout Africa. It includes meeting the locals, the wildlife you will encounter, and a rich variety of activities.

On tonight’s show we’ll share clips of my interview with South Africa’s tour guide and educator, Wilson Chifike and  his inside assessment on colonialism, apartheid and land reclamation in South Africa and Zimbabwe. You’ll also learn a bit about his tribe - the Shona. And if you visit our website after the show – kpfaapprentice.org, we’ll include a bonus segment all about African tourism - includi...

Good evening everyone… and Welcome, to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. We are broadcasting live in Huichin, otherwise known to settlers as Berkeley and the greater East Bay Area. On tonight’s show, we’ll have the privilege of previewing some amazing material from the Pacifica archives, originally broadcast direct fro...

My name is Stevie “G” and tonight is all things silicon Sounds from the Valley! I have had the pleasure of working with some future Technologists, currently spending some time on NASA’s ames research center campus. we have (with no priority in mind), Johnson C. Smith, Florida A&M, North Carolina A&T, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Hampton, Howard & my own Alma mater Morehouse college. Que...

On our show this evening, you will hear about Oakland’s Being Healthy (BH) Brilliant Minds 12th annual Juneteenth festival in West Oakland … KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there to bear witness! We brought back the collective community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show you will hear some changemakers and learn how to hook up with them to make our ow...

On our show this evening, you will hear about Oakland’s Being Healthy (BH) Brilliant Minds 12th annual Juneteenth festival in West Oakland … KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there to bear witness! We brought back the collective community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show you will hear some changemakers and learn how to hook up with them to make our ow...

On our show this evening, you will hear about Oakland’s Being Healthy (BH) Brilliant Minds 12th annual Juneteenth festival in West Oakland … KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there to bear witness! We brought back the collective community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show you will hear some changemakers and learn how to hook up with them to make our ow...

On our show this evening, we pay tribute to my musical mom (drum roll please)... Aretha Franklin. Joining me in the studio will be Bay Area Music Legend, Janice Maxie-Reid, along with three brilliant, beautiful & blessed souls known as... Sweet Nectar. Ms Marueen Smith, Ms Sue McKracklin and Ms Shirley Davis-Faulkner. The Bay Area is known for its great musical artistry and because we here at KPFA...

Welcome to Full Circle! On tonight’s episode we discuss the devastating humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The Arab Spring has turned into a bloody conflict that has created horrible conditions like starvation and disease for the Yemeni people. We will be joined by President of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Aisha Jumaan, whose on the ground in Yemen, members of the Yemeni Alliance Com...

Welcome to Full Circle! On tonight’s episode we discuss the devastating humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The Arab Spring has turned into a bloody conflict that has created horrible conditions like starvation and disease for the Yemeni people. We will be joined by President of the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Aisha Jumaan, whose on the ground in Yemen, members of the Yemeni Alliance Com...

Welcome to Full Circle your cultural affairs radio magazine produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. this show is written, produced and engineered in Huichin.occupied Ohlone territory aka the East Bay Area. On tonight’s show, we will delve into the histories of the people of this planet under the tyranny of imperial and colonial powers. we will be reciting short stories from...

Good evening everyone, and welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine. This show is produced by members of the First Voice Apprenticeship Program. Tonight you’re in for a special treat. We are introducing us… We are KPFA First Voice Apprentice group 44, and we are called “Audacity”. We’ll be hosting and producing Full Circle for the next few months. On tonight’s Father’s Day trib...

Welcome to Full Circle, your cultural affairs radio magazine, produced by apprentices of the First Voice Media Action Program. On tonight's show you will hear interviews and thoughts from “the creative folk” associated with the film industry. In this first segment you will hear interviews with Kali O'ray O'ray & Atera Crossley from the San Francisco Black Film Festival, David Roach from the Oaklan...

Tonight, we bring you some great music to get you excited about the Berkeley World Music Festival, which is taking place tomorrow and Sunday, June 1st and 2nd, at People’s Park, and on Telegraph Avenue. Learn a bit about the history of the world music festival from lead organizer Gianna Ranuzzi! We’ll speak with KPFA DJ Stephen Kent and also Cornelius Boots, two world-class musicians who will be p...

Tonight, we bring you sounds from May Day celebrations around Oakland. The First Voice Apprenticeship Program was there as part of a special collaboration with Work Week Radio and Brightpath Video. On tonight’s show ... • We’ll learn about May Day … a truly American holiday • Then we’ll share audio from the Port of Oakland and Oscar Grant Plaza • We’ll let you know how you can check out the entire...

On tonight’s episode, Stevie G brings some history from the archives, in remembrance of Malcolm X. You’ll hear from Malcolm’s cousin, Jamal X as well as Hakeem Jamal, James Baldwin, Maggie Hathaway, Ernie Smith and Malcolm X himself. You will also hear music from the legendary James Brown. Tune into our birthday celebration of two great figures of history!