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Tonight, we’ve got the Molotov Mouths joining us live in studio. They’re a group of poetic firespitters, based in the Bay Area, united by a single goal: Justice. Politically radical and radically personal, their poetry takes on issues of gentrification, gender, poverty, race, disability, and more. With their 15-year reunion coming up, the Molotov Mouths join us for a night of poetry and conversati...

This Bay Area ... is the alpha and the omega of many of our life’s themes. After the Midterm Elections on November 6th, we should reflect a bit with some sounds and, at times, a few words. Additionally, we want to acknowledge the passing of a Bay Area legend and member of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.  Mr. Melvin Dickson has died and we want to bring in Mr. Esebio Halliday to provide s...

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We’re nearing that time of year again, the day when the barriers to the spirit world are said to be at their thinnest... Here on Full Circle, we want to celebrate Nature’s cycle of death and rebirth by exploring some other costumes we may have tried on in the past...bodies that is. That’s right, tonight we will be speaking about past lives. We’re going to get a bit soulful and also a bit spooky at...

WOMEN AT THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE JUSTICE THE WOMEN’S ASSEMBLY AT THE GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION SUMMIT On tonight’s show: * We feature voices of women at the frontlines of climate justice. * Lawyers, poets, indigenous leaders, regenerative farmers, and more! * We’ll also discuss some changes that may be coming to a local, Bay Area monument- the historic women’s building in San Francisco.

ACTION NOTES: Last day to REGISTER to VOTE in the 2018 Midterms is OCTOBER 22, 2018. Already registered? This year, in particular … don’t be too sure! Visit Vote.org to check your registration! Check frequently. Check often! Check, like, a lot! Then … VOTE on November 6! (PRE-RECORDED. This show first aired on March 23, 2018.) Tonight we will have a conversation about the part of the human experie...

This hour of Full Circle marks the end of our Fall Fund Drive -- but not the end of our work here at KPFA.  We will continue to bring you uninterrupted programming covering the most pressing issues of this day.  To support our work, please consider donating online at KPFA.org.  Any amount is deeply appreciated. On tonight’s show:  ... We bring you an update on actions taking place around the Bay A...

On tonight’s show, we are remembering September Eleventh, and since I’m sure you heard enough about what happened in New York, we are going to talk about what happened in Chile on September Eleventh of 1973. On tonight’s show, we’ll … ... Learn about what happened in Chile on that day, why it happened, and why it is still important … ... We will speak with Chilean filmmaker and composer Hector Sal...

Tonight, we honor one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century: Dolores Huerta. Legendary civil rights leaders and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Huerta has dedicated over 60 years to la lucha. Tonight we hear an EXCLUSIVE Full Circle recording of a speech Dolores delivered at the 50th anniversary gathering of the 1965 Grape Strike and Boycott in Dela...

At a time when gentrification and development for capital gains are taking over all major U.S. cities, there remain people and communities committed to doing things differently. Saru Jayaraman, Zach Norris, and Liam Chinn have always been those people and are at it again right here in Oakland, California. Their shared project is called Restore Oakland, a community advocacy and job training center...

On tonight’s show we’ll speak about the ongoing, nationwide prison strike that began on august 21st. The strike has spread to facilities in 15 states- though prison officials continue to deny anything is out of the ordinary… Tonight we’ll speak with Cole Dorsey from the Oakland Chapter of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee and Maru Mora Villalpando of Northwest Detention Center Resistan...

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 all about gardening: - Community gardening - Not-for-profit gardening - And the burgeoning organic food movement

This past June, Oakland’s BH (Begin Healing)Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we coll...

This past June, Oakland’s (Begin Healing) BH Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we col...

This past June, Oakland’s (Begin Healing) BH Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we col...

This past June, Oakland’s (Begin Healing) BH Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we col...

This past June, Oakland’s (Begin Healing) BH Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we col...

This past June, Oakland’s (Begin Healing) BH Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we col...

This past June, Oakland’s (Begin Healing) BH Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we col...

This past June, Oakland’s (Begin Healing) BH Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we col...

This past June, Oakland’s (Begin Healing) BH Brilliant Minds sponsored the 11th Annual Juneteenth Festival in West Oakland. KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there… for you!!!! We brought back the community feeling of togetherness with interviews, sights and sounds. On tonight’s show we will: - Have a tribute piece in remembrance of the Honorable and Mayor Ron V. Dellums - Hear interviews we col...

Money. Finance. Forces of nature. One of these things is not like the others. We will explore new ways of looking at money. Yes, money appears to be the air we breathe. But … does it have to be? On tonight’s show we’ll … • Explore the history of money ... why does it even exist? • Take a look at one way to change how money works … • And … learn how the whole concept of your income might be changed...

On tonight’s show: -- You will hear. about the general medical profession’s approach to aging as we speak with best-selling author and columnist, Barbara Ehrenreich, about her latest book, “Natural Causes” -- We start the conversation about ageing and  death with an opinion by joy moore -- and we continued that conversation with you, our listeners.   yes, we invited calls!

This past May … Oakland’s Eastside Arts Alliance held its 18th Annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival in San Antonio Park… and KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there too!  We brought back interviews, sights and, of course, sounds of our community in concert. On tonight’s show we will: Hear interviews we collected, including: ... Eastside Arts Alliance ... East Oakland Black Cultural Zone We will a...

This past May … Oakland’s Eastside Arts Alliance held its 18th Annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival in San Antonio Park… and KPFA’s First Voice Apprentices were there too!  We brought back interviews, sights and, of course, sounds of our community in concert. On tonight’s show we will: Hear interviews we collected, including: ... Eastside Arts Alliance ... East Oakland Black Cultural Zone We will a...