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Radio Reimagine
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Storytelling, interviews and reporting from the frontlines of social justice struggles around the world: A Life in Stories with Jess Clarke.NOOL-Weaving Threads with Preeti Shekar.The Electric Smoothie Lab Apothecary with Kelly Curry.Radio RP&E with Jess Clarke and other hosts about Environmental Justice.
Episodes
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Carl Anthony on Earth Day and RP&E
Carl Anthony died this month on April 4, 2026. May he rest in power. In this short message, Jess Clarke, Editor of RP&E, shares a few thoughts about Carl. Carl Anthony co-founded a lot of organizations and convened imnumerable gatherings of people across race, class and gender divides. (See…
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Eulogy for Good – From Berlin to Minneapolis
Kelly is on a pollinating mission to connect and spread the invitation "Welcome Home to the Garden." But recent events are calling out to be addressed. And Kelly is responding. Eulogy to Good - From Berlin to Minneapolis is a two part commentary on the deeper reasons for the patriarchal violence…
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War Criminal
I confront a 20th century war criminal who is offered an “endowed chair” at Columbia University. Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger must endure the gauntlet of student protest to land the position. My roommates, sister and I launch a campaign of resistance. We...
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Nim Chimpsky
Working as a lab assistant at the Columbia University Psychology Department, I’m called to work on a unique project: chimp-proofing a mansion at the Delafield Estate in Riverdale. Professor Terrace is experimenting with raising a chimp in as close to a human home as possible in an effort to see…
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Riding Red
Trapped in KKK Maryland with no friends, I am completely miserable. My step-sister gets a horse from her father and the story takes a turn as two lonely animals sort out a way of connecting. Performed and recorded at the Marsh Theater SF on May 15, 2024. Want to support radical storytelling and...
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Going My Way?
Every day after school I have to hitchhike across Howard County Maryland to get back to my father’s hippy haven mansion. As a femme-looking teenager who can be seen as a girl or a boy, this is no simple mission. Performed and recorded at our own Third Thursday storytelling series co-sponsered by...
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Mother from Another… (Planet)
At 13 years old, I head to Mendocino California to try and reconnect with my mother. She used to be a straight, uptight, Catholic, Montessori teacher and is now an acid-dropping free love hippie shacking up with the boy-man next door. Our relationship takes a turn and I begin to explore who I…
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In the Big House
My father dumps my mother for a beautiful woman. Then he makes a big mistake–he marries her. I’m ripped out of my androgynous hippie life in Washington DC and arrive at a decrepit southern mansion in KKK Maryland. Facing harassment at school for my feminine looks and harsh social isolation, I…
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A Good Sin
I confront the challenge of choosing a new saint’s name in the confirmation ceremony of the Catholic Church. The saints I most admire are Joan of Arc and St. Bridget. The nuns at the school often choose male saints for their names, so I’m wishing I can choose a girl’s name. To get the right...
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Bhopal to the Bay
On todays show our Host Preeti Shekar will interview three social and environmental justice activists on the topic from Bhopal to the Bay looking at connections between environmental justice struggles in India, San Francisco, and beyond. Host: Preeti Shekar Guests: Rachna Dhingra, International...
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Protected: The Table (Episode 6)
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Protected: How Are You Healing Today? (Episode 5)
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Protected: Paula (Episode 4)
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Protected: Feed the 5000 (Episode 3)
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Protected: Ketchup Is Not a Vegetable (Episode 2)
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Protected: You Have to Move Nutrition through the Community (Episode 1)
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Rising Up: An Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar and Rinku Sen
Preeti Gamzeh interviews veteran radio journalist and author Sonali Kolhatkar on her new book Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice. Sonali Kolhatkar is the host of the show Rising Up with Sonali, the longest running morning, drive-time radio program hosted by a woman. In...
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Kelly Curry: Chapter 1, Until the Streets of the Hood….
Kelly Curry’s amazing writing, performances and food justice direct action and advocacy are a part of our communities’ vitality. Kelly, facing a medical crisis in her own body needs our life-affirming support. If you can, please make a donation to her go-fund me page. Take a listen to Kelly…
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Kelly Curry: Aftershow discussion. Frantz Fanon is the back door.
Donate at the Go Fund Me page. Kelly Curry and Jess Clarke chat after the show.
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Julian Simeon – Cries of My Father
Julian V. Simeon, a first generation Filipino-American born and raised in San Francisco, is a memoirist and storyteller. Having come of age during the late ’60s, his spiritual journey informs him to action: to write, to perform and as the Buddha heralded, “…to remember who we really are.”
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Hijab
The latest wave in the Hindu right’s targeted attacks against Muslim communities in India is the forcible ban on the hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim girls and women across South Asia. In the south Indian state of Karnataka, right wing Hindu zealots (called Sanghis), have targeted and attacked...
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The Earth Is the Only One Telling the Truth
“Kelly, everything with you is just so intense… there are problems in the world… there have always been problems in the world, you can’t force anyone to change and you can’t fix everything.” He is full of frustration. His brow is furrowed almost in disbelief…there is a profound sense of worry,...
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Of Forests and Floods
A Speculative Podcast Special Episode of NOOL by Anuj Vaidya. The Aarey Forest has been on the frontlines of a battle between environmental/indigenous activists and the State since 2014, the narrative offers a moment of possibility towards a different future.
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San Bernardino Groups Take on Warehouse Pollution
“These diesel trucks are going to go in our neighborhoods, regardless if you’re in Bloomington, Jurupa Valley, Fontana. These warehouses are going everywhere…. The beauty of this environmental justice struggle that we’re all fighting is that we’re not alone…. the beauty of it is getting the…
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Fresno Residents Choking on Amazon’s Dust
An interview by Jess Clarke with Leo Martinez Macias and Ashley Werner As the online retail market continues to expand, massive warehouse and distribution facilities are being plopped down in communities already overburdened by hazardous wastes, industrial and agricultural pollution. In Fresno...
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Beyond Gay Marriage
“I absolutely think housing for poor, homeless, and low-income queer folks is a huge issue for us, as is doing anti-violence work…” —Kenyon Farrow Editors note: The June 26, 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 States shifts the terms of the debate about where the…
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Claiming our Voices
Claiming Our Voice Panel Discussion with Gulnahar Alam (lead organizer and founder of Andolan: Organizing South Asian Workers), Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel (filmmaker & director of Claiming our Voice), YaliniDream (performance artist featured in the film) and Sheila Bapat (author of Part of the...
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History of Exploitation: from Slavery to Domestic Work
An interview with Sheila Bapat “The roots of domestic work are deeply connected to the history of slavery in the U.S. It’s no accident that a vast majority of domestic workers were African American women to begin with, and increasingly now, immigrant women of color.” An interview with Sheila…
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Collete Batttle — Gulf Coast- Interviewed by Jess Clarke and Marcy Rein
This interview was recorded at the Our Power Convening in Richmond, California in August 2014. The meeting drew community organizers, scholars, and activists from all over the nation together to consider new approaches to ecological restoration, social justice, and paths towards ending the...
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Sustaining Cultural Spaces
“So here I am! I get to be around all the kinds of people I like and enjoy, and who inspire me, motivate me, and make me happy. But I am also the poorest, the brokest, I’ve been in my whole life. In the beauty business, I made money because I was really good. This...
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The Lie of Growth and the Power of the Small— Vandana Shiva and Gopal Dayaneni
“The growing “bio-economy” is based on control, manipulation and commodification of life… things like microbial factories that are producing industrial food products, that will make fuels and pharmaceuticals, seeds and now even species.” —Gopal Dayaneni Dr. Vandana Shiva, the internationally…
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Krissy Keefer, DMT Artistic Director of Dance Brigade and Grrrl Brigade
An Interview by Christine Joy Ferrer with Krissy Keefer Dance Mission Theater’s Krissy Keefer voices her opinions and concerns about the current social and economic conditions in San Francisco’s Mission district and DMT’s commitment to its vibrant community at the intersection of arts and…
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Reflections of Activistas
Excerpted here are the voices of young activistas who redefine what it means to be part of the new majority as women of color. We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For Activistas from the New Majority By Christine Joy Ferrer At the Empowering Women of Color conference in March this year, I was…
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Bertha Lewis – Organizing the New Majority
Interview with Bertha Lewis By B. Jesse Clarke Bertha Lewis is president and founder of the New York-based action think tank, Black Institute and former president and chief organizer for the community organizing group, ACORN. A veteran organizer and powerful public speaker, Bertha has been...
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Unmodified: Making Home Affordable Program Fails to Address Foreclosure Crisis
Interview by Irene Florez Transcript Irene Florez: Making Home Affordable is a key part of the Obama Administration’s effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. If you are struggling with your monthly mortgage payments or if you have already missed a payment, now is the time to take action and...
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Filipina Domestic Workers on the Move
Interview with Katie Joaquin By Christine Joy Ferrer MAKIBAKA! Imagine the life of a domestic worker—a caregiver, nanny, or housekeeper, serving in a private home. Now, imagine not being able to sleep for more than three hours a night, having to wake every few hours to change a patient’s diapers....
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On Occupy: Roundtable Discussion with Angela Davis and Rev. James Lawson
Your audience are the people of America who can have a different society, a different set of electoral prerogatives but cannot do it through the election system. (9:00) We need direct civil resistance in America as never before. Never before. It must happen. James Lawason Erin Aubry Kaplan…
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From the Camps to the Neighborhoods
A Conversation with Movement Generation Interview by Ellen Choy The transformation of the Occupy moment into power for movements that can actually challenge entrenched economic interests will be a complex process. Movement Generation activists recently gathered to reflect on what it will take to...
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Radical Visions, Possible Worlds
A panel discussion with Grace Lee Boggs and Immanuel Wallerstein Moderated by Scott Kurashige Scott Kurashige: We’re going to start with our panelists giving us their sense of how they see the world today and the core concepts we need—to make sense of the challenges we confront. Grace Lee Boggs…
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AB32 Blocked by California Court; An Interview with Alegria De La Cruz
By Frank Lopez and Joe Feria-Galicia Frank Lopez: How are the plaintiffs going to ensure that the criteria chosen to evaluate the alternatives are going to be more equitable? Alegria De La Cruz: Part of what is exciting to us about being able to open this [up], is that there’s a lot more...
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Through Our Eyes: Activists Today
Interview by Christine Joy Ferrer In the summer of 2003 RP&E published Where Do We Go From Here? A Look at the Long Road to Environmental Justice. The young activists of 2003 voiced their aspirations for the EJ movement in “The Next Generation, Youth Voices in Environmental Justice.” Today, the...
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Rinku Sen: Organizing for Racial Justice
“Gender constructions themselves are racialized. Our overarching notion of what is a good man and what is a good woman, are based on white people being good people and people of color being bad people.” Interview by B. Jesse Clarke Rinku Sen is the president and executive director of the Applied...
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Storytelling, interviews and reporting from the frontlines of social justice struggles around the world: A Life in Stories with Jess Clarke.NOOL-Weaving Threads with Preeti Shekar.The Electric Smoothie Lab Apothecary with Kelly Curry.Radio RP&E with Jess Clarke and other hosts about Environmental Justice.
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