Monday, May 6, 2018: Four Non-Moms (and one who is)

As people around the country prepare to celebrate Mother's Day, we contemplate the reality that U.S. women are having fewer children than ever before. What are the social conditions and personal decisions leading to this development, and how does it change our concepts of family and even of womanhood?

Nayomi Munaweera

Grace Talusan
(Photo by Alonso Nichols)

Last weekend Kate Raphael caught up with Grace Talusan and Nayomi Munaweera at the Bay Area Book Festival. Nayomi Munaweera is the author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors and What Lies Between Us and Grace Talusan is the author of The Body Papers. Grace and Nayomi talk about how and why they chose to be child free and the positive ways that decision has impacted their lives.

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Also on today's show:
Author Jenny Brown
Comics Diane Amos and Lisa Geduldig

Monday, January 21, 2019: The Space Between Us hosted by Jovelyn Richards

The Space Between Us, starts the new year with Women & Comedy. Host Jovelyn Richards interviews Nina G. author of Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn't Make It.

Nina G., Chey Bell and Jeanette Marin share more than a funny bone they are women living with disabilities in the world of comedy.  KPFA host Jovelyn Richards explores the spaces between the industry and women and the politics of what makes us laugh. Follow the links above to find the artists on FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter, Vimeo and/or YouTube.

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Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show

Sunday, January 27 

7:00PM   Price: $16.00

Sacramento Punchline

2100 Arden Way 

Sacramento, CA 95825

All shows are 18 & over with valid photo ID.
There is a two drink minimum per person.
Cameras and video/audio recording devices are not permitted.

Ticket sales shut off online before doors open; there may be tickets available at the show.
All non-headliner shows' lineups are subject to change.

General Admission: $16.00

Drew Kimzey and Aliada Present: Invisible Disabilities! Comedians from all over Northern California tell jokes about their secret struggles. Not all disabilities can be seen!

Host: Amber Whitford
Headliner: Nina G
Featuring: Coral Best

Kelley Nicole
Sureni Weerasekera
Nicole Tran
Anica Cihla
Jeanette Marin
Emily Pedersen
Chey Bell

Monday, October 31, 2016: Cancer Fighter Corliss Watkins

Cancer Fighter Corliss Watkins.  We also talk to a woman who has survived cancer by refusing to take no for an answer.  Corliss Watkins was given a death sentence by her doctors when they discovered that her pancreatic cancer had metastasized to her liver. Everyone told her she was not a candidate for a transplant, but Corliss refused to give up or give in.  She found a donor, got her transplant, and is currently cancer free, although she knows she is not out of the woods.

Listen now. 21:03 min.

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Also on today's show:
Rose Aguilar Reports from Standing Rock
Toxic Isn't Tasty

July 7, 2014: Idle No More's Refinery Tour

Idle No More

“OUR PEOPLE AND OUR MOTHER EARTH CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO BE ECONOMIC HOSTAGES IN THE RACE TO INDUSTRIALISE OUR HOMELANDS.

IT’S TIME FOR OUR PEOPLE TO RISE UP AND TAKE BACK OUR ROLE AS CARETAKERS AND STEWARDS OF THE LAND.”

— Eriel Deranger

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations

Imagine your own community beyond fossil fuels.

Today we speak with Pennie Opal Plant and Paula Szoboda of the Native American-led environmental movement Idle No More, about the Connect the Dots healing walks, which wrap up this weekend.  The walks have connected local struggles and climate justice organizations around the East Bay, focusing on oil and gas refining industry sites. It's time to transition to a fossil free future and stop the potentially explosive Bakken crude oil trains.

Idle No More is an affinity group in the SF Bay Area and further. It was started by women and focuses on safer alternatives to fuel, food sovereignty, and a future we want to create. The healing walks end this week on July 12th. The walk starts at Long Tree Park in Rodeo, CA at 8 AM. For more information go to: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/connect-the-dots/ or call 510-619-8279.

Get MP3 or listen now: 24:48 min.

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Also on today's show:
Eleanor Roosevelt's lesbian lover

September 16, 2013: Syria & the Left; Cheryl Marie Wade; Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic Fundraiser

Do's & Don'ts for Progressives Discussing Syria

Syrian American activist Ramah Kudaimi says progressives need to stop talking about Syria as Iraq redux, but learn about the actual history and people of Syria.  While opposing U.S. intervention, Kudaimi says we need to put the blame for the devastation and enormous loss of life in Syria where it belongs, on the Assad regime, and not use rhetoric of "both sides are wrong" or "it's just a civil war and we should stay out of it."  Kudaimi is the author of a recent article in Mondoweiss, laying out some good practices for progressives talking about Syria.
 

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Cheryl Marie Wade: Disability Culture Pioneer

We pay tribute to Cheryl Marie Wade, award-winning poet, playwright, performer and disability activist.  We hear excerpts of her performances, poetry and interviews with Cheryl, and talk with her friends Pamela Walker and Corbett O'Toole and disability culture author and consultant Simi Linton.

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Female Vocalist Extravaganza: A Benefit for Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic

We talk with Gabriella Heinsheimer, Medical Director of the Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic.  Charlotte Maxwell provides free accupuncture, massage, herbs and imaging therapy, as well as a range of other services like food and transportation, to low income women with cancer.

On Sunday afternoon, September 22, a group of extraordinary female vocalists will perform in a benefit for the clinic.  We sample music by two of the performers, Ana Maria Flechero and Ellen Robinson.

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