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Media Roundtable: The Ilhan Omar controversy & the big business of drug rehab centers

On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of the campaign against Representative Ilhan Omar for criticizing the political influence of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and House Democrats’ debate over anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

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My Mixtape: "The Whale Song" by Big Tree

Mar 8, 2019

Anne Yumi Kobori is a Bay-Area based theatre professional and teaching artist. She believes in live theatre as a unique and powerful form of human connection.

She brings to us a band that formed in the basements of Sarah Lawrence College, and explains what it is that makes "Whale Song" so cute.

Chaliya

Do you shop online? Use social media, dating apps or free email? Then personal information – like your address, your clothing size, even your politics and dating preferences - isn’t private.

Philosophy Talk: Immigraton and Multiculturalism

Mar 8, 2019

Should ethnic or cultural identity ever be considered in any country’s immigration policy?


 


On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of the campaign against Representative Ilhan Omar for criticizing the political influence of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and House Democrats’ debate over anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

It's Poofreading Day...ummm, make that PROOFreading Day.

Today is Friday, March 8, 2019, the 67th day of the year.  12 days until spring, and a mere 606 days until the next presidential election.    

  • Sunrise: 6:31am    
  • Sunset: 6:10pm ...giving us 11 hours and 41 minutes of daylight.  A mere 1% of the now waxing moon visible, rising at 7:52am.

The Museum of Entomology

Mar 7, 2019
Photograph by Kyle Merrit Ludowitz.

From our Audiograph series:

In the basement of the life sciences building at the University of California, Berkeley, there’s a little known museum that’s home to millions of dried bugs.

Anthony Pullen / Courtesy of Ruby Mountain

Ruby Mountain is an eclectic singer-songwriter and producer from Oakland. She grew up performing traditional Afghan songs with her father while also experiencing all of the Soul, R&B and Hip Hop that the Bay Area had to offer. 

Combining elements from field recordings and electronic drum machines, her latest project Full Moon is a series of songs that she recorded on location during full moon cycles throughout last year.

For this edition of Bay Area Beats, Ruby talks about what inspired it.

The Bay Area is a roadkill hotspot

Mar 7, 2019
State Farm

California is home to lots of wild animals, but one of the most likely places to encounter them is on the road. Thousands of collisions are reported every year, and some of the deadliest stretches of highway are here in the Bay Area.

On today's show: we meet a woman who spends her commute looking for dead animals to track where they get hit by cars. Then, we’ll visit a place that collects critters and puts them on display. And, an Oakland singer-songwriter honors her ancestors with new sonic styles.

My Mixtape: "Tezeta," by Mulatu Astatke

Mar 7, 2019

San Francisco’s Tommy Guerrero started his career as a professional skateboarder in the 1980s and has been invested in music since his youth. He released his latest project, Dub Tunes, in Febuary 2019. 

Today he brings us a sweet lullaby of a song from Mulatu Astatke, one of the pioneers of the ethio jazz genre. Give it a listen and see how quickly you forget your troubles. 

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Bouteflika has been receiving medical treatment in Switzerland since February 24. Protests began two days earlier, demanding that the 82-year-old leader not seek re-election next month.

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