In this fourth installment of our COVID-19 Highlight Series, we explore the critical, often unseen role public libraries play as first responders and civic anchors.

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news for the week of January 15th to the 22nd, 2026.

In This Episode First Half: ICE Spending Lots and Using Influencers to Recruit New Agents Uvalde Officer Found Not Guilty in School Shooting Trial Ted Cruz Leaves Texas Ahead of Inclement Weather Again Second Half: Football Player Fined for Wearing “Stop the Genocide” across his face The Black Panther Party Challenges ICE in Philadelphia

A special look at a largely forgotten Canadian children's TV show from a different era and it's connection with the large K-tel Megaconglomerate. We're headed to Funtown this week.

International Lawyer David Jacobs discusses the case of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai. Jacobs visited HK, speaking with legal authorities. The legal system there is similar to ours. Jacobs had fascinating encounters with judges and academics.

Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE Violence Rabbi; Study Finding Weedkiller Roundup Safe Retracted Amid Renewed Concern re: Cancer Link; FCC Commissioner Decries Government Assault on Free Press.

In 2014, Michael Slate interviewed Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian, and author of many works, including The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. This has renewed relevance today, in the context of the ongoing Israeli/US genocide in Gaza. The interview was conducted during an earlier Israeli assault.

We'll march down Freedom Highway with the Staple Singers, join hands with our Friends and Neighbors with Ornette Coleman, and Try a Little Tenderness with Aretha Franklin.

We'll march down Freedom Highway with the Staple Singers, join hands with our Friends and Neighbors with Ornette Coleman, and Try a Little Tenderness with Aretha Franklin.

Golden oldies (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)

In November, former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, announced that she’s retiring from Congress after serving nearly forty years. Now, San Francisco voters and the rest of the country, are wondering: who can fill her four-inch pumps? This week on Sea Change Radio, the first half of an in-depth, sit-down conversation with Saikat Chakrabarti, who’s running for the 11th Congressional District of the US House of Representatives. We look at Chakrabarti’s unusual career path into politics – from software engineer to co-founder of the progressive political incubator Justice Democrats, to serving as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Chief of Staff and co-authoring the Green New Deal – Chakrabarti may be one of the most qualified individuals to ever run for a freshman seat in the House. We learn about his environmental policy ideas, how he balances local and national concerns in a congressional campaign, and the success he’s had in inspiring a younger generation as volunteers, staffers, and voters.

Bill Pepper became James Earl Ray’s lawyer when he found out that Ray was not the murderer. His friendship with King and his family goes back to 1967. Pepper had gone to Vietnam and taken photos of children burned by napalm. King asked to meet with him and they worked closely together during the anti-Vietnam war phase of King’s life. In this recording Pepper explains why he became convinced of Ray’s innocence and, during 25 years of investigative work, pieced together the plot to kill King. The extraordinary story has implications for history, civil rights, justice and democracy. (Feb. 2003) William Pepper was an acclaimed lawyer who practiced international law in London. His book by Verso is: AN ACT OF STATE, The Execution of Martin Luther King. For more information: https://www.williampepper.com/books.html

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org

Christopher Isherwood’s own stories of pre-War Berlin; remembering Renee Nicole Good; U.S. top court hears trans student sports ban cases, a new survey confirms pediatric transgender healthcare can be life-saving, Malaysian authorities shut down an empty “gay friendly” hotel, the latest Human Rights Campaign U.S. queer quality of life poll finds deterioration under Trump, and billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates 45 million dollars to the queer youth crisis intervention and suicide prevention group The Trevor Project. All that and more this week when you discover “This Way Out”.

Talking heads covers into soul jazz.

This week - An all family presentation. The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Gospel Music Radio program with radio station & program host Danny Hensley. The program is recorded live each Sunday morning while being broadcast on 91.7 FM Community radio and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org. This program is uploaded to SoundCloud, RSS.com, radio4all, Podbean and iTunes to mention a few.

Bill Pepper became James Earl Ray’s lawyer when he found out that Ray was not the murderer. His friendship with King and his family goes back to 1967. Pepper had gone to Vietnam and taken photos of children burned by napalm. King asked to meet with him and they worked closely together during the anti-Vietnam war phase of King’s life. In this recording Pepper explains why he became convinced of Ray’s innocence and, during 25 years of investigative work, pieced together the plot to kill King. The extraordinary story has implications for history, civil rights, justice and democracy. (Feb. 2003) William Pepper was an acclaimed lawyer who practiced international law in London. His book by Verso is: AN ACT OF STATE, The Execution of Martin Luther King. For more information: https://www.williampepper.com/books.html

The mainstream western media has been going full throttle for the past two weeks covering the protests in Iran, drumming up support for American military intervention and even predicting the return of the deposed Iranian monarchy and the restoration of friendly diplomatic ties between Iran and Apartheid Israel. Regardless of events on the ground, their agenda could not be more clear. They want the destruction of Iran as an anti-imperialist force in the region and in particular its solidarity with Palestine as the bombing of Gaza continues daily.