World Beat Canada welcomes Gen Zs who've abandoned algorithms and AI, turning to campus and community radio in greater numbers for hand-curated new music. We deliver this hour with fresh spins from Da Lata, Manika Kaur remixed, global soul from Qais Essar & Sonny Singh + Antibalas. And, a callback to 1995 with Karnak. This stuff never gets old!

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from October 2nd to the 9th, 2025.

Thinking Clearly is a show about critical thinking.

Whatever treaties or deals arranged by various blocs or states, Palestinian rights cannot be erased.

We revisit a time when saturday morning TV was both entertaining and educational, did you know that cotton candy has a song? and The Hand Man is back with an emotional message Snarf thinks is all aboit the "Big D" but we all know Snarf isn't always right...right?

Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as he Expands Military Occupation of US Cities; Federal Workers, Jobs on the Line, Support Shutdown to Save Endangered Healthcare Programs; UN Climate Week Events Feature Presentations on the ‘Rights Nature’.

On December 7, 2023, an Israel airstrike murdered Refaat Alareer, a poet, writer, editor and teacher. This show is a memorial to his life and work. We present an interview with Refaat Alareer and Laila El-Haddad, co-editors of “Gaza Unsilenced. Written in the aftermath of the 2014 Israeli pogrom. Many of their statements bear directly on the situation today. In an excerpt from the talk “Revolution, Nothing Less,” Bob Avakian speaks to the importance of Internationalism, The Whole World Comes First.

Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST

Part two of our highlight episode details Stockton's transformation from "most miserable city" to a model of urban renewal. Featuring former Mayor Michael Tubbs, youth leaders, and organizers, it explores how community engagement and grassroots efforts tackled crime and despair, creating an inspiring, actionable blueprint for other cities seeking positive change.

A documentary uncovers Abraham Lincoln’s gay love life; the “Rainbow Rewind” debuts with early October birthdays and a horrific murder; Slovakia limits genders and bans surrogacy, Japan creeps up on de facto marriage equality, Canada tells X passport bearers to reconsider U.S. travel, Amtrak and ICE bust gay men in a New York City Penn Station bathroom sting, Harvard’s drag professor perplexes rightwing pundits, and more LGBTQ news from around the world.

Stockton leaders demonstrate how grassroots collaboration drives community transformation. Phoenix Scholars builds pathways for first-generation students while coalitions address safety, housing, and cultural preservation. Family members of Michael Tubbs, nonprofit directors, and community advocates share strategies for cross-sector change that lifts South Stockton and inspires citywide momentum.

Congolese popular music

African, Latin & Caribbean music

Prominent Lesbian activist, novelist and nonfiction writer Sarah Schulman speaks in Vancouver BC, Canada, about her book Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair. Despite Schulman's strong reputation, the book could not find a publisher in the US, but was picked up by Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press. By 2018, it had sold more than 10,000 copies, and it is still in print. Schulman says it is not simple to divide the good and the bad, where the good are the abused and the bad the abusers; many who've been abused feel threatened by discomfort and respond with abuse. She argues that we need to untangle as best we can what is really happening between ourselves and others.

Global A Go-Go's annual preview of the Richmond Folk Festival, which is bringing these interesting international-minded artists to town: Armenian-American oud player Richard Hagopian, Pakistani singers Ustad Saami & the Saami Brothers Band, Hawaiian falsetto singer Raiatea Helm, young música norteña stars Villa 5, Cuban son specialists Son Qba, the outstanding modern reggae group Meta & the Cornerstones, and the exciting Washington DC-meets-Lomé project Dogo du Togo & the Alagaa Beat Band

African, Latin & Caribbean music.

Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST

African, Latin & Caribbean music.