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Upcoming Programs

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We Only Want The World
Sat, Apr 20, 2019 - 7:00 PM

The Mueller Report: Clashes at the Top...
Arts Express
Sat, Apr 20, 2019 - 9:00 PM

WALTER HILL TALKS THE COWBOY ILIAD...
Ear Massage
Sun, Apr 21, 2019 - 3:00 AM

Radio premieres and the bird of the week...
Cat Radio Cafe
Sun, Apr 21, 2019 - 11:00 AM

Everything Off=Broadway...
Con Sabor Latino
Sun, Apr 21, 2019 - 3:00 PM

Montuneando Con Marysol...
Everything Old is New Again
Sun, Apr 21, 2019 - 9:00 PM

LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT "Lush Life" CATHERINE, THE ANDREWS...
Cat Radio Cafe
Sun, Apr 21, 2019 - 11:00 PM

Everything Off-Broadway...
Earth Mum Radio
Mon, Apr 22, 2019 - 5:00 AM

Earth Day Every Day w Earth Mum Hour 1...
Earth Mum Radio
Mon, Apr 22, 2019 - 6:00 AM

Earth Day Every Day w Earth Mum Hour 2...
Rise Up with Shanixa
Tue, Apr 23, 2019 - 10:00 AM

Black Women and the challenges of Dating...

News

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Construction worker killed on the job (04/13/2019)  Police say construction worker 34-year-old Gregory Echevarria​ was killed when a counterweight fell on him from a crane....  

WBAI Evening News (04/11/2019)  -Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is arrested by British police in the Equadorian Embassy. We have an analysis of the...  

Daniel Ellsberg on the new nuclear arms race (04/10/2019)  Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg talksabout th dangers of hte new nuclear arms race. The threat that nuclear weapons pose to the...  

Robert Jay Lifton on the need for an new movement to ban the bomb (04/07/2019)  Prof. Lifton studies the psychological causes and effects of wars and political violence. Author of among others: Death in Life:...  

Julian Assange embassy emergency, mystery of missing plutonium (04/04/2019)  Barry Pollack the attorney for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange discusses threats to evict Assange into UK police custody and...  

WBAI News (04/04/2019)  -UN Forum on the question of Palestine -House votes to end American participation in the Yemen war despite attempts by some...  

Saheed Vassell (04/03/2019)  It's the one year anniversary of the police shooting of a 35 year old Black man with bi-polar disorder. Saheed Vassell was...  

WBAI News (03/29/2019)  -Brexit deal rejected again -Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Samuel Moncada denounced terrorist attacks against the...  

40th Anniversary of Three Mile Island, Opioid Lawsuit (03/28/2019)  Today is the 40th anniversary of the accident and meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant.. we talk exclusively with an...  

Recently Aired Shows

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Report to the Listeners (03/19/2019)  WBAI's Station Manager Berthold Reimers and Program Director Linda Perry delivered a Report to the Listeners on March 19,...  

TrumpWatch Who should be the voice of President Donald Trump's tweets? (Lenny Bruce) (12/19/2018)  With a President in the White House using social media in a way never seen before from a world leader, a difficult question has...  

Special 2 hour Programming Aretha Franklin's Homegoing (08/31/2018)  Aretha Franklin’s homegoing service on Friday, August 31, 2018, was held at the Greater Grace Temple in her hometown...  

Max & Murphy Statewide Primary Election Info (08/29/2018)  Max and Murphy talk the latest in the statewide Sept. 13 primary elections, as well as conversation about the 13th district...  

Special Programming Bloomsday Special - Saturday, June 16, 7pm to midnight (06/16/2018)  WBAI producer Janet Coleman will be joined by Caraid O'Brien for a 5 hour celebration of James Joyce's masterpiece...  

TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent Robert Costa Interview (03/07/2018)  President Trump had been in office for three months when he called Robert Costa on his cellphone to tell the Washington Post...  

State of the Arts NYC Renaissance Revival Chorus Live Performance Broadcast (02/23/2018)  In honor of both Black History Month and Women’s History Month, State of the Arts brought the Renaissance Revival...  

Rape Forum - 1st + 3rd Friday of the month Sex Scandal Political Donations + Low Wage Workers Organize Against Sexual Harassment (02/02/2018)  Please note the program starts two minutes in.On 'Americas only radio show about...  

Arts Express Guest Laila Ali Talks Memories Of Muhammad Ali (02/01/2018)  Black History Month kicked off on the 2/1 Arts Express show with special guest, Laila Ali. Host Prairie Miller interviews...  

TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent 2018 Womens March Marginalized Women of Color (01/24/2018)  In a special one-hour episode of “TrumpWatch” on WBAI, host Jesse Lent talks to Taylyn about whether the 2018...  

Meetings

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WBAI Finance Committee
Open to the public, Thursday, April 25, 2019, 7:00 PM ET at WBAI, 388 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217.
- Friday, March 15, 2019