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IN THE NEWS
Covid, Race and Democracy: WBAI Edition
Thursday, July 9, 2020 - 4:00 PM

Covid Race and Democracy is a collective effort from the Pacifica Network and our affiliates across the U.S. In this WBAI edition, we look at the controversy over how far CoVid19 droplets can

IN THE NEWS
Pacifica Radio's Covid, Race & Democracy Presented by WBAI Radio
Friday, June 26, 2020 - 5:00 AM

Covid, Race and Democracy -- a collective effort from the Pacifica Network and our affiliates across the U.S. Today’s edition is presented by Pacifica Radio’s WBAI in New York. In it

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
Black Priest-White Church: Tribute to Father Lawrence Lucas
Sunday, May 31, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Viola Plummer, Michael Tarif Warren, Prof. James Small, Betty Dopson, Charles Barron, Eric Adams and many others honor the memory of NYC’s outspoken liberation theologist.

Produced for



WBAI EVENING NEWS
George Floyd -NYC set for Phase One Reopening-Vocal NY Protest-More
Friday, May 29, 2020 - 6:00 PM

-Minneapolis Officer who held George Floyd down as Floyd pleaded "I can't breathe" has been charged with murder. -New York City is set for phase one reopenning. Five regions

OF GENERAL INTEREST
Apollo Uptown: Movement Required
Saturday, May 9, 2020 - 10:00 PM

As the 35th anniversry of Philly Police attack on MOVE's house draws near, we rebroadcast an upfront community conversation about race and resistance which took place at the
SPECIAL MUSIC, ART, + LITERATURE PROGRAMMING
U.S. Empire v. Political Prisoners
Sunday, May 3, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Johanna Fernandez presents Rise Up and Resist: A teach-in Celebrating Mumia Abu Jamal's 66th Birthday and the lives of all political prisoners held in the U.S. and throughout the world.

CUBA IN FOCUS
Cuba In Focus: CoVid19
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 9:00 PM

A monthly newsmagazine presenting issues and discussions not commonly found in the corporate media..We here at Cuba In Focus feel it’s time to hear other voices..

Cuba continues



SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
Vigil for Lives Lost to CoVid19
Sunday, April 26, 2020 - 6:00 AM

Some estimates show that New York City has lost more than 12,000 people to Covid19. This week faith leaders and elected officials held a Queens Virtual Interfaith Vigil. They honored the

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
PEOPLE'S BRIEFING: COVID CRISIS BEHIND BARS
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 7:30 PM

The Justice Roadmap - a coalition of immigration and criminal justice advocates fighting to reverse the long history of criminalization of

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
Racial Justice Has No Borders: Militarism in Time of Pandemic
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 5:00 PM

Moderated by Marc Lamont Hill, the Town Hall launched a shared campaign demanding the immediate end to the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that has been the pillar of

EXPLORATIONS
CoVid19 Explained
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 8:00 PM

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains where CoVid19 came from, whether it can happen again and why it's spreading so fast. He speaks about the nature of the virus, how it grips the

COVID19 TOWN HALL
Covid 19 Town Hall - Physicians for a National Health Program
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 8:00 PM

The Virtual Town Hall: COVID-19 Escalates Demands for System Change, was sponsored by Physicians for a National Health Program-NY Metro (PNHP-NY Metro) and the Campaign for NY

COPING WITH COVID19: A HELPFUL, HOPEFUL CALL-IN SHOW
How Can We All Come Through This Together
Saturday, March 28, 2020 - 12:00 PM

Welcome to WBAI Sree! 

Sree Sreenivasan, Marshall Loeb Visiting Professor of Digital Innovation at Stony Brook School of Journalism, hosts what he calls a helpful and hopeful conversation



MAX & MURPHY
A Users Guide to Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 5:00 PM

Hosts Jarret Murphy and Ben Max speak with political director Bob Hardt and Eleanor Randolph, the author of "The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg." Together, they size up the lessons

IT'S A GOOD DAY
#Ramsey Orta
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 7:00 AM

WBAI Radio's new Morning Host Johanna Fernandez on Ramsey Orta, who filmed the death of his friend Eric Garner at the hands of then NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo.  Orta spent the last three

ECONOMIC UPDATE
Prof Richard Wolff Comes On Live
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 6:00 PM

After our Trump Impeachment Update, Professor Rick Wolff, host of Economic Update heard Wednesdays at 6:30pm, comes to you live from WBAI's new studio in Brooklyn. He discusses