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Pacifica Radio in New York City

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Upcoming Programs

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Exploration

Wed, Mar 3, 2021 - 8:00PM

with Theoretical Physicist, Dr. Michio Kaku

Revolutions Per Minute (RPM)

Wed, Mar 3, 2021 - 9:00PM

Heck No, Cuomo

Afrobeat Radio

Wed, Mar 3, 2021 - 10:00PM

Palestine and the Middle East.

CODEPINK Radio

Thu, Mar 4, 2021 - 11:00AM

Leonard Lopate at Large

Thu, Mar 4, 2021 - 1:00PM

Kate Taverna and Carol Van Strum on their new PBS doc

Driving Forces

Thu, Mar 4, 2021 - 5:00PM

Gov. Cuomo: Should he stay or should he go?

Backstage Stories

Thu, Mar 4, 2021 - 9:00PM

She's Speaking, Part 1

Untitled

Fri, Mar 5, 2021 - 9:00PM

Resilience, Revenge & Reckoning

Back of the Book

Sat, Mar 6, 2021 - 5:00AM

Stay Up Late or Get Up Early and Give Us a Listen

City Watch

Sun, Mar 7, 2021 - 10:00AM

NYS Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou


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News

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Texas ends its lockdown, too early? Florida Farmworkers, HALT solitary (03/02/2021)  Violence escalates in Myanmar… Texas ends its mask mandate… attacks against health providers on the rise and...  

COVID rescue bill, Florida police kill farmworker, Cuomo's sexual harassment problem (03/02/2021)  The COVID-19 relief bill advances.. but the $15 minimum wage is in doubt… a deputy in Florida is cleared in the brutal...  

Khashoggi. Syria, Saudi Arabia, plutonium, NYC Education (02/26/2021)  The CIA says Saudi Crown Prince ordered the killing of a dissident journalist… While a US bombing mission...  

Capitol Chaos, NY freed of terror label, Local Law 97 Bait & Switch (02/25/2021)  More revelations about the desperate struggle to protect lawmakers on January 6th, Biden reverses New York’s terrorist...  

American Mortality Drop, Cuomo's #metoo, School time, Food Not Bombs (02/24/2021)  Governor Cuomo is accused of sexual harassment in a bombshell blog post by a candidate for Manhattan borough president…...  

Daniel Prude killer cops go free, Indian Point nuke, Let Doctors Heal (02/23/2021)  The Rochester police officers who killed a Black man and hid the videos for months won’t be charged…The...  

Mars, Merrick Garland on Hunter Biden, Cuomo and DeBlasio, recovery czar (02/22/2021)  President Biden expands federally guaranteed loans to small businesses… Merrick Garland on Hunter Biden… Cuomo and...  

Myanmar, Haiti, Texas blackout, Hunter Bidens laptop (02/22/2021)  New protests in Myanmar.. and Haiti… the smartest guys in the room and the Texas blackout… and Hunter Biden’s...  

Back to Paris Climate Accord, Texas freezes, Justice roadmap, death stalks (02/19/2021)  Biden rejoins the Paris Climate Accord.. as Texas freezes.. and vaccine shipments stall.. the Justice Roadmap.. rethinking the...  

Meetings

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WBAI Local Station Board
Open to the public, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Tuesday, February 23, 2021

WBAI Finance Committee
Open to the public, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Wednesday, February 17, 2021