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Joy of Resistance

Mon, Mar 22, 2021 - 9:00PM

ERA is on the chopping block! Where are Biden-Harris?

From The Soundboard

Tue, Mar 23, 2021 - 12:00AM

The Carolina Chocolate Drops

Arts Express

Tue, Mar 23, 2021 - 4:00AM

HOT SEAT: BEFORE CUOMO THERE WAS...MIKE WALLCE

Law of the Land with Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

Tue, Mar 23, 2021 - 9:00AM

Leonard Lopate at Large

Tue, Mar 23, 2021 - 1:00PM

Bob Hennelly on how COVID-19 vaccination is going

RADIO GAG

Tue, Mar 23, 2021 - 2:30PM

Radio GAG presents "The Moms Demand Action Show"

Sojourner Truth

Tue, Mar 23, 2021 - 4:00PM

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Living for the City

Wed, Mar 24, 2021 - 11:00AM

Taxi Medallions--Is NYC's debt plan going to help?

The Harlem Connection

Fri, Mar 26, 2021 - 10:00PM

The Harlem Connection Salutes the Sisters

Back of the Book

Sat, Mar 27, 2021 - 5:00AM

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Trader Joe's COVID, Bronx Slave Burial Ground, Fred Hampton, Mars Sound (03/19/2021)  Sounds of Mars… a new 3 foot rule for schools… a slave burial ground in the Bronx.. the real story of the death of...  

100 million shots, Anti-Asian Violence and the Atlanta Murders, Baseball is Back in NYC (03/18/2021)  Biden announces 100 million shots… fallout from the murders of Asian people in Atlanta…. And baseball is back in...  

Myanmar killings, White House Road Trip. Underground Rail Road House in Brooklyn (03/15/2021)  Myanmar killings grow as protesters remain defiant… The White House goes on the road to plug the American Rescue...  

George Floyd Settlement, Biden and Cuomo in Truth, Blended Learning Fail, NYPD report (03/12/2021)  George Floyd Settlement, Biden says he’ll give America the unvarnished truth.. and Governor Cuomo says the same… a...  

Cancel rent and mortgages, Green Jobs, Border Divide, Wealth Tax, Cuomo's reopening (03/11/2021)  Progressive in Washington and New York demand canceling rent and Green Jobs… the partisan divide at the southern...  

Biden's Big Win, Children at the Border, Haiti, Venezuela, Bitcoin Power Drain (03/10/2021)  The House of Representatives hands President Biden his American Rescue Plan…. The next fight … child refugees at...  

Derek Chauvin trial, Harry and Meghan and race, Cuomo's sixth, ESCR (03/09/2021)  The trial of Derek Chauvin, The fallout over Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview, Democrats exulted, Cuomo's sixth...  

Racist Royals, Cuomo's Problems, Women and COVID, High Schools Open (03/08/2021)  The British Royal Family rent by internal squabbling over the skin color of a future princess…. Ny’s Attorney...  

Biden's victory, Jury Selection in Killer cop trial, Ukraine Fascists, Pacifica Referendum (03/07/2021)  trial of Derek Chauvin starts tomorrow, American Rescue Plan victory, Americans fighting for far-right groups in Ukraine, Stand...  

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WBAI PD Search Committee
Open to the public, Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Tuesday, March 16, 2021

WBAI - Committee of Inclusion
Open to the public, Monday, April 5, 2021, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Sunday, March 14, 2021