Scholar, author, and activist Dr. Cornel West recently announced his 2024 presidential campaign. He discussed his platform and decision to be a candidate for the Green Party nomination.

Cornel West Discusses His Presidential Campaign

Dr. Gerald Horne is an author and historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Dr. Horne is a prolific author, and he joins us from Houston to discuss his latest work published by International Publishers, “The Capital of Slavery: Washington DC 1800 – 1865.”

Gerald Horne Discusses His Book "The Capital of Slavery: Washington DC 1800 - 1865"

El Jones is a poet and a professor at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She joins us from Halifax to discuss Canadian politics and relations with the US. Despite protestations against Trump’s plan to make Canada the 51st state, that country’s newest prime minister follows a tradition of US vassalage, and Canada has new immigration enforcement rivaling that of the U.S.

Vassal State Canada Partners with U.S. Imperialist and Neo-Liberal Policies

Tien Providence joins us to fundraise, talk about Andy Bey, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Sun-RA, Space is the Place and Jazz. 

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2025-07-27 Special Guest 230pm

Norman Richmond aka Jalali The Bluesologist provides an All-African mix of music & politics.

Show Intro: Get Up and Get Down by The Dramatics 1. When I Die by Motherlode Norman’s Commentary 2. Rock Dis Funky Joint by Poor Righteous Teachers  3. Slippin’ Into Darkness by War 4. Get Up Stand Up by Peter Tosh  Norman’s Commentary,  5. Dreamland by Bunny Wailer     6.  A Song For Assata by Common      

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2025-10-05 Jalali's Playlist 2pm

"Robert Johnson" is composed by Joe DeFilippo and performed by the R.J. Phillips Band, a group of Baltimore musicians. Joe DeFilippo: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar; Bill Phelan: acoustic slide, electric guitar;  Bill Pratt: drums, piano, sax. Produced & recorded by: Bill Pratt @ the Bratt Studio, Baltimore,MD.

Robert Johnson

Tribute To Actor Musician Spoken word Artist Malcolm Jamal Warner
Pt.3

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2025-10-19 Jazz Zone Malcolm Jamal Warner part 3 3pm

The Horne Report with Dr.Gerald Horne 330pm
Weekly Horne Report, Political and Historical Analysis with Dr.Gerald Horne.

Books Launch, things in China to pay attention, PRC five year plan, Ethiopia /Eritrea tensions, China State Capitalist? State Capitalist but not in private hands, No Kings protests, Charles Roach, Otanami, baseball, Japan, Hawaii book upcoming, Overthrow of Voting Rights Act? Threw the Left under the bus short sighted? ASEAN and APEC summits, New Raoul Peck documentary 1984 George Orwell review, Madagascar military takeover, See You In The Whirlwind sign off. www.diasporicmusic.com for all our archives

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2025-10-19 Horne Report 330pm

Dead In The Water (1 4 Me)

Diasporic Music is made in the West, but is not of the West. Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali provides an All-African mix of music and politics.  Co-Host Mali aka Docuvixen, and on the Buttons Lisa Watson. On The dial 96.3FM in St.Petersburg Florida and worldwide Stream on Blackpower96.org 2-4pm EST Weekly, we have Jalali's Playlist 2pm, Special Guests and Radio Documentaries 2:30pm, Jazz Zone with Tien Providence 3pm and Horne Report, with Historical and Political analysis with Dr.Gerald Horne at 3:30pm.

2025-07-27 Special Guest 230pm

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