Tonight on Full Circle, we will be in conversation with West Oakland to West Africa International Poetry Exchange. (WO2WA). We will talk about what they’ve been doing  since the last time they honored us with their presence on Full Circle. We will also hear about their upcoming production, Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking.

Full Circle 08-02-2024 West Oakland to West Africa

This week on Full Circle we check in on some upcoming local events planned to help educate and bring awareness on the situation and history of Palestine. On tonight's show, we'll speak with renowned international speaker and author, Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac. Rev. Munther is a Palestinian faith leader and the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church of Bethlehem. Rev. Munther gained global notoriety when his sermon, Christ Under The Rubble, went viral. He is on a speaking tour and will be in the Bay Area this weekend. We'll kick off the show with Rev. Munther’s, Easter Vigil For Gaza. To close out the show, we’ll check in with our friend, Layla Darwish. She is a Palestinian activist out of Fresno and she has Just set up her second Palestinian History display in the Fresno Public Library.

Full Circle 08-09-2024 Palestine Rev Munther Isaac and Layla Darwish

Last week on Full Circle we continued to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine. On last week’s show, we heard from a recent senate briefing, titled, Gaza, Public Health & Healthcare Access. The hearing featured the voices of doctors and healthcare workers who recently worked in Gaza. We also heard from Nora Barrows Friedman of the Electronic Intifada as she was in conversation with Rashid Khalidi, professor of Arab studies at Columbia University. Recently, Youtube censored the Electronic Intifada, preventing their weekly livestream from being aired on Youtube, we’ll hear from her EI Co-Founder Ali Abunimah on that censorship.

Full Circle 09-13-2024 Palestine Palestine Palestine

Tonight on Full Circle we will be in conversation with two of the 
musicians from the upcoming John Coltrane tribute concert. We’ll talk to upright bassist & bandleader Dewayne Oakley. And vocalist Bryant “Mr. B” Bolling. We’ll also hear live music from our guests who are inspired by John Coltrane. All that, and we’ll be asking for your support for this important media outlet, KPFA.

Full Circle 09-20-2024 Tribute To John Coltrane

This week on Full Circle we keep our eyes and ears on Palestine and Lebanon. And we also check in on some news out of the city of Antioch. On tonight’s show. We get an update on the upcoming week of actions here in the Bay Area  marking 1 year of the aggression on Gaza. We’ll be speaking with a representative of Q.U.I.T, Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism for that update. Then later, CA is in the news again making positive changes. The city council just passed Just Cause for Eviction adding that to the list of tenant protections along with Anti Harassment and Rent Control. We’ll hear from the activists at the signing ceremony.  And, Antioch just hired a new City Manager, this comes with the specter of racism and a DOJ investigation that was launched after racist comments were posted on social media, including one post calling for the return of hanging to the town square. We’ll hear from the new City Manager herself as she was officially hired and introducing herself to the public.

Full Circle 10-04-2024 Actions Marking 1 Year of Genocide on Gaza and Local news From Antioch

On this episode of Full Circle, I will share the story of my cousin, Timothy Charles Lee. He was found lynched in a tree near the Concord BART station in 1985, today we call this MMIP, Missing or Murdered Indigenous People. In the second part of the show, we’ll hear from protesters who disrupted a Halloween event of State Senator Scott Weiner. The mainstream media made it out as an anti-Semitic attack. We’ll hear from the protesters themselves as to why they protest the Senator’s policies

Full Circle 11-01-2024 Timothy Charles Lee and State Senator Scott Weiner interrupted

This week on Full Circle, We’ll share information about a couple of local Palestinian solidarity events happening here in the Bay Area. The Children's Press Conference In Oakland And another Potluck for Palestine. We’ll also share some Palestinian Solidarity songs.

Full Circle 11-08-2024 Local Palestinian Solidarity Events

This week on Full Circle, we’ll hear from the People’s Arms Embargo as they blocked the entrances to Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield CA. We also will check in with Sophie, a high school student attending Contra Costa College, she is organizing a rally for Palestine on her campus in San Pablo. Part of their grievance is the suspension of professor Asad Kabir for speaking up about Palestine in an all staff email. We’ll speak with professor Kabir as well.

Full Circle 11-22-2024 Peoples Arms Embargo and Contra Costa College Student Action for Palestine

This week on Full Circle we continue to keep our eyes and ears on Palestine, and the resistance here at home. On tonight’s show, we’ll hear voices from an emergency rally to free Mahmoud Khalil. The rally was last Saturday at Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco. Among those voices will be students from San Francisco Universities. Then we’ll check in with Toby Blome (BloMay) of Shut Down Drone Warfare. They have a week of actions coming up at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico. She’ll tell us all about it and how to get involved if you’re interested.

Full Circle 03-21-2025 The Resistance To Genocide Here AtHome

how do I make you love me??

a collection of songs that represent the current moment I am living. each week, I will showcase different sounds and genres with no limit. experience this with me whether you are in your car, at home, or outside with loved ones. let it play in any setting. please keep it pacific.

tracklist:

1. VIRGINIA CREEPER - greek
2. Life 2 - Majid Jordan
3. Snap My Finger - KAYTRANADA, PinkPantheress
4. DANCE - greek
5. Hold On (feat. Dawn Richard) - KAYTRANADA
6. FROM YOUR EYES - F3miii
7. hmu - greek
8. How Do I Make You Love Me? - The Weeknd
9. The Color Violet - Tory Lanez
10. Star Girl - Tommy Richman
11. Had Enough - Duckwrth
12. No, We Cant Dance - Rell Moore, Saint Meadow
13. NATURAL - Isaiah Falls, Tamae, Icee Red
14. Ur_Room - Wesley Joseph
15. SIDEKICK (with Joyce Wrice) - Jordan Ward
16. STEREO DRIVER - Q
17. In Your Body - ¿Téo?
18. Die Hard - Kendrick Lamar, BIxst, Amanda Reifer
19. Soon - Johnny Yukon
20. P*RNSTAR - Nessa Barrett
21. Crystal Strawberry - Tory Lanez
22. No More Love Songs - Harrison Brome, Pomo
23. Houston - Jean Dawson
24. Midnight's Interlude - Tory Lanez
25. 2 Much - Qendresa
26. ggg. - Drizzle
27. Sea Gets Hotter - Durand Jones & The Indications
28. Turkish Coffee - BALTHVS
29. Mariella - Khruangbin, Leon Bridges
30. Prophet - Venna
31. deep in it - berlioz, Ted Jasper
32. Low Sun - Hermanos Gutierrez
33. RIPCORD - greek
34. Sun Colored Eyes - BALTHVS

pacifica radio vol. 23

First Voice Media is building a lasting institution for women, people of color, and under-resourced communities to learn media skills and gain access to radio as a means of empowerment using mass communications and art.

Members of First Voice Media produce, write, host, and engineer Full Circle, a cultural affairs radio magazine which showcases personal views, interviews, feature stories, and live performances from our community. Airing on Friday at 7pm on KPFA 94.1, all content comes from members of First Voice Media and reaches all across northern and central California.

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