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Afghan Women Refugees in America (Rebroadcast)
In August, 2021, a group of young Afghan women journalists, musicians and activists fled their country in fear for their lives when the Taliban took …
3 years, 8 months ago
Sheikh Imam: Egypt's Voice of Dissent
A blind oud player from humble beginnings, Sheikh Imam’s destiny changed drastically when he met a dissident poet called Ahmed Fouad Negm in 1960s Ca…
3 years, 8 months ago
From Pinoy to Punk — The Rise of the Mabuhay Gardens
Originally a Filipino restaurant and music club, The Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco’s North Beach transformed into a mecca for Bay Area punk and Ne…
3 years, 9 months ago
193 - Afghan Women Refugees in America
The story of a group of young Afghan women journalists, musicians and activists, how they fled their country in fear for their lives when the Taliban…
3 years, 9 months ago
Monterey Pop Festival Revisited
Long before there was Coachella, Outside Lands Festival, and the popular music gatherings of today, the Monterey Pop Festival was the first of its ki…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Egg Wars and the Farallon Islands
Episode 191
The Egg Wars—a hidden Gold Rush kitchen—when food was scarce and men died for eggs.
We travel out to the forbidding Farallon Islands, 27 miles outside…
3 years, 10 months ago
Florence Knoll: Total Design
As an architect, Florence Knoll was the force behind the seamless integration of furniture, space, textile, art, graphic design into a perfect brand …
3 years, 11 months ago
Hillary and Huma
Late last year Hillary Rodham Clinton and best-selling Canadian mystery writer, Louise Penny, came out with a ripping geo-political thriller called S…
3 years, 11 months ago
Fast Food and Radical Rooflines: Helen Fong Shapes Los Angeles Coffee Shops
Helen Fong, one of the few women practicing architecture in the US in the 1950s, is best known for her “Googie” California coffee shop architectural …
4 years ago
Norma Sklarek: An Extremely Bold Hand
Norma Sklarek (1926-2012) had many “firsts”. She was often credited at the start of her career as the first Black Women architect to be licensed in t…
4 years ago