Saturday, November 2, 2019

November 4-7

PACIFICA FOUNDATION MISSION STATEMENT: http://www.pacifica.org/about_mission.php

"SOMETHING'S HAPPENING!" ON THE WEB
KPFK can be heard streaming live online at http://www.kpfk.org/ and click on 'Listen Live.'  Times are Pacific Time.  Program times for "Something's Happening!" are approximate but close and "Monday night" is legally Tuesday morning et seq.

WHAT HAPPENED?
Any program information not included in the program guide - guests, websites, contact information, music and comedy breaks, etc. can be found later at http://www.somethingshappening.com and click on 'what happened?'   Thanks to Sha Tahmasebi for redesigning and maintaining the website.

AUDIO ARCHIVES  
"Something's Happening!" (and the Sunday 'Alan Watts') are available for listening on demand for 60 days after broadcast.  Go to www.kpfk.org and click on 'Audio Archives.'  Be sure to use the handy search engine to list only the program (s) you are interested in listening to.  "Something's Happening!" and "Alan Watts" are not downloadable because they contain program material which is not owned by Pacifica.


BEHIND THE SCENES 
(From our esteemed General Manager Anyel Z. Fields -  gm@kpfk.org  )

Dear Programmers and Staff,

KPFK's vital community services we provide will not survive without decisive leadership, clear-eyed approach to sound financial management, revenue generation, and operational improvements. Most importantly, we can't do it without the support of YOU, our listeners, volunteers, staff and donors. Some listeners have asked, "Why do you have so many fund drives"? Please read below about the positive steps we’ve taken. 

Over the past two years, we have made tremendous strides in: 
  • In the recent past, we did not have proper financial management and support. We do now as a result of the help we received from the National Education Telecom Association (NETA), including assistance with financial management, budget process, financial reports, payroll, audits, board presentations, CPB reports, and annual filings.  
  • Some recent improvements to get our financial house in order: We've completed our 2017 audits, and we are in the final throws of completing our 2018 audits. This will open us up to applying for more grants and foundational funding, as part of our long-term financial plan. 
  • The financial dispute between the Pacifica Foundation and the Empire State Realty Trust for unpaid leasing costs, which our sister station WBAI incurred, has been settled.  
  • This past summer, KPFK finished paying off numerous other old debts going back several years.  
  • KPFK has made improvements with our employee relations and with SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents most KPFK employees.

 We've made numerous improvements to our operations which include: 
  • Providing support and development for our volunteer producers and programmers. 
  • This past year we expanded our Speaker Series and Special Events, including presentations from Tom Hartman, Dr. Gerald Horne, Chris Hedges, Stephanie Miller, White Sun, Danny Sheehan, Halloween Celebration and, we hosted a Walk-a-Thon to promote a healthy and active lifestyle. 
  • We hosted a memorable 60th Anniversary Gala, attended by hundreds of supporters, netting $41k and raising the profile of KPFK in Los Angeles. 
  • The light fixtures in our building have been retrofitted with more energy-efficient ones, reducing the energy demands, and monthly expenses for the lights, by approximately 40%. We've also replaced the HVAC system at the transmitter site reducing energy demands at the site and improving our temperature controls that will help increase the life of the transmitter. 
  • We've produced more content for our digital platforms. Check out our showcase of videos we've produced that are made available on our Vimeo Channel and our Videos On Demand  
  • We continue to foster and nurture partnerships with community organizations such as the Skirball Cultural Center, Poor Peoples Campaign, Plastic Pollution Coalition, the Sunrise Movement, Collective Remake, Pasadena Playhouse, the LA Progressive, and many more. 
  • This fall we will be re-introducing our news headlines during weekday afternoons 1 through 3 pm. We look forward to expanding our local news coverage as we secure special funding and resources for our news department. 

In addition to the above, we are now about to undertake a major technological overhaul that will significantly improve our donor's experience. We know that we cannot provide an independent public media platform without you and our relationship with you is essential for us to carry out our mission. For the past several years, KPFK has been working with a donor/ member system that lacks the features and tools we need to perform at modern efficiency and effectiveness. 

In Spring of 2020, we will have completed the installation of new tools which will help us reduce tedious day-to-day administrative tasks, thereby significantly improving our Membership Department's efficiency. We will then be able to provide a "member portal" so that you can access your donor history and stay informed about station happenings as a member of KPFK and Pacifica. Most importantly, we will be able to free up our administrative staff so that we can devote more time to advancing our mission and our relationships with donors like you. 

KPFK now exists in a world in severe crisis. We are determined to maximize our resources so we can better help people survive and become more empowered to forge the changes necessary for a saner and more progressive world. I hope you will stay with us and support us as we continue making improvements and continue bringing you the unique programming you've come to expect from us. If you will continue to support us, together we will not only keep KPFK on the air and more useful than ever, we will also help bring about a better world for all. 
  
Sincerely, 
  
Anyel Z. Fields  
  
PS: We've recently added additional ways you can support KPFK with the following giving programs. Now you can support KPFK with  Stocks or other Finacial Securities, Charitable IRA's, and through the Lewis Hill Legacy Circle, all of which offer tax-advantaged ways to support your public radio station. 


ALAN WATTS SUNDAYS 8AM
November 3- Final One Hour Watts-O-Rama! 
 

MONDAY NIGHT,  NOVEMBER 4
FUND DRIVE SCHEDULE 

(First Monday Night of the Month Old Radio Night!  Danny Sheehan continues next week)


12-3 Bobb Lynes & Barbara Sunday, "Don't Touch That Dial!"

Barbara will be celebrating her birthday month with her annual all detective special. This time, instead of her favorites like Boston Blackie and Nick Carter, et al, she’s playing detectives that she has seldom if ever played on KPFK.

In no particular order: 
“The Private Files of Rex Saunders” 51-05-02 (01) ‘Lady with Hate in Her Heart’
“Mystery Is My Hobby” - #17 - 'Fatherly Advice'
“Johnny Modero Pier 23”  ‘Pete Sutro,’  6-23-47.
“Hearthstone of The Death Squad” 52-01-10 ep20 ‘Terrifying Letter Murder Case’
“Crime and Peter Chambers” 54-06-01 (08) ‘Angela Wentworth's Uncle.’
Email Bobb: iairotr@hotmail.com   Email Barbara: donttouchthatdial@hotmail.com  
SPERDVAC: www.sperdvac.com  


3-4 Lux Radio Theater 
We continue our quest to play all the existent Lux programs from 1936-1955 in order of original broadcast date.

Based on the play by Margaret May (1907) and MGM Film in 1917
Guest host Lionel Barrymore, starring Loretta Young, James Gleason, and Gavin Gordon.  
Focuses on a female circus star who is brought to the home of a local minister to recover after a serious injury causing a local scandal among the townspeople.  (From "Lux Presents Hollywood" by Connie Billips and Arthur Pierce)


4-5:56  The Thom Hartmann Program (Rebroadcast)
Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com
 For free daily Newsletter listing dozens of links to websites, documents, videos, and articles pertaining to the day's broadcast sign up on Thom's website.



TUESDAY NIGHT,  NOVEMBER 5
 FUND DRIVE SCHEDULE 

Listening to Gary’s Show on the Phone:
To listen to program from the archives anytime, 24/7701-719-9976
  
NOTICE: Gary's important film "Healing AIDS Naturally" is available for free viewing at  the Progressive Radio Network Website:  prn.fm     


12-1 Gary Null, Progressive Commentary Hour –
“Julian Assange’s condition, torture, the recent arrest of journalist Max Blumenthal and the harbinger of the demise of truthful journalism – and what is happening to the Democratic Party?”
Ray McGovern served as an Army intelligence officer and a CIA analyst for 27 years under 7 presidential administrations, from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. Among his duties was preparing the President’s Daily Brief, which was a one-on-one to President Ronald Reagan’s most senior national security advisers.  He was responsible for the analysis of Soviet intelligence regarding Vietnam and served as the Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Western Europe. Since retiring, Ray has been a vocal peace activist and journalist and helped create Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to expose the way intelligence was falsified to “justify” war on Iraq and the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence. He also works with Tell the Word, an ecumenical Catholic publishing house.   Ray’s opinion pieces appear in many leading news sources here and abroad.  He holds degrees in theology and philosophy from Fordham University, an MA in Russian History, is a graduate from Harvard Business School and has a certificate in theology from Georgetown University.   His website is RayMcGovern.com  and more of his writings can be found on ConsortiumNews.com




1-2  The Gary Null Show - Google’s covert operations to undermine democracy and freedom of speech - 10.31.19
Zach Vorhies is a former Google engineer who worked with the Silicon Valley giant for over 8 years, much of that time in Google's YouTube division, before discovering Google's artificial intelligence program known as "Machine Learning Fairness." After investigating this program through internal Google documents in his possession, Zach turned whistleblower and delivered 950 pages of company documents to the Department of Justice and released the same to the public. Having departed from Google, he is now devoted to helping raise awareness about Google's covert activities.  This includes the likelihood of meddling in the forthcoming elections and collaborating with China by giving that country access to its "Manhattan" project known as Deep Mind.


2-3 The Gary Null Show - 10.28.19
The Gary Null Show is here to inform you on the best news in health, healing, the environment. High fiber, yogurt diet associated with lower lung cancer risk, IKBFU researchers have discovered another natural antioxidant -- alder bark, Soft drinks found to be the crucial link between obesity and tooth wear, Consume avocados in moderation to naturally curb your appetite, Pycnogenol, gotu kola supplementation associated with decreased progression of atherosclerosis, Vitamin B12 Deficiency: What Is Pernicious Anaemia, And Why Can It Be So Dangerous?.


3:00-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program (Rebroadcast)
Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com
 For free daily Newsletter listing dozens of links to websites, documents, videos, and articles pertaining to the day's broadcast sign up on Thom's website.



WEDNESDAY NIGHT,  NOVEMBER 6
FUND DRIVE SCHEDULE 


12-1 Dave Emory, "For the Record #1088 Fascism: 2019 World Tour, Part 3."

Exemplifying the landscape and operational paradigm of internet driven fascism, Brazilian YouTube fascists have manifested “An Ecosystem of Hate” and the “Dictatorship of the ‘Like.’ ”

In India, Narendra Modi’s Hindutva fascist regime has embraced the anti-immigrant xenophobia central to the growth and success of many fascist movements worldwide.

Politicians from Modi’s BJP have hailed Gandhi’s assassin as a “patriot.” (The RSS–Hindutva fascist parent organization of the BJP–was the executive force directing the murder of Gandhi.)

In the U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (DCA) has taken the point in rejecting and combatting Hindutva fascism in this country.

Looking ahead to our next program, the racist symbol Pepe the Frog has been adopted by the protesters in Hong Kong.

Steve Bannon is at the center of the anti-China movement, suggesting that the Pepe the Frog presence in Hong Kong may not be happenstance.


For complete annotated, written description of this program go to: 

You can subscribe to the comments made on programs and posts-an excellent source of information in, and of, itself --http://feeds.feedburner.com/SpitfireListComments 
Dave Emory's entire life­time of work is avail­able on a flash drive. The new drive is a 32-gigabyte drive that is current as of the programs and articles posted by early 2016. Link: http://www.kfjc.org/donate/index.php 
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  1-1:30 Chris Hedges, "On Contact" 

 Originally heard Sundays, 12:30pm



 1:30-2:30   The Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Initially heard on KPFK Mondays 2 pm  


3:-6  The Thom Hartmann Program (Rebroadcast) 
Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com
 For free daily Newsletter listing dozens of links to websites, documents, videos, and articles pertaining to the day's broadcast sign up on Thom's website.


 
THURSDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 7
FUND DRIVE SCHEDULE 


12-1 Alan Watts, "Thusness"  Part 5 (concluding) 

“This odd word, translating the Sanskrit ‘tathata’ is used in Mahayana Buddhism
to suggest how things look to a Buddha, to one who has experienced
Enlightenment or liberation and is, therefore, called a Tathagata – one who comes
(or goes) thus, just like that!  The sense of this nonsense in Buddhist philosophy
and its practical demonstration in Zen.” (AW) 


2:00-3:00 Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:"
The wedding of spiritual magic and compassionate social activism with host Caroline Casey.
From KPFA.    Caroline's Website:    http://www.coyotenetworknews.com

3-3:30 Science Fiction Break 

3:40-6 The Thom Hartmann Program (Rebroadcast)  
Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com
 For free daily Newsletter listing dozens of links to websites, documents, videos, and articles pertaining to the day's broadcast sign up on Thom's website.


That's All Folks!

Roy  rtuckman (at) kpfk.org

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