Live Radio
Monday, August 17 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Tells the story of Carrie Chapman Catt, the women's suffrage movement, and the passing and ratification of the 19th amendment. Catt, raised in Charles City, IA, devoted most of her life to the expansion of women's rights around the world and is recognized as one of the key leaders of the American women's suffrage movement.
Thursday, August 13 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. How trafficking in conspiracy theories went from the fringes of US politics into the White House. The alliance of conspiracy entrepreneur Alex Jones, Trump advisor Roger Stone, and the president, and their role in the battle over truth and lies.
Wednesday, August 5 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. NHK asked people to film their lives during the pandemic. They include health care workers on the front lines, an Italian opera singer, a small-town official in France's hardest-hit area, and a Manhattan bagel shop owner. In this collection of videos, we witness people trying to do their part, by protecting their loved ones, reaching out to their communities and forging a "new normal" as they learn to live with the novel coronavirus. As the world faces its greatest crisis in generations, their stories overlap with ours, offering examples of human compassion, resilience, and hope.
Wednesday, August 12 at 8 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Learn to identify fake news and evaluate the biases of legitimate news sources. Fake: Searching for Truth in the Age of Misinformation provides viewers with tools to help discern fact from fiction in news reports. The program draws on common sense, expert opinions, and the universal standards of journalism to teach the media literacy skills needed to dissect breaking news, evaluate partisan content, and utilize critical thinking before adopting radical stances.
Tuesday, August 11 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. When Tennessee legislator Harry T. Burn followed his mother's advice and cast his fateful vote to ratify the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, he ensured the state would forever be associated with bestowing the right to vote – a fundamental civil right – on US women. But the short story of this vote belies the irony of this state and region's late and reluctant participation in the suffrage effort. The full story of Burn's vote and the Southern suffrage movement is one of compromises, abandoned ideals, and promises broken, as well as deep racial and gender divisions in the struggle for political power.
