Randall, Julia. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Majority report, May 6, 1982: Judy Chicago, San Francisco Women’s Building, Merle Woo

Julia Randall and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, May 6, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up — 2. Artist Judy Chicago talks about The Birth Project, her follow-up to The Dinner Party, with KPFA’s Toni Gray; also includes interviews with some of the participants in the project — 3. A celebration of the third anniversary…

August 24, 2025

Majority report, May 13, 1982: Hansberry, Mother’s Day March, Studio W

Julia Randall and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, May 13, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up — 2. A birthday tribute to playwright Lorraine Hansberry produced by Ginny Z. Berson; includes audio from a performance of her play “A Raisin in the Sun” and an excerpt from a TV interview with Hansberry by Mike Wallace…

August 24, 2025

Majority report, February 25, 1982

Julia Randall and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, February 25, 1982. 1. News wrap-up — 2. A look at the civic and political life of Black women in Victorian America, the period known as the “Gay Nineties”, a short condensation of a longer Women’s Magazine program, “19th Century Black Club Women,” that aired the…

August 24, 2025

Majority report, November 18, 1982: Schlafly v. English, Olivia’s 10th Birthday, Update on Silkwood, Planetary conjunction

Marci Lockwood and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, November 18, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up — 2. Highlights from anti-ERA activist Phyllis Schlafly and Mother Jones editor Deirdre English’s debate on the role of women in San Francisco on November 17, 1982 — 3. Julia Randall reports on the preparations for Olivia Records’ 10th…

August 24, 2025

Almost home : violence against Asian-Americans / written and produced by Julia Randall and Michael Yoshida.

An exploration of the social, economic, and political violence committed against the latest wave of Asian immigrants, as well as the longer established Asian-Americans.|ALMOST HOME : VIOLENCE AGAINST ASIAN-AMERICANS / written and produced by Julia Randall and Michael Yoshida. – SERIES: Bamboo Radio| no. 1. – An exploration of the social, economic, and political violence…

August 24, 2025

This bridge called my back : writings by radical women of color / produced by Julia Randall.

Feminist authors read their essays, letters, and poems on cultural identity and conflict which were published in the Persephone Press anthology. Nellie Wong, Merle Woo, Aurora Levins Morales, Barbara Cameron, Andrea Canaan, Judit Moscowitz, Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith, and Cherrie Moraga. Original music performed by Joy Gamble and Juana Lemus.

August 24, 2025

A Feminist critique of anti-feminism / produced by Peggy Irene Bray and Julia Randall.

Debate between feminist and anti-feminists. Anti-feminists see feminists challenging woman’s natural role, while feminists see anti-feminists as a right-wing backlash that tries to organize women to support the party of war. The right-wing “pro-family agenda” is dedicated to fighting the Equal Rights Amendment and enforcing rigid sexual ethics. Voices heard in the recording, which come…

August 24, 2025

The Rise of right-wing populism / by Barbara Ehrenreich ; produced by Julia Randall.

The feminist author speaks at a Democratic Socialists of America forum on the changes in employment, lifestyles, and racial attitudes that can be linked to the political strategy behind Ronald Reagan.

August 24, 2025

Emergence : the life cycle of a wasp / produced by Julia Randall.

Author Olwen Morgan and actress Alison Studdiford read an unpublished work of prose and poetry about the reminiscences of an academic.

August 24, 2025

The Life of Ah Chi and almost home : violence against Asian Americans / executive producer Tarabu Betserai.

“The Life of Ah Chi” is a vivid docu-drama exploring the experience of immigrants from South China to the United States during the early 1900’s. The story is told throught the life of one man, Ah Chi, who landed in New York’s Chinatown. This program was produced by the New York Chinatown History Project. “Almost…

August 24, 2025