Pacifica National Programming

  • The John Coltrane Pack (2-CD Set)

    A 2-CD set celebrating the life and legacy of jazz pioneer John Coltrane. This set was written and produced for Pacifica Radio by Mark Torres and Maggie LePique, July 17, 2005.\nCD 1: The Trane Legacy. This new documentary weaves the legacy of John Coltrane through an interview with his wife Alice Coltrane, choice tracks of…

  • May 3, 1981 march on the Pentagon / Bella Abzug

    May 3, 1981 March on the Pentagon organized by the People’s Antiwar Coalition/May 3 Coalition. Speech on American militarism. Actuality from march. Includes speech by Bella Abzug. This protest is against military involvement with El Salvador. Recording was made from about 11am until 2pm. Part one contains speeches by Michio Kaku, Sister Geraldine (Gerri) Brake,…

  • May 3, 1981 march on the Pentagon / Bella Abzug (Part 2 of 2)

    May 3, 1981 March on the pentagon organized by the People’s Antiwar Coalition/May 3 Coalition. Speech on American militarism. Actuality from march. Includes speech by Bella Abzug.

  • Bill of Rights week: libraries and censorship (Episode 2 of 6)

    This is the second episode in the Bill of Rights Week series, derived from PZ0047 Bill of Rights Radio Education Project. The topic of this episode is libraries and censorship. Guests include Kurt Vonnegut and Phyllis Schlafly. Executive producer is Adi Gevins, with assistance from Ginna Allison and David Rapkin, and with thanks to producer…

  • Bill of Rights week: guns (Episode 3 of 6)

    This is the third episode in the Bill of Rights Week series, derived from PZ0047 Bill of Rights Radio Education Project. The topic of this episode is guns. Guests include Paul Stone and Pete Shields. Executive producer is Adi Gevins, with assistance from Ginna Allison and David Rapkin.

  • Bill of Rights week: prisons (Episode 4 of 6)

    This is the fourth episode in the Bill of Rights Week series, derived from PZ0047 Bill of Rights Radio Education Project. The topic of this episode is prisons and the Eighth Amendment. Guests include Ruth Rushen and Al Bronstein. Executive producer is Adi Gevins, with assistance from David Rapkin.

  • Bill of Rights week: insanity defense (Episode 5 of 6)

    This is the fifth episode in the Bill of Rights Week series, derived from PZ0047 Bill of Rights Radio Education Project. The topic of this episode is the insanity defense, and one of the voices heard in this episode is William French Smith. Executive producer is Adi Gevins, with assistance from Ginna Allison and David…

  • Bill of Rights week: internment (Episode 6 of 6)

    This is the sixth and final episode in the Bill of Rights Week series, derived from PZ0047 Bill of Rights Radio Education Project. The topic of this episode is internment, focusing on the internment of Americans of Japanese descent. Voices heard on this episode include Ed Ennis and Boris T. Pash. Executive producer is Adi…

  • Bill of Rights radio education project: bicentennial edition

    This is a series of thirteen half-hour programs re-examining the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America that are explored in the award-winning series PZ0047 Bill of Rights Radio Education Project. The Bicentennial edition of the Bill of Rights Radio Education Project is produced by Adi Gevins, and the series is a…

  • Bill of Rights radio education project promos

    This is a recording of two promos for the series of fifteen half-hour documentary programs on the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution, produced between 1981 and 1983 by the Pacifica Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Civil Liberties Union. Tape box label: BORE PROMOS. 1…