Non Pacifica Programming

Miles Davis, the early years : 1926-1946.

Documentary on the life, development, and influences on Miles Davis. Includes words and music by: Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Randle, Raleigh McDonald, Red Bonner, Millard Curtis, John Conyers, Clayton Riley, Ishmael Reed, Prophet Jennings, Quincy Troupe, Lewis Porter, Wayen Shorter.|MILES DAVIS, THE EARLY YEARS : 1926-1946.

pt.1. Miles' youth : friends, father, trumpet influences, the Blues, fashion, Big Bands -- pt.2. Move to New York -- pt.3. Finding Charlie Parker -- pt.4. Harlem trumpet battles -- pt.5. His first recording session.

Global debt as war against the poor / Susan George ; produced by Bob DeBolt.

Susan George, Associate Director of the Trans-National Institute and author of How the Other Hand Dies, and A Fate worse than Debt, speaks about the economic war between the United States and Third World nations. She examines the causes of the debt crisis, and its effect on the poor in Third World countries.

Navajo nights / Gerald Hausman.

Gerald Hausman supplies a recording from the heart of Navajo-land. It includes the Arizona desert, the voice of the owl, crickets, and toads.|NAVAJO NIGHTS / Gerald Hausman. - Hausman supplies a recording from the heart of Navajo-land.

At ground level : home sweet home in Central America, Spanish version. / produced by Regina Pustan.

Series of 19 episodic readings from the Autobiography A Ras del Suelo, written by Luisa Gonzalez in Spanish. This program is the original Spanish version of the 19 readings.

r.1. pt.1. La Casa de la Plancha -- pt.2. Nuestras Vecinas "Las Mujeres Pecadores" -- pt.3. Una extrana aventura -- pt.4. Otro Hermanillo -- pt.5. Un Paseo en coche -- pt.6. Toma y daca -- pt.7. No quiero que mi hija sea otra mula de Carga -- pt.8. Banderita azul -- r.2. pt.9. De mi casa a la Normal, de la Normal a mi casa -- pt.10. In an gello cum libello -- pt.11.

At ground level : home sweet home in Central America / produced by Regina Pustan.

Series of 19 episodic readings from the autobiography A Ras del Suelo, written by Luisa Gonzalez in Spanish. This program is an English translation of those 19 readings.

r.1. pt.1. The Flastiron house -- pt.2. Our neighbors, "the fallen women" -- pt.3. A Strange adventure -- pt.4. Another baby brother -- pt.5. A Coach ride -- pt.6. Give and take -- pt.7. I don't want my daughter to be another beast of burden -- pt.8. Blue pennent -- pt.9. From my house to the normal, from the normal to my house -- pt.10. In a corner with a book -- r.2.

World in your face : a sampler / produced by Steve Tokar, Augusta del Zotta, R.J. Florence.

Collage from a weekly satirical program produced at KPFA, Berkeley and WBAI, New York.|WORLD IN YOUR FACE : A SAMPLER / produced by Steve Tokar, Augusta del Zotto, R.J. Florence. - Collage from a weekly satirical program produced at KPFA, Berkeley and WBAI, New York.

pt.1. Introduction (0:06) -- pt.2-9. Features (13:00) -- pt.10-12 Promos (3:00) -- pt.13-24. Spots (7:00) -- pt.25-26. Tales of the second term.

Myth, magic and machaut / narrated by Patrick Swanson.

Performance of 14th century medieval music, sometimes described as 14th century blues, by the Ensemble Project Ars Nova (PAN). The music speaks to the sensibilities of the late 20th century listener, and includes reflections of "Gumerurs" (smokers), a group of French philosopher/composer/poets who ruminated on love and life.

Voices : a musical celebration of the wild world.

Program about whales and the delicate balance between human beings and those huge creatures who inhabit the world's oceans. Includes music from the Massachusetts-based Long Term Research Institute's Fall 1988 concert; how scientists have found the humpback whales sounds are actually songs, and the interpretation of those songs from human listening.

Who ever heard of an Irish Jew? / David Marcus.

Talk by David Marcus, longtime literary editor of the Irish Press and well known author. He speaks from his personal experience as well as historical evidence to present the story of Ireland's small Jewish minority.|WHO EVER HEARD OF AN IRISH JEW? / David Marcus.

Saving the planet / Helen Caldicott ; recorded by David Barsamian.

Anti-nuclear, environmental activist Caldicott speaks on the necessity to change the way we live if we are to save the planet. She argues that the United States, with only 5% of the world's population, consumes 40% of the available natural resources.

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