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From the Vault 403: The Ballad of Pete Seeger, Part 1 of 2

Pacifica Radio Archives is proud to present The Ballad of Pete Seeger, an original radio documentary celebrating Pete's life and times, featuring a candid conversation with Tim Robbins, historic audio from the Pacifica Radio Archives, and music.

The battle for People's Park revisited (Episode 8 of 8, Part 2 of 2)

On May 30, 1969 there was a massive, peaceful march through Berkeley in which people from all over California and from other states as well participated to show their support for the user-developed People's Park. This program examines the last two weeks of May 1969 and asks "Why did it happen?"and "Where are we one year later?".

Teach-in on the implications of People's Park (Episode 7 of 8, Part 2 of 2)

On May 28, 1969, two weeks after the first street fighting in connection with People's Park, there was an all-day teach-in entitled "The Politics of Ecology" at Lower Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus, which was broadcast live on KPFA. Speakers addressed themselves to various aspects of the Park - urban planning, ecology, politics.

From the Vault 402: Doris Lessing

This week on From the Vault we listen to one of the most prolific and iconoclastic authors of the 20th century, Doris Lessing. Doris Lessing was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. Born in Persia in 1919, raised in what is now Rhodesia and landing herself in England in 1949, Lessing passed away in November 17, 2013 at the age of 94.

From the Vault 401: Martin Luther King, Jr.

This week on From the Vault, we pay homage to the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. with excerpts from three of the most enduring speeches in the Pacifica Radio Archives collection. We start off with WPFW host Ambrose Lane, who introduces the earliest surviving record of Dr. King recorded by Pacifica Radio - June 24th, 1957 - when KPFA recorded Dr.

From the Vault 400: Amiri Baraka

This week on From the Vault we pay tribute to one of the great voices of our time, poet Amiri Baraka, who died on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the age of 79. The Pacifica Radio Archives holds a unique collection of Amiri Baraka recordings, selections of which will be presented in this episode.

From the Vault 399: Winnie-the-Pooh

The story of Winnie-the-Pooh is known - quite possibly - to everyone.The film versions of the story have been translated into nearly every language and the original books have sold - conservative estimates as of 1996 put sales over 70 million copies.

From the Vault 398: Say It Loud: New Songs for Peace

This week on From the Vault, we revisit the Summer of 2003, when the Pacifica Radio Archives was in full production mode gathering classic audio from our extensive collection in preparation for our very first National Broadcast and fundraiser, which would air later that year.

From the Vault 397: Julio's Holiday Special 2013

This week on From the Vault we present KPFK host Julio Martinez's annual holiday radio drama, an original story called The Christmas Truce. Based on true events, The Christmas Truce is set in the battle trenches of World War One, when German and Allied troops spontaneously dropped their weapons and met in no-man's land on Christmas Eve to sing songs and exchange gifts.
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