KUCI: Digging Out

A Progressive Examination of Prophet Muhammed and Islam

Today’s guest, Ani Zonneveld replaces dogma with nuance about Islam. She is the founder and current president of Muslims for Progressive Values, and founder and current board member of Alliance of Inclusive Muslims. She appears in advance of the MPV annual event: Celebration of Life 2020, to be held on the International Human Rights Day, December 10th 3:00-5:30pm (PST). Event details are available at: https://givebutter.com/celebrationoflife2020, or about MPV in general: https://www.mpvusa.org.

Artsakh On Our Watch

Tim Jemal puts Armenia on our maps, on our radars, for context about the devastation perpetrated on the majority enclave in the Republic of Artsakh (AKA Nagorno Karabagh) and the Republic of Armenia, why now, what folks in the diaspora world wide are doing to support those affected in the war, and why we should be concerned. Tim Jemal is an entrepreneur, advocate, educator, small business owner and nonprofit executive, and recently re-elected as a Trustee for the South Orange County Community College District. We didn't have to go far to get this insight, about Armenian casualties a century after The Armenian Genocide.
Music credits: The Comet is Coming, “New Age,” Channel The Spirits album; Charles Lloyd, “La Llorona,” Kindred Spirits album.

What IF Solving the Climate Crisis IS Simple?

Tom Bowman, a strategic communication consultant based in Long Beach, California, talks about his new book, "What if Solving the Climate Crisis Is Simple?" Once you get past his provocative title, you’ll understand his clear and insightful grasp of intersectional issues and gain some essential take-aways. This book is part of the series, “Resetting Our Future.”
Music credits: The Comet is Coming, “New Age,” Channel The Spirits - album; Scrimshaw, "Tanto Tiempo" Believers Vol. 1.

Afropessimism With 2020 Vision

John Murillo III, professor of African American Studies, at U.C Irvine’s School of Humanities, with his work and interests in theoretical physics and Black Studies, brings a special take, an essential take. Black (in) Time, is an earlier work. Watch for his book coming out in early January 2021, “Impossible Stories on the Space in Time of Black Destructive Creation, published by Ohio StateU Press.
Music credits: The Comet is Coming, “New Age,” Channel The Spirits album; Swim, “How I Feel”

Begining To Take Stock

Sarah Myhre, speaks in this very delicate moment, in the aftermath of the 2020 electoral season. As the embodiment of intersectionality, Sarah is a leading voice in the fields of climate science, science communication, and public advocacy, speaking as a feminist advocate for representative leadership, pay equity for all, human rights, and climate solutions.
Music credits: The Comet is Coming, “New Age,” Channel The Spirits album; Jasmine Cephus Jones, "What's Going On."

Haiti and Haitians, For Our Consideration

On today’s program the infatiguable activist, Guerline Jozef offers a history lesson on Haiti; posts the grueling conditions forced upon Haitian nationals all over the Americas; and acknowledges white saviourism pertaining to two now famous Haitians moving into D.C. with their five other siblings.

Standoff in the Present North American Colonies

Today’s program considers not the last four years, not the last 400 years, but actually a couple of millennia to understand more fully how European descendants come up short in understanding Native American sovereignty. Pulling back the curtain of the mythology of North American history is my guest Jacqueline Keeler, a Diné/Ihanktonwan Dakota writer and activist. Watch for her new book coming out February 2021, "Standoff; Standing Rock, the Bundy Movement, and the American Story of Sacred Lands," published by Torrey House Press, which is now taking pre-orders.
Music credits: The Comet is Coming, “New Age,” Channel The Spirits album.

Understanding CA Proposition 25: Replacing Money Bail With Pretrial Risk Assessment

John Raphling, of Human Rights Watch in Los Angeles;
Andreya Garcia-Ponce De Leon, of San Bernardino Free Them All; and Lex Steppling, with Dignity and Power - take up CA’s prop 25 to replace cash bail with a pretrial risk assessment; and broaden conversation on reforming California's carceral system. They unearth the inequities and biases that are baked into the system.
Music credits: The Comet is Coming, “New Age,” Channel The Spirits album.

Braver Angels Dig Out