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A blend of original music and hip-hops beats set to historic voices from the Pacifica Radio Archives. Original music by d gomez and bulldog of Axtlan Underground. In their own voices: Maxine Water, Dennis Kucinich(D-OH), Muhammad Ali, Michael Moore, Gore Vidal, Tariq Ali, Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamer, Thich Nhat Hanh, Greg Palast, Lily Tomlin, Huey Newton, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Cesar Chavez, Delores Huerta, H. Rap Brown, Elijah Muhammad, Bayard Rustin, Rosa Parks, Paul Robeson, Jean- Bertrand Aristide, Malcom X, James Baldwin, Adriene Rich, Langston Hughes, Alice Walker, Che Guevara, John Coltrane, Wounded Knee, George Jackson and Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Pacifica Radio Archives presents a special review of the recordings that helped define the legacy of Pacifica Radio’s coverage of war throughout the decades. Hear Dale Minor reporting from a battle zone in Vietnam for Pacifica Radio, John Kerry testifying before members of Congress during the Winter Soldier Investigations, and excerpts from an archival recording entitled War, Peace and Pacifica.
Also featured is late Congressman William Fitts Ryan, a New York Democrat, interviewing retired USMC four-star general David M. Shoup about Shoup’s outspoken views on American foreign policy in Southeast Asia. This interview, originally broadcast on WBAI in December 1967, finds its relevance once again in this new time of war.
Our most popular gift is back! The ultimate in versatility, this single program voucher lets you pick apart our vault at your leisure, searching for that one show or speech you remember hearing way back in 1968 on WBAI in New York and haven’t heard since. (It's probably in there somewhere!) This coupon entitiles the bearer to one program from the Pacifica Radio Archives on CD. Wonderful holiday gift for all ages!
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was a British philosopher, logician and mathematician working mostly in the 20th century. As one of the world’s best-known intellectuals, Russell’s voice carried great moral authority, even into his early 90s. Among his political activities, Russell was a vigorous proponent of nuclear disarmament and an outspoken critic of the American war in Vietnam. Program features rare archival footage from the Pacifica Radio Archives.
Premiere broadcast! An eclectic hour with irrepressible radio personality Studs Terkel featuring interviews with Arthur Miller, Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Isaac Bashevis Singer.
To preserve the entire collection of almost 50,000 reel-to-reel tapes it will cost $12.5 million dollars [2005 est]. The Pacifica Radio Archives Adopt-a-Tape project encourages listeners to rescue a program that they are passionate about by sponsoring the special preservation process, which includes professional sound restoration and digital transfer. As a thank-you for your generous donation, we incorporate your name into the packaging and send you three copies for your enjoyment. It will be noted on the tape’s archival history that the recording has survived because of your personal commitment.
When you become an It Takes a Village Adopter, your contribution of $50 is pooled with other donations until we have $250 to complete a program's restoration.
If you want us to choose a tape for you to adopt, click the "Add to Cart" button. If you want to pick your own tape, see our list of adoptable tapes and select from there. Or you can call or e-mail us with your selection: 800.735.0230, shawn@pacificaradioarchives.org
A new compilation from Pacifica Radio Archives showcasing the wealth of peace recordings accumulated over Pacifica Radio’s fifty-year broadcast history. Includes voices of Peace Pilgrim, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Steve Connell, Curtis Bennett, W.E.B DuBois, Jesse Jackson, William Sloan Coffin, Thich Naht Hanh, Richard Clark, June Jordan, Patricia Isasa, Dr. Allen Sobranski, Jane Fonda, Barbara Ehrenreich, Gore Vidal and Kurt Vonnegut.
From Baldwin’s speech after the murder of four children in Birmingham to his interview with Elsa Knight Thompson ... From the Vault presents Baldwin speaking on Baldwin. You’ll also hear commentary on Mr. Baldwin by Molefi Asante, a contemporary African American intellectual and the leader of the Afrocentric school of thought, on what James Baldwin means to African Americans today. Includes audio from:The James Baldwin Box Set ( PZ0300.29a-c); James Baldwin: After the Murder of Four Children (BB0873); Two Short Stories (BB3684); Living and Growing in a White World (BB0641); Baldwin at the Masonic Temple (BB0838 ); Free and Brave ( BB2011 ); and The Negro in American Culture (BB3297).
Al Jarreau and Julio Martinez (guitar) perform live in KPFK’s studios, 1968. Tracks include: Love Not Now (Flip Nuñez), 4:15; Better Than Anything (Bill Love), 5:03; A Day in the Life (John Lennon), 4:49; You (Julio Martinez), 2:58; She’s a Carioca (Carlos Jobim), 8:14.
Packed with illustrations, checklists, product recommendations and practical instructions, Preparedness Now! delivers the information you need most to protect against hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, infectious disease and more.
Many people are thinking about it. This book shows how it’s done. Whether you find the government oppressive, the economy spiraling out of control or you simply want adventure, you’re not alone. Over 300,000 Americans emigrate each year. Getting Out walks you through the world of the expat: the reasons, the rules, the resources and the tricks of the trade, along with compelling stories and expertise from expatriates on every continent.
Jim Hightower writes a monthly newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown, which has more than 125,000 subscribers and is notable for in-depth investigative reporting and an unapologetically partisan tone in criticizing George W. Bush's administration, which he rails against as beholden to corporations and extremist conservative political ideology.
From the Vault is Pacifica Radio Archives' weekly program that remixes and remembers the past as it explores the vastness of sound within the vault of America's largest public radio archive. This special double-disc set includes The Israel-Lebanon War and The Iran Hostage Crisis, both shows drawing heavily from the historic audio held deep within the Pacifica Radio Archives.
This is a special expanded edition of a new compilation from Pacifica Radio Archives showcasing the wealth of peace recordings accumulated over Pacifica Radio’s fifty-year broadcast history. Includes voices of Peace Pilgrim, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Steve Connell, Curtis Bennett, W.E.B DuBois, Jesse Jackson, William Sloan Coffin, Thich Naht Hanh, Richard Clark, June Jordan, Patricia Isasa, Dr. Allen Sobranski, Jane Fonda, Barbara Ehrenreich, Gore Vidal and Kurt Vonnegut.
This is the basic manual for banjo players at any level. Covers all the fundamentals of strumming, hammering-on, and pulling- off. Includes folk and traditional songs all with melody line, lyrics and banjo accompaniment, and solos in standard notation and tablature.
Pacifica Radio Archives is proud to premiere The Ballad of Pete Seeger, an original radio documentary celbrating Pete’s life and times, and featuring a candid conversation with Tim Robbins, and historic audio from the Pacifica Radio Archives. The Ballad of Pete Seeger is a folk perspective on the struggle for equality and justice in the labor, civil rights and peace movements in the 20th century.
CD 1: Pacifica Radio Archives proudly presents the premier of Studs Terkel: The Spoken Century, an eclectic hour with irrepressible radio personality Studs Terkel and featuring interviews with Arthur Miller, Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali and Issac Bashevis Singer.
CD 2: Studs Terkel interviews Dorothy Parker, Zero Mostel, Daniel Ellsberg and Ralph Ellison.
Twice the fun of our most popular gift! Our 2-CD voucher is the ultimate in versatility, this little thing lets you pick apart our vault at your leisure, searching for that one show or speech you remember hearing way back in 1968 on WBAI in New York and haven’t heard since. (It's probably in there somewhere!) This coupon entitiles the bearer to two one-hour programs from the Pacifica Radio Archives on CD. Wonderful holiday gift for all ages!
This new music sampler from Pacifica Radio Archives includes Hard Traveling by Woody and Marjorie Guthrie, as well as songs by Miriam Makeba, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Buffy St. Marie, Sun-Ra and Malvina Reynolds.
CD 1: The Trane Legacy. This documentary weaves the legacy of John Coltrane through an interview with his wife, Alice Coltrane, along with choice tracks of Coltrane music and cuts from a rare 1966 interview with John Coltrane himself. Coltrane is widely cited as a major influence on music, transcending divisions of music genre. Special permissions for music given by Alice Coltrane.
CD 2: An Interview with John Coltrane. Coltrane discusses his art, the meaning of music in human experience and his particular spiritual approach. This rare interview was done less than a year before his death in November 1966.
A collection of war reporting, interviews, and protests.
CD 1: Reporters Collage 1, Reporters Collage 2, Dale Minor interview.
CD 2: We Can Change the World, a documentary on the student protest movement which followed the invasion of Cambodia, the Kent State and Jackson State Riots, the Black Panthers and Berkeley.
CD 3: KPFK host and journalist Jerry Quickley reports live from Baghdad and Jordan before, during and after the US-led war on Iraq.
The classic African-American studies standard from Pacifica Radio Archives, used in classroom curricula around the world. This series of three CDs begins in 1954 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on an Alabama bus: a simple yet courageous act that ushered in the modern-day civil rights movement. But as these historic voices reveal, the actions of Rosa Parks also sparked a debate over which strategy African Americans should use to gain equality and human rights: integration, separation or revolution? This 3-CD set serves as a history lesson for the young—and a reminder to those who lived through those times—that the issue of African American political power is complex and the field of thought on the subject is diverse.
American writer noted for his novels on sexual and personal identity, and sharp essays on civil rights struggles in the United States.
CD 1: After the Murder of Four Children, Sept. 1963; Men and Women in the Arts Concerned with Vietnam, March, 1968; Talk at the S.F. Masonic Auditorium, May 1963.
CD 2: The Artist's Struggle for Integrity, Sept. 1962; Short Stories: Readings Giovanni's Room, Oct. 1963; Interview with Elsa Knight Thompson and John Leonard.
CD 3: Black Muslims vs. the Sit-Ins, April, 1961; Baldwin at the Masonic Temple, 1963.
Beautifully restored recordings from Pacifica Radio Archives that highlight the presence of women in cinema. CD 1: Bette Davis, Delores Del Rio, Jeanne Moreau. CD 2: Shelley Winters, Elsa Lanchester. CD 3: Ruth Gordon, Jane Fonda, Edith Evans, Rita Hayworth.
This special collection features Texans who have fought the good fight over the years. CD 1: Voices of Pacifica: Molly Ivins. CD 2: Barbara Jordan receives the Elizabeth Blackwell Award (KPFT, Houston, 1970); KPFT Blows Away (1979). CD 3: Jim Hightower: Shoving the Hogs out of the Creek (1991).
This compilation includes archival material that highlights feminist activists and speakers from Pacifica’s broadcast history.
CD 1 (64:00.): Sabina Virgo (13:19); Barbara Ehrenreich (11:03); Maxine Waters (6:05); Sister Helen Prejean (25:27); Margo St. James (4:06).
CD 2 (62:00): Winona La Duke (19:09); Joan Borysenko (10:00); Rosa Parks (6:04); Bell Hooks (8:01); Fannie Lou Hamer (13:14).
CD 3 (62:00): Dr. Germaine Greer (19:09); Dr. Helen Caldicott (8:40); Angela Davis (8:23); Gloria Steinem (10:06); Susan Brownmiller (12:22).
A rock-solid collection of our best historic recordings dedicated to the preservation of Planet Earth and its inhabitants:
CD 1, Introduction: Rachel Carson, Jacques Cousteau, Chee Yoke Ling, Barry Commoner, Helen Caldicott, Oren Lyons, Alvin Hosephy, Jr., Jacques Cousteau and Barry Commoner.
CD 2, Fair Trade, Not Free Trade: Chee Yoke Ling, Terrorizing the Environmental Movement, Judi Bari
CD 3, A Passion For Survival Part I: An autobiography of Dr. Helen Caldicott, narrated by Lily Tomlin.
Autographed copy of Maxine Hong Kingston's Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace. Published in 2006, the book is a powerful collection of personal experiences—the stories of soldiers, their families and others—related to war and its aftermath.
For your $200 pledge you'll also get a copy of our Voices for Peace CD, a compilation showcasing a wealth of peace recordings gathered throughout Pacifica Radio’s 50-year history.
CD 1: Lena, Dorothy, and Ruby. Lena Horne interviewed at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, April 1966; Dorothy Dandridge at a freedom rally, Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, May 1963; Ruby Dee excerpts from The Black Revolution and the White Backlash, 1964.
CD 2: Paul Robeson: World Citizen. Noted actor and political activist Paul Robeson relates his personal history and views in the interview with Elsa Knight Thompson and Harold Winkler. He discusses his role as one of the early activists of the civil rights movement.
CDs 3 and 4: The Lives of Black Entertainers. On Stepin Fetchit, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, black history in the Great Depression, World War II, and the US Supreme Court school de-segregation decision of 1954.
This series of CDs highlights the political philosophies of the left over the past fifty years. In their own voices, activists such as Paul Robeson, Angela Davis, W.E.B. DuBois, Gus Hall, Michael Harrington, Dorothy Healey, I.F. Stone and many others share their experiences from the McCarthy Era to the Civil Rights movement and into the anti-war movement of the 1960s. Labor leaders and social reformers focus on the debate between the right and the left of Americans' path toward "the pursuit of happiness."
CDs 1 & 2: Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger. CD 3: If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 2. CDs 4 & 5: Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3.
To preserve the entire collection of almost 50,000 reel-to-reel tapes it will cost $12.5 million dollars [2005 est]. The Pacifica Radio Archives Adopt-a-Tape project encourages listeners to rescue a program that they are passionate about by sponsoring the special preservation process, which includes professional sound restoration and digital transfer. As a thank-you for your generous $250 donation, we incorporate your name into the packaging and send you three copies for your enjoyment. It will be noted on the tape’s archival history that the recording has survived because of your personal commitment.
When you become a Sole Adopter, your contribution of $250 enables us to restore an entire program.
From the Vault is Pacifica Radio Archives' weekly program that remixes and remembers the past as it explores the vastness of sound within the vault of America's largest public radio archive. This is a compilation of the very best shows: Alan Watts, Iran Hostage Crisis, James Baldwin, Margaret Meade, Henry Miller, and all things Peace.
This new compilation includes archival material that highlights events, speakers, activists, and interviews from Pacifica Radio Archives’ broadcast history:
CD 1: Rosa Parks, 1956; Dorothy Dandridge, 1963, Lorraine Hansberry, 1961
CD 2: Florence Kennedy, 1968; Alice Walker, 1978;
CD 3: Angela Davis, 1968
CD 4: Lena Horne Interviewed recorded in 1966 at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
CD 5: Collected Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer, 1961-1968
CD 6: bell hooks, 1992; June Jordan, 1991; Gwendolyn Brooks, 1964
The raw video footage shot in the fall of 2006 and featuring Pete Seeger in a candid conversation with Tim Robbins. Pete and Tim look at perspectives on the struggle for equality and justice in the labor, civil rights and peace movements in the 20th century. Five hours of unedited video!
CD 1: This CD showcases the wealth of peace recordings accumulated over Pacifica Radio’s fifty-year broadcast history, in bite-sized pieces.
CD2: Kurt Vonnegut, Jesse Jackson, Gore Vidal, Martin Luther King, Jr.
CD 3: Peace Pilgrim.
CD 4: Women as Peacemakers.
CD 5: W.E.B DuBois, Patricia Isasa.
CD 6: Curtis Bennett, Richard Clark, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Steve Connel, Thich Nhat Hanh, William Sloane Coffin.
One of the great interpreters of Eastern philosophies for the West, Alan Watts has been a fixture on Pacifica Radio since its inception in 1949. The Pacifica Radio Archives is pleased to present a 6-disc box set of the very finest Alan Watts recordings from within the Archives’ vault. This box set includes both early and later work.
CD 1: Way Beyond the West, 1959; Art of Psychoanalysis I, 1959.
CD 2: Art of Psychoanalysis II, 1959; Sahaja, 1960; Love of Waters, 1960.
CD 3: Return to the Forest, 1960; Zen Bones, 1967.
CD 4: Zen Bones, (continued), 1967; In the Spirit, 1972.
CD 5: Meditation, 1977; Time, 1977.
CD 6: On God, 1977; The More It Changes, 1977.
CD 1: Malcolm X deliver one of his best known speeches, The Ballot or the Bullet, in Detroit on April 12, 1964.
CD 2: Black Muslims vs. The Sit-ins: Malcolm X, James Baldwin and Leverne McCummins discuss the position of the Black Muslims. Recorded in 1961.
CDs 3 & 4: Malcolm speaking at Militant Labor Forum, giving a talk that became known as Prospects for Freedom in 1965. He discusses the need for black action for civil rights. Recorded January 7, 1965, just 5 weeks before his assassination.
CD 5: At a Harlem rally, Malcolm X supports Fannie Lou Hamer, head of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and discusses the treatment the party was afforded at the 1964 DNC in Atlantic City. December 20, 1964.
CD 6: John Henrik Clarke on Malcolm X: John Henrik Clarke, history professor and friend of Malcolm X, speaks on Malcolm’s contribution to the black struggle in America; Speech (now known as The Last Message) delivered by Malcolm one week before he was assassinated in February 1965.
A newly compiled tribute to Studs Terkel, containing previously unreleased material:
CD 1: Studs Terkel: The Spoken Century. The irrepressible, Pulitzer Prize-winning radio personality tells the story of the twentieth century with the help of Mahalia Jackson, Arthur Miller, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Isaac Bashevis Singer.
CD 2: Studs Terkel interviews notable Americans Dorothy Parker, Zero Mostel, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Ellsberg and Ralph Ellison.
CD 3: In this 2005, interview Studs Terkel comments on President Bush and the rebuilding of New Orleans, and remembers Mahalia Jackson, James Baldwin and Louis Armstrong.
CD 4: An in-depth interview with protest singer Phil Ochs, talking about his life, his music and its meaning. Accompanying himself on guitar, Ochs performs a few of his songs.
CD 5: Studs Terkel interviews Joseph Campbell, author, orator and renowned scholar of comparative literature and religion.
CD 6: Joy Street: An early documentary in which Studs Terkel interviews Chicago teens of different races.
The Pacifica Radio Archives maintains an impressive collection of recordings from the San Francisco Film Festival. Some of the favorites from over the years are included in this nostalgic box set:
CD 1: Bette Davis, Burt Lancaster, Dolores Del Rio.
CD 2: Jack Nicholson, Ruth Gordon, Robert Evans.
CD 3: Akira Kurusawa, Bernardino Bertolucci, Robert Altman.
CD 4: Shelley Winters, Alec Guiness, Robert Altman.
CD 5: Francois Truffaut, Jean Moreau, Jaqueline Bisset.
CD 6: Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Sam Pekinpah.
Includes:
The Ballad of Pete Seeger 2-CD Set: Pacifica Radio Archives is proud to premiere The Ballad of Pete Seeger, an original radio documentary celbrating Pete’s life and times, and featuring a candid conversation with Tim Robbins, and historic audio from the Pacifica Radio Archives. The Ballad of Pete Seeger is a folk perspective on the struggle for equality and justice in the labor, civil rights and peace movements in the 20th century.
Appleseed Records 5-CD Set: Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger. If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 2. Seeds: The Song of Pete Seeger, Volume 3.
Pete Seeger and Tim Robbins in Conversation 3-DVD Set: The raw video footage shot in the fall of 2006 and featuring Pete Seeger in a candid conversation with Tim Robbins. Pete and Tim look at perspectives on the struggle for equality and justice in the labor, civil rights and peace movements in the 20th century. Five hours of unedited video!
Every boxed set offered during this 2006 Pacifica Radio Archives Fund Drive (each described above):
From the Vault is Pacifica Radio Archives' weekly program that remixes and remembers the past as it explores the vastness of sound within the vault of America's largest public radio archive. This collection includes the first 30 episodes on compact disc in a handsome, locking storage case. Also included are 5 bonus CDs containing expanded interviews from selected shows. Shows include: Alan Ginsberg, Alan Watts, Margaret Meade, Pauline Kael, James Baldwin, Emma Goldman, Jim Morrison, June Jordan, George Carlin, J. Krishnamurti, 3 Mile Island, the Iran Hostage Crisis, and many many more.
$1,200
This is the Alan Watts library edition from Pacifica Radio Archives. Presented in a beautiful locking media vault, this master collection includes the Way Beyond the West series and the famed Philosophy: East and West series, as well as special tributes produced after Alan Watts’ death. Complete title list available upon request.
Handsomely packaged in a hard-case "safe box," this premium includes:
12-CD sets: Arts & Literature Deluxe! and Save Our Planet Deluxe!
6-CD sets: The Ralph Nader Collection; Best of Democracy Now!; War, Peace and Pacifica; Angela Davis Collection; Edward Said Collection; Malcolm X Collection; Pacifica Causes; and Our Civil Liberties Pack
3-CD sets: Conspiracies & Controversies; June Jordan Collection; Vital Vidal Collection; Hiroshima: A Play by John Hershey; Chomsky-Said-Zinn Pack; and Jazz/Blues Explosion.
And more!
