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Upcoming Programs

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From The Soundboard

Tue, Sep 16, 2025 - 12:00AM

A Summer School for Socialism wk 7

Voices of Resistance: A Collective of Women Fighters

Tue, Sep 16, 2025 - 7:00PM

Cat Radio Cafe

Tue, Sep 16, 2025 - 9:00PM

A Film About a Future Saint at Auschwitz

Eco-Logic

Wed, Sep 17, 2025 - 10:00AM

Climate Action In the Streets

Naturalistic Support

Wed, Sep 17, 2025 - 2:00PM

The Loneliness Epidemic part 2

Arts Express

Wed, Sep 17, 2025 - 9:00PM

COMING ATTRACTIONS

City Watch

Thu, Sep 18, 2025 - 5:00PM

The Need for Affordable, Supportive Housing

Haitian All-StarZ Radio

Fri, Sep 19, 2025 - 12:00AM

Tonight! Haitian All-Starz Radio w/ Hard Hittin Harry!

The Harlem Connection

Fri, Sep 19, 2025 - 10:00PM

The Harlem LOVE Connection (2025)

Everything Old is New Again - Again!

Sat, Sep 20, 2025 - 6:00AM

Our 47th Annual Fall Preview Broadcasts

Meetings

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WBAI Radio Committee
Open to the public, Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Monday, September 8, 2025

WBAI Finance Committee
Open to the public, Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Community Advisory Board-WBAI
Open to the public, Sunday, September 21, 2025, 1:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Thursday, September 4, 2025


Public News Service

2025Talks - September 15, 2025

Utah's governor emerges as a Republican voice of peace, as Trump threatens to send troops to Memphis. Opponents call Idaho s execution by firing squads unethical and voting groups slam a new ban on registration at citizenship ceremonies.

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