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“Spirit Possession” Comes To OCCCA AND More Lanes Won’t Save Us

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Today our first guests are Thomas Fynn and Tom Lamb, collaborating photographers bring “Spirit Possession a Celebration of Ghanaian Faces, African Culture and Heritage.” This exhibition continues through June 29th at OCCCA. Juneteenth commemorations are scheduled at this venue as well as at the Laguna Beach Cultural Art Center.

In the second segment (minute 30:17) we hear from Susan Handy U.C. Davis professor of environmental science who researches the relationships between transportation and land use to talk about how freeway expansions don’t work. An extended portion of her interview is available on this same day.

Music credits: Chimora, “Africano Americano,” Sounds of Africa – album; Hyskuul Band Gh Enoch Owuraku; Kamasi Washington, “Change of the Guard,” The Epic – album. 

http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/FynnLambHandyPod6-11-24.mp3

The extended portion – we wrap up on topics opened in the broadcast: I-405 expansion, tollroads, comprehensive planning, and Caltrain. http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/HandyExt6-11-24.mp3

Reparations #1619

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REPARATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. “So You Want to Talk About Race,” “Tears We Cannot Stop; A Sermon To White America,” “Lies My Teacher Told Me; What Your American History Teacher Got Wrong,” “Winners Take All,” The NYTimes “1619 Project,” “The Beautiful Struggle,” “Sweet Taste of Liberty; A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America,” “Shadow Bodies: Black Women, Ideology, Representation, and Politics,” and “There Will be No Miracles Here;” provide some background on the juncture at where we have arrived with respect to reparations in the United States. This solemn occasion is handled by Davin Phoenix, UCI Political Science professor, and author of the soon to be released “The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotion in Politics for Action.,” published by Cambridge University Press.