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  • Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, Feb. 6 at 2:30 pm with guests Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Pike ("Viva Verdi!") and actor/playwright Ayinde Howell ("16 Summers" at Actors Gang)

    Host Donna Walker airs an encore presentation of original interview with composer Nicholas Pike, Oscar-nominated for Best Original Song, "Sweet Dreams of Joy" from documentary "Viva Verdi!" Actor/playwright Ayinde Howell joins us to talk about his one-person memoir "16 Summers" now playing at The Actors Gang as part of the "More Miracles" program of three original plays.

    Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, February 4, 2026

  • LA Theatre Works, Sunday, February 8 at 10:00 pm, "What You Are Now" starring Carie Kawa

    Are we stuck with our memories – or can we fix them? In Sam Chanse's "What You Are Now," Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember? Includes a conversation with Dr. Daniela Schiller, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2023.

    Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, February 4, 2026

  • Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 2:00 pm with guest, comedian Wendy Liebman

    Stand-up comedian Wendy Liebman has performed on The Tonight Show with Carson, Letterman, Leno, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Hollywood Squares, as well as in clubs throughout North America.  Wendy has done specials for HBO, Comedy Central, and Showtime, and makes her debut today on Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show!

    Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, February 2, 2026

  • Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, January 30 at 2:30 pm with guest filmmaker MOHAMMADREZA AYNI (Oscar-nominated "Cutting Through Rocks")

    Host Donna Walker welcomes filmmaker MOHAMMADREZA AYNI on his powerful, recently Oscar-nominated documentary (co-directed with Sarah Khaki) “CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS," centering around Sara Shahverdi, the first elected female council member of her very conservative village. A remarkable, fearless motorcycle-riding, pants-wearing woman, Sara challenges the patriarchy and power structure to empower young girls and women, at great personal cost.

    Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, January 26, 2026

  • Remembering Bob Weir (1947–2026)

    Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead and a towering figure in American music, passed away on January 10, 2026. Arnella Barbara, host of Dark Star, Dead & Music on KPFK, shares a personal tribute reflecting on his life, his music, and what his passing means to Deadheads and listeners everywhere.

    Posted by Arnella Barbara at Saturday, January 10, 2026


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