Programming Highlights

  • 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)

    Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM

    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.

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

    Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM

    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.

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

    Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, February 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM

    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!

  • Remembering Bob Weir (1947–2026)

    Posted by Arnella Barbara at Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM

    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.

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