SHM Thursday night's program guide for kpfk, 11 Dec
Bruce Springsteen: pay me my money down (the Seeger Sessions) Link:
Tonight, we start the 11th day of the KPFK’s End-of-the-Year fund drive.
I want to update you on the End-of-the-Year fund drive: as of recording of tonight’s program, the sum total of 68,282$--goal of 120K$—has been raised with your generosity, and during SHM program within the last last weeks, 1,070$ has been raised. With you and your financial support, the station has been able to partially repair its old antenna on Mount Wilson—we still need to complete a total rebuild of the antenna with your financial support. This is what community radio station is all about—people powered kpfk, the likes of you, our beloved sustainers, supporters, and listeners. Please call 818-985-5735 select option 2, or better yet go to kpfk.org and smash the DONATE button and make your donation there. Please make kpfk as one of your top End-of-the-Year tax write offs institutions, especially if you have IRA. 66 years of support from people like you have made it possible for the station to be here, and let’s make sure kpfk stays on the air for years to come. Please call 818-985-5735 select option 2, or better yet go to kpfk.org and smash the DONATE button, and make your donation there. We are working together in solidarity, for social justice, and reclaiming our future; 818-985-5735 select option 2, or better yet go to kpfk.org and smash the DONATE button and make your generous contribution there. Thank you,
Here’s my pitch for tonight’s program.
Here’s the lineup of shows for tonight.
A talk by Alan Watts on the topic of “trusting universal determinism and letting go” part 1. The theme music is Panorama mix by Klur. For more information, please visit alanwatts.org
A special show, continuing throughout this week and next. This year, 16 Dec. is Beethoven’s 255 BD, and we will celebrate his BD with presentation of: Beethoven, His spiritual Development, which is close to 11 hours and has 23 chapters. The book was written by J.W.N. Sullivan in 1927 and read by Dudley Knight interspersed with Beethoven’s music. This program was produced by the late Roy Tuckman, aka Roy of Hollywood, who worked at kpfk for 52 years. We are offering the entire program on a CD MP3 format, or downloadable files, for 100$ contribution during end of the year fund drive; please call 818-985-5737 select option 2, or go to kpfk.org, click on donate button, and make your contribution there. These are chapters 8 and 9.
A talk by Ram Dass on the topic of “Here and Now: battle between mind and heart”, ep. 32. His real name was Dr. Richard Alpert and was a professor of Psychology at Harvard university. He worked with Dr. Timothy Leary conducting research on psychedelic, the turning point is his life was when he traveled to India. He changed his name to Ram Dass, which means “servant of God”, and became a spiritual leader in the west. For more information, please visit ramdass.org
An interview with Andrea Owen, personal growth coach, author, on the topic of “embodying big prize energy” by Tami Simon of Sounds True, from 9 Dec 2025.” Andrea Owen talks about What roller derby taught her about falling down and getting back up—and why you have to actually take action to build confidence. The concept of “big prize energy” and what it means to turn up the volume on your authentic self.
Link: https://www.soundstrue.com/a/resources/podcast/andrea-owen-embodying-big-prize-energy/
Caroline Casey, visionary activist, of Coyote network News, in conversation with Christy, denizen of Moab, Utah, artist, co-founder of kzmu fm, on the topic of “Neptune radio”; “Keeping our small boat afloat- when so many have gone down in the storm.” (Robert Bly). This show is originally broadcast on KPFA on Thursdays afternoon. For more information visit coyotenetworknews.com.
link: https://archives.kpfa.org/data/20251211-Thu1400.mp3
Rebroadcast of Thom Hartmann’s yesterday show.