Public Affairs on Pacifica Radio 1949-1999

Pacifica Radio went on the air in 1949 to bring a new voice and a new style of radio to the airwaves. This week on From the Vault, we pay homage to this spirit of freedom, through a 50th anniversary montage produced in 1999 by Andrea Kissack and former KPFA Drama & Literature Director Susan Stone. Quintessential Pacifica voices, drawn from the Archives, form a critical progressive landscape; included are recordings of Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg, W.E.B. DuBois, Rosa Parks, Paul Robeson, Rachel Carson, Aldous Huxley, Harry Bridges, Dorothy Parker, Lenny Bruce, and others.


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