This interview with Hanif Abdurraqib is full of gems. He dropped so much wisdom! Please listen, you will not be disappointed.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/han…

First year audio students Berkeley Journalism are doing their live news magazines! Listen tomorrow on the radio or stream it!

washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Wow wow wow SO excited to see this piece published today. Many thanks are owed: Carl Bon Tempo Rebecca Hamlin for their incredible research on this topic, of which I have BARELY begun to scratch the surface: thank you for taking the time to chat with me! 1/

Many things wrong w/terrible Berliner column on NPR, including not observing basic fairness. Didn't seek comment from NPR before publishing. Didn't mention many things which could detract from his conclusions. Set up staffers of color as scapegoats: loom.ly/QPLdX1w

It’s impossible to describe the magic that happened City Arts & Lectures last night when a poet/author + journalist/storyteller, both sensitive, brilliant icons w/ great shoe game were in conversation. Thank you Hanif Abdurraqib & Shereen Marisol Meraji for a deeply moving, unforgettable evening! 🙏🏼💛

I’m keeping up with the recent news from Gaza, here:

amp.theguardian.com/world/live/202…

Shereen Marisol Meraji What game? 🙄😐

I have zero interest in watching this football game.

The body of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab has been found decomposing in the car where her family were killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza City.

A few metres away, the ambulance sent to rescue Hind was burnt out with the remains of two medics inside ⤵️

Who needs wifi when there’s mezcal? It felt so good to speak Spanish, feel the sun on my face and enjoy life for a few days. Dejé mi corazón en 🇲🇽

Music lovers!

For the next three consecutive Thursdays at 9am PST on KALX 90.7 (or streaming) you can hear my UC Berkeley audio students rock the airwaves with their phenomenal pieces about musicians, bands and the power of music to heal.
kalx.berkeley.edu

Back when Shereen Marisol Meraji guest hosted Reveal, we did a story about the fallout in Wayne County after Trump’s effort to influence the certification process there.

Now there’s a recording of Trump’s conversation w/ local GOP leaders.

Here’s the context:

open.spotify.com/episode/3S95g6…

Israel-Gaza war: Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…