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A podcast posted weekly (usually Sunday) featuring extended interviews and discussions from the Bookwaves Artwaves Hour programs on KPFA-FM and the Bookwaves half-hour syndicated program,. Literature, theater, film: in-depth interviews from a progressive and artistic viewpoint, with long-time KPFA/Pacifica host Richard Wolinsky.2026KPFA 312700 Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Maureen Gosling, Documentary Filmmaker, “The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane”

    Maureen Gosling, Documentary Filmmaker, “The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane”
    13 Oct 2026
    Maureen Gosling, director of the films ‘The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane” and co-director, with Chris Simon, of “This Ain’t No Mouse Music: about the late KPFA host Chris Strachwitz, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky, recorded October 12, 2026. Maureen Gosling spent twenty years working with award-winning documentarian Les Blank for his many films, including the noted film about the making of “Fitzcarraldo” titled “Burden of Dreams.” Her film about singer activist Barbara Dane, “The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane” was released in 2023, and is now making its commercial theatre debut in various cities around the States. It will be at the Roxie in San Francisco on Sunday October 18th at 3:15 pm, with the audience moving afterward to the Chapel, down the street, for a music festival. Barbara Dane (1927-2024) was a jazz, blues and folk singer, and strong political activist for several decades. In this interview, Maureen Gosling discusses her work with Les Blank and the making of “Burden of Dreams,” the story behind “This Ain’t No Mouse Music” and “Nine Lives…” and talks about the relationship of music, film and politics. The post Maureen Gosling, Documentary Filmmaker, “The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane” appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr and 48 min
  • Carey Perloff: Directing Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard

    Carey Perloff: Directing Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard
    19 Oct 2026
    Carey Perloff, author of “Pinter and Stoppard: A Director’s View,” discusses her direction of plays by both master playwrights with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded October 14, 2026. The former Artistic Director of A.C.T. from 1992 until 2018 and a playwright in her own right, Carey Perloff discusses her current direction of plays by Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. “Betrayal” by Harold Pinter (1930-2008), which Carey is now directing, plays at Marin Theatre October 22 – November 15, 2026. “Leopoldstadt,” the final play by Tom Stoppard (1937-2025) will be directed by Carey at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre, and plays in 2027 from June 4th through July 11th. Her earlier production of “Leopoldstadt” played at The Writers Theatre near Chicago from June through August, 2026. Carey’s relationship with both playwrights goes back several years. While with New York’s Classic Stage Company, she directed both ‘The Birthday Party” and the American premiere of Pinter’s “Mountain Language,” and worked closely with the playwright both times. Her personal friendship with Tom Stoppard led to the direction of several plays at A.C.T., most notably his masterpiece, “Arcadia,” as well as working with Stoppard on a revised version of “Leopoldstadt” shortly before his death. In this interview, she discusses her approach to both playwrights, and the role of language in their work, as well as her personal history with both. Her book, “Pinter and Stoppard: A Director’s View” was published by Bloomsbury in 2022. The post Carey Perloff: Directing Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr and 32 min
  • Susan Oxtoby: The Films of Masaki Kobayashi

    Susan Oxtoby: The Films of Masaki Kobayashi
    26 Oct 2026
    Susan Oxtoby, Director of Film and Senior Film Curator at BAMPFA, Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive, and curator of the “The Cinema of Masaki Kobayashi: Midcareer Masterworks” retrospective running October 31 to November 21 at Pacific Film Archive, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Masaki Kobayashi directed twenty films from the early 1950s into the 1990s, but it was over a brief eleven year span that he became a legend of Japanese cinema, beginning with “I Will Buy You” in 1956, and continuing with the three-part “The Human Condition,” “Hara Kiri,” “Kwaidan,” “The Inheritance” and “Samurai Rebellion.” In these films he moved from a realist cinema to one that used Japanese stylizations to present films that are humanist in philosophy, strongly anti-war and poke holes in authority and authority figures. This interview was recorded on July 19, 2019 at BAMPFA, when Pacific Film Archive ran a major retrospective of Kobayashi’s entire career and was posted July 22, 2019 and has been revised for this podcast . This interview also started what is now a seven year ongoing relationship with Pacific Film Archive, thanks to the efforts of KPFA’s Reyna Cowan. Special thanks to everyone at BAMPFA especially A.J. Fox and Susan Oxtoby. The post Susan Oxtoby: The Films of Masaki Kobayashi appeared first on KPFA.
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    57 min
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