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Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2027 at 10:00am - 11:00am

INVESTIGATIVE News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein

Investigative News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein from KPFA, historic community radio station in Berkeley, California. Flashpoints is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine. Through original reports and some of the key investigative reporters of our time, Flashpoints goes to the frontlines and to the core of the stories in the areas of government and corporate criminality, human rights, and economic justice. From Baghdad to the US-Mexico border, Palestine to San Francisco, Port-au-Prince to Washington DC, Flashpoints monitors the centers of power as an uncensored platform of independent media.

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Topic tags:

Civil Rights/Human Rights, Government/Politics, Class, Corporations, Global Affairs

Streams:

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Program status:

Current

Flashpoints: Voices from Standing Rock

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Host David Bernstein continues a week of broadcasts from Standing Rock. We'll cover a tense protest that took place in front of the Federal Building in Downtown Bismark, as police did everything in their power to prevent it from taking place, including blocking off th... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/16/16

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Airs at: Tue, 11/15/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

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Today on Flashpoints, eye witnesses give updates on the struggle at Standing Rock, and Cheryl Angel of the Rosebud Nation explains the role women are playing in the resistance. Read more

Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Today on Flashpoints: Riding the freedom bus, as students and young people all across America continue to protest Trump's ascension to the White House. Also, a report back back and update from Standing Rock, as the Flashpoints team heads out to North Dakota for a week... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/10/16

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Airs at: Wed, 11/09/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Today on Flashpoints Greg Palast joins host Dennis Bernstein for an election day post mortem on voter intimidation. Also, The Pipeline: How Marin and San Francisco financial firms fuel the fracking boom. Read more

Letters and Politics on 11/08/16

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Letters and Politics, professor Ellen Fitzpatrick discusses Victoria Woodhull, the first female candidate for president. Then, journalist Ehsan Masood talks about his book The Great Invention: The Story of the GDP and the Making and Unmaking of the Modern World. Read more

Flashpoints: Christopher Simpson

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Today on a special edition of Flashpoints, we'll spend our time speaking to noted author of Blowback and the Splendid Blonde Beast, Professor Christopher Simpson on the use of propaganda in the 2016 election and the revolution in metadata that has changed all of our l... Read more