SUPPORT KNSJ INDEPENDENT PUBLIC COMMUNITY RADIO, SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER Friends,As we approach the end of another year in America, one thing is clear. We’re grappling with a lot. Democracy is in peril. Gun violence, antisemitism, racially-motivated hate crimes, and the wealth-gap are all on the rise. The rampant spread of misinformation throughout our increasingly […]
BROADCASTING LIVE Produced by the Employee Rights Center, AL CHILE is a show with music, news, interviews and topics of common interest including worker’s rights, immigration, housing, health and technology. The host and producer is Ariana Gallegos joined by DJ Peet O Perez. Covering issues important to San Diego, discussions you will not hear on […]
Fridays 8 am, Tuesday 7pm Co-hosted by Grant Oliphant and Crystal Page, Stop & Talk is a show about connection and building a more vibrant region together through creativity, health and community. stopandtalkpodcast.org
By Miriam Raftery October 25, 2021 (San Diego) – East County Magazine tonight received 11 awards in San Diego Press Club’s 48th annual Excellence In Journalism competition. The honors include three first place awards, recognitions for both our online news site and radio show coverage during the past year’s turbulent times. ECM’s awards span a […]
Produced and hosted by Miriam Raftery ~ Mo & Fr 5pm, Tu 8am, Sa 8am https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ “Award-winning nonprofit media in the public interest, serving San Diego’s inland region” Too many voters haven’t got a clue—so East County Magazine is shedding light into those smoke-hazed back-rooms in Washington D.C. and Sacramento, enabling you to keep up […]
THE WOMEN’S HOUR with Patricia Law Fri 5pm, Sat noon, Sun 6pm
Ballot Measures Save Money with Guests KATHERYN RHODES and MANDY HAVLIK
| Patricia and her guests are in conversation about ballot measures regarding revenue, looking at reclassification for on-line travel agencies reclassification and more. They take a look at transient occupancy and infrastructure among other issues. Kathy Havlik is a candidate for San Diego City Council District 2. |
WE HAVE THE POWER
NO KING’S RALLY REPORT–VOICES FROM THE GROUND TODAY AT 1PM
Rally Saturday, March 28 with Cody Goodfellow
Reporter Cody Goodfellow brings KNSJ to the grassroots level inviting the people there to tell their stories about why they were at the rally and what they wanted to tell San Diegans and the country. Cody also asks organizers and keynote speakers about the reason for the rally, and more.
CODY GOODFELLOW has written nine novels and five collections of short stories and edits the hyperpulp zine Forbidden Futures. His writing has been favored with three Wonderland Book Awards. His comics work has been featured in Mystery Meat, Creepy, Slow Death Zero and Skin Crawl. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous short films, TV shows, music videos by Anthrax and Beck, and a Days Inn commercial. He also wrote, co-produced and scored the Lovecraftian hygiene films Baby Got Bass and Stay At Home Dad which can be viewed on YouTube. He “lives” in San Diego.
TALK OF THE TOWN with Mike Aguirre 4-5pm
With Katheryn Rhodes and Mandy Havlik
Mandy Havlik is a candidate for San Diego City Councilmember, District 2
Lots to talk about for San Diego–affordability, revenue streams, online hotel booking and services.
What do you think?
THE ELECTRIC PICNIC with Susan Taylor Mon 8am, Wed 3pm, Sat 7pm
Guest Poet SUSAN BLACK ALLEN
Susan Black Allen is a poet and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) working with military families at Camp Pendleton. Some of the parents she works with have allegations of domestic violence and/or child abuse and neglect. Most of them come from rough backgrounds and have a great deal of their own trauma.
Susan writes, in part, to understand and process hard things. She also enjoys creating narratives, poems that tell stories.
Her first poetry collection The Best Sex I Never Had: Secrets and Solace of a Psychotherapist was published by Legacy Publications in 2025. She has published essays and poems on mental health and parenting in “The Boston Sunday Globe Magazine,” for the non-profit “This is My Brave,” and in the “San Diego Poetry Annual.”
A Boston transplant, San Diego is now one of the top loves of her life. She’s fond of her daughter Emmy, fiancé Mark, dog Poppy, and cat Finn, too.
KNSJ COVERING NO KING’S RALLY TODAY
AT SAN DIEGO WATERFRONT PARK
COME BY AND SAY HI AT KNSJ’S YELLOW CANOPY SOUTH OF THE FOUNTAIN
KNSJ will be at No Kings on March 28th! Will you?
We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centers and across every community determined to defend democracy. Our peaceful movement is bigger than ever.
When our families are under attack and costs are pushing people to the brink, silence is not an option. We will defend ourselves and our communities against this administration’s unjust and cruel acts of violence.
On March 28th, rise up, take to the streets, and say it loud: no thrones, no crowns, no kings. We’re not watching history happen—we’re making it. Join us.
A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.
Saturday, March 28
10am – 12pm PDT
Waterfront Park
1600 Pacific Hwy
FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm
A Voice for Veterans
Don is in conversation with U.S. Marines Brian McGinnis and Cpt. Matthew Hoh. Brian had his arm broken in two places by the Capitol Police and Senator Tim Sheehy earlier this month while exercising his First Amendment rights while in full uniform at a U.S. Senate hearing. Matt expresses his outrage at the senseless war on Iran and at the harsh treatment of a fellow U.S. Marine and a Veteran For Peace.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DEMOCRACY NOW! CELEBRATING ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY
AND TO HOSTS
AMY GOODMAN, JUAN GONZALEZ AND NERMEEN SHAIKH.
KNSJ carries Democracy Now! M-F 7-9am and 6-7pm
Watch the full two-and-a-half-hour event, featuring musical performances by Patti Smith, Michael Stipe with Aaron Dessner, and Hurray for the Riff Raff, along with a surprise appearance by Bruce Springsteen, who performed his new song, “The Streets of Minneapolis.”
On Monday, March 23rd, more than 2,000 people packed the historic Riverside Church in New York to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Democracy Now!
The evening included a conversation with the iconic academic and activist Angela Davis, interviewed by Amy Goodman, Juan González, and Nermeen Shaikh.
Pulitzer Prize–winning Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha read his poem “Under the Rubble” and spoke about surviving Israel’s war on Gaza, which killed 30 members of his extended family.
The program also featured an address by V (formerly Eve Ensler) and excerpts from the new documentary “Steal This Story, Please!”, about Amy Goodman and the history of Democracy Now!
All of the evening’s musical performers came together on stage to close out the evening with a riveting rendition of Patti Smith’s iconic song “People Have the Power.”
WOMEN’S RADIO HOUR with Patricia Law Wed 5m, Sat Noon, Sun 6pm
Sasha Miller, Candidate for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 5
THE ELECTRIC PICNIC with Susan Taylor Sa 7pm,M 8am, W 3pm
Guest Poets Paola Hornbuckle, Phillia, James Coats
POEMS ABOUT PALESTINE
A thoughtful in-depth conversation about poetry, inspirations, observation of life around us, compassion, war and more.
PROGRAM:
Poetry
“Vulnerable”, “Gatekeepers” written and
performed by Arwen Jamison. (Fri,Sat,Sun)
“Joan of Arc”, “Throwing a Ball to My Dog” written
and performed by Susan Allen. (Sat,Sun)
Anti-War Poetry Skit
“We Deserve a Better Death” by Mosab Abu Toha
performed by Andrea Nasset
“Enough for Me” by Fadwa Tuqan, performed by
Andrea Nasset.
“We Suck and Other Thoughts About War” written
and performed by Paola Hornbuckle.
“If I Must Die” by Refaat Alareer, performed by
Andrea Nasset.
“Not Poetic” by Ayling Zulema Dominguez
(@maizymachetepoeta), performed by Kimberly
Sellers.
“The Only Thing That Matters”, “2+2” written and
performed by Phillia Downing.
Moon Child
18 th Century Gypsy Love Story
Written and directed by Paola Hornbuckle
Song “Hijo de La Luna” by Mecano
Adria……………………………………..Kimberly Sellers
Ghost…………………………………….Paola Hornbuckle
Theo………………………………………Angel Mangual
W.C., Tennesee, The Blues, & Me
By Levi Frazier Jr, directed by Rhys Greene
Robert Johnson………………………Rhys Greene
Shugga………………………….Portia Gregory-Burnette
Conductor………………………………Kimberly Sellers
Diva Blues………………………………Paola Hornbuckle
All proceeds go to HEAL Palestine
www.healpalestine.org
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Paola Hornbuckle
Producer, Director, Playwright Actor
Paola.hornbuckle7@gmail.com
619 227-4883
www.communityactorstheatre.com
San Diego, CA, Feb, 26, 2026 –
Community Actor’s Theatre presents:
Poetica Theatre Festival
Celebrating Resilience of the Spirit
Blending poetry and theatre, featuring a lineup of local San Diego poets, an anti-war poetry skit including poems by three Palestinian poets, and two staged reading of the short plays: “Moon Child” by Paola Hornbuckle and “W.C., Tennessee, The Blues & Me” a musical by Levi Frazier Jr.
Poetica Theatre Festival runs from Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m, to Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m at Community Actors Theatre. “We created this festival to provide a platform for poets and actors to collaborate, come together and inspire.” says Paola Hornbuckle, producer, of Poetica Theatre Festival, “We are focusing on bringing together seasoned professionals, like director Rhys Greene, and emerging artists ensuing a dynamic experience for the audience.” Festival Highlights include: San Diego Poets: Arwen Jamison, Susan Allen, Phillia Downing, Paola Hornbuckle.
“Moon Child” a short play of gypsy folklore about unrequited love. Written and directed by Paola Hornbuckle. “W.C., Tennessee, The Blues & Me” a short musical play, by Levi Frazier Jr and directed by Rhys Greene, that highlights the major experiences that impacted three very different Mississippi Delta bluesmen: W.C. Handy, Robert Johnson, & Tennesee Williams, a blues brother from another mother called “Theatre.” Incorporating a travelling train motif, the musical not only touches on the times and people that affected these geniuses and their music, but it also illuminates the very significant places where these three great bluesmen created, played and lived. Clarksdale, Memphis, and St. Louis. The show is educational and entertaining and incorporates audience participation. There will be an opportunity to talk with poets and playwrights after the show, and buy poetry books from local poets. All proceeds will go to victims of war.
Friday and Saturday, March 20 & 21 at 8 pm, Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m.
Community Actors Theatre, 2957 54 th Street, San Diego, CA 92105. Tickets: $15