KPFA - Radio Wolinsky Podcast
1) Robert Jay Lifton (1926-2025) on Cults and Apocalyptic Violence
Robert Jay Lifton, who died on September 4, 2025 at the age of 99., was a psychiatrist and author who studied the psychological causes and effects of wars and political violence. In the 1960s, he was ...Show More
2) Carl Hiaasen, Master of the Comic Thriller
Carl Hiaasen is a novelist best known for writing humorous and satiric crime thrillers set in Florida. His latest novel, Fever Beach, satirizes the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, corrupt nepo Florida Co...Show More
3) The Probabilities Archive: Frederik Pohl (1918-2013) Acclaimed Science Fiction & Fantasy Novelist and Editor
Frederik Pohl (1918-2013) recorded at the Octocon Science Fiction Convention, October 15-16, 1978. Interviewers: Richard Wolinsky, Richard A. Lupoff and Lawrence Davidson, for KPFA’s Probabilities rad...Show More
4) The Probabilities Archive: Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) Visionary Science Fiction Author
Ursula K. Le Guin in 2014. Ursula K. Le Guin, who broke the artificial wall between science fiction and literature, died on January 22nd, 2018 at the age of 88. An essayist and poet along with being a...Show More
5) The Probabilities Archive: Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), Grandmaster of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1992
Ray Bradbury, the legendary author who passed away in 2012, sat down for an interview with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff in 1992 at his home in Los Angeles. Though called a science fiction or...Show More
6) The Probabilities Archive: Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), Science Fiction Grandmaster, 1983
Isaac Asimov, 1969. Creative Commons Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in New York City on August 10, 1983. Isaac Asimov, who died at the age of 72 in 1992, was...Show More
7) Robert Macfarlane: “Is A River Alive?”
Robert Macfarlane, whose latest book is “Is a River Alive,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. The best-selling nature writer, and author of “Underland” and “The Old Ways” discusses the relat...Show More
8) Martin Cruz Smith (1942-2025) Acclaimed Noir and Literary Novelist
Martin Cruz Smith (1942-2025, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studio December 9, 2004 while on tour for his novel “Wolves Eat Dogs.” The great noir and detective author Ma...Show More
9) The Probabilities Archive: Howard Browne (1908-1999) Pulp Editor and Writer
John Evans was one of Howard Browne’s many pseudonyms Even during his lifetime, Howard Browne (1908-1999) was not well known outside of his given fields. His novels, including his best detective ficti...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Vauhini Vara: AI and the Search for Self in the Digital World
Vauhini Vara, Pulitzer Prize finalist for her novel, “The Immortal King Rao,” and former tech journalist for the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, discusses her book, “Searches: Selfhood in the Digit...Show More