• A Conversation about the Yemen War — Scott Horton Show (8/26/2015) – On 08/24/15, Sonali Kolhatkar was interviewed by host Scott Horton on the Scott Horton Show where she discusses the US government’s deep involvement in the Saudi-led war on Yemen; the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and imminent starvation of Yemenis; and why the usual countries that proclaim themselves “defenders of human rights” are remaining silent. Click here to listen to the […]
• An Update on the LA Wildfires – Letters and Politics (1/13/2025) – Nearly a week after the Eaton Fire began in Altadena, Pacifica Radio host Mitch Jeserich spoke with Sonali Kolhatkar after she and her family were able to safety return home from evacuation. Listen to the interview here:
• Defunding the Police and Abolition as Forms of Democracy – This is Hell (1/14/2025) – “Economic and racial differences determine your opinion of the police simply because policing and prisons disproportionately impacts people based on their demographic. If policing and mass incarceration were indeed a system that was purely a means of enforcing the law and justice, then the responses to it would be basically spread out very evenly but […]
• Invitation to an Uprising – Pasadena Weekly (8/23/2015) – Sonali Kolhatkar brings her politically progressive morning radio show to television By Rebecca Waer 10/30/2014 There’s an uprising of a new kind occurring in Pasadena this fall. Thanks to a massive fundraising effort through the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, KPFK’s popular talk radio program “Uprising” now airs on both radio and television. Their goal was to […]
• L.A. Fires Should Be a Climate Wake-Up Call – Democracy Now! (1/9/2025) – On January 9, 2025, two days after the devastating Eaton Fire began in Altadena and spread to North Pasadena, killing more than a dozen people and destroying thousands of homes and businesses, Democracy Now! interviewed Sonali Kolhatkar, who had evacuated from her North Pasadena home with her family. Watch the interview:
• LA on Fire-On Strike with Kshama Sawant (1/15/2025) – “On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win.” In January 2025, host Kshama Sawant, former Seattle City Council member, interviewed Sonali Kolhatkar about the Eaton Fires, climate change, capitalism, and more. Watch the interview below:
• Media, Storytelling, & the Israel-Hamas War – The Laura Flanders Show (10/23/2023) – You may know Sonali Kolhatkar from her drive-time show ‘Uprising with Sonali” and then “Rising Up With Sonali” on KPFK/Pacifica Radio and Free Speech TV, but it was her narrative storytelling with the women of RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, that Kolhatkar first made her national mark. Across the globe, reporting […]
• Sonali Kolhatkar Interviewed on Up with Chris Hayes (10/29/2012) – Sonali Kolhatkar was a guest on MSNBC’s Up with Chris Hayes this on October 28th, 2012. Watch video clips of the show on the topics of military spending and sanctions on Iran below: A New Outlook on Defense Spending Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy America’s Shifting Attitudes on […]
• Sonali Kolhatkar Interviewed on Up with Chris Hayes (4/26/2012) – On Sunday April 25th, Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar was an invited panelist on the MSNBC Sunday Talk Show, Up with Chris Hayes: Setbacks in Afghanistan Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Hayes: Romney ‘Toeing Neocon Line’ in Foreign Policy Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about […]
• Sonali’s TEDx Talk (6/23/2014) – Will living a life of meaning make us happier? Probably not! And that is okay. Give me life, liberty, and the pursuit of meaning. Watch Sonali Kolhatkar’s TEDx talk given at Moorpark College on June 3, 2014.
• Stop Fighting For Justice Without This! The Thom Hartmann Show (6/16/2023) – Corporate media outlets such as Fox News have long pushed racist narratives to further their goal and line their pockets. Only progressive independent media can stop them. Watch Thom Hartmann’s Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar:
• The Fast Growing Moving Fires in L.A. -Letters and Politics (1/8/2025) – The day after the devastating Eaton Fire in Altadena and North Pasadena, Pacifica Radio host Mitch Jeserich interviewed Sonali Kolhatkar the morning after she evacuated with her family. Listen to the interview here:
• The Other War – Pasadena Weekly (7/9/2006) – KPFK’s Sonali Kolhatkar and Caltech’s Jim Ingalls offer a new way to look at Afghanistan By Joe Piasecki 09/07/2006 Among progressive thinkers and anti-war activists, American foreign policy in Afghanistan is, at best, a gray area. Feelings about the war in Iraq are comparatively simple: There were no weapons of mass destruction or terrorist connections, […]
• Untold Stories of L.A. Fires – Democracy Now! (1/13/2025) – On January 13, 2025, seven days after the devastating Eaton Fires ravaged Altadena and North Pasadena, leaving behind apocalyptic devastation, Sonali Kolhatkar, who had evacuated with her family, was interviewed on Democracy Now! Watch the interview below:
• Women Who Rock: Profile of Sonali Kolhatkar (4/24/2015) – In March 2015, Sonali Kolhatkar was profiled by Scripps College students for a school project called Women Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities. “Sonali Kolhatkar is the founder, host, and executive producer of Uprising Radio, a non-profit, listener sponsored, daily show that connects global issues with local issues. Through Uprising, Sonali hopes to motivate listeners to become active […]