Talkies – March 29, 2024
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Featured Episode
Terra Verde – March 29, 2024
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
How Capitalism Distributes Power
In today’s show, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the latest on resurging child labor in the US, college athletes voting to join unions, and unionization sweeping not-for-profit charities (hospitals, museums, and so on), such as MassMoca in western Massachusetts. He also discusses how capitalism concentrates power in mass media (including social media), in authoritarian internal structures … Continued
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – March 29, 2024
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Raw Sewage in the Bay & Climate Coverage Stats
On today’s show, I speak to San Francisco Baykeepers executive director Sejal Choksi Chugh about the raw sewage the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the City of San Francisco are allowing to be dumped into the bay. There is an intent to sue in the works. We switch gears and speak to climate and … Continued
Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on Solidarity
00:08 Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, co-authors of Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea. (They’ll be presenting their book in-person at a book event at Mrs. Dalloway’s in Berkeley on April 16; the event is free, but the bookstore requests you RSVP to secure a seat.)
Democracy Now 6am – March 29, 2024
On today’s show: Building Bridges, Not Walls: Immigrant Communities Honor Six Workers Killed in Key Bridge Collapse Protesters Disrupt Record $25 Million Biden Fundraiser in NYC as Thousands March Against Gaza War “Like Lying in a Coffin”: UNICEF Spokesperson Warns of Devastating Toll on Gaza’s Children ESG Funds Under Attack: Why Republicans Are Targeting Socially … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – March 29, 2024
While a Bitcoin Fraudster Gets a 25 Year Sentence Today, the Head of the SEC Gives Bitcoin a New Lease on Life We begin with today’s sentencing of the Bitcoin fraudster Sam Bankman Fried, who got 25 years for bilking customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange out of $8 billion. We speak with Robert Kuttner, the … Continued
Puzzling Evidence – March 29, 2024
Deranged “edits” segue into a cascade of echoing glossolaliac madness, the voicing of lyric ruminations from the free-falling brains of disintegrating personalities.