Sinema, Afghanistan, JFK, Facebook, Utopia!
What do Kirsten Sinema, JFK, Afghanistan, Facebook and Uptopia have in common? They are all topics of interest for Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for the Nation magazine.Hosted by Kris Welch.
Talkies
11:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: FRIDAYS
What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Night-of-the-Living-Dead GOP! American Madness!
Go ‘head and holler at Manchin and Sinema, but don’t let the GOP off the hook, says investigative journalist and general rabble-rouser Harvey Wasserman. PLUS: a book and a doc, about how conspiracy theorists have hijacked America. Hosted by Kris Welch.
CalMatters! The Town Crier!
Fires, COVID, Newsom—all things California, with CalMatters newsletter editor Emily Hoeven. Hang on! PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
World War III????
The increasing tensions between the U.S. and China (Taiwan, Uighers, HongKing, Wuhan, etc.!) are giving rise to fears of the worst case scenario: some minor mistake could lead to World War III. Arms and China expert Michael Klare explains. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of twenty books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million-copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971. Frances is the cofounder of three organizations including the Oakland-based think tank Food First and the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter, Anna … Continued
Guest: John Nichols is the Washington correspondent for the Nation magazine.
The Courage to Confront Evil offers a powerful response for our time – an invitation to know your light and to wield your true power. Caroline Myss is a leading voice in the field of energy medicine and human consciousness, she holds degrees in journalism, theology, intuition, and energy medicine. She is the author … Continued
The Week That Was
Congress is roiling with progressives, moderates and the prez., “negotiating” the Biden Agenda. And that’s just the Democrats! We get insight, and maybe predictions, from John Nichols. Then a reminder about the biases of mainstream media, from Jeff Cohen. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Nancy MacLean is William H. Chafe distinguished professor of history and public policy at Duke University and author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America. Her new study for the Institute for New Economic Thinking is: “How Milton Friedman Aided and Abetted Segregationists in His Quest to … Continued
KPFA Special – Show me the Money!
What’s up with the debt ceiling, the Build Back Better bill, the infrastructure bill—the money!!??? What’s real and what’s hype? Sarah Anderson helps with the details behind the headlines. Hosted by Kris Welch.