Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
0:08 — John Perlin, is a visiting scholar at the UC Santa Barbara Physics Department. His latest book is A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization.
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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.
Yasmin El-Rifae on her book “Radius: a Feminist Revolution”
0:08 — Yasmin El-Rifae is a London-based writer and editor. She is also a co-producer of the Palestine Festival of Literature. Her debut book is “Radius: a Story of Feminist Revolution”
Federal Reserve Hikes Rates to Highest since 2007; CA Reparations Task Force Recommendations; Plus, “The Siege” Brings Palestinian History to the Stage
0:08 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. 0:20 — Kamilah Moore, an attorney who Chairs the California Reparations Task Force. 0:33 — Nabil Al-Raee, is the director of “The Siege.” He was born and raised in the Palestinian refugee camp Al-Arroub. He joined … Continued
Collapse of First Republic Bank; CNA Striking John Muir Behavioral Health; Plus, Sudan Update
0:08 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power 0: 25 — Sara Starr-Cho is a registered nurse at Behavioral Health Center in Concord and a member of California Nurses Association. 0:33 — Zachariah Mampilly is a professor at … Continued
“Dream House” by Carmen Maria Machado; Plus, Migrant Caravan from Tapachula arrives in Mexico City
0:08 — Carmen Maria Machado, author of “Dream House,” a memoir bending genres and perspectives, about her experience with abuse during a same-sex relationship. 0:33 — Oscar A. Chacón is a co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas. Katerina Linos, Law Professor at UC Berkeley and host of the podcast “Borderlines”
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.
“BIRTH” offers intimate look at maternal healthcare in the United State
0:08 — Rebecca Grant has reported on maternal health justice for the past decade, with work appearing in New York magazine, Marie Claire, The Guardian, and more. Her latest book is BIRTH: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America.
Daniel Ellsberg on “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.”
Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers. He also drafted nuclear war plans as a RAND consultant during the Kennedy era. His book about it is The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. *This interview is from February 2018. We’re re-airing it to Mark Daniel Ellsberg Week, declared by his friends and … Continued
Biden announces he’s running for reelection; Plus, Anti-CRT measures impact California school districts
0:08 — John Nichols is national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine. 0:33 — LaToya Baldwin Clark is an Assistant Professor at UCLA School of Law