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KQED Youth Takeover: We’re Getting a WNBA Team
KQED's Forum - April 26, 2024 19:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsThe WNBA is coming to the Bay Area! Fans will have a new women’s team to cheer for, at a moment when female superstars like Caitlin Clark have captivated basketball lovers of all ages. As part of KQED’s Youth Takeover week, high school athletes Mahi Jariwala, Jessie Lin and Olivia Ma bring togeth...
Searching for Another England, with Caroline Lucas and Grace Blakeley, Part One
Intelligence Squared - April 25, 2024 23:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratingsEnglishness has been hijacked by the right. The flag of St. George’s Cross is proudly waved at far-right rallies. Conservative politicians insult the Left as being anti-English. And our history has been weaponised by cheerleaders for Brexit, exceptionalism and imperial nostalgia. That's the argum...
Rainn Wilson from ‘The Office’ on Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
KQED's Forum - April 25, 2024 21:17 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsYou’d be forgiven for associating Rainn Wilson primarily with Dwight Schrute, the overbearing, mansplaining geek on “The Office.” And in his bestselling book “Soul Boom” the three-time Emmy Award-nominated actor acknowledges the connection: “Why is the beet-farming, paper-selling, tangentially Am...
Forum From the Archives: Remembering Glide Memorial's Cecil Williams
KQED's Forum - April 25, 2024 21:17 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsCecil Williams forever changed San Francisco, the Bay Area, and even the world. As the long-time pastor at Glide Memorial Church, known for serving the poorest, most vulnerable residents of San Francisco, he led a congregation that was infused with the spirit of care and social justice as well as...
398 - FEDN Small Grants- The Rule of Law, Our Future
Democracy That Delivers - April 25, 2024 18:35 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode Description Last year, Poland held extraordinarily consequential parliamentary elections where the conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) lost its majority for the first time since 2015. Against this backdrop, CIPE supported a new project, “The Rule of Law – Our Future” through the ...
278. Jared Young. Independent Candidate for US Senate From Missouri. Can He Beat Josh Hawley & Lucas Kunce? Who Is He, What Does He Stand For, How Does He Define Independent? Congress Finally Delivers for Ukraine. Kennedy’s Whole Family Endorses Biden.
Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff - April 25, 2024 07:01 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsWelcome to the first installment of our groundbreaking “Meet The 2024 Independent Candidates” series—highlighting independent candidates of all kinds, for all levels of office, from all across America. America, meet Jared Young (@VoteJaredYoung). Jared is the independent candidate for Senate fro...
Erik Aadahl on the Power of Sound in Film
KQED's Forum - April 24, 2024 19:46 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsWe often think of film as a visual medium. But a carefully placed sound effect or a well crafted sonic atmosphere can evoke emotion just as profoundly. Can you imagine a movie like “Godzilla” without the monster’s signature roar? Or the terrifying silence of “A Quiet Place?” For Erik Aadahl, the ...
KQED Youth Takeover: How Can San Jose Schools Create Safer Campuses?
KQED's Forum - April 24, 2024 19:37 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsIn 2020 and 2021, against a backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement and Covid-19 pandemic, school districts across the country made the decision to remove police officers from their campuses. In the San Jose area, pressure from teachers and parents pushed several school districts to increase ...
Arash Azizi on Iran's Turbulent Past and its Uncertain Future
Intelligence Squared - April 23, 2024 23:10 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratingsRegularly embroiled in international conflicts – both militarily and diplomatically – and locked in a cycle of protest and heavy government crackdowns on the domestic political front, Iran has rarely been out of the international spotlight over the past decades. The protests in recent years that ...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Major Homelessness Case
KQED's Forum - April 23, 2024 19:04 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsThe Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in its biggest case on homelessness in decades. At issue is whether penalizing unhoused people for camping on public land violates the “cruel and unusual punishment” clause of the 8th Amendment — even if they refuse offers of shelter. The case, Grants Pass...
Percival Everett’s Novel “James” Recenters the Story of Huck Finn
KQED's Forum - April 23, 2024 18:56 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsIn his new novel “James,” Percival Everett reimagines the story of Huck Finn through the eyes of the enslaved protagonist Jim. Where Twain used Jim as a plot device, Everett offers a fully realized portrait of the man who dreams of traveling “safely through the light of the world.” A prolific aut...
The Case Against Extreme Wealth (with Ingrid Robeyns)
Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - April 23, 2024 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsThis week, Nick and Goldy sit down with ethics professor Ingrid Robeyns to discuss her groundbreaking new book, Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth. Robeyns challenges the idea that it’s acceptable to allow extreme wealth concentration and inequality to persist, advocating instead for ...
Have We Entered Into a New Cold War Era?
KQED's Forum - April 22, 2024 19:18 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsIn the decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. foreign policy coalesced around the idea that Russia – and later China – would integrate into a western world order, leaving American power “fundamentally unchallenged.” But in fact, the military, economic and technological threats p...
KQED Youth Takeover: How Social Media is Changing Political Advertising
KQED's Forum - April 22, 2024 19:06 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsPoliticians have historically relied on traditional media — like television — to get out their campaign messages and mobilize voters. Who can forget the infamous 1988 Willie Horton ad? But while traditional media still dominates political ad spending, politicians are spreading their messages on d...
Getting Weird with Physics, with Harry Cliff
Intelligence Squared - April 21, 2024 23:10 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratingsFor this episode, particle physicist Harry Cliff takes us on a deep dive into some of the universe's most perplexing scientific mysteries. His recent book, Space Oddities, draws on many findings found during his work at the University of Cambridge. Why are stars flying away from us faster than an...
Istanbul: Crossroads of the World, with Alexander Christie-Miller
Intelligence Squared - April 20, 2024 23:10 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratingsAlexander Christie-Miller is a former Istanbul correspondent for The Times newspaper, whose writing has also appeared in outlets such as Newsweek, The Atlantic and The White Review. His recent book, To the City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul, combines tales drawn from centuri...
Death Doula Alua Arthur on How and Why to Prepare for the End
KQED's Forum - April 19, 2024 19:36 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsAlua Arthur is a death doula — someone who helps people prepare logistically, mentally and emotionally for the end of life. There are practical considerations, like memorial planning and medical directives. And then there’s the act of thinking how we’d ideally want to die — outdoors or indoors, s...
How to Create Your Own ‘Garden Wonderland’
KQED's Forum - April 19, 2024 19:33 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsHave you ever walked by a lush, green space filled with pollinators and thought, “How can I create one of those?” Your answer might be found in the new book, “Garden Wonderland,” by Bay Area landscape and garden expert Leslie Bennett and her co-author Julie Chai. Their new book offers advice on h...
Keir Starmer, Will Hutton, Alastair Campbell and Sonia Sodha on How to Remake Britain, Part Two
Intelligence Squared - April 18, 2024 23:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratingsThis is Part Two of a three-part episode. Britain is in big trouble. The country has dipped into recession, local councils are going bankrupt and trust in our politics has collapsed. Could Labour leader Keir Starter remake Britain after the next election? According to political economist, writer ...
First Trump Criminal Trial Underway in New York
KQED's Forum - April 18, 2024 19:20 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsOpening arguments could take place as soon as next week in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan, where he stands accused of covering up hush money payments he made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels. The trial, which is expected to last for more than a month, is one of four criminal prosecu...
The Beauty in Finding ‘Other People’s Words’ in Your Own
KQED's Forum - April 18, 2024 19:08 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsAbout ten years ago, two of journalist Lissa Soep’s closest friends died around the same time. In her grieving, she found consolation in the philosophy of a 20th century Russian literary theorist, Mikhail Bakhtin, and his theory of “double voicing” – the idea that our speech is “filled to overflo...
277. Mayor Yemi Mobolade. America’s Independent Mayor is Back. Who Will He Endorse for President? The Advantages of Being An Independent Politician. Who the Hell is Melina Abdullah? Trump on Trial. Ukraine’s 1 to 10 Problem. Tee Ball is Life.
Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff - April 18, 2024 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsThe spring offensive is here. The spring offensive of news, chaos, war and misinformation. The spring offensive, attacking democracy foreign and domestic. A spring offensive before the summer storm. A storm of the century. It’s a storm that’s sweeping across Ukraine. It’s sweeping across America...
What the 99 Cents Only Stores Closure Means to Californians
KQED's Forum - April 17, 2024 18:51 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsDollar stores – the bargain chains prevalent in rural areas that sell miscellaneous merchandise at steeply discounted prices – have been blamed for contributing to food deserts and pushing out smaller mom and pop grocers. But the 99 Cents Only chain stood for something different to its fans, acco...
Bay Area Diaspora Closely Watching India’s Upcoming Election
KQED's Forum - April 17, 2024 18:41 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsIndia’s general election will begin on Friday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third straight term in power. The election is set to be the biggest in history, with nearly a billion Indians eligible to cast ballots. Modi remains popular in India but has been criticized for his human rights...
397 - ACGC - Upholding the Ruggie Principles in Colombia's Private Sector
Democracy That Delivers - April 17, 2024 18:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsEpisode Description The Ruggie Framework is a three-pronged approach that includes the obligations of corporations to uphold human rights, the responsibility of the state to protect those rights, and the provision of effective remedies for any infringements. In this CIPE Anti-Corruption and...
Keir Starmer, Will Hutton, Alastair Campbell and Sonia Sodha on How to Remake Britain, Part One
Intelligence Squared - April 16, 2024 23:10 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 690 ratingsBritain is in big trouble. The country has dipped into recession, local councils are going bankrupt and trust in our politics has collapsed. Could Labour leader Keir Starter remake Britain after the next election? According to political economist, writer and author, Will Hutton, and political str...
are u addicted to ur phone
KQED's Forum - April 16, 2024 20:03 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsNew York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill last year found that each day she was picking up her iPhone more than 100 times and looking at it for an average of five hours — roughly “the equivalent of January, February and half of March,” she writes. Even though that discovery filled her with “queas...
José Vadi’s “Chipped” Looks at Life from a Skateboarder’s Lens
KQED's Forum - April 16, 2024 19:46 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratingsA chipped skateboard — one where a piece has come off the nose or tail — is the symbol of a boarder who is dedicated to their deck, held together by nothing but grip tape. It’s also a metaphor for lessons learned, observes José Vadi in his new memoir, “Chipped.” “No matter the age, being a skateb...
The Rise of the Machines: John Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li on Our AI Future | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Uncommon Knowledge - April 16, 2024 18:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsJohn Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li are the codirectors of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), founded in 2019 to “advance AI research, education, policy and practice to improve the human condition.” In this interview, they delve into the origins of the technology, ...
From Ordinary to Extraordinary | Season 5 Episode #14
Charged Up Studio Podcast - April 16, 2024 18:16 - 50 minutesWelcome, everyone, to another exhilarating episode of Charged Up Studio! This week’s episode features a remarkable guest I’m sure you won’t want to miss. He is a marketing luminary on a mission to empower small business owners to stand out amidst the clamor of the marketplace. Jeff Barnes, from D...
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