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"Be Bold America!"

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“Be Bold America!” is produced at the studios of KSQD, Santa Cruz, CA and is a live, biweekly, talk show for those who are motivated to step out with the bold actions necessary to reunite this country and reclaim our democracy. “Be Bold America!” is for those who want to understand the unique challenges ahead, and who are curious to learn what they can Keep doing, Stop doing, and Start doing to reclaim our democratic republic.  Our future depends on it.

Our future is unwritten. It will be shaped by how we treat each other and what we do right now. This very moment. We have big things to do!

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A Long Road to Rao: A Thought Provoking and Uplifting Film Inspired by a True Story

February 28, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM  “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PDT) This interview will take you on a journey into the recesses of your soul and will explore the ontological question: What is our underlying essence? Internationally acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize nominated, and local author and filmmaker, Michael A. Allen, uses the metaphor of the sea, and its ebb and flow, to describe the Tao of life’s cycle. And, he discovers within this unique reflection a ne...

New Zealander Capt.Pete Bethune: The Indiana Jones of Endangered Species

February 13, 2024 22:16 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7 FM Celebrating Be Bold America!’s 5-year Anniversary! Back by popular demand! One of the most listened to “Be Bold America!” programs in five years. If you missed it, here is another chance!  Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) New Zealander, Capt. Pete Bethune, has been run over by Japanese whalers, shot at by illegal gold miners, knifed in the chest while following the illegal pet trade, and nearly diedafter being bitten by sout...

The Climate Crisis Hits Monterey County

January 31, 2024 00:12 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 5:00pm (PDT) As climate change and atmospheric rivers bring flooding, wind storms, and power outages to the Central Coast, Monterey County must prepare for an ongoing shift in its communities. This includes being faced with significant social and economic impacts including disadvantaged populations. “Be Bold America!” has the honor of interviewing, not one, but two Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Mar...

When Policing the Border, Cruelty is the Point

January 18, 2024 00:09 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7FM, 89.5 & 89.7FM When Policing the Border, Cruelty is the Point! “Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “Because whatever has happened to humanity, whatever is currently happening to humanity, it is happening to all of us. No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world.” – Alice Walker It is time for the United States Border Patrol to experience an unflinching analysis of its actions b...

Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power, and Wealth in America.

December 19, 2023 23:50 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 5:00pm (PT) From praising the health benefits of cigarettes to moralizing on the character-building qualities of child labor, rich corporate overlords have gone to astonishing, often morally indefensible lengths to defend their profits. Since the dawn of capitalism, they’ve told the same lies over and over to explain why their bottom line is always more important than the greater good. You say you want t...

Are We Dying For Capitalism?

December 06, 2023 23:49 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 5:00pm (PT) Noam Chomsky states: “Dying for Capitalism is carefully reasoned and informed, spelling out what we can and must do, without delay.” We are dying—literally—from capitalism, and if our species is to survive we need a new abolitionist movement whose goal is to overturn capitalism and replace it with policies and politics that are designed to meet the needs of the many, instead of the bottom lines...

Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Birth of an American Institution

November 21, 2023 01:11 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7 FM (Note: You can still hear, but mic was not on but comes back soon) No one present at the battle of Cape Lopez off the coast of West Africa in 1722 could have known that they were on the edge of history. This obscure, yet fierce naval battle, would have a monumental impact on British colonies and the future of slavery in America We will have the honor to be speaking with historian Dr. Angela Sutton, who outlines the complex network of trade routes spa...

Trump's Mind, America's Soul with Dr. Bandy X. Lee

November 09, 2023 19:11 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7. 89.5 & 89.7FM “Trump’s Mind, America’s Soul” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) (Some important points made in this interview: Dr. Lee shared that she isn’t political but that politics found her. She talks about how her life changed course after her decision ... her "Duty to Warn.  Dr. Lee states that fascism is not an ideology but is a pathology; a disease. She explains the American Psychiatric Association disinformation efforts. Also, Dr. ...

What America Do You Want to Live In?”

October 24, 2023 20:36 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 &89.7FM (See below post-show note from Congressman Farr) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank America is at an inflection point! We never thought authoritarian forces could take hold here, right? Wouldn’t our democracy live forever? The US has the longest standing democracy in the world …nearly 250 years old. Yet, losing the old...

Frontline Reports From the Race to  Save the Earth with Dr. John J. Berger

September 29, 2023 00:24 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM and KSQT Prunedale “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “We don’t need to rely just on climate scientists anymore to warn us that we are in a Code Red emergency.” - John J. Berger The news is undeniably grim. Raging wildfires, record-breaking temperatures, monster storms, and any number of other climate-related disasters … warn us regularly that we are barreling toward environmental ruin. Yet, Dr. Berger also insists that resc...

Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy

September 12, 2023 06:11 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM (Note: If you have not yet heard about Project 2025 , a $22M scheme to destroy democracy once and for all, it is discussed in this interview.) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Holocaust education must sound the alarm—clearly, insistently, repeatedly: The Holocaust is a warning.” write the philosophers John K. Roth and Leonard Grob, two of the most respected Holocaust scholars in the world As extreme right-wing political m...

Igniting A Bold New Democracy

August 30, 2023 16:17 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 27, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “You are not alone … and there is a solution. The stark polarization in American politics is woven into the fabric of our culture – but it doesn’t have to be.” – Ruth Backstrom Are you tired of broken politics and the deteriorating quality of life in America and aware that we need a dramatic shift for democracy to survive? Igniting A Bold New Democracy is an inspiring guide for creating a power...

Are You Being Gaslighted? What Are The Telltale Signs?

August 03, 2023 15:08 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MB

Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7, & 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday July 30, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT In 2007, Dr. Robin Stern coined the phrase “gaslight effect” to explain the long-term effects of repeated gaslighting: an insidious, and sometimes covert form of emotional abuse in which a gaslighter undermines and controls another person by deflecting, twisting and denying the reality.  Gaslighting can happen in a romantic relationship between family members, or at work – but in every case it lea...

The Hidden History of American Democracy with Thom Hartmann

July 17, 2023 23:15 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MB

Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7 FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) What do red deer, birds, and gnats have in common with democracy? Democracy is the default state of virtually every animal species on earth, and humanity is no exception. Only with the power of great wealth, control of media, or the force of arms and technology is it overcome by dictators, popes, and kings. In Thom Hartmann’s powerful, sweeping history and analysis of American democracy,he show...

The Most Dangerous Organization in America You’ve Never Heard Of

July 05, 2023 16:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a pay-to-play operation in which legislators and corporate lobbyists meet behind closed doors to write model legislation that advances a radical right-wing, pro-corporate, and pro-Republican agenda on everything from suppressing voter access and denying the climate breakdown to crushing unions and undermining public education. ALEC embraced the C...

"Behind the Mic" with Jill Cody

June 20, 2023 01:55 - 55 minutes - 51.9 MB

Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM  Be Bold America!  June 18, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) Jill Cody, is a pro-democracy truth activist Jill is fighting for Americans to reclaim their boldness in pursuit of a creative, constructive, and compelling America that nurtures an America with ethical principles and functional systems. Jill believes we can be a country with engaged citizens whose lives are politically active and personally meaningful. "Talk of the Bay" host, Christine Barrington, take...

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man with John Perkins

June 05, 2023 22:32 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) In this interview the New York Times bestselling author, John Perkins, blows the whistle on China’s economic hitman strategy, exposes corruption on an international scale, and offers much needed solutions for curing the global Death Economy. In his shocking expose, former Economic Hit Man, John Perkins gives an insider view into the corrupt system that cheats and strong-arms countries around the glob...

Can You Do Good and Defeat Evil Without Power?

May 22, 2023 20:55 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7FM  “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Your power is already in you. Now that you know, it’s up to you to believe and wield it on behalf of the powerless.” – Bill Wong Bill Wong, a renowned strategist to a bevy of iconic California politicians, offers readers in his new book “Better to Win” a unique and proven perspective on the craft and power of politics.  It examines the mindset and machinery involved in the use of power, and the sacrifices, ...

Are Humans A Cancer on The Planet?

May 10, 2023 00:22 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT)   Warren Hern develops a deep and unsettling comparison between metastatic cancer and the expanding footprint of humanity, as we consume and degrade the environment that sustains us. - John W. Terborgh, Duke University What is Homo Ecophagus? It is a new term meaning, “The man who devours the ecosystem.” Over the course of its evolution, humans have evolved cultures and adaptations that have now become malignan...

CLIMATE CHAOS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY AND THE VERY UGLY

April 27, 2023 01:04 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) The UN report released last month stated that “climate change is speeding toward catastrophe.” And … that, “the pace and scale of what has been done so far and … current plans are insufficient to tackle climate change. We are walking when we should be sprinting.”  Recently, a climate scientist stated, “that every 10th of a degree is worth fighting for.” INTERVIEW GUEST Dr. Richard Nolthenious is the Astronom...

KSQD 90.7FM "Behind the Mic" Interview: Jill Cody

April 18, 2023 21:05 - 57 minutes - 23 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM Who is the bold personality behind “Be Bold America!”? "Talk of the Bay" host, Christine Barrington, takes you "Behind the Mic" with host Jill Cody, author of America Abandoned and Climate Abandoned whose vision for an American political renaissance centers on igniting citizen action.  Every other Sunday at 5:00pm (PT) on KSQD, Jill hosts local and national thought leaders who offer knowledge, insight, and strategic choices for recreating Democracy. Join Christine t...

The Media and Me with Dr. Allison Butler

March 27, 2023 06:45 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM (Note: The"humm" at first is corrected in a few minutes) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) Media shape our sense of who we are, what we value, and our place in the world. Against the backdrop of pundits and politicians promoting fearful understandings of “fake news,” and the negative impacts of social media. The book, “The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy” empowers readers to become savvy media users, who can analyze claims, s...

How Can We Unlock Climate Science?

March 18, 2023 22:45 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST)   In July 2022 the hashtag #ClimateScam suddenly spiked on Twitter, and by December had accrued over 362k mentions (including retweets) from 91k unique users. ~ “Deny, Deceive, Delay, Exposing New Trends in Climate Mis-and Disinformation” at COP27 The climate crisis’ resulting harm to our global biodiversity is one of the world’s most pressing challenges. The complexity of the climate crisis requires global,...

You Are The Universe: Ram Dass Maps The Journey

February 28, 2023 00:26 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST) “We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to, or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.” – Ram Dass You Are the Universe: Ram Dass Maps the Journey, is a beautifully illustrated guidebook that is an accessible perspective on our world through Ram Dass’ eyes. It explores timeless answers for today’s most urgent questions. So...

Kuni Manifesto: The Time for Kuni Is Now

February 13, 2023 21:23 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST) Kuni can be created anywhere through the determination of one person. ~ Tsuyoshi Sekihara As we despair about shrinking rural areas and are intimidated by cities growing to a monstrous scale, where are we supposed to go? We are dazzled by image, enslaved by fads, and compelled to buy, buy, buy. Can we stop buying and start making? Stop viewing and start finding? Stop speaking and start listening? When did...

Inequality Kills Us All with Stephen Bezruchka, M.D.

January 31, 2023 01:37 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM Note: What does inequality look like today in America? It is 50 trillion dollars moved from the middle class to the 1% since Reagan took office in 1981. It looks like only three billionaires owning as much wealth as the bottom half of America. It looks like one Millennial owning more money than all the other millennials in the country! Inequality is killing us ... literally! “Inequality Kills Us All” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST) The a...

Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea

January 19, 2023 00:03 - 56 minutes - 52 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM  (Note: This live interview was conducted during the California storms (atmospheric rivers) January, 2023. “Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) How can art be a catalyst for political change? In a new autobiography, groundbreaking and acclaimed artist, Aviva Rahmani, shares her evolution as a woman, an artist, an ecofeminist, and a fearless defender of the natural world. In the world of ecoart, a genre which combines art techniques, political...

Living a Committed Life with Jill and Pettis

December 29, 2022 18:07 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM Note: It’s live radio, folks! What a crazy show. There were technical issues (edited out) and the confirmed interview guest was a no show. Thank goodness Jill and Pettis read Lynne Twist’s book, Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself. However, it turned out to be a great program. Pettis and Jill talk about how they are living a committed lives right now! “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 18 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) H...

Natural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet in Peril

December 05, 2022 23:19 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 4 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Natural Consequences” is a collection of 42 environmental essays. These essays variously encourage readers to get out in nature and restore our relationship to the land in order to better recognize the challenges of climate change. Collected into six sections, these personal narratives, explore the threats of fire, drought, development, and fracking. These essays are thoughtful vignettes and are fascinating...

What Do The Midterms Mean For The Long-Term on Climate?

November 22, 2022 23:48 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) So... that's why I tell you to keep your eyes wide. To keep them wide open... at least on one side. ~ Dr. Seuss Keep at least one eye open and focused on the climate crisis these next two years! The House of Representatives most likely will be Republican controlled. It is sad to say, the Grand Old Party has no interest in writing active policies to address the climate emergency. How wil...

Nice Democracy Ya Got There! Shame If Something Happened To It. with John Rothmann

November 07, 2022 06:29 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) Will we still have a Democratic Republic on Wednesday, November 9? This coming election will be a real moment of truth. It has come to this …  you are either for democracy or you are not. One political party embraces democracy and one party has abandoned it. Each offers two very different futures for America. How did we get to this pivotal moment in history? What might be the results of the Tuesday, Novem...

Roar Like A Goddess with Acharya Shunya

October 25, 2022 01:38 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “It is time for all women to come out of the closet and roar with all their spiritual power … because that is our true sound.” – Acharya Shunya In light of women in the United States losing rights … and women in Iran fighting for theirs, … we’ll be speaking with Acharya Shunya, author of “Roar Like a Goddess.” In “Roar Like a Goddess”, trailblazing Vedic spiritual teacher Acharya Shunya honors her progres...

State of Confusion: Political Manipulation and The Assault on The American Mind

October 11, 2022 15:56 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “A fascinating and compelling case that right-wing politics has subverted our democracy … This book unmasks the politics of fear – the deeper chords touched by campaigns that appeal to the dark side.” – Robert Shrum Bryant Welch is a clinical psychologist and attorney who has been observing the American mind as it has played out in the political arena for over two decades. Dr. Welch’s most recent book, “Sta...

The United States of Distraction

September 26, 2022 23:11 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “The United States of Distraction”  “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) "Sorry. It’s a terrible thing to say. But bring it on, Donald. Keep going… It may not be good for America but it’s damn good for CBS." ~  Les Moonves, (at the time) the Executive Chairman and CEO, CBS Network The United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America explains that the role of news media in a free society is to investigate, inform, and p...

The Hidden History of Neoliberalism with Thom Hartmann

September 13, 2022 01:36 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) While America is at a crossroads regarding its economic future, many of us don’t fully understand how we got here!  How and why did neoliberalism become so prevalent in the U.S. and why is it time for us to turn our backs to it? The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness traces the history of neoliberalism—which applies to a set of capitalistic philo...

“What’s up Doc? What’s Going on With Our Schools?”

August 30, 2022 15:37 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “It is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.” ~ James Madison In states all over the country, classrooms have become culture war battlegrounds. The National Education Association stated that 55% of America's educators are considering leaving the profession (in Texas it is 70%!). Teachers experience less support from parents, must deal with poli...

21st Century California and Common Cause

August 16, 2022 22:43 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going ‘cause you might not get there.” – Yogi Berra For over 50 years Common Cause has served as a vehicle to strengthen public participation and ensure public officials and public institution are accountable and responsive to all citizens … like you! A vibrant democracy demands strong public participation and accountability for those with position po...

Dobbs v. Jackson: A Cascade of Consequences

August 02, 2022 20:28 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) Women! Did you just wake up and realize that the Supreme Court stole your body? What was the Constitutional reasoning to overturn Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years? What was the Dobbs v. Jackson lawsuit all about? How did the majority of judges use it to allow government forced birth?  What did the concurrence and dissent opinions say? Justice Clarence Thomas stated that other cases should be revisited. What...

The Republican Party Has Abandoned America. Why?

July 23, 2022 05:13 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!”  ― Thomas Jefferson How do we do politics right when the Republican Party has abandoned America? Americans were in “possession of” and were building upon, the “precious blessings” of the traditions, principles, values, rights, and the Rule of Law that no other people on earth enjoye...

In The Arena: What Can We Learn From A Presidential Hopeful’s Defeat?

June 22, 2022 19:09 - 59 minutes - 54 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “… that the utmost reward of daring should still be to dare.” – Robert Frost Americans should honor and remember those who failed in pursuit a great goal; in this case, the presidency of the United States. Some handle their defeat on a world stage creatively and some never psychologically recovered after such a loss. Why? In the Arena: A History of American Presidential Hopefuls profiles 34 American leaders ...

Escaping the Rabbit Hole with Mick West

June 06, 2022 04:58 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM  (Note: if you've ever wondered what the full version of the show's theme music, "New Visions", is like listen at the end of the show!) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “The conspiracy theory rabbit hole is a complicated place, and the people are complicated individuals.” – Mick West The World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre. All the...

The Plot To Take Away Your Medicare, Unveiled!

May 24, 2022 01:03 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM   (Action Requested: Flood the White House switchboard to urge President Biden to stop DCE/REACH today! Call 202-456-1111 from 11:00am-3:00pm EST. A script may be found at www.nationalsinglepayer.com and click on the call-in script link.) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) When Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he responded, “because that’s where the money is.” During the final days of the Trump Administration, officials at the Cente...

Will There Ever Be Equality for Mothers? ~ A Mothers Day Special

May 09, 2022 23:56 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM  (Note: This raw interview was conducted soon after the US Supreme Court draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked. Jill states, with a resounding "no", that women and mothers now will never be equal.) KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) Tidal alludes to water. More importantly, though, it connotes a movement caused by disruptions from below. Tidal Equality is about expanding equity and inclusion by expanding democratic decisio...

Can We Take the Heat? with Peabody Award-winning Journalist, Bonnie Schneider

April 25, 2022 22:58 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) The impacts of climate change have become dire. Rising temperatures, volatile weather, and poor air quality affect our physical and mental health in dangerous new ways. From increasing the risk of infectious disease to amplifying emotional stress and anxiety—even the healthiest among us are at risk. Bonnie Schneider has tracked environmentally-linked physiological impacts throughout her career as a TV journal...

“What Happened To Dad?” with Jen Senko

April 11, 2022 20:51 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT) “Once upon a time, there was an average American family living in an average American town. After the family moved to a new state, the father left his carpool and began a long solo commute to work. And gradually, he began to change. He looked the same. He dressed the same. But something was very different. But this isn’t a story about just one man. It’s the story of a media phenomenon that changed a father … an...

Can Police Move from a Warrior Mentality to a Guardianship Mindset?

March 30, 2022 19:45 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM (We apologize some background noise.) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT) Authoritarianism is antithetical to democracy. The January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, the invasion of Ukraine, and the militarizing of police in many of our cities are living examples of authoritarianism in action. Are there any similarities between them? Our two interview guests, Dr. William Benet, creator of the Polarities of Democracy theory, and Dr, Joseph McMilla...

The Hidden History of Big Brother: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy

March 16, 2022 20:14 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT) Most Americans are worried about how companies, like Facebook, invade their privacy and harvest their data, but that many people don’t fully understand the details of how their information is being adapted and misused. Progressive radio host and author, Thom Hartmann will tell us how Big Brother invents “whiteness” to keep power, how the surveillance industry is booming, how democracy requires trus...

Are U.S. Statehouses Being Weaponized Against Democracy?

February 28, 2022 21:54 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT) Is there a larger problem than Donald Trump’s “Big Lie?” David Pepper’s “Laboratories of Autocracy” shows that far more than the high-profile antics of D.C. politicians like Marjorie Taylor Green or Jim Jordan that there is an even bigger challenge to American Democracy. It is the anonymous, often corrupt politicians in statehouse across the country who pose the greatest dangers to American Democracy. But,...

The Life of William Grimes: The Runaway Slave

February 14, 2022 06:57 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Produced by KSQD90.7FM “The Life of William Grimes: The Runaway Slave” KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT) “Let anyone suppose himself a husband and father, possessed of a house, home, and livelihood: a stranger enters that house; before his children, and in fair daylight, puts the chain on his leg, where it remains till the last cent of his property buys from avarice and cruelty, the remnant of a life, whose best years have been spent in misery! Let any...

"Smart Politics: Stop arguing. Stop avoiding. Start making a difference." with Karin Tamerius, MD

February 01, 2022 02:26 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

Produced by KSQD 90.7FM  Note: Show engineer did a role play with Dr. Tamerius to demonstrate the "Change Conversation Cycle!" “Smart Politics: Stop arguing. Stop avoiding. Start making a difference!”  Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT) Do you dread talking politics with your Republican family? Many of us hate the idea of having political conversations with our Republican family members. We may even avoid them to keep peace. If you’re worried about the rise of authoritarianism, conce...

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