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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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“Stealing Our Democracy with Gov. Don Siegelman”

May 24, 2020 23:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

“Stealing Our Democracy with Gov. Don Siegelman” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 5:00pm Produced by KSQD 90.7FM “The biggest political threat of all for the Bush White House and the Karl Rove prosecution machine was in Alabama.” – Scott Horton, human rights attorney and journalist Governor Siegelman's case was the subject of a CBS 60 Minutes report and a full-length documentary, "Atticus and the Architect” that may be watched for free on Prime Video. Gov. Siegelman served fiv...

“The Pandemic and Democracy” with Dr. Peter Levin

May 13, 2020 22:47 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB

“The Pandemic and Democracy” Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Democracy is being challenged by a pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic challenges not only physicians, public health agencies, scientists and ordinary people, but also democracy.  Never before has the US had to confront a virus that generated government behavioral edicts and required elected officials to have to interpret the unknown behavior of a disease-causing pathogen, the Corona Virus -19. News, information and recommendations now beco...

“Climate Collusion—Is the Anemic News Coverage of the Crisis Ignorance or Intentional?”

April 27, 2020 00:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Mainstream news media outlets have been slow to recognize and report on the climate and other ecological systems collapse. Is it out of ignorance, arrogance or both? In the vacuum, disinformation campaigns have filled the void, “fueled” by right wing media and oil industry money. More than 90% of radio hosts are conservative. This is a big part of the denialism in our country. Has the news media abandoned the climate and other environmental threats while doing the o...

The Corporate Coup d'Etat with Jeff Cohen

April 13, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

KSQD 90.7FM "Be Bold America!  January 5, 2020 The Corporate Coup d'Etat “Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice." - George Carlin Executive producer, Jeff Cohen, will discuss his movie and the powerful political influence of American corporations today. The movie, THE CORPORATE COUP D'ÉTAT, takes a complex political/historical theme and brings it to life. It creates a powerful cinematic experien...

Surviving Political Tribalism with Dan Stalder, Ph.D.

April 13, 2020 01:51 - 1 hour - 56 MB

KSQD 90.7FM  "Be Bold America!  January 19, 2020 “Surviving Political Tribalism” In a recent nationwide poll, 71% of the general public agreed that witnesses should be required to testify at Donald Trump’s senate impeachment trial. That is, until some learned their political tribe leaders stood against it. Those in the Republican political tribe realized their faction wasn’t supporting witness testimony and, thus, they couldn’t either. Predictively, support for witnesses being called to te...

Bottom-Up Uprising to Take America Back with Rob Kall (OpEdNews)

April 13, 2020 01:45 - 58 minutes - 54.4 MB

KSQD  "Be Bold America"  February 2, 2020 “Bottom-Up Uprising to Take America Back” Listen to why Bottom-Up thinking is one of the most positive disruptive forces in the world. Bottom-Up is a way of life and a n impactful way of doing business. The Bottom-Up Revolution, picks up where Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point left off. This new, hopeful paradigm shift is well on the way to changing the world, and you can ride the wave and help make it happen. Bottom-Up thinking builds and acces...

Talk Radio’s America with Brian Rosenwald, Ph.D.

April 13, 2020 01:35 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

KSQD90.7FM  "Be Bold America!  February 16, 2020 “Talk Radio’s America” “The rise of conservative talk radio has changed American politics and American life, and Brian Rosenwald tells a careful and comprehensive story of its rise and its mushrooming influence. From Rush Limbaugh’s humble beginnings to the election of Donald Trump, Talk Radio’s America shows through careful research and subtle argument how talk radio moved well beyond entertainment and grievance to change the role and make ...

National Popular Vote and Swing Left

April 13, 2020 01:23 - 1 hour - 57 MB

KSQD90.7FM  "Be Bold America!  March 1, 2020 “National Popular Vote and Swing Left” How will the Electoral College be made irrelevant? The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It already has been enacted into law in 16 jurisdictions with 196 votes. The bill will go into effect when enacted by states with an additional 74 electoral votes. The bill is close! How will t...

Is the Constitution in Crisis?

April 13, 2020 01:10 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

KSQD 90.7FM  "Be Bold America!  March 15, 2020 “Is the Constitution in Crisis?” The Constitution is being strenuously tested. How is our Constitution being adhered to or challenged today? Or, is it just a quaint piece of paper as former AG Roberto Gonzales once stated? What are the impacts of the hostility between the president and a few Supreme Court judges who, like himself, are supposed to function as impartial judges and enforcers of the Constitution?  Like the president himself, many ...

Civilization’s Plight – Are We Engineered for a World that No Longer Exists?

April 13, 2020 01:05 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

KSQD 90.7FM "Be Bold America!" March 29, 2020 "Civilization’s Plight – Are We Engineered for a World that No Longer Exists?” For all of human evolution, we’ve been rewarded by Nature for maximizing our growth.  That reward - the very brain chemistry that has programmed us - is now propelling us towards calamity. Climate change, political fascism, pandemics, exponential increases in denialism, fake news and lies of all kinds…. Are these symptoms of an evolutionary mistake? As we hit the fin...

"Civilization’s Plight – Are We Engineered for a World that No Longer Exists?"

March 30, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM For all of human evolution, we’ve been rewarded by Nature for maximizing our growth.  That reward - the very brain chemistry that has programmed us - is now propelling us towards calamity. Climate change, political fascism, pandemics, exponential increases in denialism, fake news and lies of all kinds…. Are these symptoms of an evolutionary mistake? As we hit the finite limits of the only living planet in the known universe, and the only one which can ever hope to su...

"Is the Constitution in Crisis?" with Mickey Welsh, J.D.

March 16, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM The Constitution is being strenuously tested. How is our Constitution being adhered to or challenged today? Or, is it just a quaint piece of paper as former AG Roberto Gonzales once stated? What are the impacts of the hostility between the president and a few Supreme Court judges who, like himself, are supposed to function as impartial judges and enforcers of the Constitution?  Like the president himself, many executive roles have been manipulated to gain political a...

"National Popular Vote & Swing Left"

March 02, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM How will the Electoral College be made irrelevant? The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It already has been enacted into law in 16 jurisdictions with 196 votes. The bill will go into effect when enacted by states with an additional 74 electoral votes. The bill is close! How will they be secured? Also, what is Swing Left Santa Cruz doing to...

"Talk Radio’s America" with Brian Rosenwald, Ph.D.

February 17, 2020 01:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM “The rise of conservative talk radio has changed American politics and American life, and Brian Rosenwald tells a careful and comprehensive story of its rise and its mushrooming influence. From Rush Limbaugh’s humble beginnings to the election of Donald Trump, Talk Radio’s America shows through careful research and subtle argument how talk radio moved well beyond entertainment and grievance to change the role and make up of mainstream media, the kinds of stories Amer...

"Bottom-Up Uprising to Take America Back" with Rob Kall (OpEdNews)

February 03, 2020 01:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Listen to why Bottom-Up thinking is one of the most positive disruptive forces in the world. Bottom-Up is a way of life and a n impactful way of doing business. The Bottom-Up Revolution, picks up where Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point left off. This new, hopeful paradigm shift is well on the way to changing the world, and you can ride the wave and help make it happen. Bottom-Up thinking builds and accesses power --political, personal, community, organizational— t...

"Surviving Political Tribalism" with Dan Stalder, Ph.D.

January 20, 2020 01:00 - 59 minutes - 82 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM In a recent nationwide poll, 71% of the general public agreed that witnesses should be required to testify at Donald Trump’s senate impeachment trial. That is, until some learned their political tribe leaders stood against it. Those in the Republican political tribe realized their faction wasn’t supporting witness testimony and, thus, they couldn’t either. Predictively, support for witnesses being called to testify at the senate trial declined to a little over 50%, w...

"The Corporate Coup d'Etat" with Jeff Cohen

January 06, 2020 01:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM “Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice." - George Carlin Executive producer, Jeff Cohen, will discuss his movie and the powerful political influence of American corporations today. The movie, THE CORPORATE COUP D'ÉTAT, takes a complex political/historical theme and brings it to life. It creates a powerful cinematic experience that explains how President Trump is the result...

“Gen Z and Democracy”

December 09, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Gen Z.  Who are they and what do they think of American democracy? Tune in for a very special discussion on the role this coming-of-age generation plays in the preservation of democracy. What does a democratic republic and a two-party system mean to them? What methods are they thinking about to encourage political discussion in productive and non-inflammatory ways. How is this even possible with the deep tribalism that has taken hold in America? How to they respond ...

“A House On Shaky Foundations” with Jeremy Lent

November 25, 2019 01:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM “Our worldview is the set of assumptions we hold about how things work: how society functions, its relationship with the natural world, what’s valuable and what’s possible. It often remains unquestioned and unstated but is deeply felt and underlies many of the choices we make in our lives.” – Jeremy Lent What shaky foundations could our democratic republic currently be built upon? Do our House and Senate representatives believe “humans are fundamentally selfish” and...

“Democracy’s Fix: The Right Grabbed the Rule Book” with Caroline Fredrickson

November 11, 2019 01:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM “Fredrickson exposes the powerful, wealthy string-pullers manipulating American politics with dark money, fake science, front groups, and—increasingly—amenable judges. Knowledge is power, and her book will help empower us to reclaim our country.” — Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, author of "Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy" What gave the Right the winning hand was not unethical or anti-democratic content, but the fact that they had grabbed cont...

“Power of Political Sound-Bites”

October 14, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM What does it do to democracy when the President of the United States uses political sound-bites to capture the country’s attention such as “coup” and “civil war?” In our overwhelming news-culture, a short clip of speech that typifies a lengthier concept is increasingly employed by politicians to summarize their positions and/or label opponents and ideas whether true or not. In the past few years, this strategy has been increasingly exploited. With the current impeac...

“Protecting Democracy” with Ben Berwick, J.D.

September 30, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Our democracy is in danger and Protect Democracy (protectdemocracy.org) is watching and indexing the threats not seen in generations. In partnership with the “Authoritarian Warning Survey”, they currently rank the threat level as: “Substantial Erosion.” What does this mean and how do we fight the significant threats to our already teetering democracy? Protect Democracy has identified six threats to our ability to save our American democracy: Politicizing Independent...

“Living in a Horror Movie and The Global Climate Strike”

September 16, 2019 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM The horror movie has begun. Global fire. Oceans rising. Pestilence. The movie is getting more frightening every minute.  Will it have a good ending? What part can our American democracy play? Will it be the courageous hero who fights the scary monster head on or will it play the monster who gruesomely will destroy civilization? Organizers and participants of the upcoming “Global Climate Strike,” to be held the week of September 20-27, 2019, are mobilizing to inspire...

“Threats to Democracy and Preventing Decline” with Paulina Montanez-Montes

September 02, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Our democracy is in danger and Protect Democracy (protectdemocracy.org) is watching and indexing the threats not seen in generations. In partnership with the “Authoritarian Warning Survey”, they currently rank the threat level as: “Substantial Erosion.” What does this mean and how do we fight the significant threats to our already teetering democracy? Protect Democracy has identified six threats to our ability to save our American democracy: Politicizing Independent...

“Shift Happens and the American Upwising!” with Comedian Swami Beyondananda

August 19, 2019 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM More than ever, America needs an “upwising.” What exactly does that mean? The Swami Beyondananda (aka Steve Bhearman) will tell us along with how heart-opening humor and politics work. As the Swami heralds: “Despite what we hear and see on the news, we have a deeply UNITED body politic in America.  Whether people identify as progressive, conservative, independent or ‘other’, the vast majority of Americans believe our current pay-to-play political system doesn’t repr...

“Black Americans and the Painful Truth” with Wilmer Leon, Ph.D. , SiriusXM

August 05, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM A serious void exists in the public discourse relating to the issues that directly and/or disproportionately impact the African-American community. Dr. Wilmer Leon discusses issues such as the prison industrial complex, environmental racism, school vouchers, health care, crime policy, economic globalization, American domestic and foreign policy from as much of a non-biased and academically accurate perspective as possible.  Dr. Leon’s perspective and lectures are gro...

“Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook: What’s Next?” with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Ph.D.

July 22, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM The return of the strongman. Principles of democratic rule are being challenged, and authoritarian leadership styles are gaining greater attention even in America, the greatest democracy the world has ever known. Strongmen rule over some of the most populous and powerful nations on earth such as China, Russia, Egypt, Turkey, Hungary and even America. The American republic could die and is considered by many to no longer be one. In 2015, President Jimmy Carter stated:...

“Bold Solutions for a Democracy in Crisis” with Johannes Epke, J. D.

July 08, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM How did we get into this mess -  having dark, unaccountable money silently funding our democracy? What is the most difficult and rigorous process in a democracy? Passing a Constitutional amendment.  Yet, it is the only tool left in the tool box to fix campaign spending. The Supreme Court opened elections to the highest bidder and there is nothing Congress can do now. Only we-the-people can fix it with an amendment passed by 38 state legislatures. Don’t think it can ...

“The Survival of Democracy, at Home and Abroad”

June 24, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM Have you been wondering lately about what, exactly, is happening around the world?  Are you curious about what the United States is trying to accomplish out there?  Do you understand Brexit or why our President thinks it’s so great? And are you thoroughly confused by the dueling Twitters emanating from the White House, State Department, Pentagon, National Security Agency and others?  Well, wonder no more. Interview Guest: Ronnie Lipschutz, Ph.D., is a University of...

"Be Bold America!" Trailer

June 23, 2019 21:00 - 32 seconds - 509 KB

Produced at KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” 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. We have big things to do. Jill Cody,MPA, is a political activist, author, and radio show host....

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