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1,228 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsUpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at [email protected].
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Ajay Singh Chaudhry on The Exhausted of the Earth
May 03, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB00:08 Ajay Singh Chaudhary, executive director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, now out with the book The Exhausted of the Earth: Politics in a Burning World The post Ajay Singh Chaudhry on The Exhausted of the Earth appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – May 2, 2024
May 02, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBUpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – May 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Fred Glass on California Labor History (Repeat)
May 01, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MB00:08 Fred Glass teaches labor and community studies at City College of San Francisco. He’s also the former communications director for the California Federation of Teachers. His book is entitled From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement [This interview was originally recorded when the book was released, in 2017] The post Fred Glass on California Labor History (Repeat) appeared first on KPFA.
Ariel Henry Resigns, What’s Next for Haiti?
April 30, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MB0:08 — Brian Concannon is a Human rights lawyer and the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) 0:33 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. The post Ariel Henry Resigns, What’s Next for Haiti? appeared first on KPFA.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
April 29, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.
Student Protests in Solidarity with Palestine Face Violent Crackdown, What is Different This Time Around?
April 26, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MB0:08 — Lex McMenamin is the news and politics editor at Teen Vogue covering politics, identity, activist movements and pop culture. 0:15 — Helga Tawil-Souri, is an Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication and Middle East and Islamic studies at New York University. She is a member of NYU’s Faculty for Justice in Palestine. 0:33 — Nora Barrows-Friedman is a staff writer and editor at The Electronic Intifada, and also a former KPFA producer. The post Student Protests in Solidari...
UpFront – April 25, 2024
April 25, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MBUpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – April 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial Continues; Plus, India Elections Begin
April 24, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Jeremy Stahl is Jurisprudence editor at Slate. 0:33 — Rishi Iyengar is a reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the intersection of geopolitics and technology. Prior to joining FP, he spent six years at CNN Business as India editor in New Delhi and a technology writer in San Francisco. The post Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial Continues; Plus, India Elections Begin appeared first on KPFA.
Israel and Iran Escalation; Plus, Bay Area Delegation Joins the Gaza Freedom Flotilla; What Grant Pass vs. Johnson Means for Homelessness in Bay Area;
April 23, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Naysan Rafati is Crisis Group’s Iran Senior Analyst. His research is focused on the Iran nuclear deal and Iran’s regional policies. 0:20 — Maria Lewis and Carlos Michaud are Bay Area participants in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, seeking to deliver 5,500 tons of aid to Gaza. Follow their journey on Instagram and TikTok: @bay2gaza. 0:33 — Laura Riley is the Director of the Clinical Program at Berkeley Law and author of Homeless Advocacy. Her recent piece for the New York Times is titled “Do...
Sudan’s war at 1; Corona Calls
April 22, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB00:08 Nisrin Elamin, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Department of Anthropology, and a member of the Sudan Solidarity Collective. 00:34 Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Sudan’s war at 1; Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.
Austin Frerick on the Corruption of America’s Food Industry
April 19, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB00:08 — Austin Frerick, fellow of the Thurman Arnold Project at Yale University where he works on competition policy and antitrust enforcement. His new book is Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry. The post Austin Frerick on the Corruption of America’s Food Industry appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBUpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – April 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBUpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – April 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – April 15, 2024
April 15, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBUpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – April 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Escalating Warnings of Iranian Retaliatory Attack Against Israel; Plus, Costs and Benefits of Converting Public Lands to Solar Energy Farms
April 12, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Naysan Rafati is Crisis Group’s Iran Senior Analyst. His research is focused on the Iran nuclear deal and Iran’s regional policies. 0:33 — Dustin Mulvaney is a Professor in the Environmental Studies Department at San José State University. His research focuses on the social and environmental dimensions of commodity chains and production systems. His latest book is “Solar Power, Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice.” The post Escalating Warnings of Iranian Retalia...
What Came of California’s CARE Court? Plus, California Water Crisis Following the Rainy Season; California DOJ Dismisses Lawsuit Against Vallejo Police Department
April 11, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MB0:08 — Sophia Bollag is a politics reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, covering state government from Sacramento. Maggie Angst is a reporter for the SF Chronicle’s city hall team. She covers homelessness, addiction and mental health. 0:33 — Heather Cooley is the Director of Research at the Pacific Institute. 0:45 — Anna Bauman is an investigative reporter at Open Vallejo. The post What Came of California’s CARE Court? Plus, California Water Crisis Following the Rainy Season; Californi...
New CPI Report Out; Plus, San Jose’s AI Pilot Program to Track Down Homeless Encampments
April 10, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. 0:33 — Ethan Varian is a reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Vishnu Pendyala is an Assistant Professor of Applied Data Science at San Jose State University. The post New CPI Report Out; Plus, San Jose’s AI Pilot Program to Track Down Homeless Encampments appeared first on KPFA.
Israel Gears Up for Rafah Invasion As International Pressure for Ceasefire Increases; Plus, Aaron Peskin Joins San Francisco Mayor’s Race
April 09, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Tamara Nassar is an associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, and the producer of the EI Podcast. She joins us from Amman, Jordan. 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. The post Israel Gears Up for Rafah Invasion As International Pressure for Ceasefire Increases; Plus, Aaron Peskin Joins San Francisco Mayor’s Ra...
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
April 08, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.
Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism
April 05, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB00:08 – Erin McElroy is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Washington. As a graduate student, they co-founded the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project here in the Bay Area. Their newest book on what happens when tech capital collides with cities in the former eastern bloc is Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times. The post Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism appeared first on KPFA.
Protestors Shut Down Lockheed Martin Over Role Arms Contribution to Israeli Bombing of Gaza; Plus, New Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers; Oral Arguments Begin Over People’s Park; What the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Means for the Bay Area
April 04, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:14 — Ken Jacobs is Co-chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center. 0:33 — Christopher Elmendorf is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law. His expertise includes property and land-use law. 0: 45 — Khalid M. Mosalam is the Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering and the Director of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center at UC Berkeley. The post Protestors Shut Down Lockheed Martin Over Role Arms Contribution to Israeli Bom...
UpFront – April 3, 2024
April 03, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBUpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – April 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
April 02, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.
Labor, Capital, and the fields of California
April 01, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBTwo repeats on this Cesar Chavez day: 00:08 Bruce Neuburger, longtime radical activist who spent most of the 1970s working in California’s vegetable fields during the heyday of the United Farm Workers. His book is called Lettuce Wars: Ten Years of Work and Struggle in the Fields of California [interview originally aired in 2014] 00:33 Kathryn S. Olmsted, history professor at UC Davis, discussing her book Right out of California: the 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism. [in...
Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on Solidarity
March 29, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB00:08 Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, co-authors of Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea. (They’ll be presenting their book in-person at a book event at Mrs. Dalloway’s in Berkeley on April 16; the event is free, but the bookstore requests you RSVP to secure a seat.) The post Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on Solidarity appeared first on KPFA.
Big Tech Facing Anti-Trust Cases by the US Department of Justice and the European Union; Plus, Study Shows Self-Administered Abortion on the Rise Following Overturning of Roe v. Wade
March 28, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Mitch Stoltz is IP Litigation Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He also leads EFF’s antitrust and competition working group. 0:33 — Elisa Wells, is co-founder of Plan C, a national abortion pill access campaign working to normalize the self-directed option of abortion pills by mail. She is also the co-author of the JAMA study on the rise of self-administered abortions following the overturning of Roe v Wade. The post Big Tech Facing Anti-Trust Cases by the US Department o...
Will the Supreme Court Uphold Access to Mifepristone? Plus, China’s Leading Development of Renewable Energy
March 27, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Jessica Mason Pieklo is Executive Editor at Rewire News and co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered. 0:33 — Michael Davidson is an assistant professor at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. He was previously the U.S.-China Climate Policy Coordinator for the environmental nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The post Will the Supreme Court Uphold Access to Mifepristone? Plus, China’s Leading Developm...
The Developing Changes in Israel-US Relations with Rashid Khalidi; Plus, Inside the Israel Lobby
March 26, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and resistance. 0:33 — Luke Goldstein is a writing fellow at The American Prospect. The post The Developing Changes in Israel-US Relations with Rashid Khalidi; Plus, Inside the Israel Lobby appeared first on KPFA.
Cory Doctorow on How to Seize the Means of Computation
March 22, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBCory Doctorow — author, blogger, digital rights activist — has written many books and essays, both science fiction and non-fiction. His most recent non-fiction book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. The post Cory Doctorow on How to Seize the Means of Computation appeared first on KPFA.
California Schools Running Out of Federal Pandemic Relief Funds; Plus, Sacramento City Council Pass Ceasefire Resolution
March 21, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MB0:08 — Carolyn Jones is a reporter for the nonprofit news site CalMatters, she covers K-12 education. 0:33 — Basim Elkarra is Executive Director of Sacramento Valley’s branch of the Council on Islamic-American Relations. The post California Schools Running Out of Federal Pandemic Relief Funds; Plus, Sacramento City Council Pass Ceasefire Resolution appeared first on KPFA.
Trump’s Ongoing Legal Battles; The Confederate General Who Defied the South
March 20, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic. 0:33 — Elizabeth R. Varon is an American historian, and Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia. Her latest book is “Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South.” The post Trump’s Ongoing Legal Battles; The Confederate General Who Defied the South appeared first on KPFA.
How Much Has Organizing on the War in Gaza Affected Policy in Washington D.C. and Voter Behavior in California; Plus, CA Not Projected to Meet its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals
March 19, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Mohammed Khader, Manager of Policy and Advocacy Campaigns for the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights 0:33 — Sameea Kamal is a reporter for CalMatters covering the state Capitol and California politics. 0:45 — Alejandro Lazo is a Climate reporter for Calmatters. The post How Much Has Organizing on the War in Gaza Affected Policy in Washington D.C. and Voter Behavior in California; Plus, CA Not Projected to Meet its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals appeared first on KPFA.
What do sanctions accomplish?
March 15, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB00:08 Narges Bajoghli is Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Her new book is How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare The post What do sanctions accomplish? appeared first on KPFA.
A Look at Local Organizing Around a Gaze Ceasefire; Plus, Influencing DC Politics Toward Ending the War Gaza
March 14, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Sara Kershnar, is an organizer and co-founder of International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN). 0:33 — Matt Duss is the Executive Vice President of the Center for International Policy. The post A Look at Local Organizing Around a Gaze Ceasefire; Plus, Influencing DC Politics Toward Ending the War Gaza appeared first on KPFA.
Primary Election Results; Plus, Street Spirit is Back; ICE Detainee Migrants Crammed into Golden State Annex
March 13, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 0:33 — Alastair Boone, is Director of Street Spirit. 0:45 — Katie Kavanagh is Senior Attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. Alexander is an immigrant who has been detained for over a month at Golden State Annex, an ICE detention center in McFarland, CA, owned and operated by the for-profit private prison company GEO Group. The post Primary Election Results; Plus, Street Spirit is Back; ICE Detaine...
Prime Minister Ariel Henry Resigns, What’s Next for a Haiti Transitional Government? Plus, Electric Rate Hikes and Debriefing San Francisco’s Election Results
March 12, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Brian Concannon is a Human rights lawyer and the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. 0:45 — Mark Toney is executive director of TURN: The Utility Reform Network. The post Prime Minister Ariel Henry Resigns, What’s Next for a Hait...
Fund Drive Special with Corey Doctorow
March 07, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. His latest non-fiction book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation and his new novel is The Bezzle. The post Fund Drive Special with Corey Doctorow appeared first on KPFA.
Fund Drive Special: The Future of Democracy with Steve Phillips
March 06, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color. His latest book is How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good – about to be re-released in a revised second edition. The post Fund Drive Special: The Future of Democracy with Steve Phillips appeared first on KPFA.
Egypt’s Position in the Ongoing Invasion of Gaza; Plus, Super Tuesday Races to Follow Around the Nation
March 05, 2024 07:00 - 10 minutes - 12.1 MB0:08 — Sharif Abdel Kouddous is an independent journalist based in New York and Cairo. He has reported multiple times from Gaza and across Palestine since 2011. 0:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. The post Egypt’s Position in the Ongoing Invasion of Gaza; Plus, Super Tuesday Races to Follow Around the Nation appeared first on KPFA.
UpFront – March 1, 2024
March 01, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes - 32.4 MBUpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. The post UpFront – March 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Fund Drive Special: The Life and Legacy of Bayard Rustin
February 29, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes - 37.5 MB0:08 — Michael G. Long is an author and editor of several books about civil rights, nonviolent protest, and gender and sexuality. His latest book is “Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics.” The post Fund Drive Special: The Life and Legacy of Bayard Rustin appeared first on KPFA.
Pressure Inside the Israeli Government], A Looming Invasion of Rafah and What a Ceasefire Would Mean for Humanitarian Aid
February 28, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.7 MB0:08 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 0:33 — Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. 0:43 — Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, is Executive Director at Middle East Children’s Alliance. He is a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. He is also a filmmaker, journalist and educator. The post Pressure Inside the Israeli Gover...
Fund Drive Poetry Special with Maya Angelou and June Jordan
February 27, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Maya Angelou on September 8th, 1995, on-stage with her son Guy Johnson and Janice Mirikitani, at the Calvin Simmons Theater in Oakland, at an event called “As The World Rises.” Maya Angelou was a poet, playwright, and filmmaker, best-known for her memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” 0:33 — June Jordan, poet, activist, journalist, founder of the Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley, reading in 1991 at an event called Poets and Politicians Against the War (the first Gulf W...
Fund Drive Special: Occupation of the American Mind; Plus, Rashid Khalidi on the Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
February 23, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Excerpts from The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in the United States, produced by Sut Jhally and narrated by Roger Waters. 0:33 — Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and resistance. He presented it at a KPFA event on February 16, 2021, with Nora Barrows-Friedman. The post Fund Drive Special: Occupation of the American Mind; Plus, ...
Fund Drive Special: David Walker on the Life of Frederick Douglass
February 22, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — David Walker, award-winning comic book writer, filmmaker, journalist, and educator. His book is The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom. The post Fund Drive Special: David Walker on the Life of Frederick Douglass appeared first on KPFA.
Over 52 Countries Begin Arguments on ICJ Against Israel’s Occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem; Plus, Edward Said Speech on the Idea of Palestine
February 21, 2024 07:00 - 23 minutes - 26.5 MB0:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at UC College of Law, San Francisco. His research and writing focus on international legal aspects of Palestine/Israel and on U.S. policies toward the Middle East. 0:33 — Edward Said was a Palestinian-American academic, literary critic and political activist and a professor of literature at Columbia University. This recording is from July 25th, 1982, a month and a half after Israel invaded Southern Lebanon in the name of fighting terrorism. The po...
Russia’s War in Ukraine – Navalny Edition; Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
February 20, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Anthony D’Agostino, professor of history emeritus at San Francisco State University. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine – Navalny Edition; Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.
Holiday Special: How the Real Estate Industry Invented Modern Housing Discrimination
February 19, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Gene Slater, author of Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America. The post Holiday Special: How the Real Estate Industry Invented Modern Housing Discrimination appeared first on KPFA.
A Look at Hezbollah and How it May Respond to Israel’s Attacks; Plus, Upcoming San Francisco Ballot Measures
February 16, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — Joseph Daher is Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute. He is the author of Hezbollah: Political Economy of the Party of God (and founder of the blog Syria Freedom Forever. 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. The post A Look at Hezbollah and How it May Respo...
California Senate Runoff; What Would Prop 1 Do? Plus, Bay Area Counties May Lose $200million in FEMA Funds
February 15, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB0:08 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020). 0:33 — Jocelyn Wiener is a reporter for Calmatters, writing about health and mental health. Marisa Kendall is a reporter for Calmatters, writing on California’s homelessness crisis. Kristen Hwang reports on health care and policy for CalMatters 0:45 — Ethan Varian is a reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. The post Ca...