0:08 – We discuss the recent admission of Sweden and Finland into NATO and its ramifications on nuclear armament with George Beebe, Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Former head of Russia analysis for the CIA, and author most recently of The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Disaster.
0:33 – Alumna and students of Mills College rally today to protest a merger with Northwestern University that they say is unnecessary. We discuss their efforts to protect the historic women’s college with Jennifer Dillon-Royalty is a Mills College alumna and Shay Franco-Clausen (@shayforthebay) who is currently attending Mills College and is a plaintiff in a lawsuit that students have filed against the school over Northwestern’s takeover. Both are members of the Save Mills College Coalition.
0:45 – Michael Wara, a lawyer and Senior Research Scholar at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment and Director of their Climate and Energy Policy Program joins us to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia vs. EPA.
1:08 – We discuss a controversial legislative proposal that would allow California courts to force people with serious mental illness into treatment with Keris Myrick, Co-Director of S2i (The Mental Health Strategic Impact Initiative) and Patricia Fontana a member of FASMI—Alameda County Families Advocating for the Seriously Mentally Ill.
1:33 – Michael Hunter, Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians joins us to discuss the anti-logging/rematriation campaign taking place at the Jackson Demonstration State Forest.