Background Briefing

Background Briefing – April 23, 2024

Trump’s History of Using and Abusing Women We begin with the role The National Enquirer played in helping to elect Trump in 2016, which emerged from today’s testimony from the tabloid’s ex-publisher David Pecker, who operated a “catch and kill” policy of burying damaging stories about Trump and his extramarital affairs, including Trump’s sexual encounter … Continued


Join Renée Camila and her guest Layla K Feghali for a conversation about embodied connection to ancestral medicine from the diaspora. Their discussion explores how colonial displacement relates to herbal traditions around birthwork, language, and belonging. Layla is a gifted plant storyteller and the author of The Land in Our Bones, which documents cultural herbal … Continued



Law & Disorder

Israeli Academia’s Complicity in Israel’s Settler-Colonial Project; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Jerry Law

On todays show – a conversation with Maya Wind, a scholar of Israeli expertise and militarism. Her new book is Towers of Ivory & Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. As this book shows, Israeli universities serve as pillars of Israel’s system of oppression against Palestinians. Towers of Ivory and Steel is a powerful exposé … Continued


UpFront

Israel and Iran Escalation; Plus, Bay Area Delegation Joins the Gaza Freedom Flotilla; What Grant Pass vs. Johnson Means for Homelessness in Bay Area;

0:08 — 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: … Continued