Cover to Cover – August 8, 2023
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, Jovelyn Richards and Jennifer Stone
Featured Episode
Join Sarah Holmes @blueotterschool for the first episode of her series on digestion. Learn more about how your body works and the herbs to support us when our bodies aren’t working so well. In this week’s episode, Sarah focuses on mouth and stomach health as well as how the mind and nervous system play a … Continued
State-ownership of the means of production and a planned economy appear to be the hallmarks of Marxist thought, along with the notion that revolution necessitates passing through socialist and communist stages. But, as Peter Hudis points out, these ideas don’t originate with Marx. He discusses his Critique of the Gotha Program, in which Marx most … Continued
Thom Hartmann Program – August 8, 2023
The Thom Hartmann Radio & TV Program covers US politics and political news commentary, science, culture, and economics.
Guest: Olga Baysha is Associate Professor in Media and Communication at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia and author of War, Peace, and Populist Discourse in Ukraine.
Democracy Now 9am – August 8, 2023
On Today’s Show: Is Biden Risking War with Iran as U.S. Deploys Marines to Guard Commercial Ships in the Persian Gulf? Will Biden Stop Texas from Separating Asylum-Seeking Families at Border Under Operation Lone Star? “Broken System”: NYC Says It Has No More Room for Asylum Seekers as Advocates Demand Long-Term Shelter Will Abu Ghraib Torture Victims … Continued
East Bay Wages Too Low for More Than Half of Workers to Support a Family; Sacramento Plans Jail Expansion; Plus, SF’s Oldest Opera House
A new report by the UC Berkeley Labor called “The State of Working East Bay” analyzes living and working conditions among workers in the East Bay before the pandemic – from 2015-2019 – which demonstrates that many workers and their families struggled to make ends meet even before COVID hit. Joining me to discuss are Dr … Continued
Toxic Algae Bloom in the Bay, Plus, Mojave Desert Wildfires
0:08 — Damon Tighe, works in biotechnology and moonlights as a naturalist; he’s been organizing volunteer documentation of the bloom and its effects. Eric Buescher, senior attorney at San Francisco Baykeeper. 0:33 — Brad Shaffer is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. He is also the director of UCLA’s … Continued
Democracy Now 6am – August 8, 2023
On Today’s Show: Is Biden Risking War with Iran as U.S. Deploys Marines to Guard Commercial Ships in the Persian Gulf? Will Biden Stop Texas from Separating Asylum-Seeking Families at Border Under Operation Lone Star? “Broken System”: NYC Says It Has No More Room for Asylum Seekers as Advocates Demand Long-Term Shelter Will Abu Ghraib Torture Victims … Continued
Background Briefing with Ian Masters – August 8, 2023
Have Putin and Xi Handed a Strategic Opportunity to the West We begin with the possibility that Putin’s disastrous invasion and Xi’s mismanagement of the pandemic have opened a narrow window of strategic opportunity for the West. Joining us is Mathew Burrows, a distinguished fellow and program lead for Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy and the Strategic … Continued