Today on the show: We have a special report on an issue that could impact thousands of you listening to this right now. -A start up company , has been testing for a plastics Incineration Facility, in Rohnert Park California, and has been under the radar of the public until now. We also share an … Continued
On Hard Knock Radio, host Dave “Davey D” Cook sat down with Oakland-raised investigator and former CPRA executive director Mac Muir, co-author (with Greg Finch) of Cop Cop: Breaking the Fixed System of American Policing. The conversation moves from New York’s entrenched resistance to oversight to Oakland’s imperfect but real gains, and lands on practical reforms that … Continued
As billionaires tighten their grip on media and silence critical voices like Jimmy Kimmel, Richard Parker warns that corporate power is eroding the public’s access to truth and dissent. We then examine Zelensky’s grim warning of an arms race without end, and Chris Whipple’s revelations about how Biden’s inner circle helped pave the way for … Continued
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This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
The right insists — and has tried to legislate — that male and female are hardwired opposites, with no overlap or variation. But as biological anthropologist Agustín Fuentes illustrates, science tells a different story. He shows how sex isn’t either/or and discusses the complicated intersection of biology and culture, which are often termed sex and … Continued
Aaron Losty talks about “The Hanging” and his comics process, as well as the Comics Cooperative. Then we revisit an interview with Alex of Szpila antirepression collective in Poland about the case of the H5, 5 humanitarian activists accused of human trafficking for helping refugees on the Belarus border
Guest: Karen Hao is an award-winning journalist covering the impacts of artificial intelligence on society. She writes for publications including The Atlantic and leads the Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight Series. She is the author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Bay Area residents were jolted awake this week by a 4.3 magnitude earthquake. While it may not have been the “Big One” we are expecting, the tremor reminds us to be prepared for when, not if, the expected large earthquake does arrive. On the show today we speak with Dr. Angie Lux, a seismologist and … Continued
