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Obstacle Course

The threatened death of Roe V. Wade would actually not change much for most women seeking abortions today, claim the authors of “Obstacle Course”, which exposes the reality of the struggle to exercise the right to choose.  Hosted by Kris Welch.


Guest: Mickey Huff is the director of Project Censored, founded in 1976, and the president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation.  Since 2009, he has coedited the annual volume of the Censored book series. His most recent books include United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (and what we can do about it), co-authored with Nolan Higdon … Continued


On today’s show: 0:08 The legislative package that would have brought California closer to its own single payer healthcare system stopped dead in its tracks yesterday. Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra of San Jose (@Ash_Kalra) joins us to unpack his decision to call off a floor vote for AB 1400. 0:16 – After that, president of … Continued