Today on the Show: Unions in Oakland California join forces with teachers in a one-day strike against the privatization of the public schools. Also, The Election Crimes Bulletin returns with Greg Palast on the frontline fighting for you vote. Also, The Haiti Action Committee presents a special Webinar Featuring Dr. Maryse Narcisse, Coordinator of Fanmi … Continued
Davey speaks with Lenisha Gibson of Dream Defenders about laws designed to limit the discussion of Black history, ethnic history, and sexual orientation. Later Poor News Network examines America’s war on the poor.
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Folklore v FolQlore… Toxic mimic v authentic. Caroline welcomes Sophia Moskalenko, an expert on the psychology of fairy tales, co-author with Mia Bloom of “How Faery tales shape fighting spirit – Ukranian v Russian Fairy tales,” and “Pastels and Pedophiles – inside the mind of QAnon.” Cons create cults… authentic creates Community Delusion – illusion… Superstition or participatory … Continued
New York Times film critic A.O. Scott discusses the aesthetics of film criticism with host Richard Wolinsky in an itnerview recorded in 2016. Also: a brief 1980 interview with actor Max Von Sydow, and reviews of “Fefu and her Friends” at ACT’s Strand Theatre and “Gem of the Ocean” at TheatreWorks Mountain View.
David Adler of the Progressive International on an impending debt crisis, with an emphasis on the role of the IMF (Guardian article here). And Sudip Bhattacharya on the Asian American population: its diversity, its unity, its politics.
Guest host Max Pringle talks Russia-Ukraine crisis with Kathryn Stoner, Deputy Director of Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and author most recently of “Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order.” Then historian James Oakes joins Max to discuss his latest book “The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln … Continued
Guest: Peter Cozzens, historian and author of the book Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation.
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On today’s show: 0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine discusses the latest developments on the January 6th capitol riot investigations. 0:33 – We discuss controversy surrounding the public transit mask mandate with Raia Small, a community organizer and educator with Senior and Disability Action (@sdaction1), Rebecca Saltzman (@RebeccaForBART), BART … Continued
