Marking the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic Convention we are in conversation about the political career of Hubert Humphrey, who won the Democratic nomination without running in a single primary. We’ll talk about Humphrey as a civil rights champion and a serious cold war warrior. Guest: Arnold A. Offner, Cornelia F. Hugel Professor of History at Lafayette … Continued
Meet Crystal Mason, the Black Texas Mother Facing 5+ Years in Prison for Voting in the 2016 Election; Top Student Loan Watchdog Resigns over Trump Admin Doing Bidding of Predatory Lenders; Books, Not Magazines: Outcry Grows over DeVos Plan to Divert Federal Funds and Put Guns in Schools; Puerto Rico Raises Official Death Toll to … Continued
On todays show, first our daily news headlines. Then, well examine what Trumps announced bilateral trade deal with Mexico means in the context of NAFTA renegotiations and why Canada is being snubbed by the US. My guest is Patrick Woodall of Food and Water Watch. Then, well go to Little LA in Mexico City to … Continued
Environmentalist Lester Brown on the fate the earth. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Michael Skinner PhD, founder and director of the Washington State University and University of Idaho Center for Reproductive Biology joins the program to discuss findings that show damage from environmental toxins are passed on to future progeny through epigenetics. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
50 Years Ago: Antiwar Protesters Brutally Attacked in Police Riots at 1968 Democratic Convention; Bound & Gagged: Black Panther Party Chair Bobby Seale Describes His Trial After 1968 DNC Protests; 1968 DNC Protests, 50 Years Later: Organizers Recall Coalition Building & Running Pig for President.
On todays show, well examine how right wing media have covered the Mueller investigation and fueled Donald Trumps narrative of a witch hunt. My guest Bobby Lewis is a researcher with Media Matters for America. Then, two comedians, Roni Geva and Margaret Katch will tell me about their acclaimed and award winning web-based TV series … Continued
First up we listen to a talk given at Laurel Books by lesbian feminist author and scholar Bonnie Morris about her new book The Feminist revolution, a Richly illustrated, engagingly written history of second-wave feminism and successor movements from the 1960s to the present. Then in the second half of the show Preeti Mangala Shekar … Continued
What can Star Trek tell us about life after capitalism? Peter Frase discusses four possible futures in a world where workers are increasingly being replaced by machines — ranging from communist and socialist societies to ones in which workers are literally disposable. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Peter Frase, Four Futures: Life After Capitalism Verso, 2014
History professor, Jack Luzkow, explains the many ways the super-rich are robbing the rest of us. And Ralph asks Constitutional law professor, Corey Brettschneider if the Constitution is capable of stopping Donald Trump.
