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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken

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today on Hard Knock we discuss Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming” by Paul Hawken. Drawdown maps, measures, models, and describes the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming. For each solution, we describe its history, the carbon impact it provides, the relative cost and savings, the path to adoption, … Continued

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Remedying Functional Limitations With Functional Fitness

One in 3 people – and 60% of those over 65 – suffer from a functional limitation limiting their ability to carry out daily activities – like climbing stairs, carrying groceries or picking up a child. Join Dr. Will Courtenay and his guest Clinical Exercise Physiologist Karen Owoc in discussing how to remedy these problems … Continued

Democracy Now 6am

Why Emma Lazarus’ Iconic Poem is Under Attack by the Trump Administration

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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” On Democracy Now! Today Esther Schor Biographer of Emma Lazarus author of This Poem The New Colossus at the base of the Statue … Continued

The Hear and Now

The Summer of Love Special: The Hear and Now

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Let’s all wave our freak flags high and join the endless celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, when Bonnie and Derk merge The Bonnie Simmons Show and The Hear and Now on the last night of the KPFA Get Up Stand Up Summer 2017 Fund Drive. As we explore some of our favorite sounds that came out of San Francisco … Continued

Hard Knock Radio

To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America’s Police by Norm Stamper

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Policing is in crisis. The last decade has witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. It is not just noticeable in African American and other minority communities—where there have been a series of high-profile tragedies—but in towns and cities across the country. Racism—from … Continued