Today on Flashpoints: An in depth look at the new speaker of the house to be, Paul Ryan. Also, a week of Code Pink anti drone protests under way in Nevada. We’ll have an anti drone speak out. Also Nora Barrows-Friedman and the Electronic Intifada brings us their weekly podcast.
Science News: Has an alien megastructure been signed by astronomers in outer space? Guest: MIT Professor Seth Lloyd talks about quantum computers. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
With Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City. He is host the the radio show Economic Update from WBAI in New York. By now, everyone knows that Bernie Sanders calls … Continued
Berkeley’s city council takes up 10 — count ‘em, 10 — measures to try to address the affordable housing crisis. Councilmember Kriss Worthington joins us in-studio to discuss everything from affordable housing finance to a windfall rental profit tax. Plus: What’s under the hood of the “sharing economy?” We talk to Steven Hill about his … Continued
Despite Military Crackdown in Papua & Other Rights Abuses, Obama Hosts Indonesian President in D.C.; Massive Indonesian Plantation Fires Create Environmental Catastrophe Spewing Haze & Carbon Emissions; With Military Backing, TV Comedian Wins in Guatemala in First Vote Since Jailing of Ex-President; Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on “Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy”; In … Continued
We speak with independent journalist & filmmaker David Sheen about the heightened racist treatment of African asylum-seekers in Israel. Later we speak with filmmaker Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi about immigration and the new film, Ellis Island.
Keally McBride casts a critical eye on Uber, Airbnb, and the rest of the “sharing economy.”
In the first hour Netanyahu thinks Hitler wasn’t so bad after all. We’ll ask Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History at Stanford University. In the second hour the Tea Party at Bengazi with Victor Menotti Director, International Forum on Globalization.
Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. They’re often not even thought of as legitimate work. On this edition of Making Contact, we’re going to meet people making work where there is no work for them. From recyclers, to border … Continued
This week’s program addresses the Black Lives Matter movement, and other efforts to challenge police brutality. Devonte Jackson, organizer with the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) speaks about uniting Black communities against abuses by police and other agencies of government. Attorney Izaak Schwaiger summarizes a pending civil rights lawsuit on behalf of inmates at … Continued
