7:34 – George Kelley, breaking news reporter for the East Bay Times and East Bay co-chair of the Pacific Media Workers Guild 8:08 – Sarah Frier, technology reporter for Bloomberg who co-authored a story about Facebook’s little-publicized political unit. 8:34 – Michael Blecker, Executive Director of Swords to Plowshares; also co-founder of the California Association of Veterans Service … Continued


Enough! A Million Students Walk Out of Schools to Demand Action on Guns in Historic Day of Action; Remembering Courtlin Arrington: The Victim of a Recent School Shooting Largely Ignored by Media; Farmworkers Bring Human Rights Fight to Wendy’s Doorstep, Fasting & Calling for Boycott over Abuses; Rebecca Solnit on #MeToo, Mass Movements and the … Continued


Mitch Jeserich talks to legal scholar Peter Afrasiabi about the history of the agency that is tasked with capturing, detaining, and deporting people, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and how immigration went from a labor issue to a national security one. Peter Afrasiabi is a federal court litigation lawyer at One LLP, he founded and directs the Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic … Continued


Trump’s New CIA Nominee, Gina Haspel, Faces Possible Arrest Warrant in Germany over Torture; “She Tortured Just for the Sake of Torture”: CIA Whistleblower on Trump’s New CIA Pick Gina Haspel; Jeremy Scahill: Gina Haspel Should Be Answering for Her Torture Crimes, Not Heading the CIA; Mike Pompeo, Christian Crusader & Koch Brothers Ally, Tapped … Continued


Chile’s first and only female President Michelle Bachelet just handed over power to her successor, second-time President, the center-right billionaire Sebastin Piera. On our show today we’ll speak with Chilean-born artist and activist Francisco Letelier about Bachelet’s legacy and what Piera would bring. Then, why Attorney General Jeff Sessions is suing California, and how a … Continued


Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with National Security Analysts Melvin Goodman and Lawrence Korb to talk about the ousting of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State and the nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him. Guest: Melvin A. Goodman, served as a senior analyst and Division Chief at the CIA from 1966 to 1990.  … Continued


Trump Replaces Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo at State; Torturer Named New Head of CIA; Jeremy Scahill: Trump CIA Pick Gina Haspel Ran Secret Torture Black Site; “Unprecedented & Shocking”: Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites; Charterize, Privatize, Christianize: The DeVos-Backed Policies That “Gutted” Michigan Public Schools.