What is behind the rash of monster hurricanes? Visitor from another solar system? Guest: Dr. Seth Shostak, director, SETI Institute Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
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Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Jeremy Stahl and Ryan Grim about the latest Robert Mueller indictments news. Jeremy Stahl is a senior editor for Slate, he wrote yesterday the article “The Potential Bombshell Hidden in the Mueller Indictments”. Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s Washington D.C. bureau chief. Then we are talking with historian Robert … Continued
Marcy Wheeler Says Indictments in Russia Probe Further Incriminate Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Condemns “Indefensible” Whitefish Contract & Calls for PREPA Chief’s Firing; San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz On Trump, Shock Doctrine & “Disaster Capitalism” in Puerto Rico.
As the US Virgin Islands struggle to emerge from the shadow of other hurricane-devastated areas, we’ll go to St. Thomas today to speak with Gerry Yandel, Executive Editor of the Virgin Islands Daily News. Gerry will give us a report on how residents are coping and why the federal government often forgets about the US … Continued
Health worker Amanda Bloom reports from Puerto Rico, where 80% of people still are without power. She describes what it’s like navigating a destroyed city with no lights or landmarks, and provides information about cool stuff people are doing. Then public historian Max Dashu discusses the secret history of witches in Europe during the early Christian period. … Continued
Profiting Off Finance
What accounts for the dramatic rise of the financial sector in rich capitalist nations? How are lenders and associated institutions profiting off people’s use of credit cards, mortgages, and other forms of credit? Ivan Ascher sees certain parallels between the exploitation of workers in the era of factory production and the exploitation of people desperately … Continued
Ralph talks to law professor Margaret Jane Radin about the hazards of fine print contracts and to Russell Kendzior about the hazards of slippery floors, two seemingly minor things that have a surprisingly profound effect on our daily lives.
Today, our host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with John Nichols about the recent revelations about Russian interference in 2016 American presidential election. This Monday afternoon, Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort pled not guilty to money laundering, but the evidence is strong. John Nichols writes about politics for The Nation as its national-affairs correspondent … Continued
This morning’s episode covers the declared independence of Catalonia from Spain, and the political push back and consequences. Sebastiaan Faber, Professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College and author of Memory Battles of the Spanish Civil War, speaks with KPFA about the nuances of the situation as tensions heighten. Trumps former campaign manager Paul Manafort, as … Continued
Head of Puerto Rico Electrical Workers’ Union Demands Corruption Probe of Whitefish Energy Contract; Spain Charges Catalan Leaders with “Sedition, Rebellion & Embezzlement” & Implements Direct Rule; Trump Admin Continues Threats & Provocations Against North Korea, Laying Groundwork for Nuclear War.