According to Terry Kupers, a culture of punishment and impunity pervades solitary confinement facilities around the U.S. Because many inmates in solitary suffer from serious mental illness, they can respond to escalating punishments in ways that invite more — and more brutal — punitive measures. Kupers discusses what can be done to promote, rather than … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich interviews world-famous economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis about his book Adults in the Room: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment. In this account, Varoufakis reveals the corridors of power and his struggle with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth.
Scott McClean of Cal Fire speaks with UpFront on Tuesday morning about the devastating Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa county burning across 27,000 acres. Scott is in Santa Rosa county, which is dealing with airborn fire spread in urban areas that has burnt an esitmated 15,000 structures. Reporter Karen Argood speaks with locals impacted in … Continued
As Catalonia Plans Independence from Spain, Julian Assange Advises Organizers on Secure Messaging; Julian Assange: Accusations of WikiLeaks & Trump Campaign Ties to Russia are “Not Consequential”; Judge Denies Bail to Whistleblower Reality Winner, Citing Her Admiration for Snowden and Assange; New Yorkers Call for Indigenous Peoples’ Day & Removal of Columbus Statue; Julian Assange … Continued
Well start todays show with a look at a new and terrifying study about microscopic plastics in drinking water has found massive contamination worldwide. My guest Chris Tyree is a journalist with Orb Media and hell discuss the story he has co-authored called Invisibles: The Plastic Inside Us. Then, we’ll turn to academic William Robinson, … Continued
The number of people with sexually transmitted diseases in California has hit a record high for a second year, with an increase of 40% from just 5 years ago. Join Dr. Will Courtenay and his guests Dr. Heidi Bauer, Chief of the state’s Public Health STD Control Program and Dr. Ina Park from UCSF.
Host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Louis S. Warren about his book Gods Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America, which describes the pan-Indian religious movement that swept across the west and the great plain as a form of resistance and reconciliation to colonialism. This book is critical to understanding how … Continued
Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, spoke words that are all too relevant today. Mrs Hamer would have turned 100 years old on October 6th 2017. Today on Making Contact, you’ll hear archival recordings, and excerpts from a powerful new film featuring Fannie Lou Hamer’s contemporaries– themselves now elders. You’ll hear about the context of … Continued
Salima Hamirani speaks with May Jeong about her article for In These Times on the American trained militia groups tasked with carrying out the ugliest parts of the ongoing war, and furthering American interests. May discusses the complexities that come with arming one remote group in the name of foreign stakeholder benefit. In the second … Continued
Nuclear Ban Group ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize as Trump Threatens to End Iran Deal & Nuke North Korea; Are Trump’s Efforts to Sabotage Iran Nuclear Deal a Precursor for U.S. War with Iran?; Will the NRA Use Regulation of “Bump Stocks” as Excuse to Avoid “Real Action” on Gun Control? Special Report: Puerto Ricans … Continued
