On today’s show, our host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Kurt Wagner, Senior Editor of Recode, who specializes in business and tech-related stories, about the relationship between the Russian government and American social media in terms of the 2016 election. We then discuss the recent Manhattan terror attack with Karen J. Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security … Continued
EncampmentThis morning, as Senate hearings regarding Russian involvement in President Trump’s election proceed, we speak with Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post’s Silicon Valley Correspondent who is in Washington DC covering the hearings. Continued coverage of the eviction of the Here There encampment by Ashby Bart in Berkeley brings us an interview with EmilyRose Johns, an attorney with Siegel, Yee … Continued
“Send Him to Gitmo”: Trump Urges Execution of Saipov After Defending “Both Sides” in Charlottesville; Trump Scapegoats Immigrants, Calls to End Diversity Visa Lottery That Brought Saipov to U.S. in 2010; Trump & Media Focus on Muslims After Attack in NYC, Even as NYPD Says Islam Played No Role; Uzbekistan Cooperated with CIA Rendition & … Continued
Johnny Harper, stalwart Bay Area guitarist, singer, and songwriter, has a brand new CD, Light of a New Day, with his band, Carnival. The CD release concert is November 11 at Bjornson Hall in Oakland’s Fruitvale district. In advance of the concert, Harper will perform in the KPFA studio with pianist John R. Burr and … Continued
We speak with Rosa Clemente about the Woman’s Convention and Puerto Rico. Also our bi-monthly entertainment segment with Ren The Vinyl Archaeologist.
Sonali talks with Larry Bensky about the Mueller Indictments.
When you think of dictatorship, what comes to mind? Probably a repressive state controlling what we can say and do. But acclaimed political philosopher Elizabeth Anderson argues that the word describes the workplace. She discusses how we give up most of our rights when we take a job. Resources: Elizabeth Anderson, Private Government: How Employers … Continued
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Harry Franqui-Rivera, Associate Professor of History at Bloomfield College and author of the book Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952. After an economic crisis and a devastating hurricane, the island is struggling to recover. To understand the whole situation, we are … Continued
This morning’s segment begins with local coverage from UpFront Producer and journalist Lucy Kang, who is on site with updates about the hearing regarding the Here There encampment by Ashby Bart and their pending injunction against an eviction notice served by Bay Area Rapid Transit. Next we hear from Laurel Lucia, director of the Health Care … Continued
Shocking New Investigation Links Berta Cáceres’s Assassination to Executives at Honduran Dam Company; As Elon Musk Proposes Taking Over Power Authority, Puerto Ricans Demand Community-Owned Solar Power; Puerto Rico: As Whitefish Contract Faces Scrutiny, Fluor and Other Companies Move to Privatize Water; Judge Rejects Part of Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Members Serving Openly.
