Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale University, is the author of On Tyranny. We need to an active relationship to history and an active relationship to our government institutions to avoid the tyrannies of the past. Practical advice from History for dealing with the present. He is the author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and Black … Continued
He was a trailblazing critic of imperialism, but chances are you’ve never heard his name. The radical Japanese journalist Kotoku Shusui, who moved from socialism to anarchism, wrote a seminal critique of imperialism — before Hobson and Lenin — and led the movement against empire in Japan. Robert Tierney discusses Kotoku, his classic work Imperialism, … Continued
Distinguished economist, Robert Pollin, joins us to share his ideas on a progressive more egalitarian economic agenda. And Dr. Steffie Woolhandler tells us why doctors and other health professionals want a single-payer, Medicare for All healthcare system.
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Christopher de Bellaigue over the topic of the Islamic Enlightenment. Christopher de Bellaigue has worked as a journalist in south Asia and the Middle East, writing for the Economist, the Guardian, and the New York Review of Books. He is the award-winning author of four … Continued
On today’s show we’ll discuss the all-important issue of economy and the idea of a universal basic income. First former SEIU president Andy Stern joins us for an in-depth discussion of his book where he lays out a bold vision for the economy. It’s called Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew … Continued
On today’s show, host Cat Brooks returns! She and host Brian Edwards-Tiekert discuss the failings of the American healthcare system regardless of whether reforms pass during our current session of Congress. What can be done for the people who get priced out of our current healthcare system? And what can California’s relatively progressive state government … Continued
“A Forgotten Crisis”: Yemen’s Aid Workers Speak Out About the World’s Worst Humanitarian Disaster; Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns over the Cop Shooting of Unarmed Woman. Will the Mayor Be Next? Criminologist Phil Stinson: Police Kill Three People Every Single Day in the United States; “Incoherent Policy”: U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran Even as Trump Admits … Continued
On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll explore the aftermath of the Ghost Ship fire and the battle to preserve live/work spaces, and then we look at the San Pablo fire in Oakland California that displaced at least a hundred residents…many of whom are now living on the streets in tent encampments. That’s next on … Continued
Phoebe Fico, a disabled woman, is playing one of the classic disability theatrical roles, that of Laura in Tennessee Williams, “The Glass Menagerie.” The production by Cal Shakes utilizes a multi-racial cast to portray the conflicts of this thinly-veiled autobiography set during Williams’ younger years. A disability activist and poet as well as an actor, … Continued
