East Bay Yesterday – April 30, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
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For over half a century, Big Oil and the plastics industry, through their trade associations and front groups, have sold the public the false idea that plastics are recyclable. Recycling became the mantra of good ecological stewardship, promoted by the likes of city governments, school children, and environmental groups. Davis Allen lays out the mass-marketing … Continued
An interview with David E Gilbert, anarchist political ecologist and author of “Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land: A Social Movement Ethnography”
Guest: Robert Ovetz is a lecturer in Political Science and Public Administration at San José State University. He writes about the politics of the labor movement, work, and the crisis of capitalism at the turn of the 20th century. He is the author of the book When Workers Shot Back: Class Conflict from 1877 to … Continued
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – April 30, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Trump’s Second First 100 Days; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Colette Ghunim
Today, we spend the hour walking through the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency. Kicking us off are Kira Lerner, an editor and reporter based in Washington, DC focused on voting rights, criminal justice, and civil rights issues. Kira is the Democracy Editor of the Guardian US, joining us along with Andrew Roth, a … Continued
National News Roundup; May Day Strikes Over UC Unfair Practices; Plus, Airbnb Lawsuit Impact on San Francisco Budget
00:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 00:20 — Dan Russell is UPTE President & Chief Negotiator. Liz Perlman is Executive Director of AFSCME Local 3299. 00:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years.
Democracy Now 6am – April 30, 2025
ON TODAY’S SHOW: “Trump Is Trying to Break Us”: Trump Threats to Annex Canada Help Liberal Party Win Critical Election DOGE Is Going Global: Elon Musk Is Inspiring Right-Wing Efforts Abroad to Gut Government Programs Viet Thanh Nguyen on 50 Years After Vietnam War, Trump’s “Ugly American” Politics, El Salvador & More “To Save and to … Continued
Andrew Latham / Rick Perlstein / Greg Grandin
Thanks to Trump’s Bullying, Bluster, and Bombast the Liberals Won In Canada
A Presidential Historian on Trump’s 100-Day Reign of Ruin
The Intertwined Two Americas, as the Colossus of the North Exports State Terror to the South
Rhythm Machine – April 30, 2025
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Rhythm Machine with hosts Ryan and Oliver(o-live-e-ay) aka Excuse My French. Wednesdays 2am-5am, playing all things on the electronic dance music spectrum.