Background Briefing – December 10, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
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Special Fund Drive Programming
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East Bay Yesterday – December 10, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
When we go to the supermarket, we’re confronted with a vast array of foods — packaged, unpackaged, natural, organic, nonorganic, foods with claims of being nutritious or sustainably farmed or endorsed by the American Heart Association. In the face of such an onslaught, how should we make sense of it all? Nutritionist and molecular biologist … Continued
Fanny and Mary join us to talk about what might happen if the Signal app was blocked in the US and how to ready contingency apps meanwhile (such as Delta Chat)
Special Fund Drive Programming – Mitch Reads Animal Farm
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Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – December 10, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
The Future Is Collective: Effective Workplace Strategies for Building a Culture of Care w/ Niloufar Khonsari — Winter Fund Drive
In this episode, we speak with author Niloufar Khonsari about their new book The Future Is Collective: Effective Workplace Strategies for Building a Culture of Care. Drawing on two decades of experience in community organizing and nonprofit leadership, Khonsari guides us in transforming our workplaces by decentralizing power; implementing collective governance structures; and centering principles … Continued
Fund Drive Special: History of Anarchism in the US
00:08 — Michael Willrich is a Professor of History at Brandeis University. His latest book is “American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century.”
Democracy Now! – December 10, 2025
ON TODAY’S SHOW: Will the International Community Act? Preschool Massacre & “Large Piles of Bodies” in Sudan “Torture & Enforced Disappearances” at Florida’s ICE Jails “Alligator Alcatraz” & Krome Trump Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew’s Mother Released from ICE Jail, Faces Deportation Despite Judge’s Order, ICE Deports Shackled Babson College Freshman, Harasses Her Family in Texas What Activists Can Learn from Rosa … Continued