How might curiosity show up in our much-besieged civil service? Mikel Herrington is a veteran of both AmeriCorps and Peace Corps. We explore curiosity as the foundation that brings people into civil service, reciprocal curiosity across cultural and experiential divides, humility, humor, how service allows room for listening, and why someone might carry a pecan … Continued


Law & Disorder

5 Weeks of ICE raids w/ LA Taco’s Janette Villafana and Adam Mockler on Epstein and the MAGAsphere

We speak with Janette Villafana, a multimedia journalist at L.A. Taco, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles and the impact of ICE raids. See Janette’s reporting here https://lataco.com/author/janevi Next we go to the Jeffrey Epstein list scandal with Adam Mockler.  Mockler is a rising voice in political commentary and reporting, known for his work … Continued


UpFront

Senate Approves $9 Billion Cuts to Public Media Funding; Plus, Waste Workers Strike Against Republic Services Continues; And, Dual Proposals for Funding Bay Area Public Transit

00:08 — Mike Janssen is Digital Editor at Current, an independent service of the American University School of Communication, providing news and reports on public media 00:20 — Jose Zepeda, is a rank-and-file member of the Teamsters Local 439 Republic Negotiating Committee 00:33 — Laurel Paget-Seekins is Senior Policy Advocate for Transportation Justice at Public … Continued