0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: remembering Al Young, SF Poet Laureate and KPFA supporter, Jerri Lange, trailblazing broadcaster; DC statehood, the Biden Administration’s caps on refugees, and more.
Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA.
0:34 – We take your COVID science call-ins with Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley — today we talk about watching case numbers to assess another surge, waiting to make travel plans, and anecdotal experiences with COVID vaccines affecting menstrual cycles.
1:08 – Author interview: Cynthia Barnett is an award-winning environmental journalist who has reported on water and climate change around the world, and also teaches at the University of Florida In 2015, Brian sat down with her to talk about her book Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
1:34 – California declares drought disaster
Rachel Becker is an environment reporter for CALmatters, where she covers climate change and California’s environmental policies.
1:48 – Camille Pannu is the Director of the UC Davis Law School’s Water Justice Clinic; also teaching at UC Irvine Law School.