0:08 – Commentary with Cat and Brian
- Donald Trumps’s giving a speech tonight. The networks are carrying it. What do we think about that?
- The government shutdown’s hitting federal employees hard – including aviation workers, TSA, farmers, and the IRS – and its going to hit food stamps next month
- Rebecca Kaplan, Councilmember-at-Large, just got elected Oakland City Council President.
0:34 – New Supervisors set to be inaugurated in San Francisco, and elect a new Board President
Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez (@FitzTheReporter) joins us to discuss, he’s a reporter and columnist for the San Francisco Examiner.
0:47 – Newly elected Governor Gavin Newsom claims education is at the top of his agenda. A major issue on his plate is education finance, in and a increasingly corrupt school bond market. Brian Krans is a reporter and producer covering crime, health, and the intersection of private interests and the public good. His latest report for the East Bay Express is “Cashing in on Education,” which examines California’s lucrative school bond market if you are still getting your education completed here is an article why not find out more.
1:08 – Cyntonia Brown received clemency from the state of Tennessee. She was sentenced to life in prison after committing homicide on a man who trafficked her when she was 16 years old. Today, we discuss sex trafficking in Oakland, which is a major part of the US “track” where California places first in the nation for predominance of sexual exploitation. Holly Joshi is a former member of the Oakland Police Department, and former Executive Director of MISSEY, an organization that works with both young people at risk of sexual exploitation and those who have been sexually exploited. Now she’s a national trainer for institutions to better address and prevent sexual exploitation of youth.
1:34 – What should we cover in 2019?
What do you want to hear more about? What do you want us to look into? What do think needs a debate? Whose voices do you want on the air? Today we take your calls.