0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: more on the filibuster, its political uses by Republicans, Senate rules and more
Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA
0:34 – COVID call-ins: John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
1:08 – ‘I. Can’t. Breathe: the trial of Derek Chauvin’
Mary Moriarty was a public defender for 30 years, most recently for Hennepin County, Minnesota. She’s also a Minneapolis- based contributor to the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
Malkia Devich Cyril (@culturejedi) is lead founder and senior fellow at the Center for Media Justice.
1:34 – Documentary film ‘Still I Rise‘ examines sex trafficking and exploitation in Oakland
Sheri Shuster is the director and producer of the documentary film ‘Still I Rise’ which explores the relationship between racism and sex trafficking with dynamic womxn closest to the problem and the solutions.
Holly Joshi (@HollyJoshi1) is profiled in the film and her longtime advocacy to end sex trafficking in Oakland. She’s currently a senior research consultant with Bright Research Group. Prior to that she served as director of MISSSEY, an organization that works with both young people at risk of sexual exploitation and those who have been sexually exploited. Before that, she was a sergeant of the child exploitation unit and Chief of Staff at the Oakland Police Department.