A Rude Awakening – April 18, 2025
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
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On today’s show, I’ll speak to Stacy Malkan, US Right To Know co-founder and managing editor, about Bayer/Monsanto’s latest scheme to get out paying billions in compensation for all the cancer it has knowlingly caused. We’ll switch gears and speak to Ecology Center’s executive director Martin Bourque about the possible federal cuts to SNAP/EBT. Stacy … Continued
On today’s show, I’ll start the hour off with the latest report by Climate Integrity’s Richard Wiles entitled, “PREMIUMS ON FIRE: How State Farm’s California rate hike forces the rising costs of climate disasters onto policyholders instead of the Big Oil companies fueling the crisis”. We’ll switch gears and speak to author and Fair Trade … Continued
On today’s show, the Red Cross gives an award to Wells Fargo? I’ll speak to Dr. Michelle Merrill, organizer, with Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island. We’ll switch gears and get an update on the possible restart of offshore drilling in the Santa Barbara corridor from Kristin Monsell, legal director of the Oceans program at the Center … Continued
More GMO Corn & GreenAction
More GMO Corn & GreenAction On today’s show, we’ll get an update on Mexico’s continued fight against importing GMO’d corn from the United States from Tuft’s University researcher Timothy A. Wise. We’ll switch gears just a bit and get some info from the executive director of GreenAction for Health and Environmental Justice Bradley Angel about … Continued
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A Rude Awakening – February 21, 2025
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
The Utility Grift
The Utility Grift: On today’s show, utility companies, their continued grifting and what is being done about it. I’ll speak to Consumer Watchdog President Jaime Court about SB 222 Sen. Scott Weiner’s bill and communications director for The Utility Reform Network (TURN) Lee Trotman on the price hikes put in place by PG&E in spite … Continued
On today’s show, I’ll speak to The Climate Center’s Barry Vasser on the Water’s Edge tax loophole for the fossil fuel companies. We’ll switch gears and speak Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute Deputy Director and Eaton fire survivor Maya Golden Krasner discusses a study by World Weather Attribution and how the fossil fuel … Continued