A Rude Awakening – January 3, 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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A Rude Awakening – December 27, 2024
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
A Rude Awakening – December 20, 2024
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
A Rude Awakening will return on December 20th. Today’s special programming for KPFA’s 2024 Holiday Fund Drive is an interview with author Jason Stanley, discussing his book Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future. To support our mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.
A Rude Awakening will return on December 20th. Today’s special programming for KPFA’s 2024 Holiday Fund Drive is an interview with author and artist Obi Kaufmann discussing his book The State of Fire: Why California Burns. To support our mission, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732.
Lawsuit Against Martinez Refining Company
On today’s show, the city of Martinez has been suffering through many polluting events by the Martinez Refining Company. In July of 2024, a lawsuit against the Martinez Refining Company was launched by over 700 residents of the embattled city. I’ll speak to affected resident Alice Saliba and attorney Wesley Griffith.
More Prop 4 & Santa Barbara Offshore Drilling On today’s show, we’ll do a deeper dive into Prop 4 and its contents which CA voters passed this election season with The Climate Center’s Communications Director Ryan Schleeter. We’ll switch gears and speak to Center for Biological Diversity’s senior campaigner Brady Bradshaw and dig into the … Continued
COP29 – False Solutions On today’s show, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Conference Of Parties 29 started this week. I’ll speak to Souparna Lahiri, Senior Climate and Biodiversity Policy Advisor for Global Forest Coalition about the false solutions being presented. From the Global Forest Coalition Press Release: “At UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, the … Continued
On today’s show, I’ll speak to filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee about her documentary “Standing Above the Clouds”. This is the ongoing story about the fight against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai’i. “Standing Above the Clouds was created through a collaborative process with our film protagonists. Through making this film, … Continued
On today’s show, we’ll hear about the importance of down ballot voting as well as the importance of voting climate champions into office w/Zoe Jonick of 350 Bay Area/350 Bay Area Action. And take a deeper dive into the “Polluters Pay Package” that Governor Newsom has signed w/Christina Scaringe, strategist for The Center for Biological … Continued
The Basandja Coalition
On today’s show, delegates from the Basandja Coalition based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are half-way through an eight-city U.S. tour. I’ll speak to Marie Claire Faray and Basandja founder Samuel Yagase about the tour and the climate crisis. This trip was sponsored by Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo.