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This morning on A Rude Awakening, I’ll speak to Professor of Forest Biotechnology at Oregon State University Dr. Steven Strauss on the subject of genetically engineered trees. Good or bad you decide. And I’ll have my friend and yours Kevin Hunsanger on the final day of the KPFA fund drive. Give * Support * Share … Continued
Join me for an interview Australian documentary filmmaker Michael Shaw on “Living in the Time of Dying”. And of course, my favorite special guest will be making an appearance during this giving season KPFA Holiday Fund Drive SUPPORT COMMUNITY POWERED RADIO HERE https://support.kpfa.org/ More about Living in the Time of Dying A documentary about … Continued
An exclusive conversation with author and investigative reporter Carey Gillam about those nasty PFAS chemicals (also known as forever chemicals) and her latest book “The Monsanto Papers” read Carey Gillam’s recent article EPA unveils new strategy to address US contamination of ‘forever’ chemicals www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/18/epa-forever-chemicals-new-strategy buy “The Monsanto Papers” careygillam.com/books and stay tuned we’ll switch gears … Continued
Success story! I’ll speak to Idle No More leaders Isabella Zizi and Alison Ehara-Brown about their recent, collaborative demo in SF and a re-airing of my interview with Chairman Michael Hunter of the Coyote Valley Pomo in regards to Jackson Demo State Forest. Why? Because the Jackson State Demo Forest is still under threat
On Today’s show, whale offsets? It was a topic of discussion at COP26. I’ll speak marine biologist & professor at the University of Alaska Southeast Dr. Heidi Pearson and assistant director at the International Monetary Fund, Dr. Ralph Chami to get some of those lingering questions answered.
On today’s show, Chairman Michael Hunter of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians will further the conversation on the devastation at the Jackson Demonstration State Forest Places to support and follow Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter fb: Michael Hunter ig: Tribal Chairman Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians + Hope 4 Natives AND a conversation with … Continued
Today, I’ll speak to Tom Wheeler, Executive Director of EPIC (The Environmental Protection Information Center) on logging at Jackson Demonstration State Forest. According to activists and their legal team, the logging is on hold for now but, should it have been happening in the first place? And a new report discusses the harm done to … Continued
Today, I’ll have a conversation with the Climate Justice Coordinator for the SAFCEI (Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute) Gabriel Manyangadze about the UN loss/damages program established for the Global South that only exists on paper. And, life-long activist Mary Kay Benson 350 BUTTE COUNTY on today’s Global Day of Action to Defund Climate Chaos … Continued
Today, it’s all about the youth. I’ll speak to Faye Lessler of the Sunrise Movement , Alex Masci of CA Youth vs Big Oil and Magdalena Myers Dahlkamp of Youth vs Apocalypse and Earth Guardians on upcoming actions leading up to COP26 A few ways you can get involved linktr.ee/marchforstolenlivesandfutures GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION … Continued
Today I’m in conversation with Teresa K. Miller on her new book Borderline Fortune. Borderline Fortune is a meditation on intangible family inheritance—of unresolved intergenerational conflicts and traumas in particular—set against the backdrop of our planetary inheritance as humans. As species go extinct and glaciers melt, Teresa K. Miller asks what we owe one another … Continued
