A Rude Awakening – November 27, 2020
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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An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
On today’s show, we speak with environmental and human-rights attorney, Steven Donziger, who has been placed on house arrest for over a year by a judge tied to the fossil fuel industry, after representing indigenous people in Ecuador fighting against life threatening pollution from Chevron. Also joining us is the associate director of Amazon Watch, … Continued
On today’s episode of A Rude Awakening, host Sabrina Jacobs speaks with Gary Hughes of Biofuel Watch about decolonization, the Mapuche struggle against neoliberalism and industrial resource extraction, and Chile’s constitutional reset after months of unrest. Hughes also speaks to what it means that the US is switching from the climate denialism of Trump to … Continued
On today’s program, we speak with two leaders of the Mycelium Youth Network, including the founder and director of the project, Lil Milagro Henriquez, and its educational director, Marylin Zuniga. About the group: Mycelium Youth Network (MYN) prepares youth in the East Bay Area — who are most vulnerable to and already feeling the effects … Continued
On this episode, we feature and interview with Steve Horn, investigative climate reporter with the Real News Network, were were touch on California Governor Gavin Newsome and fracking. We then speak with Michelle Passero, about how to get through climate change, naturally, as well as reading some new reports. PHOTO: NOAA
On today’s show, tune-in to hear a special report from the Green News Report about how climate change is driving the warming of the oceans which is leading to an increase in mega-storms. We also feature a broadcast of a press conference put on by Stop GE Trees about opposing the deregulation of genetically engineered … Continued
In light of the upcoming election and in an effort to demystify the Green New Deal, on this episode of A Rude Awakening, we speak with Ethan Elkind, the Director of the Climate Program Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at UC Berkeley, the author of Railtown and host of City Visions Radio. We … Continued
This episode features a discussion on the fight to preserve the Point Reyes Seashore and the continued protection of Tule Elk. Featured guests include ecologist Laura Cunningham and environmental author Ken Brower. PHOTO: Hari Nandakumar on Unsplash
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.