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Post Presidential Debate – Fall Fund Drive Special

Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert host an election special following Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s presidential debate. This second hour features guest commentators Yael Schacher, director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International and Steve Phillips, founder of Democracy in Color. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive a black zippered sweatshirt celebrating the first year … Continued


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The Shortfalls of Public Health Policy Towards Gun Violence w/ Jonathan Metzl – Fall Fund Drive Special

Today’s show features Jonathan M. Metzl, the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and the director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University. Metzl is the award-winning author of seven books including Dying of Whiteness and his latest book What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country … Continued


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Palestine Post w/ Khury Petersen-Smith, Wassim Hage and The Appeal

Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) released a report on Monday documenting that, between October 7, 2023, and the end of July of 2024, Israelis killed 141 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. That is 1 Palestinian child killed every 2 days. Read the report here: https://assets.nationbuilder.com/dcipalestine/pages/5323/attachments/original/1725884141/Targeting_Childhood_report.pdf?1725884141 We discuss this and … Continued


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Heat wave impacts and supporting the unhoused community w/ Talya Husbands-Hankin; plus Resistance in Residence artist Ayodele Nzinga

On todays show – how is the recent heatwave impacted unhoused community members – we speak with Talya Husbands-Hankin, known to many as ‘Boots’, founder of Love and Justice in the Streets. Then 16 year old Easter Leafa was killed by Anchorage PD on August 13 – the seventh police shooting this summer – we … Continued


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Will Berkeley pass a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution? Plus SF Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, and Resistance in Residence artist Ayodele Nzinga

On todays show, the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission is embroiled in controversy over a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution and Israeli Arms Embargo, we will speak to community organizer Luchi B, with Bay Area Divest, along with the the founder of Yalla Berkeley Noor B, supporting Palestine and working closely with the Berkeley Peace and Justice … Continued


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The Feminist History of the “Self-Help” Abortion Access Movement w/ Angela Hume; plus Resistance in Residence artist Ayodele Nzinga

Starting in the 1970s, small groups of feminist activists met regularly to study anatomy, practice pelvic exams on each other, and learn how to safely perform a procedure known as menstrual extraction, which can end a pregnancy, using equipment easily bought and assembled at home. This “self-help” movement grew into a robust national and international … Continued


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Environmental Warfare in Gaza w/ Shourideh Molavi; plus Resistance in Residence artist Ayodele Nzinga

On today’s show – a timely and powerful conversation with author and activist Shourideh Molavi about her new book Environmental Warfare in Gaza: Colonial Violence and New Landscapes of Resistance which chronicles the legacy of land control, degradation and theft as part of the Zionist war chest. We talk perimeters, environmental warfare and crop control … Continued


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Abolitionist Intimacies w/ El Jones; plus Resistance in Residence artist Mistah FAB

On today’s show, we’re joined by El Jones, a poet, journalist, academic, and abolitionist who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She teaches at Mt Saint Vincent University. She was also Halifax’s Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2015. Her work focuses on social justice issues such as feminism, prison abolition, antiracism, and decolonization. Her latest book … Continued


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How Abolishing Family Court Brings Justice to Children and Families w/ Jane Spinak; plus Resistance in Residence Artist Mistah FAB

When juvenile courts were first created more than 100 years ago, they were imagined as a therapeutic space where specially-trained public servants and a friendly, caring judge would help children and families. Today, our guest illustrates how that vision never came to pass, and how the procedures and policies of family court are based in … Continued


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Domestic Violence and the Need for Abolition Feminism w/ Leigh Goodmark; plus Resistance in Residence Artist Mistah FAB

On today’s show, we’ll talk about how intimate partner violence can’t be addressed through a carceral system with Leigh Goodmark, abolitionist lawyer and author of Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism.  This week’s Artist Resistance in Residence is Oakland native, hip hop artist, community advocate, and owner of the brand and … Continued