Cali!!!
Has Governor Newsom survived the recall unscathed? Or is there more to come? And what about COVID in Cali? Wildfires? We hear about the whole ball-o’-wax from the Nation’s Sasha Abramsky. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Talkies
11:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: FRIDAYS
What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Roe v. Wade
Texas has done it: eliminated a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. And there is every indication Texas is only the beginning, of a total rollback of reproductive rights. Jessica Mason Pieklo, of Rewire News, explains. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Repentance and transformation! Town Crier!
The Jewish High Holidays focus on repentance, transformation, atonement—right on time! Rabbi Michael Lerner puts a progressive political spin on it. PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Texas kills Roe v. Wade! PLUS: our dying planet
Late last night, Texas killed Roe v. Wade: aided and abetted by the U.S. Supreme Court right-wing majority. PLUS: hurricanes, floods, fires, drought—our planet is on life support. Mark Hertsgaard tells us what’s up. Hosted by Kris Welch.
AFGHANISTAN!!!!
A bomb kills Marines and Afghans trying to flee the Taliban—and the bomber was NOT Taliban. Lessons from the past, analysis of the present, and a peer into the future with Stephen Zunes. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Economic inequality! Town Crier!
The latest stats on how the rich got richer, and the poor got poorer under COVID, with Chuck Collins. Hosted by Kris Welch.
ACTION!!! in Congress???
Biden’s $3.5 T infrastructure bill—Congress has agree to discuss it! Believe it or not, this is significant progress. John Nichols elaborates.
Public Education and COVID
Mask mandates! Positive tests! Worried teachers! Frantic parents! Millions of unvaccinated school children! It’s a nightmare. We talk about the many ways of fall-out. Hosted by Kris Welch.
CalMatters! BAMBDFEST 2021!
Emily Hoeven of CalMatters runs down the big news in Cali: Newsome recall, COVID, fires: NOT a pretty picture. PLUS the brilliant, tenacious, charismatic poet, playwright, educator and activist Dr. Ayodele Nzinga with her annual Black Arts Movement cultural festival in Oakland. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Haiti! Afghanistan!
Another natural disaster in Haiti, still not recovered from the last natural disaster, and the current political disaster…Danny Shaw explains the challenges. PLUS: Biden has promised to end the 20-year U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, and the Taliban are poised to take over. What’s next? Phyllis Bennis offers analysis. Hosted by Kris Welch.