There ARE other things on your 2020 ballot, besides the White House. Tim Redmond takes us through California ballot measures. PLUS: The Town Crier, poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
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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.
Latest reports say Earth’s climate has now been permanently altered by global warming: there’s no going back. Now what? Dr. Michael Mann with the 411. PLUS: A new film on draft resistance and the Vietnam war. Hosted by Kris Welch. PHOTO: Juan Encalada
She lived in three historic revolutions: Mexico 1968, Cuba 1968-1980, Nicaragua 1980-1984. She wrote poems and books about it, over 90 so far. Deep understanding of art, revolution and women. Margaret Randall joins host Kris Welch. Photo: Margaret Randall, end of 2019 on Wikimedia Commons.
Guest: Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of True North Research, a nonprofit watchdog group focused on legal policy and ethics in federal and state government. Hosted by Kris Welch
Harvey Wasserman, life-long pro-democracy, anti-nuke activist, author, historian joins us to talk about his election protection campaign: vital and timely. Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo: Tiffany Tertipes on Unsplash
The vice-presidential debate is tonight—and suddenly VERY important! With the president ill with a deadly virus, exactly who is the guy who’s next in line? Norman Soloman gives us the heads up. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Trump hospitalized with COVID-19 on Friday, out and maskless on Monday: what is wrong with this picture? Jeet Heer has some answers. Hosted by Kris Welch. PHOTO: Annie Spratt on Unsplash.
White House, Inc.: the presidency as business
Donald Trump is seen by many as a brilliant, self-made-billionaire business success. Forbes senior editor Dan Alexander, after years of reporting on this very topic, begs to differ. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: John Nichols, of the Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine. He joins us to talk about everything electoral: Supreme Court, taxes, Biden, that “debate”! Hosted by Kris Welch.
Anthropologist/ ethnobotanist Dr. Wade Davis on how COVID signals the end of the American era. Wade Davis holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. His award-winning books include Into the Silence, The Wayfinders, and his latest, Magdalena: River of Dreams. He wrote the article The Unraveling of … Continued