12:00 PM 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.
World-changing economics: put a financial value on rainforests. It’s happening today, in Guyana. PLUS: our election system is seriously broken. Here are some serious ideas for fixing it. With host Kris Welch, noon to one. Guests: Rainforest Action Network William Poundstone, author "Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren’t Fair (and What We can Do About … Continued
The California Air Resources Board wants to weaken an effort to address global warming. We get a live report from a scientist at the hearing. PLUS: transform society or transform yourself – why not do both? We hear how. With host Kris Welch, noon to one. Guests: Spencer Quong, sr. vehicles analyst, Union of Concerned … Continued
Anne Lamott with her new book. PLUS: an excerpt from Winter Soldier 2008, followed by your phone calls. With host Kris WelchGuests: Anne Lamott, author with new book "Grace (Eventually)"
More bloody rioting in Tibet, more intense Chinese crackdown on protests. We talk with Robert Thurman. Guests: Robert Thurman, first American ordained as Tibetan Buddhist monk; author; prof. Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Dept. Religion, Columbia.Ganden Thurman, exec. dir. Tibet House, NYCKhampa, Tibetan national Bay Area Friends of Tibet at S.F.City Hall.Dr. Kendo Hal Roth, prof. Religious … Continued
The latest from Gaza; The ACLU on defending FISA; John Ross birthday bash this weekend, to raise funds for Iraqi refugees. Guests: Leila Farsakh, assist. prof. poli sci UMass Boston. Palestinian Mouin Rabbani, contrib. ed. MERIP’s Middle East Report. Caroline Fredrickson, dir. ACLU D.C. legislative office. John Ross, freelance journalist (Mexico); author; poet; septuagenarian wannabe.
Irrationality, our own, not the president’s, affects every aspect of our lives. Hear how, and what to do about it. Plus a brand new film shed more light on our flawed electoral process. Guests: Dan Ariely, MIT Behavioral Economist, book "Predictably Irrational", David Earnhardt, filmmaker "Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections", Bay Area debut … Continued
$74M more to a company sued for providing substandard helmets to U.S. troops; Walter Mosley’s latest Easy Rollins mystery. With host Kris Welch.
A look at the neuroscience of brain health and what it takes to keep one’s brain sharp into old age.
