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On today’s show: 0:08 – Michael Willrich, professor of history at Brandeis University discusses his book Pox: An American History. 0:33 – David K. Randall (@dkrandall), senior reporter at Reuters discusses his book Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague. 1:08 – Gene Slater discusses his book … Continued
0:08 – We start this archival show on the theme of Juneteenth with a book talk by Ibram X Kendi (@DrIbram), Professor at Boston University and Director of that institution’s Center for Antiracist Research. The talk was presented by KPFA on May 4th of 2017, discussing his then-latest book, Stamped From the Beginning: A Definitive … Continued
0:08 – As we head into the weekend of Juneteenth, we spend our first segment with Dr. Gregory Carr (@AfricanaCarr), Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University who joins us to chart the path of making Juneteenth a federal holiday. We start in Washington, where Carr … Continued
0:08 – Rounding up what’s happened recently and what’s still to come at the Supreme Court. The heavily anticipated decision on Roe v Wade hasn’t come down yet, but there have been some other significant rulings. We discuss the latest and preview what’s to come with Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC), a legal analyst and Supreme … Continued
0:08 – It’s likely the fed will raise interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, which is the most severe hike since 1994, and this has wide ranging ramifications. We discuss the economy and how the interest rate hike will impact every-day people with Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood), an economic journalist and host of KPFA’s … Continued
0:10 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the latest developments in the conflict in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, discusses the latest COVID science and answer listener questions. 1:08 – Insects are often thought of as pests, but … Continued
0:08 – The California Reparations Task Force recently released the first of two reports detailing the long reaching impacts of discriminatory practices against African-Americans and recommended steps the government could take to address those harms. We speak with Kamilah Moore (@KamilahVMoore), Chairperson of the California Reparations Task Force. 0:33 – The City of Oakland this week … Continued
0:08 – The Summit of the Americas has kicked off in Los Angeles, with quite a bit of the Americas not participating. In the first time taking place in the US since its inaugural summit in 1994, the Biden administration chose to exclude Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela, a slew of countries chose to not send … Continued
0:08 – A renewed truce appears to be holding in Yemen. We speak with Baraa Shiban (@BShtwtr), is a Yemeni human rights activist, and a researcher for the human rights organization Reprieve. 0:33 – A focus on local elections: Joe Eskenazi (@EskSF), the Managing Editor at Mission Local (@MLNow), joins us to react and give … Continued
0:08 – President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to boost clean energy industry production. We are joined by Michael Wara (@MichaelWWara), a lawyer and Senior Research Scholar at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment, as well as the Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program there, whose research is focused on climate … Continued
