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0:08 – Eric Foner, professor of History at Columbia, author of The Second Founding: How the Civil war and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. 0:34 – Mark Arax is an author and journalist, focused on California and the West. His latest book is The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California. 1:08 – Betty Reid Soskin – for … Continued
0:08 – A historic week in US history: President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. We go over impeachment news with national affairs correspondent with the Nation Magazine, John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) 0:23 – Kola Production Re-Envisions The Nutcracker Through African & AfroLatinX Lens, Reflecting the … Continued
0:08 – Congress to pass NAFTA 2.0: The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Lori Wallach is founder and Executive Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch (@PCGTW) 0:34 – Author interview: Dave Eggers is an award-winning author of more than a dozen books, founder of McSweeny’s a publishing house based in San Francisco, which produces books and a … Continued
0:08 – The science of earthquakes, and what you need to know for the next Big One. Andrew Alden (@aboutgeology) is science writer, founder of a weekly blog on the geology of Oakland and former United States Geological Survey technical editor. Jennifer Strauss is External Relations Officer at UC Berkeley Seismology Lab and Regional Coordinator for ShakeAlert Northern California. She is … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch We discuss the latest on impeachment, the tone and tenor of the House of Representatives – voting on not only impeachment, but also the federal spending bill, NAFTA 2.0 and more. Plus, we ask listeners who value our work to continue supporting and donate to KPFA 1:08 – Fund Drive … Continued
Media Roundtable: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate. Hosted by Rose Aguilar.
0:08 – Fund Drive Special: The Corporate Coup d’Etat A democracy should protect its citizens, especially the most vulnerable among them, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. The Corporate Coup d’Etat is an investigative and persuasive documentary blends the insights of philosophers, authors and journalists with the experiences of citizens of the Rust … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special: Homewreckers Aaron Glantz (@Aaron_Glantz) is an investigative journalist with Reveal (from the Center for Investigative Reporting). His new book is Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks,& Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes & Demolished the American Dream. KPFA Event: Thursday November 7, 2019 in Berkeley. … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special: An African-American and Latinx History of the United States. Paul Ortiz is a professor of history at the University of Florida and the Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. He’s the author of several books, his latest is An African-American and Latinx History of the United States. Yours … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special: Pleasure Activism adrienne maree brown is a social justice facilitator focused on black liberation, a doula/healer, and a pleasure activist. She’s the author of the critically acclaimed Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements, and her latest book is Pleasure Activism: … Continued
