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0:08 – Government Shutdown – what are the impacts? Scott Baker is a Professor of Finance at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, co-author of a study on the economic impacts of the last major government shutdown (2013). 0:34 – We’re About to Learn More About the Cops. Darwin Bond Graham (@DarwinBondGraha) is a staff writer with the East Bay … Continued
0:08 – Randy Shaw (@beyondchron) is the Editor of Beyond Chron and the Director of San Francisco’s Tenderloin Housing Clinic, which publishes Beyond Chron. Shaw is the author of four books on activism, including The Activist’s Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century, and Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for … Continued
0:08 – Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha (@MonaHannaA) is a pediatrician who assembled the first health data showing the children of Flint, Michigan, were being poisoned by their tap water. Her new book is What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City. 0:34 – Shakti Butler (@ShaktiButler) is President and Founder of … Continued
7am – News headlines 0:08 – Alphabet Rockers (@alphabetrockers) are a nationally touring kid-friendly hip hop group out of Oakland, CA, addressing complex issues around identity and social justice through their hip hop music. Its members include Juan Amador (aka DJ Wonway Possible) and Choreographer Samara Atkins along with its two core member Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Shepherd. … Continued
0:08 – Zoe Quinn (@UnburntWitch) is an independent game developer, target of the now-infamous Gamergate online harassment campaign, and now author of Crash Override: How Gamergate Nearly Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate. 1:08 – Miriam Pawel (@miriampawel) is an award-winning writer and biographer. She wrote the first full biography of Cesar Chavez, … Continued
0:08 – Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) is Senior Tech Policy Reporter at Ars Technica and author and radio producer. His new book is Habeas Data: Privacy Vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech. 0:34 – Claire L. Evans (@TheUniverse) author of Broad Band: the Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. The history of technology you probably know is one of men … Continued
0:08 – Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) is a religion scholar and a professor of creative writing at UC Riverside. His newest book is God: A Human History. 1:08 – Marion Nestle (@marionnestle) is a professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. Her latest book is Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We … Continued
0:08 – Today, we interrupt our scheduled holiday show to bring you an update on the federal government shutdown, and how we got here with John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), political correspondent with the Nation Magazine. Hosted by Philip Maldari. – From the archives – 0:34 – Sujatha Fernandes (@SujathaTF) is a Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at … Continued
The electoral commission in Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed yesterday that it was postponing the presidential election scheduled for this Sunday, December 23 to December 30. If the election actual happens, it would be the first democractic transfer of power since the 1960 overthrow Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first democratically elected Prime Minister. For more We … Continued
0:08 – National politics roundup with Mitch Jeserich, including the latest on Trump’s threats to shut down the government over funding the border wall, new sentencing legislation, and political dynamics on Capitol Hill as the 116th US Congress is set to take power in 2019. 0:34 – The Green New Deal – What is it? Greg … Continued
