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7:08 – KPFA News: Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke came to California Friday, hosted by Congressman Jeff Denham (R-10) to tour two dams and reservoirs in the Sierras. Denham along with California Congressmen Ken Calvert and David Valadao inserted three riders to the Interior Department appropriations bill, which would allow federal regulators to divert more water … Continued
7:08 – Eric Arnold is a writer, photojournalist, cultural historian and the communications and policy director for the Community Rejuvenation Project. We discuss Oakland’s leap into the national cinematic spotlight with the success of recent films like Fruitvale Station, Black Panther, Sorry to Bother You, and Blindspotting, as well as how this Black cinematic resurgence is related to … Continued
7:08 – Carrie Levine (@levinecarrie) is a senior political reporter with the Center for Public Integrity covering the influence of money in politics. She joins us from Washington DC. 7:34 – Linda Krop is Chief Counsel for the Environmental Defense Center based in Santa Barbara, CA 7:49 – Fátima Teixeira is a former marine geologist is now an environmental activist. … Continued
7:10am – Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) represents California’s 33rd Congressional District, which is in the Los Angeles area. He joins us to discuss the Trump-Putin Summit, and the impact of Trump’s contradictory statements on Russian interference for lawmakers on Capitol Hill. 7:34 – Jonathan Simon (@JonathanSimon14) is the executive director of Election Defense Alliance and author of the … Continued
7am – Elizaveta Osetinskaya (@osetinskayaliza)is a fellow at UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Project and the founder of a new publication called The Bell. 7:40 – Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968) is a senior international correspondent with the Guardian. He joins us to discuss the different possibilities of collusion between Trump and Putin. 8:08 – Jennifer Falcon (@JenniferKFalcon) is the Communications Director … Continued
7am – News headlines and analysis with Brian, Antonia and Mitch. 7:34am – Rauf Mammadov (@RaufNMammadov) is resident scholar on energy policy at The Middle East Institute. He focuses on issues of energy security, global energy industry trends, as well as energy relations between the Middle East, Central Asia and South Caucasus. Mammadov joins us to discuss … Continued
7:08 – Huberta Jackson-Lowman is President of the Association of Black Psychologists. She is an educator, researcher, and writer and currently teaches in the Department of Psychology at Florida A&M University. 7:34 – Bre Williams is Program Director of PEERS, or Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services, a grassroots nonprofit organization which promotes peer-based wellness strategies and offers alternative … Continued
7:08 – Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha 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. 7:33 – Ilyse Hogue is the President of NARAL Pro-Choice … Continued
7:08 – Abbie Dillen (@AbbieDillen) is the Vice President of Litigation for Climate & Energy with Earthjustice (@Earthjustice), based in San Francisco. 7:33 – Kris Ebi is a researcher and professor with the Department of Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle. She’s the co-author of a recent paper in Nature entitled “Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement … Continued
7:08 – Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) is a reporter covering courts and law for Slate. 7:34 – Rebecca Leber (@rebleber)is a reporter in Mother Jones’ DC bureau, where she covers environmental politics and policy. She’s covered climate and energy for The New Republic, Grist, and ThinkProgress, and her writing has been published by more than a dozen outlets. Michelle Romero (@michelledreams2) is a … Continued
