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Thank you so much for supporting community radio this Summer Fund Drive. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732 and receive KPFA’s Emergency Preparedness kit here. 7am – Breaking update on the Carr Fire and Mendocino complex fires Gary Ferguson (@GaryAFerguson) is an award-winning author and speaker focused on ecology and conservation. He’s the author of Land on … Continued
It’s that time of year again, Summer Fund Drive – thank you so much for supporting community radio! This show features premiums offered as thank you gifts for your generous donation to support our work on UpFront, KPFA and Pacifica Radio. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732. 7:08 Fund Drive Premium: International … Continued
It’s that time of year again, Summer Fund Drive – thank you so much for supporting community radio! This show features premiums offered as thank you gifts for your generous donation to support our work on UpFront, KPFA and Pacifica Radio. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732. 7 am – Fund Drive … Continued
It’s that time of year again, Summer Fund Drive – thank you so much for supporting community radio! This show features premiums offered as thank you gifts for your generous donation to support our work on UpFront, KPFA and Pacifica Radio. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732. 7am – Excerpts from the … Continued
Today is the first day of our Summer Fund Drive – thank you so much for supporting community radio! This show features premiums offered as thank you gifts for your generous donation to support our work on UpFront, KPFA and Pacifica Radio. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732. 7am – Michael Eric … Continued
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
