Today’s show features speeches from the Anti Inauguration Event, hosted January the 20th by Verso Books, Haymarket Books and the Jacobin Magazine. The first speech is by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of the book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and assistant professor at African American studies at Princeton University. The second speech is given by the Guardian newspaper journalist, … Continued


On today’s show a comparison between Steve Bannon, the White house chief strategist, and the Isis leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi by the Intercept journalist Murtaza Hussain, interviewed by Mitch Jeserich. Then, The Truth About Crime : Sovereignty, Knowledge, Social Order by Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff, both Professors of African and African American Studies and of … Continued


Today Salima Hamirani interviews Robert W. McChesney, Professor of Communication at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois, about Trump’s latest declarations and his method of communication. Then, Frederick Clarkson author, journalist and a senior fellow at Political Research Associates talks to us about Christian rights and conservatory Christianity under the Trump administration.


On today’s show, we talk to Heidi Shierholz (a senior economist at EPI and the former chief economist of the Labor Department under Obama/Perez administration) about Andrew Puzder’s withdrawal as the labor secretary nominee and what comes next for this appointment. Then, an interview with Mike Mishak (reporter with The Center for Public Integrity) about big oil. Source: Simple … Continued


On today’s show, we talk to Nicole Fortier (senior coordinator of Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration) about Trump’s executive orders regarding policing. We also get an update on the protests in Paris over the twenty-two year old man who says he was raped by the police from Tony Cross (radio journalist with Radio France Internationale).  Then, … Continued


On today’s show, we discuss the Oroville dam spillway with Jay Lund (professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis and director of the Center for Watershed Sciences) and Laura Feinstein (senior research associate at the Pacific Institute, a global water think tank).  We also talk to Jean Felzer (professor of Asian studies and English at … Continued


On today’s show, we discuss a recently introduced bill that would decriminalize HIV status with Senator Scott Wiener (district 11 representative who authored the bill) and Raymond Brickhouse (co-chair of the People Living With HIV/AIDS Committee with the Aids Project of the East Bay). Source: Flickr


On today’s show, we hear an interview with Kevin Johnson (professor of public interest law and Chicano studies at UC Davis) about the Ninth Circuit ruling against Trump’s travel ban. Then, we talk to Philip Berenbroick (Public Interest) and Julie Todaro (the American Library Association) about Trump’s FCC appointment and the removal of the Lifeline program.


On today’s show, we hear an interview with Ira Shapiro (author and international trade lawyer) about the deterioration of congress as a check on presidential power. Then, we talk with Ali Abunimah (co-founder of The Electronic Intifada and author of The Battle for Justice in Palestine) about the new settlements that the Israeli parliament has approved in the … Continued