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On today’s show, Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks discuss the extremist demonstrations that are imminent in the Bay Area, how we should strategize to combat them, and Trump’s response to the protest in Charlottesville. Then, Cat Brooks interviews Daria Roithmayr about her book Reproducing Racism, which explores the ways in which our institutions and personal relationships automatically … Continued
On today’s show, we talk to Representative John Garamendi, recently back from a trip to South Korea, and he wants to take Donald Trump’s finger off the nuclear trigger button, by ending the president’s authority to order a first strike. We’ll have him off to take your call. But first, David Neiwert joins us to go … Continued
On today’s show, we hear an eye-witness account of this weekends white nationalist demonstration in Charlottesville, VA. Reverend Traci Blackmon, was a counter-protester throughout the weekend, and she serves as the Executive Minister of Justice and Witness at The United Church of Christ. Next, we discuss the Medicare buy-in bill with Congressmember Jared Huffman (representative of … Continued
On today’s show, Salima Hamirani talks to André Spicer about a new trend where companies microchip their employees, putting a small radio device under their skin. Then, David George Haskell joins us to talk about his new book The Song of Trees, in which he uses music of the forest to investigate the intimate networks … Continued
On today’s show, hosts Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks talk about diversity at Google, and in tech more broadly – and take your calls. Google is the midst of a blow-up over an internal memo circulated by one of its engineers suggesting the reason so few women work there might have something to do with … Continued
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On the first half of today’s show, South African president Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote. We discuss why, as well as the potential impacts on the country. Plus: the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, with North Korea threatening retaliation against the United States over a new round of sanctions that was voted through unanimously … Continued
To kick off the week, Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks talk current events and what’s happening in the world with Mitch Jeserich. Then, a conversation with Joshua Holland (contributor to The Nation and Rolling Stone and the host of Politics and Reality Radio) about why transitioning to a single payer system could prove to be more difficult … Continued
Featuring “Polishing The Mirror” by Ram Dass on today’s Up Front. It’s the last day of KPFA’s Summer Fund Drive, please support KPFA so we can continue to showcase independent voices, who speak truth to power. Thank you! You can get Ram Dass’ Polishing The Mirror audiobook as a thank you gift for donating today and … Continued
On today’s show, hosts Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert play segments from two of our fund drive premiums, which are available as thank-you gifts for supporting KPFA. First, we hear clips from James Baldwin’s revolutionary documentary, I Am Not Your Negro. The film covers the history of racism and the civil rights movement in the United States, … Continued
