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The California Supreme Court is set today to hear arguments in a case challenging the Death Penalty Initiative (Proposition 66), a ballot measure aimed at speeding up the state’s death penalty appeals process. Hosts Mitch Jeserich and Cat Brooks discuss with Attorney Aundre Herron Board Member at Death Penalty Focus. Her latest piece “Proposition 66 … Continued
On today’s episode, hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich talk to state capitol correspondent Christopher Martinez about the measures that were and were not passed in Sacramento on Friday June 2, including single payer healthcare. Then, the hosts speak with Patrisse Cullors, one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter, about an attempted robbery and murder … Continued
Today host Salima Hamirani talks to Intercept journalist Alice Speri about leaked documents released by the Intercept which explain the relationship between Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, and a shadowy international mercenary firm which was hired to protect the oil project. Then Hamirani interviews Baz Dreisinger, a professor at … Continued
On today’s show: Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris accord undermines U.S. progress on climate and clean energy. We talk to David Arkush, managing director of Public Citizen’s Climate Program. Then: Last Friday’s hate attack by Jeremy Christian on the MAX Green Line train in Portland left two dead and one wounded. Amidst grieving, Portland … Continued
On today’s episode host Mitch Jeserich interviews Indian essayist Pankaj Mishra, author of the book The Age of Anger: A History of the Present. The book details the history of disillusionment and disenfranchisement, from the philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau to ISIS and Trump voters. Then host Cat Brooks interviews Henry Fradella, professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice … Continued
Today host Mitch Jeserich talks to John Nichols about the history of impeachment. Nichols is a political blogger and Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine. His latest piece for Nation suggests that Donald Trump’s military actions in Syria are grounds for impeachment. Then host Cat Brooks interviews journalist Susan Faludi about her new book “In The Darkroom,” … Continued
Today, hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich interview investigative journalist Eileen Markey, author of “A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura.” Markey’s book centers around the 1980 murder of four American women by the U.S.-trained military of El Salvador, which set off a decade of debate over Cold War policy in Latin America. Then, they … Continued
On today’s episode, host Salima Hamirani plays clips from a speech Chris Hedges gave on May 25 at the First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley. Chris Hedges, a journalist, Princeton professor, and minister, discusses the “dying empire” and Trump. He says that to resist Trump, we much look to a counterrevolution that began in the 60s.
In today’s episode, host Cat Brooks plays excerpts from Malcolm X’s famous “Ballot or the Bullet” speech. The speech was given in 1964 and outlines Malcolm X’s belief that to gain full equality, blacks might need to take up arms in addition to exercising their rights at the ballot box. The speech holds particular relevance to voter … Continued
Today host Cat Brooks plays clips from the documentary “All Governments Lie.” The film argues that mainstream media is intertwined with business through corporate ownership and advertising. Using interviews with contemporary journalists and anti-establishment figures as well as historical film from the past six decades, the documentary demonstrates the need for a truly free press and its role … Continued
