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On today’s show we talk with Bernadette Del Chiaro, the Executive Director of CALSEIA which mission is to promote the growth of the solar industry and expand the use of all solar technologies throughout California, about solar and renewable energy in California and around the globe. Using Renewable energy sources can be better … Continued
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich talks to Robert English for a Russian Perspective on Russia. Robert English is a scholar, author and historian specialized on East Europe and Russia. Source Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag-map_of_Russia-USA.svg Then, Cat Brooks interviews Judith Weisenfeld on her last book New World A-Coming. On the book: When Joseph Nathaniel Beckles registered for the draft … Continued
On today’s show Salima Hamirani talks to David Kotz, Economics Professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and author of several books on Russia, about protest in Russia. Indeed, protests have erupted across Russia in over one hundred locations, calling out corruption in the government. They’ve taken Putin and the government by surprise. Then, she talks … Continued
On today’s show we discuss Trump and Russia and Mitch Jeserich interviews David Cay Johnston on Trump. Source image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Cay_Johnston_2016.jpg Then, Cat Brooks engage in a conversation with John Pfaff on his last book Locked In. About Locked In: Locked In is a revelatory investigation into the root causes of mass incarceration by one of the … Continued
On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich discuss of various news, April Ryan’s head shake and environment in the Trump administration. Then, we speak about the Oakland fire and raiders with Darwin Bond Graham, Staff Writer with the East Bay Express. Finally, a review of Peerless by Wolinsky. Source image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakland_Fire_Dept_Fire_Truck_-_Flickr_-_Highway_Patrol_Images.jpg
On today’s show we talk to Sadia Abdi is the Country Director of ActionAid Somaliland, she is an activist who is passionate about education, women’s rights and good governance, and has been working in the development sector for the past 20 years, and to Marie Clarke, ActionAid USA’s Executive Director. She is a food rights specialist and keen … Continued
On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich discuss healthcare, tax reform, government and the Republican Party. Then, they host Jesse Arreguin, Mayor of Berkeley to address different issues among which Berkeley’s homeless plan. Source image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Cat Brooks, Mitch Jeserich and Salima Hamirani.
On today’s show we ask to John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation: What’s next in Trump’s agenda ? Then, Cat Brooks interviews Susan Dewey, Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wyoming. She is co-author of the book Women of the Street. Women of the Street explores encounters between those who make their living … Continued
On today’s show we talk about the Health Care GOP Bill with Anthony Wright, Executive Director of Health Access California. Then, we address the Hayward Shooting and the South Bay Policing with Miguel Minjares, uncle of Ebbie Mondragon who was recently murdered in Hayward by the Fremont police, and Sheri Costa, founder and director of the A. L. Costa … Continued
