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Historian Steve Fraser compares our time to an era when harsh inequality gave rise to popular movements that threatened the American establishment, an era when the labor movement marched armed workers’ militias through the streets, and asks – why isn’t that happening today today? That book is The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death … Continued
Oliver Stone discusses those moments when history turned on the actions of a few individuals: how Henry Wallace came a within few footsteps of being America’s most progressive president; how this country came closer than anyone knew to nuclear annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis; how the end of the Cold War could have produced … Continued
A look at the mother of all housing bubbles, the bubble that built San Francisco — the Gold Rush. Then, what the world of science learned from the earthquake that destroyed the same city, half a century later. Join us for a continuation of our radical local history series. Gary Kamiya, founding editor of Salon.com … Continued
How did a far-flung territory of the United States turn into its economic powerhouse? And why is the state that started the careers of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan now one of the bluest in the country? We take you through the history and political economy of California, with geographer Richard Walker. Richard Walker, Professor … Continued
We bring you the story of a band that helped spread the 1960s counterculture from San Francisco’s Haight Asbury to towns and cities across the country . . . for five decades. It’s a cultural history of the Grateful Dead, with Peter Richardson interviewed by host Brian Edwards-Tiekert. Peter Richardson, professor of American Studies at San Francisco State … Continued
A discussion with Jonathan Tassini, former president of the National Writers Union, publisher of the Working Life blog and podcast – and the author of many books, the latest of which is a collection of speeches and writing by Bernie Sanders called The Essential Bernie Sanders: and his Vision for America. Click Here to Donate … Continued
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The state legislature has passed a bill requiring most police agencies to collect and report racial profiling data — we speak with with Reverend Ben McBride of PICO about what it means, and what’s next. Plus: Baltimore author D. Watkins on what it’s like living in two worlds as a black man in America. Guests: … Continued
After a major climate bill loses its teeth, Governor Brown says he’s ready to go it alone – so, what would that actually look like? We discuss climate policy and the changing balance of power in Sacramento. Then: California’s massive retirement funds are struggling to maintain their funding levels – and critics are starting to … Continued
