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Talks over Iran’s nuclear program are in overtime–we look at what the sticking points are, and what a deal would mean for the region. Plus: young athletes with very lucrative careers are quitting this country’s most popular sport — we discuss football and brain damage, science and coverups, money and sports. Guests in this program: … Continued
Oakland’s City Council is poised to vote on a plan that could shape billions of dollars in investment, decide the fate of 120 acres of public land, radically change the economy of one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, and – if everything works out – keep major-league sports in town. We’ll talk to three community … Continued
Alex Gibney’s new documentary on Scientology has just debuted – and provoked a furious online response from the Church. We talk to the author who started it all. Plus: a debate on a new bill in California’s Senate that would permit physician-assisted suicide. Guests featured in this program: Lawrence Wright, staff writer for The New … Continued
Okinawa Governor, Takeshi Onaga announced earlier this week that he is rescinding approvals for the construction of a U.S. air base in Henoko. He has ordered Japan’s Defense Ministry to stop surveying and construction work on the new air base, putting him at odds with Japanese President Shinzo Abe who has been aggressively pushing for … Continued
Featured Guests: Adam Baron, Sanaa-based reporter for The Economist from 2011-2014; now a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. California Senator Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont), chair of Senate Environmental Quality Committee Laura Allen, author of The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape; co-founder of Grey Water … Continued
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues, featuring hard-hitting interviews, debates, and in-depth reporting from journalists working everywhere from Los Angeles to Oakland to Sacramento. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
Ellen Pao’s discrimination suit against a high-profile Silicon Valley venture capital firm enters final arguments — we talk to Ars Tecnica’s Megan Geuss Plus: Why are so few women working in tech? We talk to Sue Rosser author of “Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science”
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues, featuring hard-hitting interviews, debates, and in-depth reporting from journalists working everywhere from Los Angeles to Oakland to Sacramento. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
Could the labor movement be poised for a new resurgence in membership and power? Dan Clawson believes that if labor linked up with social movements, the left would be reshaped.
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues, featuring hard-hitting interviews, debates, and in-depth reporting from journalists working everywhere from Los Angeles to Oakland to Sacramento. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
