Fatah and Hamas Form Reconciliation Committee; Latest Developments in Niger Coup
0:08 — Yousef Munayyer is a fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, DC. 0:33 — Abdushakur Aboud is the Senior Editor for the Swahili service of Voice of America.
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Trump Indictment; Plus, Eviction Moratoria Expiring
0:08 — Kenneth White, former federal prosecutor, current federal defense attorney, and the host of the podcast “Serious Trouble” about Donald Trump’s legal problems. 0:33 — Leah Simon-Weisberg is Legal Director at ACCE Institute and Adjunct Professor of UC Law, SF (UC Hastings) and Chair of the Berkeley Rent Board.
Hollywood Actors and Writers on Strike; Plus, Stories from Chinese Restaurants Across the World
0:08 — Felipe Torres Medina, is a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, currently part of the WGA strike. 0:33 — Cheuk Kwan’s new book is Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese restaurants around the world.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
0:08 — John Perlin, visiting scholar at UC Santa Barbara’s physics department; his newest book is A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization.
Coup Attempt in Niger; Plus, Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates
0:08 — Abdoushakur Aboud, is the senior Editor for the Swahili service of Voice of America. 0:17 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
Fund Drive Special with Jeff Goodell
0:08 — Jeff Goodell, contributing editor to Rolling Stone, just out with the book The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.
Fund Drive Special with Naomi Oreskes
0:08 — Naomi Oreskes is a Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. Her latest book is The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Fund Drive Special with Jenny Odell
0:08 — Jenny Odell is a multidisciplinary artist and author based in Oakland, CA. Her latest book is Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.