Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC
Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of Democracy Now, broadcasting from the RNC in Milwaukee. The first hour can be found here.
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Special Event Programming: Democracy Now at the RNC
Today’s show is preempted by the second hour of Democracy Now, broadcasting from the RNC in Milwaukee. The first hour can be found here.
Brett Christophers on how de-regulation’s stymied the clean-energy transition
00:08 Brett Christophers is an economic geographer at Upsalla University’s Institute for Housing and Urban Research. His new book is The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet
What Has the Kenya-led Police Mission in Haiti Done So Far? Plus, Will Biden Answer the Calls to Drop Out of the Race?
0:08 — Brian Concannon is a Human rights lawyer and the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) 0:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation
What Pezeshkian’s Win Means for Iran and it’s Counterparts; Plus, A Historical Analysis of Joe Biden’s Run for a Second Term
0:08 — Trita Parsi is the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. 0:33 — Rick Perlstein is a Historian and Columnist for the American prospect. He is the author of a four-volume series on the history of American politics and the rise of conservatism.
More Anti-government Protests in Israel as the World Awaits a Gaza Ceasefire Deal; Plus, What We Know ( and Don’t) About the FBI Raid on Mayor Sheng Thao’s Home
0:08 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 0:33 — Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at the nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Yanis Varoufakis on Technofeudalism
00:08 Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, author, and former finance minister of Greece. His latest book is Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.
Vincent Bevins on why The Revolution didn’t happen
00:08 Vincent Bevins, formerly Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and southeast Asia correspondent for the Washington Post, both of which jobs gave him a front-row seat to recent social upheavals. His new book is If We Burn: the mass protest decade and the missing revolution.
Iran Elections Following Raisi’s Death; Plus, Detained Immigrant Relaunch Labor Strike at ICE Detention Centers; And, How Heatwaves Impact Pregnant People & Workers
0:08 — Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast. She joins us from Washington D.C. 0:20 — Juan Carlos, an immigrant and US Veteran currently detained by ICE at Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield, CA. Priya Arvind Patel, Supervising Attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. … Continued