Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. John 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.
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What the Iran-Pakistan Attacks Mean for the Region; Humanitarian Crisis from the Israeli Attacks in Gaza; Plus, Poet Tahir Izgul Recounts His Life Under China’s Uyghur Genocide
0:08 — Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast. She joins us from Washington D.C. 0:20 — Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, is Executive Director at Middle East Children’s Alliance. He is a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. He is also a filmmaker, journalist and educator. … Continued
Chevron Deference Case; A Look At Governor Newsom’s Budget Proposal
0:08 — Michael Wara is a lawyer and Senior Research Scholar at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment; also Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program there. 0:33 — Sameea Kamal is a reporter for CalMatters covering the state Capitol and California politics. Linda Nguy is the Associate Director of Policy Advocacy for Western Center … Continued
Taiwan Election Results and its Political Aftermath; UK and US continue to Bomb Houthis in Yemen
0:08 — Jake Werner, Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute focusing on the great power conflict between the US and China. 0:33 — Aisha Jumaan is the president of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation.
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.
MLK Day Special
Several excerpts from recordings of Martin Luther King Jr. (and one of Coretta Scott King) from KPFA’s archives.
Hajar Yazdiha on The Struggle for the People’s King
7:08 Oliver Millman, environment correspondent for The Guardian, now author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run The World [repeat from 2022] 7:33 Hajar Yazdiha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle … Continued
Tony Platt on the Scandal of Cal [repeat]
7:08 Tony Platt, currently Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Law and Society; author most recently of The Scandal of Cal: Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at UC Berkeley [originally recorded for broadcast in September 2023]
People’s Park History Since 1969; Plus, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Pass Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
0:08 — Tom Dalzell has lived in Berkeley since 1984. He has worked as a lawyer for the labor movement for his entire adult life. Dalzell also writes the Quirky Berkeley blog and contributes to Berkeleyside. He is the author of “The Battle for People’s Park, Berkeley 1969.” 0:33 — Dr. Rupa Marya is a … Continued
A Look At National Politics Ahead; Cheuk Kwan Writes Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World
0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation 0:33 — Cheuk Kwan is author of “Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World”