0:08 — Matt Simon is a science journalist and author. His latest book is “A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.”
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Ecuador Elections; Plus, 2 Year Anniversary of Taliban Afghanistan Takeover
0:08 — Marc Becker is Professor of History at Truman State University. His latest book is “Contemporary Latin American Revolutions.” 0:33 — Pashtana Durrani is an Activist, educator, and writer. She currently is Executive Director of @LEARNAfg, Visiting Fellow at Wellesley Women Center and Aspen Institute New Voices fellow.
Trump Indictment in Georgia, Campaign to Stop Oakland Airport Expansion; Plus, Maui Fires
0:08 — Andrew Fleischman is a Georgia Trial and Appellate Lawyer at Sessions & Fleischman, LLC. 0:33 — Ariella Granett is on the Steering Committee of the Stop OAK Expansion Coalition, a grassroots Coalition with 62 supportive organizations sharing concern about Airport Expansion. She has lived and worked in the East Bay for 24 years … Continued
Iran and the US Strike Prisoner Exchange Deal, Self Driving in San Francisco; Plus, Maui Fires
0:08 — Negar Mortazavani is Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy and host of the Iran Podcast. 0:33 — Aaron Peskin is the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 3. 0:45 — Ty Kawika Tengan, is a Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.
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.
Jenny Odell on “Saving Time Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock”
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.
ECOWAS Calls Summit on Niger Coup; Asylum Seeking under the Biden Administration
0:08 — Abdushakur Aboud is the senior Editor for the Swahili service of Voice of America. 0:33 — Lilian Serrano is Director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC). Paulina Reyes, is Staff Attorney at Immigrant Defenders Law Center’s Cross-Border Initiative and Chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (SDIRC).
UN Vote to Send Security Forces to Haiti; CPUC Vote on Self-driving Taxis
0:08 — Brian Concannon is a human rights lawyer and the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. 0:33 — Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist at Mission Local.
Toxic Algae Bloom in the Bay, Plus, Mojave Desert Wildfires
0:08 — Damon Tighe, works in biotechnology and moonlights as a naturalist; he’s been organizing volunteer documentation of the bloom and its effects. Eric Buescher, senior attorney at San Francisco Baykeeper. 0:33 — Brad Shaffer is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. He is also the director of UCLA’s … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; 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.