Russia’s War in Ukraine; 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
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Robin DG Kelley on the twentieth anniversary of “Freedom Dreams”
0:08 — Robin DG Kelley, is Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He is the author of seven books, including Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.
Strikes against pension reform in France; US, UK, Australia ink a weapons deal; Plus, Venture Capital breakdown over Silicon Valley Bank collapse
0:08 — Tony Cross, is long-time radio journalist in France, currently a lecturer at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. 0:20 — Jake Werner, Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute, looking at great power conflict between the US and China. 0:33 — Edward Ongweso Jr. is a journalist based in New York City. He’s a reporter-in-residence at the … Continued
Environmental groups sue over Biden approval of Willow Project; SF Budget Committee Considering boost to police funding; Plus, Wood Street Commons encampment facing final eviction
0:08 — Niina H. Farah is an energy law reporter for E&E News. 0:33 — Joe Eskenazi, Managing Editor and Columnist at Mission Local. 0:40 — Caron Creighton, currently directing a documentary on the Wood Street encampment’s fight against eviction as a resident filmmaker at SFFilm FilmHouse.
China brokers Iran-Saudi reconciliation; Atmospheric river and Bay Area weather ahead; Plus, San Francisco reparations process
0:08 — Khury Petersen-Smith is Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Eugene Cordero is a professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University, also founder and director of the environmental educational publisher Green Ninja. 0:45 — Eric McDonnell, Chair of the African American Reparations Advisory … Continued
Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.’ 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.
Fund Drive Special Film: Aware
In the award-winning film Aware, six thinkers weigh in on the nature of consciousness.
Fund Drive Special with Dr. Gabor Mate
0:08 — Dr. Gabor Maté, physician best known for his work on addiction, attention deficit disorder, and the psycho-social dimensions of disease. His new book, co-authored with his son Daniel, is The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.
Dacher Keltner on how the feeling of “awe” can transform your life
0:08 — Dacher Keltner is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and the faculty director of the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. He studies the science of compassion, awe, love, and beauty, and how emotions shape our moral intuition.
Escalating Israeli violence in the West Bank; Plus, Ibram X. Kendi’s new book “How to Be a (Young) Antiracist”
0:08 — Yara Hawari is a Senior Analyst at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. She is also an honorary research fellow at the University of Exeter. 0:33 — Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the center for antiracist research at Boston University. His newest book is How to Be a (Young) Antiracist.