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0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 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.
0:08 — Anatol Lieven, Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. 0:34 — Olena Gnes, Ukrainian tour guide, formerly living in Kyiv, now based in the US state of Georgia.
0:08 — Robin D. G. 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.
0:08 — Zaina Erhaim, Syrian journalist based in the UK, formerly with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. 0:35 — Glenn Biasi, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Science Center — we ask him why California hasn’t had more “Big Ones” lately, and he advises listeners to pay attention to the Hayward Fault.
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 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.
0:08 — Robin D. G. Kelley, 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.
0:08 — Rishi Iyengar, reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the intersection of geopolitics and technology. 0:33 — Darwin BondGraham, reporter and News Editor at The Oaklandside. 0:45 — John Burris, Oakland civil rights attorney specializing in police misconduct. He is one of two attorneys who filed the “Riders” lawsuit against the police department that’s had … Continued
0:08 — Rebecca Burns is a reporter for the Lever, writing about derailment safety in Ohio. 0:20 — Greg Karras is an independent consultant, former senior scientist at Communities for a Better Environment, where he co-authored a report on the risk of running oil trains through the Bay Area. 0:33 — Wendy DeSouza, adjunct professor … Continued
0:08 — Julian Ward, restorative justice facilitator who’s run victim-offender dialogues in California’s prisons, and community-based restorative justice processes, mostly working through the Ahimsa Collective. 0:19 — Trino Jimenez, went through a restorative justice process with the man who killed his oldest brother. He now gives talks about restorative justice in prisons. 0:33 — Pamela … Continued
0:08 — Dan La Botz, is editor of New Politics and author of What Went Wrong? The Nicaraguan Revolution, A Marxist Analysis. 0:33 — Marisa Kendall, is a reporter covering homelessness as part of the Bay Area News Group’s housing team. Enrique Bazán, is Assistant Director of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS) a Latino-centered community … Continued
