Kim Stanley Robinson on “the High Sierra: A Love Story”
0:08 — Kim Stanley Robinson, is an American writer of science fiction.
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The latest in Haiti; Plus, Biden administration’s approach to the border and immigration policy; Also, 500K+ people go on strike in the UK
0:08 — Dahoud André is a Haitian community activist based in New York and is a member of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti. 0:33 — Esmeralda Flores, border policy advocate for CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles). 0:44 — Polly Smythe, is an industrial correspondent for Novara Media.
All about gas stoves; Plus, YouTube workers alleging retaliation for organizing; Also, Berkeley Here / There encampment receives eviction notice
0:08 —Talor Gruenwald, is a Research Associate at Rewiring America, and lead author of a new study on gas stoves’ link to childhood asthma that sparked the cycle of outrage over regulations that haven’t even been proposed. 0:33 — Josh Eidelson, is a labor reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek. 0:47 — Alastair Boone, is … Continued
Blinken in Israel and Palestine; Plus, the two-year anniversary of the Myanmar coup; Plus, Laguna Honda Hospital hearing
0:08 — Rashid Khalidi, is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine. 0:33 — Seinenu Thein-Lemelson, is a Lecturer in the Anthropology Department at UCLA, and has been working with activists and former political prisoners in Burma since 2013. 0:44 … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukrain; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
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.
Marion Nestle on her new memoir “Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics”
0:08 — Marion Nestle, is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Emerita at New York University.
Developments in Afghanistan; Plus, OPD Chief Leronne Armstrong suspended
0:08 — Shaharzad Akbar(@ShaharzadAkbar), is the former chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, now executive director of the new Afghan human rights organization Rawadari. 0:33 — Jim Chanin, Civil Rights attorney who got the Oakland Police Department into a court-supervised reform process now in its 20th year.
Russia’s War in Ukrain; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
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.