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On today’s show: 0:08 – J.W. Mason (@JWMason1), associate professor of economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute joins us to discuss the latest figures on inflation and share his thoughts on the Biden Administration’s response to rising prices. 0:33 – We discuss the Monkeypox … Continued
0:08 – We start in Sri Lanka where months of mass demonstration have pushed the president to flee the country. The government appears to be in the process of falling as people protest intense economic insecurity. We’re first joined by Luwie Ganeshathasan, a lawyer and consultant with the Centre for Policy Alternatives (@CPASL), which is a … Continued
0:08 – Shinzo Abe, former prime minister of Japan who held the office longer than anyone else, was killed on Friday while speaking in the city of Nara. We are joined by Kristin Surak (@KristinSurak), professor at the London School of Economics where she teaches about Japanese politics, to discuss the political impact of the … Continued
0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, joins us to discuss the latest developments of the Ukraine conflict. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, joins us to discuss the latest COVID science and answer listener questions. 1:08 – Exploring the language … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – According to a recent study, maternal mortality rates are expected to increase following an abortion ban. Leslie Root, (@les_ja) a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder and one of the authors of the study joins us to discuss. 0:33 – The Movement for Black Lives has organized a … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – The California Department of Public Health announced this week that it would not require masks in its guidance for schools. Jeff Freitas, president of the California Federation of Teachers joins us to discuss the Department’s decision and its possible impacts on teachers. 0:20 – Nate Landry, an OUSD Parent joins … Continued
On today’s July 4th holiday broadcast: 0:08 Historian Adam Hochschild joins us to discuss the Americans who volunteered to fight fascism before defeating it was the policy of their country. We discuss his book Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. 1:08 – A journey into the sounds of nature and … Continued
0:08 – We continue our discussion on the consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade with Jennifer Kerns, MD, MS, MPH and Associate Professor in the Department of OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF who tells us what her clinic is doing to prepare for an influx of out-of-state abortion patients. … Continued
0:08 – We discuss the recent admission of Sweden and Finland into NATO and its ramifications on nuclear armament with George Beebe, Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Former head of Russia analysis for the CIA, and author most recently of The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia … Continued
On today’s show . . . 0:08 – We explore the latest in congressional hearings on the January 6th insurrection with John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine. 0:33 – In May 2021 after an extended Immigration Customs Enforcement detention, Walter Cruz Zavala went back to El Salvador, but he’s back imprisoned … Continued
