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0:08 – We revisit the oil and energy shocks of 1973 and 1979, all the way up to the Gulf War in 1990 with Dr. Meg Jacobs, Research Scholar teaching courses in public policy and history at Princeton University and author of Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics … Continued
Tatiana Poladko (left), her husband Atnre Alleyne, and their three children outside St. George’s Cathedral in Lviv, not long before they left the west Ukrainian city to seek safety in Poland. Photo provided by the family. Your browser does not support the audio tag. The Russian war in Ukraine has caused millions to flee, sparking … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Shaun Burnie (@ShaunBurnie), senior nuclear specialist with Greenpeace East Asia. He joins us from Scotland to discuss the power outages at Chernobyl. 0:26 – Jehlen Herdman, KPFA reporter, brings us a story about Ukrainian refugee Tatiana Poladko, who fled with her family to Warsaw, Poland. See the full story here. … Continued
0:08 – Two years to the day after the Bay Area went into covid lockdown, we spend a full hour discussing the ongoing and long term effects of the virus as things begin to reopen. Speaking with us today are Dr Rupa Marya (@DrRupaMarya), Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF and co-founder of the Do No … Continued
0:08 – Gasoline prices have been surging around the US, and higher gas prices can disproportionately impact lower income families. California has the highest gasoline prices in the nation. Jamie Court (@raisinghellnow), President of Consumer Watchdog, is backing a California senate bill that would increase required financial disclosures by refiners in California, which would shed … Continued
0:08 – More than two weeks into the war in Ukraine, John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, speaks to us about the latest developments in Russia’s aggressions and NATO’s hesitation with engaging a “no-fly zone”. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, … Continued
On today’s show: 0:33 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation discusses his book Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $150 and receive a copy of Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis by John Nichols.
On today’s show: 0:08 – Khury Peterson-Smith (@kpyes), Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies joins us to discuss the Ukrainian refugee crisis. 0:33 – Andrew Knoll, professor of Natural History and of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard discusses his book A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in … Continued
0:08 – Zoltán Grossman discusses political borders in Eastern Europe and the ethnic and linguistic geographies that have impacted the war in Ukraine, including the rise of conservative ethnic nationalism in the region. Zoltan is a geographer and professor of Indigenous Studies and interethnic relations, and has Jewish-Catholic family roots in Hungary. He studies the … Continued
0:08 – Michael T. Klare (@mklare1), professor emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College and defense correspondent for The Nation magazine, speaks to us about the geopolitical stakes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in its political relationships to other countries in the area. 0:35 – African students and residents in Ukraine … Continued
