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Powell Street near Market Street in San Francisco, 1959 | Image by Roger Wollstadt is licensed under CC 2.0 On today’s show: Gary Kamiya, co-founder of salon.com, history columnist at the SF Chronicle joins us to discuss his latest book, Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages through the Unknown City. Fund Drive Premium – Pledge $100 and receive a copy of Gary … Continued
On today’s show: Damon B. Akins (@dbakins), professor of history at Guilford College joins us to discuss the book he co-authored We are the Land: A History of Native California. Fund Drive Premium – Pledge $150 to KPFA and receive a copy of We are the Land: A History of Native California. And: Bryant Terry (@bryantterry), Chef-in-Residence at the Museum … Continued
Aerial view of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, 2018. Photo by Steven Vance is licensed under CC 2.0. On today’s show: Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) joins us to discuss the standstill on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the looming debt ceiling. And: Distinguished professor emeritus of Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara Brian Fagan has authored … Continued
Map of Oakland, CA produced in the 70’s on display at the 12th St BART Station. | Photo by Erica Fischer is licensed under CC 2.0. On today’s show: 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 take … Continued
Girl takes photo in front of the “We Can Do It” sign at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park Image: NPS, licensed under CC 2.0 On today’s show: Savala Nolan (@savalatweets), executive director of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the UC Berkeley School of Law joins us to … Continued
On today’s show: Gary Kamiya, co-founder of salon.com, history columnist at the SF Chronicle joins us to discuss his latest book, Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages through the Unknown City. Fund Drive Premium – Pledge $100 and receive a copy of Gary Kamiya’s Spirits of San Francisco as a gift from us. Pledge $350 to KPFA and join Gary … Continued
On today’s show: we visit the poets warriors in KPFA’s Storytelling for Social Change collection, Jack Hirschman, Janice Mirikitani, and Avotcja. This collection is a gift to you for your pledge of any amount during our fall fund drive. And: We dedicate the episode to celebrating the 100th birthday of Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest … Continued
On today’s episode: Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, on CDC Director Rochelle Wolensky’s decision to authorize Pfizer booster shots for (some) front-line workers And: Erin McElroy, assistant professor of American Studies at UT-Austin, co-founder the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, which is just out with the … Continued
On today’s show: Biden promises to donate 500 billion COVID vaccines to countries that need it most, but is philanthropy enough to end the pandemic? We discuss with Robbie Silverman, Oxfam America’s Senior Advocacy Manager, and spokesperson for the People’s Vaccine Alliance (@peoplesvaccine). And: We speak with Rupa Marya and Raj Patel, authors of Inflamed: … Continued
