Part 1: Covid-19 and the Growing Inequality of Wealth Guest: David Dayen, Executive Editor of The American Prospect where he’s been writing the column Unsanitized: The COVID-19 Daily Report.  He is the author of the book, Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. Part II: Former Labor Secretary on … Continued


0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA 0:34 – COVID-19: updates on latest research and listener calls John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. 1:08 – Author interview: Claire Bond Potter (@TenuredRadical) is a political historian at the New … Continued


Theatre During Covid: a series of interviews about how Bay Area theatres are coping with the shutdown. Part Two: John Fisher, Executive/Artistic Director of Theatre Rhino, “The Longest Running Queer Theatre in the World,” discusses the immediate aftermath of the shutdown, his decision to create weekly solo shows from his home, and the move from theatrical presentation to digital. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

On this show: 0:08 – We take your questions about COVID transmission and safety choices during the holidays with Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH, Desmond M. Tutu Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 0:34 – What could in-person live art could safely look like in the city during a time of … Continued


0:08 – COVID and immunity: what we know so far, new research and questions remaining Julia Schaletzky is Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases, and of the Immunotherapy and Vaccine Research Institute (IVRI). 0:34 – What the Biden can do now: Labor Jane McAlevey (@rsgexp) is a veteran organizer, … Continued


0:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. We discuss the Trump still refusing to concede, Republicans retooling for a future without Trump, the continued campaign for the Senate and more. 0:34 – COVID updates and listener calls. John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s … Continued


0:08 – What the Biden Administration can do now: Foreign Policy Conn Hallinan is a military analyst and columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:34 – New Stanford study on where people get infected David Grusky is the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford … Continued