A hallmark of our age is feeling we’re perpetually struggling with time—not having enough of it to accomplish seemingly endless tasks and obligations, while swimming in a sea of distractions. Can we cope if we learn, following the gurus of time management, to become ever more disciplined and productive? Or does that just feed into … Continued
Fires, COVID, Newsom—all things California, with CalMatters newsletter editor Emily Hoeven. Hang on! PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
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We speak with Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya about their new book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice. The COVID pandemic and the shocking racial disparities in its impact. The surge in inflammatory … Continued
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We speak with Hip-Hop artist / activist Deuce Eclipse about COVID, Immigration and his new single ‘Just My Sun’ produced by El Juanio, about the emotional turmoil of many who desire to be parents, but struggle with fertility issues.
Has Governor Newsom survived the recall unscathed? Or is there more to come? And what about COVID in Cali? Wildfires? We hear about the whole ball-o’-wax from the Nation’s Sasha Abramsky. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Covid has exposed the precarious health of working class people and people of color in this country. And the climate disaster is laying bare the vulnerability of so many around the world on a changing planet. What’s the connection? Political economist Raj Patel and physician Rupa Marya argue that capitalism, with its roots in colonialism, … Continued
Prisons, jails, immigrant detention centers. We know them as places of unfreedom, but we don’t often think about them as places of work. Yet compulsory labor is a key part of incarceration in this country. Sociologist Erin Hatton discusses the state of coerced work in prisons, the lack of worker protections, and how work has … Continued
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We discuss a second wave of COVID and the relationship between Covid-19 vaccines and herd immunity.
After the disaster of Donald Trump, many are hoping that Biden will usher in a new day. But when it comes to U.S. policy in Latin America, Biden represents more continuity than rupture. Historian Kevin Young discusses U.S. power and neoliberal capitalism south of the border. Resources: Kevin A. Young, “Smarter Empire” Sidecar, March 8, … Continued
Gavin Newsom gave his State of the State address—-from a stadium in SoCal: is he running for office??? PLUS other state news, re: COVID, school reopenings, etc. AND: poet Raymond Nat Turner, the Town Crier. Hosted by Kris Welch.
