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Aug 29, 2025 • 23min
Malcolm Harris on paths through the climate crisis [rebroadcast]
00:08 Malcolm Harris, author of several books; the newest is What’s Left: three paths through the planetary crisis
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Aug 28, 2025 • 8min
The State of California’s Labor Movement; Plus, Will Israel Stop Killing Journalists and End the War on Gaza?
00:08 — Toby Higbie is Professor of History and Labor Studies at the UCLA and the Director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.
00:33 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, previously principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria.
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Aug 27, 2025 • 60min
Medicaid Work Requirement Changes Compromise Native American Communities’ Healthcare Coverage; Plus, Trump’s Four New Executive Orders
00:08 — Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez is a reporter for KFF Health News at the rural health desk and is based in Elko, Nevada.
00:33 — John Nichols is Executive Editor for the Nation.
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Aug 26, 2025 • 60min
Data Shows US Immigrant Population Declining First Time in 50 Years; Lawsuit to End ICE Arrests at Mandated Court Hearings; Plus, How ICE Tracked Wire Transfers to Spy on Immigrants
00:08 — Stephanie Kramer is a senior researcher at Pew Research Center.
00:33 — Amy Belsher is director of Immigrants’ Rights Litigation at the New York Civil Liberties Union and worked on the case of Mata Velasquez who was taken by ICE during its new practice of stationing agents outside of immigration courts.
00:45 — Abigail Kunkler is an EPIC Law Fellow focusing on surveillance oversight. Sergio Alcubilla is the Director of Community Engagement at the ACLU of Hawaiʻi.
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Aug 25, 2025 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, the Trump Administration’s Deep Cuts to Federal Health Agencies
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.
00:33 — Annie Waldman is a reporter at ProPublica covering health care.
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Aug 22, 2025 • 60min
Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on Abolish Rent
00:08 Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, co-founders of the L.A. Tenants Union, and now co-authors of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis
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Aug 21, 2025 • 60min
Crypto Money Funding SFPD Surveillance Unit; Plus, Texas House Passes New Congressional Maps While California Prepares Its Response
00:08 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills.
00:33 — Sam Levine is Voting Rights Reporter at Guardian.
00:45 — Bob Mulholland is Campaign Advisor to the California Democratic Party.
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Aug 20, 2025 • 60min
Hurricane Erin and Climate Change Impact on Marginalized Communities; Plus, Investigating Constitutional Violations by Private Prison Health Companies
00:08 — Adam Mahoney, climate and environment reporter at Capital B.
00:33 — Hannah Harris Green is an independent journalist and radio producer based in Chicago. She covers science, healthcare and the war on drugs.
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Aug 19, 2025 • 60min
Israel Partners with Microsoft’s Azure to Store Surveillance Data on Palestinians; Plus, Former SF Supervisor Authors Report on AI Use in Local Government
00:08 — Harry Davies is an Investigations correspondent for the Guardian.
00:33 — Hillary Ronen, is an author of the report and a former San Francisco District 9 Supervisor and Local Progress member. The report was a collaboration between Local Progress Impact Lab and AI Now Institute.
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Aug 18, 2025 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer, is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.
00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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