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Latest episodes

Dec 3, 2024 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with John Nichols
00:08 — John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation.
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Dec 2, 2024 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
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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Nov 29, 2024 • 60min
Dana Mattioli on Amazon and Antitrust [rebroadcast]
Dana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal reporter just out with The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power [re-broadcast of an interview originally recorded in September 2024]
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Nov 27, 2024 • 60min
David Silverman on the real history of Thanksgiving [rebroadcast]
00:08 David Silverman is a professor of history at George Washington University. His most recent book is This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving [Originally recorded in November 2021]
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Nov 26, 2024 • 60min
DOJ Calls for Google to Break from Chrome Browser
00:08 — Cheuk Kwan’s new book is Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese restaurants around the world.
00:33 — Courtney Radsch, is the Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute.
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Nov 25, 2024 • 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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Nov 22, 2024 • 60min
ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Deif; Plus, Houses Bill that Could Target Non-Profits; Matt Gaetz Withdraws from AG Nomination
00:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His research and writing focus on international legal aspects of Palestine/Israel and on U.S. policies toward the Middle East.
00:20 — Ahmad Abuznaid is Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights.
00:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
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Nov 21, 2024 • 60min
Immigration Organizing Under Trump 2.0 in California and Arizona; Plus, Oakland Considering Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
00:08 — Masih Fouladi is Executive Director of California Immigrant Policy Center.
00:33 — Jose Patino is Vice President of Education and External Affairs at Aliento. Also a DACA recipient.
00:45 — Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at the nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside.
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Nov 20, 2024 • 60min
Nationwide Repression of Campus Organizing on Palestine; Plus, Crypto Industry Wins from Election Outcomes
00:08 — Akela Lacy is a Senior Politics Reporter at The Intercept.
00:33 — Freddy Brewster is a reporter for the Lever.
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Nov 19, 2024 • 60min
The Left Wins Sri Lanka Elections; Plus, What We Know About Daniel Lurie’s Transition Team; And, Who is Trump’s Pick for the FCC?
00:08 — Mythri Jegathesan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Santa Clara University, president of the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies, and author of Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka.
00:33 — Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist at Mission Local.
00:45 — Jessica Gonzalez is Co-CEO of Free Press.
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