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Latest episodes

Oct 3, 2024 • 60min
Israel’s expanding war in Lebanon with Joseph Daher; plus poet Tahir Izgul recounts his life under China’s Uyghur genocide
0:08 – Joseph Daher, author of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Party of God.
0:33 – Tahir Hamut Izgil is one of the foremost poets writing in Uyghur. He fled China and now lives near Washington, DC. His latest book is a memoir entitled Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide. His translator, Joshua L. Freeman, is a specialist in Uyghur history and literature at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. [rebroadcast]
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Oct 2, 2024 • 60min
Vice Presidential debate debrief with John Nichols; Plus Iran’s missile attack against Israel with Negar Mortazavi
0:08 – John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
0:33 – Negar Mortazavi, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, and host of The Iran Podcast.
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Oct 1, 2024 • 60min
Gun trafficking and how America arms gangs and cartels with Ioan Grillo; Plus Israel launches ground invasion of Lebanon with Joel Beinin
00:10 – Ioan Grillo, Mexico city-based journalist who’s made his beat crime and drugs. His most recent book is Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels [rebroadcast]
00:35 – Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History Emeritus at Stanford University.
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Sep 30, 2024 • 60min
The Pro-Russian Right wins elections in Austria; New Studies on COVID and the Brain
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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Sep 27, 2024 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Nate Powell: Lies My Teacher Told Me
00:08 — Nate Powell is a National Book Award-winning cartoonist, whose latest work is a comic adaptation of James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me.
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Sep 26, 2024 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
00:08 — John Perlin, is a visiting scholar at the UC Santa Barbara Physics Department. His latest book is A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization.
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Sep 25, 2024 • 60min
Fun Drive Special with Jeff Miller on Bay Area Wildlife
00:08 — Jeff Miller is the founder and Executive Director of the Alameda Creek Alliance. He also works with the Center for Biological Diversity on media, outreach, writing endangered species listing petitions, and working on biodiversity issues. His latest book is Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide.
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Sep 24, 2024 • 60min
Deadliest Day in Lebanon in 34 Years as Israel Continues Bombing, Killing Hundreds, Displacing Thousands
00:08 — Justin Salhani is freelance a journalist who’s been reporting from Beirut since 2011.
00:33 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
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Sep 23, 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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Sep 20, 2024 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
00:08 — John Perlin, visiting scholar at UC Santa Barbara’s Physics department; his newest book is A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization
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