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Jun 24, 2025 • 60min
Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian on Teaching Palestine
00:08 Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian, co-editors of the magazine Rethinking Schools, and co-editors with Samia Shoman, Suzanna Kassouf, and Bill Bigelow, of the new book Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices
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Jun 23, 2025 • 60min
Israel and Trump’s War in Iran; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast.
00:33 — Art Reingold is the Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Jun 20, 2025 • 60min
Greg Grandin on America, América
00:08 Greg Grandin, Peter V and C. Vann Woodward Professor at Yale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction; just out with America América: a new history of the new world
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Jun 19, 2025 • 39min
Robin DG Kelley on Freedom Dreams [rebroadcast]
[0:08] Robin D. G. Kelley. Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He is the author of seven books, including Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. [rebroadcast]
The post Robin DG Kelley on Freedom Dreams [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

Jun 18, 2025 • 56min
Israel’s War in Iran; Plus, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on Trump use of National Guard
00:08 — Jamal Abdi is President of the National Iranian American Council in Washington D.C.
00:33 — Kian Sharifi is a feature writer about Iranian affairs at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Central Newsroom in Prague. He was previously an editor at the Financial Tribune newspaper in Tehran.
00:45 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor/Director of Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism/Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign
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Jun 17, 2025 • 60min
How Israelis View a War with Iran; Plus, the Role of Off-Year Elections in Resisting Trumpism
00:08 — Joel Beinin is Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
00:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
The post How Israelis View a War with Iran; Plus, the Role of Off-Year Elections in Resisting Trumpism appeared first on KPFA.

Jun 16, 2025 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer, Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.
00:33 — Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he’s an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases.
The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

Jun 13, 2025 • 60min
Policing Tactics Used at Anti-ICE Protests; California Takes Trump Admin to Court over Troop Deployment
0:08 — Alex Vitale, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College
0:33 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor/Director of Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism/Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign
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Jun 12, 2025 • 60min
Netanyahu’s Government Faces Possible Collapse; ICE Raid Devastates Los Angeles Zapotec Community
7:08 — Tamir Sorek, Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History at Pennsylvania State University
7:33 — Carlos Anastasio, son of one of the people snatched by ICE during a raid in the Los Angeles garment district last week.
7:45 — Joe Rivano Barros, reporter and editor at the independent news site Mission Local who’s been covering the anti-ICE protests in San Francisco
The post Netanyahu’s Government Faces Possible Collapse; ICE Raid Devastates Los Angeles Zapotec Community appeared first on KPFA.

Jun 11, 2025 • 60min
How Illegal is It for Trump to Send Troops to Police Protests?; Continued Coverage of LA anti-ICE Protests
0:08 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor/Director of Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism/Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of Illinois College of Law Urbana-Champaign
0:33 — David Dayen, executive editor of the American Prospect
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