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Sep 4, 2025 • 60min
Texas Bill Allowing Resident to Sue Out-of-State Providers of Abortion Pills; Plus, Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome Browser, Must Share Data with Competitors
00:08 — Jessica Mason Pieklo is Chief Content Officer of Rewire News Group. She also co-hosts the podcast Boom! Lawyered.
00:33 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is “Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power” (2020).
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Sep 3, 2025 • 60min
Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Deployment of National Guard in LA; Plus, Syrian Elections
00:08 — Tony Ghiotto, Teaching Professor and Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Law.
00:33 — Samer Araabi is a member of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and co-hosts the weekly Palestine Solidarity Announcements every Friday at noon.
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Sep 2, 2025 • 60min
People’s Conference for Palestine and Oakland Airport’s Role in Shipping US Weapons to Israel; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — Nadya Tannous is a long-time organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement.
00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
The post People’s Conference for Palestine and Oakland Airport’s Role in Shipping US Weapons to Israel; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 1, 2025 • 60min
The AI Con [rebroadcast]
00:08 Emily M. Bender,a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, and Alex Hanna, Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), co-authors of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want [Re-broadcast of an interview originally recorded on July 10]
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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
The post Malcolm Harris on paths through the climate crisis [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

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.
The post 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 appeared first on KPFA.

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.
The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, the Trump Administration’s Deep Cuts to Federal Health Agencies appeared first on KPFA.

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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