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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.
The post Fund Drive Special with Nate Powell: Lies My Teacher Told Me appeared first on KPFA.

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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Sep 19, 2024 • 60min
UpFront – September 19, 2024
0:08 — Heiko Wimmen, is Project Director for the Iraq/Syria/Lebanon project at the International Crisis Group.
00:20 — Joel Beinin is Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
00:33 — Christine Hong is an Associate Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz. She is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against UCSC. Rachel Lederman serves as senior counsel at the Center for Protest Law and Litigation. She has represented many of the people arrested during pro-Palestine demonstrations in the Bay Area and currently represents the student protestors and faculty who were banned by the UC Santa Cruz campus. Christine Hong is an Associate Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz. She is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against UCSC.
00:45 — Aditi Hariharan is a 4th year student at UC Davis and President of the UC Student Association, representing the undergraduate student body of the University of California system.
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Sep 18, 2024 • 60min
Fall Fund Drive Special: 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.
The post Fall Fund Drive Special: Lies My Teacher Told Me appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 17, 2024 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Rob Larson
00:08 — Rob Larson is a professor of economics at Tacoma Community College. His latest book is Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them Even More.
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