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Sep 16, 2024 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. John Swartzberg
00:08 — Anthony D’Agostino, professor of history emeritus at San Francisco State University.
00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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Sep 13, 2024 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Rashid Khalidi
00:08 — Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia. His most recent book is The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and resistance.
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Sep 12, 2024 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Kathleen Duval
00:08 — Kathleen Duval, professor of history of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author most recently of Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.
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Sep 11, 2024 • 60min
2-Hour Presidential Debate Special
Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert host an election special following Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s presidential debate.
The first hour features:
00:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
00:24 — Khury Peterson-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration.
00:36 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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Sep 10, 2024 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Yanis Varoufakis
00:08 — Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician, author and the former finance minister of Greece. His latest book is Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.
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Sep 9, 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 6, 2024 • 60min
Sasha Abramsky on Chaos Comes Calling
00:08 Sasha Abramsky, Western Correspondent for The Nation, just out with Chaos Comes Calling: the battle against the far-right takeover of small-town America
EVENT: Sasha Abramsky will be doing a book event at the Book Passage in Corte Madera tomorrow (Saturday, 9/7/24) at 1:PM
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Sep 5, 2024 • 60min
Trump’s Trials
00:08 US Special Counsel Jack Smith is back in court with a superseding indictment of Donald Trump meant to stay on the right side of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling.
Jeremy Stahl, jurisprudence editor at Slate.
00:34 San Francisco’s housing authority is trying to kick out dozens of people living in the Potrero HIll Terrace Annex who thought they were paid up tenants — it turns out they were paying rent to a rogue employee of a property management company who was pocketing the payments.
Sara Shortt Director of Tenants Rights Counseling Programs at Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco.
Ora Prochovnick, Director of Litigation and Policy at the Eviction Defense Collaborative of San Francisco
00:46 Thousands of hotel workers in California working under expired contracts struck over Labor Day weekend — and some are still out on strike.
Ted Waechter, is an organizer and communications representative for UNITE HERE Local 2
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Sep 4, 2024 • 60min
Governor Newsom Calls CA Legislators Back After End of Legislative Session; Plus, Israel Faces Protests After Killing of Six Hostages
00:08 — Sameea Kamal is a reporter for CalMatters covering the state Capitol and California politics.
00:33 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
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Sep 3, 2024 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.
0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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