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Aug 19, 2024 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.
0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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Aug 16, 2024 • 60min
Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction’s Promise, and Defeat
00:08 Manisha Sinha is the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her new book is The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic. Reconstruction: 1860 – 1920
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Aug 15, 2024 • 60min
Gaza Ceasefire Potential After the Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh; Plus, Workers Across the Country Fight Against Inadequate Heat Protection Laws
0:08 — Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute where he also directs MEI’s Program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs.
0:33 — Nina Lakhani is Senior climate justice reporter for the Guardian US.
0:48 — Antonio De Loera-Brust is Director of Communications at United Farm Workers.
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Aug 14, 2024 • 60min
The Political Past and Present of the Olympics with Jules Boykoff
0:08 — Jules Boykoff is a Professor of Government and Politics at Pacific University and a former professional soccer player. His research focuses on the politics of the Olympic Games, social movements, the suppression of dissent, and the role of the mass media in US politics. His latest book is What Are the Olympics For?
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Aug 13, 2024 • 60min
Deborah Miranda on Bad Indians
00:08 Deborah Miranda, retired english professor at Washington and Lee, enrolled member of the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation, author of Bad Indians: A tribal memoir. [Repeat broadcast – originally recorded in November 2022]
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Aug 12, 2024 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.
0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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Aug 9, 2024 • 60min
CA Supreme Upholds Prop 22; Plus, Gender Policing and Racism in Women’s Sports; Phoenix Project Tracks Influence of Tech and Real Estate Billionaires in San Francisco City Politics
0:08 — Cheuk Kwan is author of Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese restaurants around the world.
0:21 — Veena B. Dubal is a Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law.
0:33 — Amira Rose Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas-Austin and the co-host of the Feminist sports podcast, Burn it All Down and the host of Season 3 of American Prodigies.
0:45 — Jeremy Mack is Executive Director & Treasurer of The Phoenix Project: a grassroots organization researching the role of Tech and Real Estate billionaire money and its influence in San Francisco.
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Aug 8, 2024 • 60min
UpFront – August 8, 2024
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Aug 7, 2024 • 60min
Kamala Harris VP Pick and the Campaign Ahead
0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
0:33 — Steve Phillips is founder of Democracy in Color. His latest book is How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good.
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Aug 6, 2024 • 60min
Iran Vows Retaliation Against Israel; Bangladesh Student Protests Overthrow Current Government; Plus, Is the US in an Economic Crisis?
0:08 — Negar Mortazavi, host of the Iran Podcast. She joins us from Washington D.C.
0:33 — Redwan Ahmed is a freelance journalist covering Bangladesh.
0:43 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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