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Jul 27, 2023 • 60min
Coup Attempt in Niger; Plus, Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates
0:08 — Abdoushakur Aboud, is the senior Editor for the Swahili service of Voice of America.
0:17 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
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Jul 26, 2023 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Jeff Goodell
0:08 — Jeff Goodell, contributing editor to Rolling Stone, just out with the book The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.
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Jul 25, 2023 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Naomi Oreskes
0:08 — Naomi Oreskes is a Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. Her latest book is The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market.
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Jul 24, 2023 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins 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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Jul 21, 2023 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Jenny Odell
0:08 — Jenny Odell is a multidisciplinary artist and author based in Oakland, CA. Her latest book is Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.
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Jul 20, 2023 • 60min
Israeli President Isaac Herzog Addresses US Congress, Reaffirms US Support for Israel Despite Criticism
0:08 — Philip Weiss, Founder and Senior Editor of the news website Mondoweiss, which covers Israel/Palestine and US entanglements there.
0:33 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford.
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Jul 19, 2023 • 60min
Donald Trump is a Target in the DOJ’s Investigation into Overturning the 2020 Election
0:08 — Kenneth White, is a former federal prosecutor, a current federal defense attorney, and the host of the podcast “Serious Trouble” about Donald Trump’s legal problems.
0:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
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Jul 18, 2023 • 60min
Fund Drive Special with Daniel Ellsberg
0:08 — Daniel Ellsberg, was a political activist and military analyst. Since the Vietnam War, he became a lecturer, scholar, writer and activist on the dangers of the nuclear era, wrongful U.S. interventions and the urgent need for patriotic whistleblowing.
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Jul 17, 2023 • 60min
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus
0:33 — Dr. Peter Chin-Hong is a professor of medicine and infectious disease physician at UCSF Medical Center.
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Jul 14, 2023 • 60min
Zachary Carter on John Maynard Keynes
00:08 Zachary Carter, consultant with the Hewlett Foundation’s Economy and Society Initiative. His most recent book is The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the life of John Maynard Keynes. [This is a repeat broadcast of an interview first recorded in the summer of 2021]
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