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Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity.  He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of several books including, Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, The Triumph of Christianity, Heaven and Hell, and his latest, Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. You can visit his blog: www.ehrmanblog.org and his website: www.bartehrman.com     The post On the Biblical Apocalypse: From the Christian Zionism to Waco Texas appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. The Trump Campaign’s Collusion With Israel Guest: James Bamford is a best-selling author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, award-winning investigative producer, and winner of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. His latest book is Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence (published in January this year). This investigation has been adapted into the article “The Trump Campaign’s Collusion With Israel” that appears in the latest edition of The Nation magazine (April 3/10, 2023).    Part II. Nixon and the Anti-War Movement A new film that tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president Guest: Stephen Talbot is TV documentary producer, reporter, writer, and longtime contributor to the Public Broadcasting Service and the series Frontline. His new film  The Movement and the “Madman” tells the little-known story of a dramatic showdown between a protest movement and a president.  The film premiers on the PBS series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on Tuesday, March 28. Photo: The Movement and The Madman Film website  Photo c: The Nation Magazine The post The Trump Campaign’s Collusion With Israel. Then, The Movement and the “MADMAN” appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: David Waldstreicher is a Professor of history at the City University of New York Graduate Center.  He is the author of Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification (2009); Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery and the American Revolution (2004); In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 (1997), and his latest, The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence.   The post Phillis Wheatley – A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence appeared first on KPFA.

Guest:  Mel Gurtov is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University. He previously was on the staff of the RAND Corporation, where he was co-author of the Pentagon Papers. He is the author of 30 books on China, US foreign policy, and international affairs, most recently America in Retreat: Foreign Policy under Donald Trump, Engaging Adversaries: Peacemaking and Diplomacy in the Human Interest, and his latest, Engaging China: Rebuilding Sino-American Relations. The post A History of China, Russia, and U.S. the Relations appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. 20th Anniversary of the U.S. Occupation of Iraq and its Legacy Guest: Andrew Bacevich is president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.  A graduate of West Point and Princeton, he is also professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University.  Among his many books are The New American Militarism, The Limits of Power, America’s War for the Greater Middle East,  After the Apocalypse:  America’s Role in a World Transformed, and most recently, On Shedding an Obsolete Past Bidding Farewell to the American Century.   Part II. Debunking the Conservative Arguments of the Right. Guest: Nathan J. Robinson is the editor of Current Affairs. He is the author of Why You Should Be A Socialist, and his latest, Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments. Photo credit: An Iraqi woman yells at U.S. Army soldier in the West Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, June 26, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland) www.army.mil on Flickr.   The post 20th Anniversary of the U.S. Occupation of Iraq. Then, Debunking the Conservative Arguments of the Right. appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. He is the author of the book Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers:  Accountability for those who Caused the Crisis.  His latest piece in The Nation is: Bankers Lobbied for Deregulation, Congress Capitulated, and Now Banks Are Collapsing.  The Silicon Valley Bank collapse doesn’t require a bailout. It requires stronger bank oversight and the repeal of the 2018.   Photo credit: Tracy O. /Flickr on Wikimedia Commons The post John Nichols on The Silicon Valley Bank collapse and the Banking Deregulation Laws appeared first on KPFA.

Extended excerpts from the Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on the Twitter Files that took place on Thursday, March 9 2023. Witnesses: Matt Taibbi, Journalist – testimony Michael Shellenberger, Author, Co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition – testimony   The post The Twitter Files: Excerpts from the Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government appeared first on KPFA.

Extended excerpts from the Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on the Twitter Files that took place on Thursday, March 9 2023. Witnesses: Matt Taibbi, Journalist – testimony Michael Shellenberger, Author, Co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition – testimony The post The Twitter Files: Excerpts from the Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. The Meaning of the Collapse of SVB and Signature Banks  Guest: Richard Wolff is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He is the host of the weekly program, Economic Update, which is produced by Democracy at Work, which he co-founded. Part II. Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press Guest: Samantha Barbas is a Professor of Law at the University at Buffalo. She is the author of several books on media history and law. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award. Her latest book is Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan. The post Richard Wolff on The Meaning of the Collapse of SVB and Signature Banks. Then, Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press appeared first on KPFA.