Location:
San Francisco, United States
Networks:
KALW
Description:
KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.
Language:
English
Episodes
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
12/25/2024
Award-winning author Leila Philip writes about about the profound ways beavers, the fur trade, and Indigenous stories have shaped our history, culture, and environment.
Duration:00:50:46
Investigation reveals brutal working conditions in India's cane fields
12/23/2024
The NYT and Fuller Project investigation found that companies like Coke and Pepsi profit from a brutal system that exploits children and leads to sterilization of women.
Duration:00:52:05
CEO murder exposes growing anger with the corporate health system
12/17/2024
The largest health insurers in the US have raked in more than $371 billion in profits since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, according to The Lever.
Duration:00:47:18
How to turn climate change anxiety into action
12/16/2024
Filled with stories, questions, and exercises, "Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth" focuses on actions readers can use to build their climate resilience.
Duration:00:42:44
EXPOSED: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point
12/13/2024
The U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, in San Francisco, exposed at least 1,073 workers, military personnel, and others to radiation early in the Cold War.
Duration:00:52:05
Bay Area food banks call for support amid high holiday demand
12/12/2024
Bay Area food banks are sounding the alarm about rising food insecurity and a drop in donations.
Duration:00:26:34
How will Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie govern SF and contend with Trump?
12/12/2024
Daniel Lurie will face an $867 million budget deficit, which could spike to $1 billion if Trump decides to withhold federal funds promised to the city.
Duration:00:25:30
Trump and Project 2025 will "wreak havoc on our food system"
12/11/2024
Project 2025 endangers farm conservation programs and erases climate action from the USDA's mission, argues the Union of Concerned Scientists' Karen Perry Stillerman.
Duration:00:22:23
How can California safeguard against Project 2025's climate denialism?
12/11/2024
California is gearing up for legal battles against the Trump administration, including over environmental and energy policies.
Duration:00:29:32
What books are you reading this holiday season?
12/10/2024
We're opening the lines to get your book recommendations. What are you reading? Do you have an all-time favorite or a new discovery you'd like to share?
Duration:00:52:14
Countries fail to agree on a global treaty to end plastic pollution
12/9/2024
Every year, over 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide, and some reports indicate that up to 50 percent of that is for single-use purposes.
Duration:00:22:19
The 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16)
12/9/2024
Pollution, the climate crisis, habitat loss, and the exploitation of nature have pushed a million plant and animal species to the brink of extinction.
Duration:00:29:50
How grassroots advocates succeeded in ending cash bail in Illinois
12/6/2024
After the Pretrial Fairness Act went into effect in September 2023, Illinois became the first state in the country to abolish cash bail.
Duration:00:26:32
Frontline investigates ‘China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping’
12/6/2024
The Frontline documentary, 'The U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping,' details China’s emergence as one of the world’s wealthiest countries and the role of its president, Xi Jinping
Duration:00:25:28
How gerrymandering helped Republicans win the House
12/5/2024
Dave Daley says that in the race for Congress in these polarized times, really only one thing matters: Control the map, and you control the outcomes.
Duration:00:52:56
Florida for All: Project 2025 is Florida 2024
12/4/2024
The masterminds behind Project 2025 have worked on more than 100 state bills in Florida over the past four years. More than three-quarters have been signed into law.
Duration:00:52:01
The US has thousands of nukes. Trump's allies want to build more.
12/3/2024
Donald Trump's return to the White House could pave the way for an expanded nuclear program, including nuclear testing.
Duration:00:52:00
Environmental justice impacts of the growing hydrogen industry
12/2/2024
Hydrogen hubs are a key initiative of 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and represent the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives
Duration:00:52:03
Revisiting Trump's family separation policy. Will he do it again?
11/29/2024
The new documentary 'Separated' revisits Trump's policy, which took at least 4,2227 children from their parents. As many as 1,052 are still separated.
Duration:00:51:04
Project 2025 would "shatter democracy & create an imperial presidency”
11/27/2024
Today's guests say Project 2025 would give Trump almost unlimited power to implement policies that will hurt everyday Americans and strip them of fundamental rights.
Duration:00:52:05