Location:
San Francisco, United States
Networks:
KALW
Description:
KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.
Language:
English
Episodes
Trump 2.0--What to expect on Energy, Climate, and Foreign Affairs
1/24/2025
We unpack the potential impacts of Trump's executive action on oil and gas drilling. And discuss a ProPublica investigation about Biden's Israel/Gaza policy.
Duration:00:49:07
How taxpayer money is funding private religious schools
1/23/2025
In the past few years, school vouchers have become universal in a dozen states, including Florida and Arizona. Proponents are pushing to add Texas, Tennessee and others
Duration:00:52:56
The impact of social media on the mental health of adolescents
1/22/2025
Most teens use social media and have a smartphone, and nearly half say they’re online almost constantly, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens.
Duration:00:50:07
What are your personal plans for getting through Trump's second term?
1/20/2025
We’ve seen this show before — it’s going to be policy whiplash. So how do we stay sane, and keep working for positive change in our country and our communities?
Duration:00:52:55
The geopolitical significance of Greenland
1/20/2025
In recent years, both Democratic and Republican administrations have cast Greenland as central to U.S. security in the Arctic and within America’s sphere of influence
Duration:00:25:59
what working in the sugar-cane industry means for Indian women
1/20/2025
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:00:25:54
How climate change fueled the LA fires
1/17/2025
The ongoing Los Angeles fires have killed at least 27 people, destroyed more than 12,000 structures and charred more than 60 square miles
Duration:00:52:07
Incarcerated firefighters on the frontlines of the LA fires
1/16/2025
According to the Guardian, California’s prisons have deployed more than 1,000 incarcerated people to battle the fires on the frontlines.
Duration:00:34:48
What are the solutions to critical issues facing San Francisco?
1/15/2025
Last week, Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, was sworn in as San Francisco's 46th mayor. What are his plans for the city?
Duration:00:52:25
How the LA Fires will deepen California's home insurance crisis
1/14/2025
One of the most devastating impacts of the fires will be on California’s home insurance market.
Duration:00:52:17
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation
1/13/2025
In his book, renowned ecologist Doug Tallamy lays out his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation, and steps that we can take to reverse declining biodiversity
Duration:00:52:08
How UnitedHealthcare is limiting coverage for children with autism
1/10/2025
Leaked internal documents show UnitedHealthcare is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy.
Duration:00:27:05
LA area's two biggest fires burn at least 10,000 structures
1/10/2025
Deadly fires in the Los Angeles area have killed at least 10 people and forced nearly 180,000 residents from their homes.
Duration:00:25:01
How a mole infiltrated the highest ranks of american militias
1/9/2025
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
Duration:00:52:14
The power of a healthy diet to transform health outcomes
1/8/2025
In How Not to Age, Dr. Greger details the science of aging and explains how to help avoid the diseases most commonly encountered in our journeys through life.
Duration:00:48:08
Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism
1/7/2025
In their new book, Dr. Jenn Jackson shines a light on the central role of Black women in liberation movements, both in US history and their own life.
Duration:00:52:00
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
1/6/2025
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:00:52:59
EXPOSED: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point
1/3/2025
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
The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
1/2/2025
In his new book, "How Not to Age," Dr. Michael Greger says in the United States, the number one risk factor for dying is the American diet.
Duration:00:51:56
The High Seas: Greed, Power and the Battle for the Unclaimed Ocean
12/30/2024
The high seas are home to some of the richest and most biodiverse environments on earth, but they are also home to exploitation on a scale that few of us can imagine.
Duration:00:52:06