Location:
San Francisco, United States
Networks:
KALW
Description:
KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.
Language:
English
Episodes
The Genius Act delivers a major victory for the crypto industry
7/18/2025
The cryptocurrency industry spent more than $250 million in the last election to help crypto-friendly candidates run for Congress and the White House.
Duration:00:26:30
A conversation with KALW ED James Kass about the CPB cuts
7/18/2025
All but four House and Senate Republicans voted to cut $1.1B from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Once the law goes into effect, KALW will lose $400,000 a year.
Duration:00:25:36
How will the CPB cuts affect KALW & public media across the country?
7/17/2025
All but two Senate Republicans voted to cut $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. KALW will immediately lose $400,000.
Duration:00:52:30
Your Call's live caregiving event focuses on solutions and resources
7/16/2025
At our recent live broadcast at the San Francisco Public Library, we discussed universal healthcare in California and resources at the state and local levels.
Duration:00:52:25
GOP Medicaid cuts could cause 51,000 preventable deaths every year
7/15/2025
The GOP’s budget will strip 17 million people of their health insurance and push the healthcare system to a breaking point. How are medical professionals preparing?
Duration:00:52:15
Climate change, federal budget cuts, and the Texas flooding disaster
7/14/2025
The floods in Texas have killed at least 120 people. The tragedy has raised serious questions about the catastrophic impacts of Trump's budget cuts to NOAA and FEMA.
Duration:00:23:59
The GOP budget delivers big wins for the fossil fuel industry
7/14/2025
Antonia Juhasz reports that the new law compounds the already $17 billion in direct federal subsidies US taxpayers pay to oil, gas, and coal companies every year.
Duration:00:28:10
Inside Trump's war on the press
7/11/2025
Last week, Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, agreed to pay $16 million to settle a Trump lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.
Duration:00:27:20
The rise of Viktor Orban and the erosion of democracy in Hungary
7/11/2025
The documentary film Democracy Noir tells the story of three brave women who confront the policies and corruption of Hungary’s autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Duration:00:24:45
USAID cuts causing preventable deaths, violence, and human trafficking
7/10/2025
USAID programs have saved over 90 million lives over the past two decades. If the current cuts continue through 2030, 14 million people could lose their lives.
Duration:00:52:08
How are CA social service advocates preparing for GOP budget cuts?
7/9/2025
The Trump/GOP budget bill will cause millions in California to lose their healthcare and food assistance. How are advocates preparing for what's to come?
Duration:00:52:13
GOP bill is largest wealth transfer from poor to rich in US history
7/8/2025
Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill funds $4.5 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthy through the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in history.
Duration:00:52:02
Trump's budget boosts fossil fuels & slashes renewable energy funding
7/7/2025
Environmental advocates warn that Trump's new budget will undermine US efforts to combat climate change and stall the transition to clean energy.
Duration:00:26:25
The impact of heatwaves on disease transmission
7/7/2025
New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland shows that heat waves can influence the spread of many diseases.
Duration:00:25:50
A Greek Tragedy: The Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis
7/4/2025
In her new book, "A Greek Tragedy," Jeanne Carstensen investigates a deadly 2015 shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesvos, where 80 asylum seekers lost their lives.
Duration:00:52:24
Three years after Roe, abortion is banned in 13 states & limited in 41
7/3/2025
Clinics are closing, women and girls are traveling for care, intimate partner violence has increased, and a record number of pregnant women have been prosecuted.
Duration:00:52:07
How Zohran Mamdani beat NYC's powerful Democratic machine
7/2/2025
Last week, Democratic Socialistic Zohran Mamdani rocked the political establishment by beating Andrew Cuomo and winning NYC's mayoral primary by a 12-point margin.
Duration:00:52:25
California budget cuts $78m in funding for mental health helplines
7/1/2025
California lawmakers approved a budget that eliminates $78 million in funding for mental health phone lines. What will this mean for these essential services?
Duration:00:52:12
Inside Utah’s PR campaign to take over public lands
6/30/2025
A new investigation from High Country News/Public Domain reveals how Utah has spent millions of dollars on a PR campaign to turn Americans against federal lands.
Duration:00:23:45
How EPA budget cuts weaken wildfire smoke protections
6/30/2025
The Trump administration's proposed EPA budget cuts and staff reductions threaten the agency’s capacity to monitor and respond to air pollution from wildfire smoke.
Duration:00:27:57