Episodes

  • The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today

    The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today
    Jan 23 2025
    Mouin Rabbani on the Gaza ceasefire and Trump’s plans for the Middle East • Angela Jones and Bernadette Barton, co-editors of Sex Work Today, on that topic The post The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in California

    Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in California
    Jan 16 2025
    Laura Jedeed, author of this article, talks about San Francisco and tech moguls’ plans to “fix” it • Yasha Levine, co-director of Pistachio Wars, on the Resnicks and water in California The post Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in California appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis

    The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis
    Jan 9 2025
    Colette Shade, author of Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything, on culture at the turn of the millennium • Tim Shorrock discusses the political crisis in South Korea The post The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Best of 2024 retrospective

    Best of 2024 retrospective
    Jan 2 2025
    Three interviews on Israel’s many wars: Rashid Khalidi and Pankaj Mishra with a historical perspective, and Annelle Sheline adds a former insider’s view. Then, Aziz Rana on the awfulness of the US constitution, Anna Kornbluh with a cultural critique of immediacy, and Brooke Harrington on the offshore money-hiding racket. And a memorial to Jane McAlevey. The post Best of 2024 retrospective appeared first on KPFA.
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    22 mins
  • Behind the News – December 26, 2024

    Behind the News – December 26, 2024
    Dec 26 2024
    Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. The post Behind the News – December 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Syria and the failures of COP29

    Syria and the failures of COP29
    Dec 19 2024
    Trita Parsi and Joshua Landis analyze what’s been going on in Syria • Tina Gerhardt reviews the annual UN climate conference, COP29, where little happened The post Syria and the failures of COP29 appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Fundraising special: Gaza, the Constitution

    Fundraising special: Gaza, the Constitution
    Dec 12 2024
    Fundraising reprise of two interviews from May: Annelle Sheline, who resigned from the State Department as a protest of the war on Gaza, on what’s driving US support for that genocide • Aziz Rana on the awfulness of the US Constitution The post Fundraising special: Gaza, the Constitution appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Fundraising special: what’s driving the populist right?

    Fundraising special: what’s driving the populist right?
    Dec 5 2024
    Political scientist Larry Bartels, author of this article, on how it’s politicians, not public opinion, that’s driving the right-populist upsurge The post Fundraising special: what’s driving the populist right? appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr