0:08 — Uki Goñi journalist based in Argentina. His books include The Real Odessa: How Nazi War Criminals Escaped Europe. Mark Weisbrot is Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. His books include Failed: What the “Experts” Got Wrong About the Global Economy
0:33 — Lauren Hepler is an investigative reporter for CalMatters, where she has covered issues including breakdowns in pandemic unemployment programs and shifting state demographics”
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Argentina Elects Far-right Presidential Candidate; Plus, California’s Unemployment Crash Before and After Pandemic Began

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0:08 — Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician, author and the former finance minister of Greece. His latest book is “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.”




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Fund Drive Special with Yanis Varoufakis

0:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His research and writing focus on international legal aspects of Palestine/Israel and on U.S. policies toward the Middle East.
0:20 — Rebecca Gross is a PhD student in Literature at UC Santa Cruz and the UCSC Unit Chair for UAW 4811.
0:33 — Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept and associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders; Plus, UAW 4811 Strike Begins in UC Santa Cruz; Academics Supporting Palestine Face Repression, Doxxing

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.
0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg

0:08 — Marni Fylling is a science illustrator, writer, and educator. Her latest books are Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools and Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Nature in Your Neighborhood.
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Fund Drive Special: Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Nature in Your Neighborhood

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Argentina Elects Far-right Presidential Candidate; Plus, California’s Unemployment Crash Before and After Pandemic Began

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