California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to implement a first-ever mandate requiring all state workers to show proof of vaccination or be tested weekly.

Ric Allan

Co-Producer / Host

Digital Village Radio / Pacifica Network

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Leilani speaks with Rita Burke of the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine about how the latest Center of Disease Control and Prevention mask-wearing guidelines are actually merely “suggestions.”

Leilani Albano speaks with Jillian York, Electronic Frontier Foundation Director of International Freedom of Expression about the merits of Facebook's content moderator program.

Ric and Leilani speak with Rideshare Drivers United union spokespeople Nicole Moore and Tyler Sandness about what they are doing to counter Uber and Lyft's $200 million proposition and bring back employee status, equity pay, and employment insurance payments for independent contract rideshare drivers.

Leilani interviews a group of nurses working with COVID-19 patients to find how they are coping with heartwarming as well as heart-breaking situations.

Leilani Albano first speaks with UCLA professor, clinical psychologist and sex therapist, Gail Wyatt about sex during the pandemic.

Then The Intercept’s Micah Lee brings us up to date on the saga of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange.

In the first part of the show, Leilani Albano interviews Krist Azizian, the Chief Pharmacy Officer at USC about the COVID vaccine.

On this week's episode of Digital Village, Leilani Albano interviews USC Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Dr. Paula Cannon to talk about concerns with herd immunity as a primary strategy for tackling the coronavirus pandemic

First, it’s not just the presidential election that matters, here in California, we have quite a few propositions on the ballot - a lot of which are pretty confusing. I am joined by AI and privacy policy researcher Peter Eckersley to talk about Prop 24, which makes some amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act, and Prop 25, which is a referendum on law that replaced money bail with system based on public safety and flight risk.

In the first part of the show Ric is joined by KPFK's own Brad Friedman to talk Election 2020. Then we talk to Jenny Gottstein an experience and play designer about making voting an experience we can enjoy with her work at ballot.party and Game Save America.